Gambling and the ruin of youth warned in Cincinnati Enquirer
An earnest persona delivers a lecture on gambling perils to young men. He admires display and wealth yet warns that cards and betting lead to loss, ruin, and despair, citing personal losses and urging restraint. He recalls a former varnish agent ruined by luck and ends with a rueful note on continuing to gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinceinitati Enquirer
Ophir
Daniel
Barkeeper
St. Peter
New York
Chicago
Destructive cyclone devastates Mt Carmel June spellbound town
A June cyclone across Mt Carmel in Southern Illinois wrecks churches and the courthouse, destroys stores, homes, and a parsonage, killing several and injuring others. Fire follows the ruin as a relief committee forms and neighboring towns respond with aid. Letters from Vincennes reveal lost papers. spire fragments travel ten miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Correspondeher Cheago Tribune
Mr. Carmen, Inc
Southern Illinois
Mt. Carmel
Express Company
Vincennes
Wabash River
Presbyterian
Parkinson’s
Tice
Signal Corps
East Indies
Turkey and fortresses amid Turkish defense chatter
A travel note recounts Bulgarian women kissing the narrator and offering corn to signify plenty, followed by England's Times correspondent describing European Turkish fortresses like Widdin Rustchuk Silistria Shumla Varna as formidable. It notes river crossings and Turkish defensive stamina amid Russian pressures. General Grant dined with European nobility and received warm welcomes, with brief humor about table etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
London Times
Turkey
Danube
Hayes the President Gives Newspaper Men Respect and Access
James M. Comly reflects on President Hayes as healthful and self possessed, noting his courteous treatment of reporters. The piece contrasts Hayes with prior administrations and argues press access is a matter of business and mutual respect between the White House and the press. The column also surveys England’s Egypt policy and the strategic need for a swift British occupation of Egypt to secure India routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Comly
Washington Letter
State Journal
Hayes
White House
Ife
Wfe
England
Egypt
Chicago Tribune
London
Suez Canal
Valley of the Nile
Ingland
India
Turkey
Porte
Russia
Nicholas
Germany
Austria
Europe
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Eingland
Pall Mall
Armenia
Meypt
Syria
Napoleon
Constantinople
Dicey
M. de Lesseps
Atlantic
Bay of Bengal
Narrow Escape in Polar Ice and Bear Threat
In a harsh polar tale from Little Folks, four travelers trapped by ice build a snow hut as a storm rages. Provisions run low while awaiting the Eagle and crew, then Sandy spots a polar bear outside the hut. He shoots the bear dead, and its corpse provides food and saves the party from starvation and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy
Axes and Modes of Using Them Across Regions
The Northwestern Lumberman notes varied axe designs and handling styles by nationality. It cites Canadian, Down-east, New York, Western, and American choppers, detailing blade shapes and balance. It adds that Yankee cutters, using favored axes, can perform about one fifth more work with equal effort, explaining Maine’s forestry prominence.
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Northwestern
New Jersey
Maine
New York
WeS&terner
Russian Sanitary Service In War Zone Described In Telegraph
The London Telegraph details Prince Vladimir Tcherkasski directing sanitary work north of the Danube with Bulgarian administration south of it. It notes high readiness, low sickness in Kischeneff area, strong army health, and a robust Russian medical system with eleven non combatants per company, four ambulances per regiment, a hospital, and medicine carts to swiftly move wounded.
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London Telegraph
Danube
Vladimir Tcherkasski
Prince Tcherkasski
Kischeneff
Mocking Birds Decline Amid Local Poaching Trade
From the Augusta Chronicle a noted fact is that mocking birds are rarer each year due to raids by bird catchers. Thousands are caught in Georgia and shipped north at high prices. A large cage of 150 young birds from Balloch county was seen, being taken toward Baltimore by a man transporting them.
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
R. Barden
Sauk Center
Pioneer Press
Pgether
Augusta
Georgia
Balloch County
Baltimore
Public bids for Liberty township brick schoolhouse 1877
Bids due noon June 20 1877 for a 24 by 30 foot one story brick schoolhouse in Liberty township Van Wert county Ohio. Plans at Henry Robinson Van Wert or L B Shatner Liberty township. Bids must name all bidders and include guarantee. Board may reject all bids. By order of Board of Education. June 8 1877. In Probate notices accounts for settlement and guardianships listed for July 23 1877 hearing. Sheriff sale of an organ June 2 1877.
