Census bungling and pension talks in western politics
The Richmond Dispatch notes Virginia census errors including Vinton in Roanoke County lacking an enumerator. It reports Kansas Farmers Alliance data on farm mortgages and GOP Kansas urging a service pension law. The piece praises the bankruptcy bill passage and discusses Navy autumn maneuvers near Newport as practical training for modern warfare.
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Richmond
Virginia
Vinton
Roanoke County
Kansas Farmers’ Alliance
Alliance
Kansas
Behring Sea Talks Still Stagnant Despite Blaine Letters
The Behring Sea negotiations show no progress after eighteen months of effort. Blaine complains of British recedings and misrepresentations while Salisbury and Pauncefote resist change, though Blaine says talks remain in progress and a settlement remains possible.
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Blaine
Great Britain
Washington
Buaine
Bayard
Careur- Land
Lord Salispury
Behring Sea
Saispury
Pueirs
London
Puhelps
Mr. Blaine
Lord Salisbury
Julian
Mr. Blainer
Street Cleaners Strike Gains Public Sympathy and Retrenchment Action
In New York, street cleaners join a broad protest against current pay, while cloak makers threaten riot. Inspector Byrnes anticipated disorder, ensuring public safety as Beatriz pursues cost cuts in sanitation. The cleaners’ peaceful stance may win support and redress, unlike the cloak makers' harsher approach.
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New York
Byrnes
Beatriz
Force Bill and the Boycott Debate Recounted
The piece surveys Southern opposition to a nationwide boycott against the North and the force bill. It cites J W R Poor and other editors, notes business leaders’ condemnation, and argues a southern boycott would harm commerce and aid extremists. It includes colored voices from Nashville and Tennessee, arguing the bill would worsen race tensions and misfire politically.
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Gordon
Atlanta Constitution
J. W. R. Poor
Columbia
8. C
South
New York World
J. H. Inman
Richmond Terminal Railroad
H. Smrrit
Atlanta Journal Company
Georgia Midland Railroad
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
New York Streets Face Striking Reduction in Workforce
City officials debate a plan to limit street cleaners to three nights a week as crews shrink by about a quarter. Workers refuse reduced pay, risking dirtier streets. public opinion and disgust over the crisis press for a quick, fair resolution amid prior overspending and shifting commissions.
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New York
Brarrin
Looking Backward Idea Spurs Village of Cooperation in Des Moines
An article notes seeds planted by Mr Bennamy's Looking Backward have sprouted in Des Moines where an Investigating Club formed last winter now aims to create a self contained community likely in Louisiana. It seeks to replace competitive waste with a cooperative rational economy.
Early voting gains, Australia system praised in Indiana
The article argues for widespread voting reforms in Indiana, praising the Australian system for efficiency. It notes regis tration as a barrier once, and predicts universal success if Indiana adopts similar methods. It also reports a New Yorker traveling to Germany for trial over alleged seditious remarks about the Emperor Wizuttam, and mentions an American actress singing the Star Spangled Banner from the Eiffel Tower, seen as patriotic.
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Indiana
Germany
Wizuttam
Berlin
Eiffel Tower
Boston Bar Admissions and Social Currents in 19th Century
The writer reflects on forty-one new Suffolk bar admittees and the bar as a proving ground amid competition from corporations. He notes Boston’s conservative social pull, the value of legal training, and the prestige of law as a respectable career. A discussed gift for Thomas Hills highlights civic service and intellectual growth, followed by musings on Boston speech quirks and regional pronunciation.
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Suffolk
Webster's
Boston
Personal notes of nobles and near-celebrity lineage
A philanthropic aim leads Lady Alexandra Leveson Gower to train as a nurse in a London hospital. Yale’s oldest living graduate is Rev. Joseph D. Wickham born April 4 1797 and class of 1816. Thurlow Weed Barnes couple plan world tour starting July 31 visiting South Africa India and Japan. The nearest Shakspere relative is Thomas Hart of Australia, eighth in descent from Joan. No direct descendants of Napoleon Wellington Washington or Walter Scott exist.
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Alexandra Leveson-Gower
Duke of Sutherland
London
Yale
Joseph D. Wickham
D.D
Manchester
Thurlow Weed Barnes
South Africa
India
Japan
Shakspere
Thomas Hart
Australia
Joan
Napoleon
Wellington
Washington
Walter Scott
Atlantic August issue features essays and poetry
The August Atlantic offers high merit throughout with Dr. Holmes on electric cars in a witty piece, Shaler on academia, Frothingham on psychical research, Lodge on international copyright, and studies of Louis XIV court women. Whittier’s poem and serials Sidney and Felicia are included, along with reviews and sketches.
