The Knights of Labor Aims and Interviews in Scranton
A Scranton interview with Knights of Labor grand secretary Litchman outlines the order’s three-tier structure, aims for universal cooperative production, and a non political stance. He rejects secrecy, discusses membership estimates, and explains the shift from strikes to cooperative economics. Mayor Wonderly backs transparent discussion while warning against fake leaders seeking votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Penn
Knights of Labor
United States
Pennsylvania
Simlet
The
Order For the United States
Charlies H. Kitchman
Massachusetts
T. VY. Wonderly
Litchwan
General Assembly
Philadelphia
Oregon
Prrnay
Canada
Ishmael
Universal Brotherhood
Greenback Party
Greenback-Labor Party
Oren
Consu
Politi
T. W. Powderly
Workman
Peeple
Knights ' Labor
Etter
Portrait of Judge Black Reveals Bold Character and Witty Defiance
Philadelphia Times correspondence portrays Judge Black as a familiar national figure with a stern look softened by humor. It recounts his 1868 railroad accident, recovery, and his legendary backhand writing, plus anecdotes of his independence, social charm, and rivalries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Black
Galveston
Tex
Justice Swayne
Kentucky
Louisville
Mark
Judge Black
Pictures of Mayo Distress in Aughagower Parish
In Mayo near Westport, James Redpath portrays famine distress. He and Rev. John Stephens tour Aughagower, Leckane, Ardarra, Shaheen and nearby towns, detailing rack renting by Lord Lucan and Lord Sligo, starvation relief, and abject cabins. They urge landlords to visit their estates and aid tenants.
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New York Tribune
James Redpath
Mayo
Westport
Aughagower
John Stephens
Ireland
County
John
Wesport
Father John
America
Ballygolman
Pally
Earl of Lacan
Marquis of
Sligo
Tie
London
Castlebar
Lord Sligg
Earl of Lucan
Bourke
Lucan
Leckane
St. Patrick
Father Mckvilly
St. Patrick's
St. Anneus
St. Patrick's Well
Tpather John
Ardarra
Shaheen
Ord Sligo
Logan
India
Africa
Kane
Lord
Europe
Sweden
Morgan's Fate and the Goat Exposé in Batavia
In Batavia, a tall tale recounts Morgan a once famed goat rider who exposed lodge secrets. A vengeful goat killed him as Morgan fled, later vanishing reported as the Freeland Masons rumor. The narrator questions the true ending, ending with a cryptic, unresolved note.
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Mr. Morgan
Brother Morgan
Linson
Morgan
Freeland
Buti
The Tenth Census Comes With 25 000 Enumerators
A detailed history of census origins traces early efforts in China Japan and the Bible before outlining the 1790 United States start. The 1870s system evolves with five schedules covering dwellings production and debt and the 1900-like plan foresees 1.76 million people in Massachusetts with per-100-name pay and strict penalties for noncooperation.
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United States
Yee
K. C
China
Japan
Peru
Washington
Massachusetts
Carroll D. Wright
D. Wright
Emmer
Tors, Pera Wesstsdsseeser Ververs O
Nantucket
Norfolk
Mymouth
Suffolk
Crevecerreccevesss
Soi
Niagara hacks and wheedling crowds ruin a falls visit
Prentice Mulford describes Niagara on the Canadian side where hackmen, showmen, and photo hucksters swarm every step. He laments walking treated as disreputable while vendors push rides, museums, and tours for ranging prices, ending with a critique of stuffed monkeys and the absurd tourist trade.
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Prentice Mulford
Niagara
Tam
Niagara Village
Falls
Hackman
America
Canada Side
Dainty Scenes and Oddities in a Whimsical Page
A collage of stage chat and social vignettes from a bustling city page. Dialogues about etiquette at plays, flirtations, and faux duels mix with comic notices from a doctor’s office to a butcher shop misadventure. Brief sketches capture spring’s woes, fashion notes, and Beecher sermons via telephone.
Scandinavian Banquet Honoring Nordenskjold At Paris
A Swedish orestmittag banquet in Paris for Nordenskjold featured Swedish-raised guests and artists. Christine Nilsson appeared aged in appearance, with strong bust and arms, while most Swedish attendees wore low-bodied yet high bodices. Nilsson spoke with Nordenskjold and listened to poems about him, rather than singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nordenskjold
Paris
Christine Nilsson
Madame Nilsson
Vienna
Bennett Duel Threat Echoes Across Ocean
The London Telegraph intimates that if Bennett travels to London in coming months he will face a prompt challenge from Parnell for his paper's remarks on the great collector. The San Francisco Post notes that funding a famine relief of $200,000 invites opposition and possible violence, while urging Irish reformers to stay wary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wil Bennett
London Telegraph
Bennett
London
Parnell
San Francisco Post
Aly
St. Bogardus
Currytuck
Chesapeake
Hennett
Critique of Ireland relief cartoon and church funding
In the Independent critique, the cartoon showing America giving charity to Ireland is labeled a lie asserting no real distress. The piece accuses the American Tract Society and American Messenger of hypocrisy, arguing relief funds should aid spiritual works rather than Rome. It denounces “brutal pharisaism” and mocks the New York Herald versus church-appointed charity voices.
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United States
Congress
America
Great Britain
England
Tits Week
Independent
Ireland
Hiome
Rome
Peter
Ney
New York Herald
Four Boys Die Together in Civil War Battle
A South Carolina memory recounts four columbia era friends from Cokesbury and Walford College who became roommates, classmates, and later messmates in Jenkins' rifle regiment. At the second battle of Manassas in August 1864 a shell killed them all, the grave marked by a granite cross near their shared burial site. All four were sons of notable ministers, Capers McSwain Smith and Duncan.
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Columbia
8. C
Cokesbury
S. C
Walford College
Spartanburg
Jenkins’ Rifle Regiment
South Carolina
Manassas
Capers
McSwain
Smith
Duncan
Bishop Capers
Mr. Duncan
Virginia
Dr. Duncan
Randolph Macon College
New Caledonia Lacks Virtue and Vigor in Early Report
M Rochefort sketches New Caledonia as barren and boot shaped. Natives eat green clay to quell hunger, then subsist on lizards, hairy spiders and June bugs swallowed alive. Climate alternates between cistern and oven. European settlers are described as political and financial rascals, stock swindlers, and convicts.
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M. Rochefort
New Caledonia
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the Knights OF Labor
Union In Politics
Jerry Black
Garfield
Matt Carpenter
Blaine
Bob Ingersoll
Thad Stevens
Stevens
Mr. Redpath
Usiek J. Bourke
Longmans & Greene
Father McEvilly
Land League
Aughagower Isle
Lord Sligo
Burlington Hawkeye
Batavia
Mr. Morrun
Augustus Cesar
Moses
David
Sinai
Canaan
Athens
Solon
Anchon
Servius Tullius
Department of the Interior
J. C. G. Kennedy
Francis A. Walker
New Haven
Wright
Niagara Hackmen
Nellie
Miss M'Tavish
Frank
Sone
Adonis
Waltz
Exeunt
Doctor Mad
Bush
Tommy
Jennié
George
Bridget
Bolus Solus
Ambre
Miramon
Sidon
Woodward Avenue
Park Street
William
Park
High
Alfred Street
Charlotte
Cass
Sproat
Woodward
Wittemberger Danly
Wittemberg
Germany
British Empire
Continent
Mme. X
Rey
Valparaiso
Beethoven
Beecher
Fatima
Willow Perera
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