A Possible President David Davis of Illinois
A portrait of David Davis of Illinois as a potential Democratic candidate for president. Born 1815 in Maryland, Davis rose from Kenyon College to a famed legal career. His circuit court rulings and guardianship ethic earned him broad respect, later shaping his Senate tenure and pivotal Supreme Court work alongside Abraham Lincoln.
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David Davis
Illinois
Sassafras Neck
Cecil County
Maryland
Prince George's County
Henry Winter Davis
Kenyon College
Ohio
Lloyd
David
Henry Wahs
Lenox
Mass
Yale Law School
Pekin
Peoria
Ilinoi
John T. Stuart
Stephen A. Douglas
Congress
William Holland
Holland
Young Davis
Springfield
Military Tract
Cyrus Walker
Bloomington
Sarah W. Walker
William P. Walker
Joseph H. Scranton
Scranton
Penn
Williams
Stockbridge
Mase
Davis
Wales Colton
Colton
Abraham Lincoln
Vandalia
Samuel H. Treat
Lincoln
John Moore
Moore
Spain
Lindsey
Chicago
Thurlow Weed
Horace Greeley
Seward
Bates
Washington
Sumter
United States Supreme Court
Indiana
Wisconsin
Burnside
Chicago Times
Court House
Lamdin P. Milligan
Bowles
Horsey
Indianapolis
Navy
Circuit Court of the United States
Joseph E. McDonald
United States
Joe
Andrew Johnson
United States Circuit Court
Drummond
Supreme Court
Tae
Johnson
Military Commission
Mr. Johnson
Joseph R. McDonald
McDonald
Milligan
Mr. McDonald
Canaille
Granger
Strong
Field
Senate
Thurman and
Christiancy
Thurman
Pacific Railroads
National Hotel
Ashington
MISS MIDDY MORGAN the cattle reporter of New York Times
A lengthy profile of Middy Morgan an Irish born equestrienne who rose from shipboard arrival in New York to cattle market reporting for the Times and Tribune. It covers her daring ascent from horse racing writer to livestock commentator her height bold manners and fearless presence among Texas drovers and abattoir yards along with anecdotes of her early life in Ireland and Europe and her reputation as a top judge of horned cattle and rider.
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Cincinnati
Middy Morgan
New York Times
New York Harbor
United States
Seaman’s
New York
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Horace Greeley
the Tribune
Miss Morgan
America
Tribune
Morgan
Times and Tribune
Ireland
Chn
Balaklava
Europe
New World
Middy
Iss Morgan
Times
Manhattan Island
New York Tribune
Luke Music
Texas
Lorillard
Central Park
New York City
Imperial
Louis
Eugenie
Schieffelin Brothers Sell Tombstone Mines Sale
A Tucson despatch reports the Schieffelin brothers sold their Tombstone mill and mining interest to a group led by the Corbin brothers and Disston with partners in Philadelphia and Mesers Simmons and Squire of Boston. The purchase price was 000,000.
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Tucson
Arizona
Schieffilin Brothers
Tombstone
Corbin Brothers
Disston
Party
Philadelphia
Mesers
Simmons & Squire
Boston
Newton Man Strikes Rich Bonanza in Colorado
A Newton man, formerly an overseer in the water works, went to Colorado where he soon found a bonanza and recently sold his claim. The report notes his relocation and newfound fortune in the mining region.
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Newton
G. Richardson
Water Besot Peat
Colorado
Dodging Death through the Czar’s Hazardous Routine
A London Town Talk sketch satirizes Tsarist life as a fortress of safety. The czar’s bedchamber, meals, and mail are guarded by armor, guards, and tastings to prevent assassination. Nihilists, explosive letters, and staged faked dangers color a life led under constant menace and distrust.
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London Town Talk
Siberia
Yarmouth
H. H
St. Petersburg
Poisson
Daily Telegraph
Gomeedneses
H. M. Stanley
Nile
H. M
Executive Committee
Heaeling
Gladstone
India
Russia
Hele
The Coming Crown Satire Brightens Imperial Era
A humorous pamphlet titled The Coming Crown parodies Emperor Ulysses I and his court, with mock dispatches from the Court Journal and Imperial Standard. It imagines lavish titles, appointments, and imperial projects across Illinois, California, and New York, reflecting satirical views on imperial rule and restorationists.
