Wealth totals of leading U S senators in 1883
The weekly list on Thursday November 29 1883 ranks Lis Fair of Nevada as the richest senator with 18000000 dollars. Sawyer of Wisconsin is second with 7000000 dollars followed by Don Cameron of Pennsylvania with 5000000 dollars. Miller of California has 4000000 dollars and Brown of Georgia has 3000000 dollars.
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United States
Lis Fair
Nevada
Sawyer
Wisconsin
Don Cameron
Miller
California
Brown
Georgia
Farewell Banquet Speech Praises Chicago Development
General Paul Sam Rivan told Chicagoans at a farewell banquet that investing more in better streets would reduce hospital costs, and over time would make the city the most beautiful in the world.
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Pail Samrivan
Cabinet portrait of President Arthur described by Troy Times
A Troy Times writer ranks Arthur's cabinet: Brewster the punctilious, Frelinghuysen aristocratic, Lincoln the quiet, Gresham absent, Folger most judicial, Teller and Chandler diligent keepers of records.
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Arthur
Troy Times
Brewster
Frelinghuysen
Lincoln
Gresham
Folger
Teller
Chandler
Ex-Senator Eaton Warns on Tariff Revenue Platform
Ex-Senator Eaton in a New York Herald interview argues that a tariff for revenue only cost the presidency in 1880 and warns that similar tariff policy doubts or a like platform could defeat the Democrats again.
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Eaton
Democratic
New York Herald
Times
Utah Governor Sees Mormon Domination Threatening West
Governor Monnay of Utah estimates 110000 of 150000 territorial residents are Mormons and warns of a de facto polygamic empire in the far west. He says existing laws are nullified as if under a foreign government and calls for government by commission as the remedy.
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Monnay
Utah
Far West
Holman Lauded by Newspapers as Democratic Standard
The New York Sun lauds William Steele Holman as a model of democratic virtue, likening him to a nourishing emblem of bread with butter and molasses. The Boston Post also praises the Indiana statesman, suggesting a few more lawmakers like him would aid Congress.
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New York Sun
Washington
Patriot and Statesman
W. Steele Holman
Boston Post
Indiana Statesman
William Steele Holman
Congress
Electric street cars light Paris and loom over gas lamps
In Paris the Metropolitan Electric company has expanded its streetcar service on Haussmann and Malesherbes boulevards and newspapers discuss the future of electric traction. The firm also competes in supplying electric light in a city with fifty thousand gas lamps, expected to be replaced by electricity.
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Evxcmiciy
Europe
Paris
Metropolitan Electric Company
Haussmann and
Malesherbes
Wyoming Suffrage Debate Faces Local Corruption Claims
The Omaha Republican editorializes that an anti suffrage NYT correspondent shows Wyoming lacks fair suffrage testing. It cites Cheyenne with over thirty houses of ill fame as evidence, arguing that such vice taints any political trial in the town and cannot reflect on women’s votes.
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New York Times
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Omaha
Card Games Across Civilizations Through History
The passage traces gambling and gaming across cultures from ancient Rome and Gothic rulers to medieval Germans and Neapolitans. It notes Chinese card use, African shell dice, Greenlandic fortune wheels, and Spaniards as constant gamblers, with remarks on players’ fortunes and fate.
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Carlos VI
France
America
Theodoric
Cassar
Tacitus
Purge distemper to restore constitutional vigor
An advertisement urges readers to use Ayer's Sarsaparilla to cleanse the blood and revive vitality for those with enfeebled health. It presents the product as a remedy to restore strength and systemic balance.
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Ayer
District Court Convenes as Jury Finds Guilty in Wyoming Case
The Wyoming district court opened at 10 with Judge J B Sener presiding. The jury convicted in the Blackmore case with $150 value attributed to money and items stolen. Additional cases include motions, pleadings, and adjournments to December 12 and December 31 as civil calendars scheduled.
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J. B. Sener
Blackmore
Messrs. Baird
Riner
Brush
Baird
Sener
Territory of Wyoming
Curt Boatman
Territory
Charles Joyce
Same, Stebbing, Post & Co
Gueck & Fink
J. F. Halsted
Anna Clausen
C. P. Justus
Justus
McCormick Et al
Goldschmidt
Curt Boatmin
F. C. Cotton
C.V. Stewart Esq
Stewart
Stebbins, Post & Co
Guick and Fisk
J. C
Kingman
E. P. Snow
Costa
Ajn
Beware of Imitations Florestan Cologne Signed By Hiscox
Warning note advises buyers to seek the Hiscox & Co signature on every bottle of Florestan Cologne to ensure authenticity and avoid imitation products.
