Stalwart Bias Aims to Pass Cleveland Line In NY Orchestrated
A Globe reporter chronicles New York Stalwarts led by Roscoe Conkling plotting to back Cleveland and Hendricks, arguing Blaine risks party ruin. The piece describes factional splits, Independent Republicans in Massachusetts and New York, and a planned nationwide hit with an Atlantic to Mississippi circulation.
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GLOBE
Roscoe Conkling
Mr. Conkling
New York
New York City
Conkling
Butler
St. John's
Blaine
John
Belya Lockwood
Massachusetts
Empire State
Massachuselts
Logan
Anes
Cleveland
Garfield
Senator Conkling
Arthur
Dorsey
Indiana
James G. Blaine
Henry Cabot Lovge
Boston Daily Journal
Messrs
Lodge
Elkins Order
Senator Idminghs
Lincoln
Hendricks
Tak Globe
Guiteau
Folger
Boston
Atlantic
Mississippi
Butler Campaign Round in Indiana Draws Big Turnout
General Butler continued his Indiana tour with impromptu receptions at Cicero Arcadia Jackson and Fairfield. In Kokomo Peru Rochester Walnut Argos and South Bend crowds gathered as Butler spoke from a platform on a box pile and later in the South Bend rink to a standing audience of four to five thousand amid flags bands and carriages.
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Sovurn Bend
Ind
General Butler
Indiana
Indianapolis
Plymouth
Marshall County
Cicero
Arcadia
Jackson
Fairfield
Kokomo
Peru
Denver
Rochester
Walnut
Argos
Butler
Court House Yard
Court House
West
Valparaiso
South Bend
Buver
Labor Committee
South
Doliun
Blaine's Ohio Tour Ends With Rally In Newark
Blaine battles fatigue during a campaign swing described as straining his stamina. In Newark he delivers a long speech urging Ohio voters to back the Republican protective policy and currency stance, asserting strong growth under GOP policies and calling the October 14 vote decisive.
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Ber.aire, O
Blaine
Logan
Newark
Columbus
United States
Ohio
Uearby
West Virginia
Nine Men Rescued After Caisson Sinks Under Susquehanna
An accident at the Baltimore & Ohio bridge site near Havre de Grace Maryland left Caisson No 9 sunk with nine men inside at about 8 AM. Men were pumped and later rescued at noon after being held sixty feet under water amid intense excitement.
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Havre DE Gracr
Baltimore & Ohio
Susquehanna River
The Woman's Hour A Modern Tale Of One Day In Life
A critical look at female characters in contemporary fiction contrasts idealized heroines with real women. The piece discusses marriage, love, independence, and societal expectations, citing Mary Richling and Alice Belding as positive types while critiquing sensational options.
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Womatood
Maria Gaylora
Kelen Harkness
Mr. Howells
Victor Hugo
Mouern
Miss Matock
Dr. Sevier
Cable
John Richling
Kentucky
Mary Richling
Maud Matchin
Matehin
Alice Belding
Mrs. Burnett
Harper
A Rainy Day Misadventure With Boots and a Great Lady
A hurried woman neglects to wet and tame her curly hair and races to fix weathered boots before a social engagement. She visits a shoemaker who promises completion by 7 30 p m and plans to swap Boots on the way to a friend. Her dressy evening with the neighborhood’s most magnificent woman hinges on timely repairs and a graceful appearance.
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Pentiemanu
Noor
Sie
Varios
A Great Event in Dresden El Perkins Letter
An amusing anecdote describes the struggle to obtain a bath in Dresden Europe and Paris shops. The narrator recalls a hotel bath ordeal where hot water was scarce, carriers fetched water in buckets, and a rusty tub was rolled through streets to provide a bath for his wife. The tale contrasts American comfort with European delays.
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el Perkins
Europe
Paris
France
Switzerland
Germany
Dresden
America
Himmel
Frederickstrasse
Berlin
Cologne
Knitted Woollen Skirt Pattern From Victorian Manual
Instructions detail materials and steps to knit a woollen skirt with Scotch yarn, two long needles, and four skeins. It describes making two breadths, sewing sides, adding binding, and repeating border and block patterns to shape the skirt, including placket hole guidance.
Knitting Pattern With 13 Row Instructions and Cast On
A fragmented knitting pattern describes casting on seven stitches and a sequence of plain knit rows with thread overs and narrow steps. The text lists multiple row instructions including slips, seam stitches, and varying plain stitches across thirteen rows with occasional thread overs and cast-off notes.
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Saxony
Harrow
Silk Crazy Work Sofa Pillow
Create a decorative pillow by sewing silk satin or velvet pieces onto a cloth base. Cut a square of cambric or cotton to desired size, baste on fabric scraps, fold edges under, and secure with fancy silk stitches for a concealed finish.
Household Hints for Homemade Baking Powder and Cleaning
Household hints describe two baking powder formulas with corn starch bicarbonate and tartaric acid, plus flour based mixs and English bicarbonate blends. Also notes tests for silver cleaning using hot water or soda solution, followed by drying and polish with canton flannel cloth.
