Vague War Predictions Reflect Uncertain Local Vote
In a comment from Van Wert County Ohio the writer jokes about mistaken predictions on the European war and likens election results to a near tie. The piece recalls a past clash where Bashi Bazouks slaughtered Christians, reflecting a distant war memory in local discourse.
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Europe
van Wert
Ohio
Warsaw
Scottish Commercial Insurance Company
Glasgow
Scotland
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
State of
Wm. D. Hill
Home Office
Ccse
Crete
Eeenes
United States
Alec Wekebes
E.M. Green
J. W. Hetrick
J.ik. P. Frisinger
Court of Com. Pleas
Mercer County
Samuel Miller
Court of Common Pleas
van Wert County
Fred Billman
Leblond & Day
John A. Ackerman
O. A
S. Burt
Alexander & Saltzgaber
Harrison Township
Jacob Danner
Laura Shertleff
Ver Wert County
Davis Johnson
Solomon Shaffer
Seneca County
F. M. Harmon
Jennings Township
Williams
York Township
C. Knipe
Jos. Boehmer
Allen County
George Miller
Delphos
Fred
Billman
Sehriff
Dismal Swamp Canal upgrade urged by Southern states
Eastern Virginia and North Carolina residents press Congress to fund expanding the Dismal Swamp Canal into a ship channel linking Chesapeake Bay and Albemarle Sound. Opened in 1799, the canal yielded dividend returns but recently declined, prompting bondholders to threaten sale and prompting Sherman to seek congressional action. The plan aims to boost regional trade and provide a wartime internal water route, amid broader Southern push for federal assistance.
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United States
Virginia
Sherman
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Thomas Paine Controversy and Public Opinion
The New York Tribune discusses the Paine controversy noting that public testimony on his ultimate opinions is ample and a court of arbitration would add little light. It argues Paine’s wrecked life stems from religious and conduct errors, while praise for his earlier services is mixed with claims of ingratitude and boisterous patronage by Col Ingersoll.
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Thomas Paine
New York Tribune
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Ingersoll
Governor Claiborne Jackson and his five sisters wives
The article recounts Claiborne S. Jackson a Kentucky native who became Missouri governor and joined the Southern Confederacy. It notes he married five sisters from a wealthy family, often marrying widows after prior spouses died, with a joke about the father permitting each marriage saying he had “got them all.”
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West
Cincinnati Gazette
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Marta News
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Matthews
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Cleveland
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Martin Luther
Dick Eisner
Charley Sargeant
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Bitter Winter to Test Turkish and Russian Forces at Plevna
The New York Times notes that Turkey’s ally climate will shift to harsh winter, strengthening Russia as frost returns. Bitter cold in Roumania could push Plevna’s siege, with temperatures dropping to 15 below zero and fuel shortages threatening endurance.
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Keely Motor and other fads draw skeptical experts
The Philadelphia Record reports mechanical engineers debunk the Keely motor as lacking scientific merit. They note earlier schemes the hydro pneumatic engine and the hydro field were impractical, and Keely failed to produce a working model or continuous power, with many transfers of ownership and no real motive force.
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Keely
John W. Meely
Philadelphia
New York
Seely
Patent Office
Fly brain mites spark germ theory in New York lecture
Professor Francis Gerry Fairchild reported in New York that during September 1876 house flies bore tiny mites in their brains and urines. He linked the finding to Bright's disease and the germ origin theory, suggesting the mites may influence disease understanding and remedies.
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Francis Gerry Fairchild
New York City
Comstock
Bright
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