White House Teetotalism Explains Hayes Stand
President Hayes confirms his 100 percent abstinence at the White House, noting his belief in the dangers of intoxicants in official life. He states his commitment began in Columbus and continued throughout his term, with Mrs. Hayes supporting the policy. He rejects any half measures and defends the abstinence stance as consistent and true.
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Pushing the Plough Reports Record Cotton and Crop Gains
The article details South Carolina agricultural progress from 1870 to 1880 with Census Bureau tables showing cotton production rising to 616,400 bales and corn up from 7.6 to 11.76 million bushels. Wheat and oat yields lag state averages, Beaufort and Marlboro counties cited for high per acre yields, and regional comparisons note room for cultivation improvements. It also lists contested House seats and vacancies ahead of the Forty-seventh Congress, signaling a busy elections period and party strategies.
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The Lion and the Jackals A Fable and Reform Fable
A Lion arrives as a friendly neighbor to jackals but soon exposes their gossip and backbiting. One by one jackals smear others, prompting the Lion to denounce the group for mutual harm. The piece closes with a cautionary moral on reform beginning at home. Also includes a strange tale of a woman who swallowed her teeth and later retrieved them, and a satirical council meeting on reform among animals.
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A T Stewart's Body Believed Secretly Encased in Garden City Cathedral
Report from New York claims A T Stewart's body lies in the crypt of the Stewart Memorial Cathedral at Garden City. Details describe heavy blue stone slabs bolted around the coffin, wiring to chimes, and nightly watchmen, with a special train delivery and cathedral activities cited as part of the alleged plot.
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The Spider's Apparatus and American Silence for Amusement
A study of spider silk production describes four spinerets on the abdomen and the rapid twisting of thousands of silk fibers into a fine thread. It notes Sarah Bernhardt’s performances drawing immense American audiences and an estimated $430,000 take, with about $200,000 to her as share, illustrating the era’s entertainment boom.
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Matching Cat Hatches Chickens in Brooklyn Home
A brindle cat owned by Thomas Leonard of south Brooklyn hatched twenty nests of eggs over two years and raised about twenty one chickens. The cat, christened Tibby, cared for the brood, defended them from rivals, and kept watch over the latest hatch. The remarkable mother, a three year old with prior kittens, has become a local attraction and is exhibited in a museum.
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A Soldier's Dream Before Cedar Creek Battle
A Civil War soldier dreams of scouting near a log barn used by Confederate scouts, recounting the night’s happenings and a near-miss with captured men. It parallels a Sixth Michigan Cavalry foretelling a sergeant’s death and a horse’s fate, with Mahone and Lee artillery tales and a Beecher church note on baptism as symbolic.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Whisky Drinking in a Dry Climate Debate
The piece argues alcohol destabilizes Indians and white cowboys on the high plains, linking arid, high altitude conditions to dangerous behavior when intoxicated. It notes many Western Texan residents resist liquor, and Kansas voters backed a constitutional amendment permitting alcohol manufacture and sale as self defense, reflecting climate as a factor.
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Kansas
York Sun
Be It Enacted by the State of Franklyn 1770 Salary List
A historical excerpt copies a 1770 law listing deer skins raccoon skins and beaver skins as salaries for state officers including Governor Chief Justice Treasurer clerks and assembly members. The fragment cites dates and terms from early Franklin state governance drawing on Daniel Webster’s 1888 currency speech.
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Drunkard’s fall and reform vow amid domestic ruin
A man’s descent into drink tears apart his family after a night of debauchery. His wife prays for renewal while a boy imitates his father’s drunken behavior to the child’s shock. The father resolves to quit alcohol with God’s help, ending a cycle of harm as his son’s cruel imitation haunts him.
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