The Electoral College Debate in December 1884
Senators and representatives analyze the electoral college's validity after a split between popular and electoral votes. John Sherman, Dawes, Chandler, Garland, Lodge, and others defend or doubt direct popular elections, citing constitutional, regional, and fraud concerns while noting the system’s role in state sovereignty and national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Eee
McMillen
Cleveland
McMillin
Tennessee
Democratic Party
Overland Train Wreck Near Encenitas Injures Messenger
The Overland train was wrecked near Encenitas, thirty eight miles north of San Diego, when rails spread and the train left the track. All cars slid down a four foot embankment except the sleeper. Express Messenger Whitehead suffered a broken rib. all other crew escaped injury.
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Encenitas
San Diego
Cal
Whitehead
American Fishermen Not Permitted to Ship Fish in Bond
Ottawa reports the customs minister has not officially noted the Halifax despatch on the schooner Bostow cargo. He noted vessels with injuries may sometimes dispose of cargo or ship in bond, but no such permission has been granted to American fishermen.
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Ottawa
Ont
Halifax
Bostow
Bond
English Workmen Not Taxed for Cleveland Aid
London dated dispatch reports Edward Henage MP denying an affidavit by Iowa's Benson claiming British workmen were taxed to fund President Cleveland's campaign. Henage states no Benson in Grimsby and ridicules the charge as baseless, expressing sympathy with Spahsnmen in America.
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Cleveland
London
Jones
America
Edward Henage
Great Grimsby
Benson
Iowa
Grimsby
Henagre
Mr. Sons
Death of Poe's physician Dr John J Moran
Washington December 15 Dr John J Moran of Falls Church Virginia buried today. He defended Poe denying alcoholism and could recite all Poe poems. Moran aided Poe during his Baltimore hospital hours and later lectured on Poe across the country and in New York and Boston. He moved from Frederick during the war and worked as Virginia agent in Washington, later practicing medicine in Baltimore.
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Washmeton
D. C
John J. Moran
Falls Church
Edgar Allen Poe
Moran
Baltimore
Poe
Frederick
Old Capitol
Washington
Bladensburg
Virginia
Inington
How to Spend Money in Yachting and Society Views
A lively discussion among three wealthy men on extravagant annual spending near a boxing match reveals how heavy money goes to luxury. They recount purchases from horses and stables to yachts, apartments, and bric a brac, noting the high costs of New York life and the temptation of conspicuous consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonovan
Dempsey
Mike Donovan
Yoave
Gildeiov
New York
Pales
London
Vienna
Paris
Metropolitan Opera House
Tiffany's
James Gordon Bennett
Lloyd Phanix
Jay Gould
Wash
Connor
Commodore Gerry
Larchmont Yacht Club
Yachting costs drain writer’s funds to seven thousand
In a reminiscence Buakevey Hall details buying a 40-foot sailing yacht for about 6000, paying crew and masters, and four months of cruising that left total personal expenses near 7000. He notes the vessel later sold for 2000 cash, underscoring the high costs of the hobby.
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Eng
Yeti
Buakevey Hall
Cleveland's Plurality Official Canvass of Electors
The official canvass of votes for electors in Cleveland records the plurality winner and totals from the municipal tally. Officials certify results, with details on electors and outcome.
Sherman on the tariff and Senate clash over protection
In a Senate debate on the Allison bill, Sherman argues for a tariff framed as protection, outlining the differences with the Mills revenue bill, defending the finance committee rates, condemning trusts, and urging competition to break them up, while Vest counters that election results do not settle tariff details and urges rigorous scrutiny of the substitute.
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Senate
Sherman
United States
Finance Committee
Carnegie
Carnexine
England
Tennessee
Harris
West
Vest
Ohio
Republican Party
Steel Am Trust
Aldrich
Renton Iron Works
Cooper, Hewitt & Co
Belgium
Agin Annexation Sparks Windsor Opinion at the Wharf
A Windsor resident at the Detroit border declares steadfast opposition to annexation, praising local air quality, bird song, and a sense of liberty absent in the United States, while a Detroit counterpoints with questions about ties and rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Journal
Windsor
States
Iy Enok
Boe
Bona Fide. Time Teacher Counts In Infant Physiology Class
Fragmented OCR notes describe a teacher in an infant physiology class counting or recounting students. The text is garbled with numbers and casual dialogue about many participants and an incident involving a bob and a bumper.
