Roscoe Conkling Career Portrait Shows Bold Political Tactics
A detailed sketch of Roscoe Conkling born 1828 Albany and his rise as Utica mayor and Oneida district attorney, then congressman and senator. The piece praises his courage, legal skill, and ability to control New York’s GOP machinery, while noting opposition within the party and speculation about his ongoing influence and the implications of his resignation and maneuvers.
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Roscoe Conkling
New York
United States Senate
New York Assembly
Conkling
Senator Conkling
Albany
Alfred Conkling
Mexico
Fillmore
Congress
Utica
Nichol or Brass What the Plug Hat Did for a Spartan Man
The St. Louis Republican outlines the rise of Thomas M. Nichol of Sparta Randolphi county Illinois from penman to editor and politician. It traces his career from Sparta to Monmouth New York and Ottawa and notes his ascent aided by brass and audacity as he gained prominence with Garfield and other Republican leaders.
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St. Louis
Sparta
Randolph County
Egypt
Thomas M. Nichol
Nichol
Raimont
Wendell Phillips
Sparta Plain Dealer
Monmouth
Review
Crothers
New York
Witness
John Dougall
Montreal
Wisconsin Hard Money League
Sherman
Garfield
Indian Affairs
Charlestown Navy Yard Under Scrutiny for Excesses
An exposé details the Charlestown Navy Yard’s vast, costly facilities including the dry dock, rope walk, machine shop, and multiple depots. It questions the value of idle labor and the large payroll, estimating 600 workers to sustain active operations while critiquing political influence and waste.
Punished for Obeying His Father in Heilbron Case
The Heilbron assize court in Württemberg heard a unique case of a laborer jailed for embezzlement while laid up with a broken leg. In disgrace, he commanded his son to hang him. the son, also a laborer, carried out the request, hanging him from a beam in the horse loft. The court sentenced the son to three years and nine months in prison.
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St. James
Assize Court
Heilbron
Wurtemberg
Juge D'Instruction
Sud
Garfield and the Independent Republicans in 1880
The Philadelphia Record outlines the 1880 maneuvering by Pennsylvania independents led by Wharton Barker and Wayne MacVeagh to back Garfield. Sherman sought their aid but Garfield chose to go with a Chicago bid guided by Barker, who expected to be secretary of the treasury before a cabinet recast left him out and MacVeagh took the Pennsylvania seat.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Forimen
Grant
Blaine
Chicago
Wharton Barker
Wayne MacVeagh
Uoper
Arfield
Edmunds
Garfield
Barkis
John Sherman
Barker-MacVeagh Association
Sherman
Independent Republican Association
Barker
Ohio
Garfeld
House of Representatives
the Treasury
Harrisburg
MacVeagh
MacVeach
Pennsylvania
Anti-Monopoly League Attacks Jay Gould Favoring Judges
In New York last Saturday the Anti-Monopoly League condemned Judge Stanley Matthews and corporate influence. Resolutions warn of monopolies packing the Supreme Court, steering legislation and elections, and pressuring courts and schools. The document cites Gould allied figures Shenard Vanderbilt Robertson and a Central Pacific syndicate’s role in politics.
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Anti-Monopoly League
New York
F. A. Conkling
F. C. Barlow
Senate
Unified States
Matthews
Jay Gould
Elliott J’. Shenard
Vanderbilt
William H. Robertson
Publc
League
Inside a Houston Street studio where giant painted wonders bloom
A Sun reporter tours a two-brother oil studio in Houston Street where large canvases stretch across rooms. Painters, sea creatures, and human figures fill the space as they discuss massive commissions, showmen’s budgets, and the growth of their touring oil painting business for circuses and seaside resorts. The tale blends bold color, living curiosities, and the money behind spectacle art.
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New York Sun
Houston Street
Sun
Artistic Corps
Charlie
Sophia Perovskaya Speech During Trial Summary
Sophy Perovskaya, a Russian noblewoman executed as a regicide, testifies at her trial. She outlines early schooling, joining the revolutionary movement, arrests, the Moscow explosion, and her role in March 13 plots, denying personal weapons while detailing the plan and the map work. She defends the party’s aims to awaken civil rights and argues against immorality charges. She rejects mercy due to gender.
