The Press as a Detector of Vice and Crime
The Philadelphia Times argues the independent press serves as a public safety force by exposing crime and public wrongs. It cites grave robbing prosecutions in Philadelphia and defends journalism's expanded role while warning against sensationalism and misuse by disreputable papers.
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The
Times
Law
Independent
the Times
Independent Press
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
Various Western Notes From the Frontier and Yellowstone
Chinamen working near Silver Bow shipped 2500 dollars in gold dust last week. Northern Pacific cattle shipments to the east may exceed 30000 head this year. Steamboatmen report a profitable 1882 season on the upper Missouri River. Indians in Oregon and Washington total 0662 with one sixth males over 21. They own nearly half a million arable acres. Montana papers praise unprecedented mild weather. Los Angeles seeks free postal delivery for a population over 20000. Santa Fe artesian well at Thatcher station near 1000 feet shows no water. Dakota’s next legislature expected to be heavily Republican. W W Butler in Idaho penitentiary patents a new barbed wire fence after eight years’ confinement. A Grant county youth, 20, steals horses and other stock, fleeing to Mexico. Fremont county coal dominates local industry with over 100,000,000 tons in one main seam at Canon City. Colorado Fertilizing Co organized at Golden with capital 200,000. Colorado Central rail line sees brick buildings 4000 feet long. Blackfoot Register notes record industry growth due to railroads. Wood River and Sawtooth mills foresee over 5,000,000 in 1883 output. Yellowstone valley boasts exceptional weather with calm winds. Verily our lines are cast in pleasant places.
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Silver Bow
Missouri River
Oregon
Washington Territory
Montana
Los Angeles
Santa Fe Company
Thatcher Station
Dakota
W. W. Butler
Idaho
Grant County
Billy the Kid
Eureka
Mexico
Fremont County
Colorado
Canon City
Blackfoot Register
Wood River
Sawtooth
Yellowstone Valley
Billings Herald
Wyoming
Rawlina
Hartville
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Fort Laramie
Black Hills
Central Pacific
Corinne
Salt Lake
Soda Lake
Nebraska
North Platte
Missouri
Sioux City
Eastern
St. Paul & Milwaukee
Northwestern
Rawlins
Deadwood
Graff
Petroleum
Territory
Creston
Fairbank
Fort Fetterman
White River
Shawnee Creek
Platte
Wisdom of Solomon Eclipsed by Equal Share
A tea-house scene ends with a Chinese man, an Indian, and a Japanese each claiming a dollar. After magistrate’s deliberation no evidence ties the coin to any claimant, so it is divided equally and the Chinese man is released.
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North China Daily News
Mr. G, Root
Jed Pearl
Fountain of Youth Gift as Rheumatism Cure
A kind gentleman gives a half dollar to a disabled African man claiming rheumatism. The man reveals he’s cured only when he drinks whisky, joking that fifty cents frees him from troubles and makes him whistle for a week.
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Texas Giftings
Prances of Women in London Spectator Echoes
A fragment from the London Spectator surveys views on women and love. It quotes authors on beauty, marriage, widowhood, and male perceptions, noting society’s gaze and the tension between individual affection and social judgment.
Railroads Loom Over Wyoming's Mineral Riches
Wyoming's future hinges on rapid railroad expansion as mineral wealth grows. projections from Cheyenne to Fort Laramie and the Black Hills mark a race among Union Pacific, Central Pacific, and eastern lines to reach coal fields, copper, petroleum, and more. A Sioux City & Pacific survey outlines a Missouri River to Fort Fetterman route with anticipated completion within three years.
Langtry’s American Adorer Frederic Gebhardt Details
From the N Y Music and Drama Dec 5 report the \"certain acquaintance\" of Mrs Langtry is Frederic Gebhardt a young Atlantis. He resides at the Hotel Brunswick drives four in hand and heads a stable of racers including Etoile. Gebhardt left an estate income of $80 000 yearly to his son and supports Mrs Frederic Neilson of 100 Fifth Avenue. He is discreet temperate and economical yet spends lavishly on flowers for the Beauty.
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N. Y
Brunswick
Etoile
America
Gebhardt
Frederic Neilson
Fifth Avenue
A sea tale and a cradle in one paper item
A collage of quips and anecdotes from the era touches on sea serpents and cradles, jokes about fat and waistlines, a Wisconsin northerner in Jaw-law, a Sabbath desecration remark, uncalled for language, corset criticism, a plowboy wages joke, a Toronto mishap with a man’s trousers, and a nod to Brown's Iron Bitters for women and sickly girls seeking a gentle stimulant.
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Wisconsin
Jaw-law
Ohio
Quips and Oddities Span Humorous Clippings
A collage of light curiosities and anecdotes from varied papers. Jests on similia similibus curantur and curious wagers mix with bits about a Florida man killing a rattlesnake with whisky, a hair trade in France, and a sunburn quip from Texas Siftings. The London Telegram accounts a Royal Irish brigade veteran’s battlefield injuries and valor.
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Florida
France
General Terry Praises Grant on Porter Case Defense
General Alfred H. Terry writes to General Grant expressing pleasure with his Porter defense article. He says the piece should convince fair readers, notes he once believed Porter guilty but, upon careful review, found him a martyr. Terry urges speedy government and public action to correct the wrong.
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Alfred H. Terry
Gen
Grant
Fitz-John Porter
Porter
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Adverts Relief for Teething
An 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as safe and effective for teething pain in children. It promises immediate relief, regulates bowels, and calms mothers with claims of a long trusted physician's prescription. Sold everywhere for 25 cents a bottle.
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United States
To the People at Large Election Circular Misread
A Texas Siftings note recalls a jail inmate finding an election circular misaddressed to the people at large. He remarks it was not for prisoners, saying it does not apply to them after a year in jail.
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Austin
Texas Siftings
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Peater
Journalism and Crime
Inwestern Glernings
Dakotas
Colorado Fertilizing Company
Golden
Colorado Central
Solomon
London Spectator
Montaigne
Madams de Girardin
Ratif de la Bretonne
Miss Braddon
MR. Germardt
Mrs. Lantry
Marathon Independent
London
Toronto
Dolman
Hostetter
Gripeman
Boston Transcript
Fogg
Fenderson
Texas Sis
California
Carson Opera House
Yerger
Spillkins
Colonel Yerger
Texas
Chicago Herald
Migeky
Hinkeon
Royal Irish Brigade
Gordon Highlanders
Tel-el-Kebir
Army Service Corps
London Telegraph
DR. Wagner
Summer Street
Beaver
Wagner
Dolarator
Henry Wagner
Denver
H. Wagner
Arian
Anress
Toledo Blade
NASBW
Nasby
Menon
Blade CQ
Toledo
Mason & Hamlin
Tie Mason & Hamlin Organ and Pee CO
Tremont Street
Boston
Union Square
New York
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
T. A. Slocum
Pearl Bb
Savannah
New Orleans
Richrdson & CO
Washington St
Ill
Geo. P. Rowell & Co
Spruce 81
Europe
Accademy of
Paris
Washburne & CO
Broadway
Cor
Reade
Dave & Collins
G. W
Louis Briow
Wyo
Hoy
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