General Sheridan A Soldier of Unwavering Duty and Fame
The piece honors General Philip H. Sheridan as a quintessential soldier, noting his Civil War cavalry leadership and unwavering focus on military service. It highlights his rise from lieutenant to major general, his appointment as military governor during Reconstruction, and his repute as a decisive, nonpolitical figure whose death cuts short a vigorous career.
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General Sheridan
General Sherman
Sheridan
Grant
Sherman
Free Wool Debate: Journal Errors and Industry Impact
The piece analyzes a Journal Saturday article on free wool arguing that free raw material would not injure the industry, and cites witnesses from the National Association of Wool Manufacturers and Swirzler. It disputes claims about necessarily producing all wool domestically and critiques tariff history and its effect on sheep and wool production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saturday
Journal
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Harpster
Ohio Wool Growers’ Association
Philip
Philip Sober
Boston Journal
United States
Buncombe
Congress
Weekly Post begins postpaid mail from Aug to Nov
The Boston Post announces a special offer: for 25 cents, The Weekly Post will be mailed postpaid to any U.S. address from Aug 3 through Nov 9, covering the period before and after the presidential election.
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United States
Seashore And Country Post Mail For Summer Readers
Readers planning summer trips may have the Post mailed to them at 50 cents per month with postage free.
Topsfield Farmers Win Note in Republican Tariff Bill
The Senate subcommittee shaping a Republican tariff bill is expected to include protection for Topsfield agriculturists. Eggs, bed feathers, and onions would receive duties of five cents per dozen, thirty percent ad valorem, and twenty five cents per bushel respectively. The proposal aims to bring farmers into the protection scheme, though critics say tariffs ultimately tax farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Hiscock
Topsfield
Cleveland vetoes pension bill amid fraud doubts
President vetoes reimbursement for a claim agent tied to a twelve year old fraud. The Senate pensions committee had called such conduct subversive of the Constitution. The veto cites alleged intelligence of a conspirator and questions the agent’s eligibility for repayment.
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Cleveland
Senate Committee On Pensions
Congress
Senate Committee
Letter Warns of New England Industry Tax Burden
Farmington Connecticut resident James L. Cowens argues in a Springfield Republican letter that taxing wood pulp jute lumber coal and chemicals and harbor closures push New England factories toward sale and abandonment. He warns of a coming wave of such ads for Unionville paper mills and invites protectionists to buy ruined properties at reduced prices.
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James L. Cowens
Farmington, Conn
Springfield Republican
Cowes
Unionville
Conn
New England
Congress
Minius
CowLes Bays
Pennsylvania
West
Immigration inquiry to hear testimony in this city
Congressmen OATES and Morxow of the immigration investigation committee will form a sub committee here to take testimony on the same subject. The New York findings show constant violations of immigration laws and the importation of thousands of penniless foreigners, revealing inefficiency in Castle Garden operations.
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Oates and
Morxow
New York
Castle Garden
Immigration at Gloucester Port Poses No New Crisis
The Gloucester port story notes no conditions like New York's. State immigration commissioners and the port collector enforce the law vigilantly. Hoar supports Nova Scotian fishermen and French Canadian brick yard workers, with no wholesale Italian contract immigration seen in this district.
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New York
State Commissioners of Immigration
United States
Gloucester
Hoar
Mr. Lopez
Methods of the Trusts and Standard Oil Monopoly
A House committee report highlights Chairman Bacon on Standard Oil’s methods. The trust controlled oil from wells to consumer, using rail and pipeline charges to extract 30 cents per barrel profit, with 74 percent of transport routed to pipelines. Producers’ Association and Well Diggers faced reduced output and wage impacts, while oil certificates and price rises funded idle workers. The piece links these practices to tariff supporters’ favored monopoly logic.
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House Committee On Manufactures
Bacon
New York
Standard Oil Trust
Seaboard
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pipe Line
Standard Trust
Standard Oil Trust Treasury
Pennsylvania
Oil Producers’ Association
Producers’ Association
Well Diggers’ Association
Nothing Wrong in Its Application to Oil Trust Methods
A concise remark asserts that nothing is wrong in applying the approach to the methods of the Oil Trust, suggesting approval or acceptance of the investigative or regulatory stance discussed.
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Oil Trust
Double price news ploy backfires on fake Democrat flips
A Philadelphia Press circular offered double pay for tips on Democrats or Independents who would vote for Harrison and Mor ron. Reporters hit a string of fakes from Murray family of Pittsburg to Maxwell Kaufman in Newcastle and Dunn in Elizabeth NJ. The exposed subjects deny, threaten, or defend, and the paper faces refusals to publish corrections. John Arnott of Elmira, tied to tariff reform, also debunked after publication. The episode exposes risky forgeries and possible fallout for the Press’s practice.
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Post
Philadelphia Press
Rep
Harrison
Morron
Pittsburg
Thomas Murray
Murray
Newcastle
Maxwell
Jonas Kaufman
Lucre
Elizabeth
N. J
Dunn
John Arnott
Elmira
N. Y
Cleveland
Wagner and Italian opera split in London farce season
A London farce season provokes mixed praise for Wagner and Italian opera. Critics note the crowd reaction to a singer asked for a “song of Wagner” and defend German works while praising Mr Harris and his company for a strong season. They predict a warm Boston or New York welcome for top artists if they tour.
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Harris
London
Athenæum
Mapleson
Boston
New York
Citadel of
Wacneer
Mme. Norpica
Mme. Scatcur
Signor Ravertr
M. DE Reszke
Boston views on fresh air fund and city bridges
In Boston a plea to support the Children's Fresh Air Fund due to Rev Waldron's illness, urging readers to forgo personal pleasures to aid poorer city children. A harbor anecdote praises a calm passenger who loses his hat and resumes reading with aplomb, drawing approval from observers. Also discusses the new Charles River bridge, suggesting wealthy Bostonians should fund a lasting tribute, and notes an Italian cake seller’s trust in strangers handling a five dollar bill as a sign of city character.
