MANSIONS OF NYC ELITE AND SOUTHERN DEFENSES
A survey describes grand dwellings in Brooklyn and Manhattan, including Dimock Hatch castle in Tarrytown, Montague Terrace homes of George S. Seney and Grant’s Home on Sixty-sixth Street. It details John C. Eno's Park Avenue mansion and Daniel B. Hatch’s residence, noting wealth and architectural splendor. The piece then argues Northern support for the South, urging fair assessment amid rising Northern investment and personal observations.
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Columbia Heights
Brooklyn
Nho
George S. Seney
Matrapotan Bank
Mee Poe Een
Wall Street Bsave
John C. Eno
Second National Bank
Park Avenue
Thirty-sixth
Esme
Uty
Republicans Confront Blaine After Papers Rebuke
Republicans read editorial opposition from the New York Times and Boston Advertiser and grow wary of Blaine. Some defend the papers as unreliable while others concede the impact may boost Blaine’s vote, yet sober Republicans grow silent as they sense independent strength.
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New Yor Times
Boston Advertiser
Blaine
New York
Times
Leader
Messrs. Miller and Brown
Pennsylvania
Editorials Split on Blaine for the Presidency
The New York Press notes editorially that it will not support Blaine and advises against voting for him. The New York Times Republican claims no man should be voted for Blaine, while The Herald predicts Republicans will rue nominating Blaine and urges nominating Tilden or Cleveland for victory.
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New York Times
Blaine
Herald
Republians
Tilden
Cleveland
Will Be Beaten. New York Bowning Post Commentary
The piece laments Blaine as the last remaining champion of an old political system. It predicts his disposal and suggests future power shifts toward a new leadership class, hinting at public indifference to certain figures and the readiness to replace them with those who will not be controversial.
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Tarrytown
New York
A. W. Dimockey
Dimock & Pes
Dimock
Hatch
Fisk & Hatch
Newark Bank
Bodee
Sir Walter Scott
New York Bowning Post
Blaine
Girls Turn to Berry Farming for Independence in North Carolina
A writer argues rural girls, often educated but penniless, can gain independence by growing berries and small fruits. He recounts eastern North Carolina sisters earning about $1,000 after marketing 4,000 quarts of strawberries, detailing field methods, labor pay, and near-market advantages. He promotes fruit cultivation as a healthy, respectable path for women to earn money and maintain dignity.
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North Carolina
Ian Old Rascal
Patelay
Diamond cut diamond tale nets Ingersoll in duel with fate
Seb Ingersoll’s private tale of a Utah vigilante ambush ends with a punch line about a cigar scene in Cleveland. In a Boston anti tobacco controversy, he tells how a match flare revealed him to be safe, joking that without a cigarette there would have been one less lawyer in the world.
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Seb Ingersoll
San Francisco Post
Ingersoll
Cleveland
Star Routers
Boston
Utah
Bob
Misfortunes of an Ohio Wife Warn Elopement
A Akron, Ohio wife ran away with the children taking $1400. Her husband Thomas Dillon learns a brother’s death brings a $50,000 estate and a possible $1,000,000 inheritance. He refuses payment of a bill, telling her to wait for money. A Canada divorce cites a yoked steer as cause. Misprint riddled text closes with a baffling mattress shavings note.
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Ohio
Thomas Dillon
Akron
Dillon
Old Sly Vee A BIM From Chicago Sparks Republican Fears
A faded Chicago ruse figure mocks Republican plans as he sits with the editor, predicting a coming political clash. The exchange hints at turmoil within the party, white tension around leadership, and a forecast of ambushes as factions maneuver before the upcoming frost season. The piece also cites the New York Times critique of Blaine and notes playful claims about Mexico and local behavior.
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Daniel B. Hatch
Hatch & Foote
Wall Street
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Manele
Fify
Fourth Street
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South
The
New York Press
Franklin
Canada
Chicago
Old
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Wallyesh
Dave
Kasc
Jim Blaine
Mexico
Efare de Cobb
Catule
Americus
Dee. Meek
W. J. Hudson & CO
Alabama St
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
BOOKS
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J. E. Crawford
Americus, GA
W. IL. Berker
Isaac A Sheppard & Co
Baltimord
J. W. Sheffield & CO
Arreyd Dawson Commercial College
Department OF the
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Daly Place
Geath A
Blatchley
Blatchley's
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Monuf'r
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Preston
M. Wuratley
Aumerican
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