Reform of Abuses Impossible Under Present Conditions
Senator David Davis argues that reform is impossible while parties are corrupted by monopolies and patronage. He warns of corporate power influencing states, courts, and Congress, urging a new national party focused on reform, budget discipline, fair elections, and honest civil service to restore equal rights and free government. He notes opposition within both major parties and calls for a decoupling from machine politics.
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David Davis
Ilinois
John Martin
Fopeka
Kansas
Watshincron
D. C
Sin—L
Senate
Congress
West
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Union
Davin Davis
Topeka
An Irish Bard in Boston A Remarkable Musician
A feature on Michael O Connell an octogenarian Irish bagpipe player living in East Boston. A gifted dancer and musician, he preserves a vast collection of Irish airs, with a note on his distant Desmond connections and hopes to safeguard his repertoire from oblivion. The piece ends with a Texas town pistol incident report.
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Michael O'Connell
Moore
John O'Connell
Tuath-na-Droman
West Cork
Paul Siegnoraie
O'Connell
America
Atlantic
Boston
Desmond
Euterpe and Terpsichore
Euston
German Census Update Highlights Urban Population Growth
The December 1 German census is being rapidly digested and expected to be as trustworthy as the previous American census. Germany’s population is projected at about 45 million, with nearly half in cities. Sixty-five cities exceed 80,000 inhabitants, fifteen exceed 100,000, led by Berlin, Hamburg, Breslau, Munich, Dresden, and others. Berlin remains the only truly large city. others are smaller than Boston. The article notes a strong urbanizing trend in German life.
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Hamburg
Germany
New York
Paris
London
Berlin
Supreme Court of
Breslau
Munich
Dresden
Leipsic
Cologne
Konig
A Boston Bride Faces Law On License Age
A Boston couple sought a marriage license in New Haven under tense circumstances. The bride was near nineteen, the groom twenty eight, and the registrar clarified the law that a girl cannot marry until twenty one or have a guardian. The pair pressed for secrecy and considered a minister or a justice of the peace to wed them, despite warnings from observers.
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New Haven Union
Doherty
Mr. Houghton
Woonsocket
Boston
Mass
Primitive Lord's Supper Held On Eddy Street Chapel
The San Francisco Chronicle describes a Nashville style service at a small Eddy Street chapel where Evangelist Hook led a simple communion ritual. A long table with a napkin hid a ewer a bell tumbler and two plates of lard crackers. The must used for wine was turbid and served with the crackers to the assembled thirteen women and four men before songs and sharing ended the service.
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Eddy Street
Jones and Taylor
San Francisco Chronicle
Leonardo da Vinci
Evangelist Hook
Evangelist
Ned Judson Affair In Stamford Divides Wife and Claimed Bride
In Stamford a woman calling herself Mrs Lavanche L Judson produced a marriage certificate and letters from judges to prove she is Col Ned Judson's wife, claiming an 1853 marriage. Judson denies the claim, noting his 1871 Stamford marriage to Miss Anna Fuller and current residence. The claimant plans to reveal more details soon.
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Kincston
N. Y
Be, C. Judson
Ned Buntline
Stamford
Lavanche L. Judson
Donahue and Barrett
New York City
Judson
Colonel Judson
Anna Fuller
Value of the college graduate in American journalism
The text argues that after hardship and exposure to danger a university graduate becomes valuable in journalism. It asserts that recognizing news value and its public importance is the top quality for an American journalist, surpassing ability to write long columns on arcane topics.
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Harvard
Yale
New Jersey
Armenia
Connecticut River
Forty second Ohio soldiers and officers recap
The Burlington Hawkeye notes uncertain Forty second Ohio roster strength but says enough field and line officers have appeared since last November to have captured Richmond in the first year if gathered. It adds most Union privates fell in war while officers survived, and a Forty-seventh reunion quip echoes more officers than in battle.
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Burlington Hawkeye
Forty-second
Ohio
Garfield
Richmond
Pines
Forty-seventh
A Young Lady Outraged and Murdered in Whitehall
Nancy Boyle an 18 year old missing six weeks from near Westport New York was found dead yesterday in a nearby schoolhouse six miles from her home. The body showed signs of rape and homicide with indications it was placed inside the building through a window. She was respectable and highly regarded and there is no clue to the murderer.
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Whitehall
N. Y
Nancy Boyle
Westport
Wyoming
East
Cheyenne
Chugwater Station
Black Ills
Frank Hamilton
Baltimore
Justice of the Peace
Long lava flow tames rail line near Bluewater NM
In the San Jose valley of New Mexico the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe railroad track runs for thirty miles along a vast lava flow. Rain has eroded and rebuilt the lava into blocks up to twenty feet high in places while preserving the molten form. The old volcanic crater that produced this lava lies about eight miles north of Bluewater.
