British forces advance toward Tel el Kebir as Arab exodus continues
August 24 dispatches from Alexandria Ismailia and Port Said report heavy cavalry and main artillery moving toward Tel el Kebir, with 43 transports landing troops and horses. 2,000 prisoners reported captured at Tele Kebir, Arabi Pasha’s forces estimated at 25,000 at Kafr el Dwar, and Mech. Meantime, tribes raid Ramleh while garrisons and railway lines are secured or cut.
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Loxpor
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Ismailia
Maine
Renter's Telegraph Company
Lake ‘Timsah
Oreon
Penelope
Coquette
Caryfort
Falcon
Taurmaline
Dee
Beacon
Ismaila
Central News
Alexandria
Tele Kebir
Arabi Pasha
Kafr el Dwar
Tel el Kebiy
Alexandra
Cairo
Reuters Telegram Company
Pertana
Kantara
Armenia
Galatea
Bombay
Symana
Suez
Meando
Tripoli
Ramleh
Manchester Guardian
Meksy
Tripuh
Likitah
Upper Egypt
Sultan Pasha
Fort Ghemilch
Royal Engineers
Mustaphezin Regiment
Aire
Boerox
the Herald
Brunswick
Brunswick Land Improvement and Colonization Company
James Alexander
Boston
Alexander
Tonewick
Europe
Beaufort
Port Royal
Savannah
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Turtle River
Jekyl
St. Simon’s
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Acant
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St. Simon's Island
Utah Commission
Egypt Expedition Strengthens As Regiments Land
The army bound for Egypt is now fully formed with the last regiments landing at Alexandria or en route. Notable officers include Colonel Batler and Colonel Stedvers Baker, with Wolseley veterans among the staff. Divisional details list brigades, regiments, artillery, and support units, plus additional battalions and detachments.
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Egypt
Alexandria
Lst
Batler
Stedvers Baker
W. G
Wolseley
Red River
Ashantee
Zululand
Grenadier Guards
Goldstream Guards
Scots Guards
Stalf
Royal
Political conventions and fusion talks across states
Reports from August 24 describe Republican, Greenback, and Prohibition gatherings. Texas Republicans elect N L Cooney of Galveston as temporary chair while backing independent pledges and broad reform. Michigan Greenbackers lean fusion with Democrats. Tennessee factions nominate separate Congress candidates amid division. Prohibition convention endorses temperance and women’s enfranchisement. Colonial-era style coverage notes additional congressional moves and star-route debates in Washington.
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Webb Flanagan
N. L. Cooney
Galveston
Cooney
Texas
Jones
Davis
J. *. Tracer
C. M
J. E. Davis
Arthur
Ripins
W. D. Fuller
Newayvo
Jackson
Greenbackers
Hind
Greenbackera
J. W. Begole
Flint
Congress
Hovh
Mulein Tennesse
Kroavinlle
Tefin
Republican Party
Tennessee
L. GC. Houk
William Rule
Houk
Rute
Oal
Knights of Temperance
Atlanta
New York
Beriah Wilkins
Ohio
J. M. Griffith
Dubuque, Town
A. A. Arms
Minnesota
L. B. Harris
John W. Mason
West Virginia
J. M. Goode
Ezra B. Taylor
Macwonta
Misa
Ford
Stockdale
Nailson
van Eaten
Lyncasure
Rocky Mount
Winfield Scott
Wm. E. Sims
Oo Lone View
Tex
A.h.‘Jones
New Orleans
Kellogg
Donaldsonville
Boston
Utah Horror at Mormon Insane Asylum Report
English humanitarian Tucker visits Utah asylums and reports brutal conditions under Dr Seymour. He cites sane inmates confined for private ends, notes global comparisons, and lists officials and visitors including United States Marshal Ireland and Mr Neal.
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Arthur
Fay
Franklin
Morgan
Fort Adams
Basbrouch
Garriwon
Dyer
Ulandock
Hasbrouck
Newport City
Littlefield
United States
Aldrich and
Anthony
Rhode Island
Prince
W. E. Prince
Gordon Prince
Walcott Gibbs
Agassiz
C. A. Whittier
Boston
John Jacob Astor
W. W. Astor
Wm. Astor
A. Schell
John Jay
Marshall Jewett
Blatchford
Haynes
Vanderbilt
New York
Despatch
Tallapouss
Chandler
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Brewster
Philips
Hancock
Howe
Fry
Schofield
Baldwin
Walden
Morgan’s
Torpedo Station
Corneline Vanderbilt
Tucker
Faise
Lunatic Asylum
the Tribune
Utah Insane Asylum
Seymour
Brigham Young
Ireland
Neal
Louisville
Murray
New South Wales
Victoria
Adelaide
Tasmania
New Zealand
Honolua
California
Nevada
Dorsey to Garfield panel on cabinet reform
The 1881 correspondence from Dorsey to Garfield argues against Wayne MacVeagh as a cabinet pick. It questions reform rhetoric and urges selecting a prominent Democrat to represent the minority in a future administration. The writer advocates honoring the democratic minority with a seat at the cabinet table.
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Firma Avenue
New York
James A. Garfield
Ohio
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Republican Party
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England
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W. Dorsey
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