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Cleveland Plaindealer
Ulysses
Court Journal
Washington
Imerial Standard
Blaine, Nast
Ulysses S
Emperor Ulysses S
Frederick
Duke of Pennsylvania
Cameron Hall
Harrisburg
Guards
Household Cavalry
Liberty
Capitol
Ulysses I
Mills
Blanqui the Ishmaelite at a Paris student meeting
The Paris correspondent recalls Blanqui presiding at a student gathering in the Salle des Ecoles while remaining calm amid the uproar. He speaks little and guards important subjects, denounces the current government, and forecasts potential monarchy or upheaval as Nihilism allegedly stems from Russian religious sects.
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Paris
New York
Heral
Salle Des Ecoles
Blanqui
Hartmann
M. Blanqui
Boulevard Mont Parnasse
England
Republic
Monaleur le Maire
Martmann
M. Blungual
London Times
M. de Hlowitz
Ilony
France
Good Crop Prospects For Southern States Report
The Star publishes a fruit and crop report from farmers across the south and west. Wheat is reported fine across Ohio Illinois and Indiana with record acreage. Some fly damage in Kentucky Tennessee and southern Ohio. Tobacco and hemp acreage to rise in Kentucky and Tennessee. Peaches somewhat damaged by cold snap but overall fruit prospects good. Sleet and snow feared to hurt early peaches and strawberries. trees in blossom.
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The
Star Today
Ohio
Illnois
Indiana
Kentucky
Kansas
Tennesse
Tennessee
Cairo
Behead Attempt by Chinamen Arouses Rage in Chicago
Wong Chin Foo, a noted revolutionary who fled China and sought sanctuary in San Francisco, faced an attack in Carcano area as Lew Long and Lee King were arrested for assault with hatchets and razors. Authorities allege a reward motive behind the deadly bid.
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Carcano
Lew Long
Lee King
Wong Chin Foo
San Francisco
Bat Wan
Rial
Entombed Alive at Pennsylvania Coal Mine
March 17 Pottsville Penn. At Hammond colliery near Girardville a cave in trapped about twenty miners just after entering the shaft. Rescue efforts released all but Martin McDonald who died. others escaped with minor injuries.
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Pennsylvania
Pottsville
Penn
Hammond Colliery
Girardville
Martin McDonald
Joyce Named in Death and Body Donation
Joseph Archibald Joyce, once a prominent newspaper writer in CrxcrynatTis and New York, died at the hospital. He willed his body to Dr. Vattier for dissection, declaring his body would aid science. The notice also mentions Dr. Pierce's Extract of Smart-Weed and Hop Bitters as advertised remedies.
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C. E. Babcock
Albany
New York
Fenton
Imperial Villa
Long Branch
Bennett
Crown Prince Frederick
James Gordon Serviett, Esq
Ulysses
Joseph Archibald Joyce
Vattier
Dr. Pierce
Jamaica
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Champaign County
Myra Clark Gaines
Morton
Circuit Court
Gary
Grinek le
Pascrepe
Kirkwood
Iowa
Senate Chamber
David Soppersela
Thackeray
Walter Scott
Miss Middy Morgan
Qase
Earth
Nee
Chicago Scale Co
Blaine
Nast
Dana
the Princess
Nellie
Algernon Sartoria
Earl of
Springfeld
Rivy Conneil
Mnlinois
Lord Sharon
Fort
Nevada
Earl
Belmont Hall
California
Simon Cameron
Susquehanna
Duke
Simon
Cameron
Hamilton Fish
Lord Hamilton
Lord
Lady Edwards Pierrepont
Baron Jay Gould
Sir Whitelaw Reid
George M. Robeson
New Jersey
Secor Hall
Cape May
Conkling House
Imperial Standard
James G. Blaine
Maine
Union
Thomas Nast
Imperial Telegraph
Standard
Imperial Military Commission
Governor's Island
Harper's Weekly
Nero
Ignatius Donnelly
St. Paul
Minn
Donnelly
Red River
Mankato
Empire League House
Union League
William S. Stockley
Loratt, Ledger
Baron Bullion
Russell Errett
C.l.magee
Imperial Foundry
Fort Pitt
Lord Snowden
Imperial Clork
Empire
Gunes
Caesar
Charles A, Dana
Buffalo
New York Sun
Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Methodist Episcopal Church
M. EB
Imperial Service
N. Y
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Carboline
Jenin
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Krennedy& Co
Canada
Second Ave. & Wood
Pittsburgh, PA
Geo. C. Goodwin & Co
Weeks & Potter
Smith, Doolittle and Smith
Capter
Harris & Hawley
Geo
Portland
Talcott & Co
Mason, Chapin & Co
Providence
R. J. Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington, Vt
H.& J. Brewer
Brent, Good & Co
Park Place
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