Democracy Forever and the New York Campaign Speech
Hon P A Collins delivers a rousing Democratic address at Cooper Union in New York on September 20. He rails against Republican misrule since 1861, defends 1884 Cleveland victory, touts tariff reform, labor rights, pensions and civil service, and calls for honest government and end to monopolies.
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Harrison
Remarkable scene as last Confederate Johnny comes home
Miles Kennedy, last of the Confederates, returns to Sumter County Americus after 1861 service. He arrives with wife and 10 children, driving a wagon with their steer, facing hardship but welcomed at courthouse square by a 1000-strong crowd. A brass band leads the escort as funds and provisions are contributed for his family.
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Sumter County
Americus
Richmond
Lee
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van Riper
A. 8. Cutts
Girls in Candy Stores. A confectionery clerk’s candy rule
In a Chicago Journal confectionery, a clerk explains why six caramels eaten by a young woman behind the counter are allowed. She is said to gain permission to sample but must not leave the shop with candy. The talk outlines a weeklong pattern of appetite and the clerk’s practical advice to suitors and employers.
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Chicago Journal
Echo Prank Delivers Irish Echo Across River
Colonel Ogeechee boasted of a superb echo on his Savannah area place and invited guests to test it. As he called Are you there, a sharp reply in thick dialect said I ve been here since four o clock, leaving the party astonished at the convincing mimicry.
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Athens
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Nubia
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Woman Sun Day Proclaimed By Philosopher
A New Haven News item reports a philosopher asserting that woman is the Sun day of man, and notes a reverse view that man is the Friday of woman in Robinson Crusoe terms. The terse remark frames gender roles with literary allusion.
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New Haven
Plague and Pest Horror in Historic Plagues Explored
The article discusses yellow fever and historic plagues from Athens to Justinian, Florence, and London. It contrasts religious faith during crises, describes symptoms and transmission, and notes how public fear and behavior shifted during epidemics across centuries. It also touches later outbreaks in Alexandria and Europe.
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Athens
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Walking Easiest The Last Straw In New Hampshire Station Agent
In Manchester Union an anecdote from Among the Clouds portrays a difficult caller who repeats questions about the cheapest route to a destination. The patient ticket agent reiterates options and prices, then faces a final, persistent inquiry from the same woman at the window seeking the ultimate cheapest fare.
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New Hampshire
Manchester Union
Henry Couch’s Woe After Seven Mile Walk and Rejection
Waterbury Herald reports Henry Couch a 24 year old Windsor House cook in Waterbury endured a seven mile walk and mounting heartbreak after being jilted by a beloved woman. With no funds for board deteriorating hopes, he left his job and sought to repay two weeks of board, then faced further disappointment as his romance dissolved amid looming financial strain.
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Waterbury Herald
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Caid
Ingalls Night of Terror at Castle Ingalls
Washington Post recounts Senator Ingalls alone at Castle Ingalls near Capitol Park bunking through a frightening nocturnal intruder. A katydid crawled and croaked around his bed, prompting a panicked midnight escape and a cautious return as dawn broke.
Amusing Marriage Scene Sparks Laughter in Arkansas
In Memphis Appeal excerpt a 55 year old William Brown marries Adeline Harris, under 20, both colored. The ceremony at the magistrate’s altar ends in a comedic clash as Adeline resists a public kiss, Brown’s head bashes against a wall and their lips meet amid crowd laughter.
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Adeline Harris Hat
Arkansas
Brown
Adeline
Squire Harry
Snaking on Sunday Remembered by Portland Choir
A Portland Transcript reader recalls Professor Croucht’s tall tales of snake collecting. While the Third Parish Church choir rehearsed, the professor returned with snakes and stored them in his bell-top beaver hat. A late- arriving choir girl lifted the hat and exposed the writhing contents, prompting a vivid scene.
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Portland Transcript
Croucht
Old Third Parish
Cost of Living and Meat Free Breakfast Solution
A Sunday Grose column argues daily meals can cut costs by adopting a vegetarian leaning. It cites experiments and readers who thrived on reduced meat intake, favoring bread, fish, beans, and legumes to lower expenses while maintaining health and energy.
Living Within One's Income How People Survive On Wages
The article asks workers from many trades to share how they live on weekly earnings. It invites conductors drivers masons carpenters clerks and others to reveal rent grocery bills clothing and other expenses and what, if anything, can be saved. Readers are urged to mail letters to the editor of LOBE with name and good faith guarantee.
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Tricks on Assayers in New York Mall and Express
A long tale from the New York Mall and Express recounts how assayers expose frauds in mining samples. Dr Ledoux explains pretest tampering with tobacco or saliva to skew gold yields, with tales of sealed sample bags altered by nitrate of silver.
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Colorado
Express
Gabriel
Ulster
Sullivan
New York Daily Papers
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N. Y
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Ulster County
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Ter
Mane
Pleasing Variation on a Chestnut Barge Scene
A Waterbury American item notes a new combination on the barge Jane on Wednesday. The auburn haired girl appears with a milk white dog tied to a cord she holds. Passengers breathe relief seeing a substitute for the white horse in the scene.
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