Proclamation by President Hayes Declares National Thanksgiving Day
President Rutherford B. Hayes proclaims Thursday November 29 as a day of National Thanksgiving and prayer. He urges Americans to abstain from secular work to worship and give thanks for God’s mercies and the nation’s enduring stability and prosperity. The proclamation is dated October 29, 1877, in Washington with the seal and secretary's signature.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
United States
Washington
Tm. M. Sevarts
Ohio Governor Proclaims November Day of Thanksgiving
Gov. Thomas L. Young issues a formal proclamation from Columbus designating Thursday, November 29, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer for Ohio citizens. The notice urges rest from ordinary occupations and worship in homes and churches to acknowledge blessings and practice kindness and charity.
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Columbus
Young
State of
Ohio
Thomas L. Young
United States of America
Milton Barnes
Death from hydrophobia in child from Spitz bite
A two year old boy in Philadelphia died after symptoms of hydrophobia followed a dog bite. Doctors report a clear, circumstantial case with convulsions triggered by water and no signs of meningitis or tetanus, and confirm the father and witnesses.
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Philadelphia
Paa
Charles Leibrick
Charles Edward Leibrick
Joseph Eichmann
Twenty-third
Bolton
Eichmann
Barnes
Feigert Judgment Pay Penalty Misapplied by Judge
County argues the law requires a ten percent penalty on a defalcation to fund collection costs and interest. Judge Phelps refused to add the penalty, delaying recovery and increasing county expenses from Freigert defalcation, with bondsmen bearing responsibility and potential higher court appeals.
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Puenos
Freigert
Feigert
Ingersoll Denies Rising View On Punishment Of Children
Col. Bop Ingersoll contradicts a circulating report linking his anti child punishment stance to his father’s cruelty and his own rejection of God. He defends his father’s tenderness and criticizes Solomon and the notion of divine law guiding childrearing. He asserts his father’s benevolence despite religious strictures.
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Col. Bop Ingersoll
Solomon
Survivor of Custer Massacre Becomes Indian Chief
The Boston Herald reports Sitting Bull has adopted and married White Chief Martin Ryan, a Corporal of Company I Seventh Cavalry captured at the Little Bighorn. Ryan, who claimed to be Custer’s prisoner, has become a war chief in Sitting Bull’s camp and seeks release with British help.
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Boston Herald
Washington, D. C
Sitting Bull
Fort Walsh
Custer
Terry
Martin Ryan
Seventh Calvary
Col. Keough
Little Big Horn
Ryan
Rvan
St. Paul
Company I
Seventh Calvery
Corbin
State Department
McCrary
Tilton Seeks Reunion as Wife Reported Cautious
The New York Sun notes Theodore Tilton may wish to reunite with his wife and resettle. Friends say he has been seen near Mrs Tilton’s house, while her circle doubts the return. Tilton’s daughters are in Europe and he rents his Brooklyn home. sons stay with their mother with support. Mrs Tilton denies any reunion, and would not consider it while in her right mind.
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New York Sun
Theodore Tilton
Frenchman perfects shock device to stop runaway horses
A French inventor describes a method using a magnet under a horse driver seat and a wire along the spine to shock a wild horse into submission. The piece suggests the device could be applied to politics to curb unpredictable candidates, or “dark horses.”
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Chicago Tribune
Temper and Revenge Rule a Man’s Fit for Advice
A remark on how a heated temper makes a man unfit for counsel and reason, turning him toward violence. It notes the danger of attempting to impose force on others who refuse to submit, ending with a vivid image of a man returning home with a black eye.
Senator Morton’s Estate Valued At 30 000 To 50 000
The late senator’s estate is variably estimated at thirty thousand to fifty thousand dollars. It includes a White county farm, bank stock, and a one half interest in the Indianapolis Daily Journal.
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Morton
White County
Indianapolis Daily Journal
Heroic Baltimore & Ohio Engineer Stays at Throttle Despite Rheumatic Collapse
Curtis Elliott, veteran Baltimore & Ohio engineer living in the city, steered a through Western train from Martinsburg to Baltimore while struck by a severe rheumatic attack. With arms and legs useless within minutes, he kept his hand on the lever and directed the fireman until the engine reached Camden Station. He was finally carried from the cab and into a carriage, then into a home for relief.
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Baltimore American
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Curtis Elliott
Martinsburg
W. Va
Baltimore
Ife
Camden Station
Eliott
Turning point in New York politics and moral debate
A Talmage lecture condemns John Morrissey’s election to the New York State Senate as a test of public virtue, attacking gambling, wealth excess, and fast living while urging simplicity, labor, and honest industry. It argues money should serve, not govern, society and calls for reform at home and in public life.
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Talmage
New York
United States
Odern
John Morrissey
Hamilton Fish
Grant
Peter Cooper
Education
Brown Stone
Fifth Avenue Equipages
Murray Hill
Sixth Ward
John
Chicago
Dugaine
Grant and Mrs Grant in Paris Drawing-Room Event
The Paris correspondent notes an informal meeting with General and Mrs. Grant at a hotel. An American guest dominated the conversation near the fire while Mrs. Grant wore blackish blue silk and appeared dignified. The ex-President learned the drawing-room previously hosts the Princess of Wales. Seven Department of Public Safety detectives stood watch at the hotel entrance.
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Paris
London News
Department of Public Safety
First U.S. seizure under cruelty statute for rail cattle
United States Marshal Hildrup seized six carloads of cattle shipped from Kansas to Chicago on the Alton road after the shipper ignored notices to feed water and exercise the animals. The seizure, the first under the new federal act, awaits court hearing and an order for sale in about a month.
