Bitter Attack on President Cleveland Civil Service Policy
Senator Hale delivers a forceful indictment of Civil Service reforms and the Cleveland administration. He cites sweeping federal office removals, argues the spoils system endures, and predicts party machinery will mobilize officeholders for upcoming campaigns. He cites a table of changes through June 1887 and references remarks on Fellows, Schurz, and Contested New York politics.
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Cleveland
Hale
Boston
Bing
George W. Curtis
Hae
Democratic Party
Internal Revenue
Omar
John C. Calhoun
Senate
Lamar
Sony
General Land Office
Congress
Adirondacks
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Hawley
Hawley Asked Whether Mr. Hale
Ry. Hale
Evening Post of
Fellows
New York City
Tammany Hall
United Democracy
West
Mr. Fellows
Nicoll
Edward Cooper
United Weminey
Carl Kurz
Cooper
Mr. Hale
Missouri
Carl Schurz
Vest
Worcester
Mass
Saltonstall
Washington
Povoriste
Massachusetts
Massacchusetts
Gresniseas
Delaware
Dorman B. Eaton
Te Land
Pell
Pierce
Buchanan
Butler
Republican Congressional Committee
A Legend of King Alfred at Eddington and Selwood
A 22 year old Alfred, son of Ethelwolf, rises to the Wessex throne as Danes control England. He fords a small loyal band, strikes dawn attacks on Danes at Selwood and Eddendune, aided by minstrel spies who mislead Guthrum. The raven banner falls, and Alfred’s forces surge to victory cementing his monarchy.
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New York
Newa
Alfred
Ethelwolf
Wessex
England
Selwood Forest
Athelingay
Althelingay
Royal Alfred
France
Guthrum
Eddendune
Westbury
Asser
Welchman
Npehapen
Ghoshter
Maine Hunters Share Bear Tales From Back Lots
Maine readers contributed adventures from back lots about black bears, deer, and hunting in old times. An unnamed narrator recalls a bear encounter near Robinson farm, while other stories recount Ben of Greenbush killing three bears in one day, barn shovel hunts in Enfield, and a live steer eaten by a bear in Canton Point.
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Lewiston
Maine
C. W. Stevens
Patten
Old Brain
Robinson
Macwahee Plantation
Jaree
Brain
Britain
Frye
Lowell
B. L. Young
Greenbush
Ben
Enfield
E. T. Messer
Passadumkeag
James McHenry
Alexander Reed
McHenry
Chamberlain
Brambed
Cold Stream Lake
Chamberlain’s
C. E. Ludden
Canton Point
Mr. Jackson
Massachusetts
Penobscot County
Jackson
B. Ludden
John
Godfrey Jackson
Lee
Mr. Ludden
Mr. L
A Wintery Wail From Islington Mass Jan 6
Poem describes winter pressures on families as shortages and rising costs strain budgets. It notes children counting pennies for skates and a maid seeking bets to ease finances while a lover hopes for sleighing. The verse ends with a modest moral about weather and hardship.
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Islington
Mass
Wonderful Watch Dial Shows Hunting Day in Silhouette Reel
A portrait dial by Illinois Watch Company depicts a man with his dog through eleven silhouettes marking the day’s sport. Scenes include gun, shot, fish, dog mishap, and lunch at noon, with the craftsman Mr. Charles Geyer credited and the man’s name painted at center.
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Jewelry News
Illinois Watch Company
Harles Geyer
Has Our N E Climate Got Away Judge
Local climate chatter questions if the Northeast weather pattern proves unreliable with dramatic swings from frigid zero readings to long soaking rains within half a day.
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N. E
Like a Good Rule Puck and Toboggan Slide Fun
A lighthearted note compares the thrill of going up the toboggan slide with the ride down. It extols the sport as glorious in both directions and suggests the right kind of girl enhances the experience.
Macaroni Timbals Highlight Boston Cooking School Lecture
The Boston Cooking School demonstrated macaroni and spaghetti timbals with salmon filling, plus croquettes and lobster sauce ideas. Recipes covered lining moulds with pasta, salmon and chicken mixtures, and a future cake making lecture by Mrs Daniel and Miss Maynard next week.
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Boston Cooking School
Daniel
Maynard
Portsmouth
Beauty Sleep Mystery Captivates San Francisco
The San Francisco scene features a striking beauty said to have slept 78 days, sparking playful remarks about waking, wit, and public intrigue. Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle notes the unusual repose with tongue in cheek banter about appearances versus awareness.
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Steening
Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
San Francisco
Weill
Senator
No bonnets in church or theatre, a common law hope
A remark notes it is supposedly part of common law this year that women may not wear bonnets in church or at theatre, yet humorously concedes the millennium has not arrived and women will remain women until that day.
The Ordeal of Christmas Shopping
A Philadelphia Record reflection on last minute Christmas buying. The author laments leaving gifts until the final week and recounts vows to shop earlier, noting the pattern of frantic last minute errands and one eccentric shopper who buys everything in a single shop.
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Philadelphia
Broadway
Curious Clippings From Various States And Nations
A collage of brief items notes a Le Roy New York plant with a tall stalk, a St Louis postmaster ruling mince pie unmailable, a Berlin actor hitting his five thousandth theatre appearance, two Chinese babies in Pittsburgh, and a bear near Mangus New Mexico killing goats. It also covers a fifty millionnaire butter peddler in California, a British museum throne, and odd anecdotes from New York, Bangor, Philadelphia, and beyond.
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le Roy
N. Y
St. Louis
Berlin
Sane
Pittsburg
California
Chicago Daily News
Winfield
Ran
Thomaston
H. A. Spencer
Erie
Penn
New Jersey
New York
Henry Dennison
Opeongo
Renfrew County
Ont
Greenwood
Stumimit
Somerset
Menosha
Bangor
Lewis
Europe
Trycielo
Cory
Hatalu
British Museum
New England
United States
J. W. Barks
Nixon
Beaufirt
8. C
Russia
Society
Czarina
Augusta Evans Wilson
Vashti
Ivan Hammason's Mysterious Capsule
In a Paris and St Petersburg tale a Russian student Ivan Hammason forms a bond with a medical observer and experiments with implanted glass capsules. The capsule allegedly held aconite, and a later prison execution reveals his secret link to toxic self experimentation and a deadly post mortem mystery.
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Easpec
Paris
Russia
St. Petersburg
St. Xatereuue
Europe
Ivan Mummasov
Atetenen
Hanmason
Courtship in Russia. The Ambassador Negotiates Marriages
In Moscow, a suitor seeks an ambassador to begin marriage talks. The envoy touts the young man’s merits to the parents, with little time for reflection. If lineage and traits fit, the girl consents and a betrothal supper closes the affair. The ambassador’s fee depends on party status and success, sometimes sharing gifts with both sides.
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Russia
Moscow
Sterniess
Bima
Uni
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Watcher
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Finland
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Medus
Richepause
Lorre
Huminason
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