Public life as vocation and the itch for office
In a reflective critique of public life the writer argues that fame or money do not justify political ambition. He cites figures like Roscoe Conkling and William Evarts to show how prestige fades without lasting achievements, warns that journalism and politics attract careerists, and laments the erosion of public trust as office becomes a profession.
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Ames
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Hewitt
Cooper, Hewitt & Co
Edward Cooper
Grace
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Fanéuil Hall
Chicago
Delmonico's
Grant
George W. Childs
Edwards Pierrepont
George Jones
W.C. Andrews
Cyrus W. Field
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Hatten
Root
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Shayne
Roscoe Conkling
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Abraham Lincoln
William M. Evarts
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Treasury
France
John A. Dix
Horace Greeley
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James Brooks
the Express
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Thomas Kinsella
Brooklyn Eagle
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Amos J. Cummings
Press Club
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Merriman
City of New York
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Press of
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John Boyle O'Reilly
Bogus Wealth and the Queer Money in Treasury Vaults
Washington April 26. A secret service officer described the Treasury vaults where over 2,000,000 in counterfeit money and flash notes are stored awaiting destruction. The piece details past counterfeiting rings, brokeway bonds, and engravers, plus a lurid anecdote of a West Virginia gang leader and Oswego cases, highlighting the scale and danger of fraudulent currency.
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Secret Service
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Manilla
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Treasury
Washington
United States
Brockway, Smith & Doyle
Smith
West Virginia
Oswego
N. Y
Indiana
Pete McCartney
New Orleans
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Unson
South
Treasury Committee
Garfield
Cleveland
Navy Yard
Navy
Cash Down Lewiston Coal Dealers Set Example
Lewiston Journal reports five local coal dealers will switch to a cash only policy after May 14 to cut losses from bad bills. They cite annual bad debt totals of 2540 dollars plus interest costs that could fuel fuel for dozens of families. The plan aims to reduce debt collection time and allow cheaper coal with higher profits.
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Lewiston
Kisses for a Honeymoon Breakfast in Chicago
An eyewitness at Thomson's restaurant describes a newly married couple arriving for a late breakfast. The bride, country-born and fresh faced, sits with a stout, wrinkle-kneed escort whose clothes hint at other wear. The head waiter reveals the couple’s names as the scene unfolds.
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Chicago Herald
Thomson
George
Dry winter wheat outlook sparks anxiety across states
The Northwestern Miller notes six weeks of cold dry weather with a steady decline in winter wheat conditions. Outlook varies by region with Missouri and Manitoba backward, Kansas mixed, Texas favorable, and Minnesota and Dakota 12 to 14 days late. Overall, rains are needed to improve prospects.
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Minn
Miller Report
Pacific
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Kentucky
Canada
Northwest
Manitoba
Innesota
Dakota
Twelve Thousand A Day Box Machine Promises Revolution
Ex Senator W S Davis of New Hampshire has a running paper box maker at Damien's Auburn factory. The machine forms boxes from pasteboard in under three seconds, about 1200 per hour and 12,000 per day, with 500 parts and 50 motions. It can adjust to various sizes and may soon make box covers.
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W. S. Davis
New Hampshire
Damien
Auburn
Mr. Davis
Davis
Vast roundup of late 19th century incidents and events
A lengthy digest reports thefts, fires, ship wrecks, accidents, political nods, court decisions, labor unrest, and notable deaths. Highlights include a Fort Madison sawmill blaze, a New Brunswick rubber company losses, Am erican and British political moves, a New York sunken pilot boat, several bank robberies, weather and crop notes, and regional strikes and conventions across multiple states.
Three Graves
A dramatic contrast between two dead men praised in different lives. The first, a privileged tyrant who exploited workers. the second, a humble laborer who loved country, industry, and the common people. The poem questions which life earns enduring memory and what truly defines a man’s value.
Positive remedy for consumption offered by T.A. Stocus J.C.
A reader letter claims a timely cure for consumption with a positive remedy that has reportedly saved many hopeless cases. The author offers two free bottles to readers who send their express and P O addresses to Res' fully, T.A. Stocus J.C., 181 Pearl St. N.