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San Jose Valley
New Mexico
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Bluewater
Wyoming Women Vote and Shape Territorial Life
Wyoming citizens describe the early impact of woman suffrage through personal narratives. Mrs Wood recounts voting rights shaping family life, juries, and politics, highlighting equality, education of children, and social freedom in Cheyenne and frontier ranches. The piece notes wives voting with husbands, female polling teams, and notable campaigns aided by women, including Mrs Corbett’s drive to mobilize voters.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Albany
Taub
Congress
Port Jervis Man Confesses Drowning Boy in 1877
Charles Springstead in Passaic county jail admits to drowning Samuel Asher at Lackawaxon on June 12 1877 after tipping a boat and keeping the boy under water. He says he killed the boy to spite the father and faces additional charges of planning to murder and rob a Passaic citizen.
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Port Jervis
N. J
Charles Springstead
Samuel Asher
Lackawaxon
Springstead
Passaic County
Passaic
Colored delegation seeks 100000 acres for black colony
A delegation led by Congressman Smalls and a North Carolina bishop arrives in Atston New York to purchase 100000 acres from Mr Raleigh of Philadelphia. They plan a colored colony and will distribute land to negro buyers who meet payment and moral credentials. men from across the country join the mission.
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New York
Smalls
North Carolina
Atston
N. Y
Raleigh
Philadelphia
Three Card Monte Men Collared In Trainfront Purge
James Boyd hailed as champion three card monte man of the West and two accomplices were arrested by detectives aboard a Missouri Pacific train at California Missouri. The trio, long linked to Sedalia as their base of operations, had been working trains in both directions and were captured Thursday night.
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St. Lovuis
James Boyd
Monteman
William Atkins
Missouri Pacific
California
Sedalia
Mysterious death of widow of Bill Young shocks Iowa town
In Keokuk Iowa on April 17 Lydia Young widow of the lynched Bill Young of Missouri died suddenly. A mysterious letter dated Earl Station Illinois and signed I C Pierce arrived the day after her death. The case arouses curiosity about her illness and the body will be disinterred for examination.
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Bil Young
Lydia Young
Bill Young
Missouri
Earl Station
Ill
I. C. Pierce
Snake charmer recalls cold snap with six snakes in New York
A Northeast trip tale recounted to a New York Sun reporter describes a snake charmer with six serpents including anacondas boas and black snakes. Caught in a cold snap he lacked heat for them and noted peculiar warming devices at Central Park's menagerie.
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New York Sun
Central Park
Snakes in the Bed Profit Motive Tale
A narrator recalls sleeping with six snakes to safeguard his capital, claiming delaying would ruin his property. He asserts the night yielded the most profit, as his entire capital is invested in snakes and he slept with them in blankets all night.
Czarina London Trath on Alexander’s Wife Description
London Trath describes the Czarina as slender and tall with expressive features. Her eyes are songbirdlike and she favors riding attire with a fur collar. She is said to be gracious amiable and capable of divining spirits while avoiding vulgarity. Her upbringing was frugal with father’s income under 1200 a year. She remained abroad during the last war and holds lingering grudge against Germany.
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Czarina
Mignorne
Princess of Wales
Duchess of Cumberland
Romney
Arina
The
Elysee
Czarowitch
Bristol
Copenhagen
Snowfall and assorted incidents across the states
Snow totals reach sixteen inches near White Sulphur Springs Virginia while frosts ruin Texis crops. Ohio Republicans meet in Cleveland on June 8. Reports note nabbed ballot stuffing in Jersey City and a fatal nitro explosion at West Point. Millet cattle ranch sale, shipwrecked gate, and Uncle Thomas the painter buried. Revenue raids and local accidents punctuate a broad, rapid-fire column of 1881 news.
