Woman Suffrage in Wyoming Governors' Messages Highlight Support
Extracts from Wyoming governors 1871 to 1882 praise woman suffrage as just, prudent, and beneficial. Governor Campbell notes two years of voting and service by women with strong conduct. Thayer, Hoyt, and others describe growing public support and broader social gains for Wyoming’s equal privileges. Conkling encounters a Boston bantam in a separate column.
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Wyoming
J. A. Campbell
Legislative Assembly
Hoyt
Passion Play Discussion at St Bernard’s Church
Rev Father Healey criticized the planned Passion play in New York saying he would oppose an original stage production. He noted Archbishop Alemany had not sanctioned a San Francisco production. Healey favors reverent treatment and mentions the parish nativity eight act drama running Christmas to January 7 for church benefit.
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New York
Father Healey
St. Bernard’s Church
Fifth Avenue
Alemany
San Francisco
Senators Beck and Mahone Back From Duel Talk
Washington reports spill over a rumored duel between Senators Beck and Mahone. Beck refuses to fight citing code provisions and prefers calm, singing Scotch ballads and bourbon. Mahone, famed Confederate general, shows no restraint but the clash remains only in the senate.
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Washington
Beck
Mahone
Senate
Sheridan Promotion Clarified in War Records
The Times reports debates over Gen. Sheridan’s rank and claims of irregular promotion. Records show Sheridan attained his position by direct promotion and was briefly out-ranked by Gen. Meade in one instance.
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Chicago
the Times
Sherman
United States Army
Sheridan
Hancock
Gen. Meade
Train Derailments Hit Indiana And Ohio Lines
A broken rail near Connersville hurled one car of the Fort Wayne Cincinnati and Louisville passenger train into the Whitewater canal. The roundmaster Alf Stewart and John Colescott were injured. Georgia Fleming daughter of the ex state treasurer was severely injured. Several others suffered minor hurts. In Mt Vernon Ohio an excursion train with about 300 passengers was ditched by an open switch in yards of the Cleveland Mt Vernon and Columbus line. several were badly bruised but no serious injuries reported.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Connersville
Cincinnati & Louisville
Whitewater Canal
Alf Stewart
John Colescott
Georgia Fleming
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Cleveland, Mt. Vernon & Columbus Road
Fore Fathers' Day Celebrated With Flags Bells and Hymns
Boston area observances mark Fore fathers' Day with a parade from Plymouth band Standish Guards and Collingwood post G A R to Pilgrim Hall and the rock, followed by church services at the first parish and Davis Hall. Rev Geo A Tewksbury delivered the address and Governor Long wrote a hymn sung at the close.
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Plymouth
Mass
Standish Guards
Collingwood
Pilgrim Hall
Church of the First
Governor Long
Davis Hall
Dinner honors Prince Taruhits with General Grant in New York
Dignitaries at the Union League club include General A. S. Grant and Prince Taruhits among guests such as Hyasanda Nessi, Yama moto, and Japanese officials. The room featured American and Japanese flags, sugar and nougat representations of Fort Seeddo and Port Nangaraki, rice paper menu, and toasts to the prince and General Grant. The prince plans to travel to Niagara tomorrow.
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New York
D.c
Prince Taruhits
General Grant
Union League Club
A. 8
Grant
Hyasanda Nessi
Japan
Yamamoto
Mr. Jor
M. Kate
Prince S. K. Takahaasi
Frederick D. Grant
J. R. Grant
Leland Stanford
Jay Gould
D. O. Mills
C. K. Garrison
Jesse Seligman
Fort Seeddo
Port Nangaraki
Niagara
Excitement Over Passion Play At New York Theatre
In New York on December 20 the Passion Play at West Twenty fourth Street advertised two buggred men and women as applicants for positions. The feminine audience was largely shop girls and laundresses. Names were read by the stage manager and finalists told to return next week. Morse says the company is filled and rehearsed for business. The chorus has eighty voices, with the full company totaling six hundred. The Passion will premiere as soon as the building is complete, with estimated nightly expenses of about two thousand dollars.
