Pest to cabbage sparks farmer remedy and Fourth plans
Readable notes describe a farmer's alder leaf boil solution to deter cabbage worms, local rail and church brick work updates, and community plans for a Murphy movement Fourth of July celebration. The piece also covers band performances, temperance arguments, and crop prospects amid wet weather. A Baltimore collision near Point of Rocks kills four and injures eighteen, with Frederick City residents among the wounded. fault cited as negligent train operation.
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Elmer
Mr. Schrider
Baltimore
Point of Rocks
Winchester
Frederick
Washington
Mt. Vernon
Charles H. Keifer
Vprederick Examiner
Richard Detrow
Dorsey Walker
Howard E. Dickson
Frederick City
Louis Schley
Fairfax Schley
Dangerously
Charles Ek. Trail
Trail
M. L. Knodle
A. Knottenagle
W. H. Young
Charles Trail
Messrs
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Falconer
Dennis
Hayes
Cabinet
Frederick County Agricultural Society
Wuiste HeNpRICKS Goes to Europe for Water Works and Mule Contracts
Wuiste HeNpRICKS travels to Europe to inspect water works and mule contract arrangements. The trip aims to review infrastructure plans and procurement terms affecting local and regional projects.
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Wuiste Henpricks
Europe
Move to shift Republican State Convention to the Capitol
The piece urges moving the Republican State Convention from Cleveland to the State Capital for equal access to border counties. It laments Josef not seeking re nomination to the Legislature and argues that the statesman needs clear endorsement evidence rather than a popular outburst.
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Cleveland
Josef
Statesman
West Point Graduate Flipper Cited to End Colored Representation
The New Orleans Times applauds Lieutenant FLIPPER as the sole African American graduate from West Point and claims no future Black graduates can arise, asserting the South has fallen under Democratic rule to spur Black voters to back the Democratic ticket.
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Lieutenant Flipper
West Point
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France keeps silver money legal despite gold reserves
The Cincinnati Commercial questions the claim that remonetizing silver drives gold out of a country. It notes France holds an enormous gold stock in the Bank of France and asks why the silver 5 franc piece remains legal tender there.
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Cincinnati
France
Bank of France
Pigtail Panic Shakes Beijing as Officials Offer Rewards
In the Forbidden City a wave of fear spreads as top figures suffer removal of their braided hair. The Mandarin authorities announce bounties for those responsible, signaling a crackdown on a culture symbol tied to imperial tradition.
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China
Forbidden City
BRIGHAM YOUNG Faces Possible Indictments as Agent
The Attorney General seeks Treasury records to verify alleged misdeeds by Brigham Young when he served as Indian Agent. If evidence supports the charges, indictments may follow and he could be imprisoned by a Gentile jailor.
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Treasury
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Democrats Likely Nominate Saltzgaber At St Marys Convention
The 1877 Senatorial Convention at St Marys on June 29 is expected to nominate G. M. Saltzgaber of Van Wert as the Democratic candidate. Republicans hold a weak district position, making a Democratic victory seem probable and local anticipation high for Saltzgaber’s unopposed nomination.
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John R. Heinley
Ohio
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Washington Street
Fred Billman
Alexander & Saltzgaber
J. E. Wells and
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Price
Pleasant Township
Henry Robinson
Convoy Rural News Highlights Local Doings And Dues
Our Correspondent notes good growing weather and active plowing for corn. Fultz from Hancock County's farm purchase unsettled after a sudden departure. Local injuries, deaths, and religious services are reported alongside plans for a possible 4th of July celebration and hospitalities at the Harrison Church and Grange hall progress.
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A. J. Leslie
Putnam and
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Ohio
Harrison
Pleasant
Iowa County
Michigan
Harrison Grange
Lost Cause Echoes and Butter Copy in Our Village
Our correspondent reports local chatter about a Van Wert attorney in court, noting his bar admission grants him pleadings in this free country. John Randolph Tucker railings on state rights and the lost cause stir Maryland law grads, while New York may test butter versus margarine after a new act. General Neglee faces a $27,500 breach of promise ruling, and Mrs. Brooks sculpts butter busts with hairless heads as a curious muse.
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University of Maryland
Friends of Liberty
Mossback
Henry M. Neglee
Philadelphia
California
Salt Lake City
Shad Stock Planting Spurs Salmon Run Proof at Salamanca
The Louisville Courier Journal asserts that about 400000 young shad released in the Allegheny at Salamanca in 1872 have grown to run over the Ohio Falls. It claims these saltwater fish mature in fresh water, migrate to the gulf, and return to their release point to spawn, even across 500 to 2000 miles, despite muddy river waters.
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Salamanca
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Gulf
Ocean
Mississippi
Ohio
General Grant Plans Extended European Tour
General Grant and family, visiting Mrs Sarto ris in Hampshire, return to London. He replies to a Washburne letter that a Paris visit in September is impossible, and outlines a European tour including Sweden Norway the Rhine Switzerland and possibly Italian cities. He also notes he cannot visit Southampton now but may later in the season.
