Free ships and taxed flags in New York debate
A New York Mercantile Exchange meeting on American shipping devolved into disagreements over tariffs and taxation. The piece argues that high taxes hurt ocean commerce, push freights to untaxed foreign tonnage, and that relief from taxation could make American ships profitable again. It also references Oregon political figures and criticizes Mitchell and Williams as rival candidates.
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Mercantile Exchange
Lem
Free Bessemer
Martin Seaman Steel and Iron
Hewitt
Congress
Messrs. Chase, Hewitt
Adams
United States
That Treason-Stained Saddle and the Cleveland Era
The piece rebuts Republican attacks on a Democratic candidate and clarifies the saddle controversy linked to Robert E. Lee. It defends Fitzhugh Lee’s honor, notes Lincoln era tensions, and questions Harper’s Weekly timing while praising civil service reform and the appointment of O'Brien. It ends with a call for Curtis to apologize to Cleveland and Hedden.
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Logan
Robert EB. Lee
Fitzhughise
Virginia
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pickett
Gettys
Burg
Wen
Fitzhugh Lee
Blackford
Episcopal High School of Virginia
Lee
Lexington
Custis Lee
Washington and Lee University
Robert E. Lee
Boston
New England
Harper’s Weekly
New York
Puck
Curtis
New York Custom House
O’brien
Webhope
Cleveland
Hedden
French French-Canadian issue urged for peaceful approach
A Boston Post report cites a prominent French Canadian leader urging Canadians to pursue their aims without violence. He argues Americans would back the cause if the movement remains lawful, condemning riot and outrage while urging justice and political retribution for the Macdonald era policies.
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Gouthman
Boston
Dominion
United States
Macdonad
John Macdonald
Riel
Oregon Democrats Fault Mitchell’s Senate Victory
This editorial accuses Oregon Democrats of aiding John H. Mitchell’s election to the Senate, condemning his public career and warning that his temporary alliance undermines the party. It labels him a trading politician and calls for no Democratic support or advantage from his alignment.
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Washington
Senate
Mitchell
Oregon
Williams
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John H. Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Democratic Party
Fitself
Wilson's Fisher Hill Proposal Rejected by Aldermen
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George A. Wilson
Fisher Hill
Boston
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Personal Buzz and political notes from 19th century papers
A long roster of brief items reports on ill health of writer T. H. S. Escott, resignations in the Fifth Regiment, plus chatter about senators, lecturers, and estates. It notes Pattison’s extra Pennsylvania session call, library gifts, views on elections, and various university and political figures, with numerous overseas and national tidbits.
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J. Henry Brown
Senator Hale
Ellsworth
Maine
Kate Field
New York
George Augustus Sala
Australia
Pattison
Pennsylvania
William Mahon
Ann Arbor
University of Michigan
America
Detective Tricks Fewer Clues In Indiana Theft Case
A lone country detective chases a theft ring across Windsor and Detroit to Toronto, learning a suspect from Vincennes, Indiana, is the very clerk who robbed Lath & Shingles. The man feigns pleasure travel, but his name William Green confirms the charge as the pursuer confronts him in Detroit.
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Detroit
Windsor
Toronto
Indiana
Vincennes
Lath & Shingles
William Green
Scott
Detroit Free Press
Miss Cleveland to Return to White House Next Week
The Cleveland Leader notes Miss Cleveland will be back at the White House next week. She declines writing a book and will not convene a large literary crowd for the social season. The court circle remains cabinet, senatorial, and representative families with the army, navy, and diplomats maintaining their roles.