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Conkling
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New York
Jersey City
Tere
Guernsey
West Twentyfourth Street
Morse
Allegheny
Friends of the
Jeff Davis
John Clark
Laygne
Linn County
Kansas
Chicago
Vanderbilt
Minneapolis & St. Louis
American Live Stock
Troy
Troy & Boston
John Rearden
West
Senate
Destruction of Mail Pouches Reported in Train Fire
Washington telegram says storage car of the New York and Chicago railway burned near Schenectady at 2 am. The post office and contents were destroyed, mainly newspaper mail for Toledo and Wabash. mail for Iowa Wisconsin Nebraska and Chicago San Francisco lost. Several letter pouches for Chicago from New York City and for San Francisco were aboard, with European mail likely damaged aboard the steamship Bothnia City.
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Washington
New York and Chicago
Schnectady
Toledo
Wabash
New York
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Chicago
New York City
San Francisco
Bothma City
De Long and the Dogs in Arctic Expedition Inquiry
The Times cites an interview with a Russian about Senator Jones on Jeannette expedition gear. It notes De Long received shot guns and fishing tackle among items described as lacking. It also states dogs were killed due to food shortage.
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New York
the Times
Senator Jones
de Long
Retired Officers Debate Territorial Civil Posts
In Washington on December 20 Townsend of Illinois offered an amendment to allow retired Army officers to hold civil offices in territories with retired pay funded by the treasury. The amendment failed as a lively debate followed. The bill then passed.
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Territories
Washington
Townsend (Linois
Treasury
Execution of Overbank shocks Trieste engineers
From Trieste reports state Overbank, a bomb maker, was executed today. Rome relays that his death caused large demonstrations in Milan and Turin with arrests. Other items note Cairo and Dublin dispatches, political prosecutions, and unrest across Europe as observers track the fallout.
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Rome
Overbank
Trieste
School of Engineers
Austria
Army Pay Roll Sees Revisions in New Bill
Washington December 20 The house appropriations committee recommends changes to the army appropriation bill including 25 aides-de-camp after July next instead of 37. The general of the army may select from field officers below colonel with $50 extra, lieutenant general two aides with $45, major general two captains with $35, brigadier general one line lieutenant with $30. Mileage is cut from five to ten cents per mile over shortest routes and travel must be certified. Officers will be assigned by brevet rank only during hostilities.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Mining Claim Dispute Over Nine-hour Lode Opposes Mayger Patent
Washington December 20 The case of M Robinson and others representing the Nine-hour lode against the patent to C F Mayger of the St Louis lode Helena MT land district Commissioner McFarland dismissed the adverse claim Secretary Teller reversed ruling and directed stay of proceedings until final court action.
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Washington
M. Robinson
C. F. Mayger
St. Louis Lode
Helena
M. T
McFarland
Teller
Socialist Leader Schwab Interview Reveals Move Toward US
The World publishes an interview with socialist leader Schwab showing plans for Herr Most’s stay in America. The tour aims to visit major U.S. cities with provocative tones to appeal to the public and push thorough socialist organization.
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New York
the World
Schwab
Herr Most
America
United States
Magazine notices and a New York murder insanity finding
The passage lists new issues and pricing for Vick's Floral Guide 1883 Goldsmith's musical instructor Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery Pansy Agricultural Review and North American Review January 1883 with notable contributors It also reports Ernest Dubsarque found insane after a stabbing rampage and sent to a lunatic asylum.
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Vick
Goldsmith
Nashville Journal of Medicine and Surgery
Pansy
Agricultural Review
Park Row
New York
Jos
Reall
Ernest Dubsarque
Fourteenth Street
Mrs Winklow's Soothing Syrup Promises Quick Relief
Advert says Mrs Winklow's Soothing Syrup calms teething pain and restless infants. Claims regulate bowels, ease mothers, and provide health to children. Describes safety, pleasant taste, and universal availability for 25 cents a bottle.
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Mrs. Winklow
United States
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