Political Wheeling and Dealing Across a Nation
A long review of political maneuvers condemns Sherman for backing Cornell while criticizing party factions. It notes Blaine on intimidation fears at polling places, debate over Thurman, Bayard and McDonald support, and lampoons McClellan’s Army era. It covers immigration plans, labor fights, and British India aims with Herat, plus union calls for factory inspectors and emigration schemes.
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Afghanistan
Peshawar
Candahar
Iron Horse
Cabul
Russia
England
Herat
Liberal
Manchester
Sheffield
Cabal and
India
British Trades Union Congress
Edinburgh
Macdonald
Thomas Brassey
South Africa
Minor parliament discussion signals reforms before election
The talk centers on promoting arbitration courts for seamen protection and other issues. The so called minor parliament offers a varied programme. With a general election near, reforms urged at the British workmen’s congress may crystallize in the legislature to win votes.
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Workmen’s Congress
Decline in bankruptcies tied to broader policy shifts
The piece argues Republican policy caused a drop in failures from 1878 to 1879 through remonetization of silver, inflation of currency, and demotion of greenbacks. It recalls greenbacks’ wartime role, contrasts 1864 boom with 1878 misery, cites Boutwell and Hawley, and blames bondholders while praising Democrat actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercantile
Memphis
Army
Navy
John Sherman
Republican Party
Ohio
Congress
Europe
General Butler’s Civil War stance fueled abolition rhetoric
The excerpt recalls General Butler in 1861 at Worcester declaring peace only by force and at Fortress Monroe defining a black slave as contraband of war, actions that propelled abolitionist momentum and influenced opponents like Hawley to adopt stronger anti slavery positions.
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George B. McClellan
Edwin M. Stanton
Buchanan
McClellan
Casar
Alexander
Napoleon
Scott
Zach Chandler
Joseph R. Hawley
Connecticut
J. ¥. Clarke
Mr. Hawley
Hawley
General Butler
Worcester
Vast mix of oddities from Cetewayo to death by candle
A broad skimming of curiosities and sensational notes from 19th century gossip and trivia. Cetewayo busts at sixty inches, inventions like a flat candle, and a shy look at crime, weather, and public life. Mentions ship cargo, teatro and press jabs, with scattered dates and places across the United States and Europe.
Fragmented 19th century gossip column snippets
The item compiles a string of brief, colored notes from various papers. It cites derisive quips about Horace Greeley era figures, a New York fire and heroic recovery by William Almon Wheeler, a Philadelphia theatre ticket joke, a Silver City church fair with salacious advertising, and tainted comments on Taft era outrages. It closes with a Detroit tramp tale and a kite maker boy warning.
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Cetewayo
Iowa
Hanlan
Courtney
Michigan
China
Japan
Lemoyne
Texas
Chicago
George William Curtis
Schuylkill
New York Hospital
Paul Boyton
David Davis
Prince of Wales
Tarboro
N. C
Missouri
Detroit Free Press
General Schenck
the Picayune
Tom Thumb
England
Taylor County
Anthony Trollope
Beard
Alfonso
South Carolina
Currie
Paris
Yosemite
McCosh
Jo Cook
New York City
United States
Italy
Grayson
Ohio
Philadelphia Zoological Garden
Bank of England
National Money Chest
Demill Female College
Oshawa
Canada
Attleboro
William Ringgold Cooper
Monte Cristo
Duluth
Brooklyn Eagle
Francis Parkman
North American Review
Parkman
Daniel Webster
Lake of
Geneva
Bates
Naseine Board of Paaieea
Ena Ty Ie
Norristown
Conkling
New York
Cornell
Sprague
Baltimore Gazette
Malone
N. Y
William Almon Wheeler
Telegraph
Philadelphia
Silver City
Nev
The
Washington Post
Taft
Grant
Mississippi
Winder Street
Sonny
Sarah
Scattered quips and anecdotes from old newspapers
A collage of wry one-liners and brief notices from various papers. Snippets include jokes about corn toward Thanksgiving, life insurance motives, a deaf man and a scolding wife, mis-spellings praised by editors, and musings on farming, fashion, and travel. Also notes on a drowning balloon, milk and honey fables, and a shocking murder plot with a haystack.