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White Sulphur Springs
Ohio
Cleveland
Omaha
J. Tilden
San Francisco
John Brown
Fayetteville
Isaac Smith
Trotter Jewett
Peter Schatz
Alleghany
Penn
Ohio Democrats
Hon. W. &. Groesbeck
J. A. Johnson
Millett
Dallas
Tex
St. Louis
Weatherford
Texas
Thomas
Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
Ensworth
Blake Wilson
Goodland
Ind
Guatemala
Yonkers
Spain
Lewis Redmond
Swain County
North Carolina
John Litt
Kittaning
Jerome Wilson
Carbondale
Binkeman
Louisville
Tenn
Pittsburg
Portland
Franklin
Mt. Vernon
Lester Williams
Elijah Wall Frea
Bayou Sorrel
Lord Clive
Philadelphia
Silas Crandall
Hope Valley
R. L
A.eyea
Fais
Renner Street
Cincinnati
Constans Keller
Keller
George Gottschall
Samuel Butterwick
William Eyler
Reading
David Good
United States
Lake St. John
Quebec
America
Vienna
George Washington
Fred Grant
Fourth Cavalry
Seper
Chicago, Texas & Mexican Railroad
Preston Holloway
Andrew Walker
Charlotte
Walker
Joseph Harrison
Planter
St. Francis County
Arkansas
Ida Lewis
Lime Rock
Newport Harbor
Fort Adams
A. H. Elliott
Rumney
N. H
W. J. Peters
Simon Pawpaw
Botetourt
Lewis Auldjo
Hudson Bay Comany
Montreal
Plattsburg
N. Y
Henry Morgan & Co
Europe
New Orleans
Fall River
Mass
Finance and Commerce market notes from State Street April 16 1881
The home money market shows no change in loans and discounts with rates near last week. Banks hold ample funds but at high rates, easy money expected if lenders grant modest concessions. New York markets weaken while futures and bonds fluctuate. Bull and bear leaders named. bank statement shows gains in loans, deposits, and reserves amid steady prices across commodities and staples.
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Gowrie
Cumberland
Philadelphia
South Amboy
Rio
Maracaibo
Vorn
Cape
New York
State Street
Sigit
Frances
Arties
Bull Party
Messrs
Keene
Travers
Cammack and
Mills
Bear Party
Sage, Gould
Woershoffer
Wuse
Live Stock Markets Bright on Western Cattle Prices
Brighton market reports 4082 cattle 10370 sheep and lambs 11481 swine. Western beef cattle active with prices steady to firm. Boston Daily Globe notes strong demand for working oxen and cows, with verified quotes for various weights and breed origins. Watertown market mirrors trends with mixed stock volumes and price ranges.
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Brighton
Boston Daily Glove
Maine
Massachusetts
Boston & Albany
Rhode Island
Crichton
Lawry
Piper
H. F. Frost
Howe & Wardwell
Scollang
Cook & Son
J. Carroll
V. Keenan
Jonny T. Squire
Charles HM
North and Niles Brothers
Western Dressers
Shuey
Lamas
C. W. Hollister
Seles
Dyer
Tarker
Howe
Nathan Bowly
West Vrovik
Harry
Parver
W. H. Buck
A. N. Monroe
Yeu Gith
Tigetodae
Boston
Wester
Lane
W. Scollans
Aldrich Johnson
J. Carrell
Sherp
Lam?s
Boty Head
Wood & Roundy
Mouper
Britton
N. Day
W. H. Bardwell
Tor Learnard
Nathaniel Jackson
Deerfield
Mass
Preach
Burke
N. Dackaon
Aldrich & Johnson
B.S
Hathaway & Jackson
New York Markets and Grain Prices Report
New York markets reportApril 16 shows flour and meal prices steady with limited gains. Cotton market closed, pork and lard firm, beef dull, butter steady, cheese firm, rain aided grain futures with mixed results for wheat and rye. The note lists specific price ranges for flour, meal, pork, lard, bacon, and various wheat and corn figures.
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Carolina
Sbyaize
B. RY
Syme
Calcutta
New York
Timothy
New England Rion
Sumac
Sicily
American Suniac
Southern Bakers
Southern
TOS
Hkrandywine
Western Dairy
Gloucester Fish Market weekly arrivals and prices
Special correspondence reports 52 arrivals in the week with Georges and Banks shipments totaling about 1,200,000 pounds of codfish and 12,000 pounds halibut from Georges. 2750 pounds codfish from Hawks. 280,000 pounds halibut from Banks. Lists varied prices for large and medium shore cod, cusk, haddock, hake, pollock, halibut, mackerel, and related byproducts and oils. notes fresh haddock sales in Boston and several seafood item price quotes.
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New York
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Grand Bank
Haddock
Prince Kaward Island
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St Louis
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Sunday Globe
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Floh Serap
Form a Club by Distributing Five Copies of The Globe
Free SAMPLE COPIES will be sent to all who need them to forming clubs. By distributing five or six copies in your neighborhood you may form a large club. If you would indorse THE WEEKLY GLOBE, do all you can to increase its circulation, Form a club.
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