Send Up Hancock Rally at Dudley Street Opera House
Massachusetts Democrats in Wards 19 20 and 21 held a large rally at the Dudley street Opera-house with George A. Comins presiding and Albert Palmer delivering a forceful appeal for Hancock Garfield era issues. The event featured many vice presidents and secretaries on the platform and an overflow crowd outside listening to speeches by Colonel Wright Gaston and others.
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Dudley-street
George M. Hobbs
Joseph T. Ryan
A. Shuman
John L. DeWolf
Hugh O'Brien
L. Foster Morse
See J. Peeiey
William H. Barnes
David M Hodgman
William E. Shay
Benjamin Franklin
George A. Simmons
Stephen H. Williams
Phineas B. Smith
Benjamin F. Anthony
John F. Dever
E. T. Wilkins
John Joyce
William Which
Andrew McDermott
Wiliam H. Varvey
dalius_O. Mason
John D. Santry
James B. Graham
M. #. Murray
Edward Dowd
J. J. McNamara
Patrick J. Maguire
James Devine
John Randall
Philip O'Donnell
Charles O. Morse
Patrick Leach
Arthur W. Willard
John Brooks
John W. Keith
Edward Seaver
Lawrence P. Furlong
Herbert
Davis
Maurice Connell
V. Harvey
Albert Palmer
Renee
Mr. Palmer
Isaac Hull Wright
Chicago
William Gaston
Hancock
James McGeough
A. E. Pillsbury
Axel Dearborn
Opera House
Austin H. Connel
Dearborn Guards
South End
Hillands
Dunnint
East
Men of Might and Daring in Hancock Support
Forney defends Butler Sickles Bancroft Winthrop and other independents who back General Hancock amid Republican attacks. Butler recounts meeting, cites patriotism and a panel of reformers who resist party control, praising their influence, courage, and vision in perilous times.
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The
Progress
John W. Forney
Hancock
Sickles
Fifth Avenue
New York
Republican Party
Getree
George Bancroft
Robert C. Winthrop
Garfield
Dayton
Congress
Pittsburg
Butler
Bancroft
Jerome
Winthrop
Pennsylvania Railroad
Scott
You
Gibraltar
Pretty Jeanne Samary to be married in Paris affair
A Chicago Times letter describes Jeanne Samary of the Comedie Francaise as engaged to M Louis Lavarde, noting Parisian views on love and marriage, public betrothal behavior, and the role of dowries in French matrimony. The tale contrasts virtuous purity with parental opposition and financial concerns.
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Paris
Chicago Times
Lucy H. Hooper
Jeanne Samuary
Comedie Francaise
France
Papa
Mamma
M. Louis Lavarde
Jeanne
Hoyden
Kree
Worth
Hesven
Jeanne Savary
Jane Samary
Comedie Francais
Socretaires
Eccentric London youth in bed chintz suit arrested at Bow Street
A young man in a multicolored bed chintz suit with a painted face and tall white hat was arrested in the Strand for dis orderly conduct and creating a disturbance. He was ordered to provide a 20 pound surety for good behavior.
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London Hour
Strand
London
Bow-street
Highland dress on display in Edinburgh visit ridicule
A description of a traditional Highland outfit with a garter spoon tasselled pouch and a broadsword. The piece notes the attire was worn by several British regiments and recalls King George IV in his heavier years visiting Edinburgh. The author mocks another detainee in the Strand as ridiculous.
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George IV
Edinburgh
Logland
Strand
Mexican Marauders Meet Rough Justice Near Georgetown
Five men pursue cattle thieves from Georgetown to a Mexican party. A confrontation ends with Combe Rivera killed, guards wounded, Keyes killed during a jail lynching attempt, and two wounded Mexicans found dead. Cattle restored to Georgetown.
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St. Louis
Georgetown
Keyes
Stinson
Holt
Coomer
Combe Rivera
Rivera
Moulton
Buffalo Cleveland & Chicago railway plot raises control fears
Cleveland news reports the incorporation at Columbus of the Buffalo Cleveland & Chicago railway with 6.6 million in capital. G F Lavis claims contact with Jay Gould and says the line will connect Buffalo to the state line over 68 miles linking the east to the west. Gould would thus gain a direct New York to Pacific coast route, with lines near Lake Shore and the Delaware and Lackawanna extension to Buffalo.