Currents of Commerce and Dry Goods Market Movements
A brisk movement of dry goods contrasts with a quiet boot and shoe trade in Boston quotations for principal food supplies. West bound freight rates rise 50 percent, print cloth stocks shrink, mills run at full capacity, and demand stays firm across fabrics. Cotton flannels active, prints quiet apart from holiday novelties, and wholesale clothing holds firm amid cold weather. Blankets and carpets move steadily with prices firm, and agents expect next season’s production to sell well.
Boots and Shoes Trade Outlook Brightens for Spring
The boot and shoe trade remains quiet with few buyers, but spring deliveries have begun earlier than usual. Traders note low stock levels in jobbers' hands, prompting optimistic forecasts for a brisk season as manufacturers report solid order books and strong demand for women's goods. Retail activity is fair, led by holding goods with rubber items also in high demand.
Leading Markets Quoted on Cotton Flour and Grains Across Cities
In New York Chicago and St Louis prices and receipts show cotton steady with wide bid ranges for Upland grades and middling to good ordinary. flour, wheat, corn, oats and rye all move with mixed dulling sessions and notable receipts. Local reports note quiet lean demand for pork and lard, and steady to firm tones in coffee sugar and molasses markets with regional price shifts and large shipment totals.
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New York
City
Minnesota
Chicago
Milwaukee
New Orleans
United
Continent
South America
Liverpool
Straits
St. Louis
Iowa
Russia
Bng Ay
Michigans
Michigan Roller
New York Roller
Ohio
Indiana
Atval't
St Louis
California
Canada
Brighton
Galveston
Texas
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Calcutta
Sierra Leone
Bissac
Gambia
Clover West
North
Algike
Lucerne
Up West
Cudis
Bond
Trapani
Tark's Island
Hhid
Havana
Asiaid
Kentucky
Butter and Cheese Prices in Boston Market Decline
Boston markets show weak demand for butter with prices falling across creamery and dairy grades. Cheese prices steady with small declines noted. eggs and beans also quiet. Apples on hand are limited with steady pricing overall.
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Boston
Kutter
Yanklin Co
Mass
N.Y
Vie
Itet
Liverpool
New York
Vermont
Sage
Aroostook
Geran
Avontal
Baldwin
Market Notes From The Variety Traders
The report shows dull activity with mixed prices for potatoes, hay and straw, fruits, nuts, and staples. Coffee, sugar, flour, corn, oats, and various grains reflect steady or firm demand with rounded price ranges, while hops and hides firm and torpor in other commodities persists through the period.
Arrivals of Livestock at Brighton and Watertown Weekly
Arrivals for the week ending Friday show western cattle 915 eastern 74 northern 255 total 1642. Sheep and lambs total 10101 with western 6000 northern 8743 eastern 368. Swine 27715 veals 748 horses 446. Beef cattle priced per hundred pounds dressed weight from 4.00 to 8.00. Hides and wool prices listed for Brighton and country hides and skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Watertown
Brighton Tall
Calfakins
Some Might Suggest a Knotted Rope
A fragment from Texas Siftings humor column describes a scene in playful slang. Characters Algy Baboony and Cholly discuss attire and fashion in a late night setting, with mock frustration over neckwear choices as a cedar sky looms. The tone is comic and dismissive of social norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Grafton
Algy
Positive remedy for consumption offered to readers
To the Editor: I offer a positive remedy for consumption and claim thousands of hopeless cases cured by timely use. I will send two bottles free to readers who provide their express and P. O. addresses. Signed T. A. Slocum, M. C., 118 Pearl St., New York.
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P. O
T. A. Slocum
M. C
Pearl Et
New York
Two Robbers Rob Express Passenger Train
Grexapa Mississippi December report of Illinois Central No 2 robbery near Duck Hill. Two masked white men boarded the engine, forced exit of conductor and fireman, entered express car and took 3000 dollars. Messenger Hill fired upon, Chess Hughes died from gunshot wounds. A posse was formed. bloodhounds to follow trail.