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Post
Taverner
Waldron
Europe
Charles River Bridge
Buda-Pesth
Charles River
Tremont Street
Boston
Political shifts hint tariff reform gain across states
A 1884 Blaine majority in Shelby County Tennessee swung to Democratic by 1300. Observers note tariff rhetoric and press arguments signal a broader shift toward tariff reform. Ed Packard of Brooklyn YMCA backs Cleveland, while James A Whitney’s Blaine vote is debated as Democratic migration. Nothing from nothing leaves nothing.
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Shelby County
Tenn
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Trenton
New York Evening Post
Edwin Packard
Young Men's Christian Association of
Brooklyn
Cleveland
the Tribune
New York Mail and Express
James A. Whitney
Blaine
Springfield Union
Rep
Whitney
Philip Henry Sheridan His Place Among the Great Captains
A scholarly praise of Philip Henry Sheridan arguing he ranks among the era’s great captains. The essay places him beside Alexander, Napoleon and Wellington, noting his leadership, intellect, and endurance, while acknowledging limited battlefield opportunity compared to Grant and Lee. It stresses Sheridan as a superb lieutenant with potential for higher command.
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Sheridan
Beau Saboeur
Alexander
Hannibal
Cesar
Gustavus Adolphus
Frederick
Napoleon
Miltiades
Xenophon
Epamineondas
Wallenstein
Turenne
Prince Eugéne
Marlborough
Wellington
Seydlitz
Prince Henry
Masséna
Murat
Ney
Stonewall Jackson
Grant
Sherman
Valley
Cedar Creek
Dinwiddie
Five Forks
Appomattox
Salem Cadets to Camp at Centennial Grove
The Second Corps of Cadets will camp at Centennial grove for a week starting tomorrow, with the Cadet Band led by Jean Missud. This marks the unit’s first appearance as a four company organization. Roster lists Lieutenant-colonel J. Frank Dalton and other Salem officials along with Beverly and Peabody associates.
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Specian
Centennial Grove
Jean Missud
J. Frank Dalton
Salem
J. W. Hart
Charles W. Haddock
Beverly
Andrew Fitz
E. A. Simonds
E. A. Malon
W. B. Merritt
Charles G. Weston
Peabody
E. C. Butler
North Weymouth Democrats Rally In Aug. Meeting
In North Weymouth on August 5 the Democratic campaign opened with an enthusiastic rally and flag raising. The meeting featured speeches by Honosiah Quincy General Hazard Steve and Edward Avery.
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North Weymouth
Democrats
Honosiah Quincy
Hazard Steve
Edward Avery
All Sorts of Oddities From a Bustling Era
A panorama of quirky notes on politics, crime, fashion, and culture. Philadelphia water quality and milkman woes, hotel tenants fleeing fires, two female burglars in Providence, and Austria suspending anarchist trials. Also glimpses of Rider Haggard, Prohibition politics, Georgia grape exports, and a St. Louis red headed entertainment idea. The piece wends through markets, peaches, undertakers, and a caricature of campaign biscuits featuring candidates.
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Philadelphia
Providence
R. I
Austria
Buffalo Express
Flora McFlimsey
Spider
Rider Haggard
Brooks
Tennyson
Georgia
Michigan
Jersey City
Jersey
Cleveland
Thurman
Harrison
Morton
St. Louis
Russell A. Alger
Chicago Exposition
Wolverine
Alger
London
Paris
Munich
Rome
Belligerent Mr Riddleberger in Fisheries Debate
A Springfield Republican item notes Senator Riddleberger’s speech on fisheries provoking humiliation in a Canadian paper. The Virginia Senator urges action against England on general principles, reflecting a logic some Republican senators hold against ratification of the parent treaty.
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Riddleberger
Senator Riddleberger
England
Senate
Virginia
Englan
Springfield
Falsehood Alleged About Carpet Mills Halt
The Philadelphia Carpet-Trade denounces reports that Bigelow and Lowell Carpet Companies paused production due to Mills bill agitation. It notes both mills were closed briefly in May and again around July, but are currently operating normally and cite seasonal maintenance as the likely reason.
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Bigelow
Lowell Carpet
Mills Bill
Prudential
Bigelow Mills
Phaibadelphia
Charlatans in the Livery of Labor
In a Philadelphia Resort Indiana column the piece denounces impostors claiming labor ties while praising tariff protection. It accuses Ammidowns et al of backing free trade rhetoric and portrays the Mills bill as a lure used by monopolies to mislead workers. It frames the issue as a clear clash between monopolies and equal rights.
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Philadelphia
Ind
Majestic Past and Tariff Policy in Political Rhetoric
The Evening Post discusses Dr. Storrs critique of a political party promising tariff reform for twenty years yet rising tariffs. Matt Quay claims voters trusted Lincoln’s path, arguing the party embodies past leaders and will eventually reform. The piece dramatizes the party’s inertia and imply future tariff changes.
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Storrs
Lincoln
Seward
Sumner
Chase
Blaine
Dorsey
Shook
Reid
Evening Post
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Mary Carleton
Kentucky
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Almshouse
Grossman
Edwin Booth
Sea Croft
Narragansett Pier
Booth
Rockingham
C. H. Parker
Trinity Church
F. B. Allen
Percy Grant
St. Mark’s of
Fall River
David B. Porter
Admiral Porter
David Dudley Field
Gramercy Park
Broadway
Boston Post
Boston Bost
Philip Henry Sheridan
Salem Cadets
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