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P. O
T.A. Stocus
J. C
Pearl St. N
Washington society sets gala benefit for statue fund
Washington fans of culture spark a grand benefit at the National Theatre this Saturday with Steele Mackaye in Paul Kauvar. The event supports a statue gift to the French Republic honoring the Bartholdi gift and the Lafayette statue, with mirrors of New York scenery and a special train for out-of-town guests. Senators, justices, and leading officials fill the orchestra seats, while many society ladies manage the arrangements and a Chaperin's dinner honors Mackaye.
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Washington
Steele Mackaye
Paul Kauvar
National Theatre
French Republic
Bartholdi
Lafayette
Mackaye
New York
Thomas Keene
National
Nathan Appleton
Women’s Committee
Ference Bayard
Whit
Rey
Fairchild
Dickinson
John Sherman
Senator Jones
Senator Palmer
Senator Stockbridge
Bvyans
Gordon McKay
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Baltimore
George Hazelton
Mies
Death of Allen B. Wilson Pioneer of Wheeler & Wilson Co
Allen B. Wilson, cofounder of the Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine Co of Bridgeport, dies at Oakmont after a long career as a perfector and part inventor. Born in New York, his death marks a key moment in 19th century sewing machine industry history.
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Wartrrsury
Conn
Allen B. Wilson
Nathaniel Wheeler
Great
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company
Bridgeport
Oedmont
New York
Talmage Offers A Reward For False Thirteenth Regiment Claim
Rev T DeWitt Talmage of Brooklyn denies a report that he entertained Thirteenth Regiment officers with four kinds of wine. He says no wine was present and offers $1000 reward or donation to a charity named by a respected clergyman lawyer or detective for proof of any wine offering. He asks newspapers to correct the misreport.
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New Yor
T. DeWitt Talmage
Brooklyn
Thirteenth Regiment
How Gloves Are Made in New York and France
The article traces glove manufacture from marbled skin prep to cutting and stitching. It notes American glove makers outperform English and French in cuts per skin, emphasizes color uniformity, and highlights New York’s growing gore industry and rising domestic sales despite imports from France.
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New York Mall
France
New York
Raising the Wind and a Portland Lawyer’s Scam
Ezra Andrews, a Burnham lawyer turned salesman, attempted to renew a note against a dead man from Canaan. He copied the deceased's name on two documents and sought a discount, but the scheme collapsed once the debtor’s death was learned and the note nullified by the final resting of the man.
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Pittsfield
Ezra Andrews
Ezra
Burnham
R. Gilmore
Canaan
Andrews
Law
Gilmore
Era Andrews
Libby
Consumption Cured by Simple Vegetable Remedy
Retired physician claims a vegetable formula cures Consumption Bronchitis Catarrh Asthma and nervous debility after testing in thousands of cases. He offers to send the recipe free of charge in German French or English with full preparation directions from Moves, 140 Maple, Power’s Block Koches 4.
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East India
I ‘Ower
Judge Charles F Bradley Dies in New York
Hon Charles F Bradley chief justice of Rhode Island Supreme Court died in Bucking ham Hotel New York. Born July 19 1819 in Newburyport Mass he studied at Brown Harvard Law School and was elected chief justice in 1866. He ran for Congress twice as a Democrat with limited success and leaves two sons.
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Charles F. Bradley
Providence
Buckingham
Supreme Court of
Rhode Island
Congress
Ewburyport
Mass
Brown University
Iate
Thomas A. Jenckes
J. W. Peaks
Brown
Marcus Merton
E. G. Robinson
Albert Arnold
Harvard Law School
Charles F. Tillinghast
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Dr Dye’s Celebrated Electric Belt Ad Promise
An old advertisement targets nervous men offering a mailed illustrated pamphlet about Dr Dye's celebrated Electric Belt. It claims to reveal arming effects on the nervous debilitation and restoration of vigor manhood and health, inviting afflicted readers to send address for appliances from the Vourah Belt Co Marshall Mich.
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Dr. Dye
Vourah
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