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Grexapa
Miss
Illinois Central Road
Duckhill
A. J. Law
George Evans
Messenger Hill
P. Bb. Wilkinson
Chess Hughes
Jackson
Tenn
Lexington
Wilkinson
Robin
Hughes
New Music and Instruction from Oliver Ditson Co
Oliver Ditson & Co offers twelve Short Studies in Vitave Playing translated by Joseph A Hills for piano technique developing both hands at $1. A violin study by Rawin A Salan costs $1.26 and aids wrist motion. Various vocal and piano pieces follow including Massenet Now She is Wholly Ming, Treble 30 cents, and My Love is Like a Fairy Dream 40 cents.
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Oliver Ditson & Co
Bernhard Wolf
Joseph A. Hills
Rawin A. Salan
Jakobowsky
Mynheer Dan
Oliver Ditson &Co
Ming
G. Massenet
Sansay
G. A. KR
George W. Maor
Edward Greene
P. Skelly
Countess de Minnezerode
A. Streleski
Luther
Trappenre
M. Ernest
Heller
Columbia
Boston
Charles
Drake
Smith & Co
Christ
L. K. Lew
C. Pflueger
Cc. C. Stearns
Game of Volitics Race for the Presidency hits toy stores
An article extols a new parlor game titled the Game of Volitics or the Race for the Presidency. It explains how electoral votes work and how small state shifts can surprise elections. Readers are urged to buy the game for $1.26 from Reed Loy Company of Leominster.
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Harrison
New York
Cleveland
New Jersey
Indiana
Benjamin
Grover
Nevada
Republic
E Reed ‘Loy Company
Leominster
Curious English at Paris’s Palais Royal and St Honore
In English notes on Paris from American Notes and Queries the Palais Royal displays “Macaroni not baked sooner ready” while rue St Honore boasts “Hear to cut off hare in English fashion.” At Montesquieu bathes the text invites readers to direct affairs to servant bathers who must be called for aid as they work for no wages.
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Palais Royal
Paris
Rue St. Honore
Montesquieu
Consumption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy
An old physician retired from practice claims to have a ready cure for Consumption Bronchitis Catarrh Asthma and all throat and lung affections Nervous Debility and nervous complaints. He offers to mail the recipe free in German French or English with preparation and usage directions upon request to W A Noyes 149 Powers Block Rochester NY.
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East India
W. A. Noyes
Power’s Block
Rochester
N. Y
CHECKERS Department Ad Listing Checkers Books and Prices
Communications to the Editor in Boston invite orders for chess and checker books and supplies. Listings include titles such as Paisley, Single Corner, Spain, Americas, and various editions of Draughts and Checkers guides with prices from 6 to 150 cents, subscriptions, and blank diagrams for recording positions. Several titles note bindings and editions, with patronage directed to lock drawer 5220.
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Boston
New England
Washington Street
Schaefer & Kelly
Barker
Her
Martine
McGull
Gould
Anderson
D. Yates
Wyle
Strickland
Jean Checker
Checkers
Position No 1410 By T W Kimley Greenford O BLACK
A brief item listing a position number 1410 attributed to author T W Kimley from Greenford Ohio with involvement by Black. The note records a possibly cataloging entry or notice format typical of a classifieds or bibliographic fragment.
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T. W. Kimley
Greenford
O. Black
Senator Ingalls Publicly Defends Cleveland Yet Accuses Slander
Washington dispatch recounts Ingalls rebutting claims against Cleveland while privately slandering the President. At a White House dinner he sat with Mrs Cleveland and others, making unprintable remarks. A prominent Washington societywoman publicly rebuked him for slander and breach of hospitality.
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Washinaton
Ingalls
Cleveland
Lugalis
and Theleveland
Assist
White Houses
Cleveland Cone
Senator Ingalls
White House
Washington
Globe
Moreland
Resembled Western Union Stock in Translation
Fragmentary note cites a Siftings translation and a question about stock resemblance. Mentions Rhine Guest and Yatooini with preference for the latter if fewer similarities. Lacks clear events or names to anchor a full report.
Catarrh Cure Offer via Free Receipt from New York Professor
A notice offers a curation for catarrh claiming a man was saved from death by a recipe. It urges sufferers to send a self addressed stamped envelope to Prof J A at 88 Warren Street New York City to receive the receipt free. A clergyman is mentioned as having endured the disease for years. Caserta 7 as.
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J. A
Warren Street
New York City
Caserta
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