Tur Turkish War News Mixed with Domestic Finance Notes
The article notes Turkish advances against Russia but warns that only local victories don’t offset disasters at Kars and calls for strengthened actions in Erzeroum and Bulgaria. It discusses President Roosevelt’s push to convert savings into government securities and possible postal savings banks versus direct bond sales. It reports on renewed hostilities with the Sioux in the Black Hills, General Sheridan sending Crook and Terry, and a 400-strong Red Skin raid on a Bismarck freight train with other depredations nearby.
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Congress
Sheridan
Crook
Terry
Black Hills
Bismark
Grant writes condolence to Mrs Morton on death of husband
Ex president Ulysses S Grant sends a Paris letter dated November 5 1877 expressing deep sympathy for Mrs Morton and praising the deceased as Indiana governor and senator. He notes the nation’s loss and extends support from himself and Mrs Grant.
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Grant
Morton
Paris
Senate
America
Serbia and Greece Ready to Fight Turkey as War Looms
Immediate war declarations loom as Servia girds for battle aided by 1000 cavalry from General Gourko while Greece trembles to join the struggle. Militant preparations intensify, Russia supports, and England fears a Russia Turkey peace ending crisis.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Servia
Turkey
Prince Milan
Gourko
Greece
England
Russia
My Dear Nephew Warns to Keep 100,000 Men Ready
A letter urges the recipient to hold 100,000 men in readiness, noting uncertainty about when they may be needed. Signed by J. Hardesty and addressed to Hon. Danie W. Voorhees in Terre Haute Indiana.
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J. Hardesty
Danie W. Voorhees
Terre Haute
Indiana
Ohio
Richmond
Ind
Edmunds
Senate
Ewing
Fort
House
Grant Prophecy Foretells Hayes’ Decline in Party Following
A Republican writer cites General Grant predicting Hayes would lack a respectable following before February. The piece then asserts the author’s counter-prediction that Hayes will soon be supported by the party that elected him, signaling a political shift ahead of Europe travel.
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Grant
Omaha
Ned
Europe
Hayes
Edmunds Attacks President Over Georgia Appointments
Washington dispatch reports Senator Edmunds condemning the President’s Southern appointments during a Senate executive session. He cited a letter from Huff of Atlanta and a reply by Gorton, with Conkling and Hoar opposing the nomination. The Georgia marshal nomination passed by a small margin with Republicans supporting.
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Edmunds
Cincinnati Gazette
Washington
Fitzsimmon
Georgia
Huff
Atlanta
Gorton
Conkling
Hoar
Matthews
Conover
Patterson
Rande admits Fort Wayne visit aimed at Mayor Zollinger
Sheriff Hitch cock of Peoria reports Rande confessed visiting Fort Wayne for the sole purpose of assassinating Mayor Zollinger, then sheriff in 1872 when Rande, as Van Zandt, was arrested for burglary and sent to the penitentiary. He says Zollinger once escaped an attempted jailbreak with the sheriff's violent intervention, fueling a long held revenge plan.
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Fr. Wayne
Hitchcock
Peoria
Ill
Munson
Rande
Fort Wayne
Zollinger
van Zandt
Plymouth
Despot Husband Beaten by Utah Wives in Mass Punishment
Henry Gorham, a prominent Utah figure, disciplined his six wives with corporal punishment. When he attempted collective punishment with a horse whip, the six women fought back, overpowering him. Gorham sustained severe bruising, scratches, and bites, risking serious injury.
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Henry Gorham
Utah
Mr. Gorham
Describing a Gift Bullock-Cart in London
The writer, gratified to acquire a two-wheeled bullock-cart with an ancient design like Arians migrations. It features a triangulated frame, axle with block wheels, and thole pin via wooden bolt, plowing muddy tracks at two miles per hour, yet valued like hiring a Pullman car.
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London News
West
Pullman
Tramps Refuse Work Offer In Quincy Quarry Scam
Six able bodied tramps slept at the Quincy Police Station and were offered breakfast and quarry work for a month with winter promise for two, but each gave excuses. One sought friends in New Bedford, another aimed for Boston, two planned work for a woman nearby, and the rest preferred begging and roaming over employment.
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Quincy
Mass
New Bedford
Boston
Shanghai to Woosung Rail Is Abolished By Chinese Authorities
Chinese officials have torn up the new railroad from Shanghai to Woosung. The action reflects a nation proud of its independence from foreign control and wary of foreign capitalists like Gould, Scotts, and Vanderbilt.