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Grant
Southampton
Missouri Railroad Robbers Held for Grand Jury
Four men accused of attempting to wreck a St Louis and San Francisco train near Wood End station have been committed to Springfield jail after a preliminary examination. Bail was denied and prosecutors expect indictments for first degree murder with a speedy trial planned.
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San Francisco
Wood End
Springfield
Disease outbreak at Ringgold barracks and city
The Sentinel reports a disease at Ringgold barracks resembling cholera with about thirty hospitalised and six deaths. Similar illness has struck Brownsville with several fatalities in recent days. While not confirmed Asiatic cholera, symptoms point to more than common cholera morbus from fruit overuse.
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Brownsville
Texas
the Sentinel
Ringgold Barracks
Collapse of Table Rock at Niagara in 1820
The Syracuse Standard reports that in 1820 Niagara’s Table Rock broke away twice, first a massive sixty ton section in late 1700s context and again on January 1 1820 when a half acre surface plunged into the chasm. The quake like shock was felt several miles away and trees once atop the rock remain upright in the river.
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Syracuse Standard
Table Rock
Niagara
Maiden Walk
Earthquake and tsunami devastate South Pacific towns
The Star and Herald of Panama cites May 9 disasters that destroyed Arica Iquiqui Pabello de Pica Chanavaya Huamalies Teocapilla Cobija and more. About 600 lives lost with immense coastal damage including railways, ports, nitrate works, and ships. Relief is being organized from Lima and Callao as authorities urge rebuilt sites further inland.
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Pabello de Pica
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Cincinnati Telegraph Orthography Woes At Police Stations
A Cincinnati Commercial critique notes frequent telegraph garble at police stations with phrases like Ded keow on-Streat and We have a less gerl, blue ize, lite hare, fore geres. The article laments telegraph instruments misfiring due to poor spelling.
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Governor, Judge Hamm Delay Kemper County Murderers Trial
Five weeks have passed since the Governor learned Judge Hamm would convene an extra term to try the Kemper county murderers. No call has been issued, raising speculation the judge and governor fear the murderers’ ill will or seek political advantage in the district.
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Jackson (Miss
Hamm
Kemper County
Turkish Army Holds Its Front Against Russians
The Turkish army remains active and shows fair success at the front despite being poorly disciplined fed clothed and paid. It is described as demoralized yet cohesive and capable of stout opposition to the Russian forces. The piece questions prior claims of Turkish weakness.
Samuel J. Tilden Sued for 150000 in Government Revenues
Samuel J. Tilden faces a suit seeking 150000 in unpaid government revenues alleged as fraudulently withheld. The reformer allegedly used old defenses and a statute of limitations to settle debts, raising questions about honor and accountability in public reform.
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Samuel J. Tilden
United States
Lewiston Girls to Graduate in Calico Uniforms
Maine high school girls will wear calico prints for graduation as an economy measure. The idea meets with criticism after a calico print was used by a chambermaid the day after exercises. St Louis school board has abolished the annual exhibition and will close the year with written exams instead of commencement exercises.
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Lewiston
Maine
St. Louis
Telegraphic stereotyping patent for newspaper pages
A U S patent case notes Loring Pickering of the Evening Bulletin and Morning Call receives a method to transmit an entire newspaper page by telegraph in fifteen to twenty minutes. The device uses a stereotyping plate, magnetic pens, and a revolving cylinder to reproduce letters for printers.
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Washington
Loring Pickering
Evening Bulletin
Morning Call
San Francisco
Egyptian mummy in Tennessee museum gains a global backstory
The Tennessee Historical Society houses a famed Egyptian mummy once gifted after Colonel Jeremiah G. Harris saved a Khedive’s staffer in 1860. The bundle included six mummies, with the finest sent to the society. A break in the display led to a walnut case upgrade and renewed dusting. The mummy is four feet eleven inches long with notable dimensions.
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Nashville
Tenn
Museum of the
Tennessee Historical Society
Jeremiah G. Harris
United States
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Colonel Harris
Philadelphia Ledger reports galloid alloy for coinage
Letters patent granted in Philadelphia for galloid an alloy of gold twenty four parts silver two and three quarters copper one part of gold totaling 258 grains per dollar. The alloy claims abrasion resistance counterfeit resistance smaller size and use of US silver while offering a London premium of about three quarters percent.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Mint Bureau
United States
Linderman
London
Newfoundland dog carries home pail of fish for drunk neighbor
A Brookfield Newfoundland owned by a Boston Journal reader’s household earned praise after a neighbor who borrowed the dog to fish two miles away became too drunk to return home. The dog carried a six quart pail of water and fish home by mouth as dusk fell, and the man was found near midnight near the depot. The dog showed exhausted strength the next day.
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