Macon Merchants Prep Big Fair Displays And Exhibits
Superintendent Hatcher describes Macon merchants and residents preparing sizeable displays for an upcoming fair. He notes large space rentals, surprise exhibits in needlework painting and horse racing, with premiums totaling $2000 to attract exhibitors. The article highlights plans across livestock, crafts, circuses, and amusements at the fairgrounds and nearby venues.
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Dudley to Indiana after Ohio duties end
Dudley, in Washington October 16, heads to Indiana after returning from Ohio. He will pursue private business first and then continue his pension duties with similar methods. A Civil Service Reform letter accusing Commissioner Burdley of misconduct in Ohio has been referred to the Interior Secretary for investigation and report, which Dudley dismissed as unlikely to amount to much.
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Drouth Ravages Berries Area in Nasavax Georgia
Unseasonable drought spreads through Nasavax Georgia with October rain scarce. No rainfall since early September leads to drying creeks ponds and swamps. Promising crops from a month ago now appear ruined with oats berries and potatoes failing.
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Nasavax
Ohios Democracy and Early Returns Report
October 16 dispatches from Comumbus Ohio and other places describe slow official returns from Tuesday's election. Democrats claim a statewide majority around 10,937 with Republicans near 10,792. Republicans say eleven of twenty one congressmen are not yet decided. last reports place Robinson ahead by 11,421.
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Balironda and Hide Hunters End Buffalo Era
A Pioneer Press interview discusses the near extinction of the buffalo in Dakota and Montana, noting a drop from tens of thousands of robes to a few thousand remnants north of the line. Traders blame white hide hunters and demand protective laws, predicting buffalo robes will fetch high prices and urging substitutes.
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Vigilance committee formed to guard Chicago polls
In Chicago, 100 Democrats organized a vigilance committee to prevent intimidation at election day. The group aims to avoid fights while wordy disputes continue, with a warning that any Deputy Marshal or Sheriff who bullies voters may face retaliation if a Democrat is shot. The situation signals potential serious trouble on election day.
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United States
The
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Chicago
Marable
Free remedy offered for nervous weakness and decay
An advertisement promises a cure for nervous weakness and early decay for men, claiming the remedy was discovered by a missionary from South America and offered free of charge. Readers are instructed to send a self addressed envelope to a supposed contact.
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Life in Liberia Education and Emigration Prospects
Washington correspondent reports on Liberia’s education system and the Colonization Society’s work. Consul general William Coppinger describes public schools, compulsory attendance, and a college cost of $20,000 with strong patronage. Applications to emigrate exceed supply. about 14,000 sent since formation, plus 5,000 Africans moved via slave ships. Liberia spans 600 miles along the coast with growing native assimilation, kings sending children to schools, and English widely understood. Emigrants receive land and rations on arrival, with subsistence wages and opportunities for self-support in farming, teaching, and clerical work.
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United States
First Negro Song and Early Efforts in New York
The fragment notes a piece titled Teh of taburg by Herbert, described as his first effort in New York in 1815, with a mention of his face. The readable text is incomplete.
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Taburg
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