Independent State Convention Called for June 10
A call is issued for an Independent State Convention to meet at the state house in Springfield on June 10 at 10 o clock AM to nominate candidates for state treasurer and superintendent of public instruction. The Farmers associations are the prime movers. The Havana dispatch notes the court martial metes death and chain gang penalties across Cuba with multiple executions and sentences. The San Francisco Commercial Herald foresees record gold and silver yields due to abundant water and snow, predicting higher bullion output and mining activity from Salt Lake to the Pacific, boosting trade prospects.
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State House
Springfield
Farmers’ Associations
Havana
Mayari
Santiago de Cuba
Puerto Principe
Gonaimaro
Trinidad
The
San Francisco Commercial Herald
West
Salt Lake
Pacific
Railroad Land Grants Taxation Bill Reported by Committee
The House passed a bill from the Committee on Public Lands stating that lands granted to railroads become taxable by the state or territory where they lie once legally inured to the roads, even if patents have not been issued. Previously roads avoided patents to dodge taxation.
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Committee On Public Lands
House
Geneva Award Bill Passes Senate After Prolonged Session
The Senate approved the Geneva award bill at the close of a long session on Tuesday evening. The measure shifts settlement of claims to commissioners rather than a court and excludes insurance companies. An Sherman amendment allows gold basis settlements. The House bill, favoring court settlements, failed by six votes, while excluding insurance firms by four. Supporters hope conference committee progress will secure passage.
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Senate
House
Sherman
Friends of the House
The Fighting Parson Visit to Senator Brownlow
The New England Farmer editor travelling through the South visited Senator Brownlow in Knoxville Tennessee, noting his thoughts and discussions during the trip.
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The
New England Farmer
South
Brownlow
Knoxville
Tenn
Novous Sys
Generous Knoxville pair noted for sociability and charity
The observer recalls a Knoxville couple famed for kindness to the poor and their cordial, generous nature. Despite rumors of weapon bearing, the man states he never owned a pistol. The description highlights calm, benevolent countenance and frank, genial manners.
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Knoxville
Youngers Victim Louis Lull dies after long illness
Louis J. Lull, wounded in the Youngers skirmish and later dying after a lingering illness, was born in 1847 in Royalton Vermont. He served in the Civil War, moved to Chicago, served as a patrolman and sergeant, briefly led under Washburn, worked as a private detective at the Palmer House, and faced a violent end as he pursued outlaw targets. He married May Power in 1878 and leaves a mourning wife, mother, sister, and many friends.
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Chicago Times
Louis J. Lull
Royalton
Woodstock
Louis
Barnard
Newport
R.1
E. P. Lull
Navy
Vermont
Lull
Chicago
Michigan
Washburn
Joliet
Gad’s Hill
May Power
Missouri
Savage Surgery in The London Globe
The London Globe criticizes barbarous surgical practices in other nations. It cites moxa burning as a painful North American Indian invention, noting Dr. Brown-Séquard’s view it may be the most painful operation. The piece mentions a South Sea Island method used in certain cages and laments widespread suffering in medical treatments.
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London Globe
Sumner
Ohio Giant Abner Mcllrath Feats of Strength Highlighted
Cleveland paper extols Abner Mcllrath as a giant at sixty one and six feet seven and a half inches tall. He lifted 1700 pounds of iron and once tossed twelve to fifteen sailors from his yard after they tried to raise two tons. Abe, a former cooper, once lifted a buggy onto a fence to teach a town snob a lesson before driving away whistling.
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Cleveland
Abner Mcllrath
Mclllrath
Abe
Quirky California Youth Tales From The City Streets
A Sacramento observer notes a curious California episode where seminary girls use three penny stamps on envelopes to send coded tender notes to lovers. A boy, six years old, chats with a passerby after puffing a cigar, revealing he buys cigars downtown for ten cents each and started smoking about age one.
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California
Sacramento
Russian Princess Faces Family Tensions and Letters
The poor little Alexandrovna clashes with Victoria's circle over status in the royal family. She resents her privileges, sulks over unequal rank, and claims insult in letters home to her stern father as the Crac and Alexis remain viewed with bemused American manners.
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Alexandrovna
Victoria
Dukey
One Price System Aims to Preserve Firm Reputation
The departments will stock a select range of goods from leading brands and maintain the reputation of the old firm by ensuring a steady supply of high quality items. The policy emphasizes strict one price adherence, placing all customers on equal business terms.
Family Groceries at Old Stand Troy Ills
The advertisement invites patrons to visit the N. E. corner of Main and Market streets in Troy Illinois to buy the best goods at competitive prices and notes they accept country produce in exchange for high quotations.
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N. B
N. E
Main & Market Streets
Troy, Ils
Smith’s
Market Street
Troy
Illinois
Rheumatism and neuralgia cure claims notified
Sworn testimony declares Dr J P Fittex claims a infallible cure for rheumatic and neuralgic conditions with a 1871 sworn affidavit by F A Osbourn Notary. Advertises herbal syrup sold by druggists alongside a separate note about a new music book Fairy Echoes and a Broadway address for J J Peters.
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J.P. Fittex
University of Penn
Avil
D. D. Ford
C. H. Ewing
Fedia
Clarence
Saan
Art A. Smith
Pittsford Falls
Chareh Pahlla
Dr. Fitter
Morvan
Peters publishes music instruction collection catalog
A late 19th century catalog advertises music education titles and methods. It lists piano, organ, voice, guitar, and choir books by Peters and others, with items like The Best Instructor and New Method courses. The notice notes publications are published and mailed post-paid from 599 Broadway, New York.
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Peters
Inkel
Ludden
Worrall
Baers Selena
Sedgwick
J. J. Peters
Broadway, N. Y
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Feek
Youngers
Savage Surgery
Ohio
Young America
Samuel Rawson
Andrew Rawson
Sam
Rawson & Bro
Risser & Rawson
Edwardsville, Ills
St. Louis
Fred. Allwarter
Clay Street
Trey City Mints
Ney Are
Broadway
St. Louis Dewarat
Otheck
Circe
Ania
Caras
James. N. Jarvis
Dewey
F. A. Sain
M.D
Neues
W. W. Jarvis
Andrew Mis
Justice OF the Peace
Rinser & Rawseon’s
F. L. Hampton
Saddler
Main Street
Joan L. Purviance
221Na and Globe Insurance Co’s. Ly
James Downie
Joseph Kiesel
Rail Road
Andrew Klein
Adam Koenig
John Deimling
Troy City Exchange
Felix Droll
Troy City
John Diehle
T. H. Bell
Syr
John J. Hefty
Methodist Church
Seyie
Baptist Church
A. Saddler and Harness
Wigre
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