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Shanghai
Woosung
Gould
Scotts
Vanderbilts
Bold Mine Feud Ends in Blood and Bible Shield
In Arizona Kellogg and Carter quarreled over a mining claim. Kellogg fired, missing as Carter, with a Bible in his shirt, deflected the shot. Carter then stabbed Kellogg, saved by the Bible, rode 90 miles for a doctor, Kellogg recovering. Carter fled, drowned crossing a river. Carter was not hanged.
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Arizona
Kellogg
Carter
Rights of the Finder in Lost Property Case
Rhode Island court rules in a case where a man found bank bills inside a safe and kept them. The owner of the safe had sold it to another, who then kept the roll of money. The court says the finder may retain the property against the seller, with the general rule favoring the finder against all except the true owner.
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Cleveland
Congress
Democratic Congress
St. Louis
Maine
California
Democratic Party
Rhode Island
Supreme Court
THE
Scientific American
Munn & CO
Park Row
New York
Messrs. Munn & Co
Representative Baker seeks patent infringement protection for farmers
Representative Baker of Indiana's thirteenth district introduced a House resolution directing the Patent Committee to report a bill barring suits for damages over patent infringements against buyers of agricultural implements for personal use, unless buyers know of the infringement. The measure aims to shield farmers from royalty threats and improper claims, enforcing responsibility on actual infringers and supporting Western farmers.
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Baker
Thirteenth
Indiana
House
Committee On Patents
General Grant Won His Victories by Steady Virtues
The London Times extols General Grant as a great soldier whose rise lacked surprising plots. His triumphs stem from dogged courage, invincible perseverance, and willingness to endure reverses and sacrifice, rather than dazzling brilliance.
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Grant
Mississippi
Potomac
London Times
Streetcar Chase Ends in Fight in New York
A Hebrew vendor chased a street car after seeing his wife with another man. Lacking fare, he followed on foot and the pursuit led to a fight when the couple alighted. The peddler was defeated in the confrontation.
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New York
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Phelps
Secretary of Treasury
Virginia
Kars
Erzeroum
Bulgaria
East
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Bush
Dan Voohees
Mr. Voorhees
Abraham Lincoln
Harrisburg
Chicago Times
Foundry
Stanly Matthews
Capitol
Cincinnati
William Adin
Charles McGill
McGill
Mary Potter
Athens
Columbus
Charlie
Central Station
Armenia
Stewart’s Hotel
Willard’s
Philadelphia Press
Detroit Free Press
Louisiana
Fochester
Holiday Presents
A. L. Teusne
Ous
A. Ki. Teurnef
West Main Street
Millinery Department
Mammoth Double
A. St. Theubner
Games
A. L. Teubner
Colorado
Denver
Col
Boulder
Terpsichoren
Marinus G. Smith
Logwood
Alf Nichols
United States
McCrary
Minhere
First National Bank
van Wert
John A. Conn
van Wert County Mutual Fire Insurance Company
M. L. Purmort
Sec’y
First van Wert Building Loan and Savings Association
ISZTS
A.J. Porter
Merchant’s and Mechanics Building Loan and Savings Association
O.D. Swartout
C. D. Swartout
Jewelry and Music Store
A. P. McConahay
East Main Street
Court House
van Wert, C
J. M. C. Marble
Emerson & Marble
van Wert County Loan Association
van Wert County
Wiltshire Road
Smith, Howel & Co
Philadelphia
Price & Shissler
Allen
Sher
G. W. Tannehill
Court of Common
Himmelreich
Ohto
Court of Common Pleas
Jennings Road
Ridge Township
Root & Company
Calhoun St
Fort Wayne, Mnd
Waet
BLAK
Cheney
Niengese
Courtauld
Kid Harris
Terry’s
Nottingham
Fred Billman
Sheriff's
Clark & Darnell
Fort Wayne, Indiana
New York Sun
Hantley
Heine
van Wert Stang, & Clark Jy County
City Mills
Sheriff's Office
C. Emerson
New York Herald
Dicken
Lawrence Roythorn
Mr. Chase
the Treasury
Mercer County
W. Heath
Harper & Howe
Fred. Billman
Sheriff’s Office
Leblond & Day
Cook
Charles Gordon
Moses German
Jacob Straley
Price & Shissuer
Brumback Court of Common vs.Pleas
van Wert Co
Edgar R. Wells
Pleasant Township
Fhed Billman
I. D. Clark
Isaac N. Alexander
Court of Common Vs. Pleas
Nelson Gregner
Alexander & Saltzgaber
Cunningham
A. &J.trounstine & Co
F. J
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