Naked visitor disrupts Capitol tour and is detained by police
A 25 year old man stripped nude inside the Capitol rotunda during a morning visit, posed as a statue near the dome, and was quickly restrained by Capitol policemen who enveloped him in a cloak and escorted him to the basement before turning him over to authorities. The incident prompted a brief inspection of his discarded clothes and left one visitor startled.
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Capitol
Rotunda
Washington
Police
Ohio
Orleans Picayune
Mathias Doll
North Peters Street
Royal Street
Bartholomew
New Orleans
Hartman
Huldah_ Riple
Smethport
McKean County
S. B. Hartman, & Co
Columbus
Ohio’s Soldier Governors and the State’s Rioting Fears
The commentary praises Ohio Governor Foraker and his preparedness to quell potential communist rioting, noting Hayes’ militia deployments in coal regions and Tom Young’s 1877 order to shield Ohio from eastern border strife. It also advertises Dr Jones Red Clover Tonic for various ailments and humorously mocks moonshine enforcement and public health quips.
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Ohio
Seldier Goverers
Foraker
Hayes
Mashoning
Tuscarawas
Tom Young
Chattanooga Times
Restrictions on Emigration and Chinese Exclusion Debate
The piece argues for stricter immigration limits citing Chicago and Milwaukee outrages blamed on aliens. It contrasts paupers with able bodied anarchists and supports barring dangerous newcomers while praising Chinese exclusion and noting regional protests against Chinese in the Pacific coast.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Washington
Pacific Coast
Seattle
San Diego
New York Observer
Ineffectual Outburst at Telegraph Desk and Revolt Against Placidity
A first person narrative recalls a Chicago telegraph clerk who pricingly prosaically handles life or death messages. The writer vents at a distant target and details a vendetta to upset the clerk’s calm and the subsequent failed plan. The piece also touches on other topics including Detroit fatal news and remarks on Caroline Herschel and small-scale farming.
Summer Feeding of Sheep Worth While for Some Breeders
The American Agriculturist notes that some shepherds feed a small amount of sweet hay through the summer and a few administer a daily grain ration of wheat bran and oats to lambs and choice rams. The aim is to steady appetites, reduce acidity and flatulence, prevent colic and scours, and bolster general health, especially in wet, slushy grass.
Cure and cleansing claims for blood remedies in 19th century ad
An ad extols Dr Walker's Vinegar Bitters as a cure for consumption through cleansing the spleen liver kidneys and skin. It asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best blood purifier with a 100 doses for one dollar and jokes about a New York colored burying ground.
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New York
M. Husbands
Fulton St
N.Y
Potter Drug and Chemical CO
Boston
Mass
Hood
Corrections on Potatoes and Land Offers in San Louis Valley
Del Norte Colorado resident Mr F L Pruden corrects a Messenger article misreporting last year’s potato yield from forty acres. The notice adds figures on wheat oats barley yields from Land and Canal Company farms and lists land sale terms and contact Gen Ira J Bloomfield Montevista Colorado for San Louis Valley information.
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F. L. Pruden
del Norte
Colorado
Messenger
Land and Canal Company
San Louis Valley
Ira J. Bloomfield
Montevista
Ohio political vow on 1882 districts raises certifying questions
The Ohio State Journal argues about recognition of 1882 district restoration and the potential for twenty one Democrats to be seated in Congress. It asks who will canvass votes and issue certificates and warns that bribery and fraud do not hold in Ohio if Republicans intervene.
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Ohio
Republican Party
Ohio State Journal
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