Inauguration Day as Grover Cleveland Takes Office
Washington reports record crowds in the capital for the largest assembly yet as Grover Cleveland is sworn in as the Twenty-Second President. The procession from the White House to the Capitol drew 150,000 spectators while the Senate ceremony included the oath for Vice President Hendricks and the swearing in of new Senators. Cleveland delivers a long inaugural address urging unity, constitutional fidelity, and prudent governance.
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Reform and Inauguration Observances Across Washington
The piece covers civil service reform aims and the protection of citizens’ rights, the oath ceremony for the new administration, a vast inaugural parade with military and civilian escorts, the grand reviewing stand, and the celebratory ball with elaborate floral decorations. It notes crowd size, citywide participation, and pageantry alongside reflections on birds and pest control in a later rural-sounding column.
English coiled spring powers sewing machines quietly
An English adaptation of a coiled spring eliminates manual driving. Few turns of a handle wind enough power to run a machine at full speed for over an hour. It is controllable for stitch rate and stopping and can be added to existing machines at moderate cost.
Dudes Compelled to Dance in Georgia Marble Feat
In Canton Georgia three Boston men John Shellman Edward Ammen and Henry Rondeau drew jeers from mountain folks as they opened a new marble quarry. They were forced to dance a jig for five hours at gunpoint before fleeing to town seeking legal redress.
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Boston
John Shellman
Edward Ammen
Henry Rondeau
Dhase
Doctors Furi ous. Shall a Physician Tell the Truth or Not
A Baltimore health official defends certifying a remedy's merits against adulterated rivals. Dr James A Steuart faces ethics questions as endorsements pour in from Governor McLane and many officials and physicians. The Red Star Cough Cure gains support for a narcotic free remedy now praised as a public health advance.
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James A. Steuart
McLane
Roberts
Latrobe
Adreon
Steuart
Charles A. Vogeler Company
Philadelphia
Washington
Red Star Cough Cure
Fawcett
Union Protestant Infirmary
John J. Caldwell
New York
Brooklyn
Maryland
Bargain offer for Ameri can Rural Home weekly
Rochester publishers advertise an eight page forty column farm weekly for fifty cents a year if subscribed before April 1 1885. The Rural Home Co promises a practical, up to date agricultural journal with contributors from leading agriculturists and horticulturists. Regular price is one dollar. the fifty cent rate is a genuine limited offer.
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American Rural Home
Rochester
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Rural Home Co
Trapper's Will Found Amid Grave Transfer Near Bangor
Mahlon Helland, who left his Bangor property years ago for the Northwest, died three years back. Relatives securing his remains for burial east discover a missing will bequeathing property to kin and a memo locating $2,100 in gold near a lake, buried with him by mistake.
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Mahlon Helland
Bangor
Holland
Boston
Conundrums and wedding attire in era slang
A reader asks what a conundrum is and a writer defines it as a man at a swell dinner whose role as waiter or guest is indistinguishable. The Boston Transcript notes the cutaway coat as ideal for wedding grooms, except in elopements where dress varies.
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Brooklyn Times
Boston Transcript
Markets Summary of Grain and Livestock Prices
The page lists assorted price notes for flour wheat oats and butter along with hogs sheep and cattle quotes. Names of markets or regions appear like Cleveland and Toledo with figures for No 1 White Wheat and common hogs heavy medium and yorkers.
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DORN
INDNA
Toledo
Reeves
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Pill Sladelphia
Wool
Surprising Detroit Lighting and Rheumatism Cure Promises
Detroit unveils electric lights on tall lattice towers transforming street illumination. An American District Telegraph official, R B Watson, praises Athlophoros as a curing remedy for rheumatism after testimonials from Detroit and Chicago patients. The ads urge readers to buy Athlophoros through Summers Morrison Co. or direct from Athlophoros Co. in New York.
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Cohen
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West Twelfth Street
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Katie Gill
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Wall Street
New York
Suffer No More with Hop Bitters Says Kendall
A Boston reader recounts severe postprandial pain and vomiting relief after using Hop Bitters. He credits rapid recovery within hours and endorses the remedy, warning against counterfeit Hop products.
Gr Guysett’s Yellow Rock and Sarsaparilla Promoted
Purporting to cure impure blood weak kidneys indigestion and malaria the ad claims immediate renovating effects and a positive cure for these disorders urging immediate use and warning readers of silent suffering and death from illness.
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Gr. Guysett
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