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Liberty Township
van Wert County
Ohio
Henry Robinson
van Wert
L. B. Shatner
Board of Ediecation
Peter Brubaker
P.a.scott
Clarence W. Scott
Isaac C. Scott
KB. B. Morris
George Wade
Samuel Foster
Catharine Dean
T. C. Kensler
Daniel Perhamus
John P. Morris
Rachel Aunis Ramsey
John Wagner
John Miller
William Wright
George W. McDonald
Daniel Fortney
Edn F
William B
John A. Martzog
Jacob Blenz
John A. Ahriman
Elizabeth Ahriman
Lydia Strips
Aiun
Frank Stripe
Conrad Hiainvinan
Rosannah M
John F. M. Bibiluy
Timothy Nfateh
Vileta P
Emma B. Thomas
Abraham Calhoun
Miles B
Mary A. Calhoun
A.W. Baker
J.W. Penn & Co
Court of Common vs.Pleas
Fred Billman
Alexander
Susannah Williams
Court of Common Pleas
C. J.K
Washington Street
Fred Bill Literife
van WE
Price & Shissler
Iman
Silerife
Emerson & Marble
Pa of Common Pleas
J. Brackney
Towit
Sid
Sherif
Onto
Attorneys
Sherifiss
Imerson & Marble
Court of Com. Pleas
R. N. Balliet
Sherrin
R. B. Boon
Sherife
van Wert, O
Cully
Court of Common Vs. Pleas
Oillo
Edson & Brodnix
Sherifie
J. C. Vandrau
H. Court of Common Wassenberg
Olio
W. H. Himmelright
Ws. G.E. Wells
Alonzo Cross
Peter Cross
Jacob Cross
A. J. Fostnaught
Justice of the Peace
Willshire Township
Henry Lambkin
Jas. Hopkins
Sheriffs Office
van Wert, Ohto
Sutphen & Jones
Louisa Walburn
John McCollum
Range
Defiance Road
Range 2
Clark & Darnell
Elizabeth Mice
John M. Springer
van Wert Co. Bank
C. L. Wallice
Et al
Alexander & Saltzgaber
Howe Sewing Man Court of Comman Chine Company, Pleas
van Wert Vs
William Tester
Court of Common Pidas
Outlet No.7
J. M.C. Marble
Township No. 2
Fred. Billman
Cunningham & Kemper
Weed Sewing Machine Co
Summit St
Toledo
F. F
Weed
Ohto
Michigan
Indiana
G. C. Graham & Co
Sherifi
Mandel Court of Common Pleas
W. H. Himmelreich
Levis
Sheriff's Office
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Aan Wlert Bulletin
New York Christian Union
Tammany Ring
Sweeny
Connolly
Mtesi
Central Africa
Burlington
America
Russian Sanitary Service
Louisville
Young Men's Christian Association
Siereife
Morton H. Mullen
Abzom Stewart
First National Bank
R. Strother
Cincinnati
G. G. Rupert & CO
J. AL. Thomas
van Wert Nursery
WM. Jacobs
Robert Clarke & CO
Booksellers & Stationers
Township Officers
Peck
Swan
Warren
Ohio Law
Swan and Critchfield
Sayier
Nash
Ratt
Seney
Matthewson Partnership
Stanley Matthews
Hanover
Rost. Clarke & CO
West Fourth Street
Incinnati,c
Cheap Music Co
Middleboro
Mass
Ost Jr
We. Paid. J
Husted
Nassau
Rens Co
Stump. Novelty Co
Boo Mak Twain
John Kkene
East Eet Street
New Xe
Fun Card Co
C.N. Crittenden
Sixth Ave
State of
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Courts of Common Pleas
Justices of the Peace
Montgomery
Common Pleas
Pieas
Generl Assembly
Stelkness
District Courts
United States
District and Common Pleas
H. W. Curtis
Senate
O. J. Hodge
House of Representatives
Otlio
Milton Barnes
State of Ohio
Columbus
New York City
Express
Stiner’s
New York and China Tea Co
M. H. Moses & CO
Vesey Steet
Novity Co
Sherive
F. F. Weed
Adelia St. Grayam
Lansing, Mich
G. F
ToLevo
R. P. Taft
A. Lynchus
East Main Street
OLTO
A. Lynch
OFTO
Capital
Isaac N. Alexander
C. A. Melsheimer
C. D. Swartoudt
O. P. Bonewitz
D. A. Towns, E. W. Wilson
I. N. Alexander
Charles Germann
P. H. Miller
F. J. Bonewitz, Jacob Fox
A. B. Gleason
Peter Swartwouth
P. Richey
B. Price, M. F. Richey
Old Country
Leibic
W. H. Pennell
Oves
P. Clare & Son
South Washington St
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