Care of Furniture and Household Cleaning Hints
A old time guide lists methods for velvet care dust removal with sand and brushing, cleaning lace curtains with cold water starching, and preserving silver brass ivory and marble objects. It covers moth prevention cedar storage old floor repairs and stove protection with tallow, plus general tips for dusting and cleaning fabrics.
Carpet Cleaning and Stain Removal Remedies from Old Guide
A dated household guide describes carpet cleaning steps using bullock's gall with water, soap, and gentle brushing to restore color. It covers matting care, salt water washing, and a grease stain remover made from ammonia, soap, and water, plus methods for oil or grease spots with flour or meal absorption.
Removing Oi Stains From Pages Without Damage
A method to remove oil stains from book pages involves warming the stained area with a hot flatiron on blotting paper to absorb oil. Then brush rectified turpentine over the paper while keeping it warm, repeating as needed. After oil removal, use rectified spirit of wine to whiten the area. The process aims to restore the paper to its original whiteness.
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Muris
Household Cleaning and Preservation Tips From an Old Manual
Practical advice covers removing ink stains from various materials, mildews and lemon stains, cleaning piano keys, preserving walnut and mahogany furniture, cleaning oil paintings, gilding restoration, mirror repairs with mercury, and crafting cloth cases for silverware. The tone mirrors era guidance with step by step methods and cautionary notes on drying and handling delicate items.
A Hunter’s Unfortunate Aim in Partridge Hunt
Mrs. Florian Becker of Westfield Street was struck by a gunshot while picking barberries near her home when a Needham hunter, Smith, fired at a partridge. The shot hit her head neck and hand. 126 shot were removed by Dr. Kingsbury. She was reported comfortable the next day.
Two Queer Accidents at a Cartridge Shop
A Lowell mall accident leaves Alice Hederman wounded in the left ear by a No 22 cartridge fired accidentally by a shopmate. The ball remains lodged, with Dr Phelan attempting extraction while fearing further harm. prognosis hopeful if inflammation does not arise.
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Lowell Mall
Alice Hederman
United States Cartridge Company
Sullivan
Hederman
Meeting Death in a Singular Way
In Alliance Ohio a 16 year old school girl Gertrude Donald was shot in the back when a pistol dropped from a drawer hauled in a cart. The ball struck her as she screamed Oh, im shot. She died within twenty minutes of the accident.
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New York Tribune
Alliance
Gertrude Donald
Forty six Needles in a Woman's Arms Reported
Mrs Seeley of Sardinia reported arm pain with needles found in muscle by Dr George N Kingman. He treated with poultice and removed forty six needles or fragments from both arms, some with fine points others broken. The source notes the case remains mysterious and the woman denies knowledge of how the needles were introduced.
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LockPor
Warned and Ducked by Ohio Women Over Cruelty
Sallie Stratton near Addison was ducked by neighbors after years of cruelty to her aged mother. A tirade led a group to the pond where she was scrubbed with an admonition that further unfilial conduct would bring another ducking. Since the warning she has behaved discreetly.
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Urbana
Sallie Stratton
Addison
Murdered by a brute in Albion Maine confession and arrest
John S. Baker confessed to Augusta officers that he killed Mrs Newell Tuck in Albion Kennebec County on September 5. He was arrested after residents urged action and questioned by Llewellyn Libby and Sheriff’s deputies. Baker pleaded not guilty at arraignment and is held for the December term of the Superior Court.
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Johan
Baker
Libby
Augusta
Aucusta
Albion
Kennebec County
Tun Girone
Newell Trek
John S$. Baker
Newell Tuck
Haines
Ira True
Hardewell
Sherif Jepson
Alpion
Llewellyn Libby
Globnw
Sherif Stevens
John
Tuck
Heath
Andrews
Agin
Liewellyn Libby
Frank Holmess
South Albion
True
Poor Old Soldier John Hobart Buried With Dignity
Indignant Merrimac veterans accuse Togus Soldiers Home officers of sending John Hobart to his grave in a cheaply made pine coffin and in bare clothes. The late Wisconsin chaplain, 72, had retired to Togus for care but received a makeshift burial until Merrimac comrades secured a proper casket and robe for his grave in the town’s new cemetery.
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C. R. Mudge
Merrimac
John Hobart
Togus
Wisconsin
G. A. R. Post
Merrimas
Wisconsin Post
Hobart
Merrimack
Comrane James Ross
Haverhill
Two of a Kind in a Ginger Conundrum
A customer questions a ginger seller about domesticity and Jamaica venues. The dealer jokes there is no domestic tiger and cites Jamaica as the source while the buyer wanders from Jamaica to Jamaica Plain in a humorous misunderstanding.
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Jamaica
Jamaica Plain
How to Handle Peaches
A humorous Utica Observer snippet shows a man arguing with a fruit dealer about free-stone peaches. The dealer demonstrates by cutting a Delaware free-stone and explains that peeling before hulls ruins results, advising to select the variety and process accordingly.
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Utica
Delaware
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St. John
Vermont
Maine
Malve
Mair
Father of
Waters
Florian Becker
Mrs. Newell Tack
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