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Sophy Perovyakaya
Ms. Petersburg
Jeane
Revolutionary Party
Olonetzk
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Gelinboll
Hessy Hellman
Catharine Canal
Czar
Prohibition Backlash Closes Saloons in Springfield
Last Sunday in Springfield Illinois the mayor ordered saloons closed. Crowds gathered at Lincoln Park near a brewery and drank heavily. A riot followed with boards torn from fences and property damage. Sheriff deputies and a posse struggled to restore order and a man was wounded by a gunshot.
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Springfield
Ill
Lincoln Park
Near & Brewery
Cold Blooded Meditation Over Jay Gould
A Wall Street broker recounted a near fatal moment as Jay Gould crossed a busy street while a Broadway stage car barreled toward him. The broker imagined a scheme to save Gould, then profit by short selling stocks, detailing a瞬悠 instant plan.
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Jay Gould
New York Sun
Wall Street
Broadway
Unruly horses and Jay Gould rescue on the sidewalk
A passerby saved a bystander when unruly horses and a dangerous pole toppled a stage coach. Jay Gould acknowledged the rescuer with a nod and thanks as the crowd dispersed. The narrator lit a cigarette, reflecting on fortune's evanescence.
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Jay Gould
Hiss
Gould
Bite
New Street
A Navy Needed Yet Again by The Weekly Globe
A reader laments the dim state of the navy, urging immediate naval strengthening. He denounces Congress for neglect, cites Spain and Chile as irritants, and warns of national shame if protection and honor are not safeguarded. He calls for decisive action and unity to restore maritime power and prestige.
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Weekly
Globe
Chile
New York
Boston
Congress
Spain
Cour
High School Veto Over Advertising Scheme
Louisville Female High School authorities blocked a pupil driven advertising drive after discovering young women soliciting business men for ads and subscriptions. They offered jewelry prizes and even kissed potential customers to win patronage, prompting the school to halt the project.
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Louisville Female High School
Four Hours in a Flue Rescue by Police and Fire
James Walsh a 30 year old New York expressman living at No 54 Oak Street fell from his roof into a chimney of No 56 Oak Street during a delirium tremens episode. Police and later firemen freed him after a harrowing two hour ordeal. he suffered cuts and soot but no serious injury and was taken to Chambers Street Hospital for observation.
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Vlummers
Department of Yards and Docks
United States
James Walsh
New York
Oak Street
New York Telegram
Walsh
John Butterby
William Hogan
Wale
Messenger
Fire Department
Anx
Hook and Ladder Truck No. 1
Engine Company No. 7
Chambers Street
Beethoven Organ offer from Beatty firm exceeds others
A newspaper notice criticizes counterfeit cabinet organ firms and praises Daniel F. Beatty of Washington New Jersey as a direct manufacturer. It sales the Beethoven Organ at 60 dollars with a 1 month trial, 27 stops and golden-tongue reeds, promising refunds and freight coverage if not as represented.
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United States
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N.J
Beatty
North Carolinian’s tree hanging of nephew ends in death
A man near Slatersville North Carolina tied a rope to his nephew John Brown and hanged him from a tree to frighten him into stopping dirt eating. After letting him hang, the man cut him down, but the child died that evening from shock and injuries. Also included is Mr. Alexander Ferris of Abenango Forks New York praising Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
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John Brown
Slatersville
N. C
Alexander Ferris
Abenango Forks
N. Y
Warner
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Root
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Hom
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Spaulding
Mr. Conkling
Oneida
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Fry
New Yorker
Jim
Theodore Tilton
New York Iinopene
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Hyperion
Thersites
House
Cornell
Hayes
Arthur
Logans
Camerons
Uncle Sam
Charlestown Navy Yard
Tae Giuobe
Virginia
Po Place
Chelsea Street
Fitchburg
Hartford
Naval Constructor
Daval
Wao
JAY Gould & CO
Barnum
Chang
Changeee
Coney Island
Ucbs
Sue
Sophy Perovskaya
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Will of the People
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Hessy Uelfman
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