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Atlantic
Dr. Holmes
Shaler
O. B. Frothingham
Cabot Lodge
Louis Xiv.’S
Mmes. Cormel
de Coulanges
Ellen Terry Johnson
John H. Keatley
Scribner s August number highlights fiction and poetry
The August Scribner s is rich in fiction with Mrs Rebecca Harding Davis presenting a newspaper story Gallagher and Grace Ellery Channing offering Mexican life tales The Basket of Anita Sergeant Gove and A New England Ingenus follow while Bunner and Annie Eliot deliver witty and delicate dramatizations The continuation of Jerry grows in interest Aldrich s The Sister s Tragedy headlines poems by Andrew Lang and others Two illustrated pieces review Paris of the Three Musketeers by Blashfield and Iowa Stanley Wrote His Book by Edward Marston The issue is noted for its attractive mix and numerous illustrations
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Scribner’s
Rebecca Harding Davia
Gallagher
Grace Ellery Channing
Anita
Sergeant Gove
New England
Andrew Lang
Paris
E. Ff
E. W. Blashfield
Edward Marston
Stanley
Harper’s Port Tarascon keeps honor in August issue
Harper’s Magazine review highlights its August number. Descriptions praise the illustrations and a range of articles by Theodore Child on Berlin, Octavia Hensel on Planin Moretus, Edwin Lord Weeks on Street Life in India, and E. E. Hale on Magellan. Notable stories include Janvier’s Uncle of an Angel and Lizzie Brubaker.
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Harper’s
Port Tarascon
Theodore Child
Berlin
Octavia Hensel
Antwerp
Edwin Lord Weeks
India
E. E. Hale
Magellan and
Pacific
Thomas A. Janvier
Howells
Torrey bankruptcy bill delays as Congress ransacks finances
The Fifty-first Congress planned to act early on Torrey’s bankruptcy bill but has been tied up with broad financial upheaval. The World notes the chamber’s focus on bankrupting the country, leaving individual estate administration for later consideration.
Subsidies won't revive American seas says telegraph
A Philadelphia telegraph quotation argues that subsidies would merely finance a short term existence for some ships and enrich a few shipbuilders while failing to restore fair world trade, American sailors, or a thriving merchant fleet. Free ships under American flags with open competition are urged as the path to lasting maritime strength.
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Treasury
Philadelphia Telegraph
Kep
Praise for Mr Blaine’s Public Service In Historic Letter
The letter extols Mr Blaine for his long public service and highlights his sharp grasp of facts, brilliant recital, and masterful argument in a case about fisheries on the high seas. It contrasts England’s stance toward Russia and the United States, noting the letter’s historical significance and vivid rhetoric.
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MR. Blaine
Blaine
England
Russia
N,. Y. Tribune
Rep
Debate Rules and Majority Power in Congress
Harper's Weekly argues that the mere majority is not an absolute law in Congress. Debate aims to persuade dissenters, and Congress is a deliberative body. Closing debate quickly could freeze opinion and threaten change, undermining parliamentary power and responsible lawmaking.
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Congress
Harper’s Weekly
North Dakota grain storage report called unreliable
Secretary Harris of the Board of Railroad Commissioners rejects a report that no elevators in North Dakota will accept grain for storage this year. The Journal's Bismarck special notes the claim as unreliable despite growing farmer anxieties.
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Minneapolis
Minn
The
Journal’s
Bismarck
N. D
Harris
Board of Railroad Commissioners
North Dakota
Miscellany notes on society and publishing gains
A collage of brief items from late 19th century papers. Carnival of anecdotes on General Fremont, Mrs Leslie and the Marquis de Leuville, missionary funds, Howells, a household mishap, a Prague executioner, a theatre dialogue, racing gossip, a grand banquet of food estimates by M Soyer, and publisher M Marpon of Paris whose firm grew on Flammarion science works and introduced discount pricing.
Obituary notices of several notable 19th century figures
Francis E King longtime Springfield Street Railway superintendent dies of peritonitis at 49. Civil War veteran, prominent Mason and Odd Fellow, wife died 1876. Henry M Schieffelin NY firm head dies at 80 after Egypt trip with family. supported Liberia colonization and served on the New York Colonization Society board. Martha W Cumpston one of America’s oldest twins dies in Portland born 1806. married John Cumpston. Frank McPhee Fall River musician and St Mary’s Band leader dies after long illness. noted cornet player. Nathan Nichols Salem shoe-finder and Mercantile Bank official dies at 75. George W Aborn Wakefield resident and former Boston & Maine agent dies suddenly. owned real estate. Flo, Civil War veteran captured at Bull Run and confined at Andersonville. leaves widow and three sons and a daughter.
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Francis FE. King
Springfield
Mass
Second Massachusetts Cavalry
Mr. King
William Fernald
Henry Maunsell Schieffelin
America
Portland
Mary M Hademan
Powell
Nathan Nichols
Salem
Chestnut Street
Boston
Nichols & Farnsworth
Mercantle Bank
George W. Aborn
Wakefield
Major Tyler
Aborn
Boston & Maine Railroad
Solow
Flo
Bull Ran
Andersonville
Galena Naval Vessel Out Of Commission For Repairs
New York July 23 The wooden warship Galena was put out of commission at the navy yard for Money repairs after serving since August 26 1850 including duty in Haiti during the recent rebellion as flagship of Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi The crew will be paid off discharged and many may reenlist within three months Commander George W Sumner takes two months leave Surgeon J G Ayres three months leave Passed Assistant Paymaster J R Martin one month closing accounts then two months leave
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New York
Galena
Navy Yard
Haiti
Bancroft Gherardi
George W. Sumner
J. G. Ayres
J. R. Martin
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