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Florestan
Hiscox & Co
New York
Notice to Buckley on Abandoned Homestead Claim
U S Land Office Cheyenne Wyoming Territory announces a complaint by John Housiaux against Francia J Buckley for abandoning homestead entry 126 dated February 2 1877 on the south half of the northeast quarter section 82 township 14 north range 67 in Laramie County The parties are summoned to appear January 4 1884 at 2 o clock pm to respond and furnish testimony before Epaar W Mann Register and Walter Hurust Receiver.
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U.S. Land Ofdice
Cheyenne, Woyo
John Housiaux
Francia J. Buckley
Laramie County
Wyoming Territory
Epaar W. Mann
Register
Walter 8. Hurusut
Smelting Progress At Wyoming Copper Co Report
Inspectors reveal a strong first year for the Sunrise mine and Fairbank works. From 4000 tons of ore mined at 15 percent to 3600 tons smelted, output exceeds one million pounds of copper bullion amid extensive town growth around Hartville Sunrise Park and Millersburg. Extensions planned with railroad access and new ore chutes, while Muskrat and Running Water activities shape regional prospects.
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Wyoming ‘Copper Co
Cheyenne
Fairbank
Hartville
Sunrise Park
Millersburg
Horce
E. W. Hart
B. A. Hart & Co
Whyte
Lake
Michigan
Muskrat
Rich Silver Mine Promises Prosperity for Local Camp
The report details a new mine under Pender and engineer McHenry with 1200 feet of tunnels showing a large ore vein. A mill is to be built, lumber contracted, and a wood supply secured. Twenty five workers are employed now, to rise to sixty. a bunkhouse for fifty and a roadway are under construction. Running Water Camp is poised to become a mining center with rich copper and silver prospects.
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Pender
McHenry
Tovla
That Husband of Mine Tries New Hair Health Product
A fragment notes a wife promoting a health product named Wella Health Re newer costing $1 to druggists. The item is described as making her husband three times the man he was before use.
Mother Swan's Worm Syrup Infallible Tasteless Remedy
An 19th century patent medicine advertises Mother Swan's Worm Syrup as infallible and tasteless. It claims to treat feverishness restlessness worms and constipation and lists a 250 dose in the catalog copy.
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Mother Swan
Cured by Buchupaiba Claim On Urinary Ailments
An advertisement-style claim asserts that Buchupaiba cures catarrh of the bladder stinging irritation and inflammation and other kidney and urinary complaints for a price of one dollar.
Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething
Advice to mothers promotes Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup as a cure for teething distress. The advertisement claims it relieves crying, calms dysentery and diarrhea, regulates the stomach, eases wind colic, and soothes gums, priced at 25 cents a bottle.
Notice for Public Publication Benjamin A Mills Final Proof
Notice is given that settler Benjamin A Mills filed for final proof to support his claim before the register at Cheyenne Wyoming on December 28 1883. He seeks the northwest quarter of section 21 township 18 north range 62 west and names witnesses Charles W Perry Thos M Herrick John B Leatsch and Harvey M Babbitt of Little Horse Creek Wyoming to prove residency and cultivation of the claim.
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Hag
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Benjamin A. Mills
Range
Gald
Charles W. Perry
Thos. M. Herrick
John B. Lea
Divorce Bill Filed In Territorial Court
Sylvia Jackson files a chancery suit in the First Judicial District of the Territory of Wyoming Laramie County alleging habitual drunkenness extreme cruelty and neglect of support seeking a divorce from Lafayette M. Jackson non resident defendant. The court orders appearance by December 20 1883 with default to be entered December 29 1883. Clerk Joan K Jeffre y seals the document.
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Wyvurne
Laramie
First Judicial District
Fn Chancery
Sylvia Jackson
Lafayette M. Jackson
Territory of
Wyoming
Territory of Wyoming
County of
Joan K, Jeffrey
Chancery
T, J, Fisaun
Fragmented OCR revealings of local political turmoil and public notices
OCR fragment presents disordered references to political figures in Denver and Buffalo, rail station names, river mentions, and public complaints. It hints at accusations, a Republican stance, and a letter about territory and suffrage, but details are unclear and names are obscured.
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H. Rot
Denver Tribu
Pacific
Genoa
Fred Hess
Cat
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Krom
Daily Leader
Jack Ryan
Judge Peck
Peck
Olson
Howard
Philip Dater
Hermann Gutther
Wyo
Hales An
Labour Ag Horehoundstar
Gilead
C N. Crittenton
R,n.y
J. W. Bruner
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mutual
Hartford
Carey Block
Cheyenne, Wyo
Montgomery Ward &Co
Wabash Avenue
Crockery
Notlcgg
Wreely Leap
Rocky Mounta
Tive Legisla
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