Twentieth Century Tweed Life Rise and Fall Recited
A long account outlines William M. Tweed born in New York, his rise from chairmaker to Tammany chief, and his domination of city politics. It traces alliances with Connolly Sweeney Hall and the downfall leading to a harsh prison sentence and public reckoning for corruption.
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Utica Observer
Blackwell
Islnd
Wm. M. Tweed
Court of Oyer and Terminar
Noah Davis
Tweed
W. M. Tweed
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New York
University Law School
Ametropolis
Big Six
Williamsburg
Long Island
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Board of Supervisors
Tammany
Tarsmany
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Richand B. Connally
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Ile
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Senate
Albany
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A. Oakey Wall
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Gat
Norton
Genet
Creamer
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Michael Murphy
Young Democracy
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Democracy
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Pesca
Thayer
Rensselaer
Comptroller’s Office
Democratic Party
James O’grien
Board of Audit
O'Brien
O’brien
New York Times
Judge Davis
Tweedy Q.conor
Wilden
Democratic State Committee
Industrial procession for the 1876 Centennial celebration
A New York journal advocates a national Fourth of July commemoration in Philadelphia framed as an industrial procession. States and territories would parade with banners and regional products, machines, and symbols, led by military units, showcasing America’s people, industries, and resources for a grand civic spectacle.
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New York Journal
Philadelphia
Union
Maine
North Carolina
New York
Florida
California
New Jersey
Montana
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Nebraska
Elks
Oregon
Iron
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Apostles Deaths and Martyrdoms Across Ancient Lands
The list recounts the fates of early apostles and followers: Matthew dies in Ethiopia after martyrdom. Mark perishes in Alexandria with his death in Egypt. Luke is hanged in Greece. John survives a boiling cauldron in Rome and dies in Ephesus. James the Great beheaded in Jerusalem. James the Tess killed from a pinnacle. Philip beheaded. Bartholomew skinned alive. Andrew crucified and bled. Thomas pierced by a lance. Jude shot with arrows. Simon crucified. Matthias stoned. Barnabas stoned. Paul beheaded by Nero Lat Rowe.
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Matthew
Ethiopia
Mark
Alesandria
Egypt
Luke
Greece
John
Rome
Ephesus
Asia
James the Great
Jeruselan
James
Tess
Phillip
Bartholomew
Andrew
Thomas
Jude
Simon
Matthias
Barnabas
Paul
Nero Lat Rowe
The Late John Parker Hale Portrait and Career
John P. Hale born March 31 1806 in Rochester Stafford County New Hampshire. He studied at Phillips Exeter Bowdoin graduating 1827 1897 misprint. Hale served as United States Attorney for New Hampshire and was elected to Congress in 1848 amid Democratic tensions over slavery.
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Congress
United States Senate
Shadrach
Free Soil Party
Scott
Whigs
Gen
Pierce
Democrats
Senate
Hale
New York
Atherton
Spain
John P. Hale
Rochester
Stafford County
N. H
Phillips Academy
Exeter
Bowdoin
Prentiss
Lenry W. Longfellow
Nathaniel Hawthorne
George B. Cheever
Franklin Pierce
Prof
Stowe
Dover
Things That A Married Woman Cannot Help Thinking
A fragmentary piece notes a married woman’s internal musings on past beauty, marital advice, mother-in-law tensions, sister-in-law behavior, daughters’ looks, suspected evening habits of her husband, servant management, and the idea her husband may someday succeed. It also questions her own intelligence and the man’s social disdain for bachelors.
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Woma
Advertisers Hinted to Submit Ads with Cash Promptly
Brief notice urges advertisers to provide cash with their ads and hand in before the end of each week. The fragment hints at timing and payment requirements for running advertisements.
New Year Tax Cut and Ocean Oyster Beds Reform
A New Year 8 cent letter registration fee replaces fifteen cents. Worida reports that once invalid visitors are exhausted it can profit from oyster bed limits. Georgia's Mr. Stephens gains front-seat access in the House. Boston dispatch notes New England factories resuming, signaling improved trade. England seeks first polar discovery with a united royal society expedition. Ireland benefits from higher English coal prices as investors eye large scale copper fields.
British prisoners listed on Virginius and other items
The London Fires prints the official list of British subjects captured on the steamer Virginius and executed. The Vics urge the British Government to surrender survivors but avoid stating that the seizure was legal. Also noted are a Chicago ocean railway idea, severe South American mosquitoes, Col. Mosby visiting President Grant, and debates in Congress on extending taxation including tea, coffee, distilled spirits, and tobacco.
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Santiago
Niobe
Pry
Fry
J M. Autran
Cuba Espanola
Lehmitt
Marine
Don Ramon Brandaris
Buviel
Joseph Fry
Culmit
Cuba
Jamaica
Morrant Point
United States of America
Santiago de Cuba
Ory
Schmitt
Gov
Buriel
Aires
Ryan
Verona
London Fires
Zvics
Col. Mosby
Virginia
Cobar
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