Political clash in Troy as Democrats move for temp mayor
Last week Troy's city government faced a partisan shuffle as Democrats attempted to install a temporary mayor pro tem while the Republican mayor was away on his wedding trip. The move triggered objections from the private secretary and questions about irregular proceedings, with readings of appointments halted by the High Constable. The episode draws sharp condemnation as political chicanery and raises questions about validity of the actions.
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Troy
New York
Philadelphia
Congressional Globe
Trains Take Effect Sunday May 25 1873 At Noon
Amended rail timetable takes effect Sunday at noon with new GER train schedules. Officials announced changes to departure times and routes affecting several lines and stations.
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Philadelphia & Erie Rail Road
The Loss and Hope in a Mother’s Quiet Prayer
A mother recalls a cherished gown sewn for her child and the sorrow of loss when a pale stranger steals away her baby. Yet faith promises consolation and mercy through divine care, restoring hope as she envisions the child in the garden of God.
Life and inner soul in man and nature shown
The lecture outlines life as dual in man and nature with inner soul and outer conduct. It links character to inner life and explains how manners reveal the heart, face and voice exposing true self. An eagle battle over a lake showcases primal vigor and fatal outcome.
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E. E. White
Warren
Institute
Heaven
O’connell
Emerson
B. F. Taylor
Ventriloquist’s wooden child shocks hotel crowd
A man carried a wooden doll into a hotel and misled bystanders by pretending the child needed help. The crowd feared abuse as the man waved a knife, then stabbed the doll. He revealed the act was a ventriloquist’s routine and requested offers from onlookers.
Harriet Beecher Stowe to Tour the West for Readings
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe will tour the West in the month giving public readings from her works. The first reading is in Reading, Pennsylvania, then in Buffalo Cleveland Detroit Indianapolis Louisville St Louis Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburg and Philadelphia.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
West
Reading
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louisville
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Buy Laws Dominate Among Trade Statutes
A concise observation notes that among all trade laws the buy laws command the greatest favor, reflecting a preference for purchase oriented regulations within commercial practice.
Corpse Exhumed to Refute Local Slur in Cornwall
Canadian man Mr. Cameron, living near Cornwall, exhumed the coffins of his wife and child after a gossip claimed the wife had been sold for a gold chain. Several hundred locals gathered as the bodies, embalmed and well preserved, were shown to prove the rumor false.
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Cameron
British Columbia
Cornwall
Mr. Cameron
Mrs. Cameron
Pacific
Reflections on Youth and the Passage of Time
The piece contrasts a lost youthful self with present aging, noting the ache of memory and the faded beauty of earlier days. It muses on how ambitions and life’s pursuits shift, and asserts life’s happiness lies in small daily courtesies, kindnesses, and deeds.
Thanksgiving Plums and Dinner Debate Sparks Banter
A Thanksgiving dinner conversation moves from a plum pudding remark to playful denial. One neighbor asserts concern while another counters that the group is simply discussing the dish, ending in lighthearted exchange.
Local legend Solon Shingle drinks and weather barometer
A Binghamton resident called Uncle Solon Shingle drifts into town to drink. He returns home drunk, facing his wife’s punishment or warm reception. His improvised barometer is a hat toss test at the door. If the hat stays inside, a calm night and supper follow. if it flies out, he spends the night with his horses. The forty year old test never failed to warn of trouble.
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Snake Creek
Binghamton
Solon
Owens
Uncle Solon
Courageous Keokuk Woman Fights Mouse With Shotgun
A Keokuk woman found a mouse in a flour barrel and, with remarkable nerve, ordered the hired man to fetch a shotgun and a bulldog. She attacked the barrel with a pole while the dog pursued the mouse. The dog was shot dead, she fainted, and the hired man fled, fearing arrest while the mouse escaped.
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Keokuk
Joke on Brigham Young Amuses Pennsylvania Paper
A Pennsylvania paper teases Brigham Young by claiming he found twenty seven wives named on his list missing at roll call suggesting they had died. The report from Harrisburg Telegraph notes Mackey leading Hutchinson for State Treasurer with Mackey praised for rising to lead finances and paying off several million of the state debt.
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Brigham Young
Pennsylvania
Mary Jane Young
Josephine Ann Young
Sarah Malinda Young
Brigham
Mackey
Hutchinson
Treasury
Harrisburg
War Department to Honor First Rebel Gun Trophy
The War Department will send to West Point from the Ordnance Bureau the first gun fired in the rebellion as a trophy. It was fired at the steamer Vicksburg bound for New Orleans and likely carried arms and ammunition belonging to the United States. The firing occurred days before Charleston or Pensacola port actions. It is a small four pound cannon formerly owned by the city of Vicksburg.
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War Department
West Point
Ordnance Bureau
Vicksburg
New Orleans
United States
Charlston
Pensacola
Inscription on Tombstone in Pennsylvania Ends in Mourning
The inscription honors Tabitha as beloved wife of Joseph Right Thomas Andrews Eben Alstead Edward Murry and Charles Dean by her devoted husband Cyrus Morgan.
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Pennsylvania
Tabitha
Joseph Right
Thomas Andrews
Eben Alstead
Edward Murry
Charles Dean
Cyrus Morgan
Rector Compliments Local Pig in Quiet Exchange
In a small village scene a rector praises an unusually fine pig named Dibble during rounds. A contemplative villager responds with a grim quip about dying as fit as the animal in a period style exchange.
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