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Columbus
Buffalo, Cleveland & Chicago Railway
G. F. Lavis
Cleveland
Jay Gould
State of New York
Buffalo
Lake Shore
Three Days Storm Paralyzes Sioux City Rail Lines
A sleet storm arriving Friday grew into a heavy snow system delaying Sioux City area rail traffic. Most lines, except the Sioux City and Pacific, are blocked. Stock losses are reported though no particular tally reaches 300 head of sheep. Communications by rail and telegraph are disrupted, leaving rural reports scarce.
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Sioux City
Soux City
Pacific
Tragic collapse of Shenandoah trestle near Ease Liberty
A Shenandoah Valley railroad trestle in Ease Liberty Page county fell Saturday afternoon, 1260 feet long and ninety four feet high, killing Walker Jones of Barboursville Virginia and seriously injuring Steward Bawcock of McGaheysville Virginia. Loss about 12000 dollars, likely delaying road completion for months.
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Harrisburg
Penn
Shenandoah Valley
Ease Liberty
Page County
Walker Jones
Barboursville
Orange County
Steward Bawcock
McGaheysville
Rockingham County
Hancock campaign gains in Maine and New York
The Democratic state committee leader Frank B. Torrey says Maine will deliver three electoral votes for Hancock and that New York and New Jersey are secured, with the coalition strong in the Pine Tree state. He cites waning Republican unity and predicts a solid Hancock victory nationally while detailing Fusionist and Greenbacker dynamics.
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Democratic State Committee of
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Boston
GLOBE
Hancock
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Indiana
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Garfield
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Pine Tree
Plaisted
Piaisted
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Blaine
Conkling
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Grant
Fasionista
Hur
Republican National Committee
Vermont
Hewitt On The Tariff Campaign Speech At Chickering Hall
Abram Hewitt, a New York manufacturer employing over 4000 hands, spoke on tariff and commercial issues at Chickering Hall. Townsend Cox presided. Hewitt argued the tariff needs reform and criticized partisan shifts, noting the tariff has not divided parties since 1800 and that higher duties benefit manufacturers more than workers.
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New York
Hon
Abram &, Flewitt
Chickering Hall
Townsend Cox
Hewitt
Democratic Party
Republican Loyalist Joins Hancock Campaign Surge
William H. Grace a Brooklyn Republican of twenty years announces in the Brooklyn Eagle his adhesion to Hancock. He accepts the post of chief organizer of the United Labor League of America and pledges active support for General Winfield Scott Hancock in the presidential contest, citing duty to defend the constitution and workingmen.
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William H. Grace
Brooklyn
Hancock
Messrs
Indiana
Shaye
Republic
Union
Winfield Scott Hancock
America
Address to New York Democrats Calls for Vigilance at Polls
The Democratic state committee issues an address reviewing Indiana defeat causes and urging unity in New York. It warns of bribery at polls and pledges vigilance to ensure Democratic votes are cast, aiming for a 90,000 county majority and broader reform.
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New York
Democratic State Committee
Democrats
Indiana
Union
United Democracy
Powerlessness of the Military on Indian Reservations
Washington report details General Pope and Major Fletcher findings on the killing of a Ute by Jackson at Kilne's ranch on the Uncompahgre. Indians encroached on freighters camp, a gunshot occurred, two whites fired, Jackson seized but later remained with tribes as warriors surrounded the detachment. The piece notes the legal limbo where military has no authority on reservations and must act only on Indian bureau orders, leaving investigation powerless.
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War Department
Pope
J. 5. Fletcher
Twenty-third Infantry
Campana
Still
Avent Berry
Jackson
Gunnison
Kilne
United States
Uwoth
Indian Bureau
Beaumont
Berry
Obituary of Lydia Maria Child Distinguished Author
Lydia Maria Child a renowned American writer and activist died at Wayland Massachusetts after a life of literary achievement and abolitionist leadership. Born February 11 1802 in Medford she authored Hobomok and The Rebels edited Juvenile Miscellany and published Frugal Housewife along with biographies and anti slavery works. She helped found the National Anti Slavery Standard and supported the drive to free Thomas Sims and the freedmen during the Civil War. Her husband David Lee Child predeceased her and she left no children.
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Lydia Maria Child
Wayland
Mass
David Francis
Medford
Philothea
Child
Chid
David Lee Child
New York
Brusband
Terraspis forces destroy Victoria band in Mexican conflict
Dr. Sananiego’s letter from Carriscal reports General Terraspis’ forces attacking the Victoria band. Troops surrounded Indians on hills at Las Castillo, fought on the 16th, nearly annihilating Chief Victoria’s group. Fifty warriors and eighteen dependents killed or captured along with 250 horses. Mexican losses were three killed and three wounded. The Victoria band is said to have murdered over 400 people in the past year.