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Cleveland Leader
Cleveland
White House
Army
Navy
Albany
Political Receptions Define Democratic Rule and Inclusivity
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Saltonstall Named Collector by President Cleveland
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Cleveland
Saltonstall
Commonwealth
Faneuil Hall
Congress
Colonel Saltonstall
Gulliver
Holiday book list from Lothrop Co. Boston store
The 1880s holiday publications from D Lothrop & Co. Boston are praised for breadth and beauty. Notable items include Heroines of the Poets Lungren illus, Wonderful Christmas of Old, The Stabat Mater, The Old Arm Chair, Ideal Poems, Wild Flowers and Where They Grow, National Hymn, Out of Darkness, Ode to Immortality, Romance in Song, plus travel works The Golden West and A Family Flight through Mexico. Also Art for Young Folks, Up Hill and Down Dale, Child Love, Wide Awakes, Our Little Men and Women, The Pansy, Chautauqua Young Folks Annual, Babyland, Wonder Stories of Science, Boy Life in the United States Navy, In No-Man's Land, Boys' Heroes, Children of Westminster Abbey, Dean Stanley with the Children, How They Went to Europe, Great Composers, Yensie Walton titles, What the Seven Did, Pansie's Christie's Christmas, Rocky Fort library, Plucky Boys library, Discoverers and Conquerors, Our Club library, Peace Island series, and Miss Yonge histories.
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Messrs. D. Lothrop & Co
Lungren
Stabat Mater
Golden West
Margaret Sidney
Mexico
Edward Everett Hale
Susan Hale
Up Hill
Down Dale
D. Lothrop & Co
Wide Awakes
Chautauqua Young Folks
United States Navy
No-Man’s Land
Elbridge 8S. Brooks
E. E. Hale
Westminster Abbey
Rose Kingsley
Dean Stanley
Francis A. Humphrey
Europe
Hezekiah Butterworth
Yensie Walton
Marie Oliver
Julia A. Eastman
Pansy
Rocky Fort
Our Club
Peace Island
William Hunter 80 Years Old Signs End of Service Era
William Hunter second assistant secretary of state lies in a sick room as the oldest continuous serving U S official at 80. Appointed in 1829 he shaped the Spanish American and Brazilian bureau and led the claims division before becoming acting secretary during a brief vacancy. A noted Democrat famed for his Costa case letter with Webster, Hunter’s career spanned eight decades of diplomacy.
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State Department
United States
Pierce
Hunter
William H. Dixon
Department
Austran
Daniel Webster
Webster
Fife
Tienholm
Kanter
Everett
Marcy
Mr. Hunter
Avery
John Hunter
Rhode Island
Washington Est
Twain volume details Civil War memoir and maps in March edition
The narrative covers a generals life from West Point to the Civil War, with maps of major battlefields and sharp opinions on figures like General Joseph E. Johnson. The second volume discusses the Andrew Johnson affair, to publish in March, with an elaborate index and a dedication to American soldiers. The preface dated July 1 at Mount McGregor spans nearly three pages.
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Fort Donelson
Buckner
Grant
Ohio
Congress
Chattanooga
Vicksburg
Powelson
Mississippi
West Point
California
Joseph E. Johnson
Andrew Johnson
Depew
Mark Twain
Ellers
Mount McGregor
White House summons treasurer by late night dispatch
A messenger arrives at Sixteenth and F streets around 10 30 PM and wakes a white robed figure at a window. The figure asks who is wanted and the messenger says the President needs the treasurer of the United States at the White House immediately. The figure exits with a bang and the treasurer leaves for the White House twenty minutes later.
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Sixteenth
F Streets
Jordan
White House
United States
Washington Dispatch
Philadelphia Times
Irish Boston mayor faced no opposition in party race
Hugh O'Brien, the Irish Mayor of Boston, faces little party opposition for re election as Alderman Whitten seeks a nomination. No Republican has expressed interest in running against him with Henry W. Putnam and John P. Spaulding among prominent Republicans preferring to back O'Brien.
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Hugh O’brien
Boston
Alderman Whitten
O’brien
Henry W. Putnam
John P. Spaulding
Springfield
Aes Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic Remedy
Peptonized beef tonic claims to nourish blood and life with properties for indigestion anemia nervous debility and general exhaustion often tied to pulmonary illness. Sold by Cawell Hazard Co New York and by druggists. Fel3Fly La Bleir's Pills-Creat English Gout and Rheumatic Remedy also advertised Oval box 84 round 14 pills available at all druggists.
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Ae Mensman
Hazard & Co
New York
la Bleir
Unclear OCR rail timetable fragment at Readville/Canton Junction
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Hyde Park buys something at balance of 0.82
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