Large rifle order to Vienna house from China
China has placed a substantial order for rifles with a Vienna-based firm. The article also reports May debt reduction, the Millers International Exposition in Cincinnati, cattle shipments to Britain from Montreal, and other varied news items across politics, industry, and international affairs.
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Sherrard Clemens
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Virginia
St. Louis
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New Mexico
Plymouth Church
Beecher
Storm Lake
Iowa
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America
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Ireland
Ex Governor Brown Takes Senate Seat for Georgia
Congressional session notes include ex Governor Brown taking the modified oath as Georgia senator in place of Gordon. The Senate debated Interior Secretary views on Ute treaty and passed a pension and coast survey funding package totaling over 9 million dollars, with votes split along party lines. May 27 to 30 covering tariff commission bills, census supervisor term clarifications, and various appropriation measures.
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Congress
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Iowa
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Ind
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Eaton Tariff Bill Was Then Taken Up. Mr. Dawes
Maxey
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Mr. Voorhees
Elias C. Boudinot
Cherokee Nation
Court of Claims
Morgan
U. S
U.S
Congressional Session Notes May to June 1880 Proceedings
Senate amendments on internal revenue law passed and House debates Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. Quorum issues delayed measures, with adjournments and votes on printing, surveys, and payrolls. Debates featured Henderson Reagan interstate commerce and silver salary provisions amid committee shifts and reported bills.
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Internal Revenue Law
Hooker
Commissioners of Fish and Fisheries
Simonton
Tennessee
Keifer
United States
Mississippi River
van Voorhis
National Home For
B. B. Butler
W. B. Franklin
Butler
Yeas
Noes
Cobb
Committee On Appropriations
McKenzie
Conger
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Secretary of the Treasury
Whitthorne
Reagan
Bland
Congress
Mr. Hayes
Wit and humor from a bustling society page essay
A long collection of comic snippets and anecdotes spans topics from fashion vanity and social manners to religious revival and optical manufacture. It mixes quips about women and men, playful exchanges, rural humor, and a technical explanation of eyeglass lens production detailing grinding and focusing methods.
Senate Appropriation Bills Move Amid River and Harbor Revisions
The Senate debated and amended appropriation bills, with Ransom leading a push to postpone prior orders. House and Senate disagreed on Sundry Civil, Legislative, Executive, Judicial and Agricultural funds, several harbor projects were increased, and the session adjourned with river improvements and adjournment pending.
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Windom
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Yeas
House
Senate
Committee On
Muskingum River
Ohio
Michigan City
Ind
Calumet
Grand Haven
Michigan
Illinois River
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Missouri
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Omaha
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Mich
French population figures from ministerial statistics
The last statistical bulletin from the French Minister of Agriculture and Commerce provides population totals and breakdowns. It states 7,000,000 people in the republic with 12,000 city dwellers and the rest in the country, along with counts for professionals, traders, bondholders, and agricultural holders.
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Republic
France
Why She Missed the Ferry Boat in San Francisco
A woman plans to meet a lover on the Oakland boat at nine, but delays to fix her appearance. She polishes her features, adjusts hair, lashes, and gloves, then hurries toward the ferry as a smiling official offers a viewing glass to watch the boat depart.
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Oakland
San Francisco
Lubin
Short Notes on Air Explains Density and Boiling Rules
The piece explains air density changes with temperature and altitude, noting water and air weight relations, room air quantities, and how humidity is absorbed and released. It describes air pressure at sea level, density loss with height, boiling point changes with altitude, and how warm air carries moisture that forms clouds and rain on cooling.
Value of the Diamond Drill Expands Westward
Mr. A J Severance of San Francisco asserts the diamond drill greatly boosted Western mineral wealth. He cites Consolida Virginia and the California Bonanzas yielding 107 million dollars, 74 million in dividends to Elders, and a miner profiting five million dollars. Drills are used in Califor nia Nevada Colorado New Mexico old Mexico Australia and even by the Japanese government. Severance owns a perfect diamond drill capable of a horizontal hole eight hundred feet long with a full cylindrical core revealed. He introduced the tool on the Pacific coast after notable results.
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Severance
Comstock
Colorado
New Mexico
Old Mexico
Australia
Vermont
Pacific Coast
Harvard Astronomer Sees Great Comet of 1843
Prof Benjamin Pierce asserts the Cordoba Observatory in South America observed a comet matching the famed 1843 great comet. He notes its 37 year average orbit with historical appearances in 1491 1511 1668 and 1702 and its first chronicle in 1770 BC.
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Harvard University
Gould
Cordoba Observatory
South America
Aunt Mary
Tommy
Aunty
Heart as a highly efficient biological engine
The excerpt compares the heart's efficiency to a steam engine, describing the left ventricle capacity, heart rate, and work output in foot-tons. It notes the heart lifts itself about twenty thousand feet per hour, compares to the Bavaria engine, and lists four factors in calculating cardiac work including blood column statics, vascular inertia, capillary resistance, and internal friction.
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Bavaria
Sound teeth depend on early diet and lime phosphate
The piece argues that sturdy teeth come from coarse foods and sufficient lime phosphate. It links dental health to early-life nutrition, praising bran in Graham bread and butter as lime sources, and warns refined diets harm tooth formation.
Odd Paris Social Figure’s Lusury Reclusive Life Unveiled
The death of Comte Alfred de Chateauvillars deprives France of a noted social figure. He lived as a recluse in Paris and left a will for a third class funeral with only three close friends and fifty donors. He once eloped with his wife’s rival Dido, then Madame returned to rural life. He rented his Rue St. Lazare hotel to Duc d Osguna famed for long carriage journeys.
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l’Union
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M. de Chateauvillar
Homeopathic Sausage Chronicle
Heinrich Heine and wife travel in southern France where a Lyons sausage is shared with a homeopathic doctor in Paris. Madame Heine and Heine taste the portion, leaving little sausage by the time they reach Paris. Heine mails a fragment with a sarcastic note about thousandth parts and homeopathy.
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Paris
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Hahnemann
Fleur de lis debated by Paris council then restored
At a Paris Municipal Council meeting a proposal to remove the fleur de lis from public buildings was rejected. The account recalls Napoleon I defending the symbol at Ausch, arguing it had inspired French victories, and urging it be uncovered rather than concealed.
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France
Napoleon
Ausch
Drafts and breeches in a chilly evening
The narrator chides Jane about children's clothing and warns of cold as they close up the draft and fix breeches. The scene centers on practical household concerns and a drafty room.
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Jack
Moffats Life Pills and Phenix Bitters Promote Health
Advertises Moffat’s Life Pills and Phenix Bitters as leading medicines since 1835. Claims universal use across Americas, with cures for malarial diseases, liver issues, indigestion, weakness, sleeplessness, and female complaints. Sells Page’s Climax Salve, Life Pills, and Phenix Bitters at various prices from 25 cents to 1.00 a bottle, via J. P. Mills in New York.
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