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U. S
Berg
Washburne
Alton Road
Chicago
Kansas
United States
Hildrup
Shaker Elder Urges Tramp Arrest and Work Farms
Elder Evens of the Shaker Community writes to an editor on the tramp question. He advocates arresting all tramps and placing them on a county farm where they must work for food and clothing, arguing government should be parental and all able should work.
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Evens
Ruptured wedding in Rupert halted by arrest mishap
A Rupert Vermont wedding stalled as an officer arrested the groom on a minor charge amid a large wealthier family gathering. The groom was held overnight after a Justice set bail at 200 dollars, then married at the house despite the disruption.
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Rupert
Vermont
Forgiveness Sought After Indian Killing Confession
In a Bismarck Tribune account a man describes firing with a ruined left eye and squinted aim, admitting he killed Indians while nearly blind. He says he ran them down and kicked them to death and asks forgiveness in a tense moment as others react and talk of a new coon dog.
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Bismarck Tribune
Eph
Francis
President and Mrs Hayes Decline Theater Invitations
The President and Mrs Hayes decline all invitations to theater and places of amusement. Managers fear lost advertisements as they cannot publicize that the President and family will occupy a private box during performances on certain evenings.
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Hayes
Washington
Giant Cheese Weighing 7000 Pounds Created at Ingersoll Factory
A cheese made at a Ingersoll Ontario factory weighs seven thousand pounds and measures six feet ten inches by three feet in height with a twenty one foot circumference. It required milk from seven thousand cows or thirty five tons of milk to produce it.
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Ingersoll
Canada
Cultivate Family Affection in Rural Life
Col Robert Ingersoll urges farmers to secure autumn comfort by making homes warm and air healthy. He condemns harsh treatment within families and calls for kindness to children, arguing happiness comes from love, not harsh labor. He says farming itself does not breed cruelty and that working for loved ones uplifts the worker.
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Robert Ingersoll
Cleaning Beds and Airing Them to Prevent Must
The article discusses hygienic bed care in Germany and urges American households to air and sun beds weekly. It notes using a small tick sized comforter under a good sheet and warns that poorly aired beds in parlors can become foul. It also quotes a dying Pennsylvania clergyman’s wife advising cheerful remarriage and childcare. The Permanent Exhibit in Philadelphia hosted a colored people's day, which drew little attendance, explained by an Uncle Tom character about the event being poorly marketed.
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Germany
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Uncle Tom
Mule Attack Provokes Bergh Viva Voce Outburst
A New York teamster brutalizes a bay mule with a paint-brush tail. Henry Bergh of the U S P C A intervenes, is struck by a mule hoof, and urges vengeance in wild arias. a petrified man in Pueblo 1875 is noted. four New York detectives are convicted for tariff fraud conspiracies and sentenced to two years.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
New York
Henry Bergh
Mr. Bergh
Billy
Sale notice of 8 acre parcel in Van Wert County Ohio
By order of sale of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas Van Wert County, Ohio, Sheriff Fred Biluman offers at the courthouse door in Van Wert on December 29 1877 between 1 and 2 pm a described 8 acre south east fractional part of the north east quarter of section 1 township 2 south of range 2 east. Appraised at $600 with cash terms. Clark & Darnell attorneys.
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Court of Commonleas
van Wert County
Ohio
Township Two
Range Two
Defiance Road
Township 2
Range East
Fred Biluman
van Wert
Clark & Darnell
Ee Johnson
Hiram Snyder
Dora E. Snyder
John W.snyder
Court of Common Pleas
County of
Thomas Garman
Towit
Alexander & Saltzgaber
F. H. Conley
A.S. Burt
Fred Billman
W.J. Beers
Robert G. McIlwain
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
Joseph Dunkerley
G. W. Tannehill
Court of Common Vs. Pleas
Ridge Township
Sale of Real Estate in Van Wert County Ohio
Sheriff Fred Billman will sell at the Van Wert courthouse door on December 29 1877 for cash the North 24 part Inlet No 292 Original Plat Van Wert with specific lot frontages and depths appraised at 1150 dollars. Stephen Jones attorneys. Nov 23 1877.
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Henry Lambkin
Court of Common VS. Pleas
van Wert
James Hopkins
Ohio
Court of Common Pleas
van Wert County
Fred Billman
Sheriff's Office
Scutphen & Jones
Immense Stock of Men and Boy’s Ready-Made Clothing
An immense stock of men and boys ready-made clothing offered at prices cheaper than any house in town. Special bargains in men and boys overcoats. Dry goods department features dress goods flannels jeans repellants cloakings cotton goods and more.
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Lan Aplert Bulletin
J.H. Foster
R. B. Hayes
Allen County
Democrat
Judge Purees
Carr. L. M. Mieriry
Bisior
Phelps
Auglaize County
W. J. Beers
Celina Standard
Beers
Congress
Morrissey and
Burlington
Gwkock
Patrick
Pat
Pueblo, Col
Sheripe
Louisa Walburn
Common Pleas
John McCollum
Shtlerife
James Montgomery
Mammoth
West Main Street
Ofno
Emerson & Marble
Sheriff’s Sale
Bard & UC
LAMB
Lamb Knitting Machine CO
Cincinnati
Root & Company
Calhoun St
Fort Wayne, Ind
Imn
Uae
Yoqughiegheny
Courtauld
Vat Witter
Terry’s
Nottingham
Cassimeres
Calhoun
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Der
Lises
H. V. Olney
South Washington St
C. Emerson
J. M. C. Marble
Allen
Croup
Fairbank
Neel
S. Miller
Shierife
O. P. Clark & Son
Phillips Patent
South Washington Street
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