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Galveston
Tex
Sananiego
Carriscal
Victoria
Hig Band
Members of the Signal Service Drowned at Rogers City
The signal-corps station at Rogers City Michigan reports that a lifeboat from the Forty-mile point life saving station capsized in a squall at ten in the morning. Captain Joseph Sawyer of Detroit keeper and George Feahen and Joseph Valentin from Rogers City were drowned. one person was rescued by a small boat from here.
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Washington
Signal-Corps
Rogers City
Mich
Forty-mile Point
Joseph Sawyer
Detroit
George Feahen
Joseph Valentin
Aime Ce Cexyat
Martes Eahen
Worthy Hops Bitters Stand Against Harmful Blends
An Rochester visit highlights Hop Hitters as a superior tonic. The draught combines hops buchu mandrake and dandelion with no harmful spirits. It claims to aid stomach liver kidneys and urinary systems and to benefit mental workers. Letters from chemists and users praise the relief offered.
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Rochester
N. Y
Voice from the Press Praises Hop Bitters in Testimony
An 1870s reader testifies that Hop Bitters tasted mild and tea like, improving costiveness, headaches, and appetite. Mrs Cresswell and Mrs Connor also report strength gains. The note, signed Gilliland and Pratt, promotes the remedy for general debility and indigestion.
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Gilliland
People’s Advocate
Pittsburg
Penn
Hop Bitters Praised by Souverior Reader
A local testimonial from Souverior Wisconsin dated January 1830 lauds Hop Bitters for curing neuralgia rheumatic pains and kidney troubles after one bottle. The writer, an elderly resident, reports multiple families in the area now relying on Hop Bitters and a bedridden woman regaining health after three bottles. LEVUNARD WHITBECK signs as the witness.
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Souverior
Wis
Levunard Whitbeck
Old Hop Bitters Testimonials From 19th Century Ads
Battle Creek Michigan January 31 1879 testimonial from Thos G Knox praising Hop Bitters for indigestion and debility. Leprenton Michigan February 2 1880 testimonial by H T Alexander praising Hop Bitters for bilious attacks kidney complaints and maladies in malarial climate.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Brtters
Thos
G. Knox
Paviprigg Memo On Breweries Director Nota Benign
On January 2 1880 Paviprigg Ohie notes services for Brrrers Company. Penae ae Say assisted materially. N FLELD is named as Director.
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Paviprigg
Ohie
Brrrers Company
N Fleld
Fa Haay
Hop Bitters praised by sick folk in Ashburnham notice
In Ashburnham Massachusetts on January 14 1880 Mus Julian Cushing writes that after two years of illness she found Hop Bitters effective curing her lung and heart distress and throat troubles. She reports many locals also healed and grateful for the medicine.
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Ashburnham
Mass
Julian, Cushing
Bartle Creek Man Reports Kidney Cure by Hop Bitters
In Bartle Creek Michigan on January 31, 1880 D ney Pearson states he has used seven bottles of Hop Bitters to cure a severe chronic kidney ailment and notes a pronounced effect on his system.
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Bartle Creex
Mich
Dney Pearson
Hop Bitters Sentences Cure Dyspepsia in Letter
WALHEND Kansas December 8 1879 Mrs MATTIE COOPER reports relief from poureinte and dyspepsia after taking Hop Bitters a few bottles cured her fully expressing gratitude for the medicine.
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Walhend
Kansas
Mattie Cooper
Hop Bitters Credited With Restoring Health In Texas Letter
A Cedar Bayou reader recounts using Hop Bitters for his wife who suffered a slow decline. Doctors failed, but after taking about twenty doses his kidney issues improved. He sent to Galveston for more and found demand high, yet obtained some elsewhere. He expresses gratitude for the remedy.
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Cedar Bayou
Texas
Hop Bittens
Galveston
J. PB. Maget
Hop Bitters praised by sufferers from skin sickness
A dated 1880 testimonial from Bloomyskel, Mississippi, and another from Mitton, Delaware, tout Hop Bitters for severe itching and skin disease. Henry Knoche reports four bottles cured him after fifteen doctors failed. Mrs. James Betts says it greatly improved her feeble, out of tone condition.
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New Bloomyskeld
Miss
Hop Bitters Company
Hop Bitters
Henry Knoche
Mitton
Del
James Betts
Alcoholic Fatuity and a Panacea Claim
An advertised claim asserts that a chronic drinker cannot survive without alcohol and that Hop Bitters offers a perfect cure. It contends the stomach, liver, and kidneys regain normal function, and the drunkard will be gay once more.
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