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New York Mail
Talmage
Bob
Chicago Tribune
Texas
Cincinnati
Massachusetts
Adams
Minneapolis Tribune
Detroit Free Press
Sara Bernhardt
Professor Wise
St. Louis
New Orleans Picayune
Norristown Herald
Niver
Seneca River Bridge
New Haven Register
Philadelphia Bulletin
Belfast
Dick Thompson
The
Atlanta Constitution
Fortress Monroe
Richard
Lorne
Louise
New York Commercial Advertiser
Calico
Cincinnati Enquirer
Edward Fogarty
Rock County
Fogarty
Resisted flames identified body murderers taken and hanging probable
The report notes the victim identified after a fire, murderers captured with hanging likely, and mentions John Brown envying John Dunn and seeking a small territorial retirement gift. A Cumberland Maryland jail inmate died by choking on meat, while many innocent outsiders would risk the same fate but lacked opportunity.
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John Brown
John Dunn
Cumberland
Maryland
The Pedigree of Beer From Ancient to Modern Times
A London Examiner discussion traces beer from its ancient origins through medieval hops introduction and early adulteration. It notes Nubian bouza and Russian depredations, Xenophon and Tacitus references, and how beer became a commercialized product with ale tasters and bench test sugar checks.
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London Examiner
Huxstey
Stup
Tashkend
Xenophon
Tacitus
Teuton
Jody
Netherlands
Bismarck
Genis
Connecticut
New Literature Explores World History By Jules Verne
The work by Jules Verne, translated by Dora Leigh, offers sweeping history from B C times to modern eras. praised for research, vivid description, and engaging style, it appeals to scholars and youth, with excellent illustrations and bindings. For sale at Lee and Shepard's.
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Juses Verne
Dora Leigh
Charles Scribner’s Sone
Hanna
B. C
Jules Verne
Lee & Shepard’s
French Comedy at Union Square Promises Amusement
The French adaptation of Les Locataires de M Blondeau, titled The Flaw, keeps indecency out and follows a barber turned building owner with tenants on each floor. Misunderstandings, romantic entanglements, and melodramatic villains drive the plot as Blondeau navigates exposure and trouble, ending cleverly. Meanwhile Archbishop Purcell’s debts loom in Cincinnati as creditors press for dividends from small collections and a court-test case on church property proceeds.
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Union Square
New York
Cazauran
M. Blondeau
Baroness of
Sainte Amaranthe
M. Bonay
Signor Kiffiardin
M. Martin
Blondeau
Martin
Biondeau
Archbishop Purcell
Cincinnati
Yellow Fever Reports Rise and Decline in Concordia
Five new yellow fever cases and three deaths are reported in Concordia Mississippi along with frosts and freezing temperatures. Officials believe the fever may be ending. An advertisement for Hop Bitters claims it restores and cures rather than exhausts.
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Concordia
Misa
Greenville
Miss
Dry Goods Mail Order Offer Across the United States
A promotional notice urges readers to order dry goods by mail or express C O D. It advises customers nationwide including the South and West to send money with orders to receive goods by mail or freight. The promotion targets New England women and emphasizes mail delivery and COD terms.
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GLOBE
United States
New England States
South
Retail Stock Sale With Wide Fabric Bargains
A large department store advertises a retail stock sale offering hundreds of fabric and dress goods pieces at deep discounts. Items include Fair Prints, Dress Goods, Matelasse, Camel’s Hair Cloth, Silk Velvets, Cashmere, ribbons, shawls, and hats, with hundreds of lots priced well below typical costs. Also featured are towels, damask, linen, blankets, lace, gloves, corsets, buttons, and millinery goods advertised at marked down rates.
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Wade
Old York
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Plazar Weekly
Scribner's Monthly
Nicholas Appleton's Journal
Popular Science Monthly
New York Medical
Godey’s Ladies’ Book
Lippincott's
Peterson's National
Demorest
Arthur's Home
Baliou
Hall's Journal of Health
Dugan & Co
Musical “Monthly
Dwight’s Journal of Music
Youth's Companion
the Medical Times
Christian Union
the Watchman
New Names
Country Gentleman
Household
Poultry World
Journal of Chemistry
Phrenological Journal
Wide Awake
Frank Leslie
Chimney Corner
Tae
Washington Street
Boston, Mass
Poston Weekly Globe
Bailey
Chas. H. Taylor
Blaine
Blackburn
Tilden
Robinson
Illinois
Judge Field
California
Thurman
Bayard
Richmond
McDonald
George G. Crocker
Union
George
Lamar
Sherman
McGowan
Pennsylvania
New York State
A. B. Cornell
Senator Conkling
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