Chinese Question in America and Policy Debate
Discussion of Chinese immigration in the United States, focusing on Meade's views, Pacific coast tensions, and calls for federal oversight, treaty considerations with China, and a planned Chinese Embassy. The piece also notes local issues in San Francisco, labor implications, and proposals for more informed policy and language education. It also recounts a school incident at South Jamaica with a teacher disciplining a disruptive student.
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Cheyenne
Meade
Congress
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court
San Francisco
Pacific Slope
Sacramento
California
Puacific
China
Department of Immigration
This is the House That Sam Built political allegory
A long satirical piece uses figures named the Republic Ballot Intelligent Contraband Bulldozer Returning Board Democratic Party Office Seeker House of Representatives Senate Electoral Commission Cronin and others in a moral fable about power, corruption, and influence within a political landscape, ending with a chaotic, allegorical scene of animals and people in a house built by Sam.
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Sam
The
Republic
Returning Board
Democratic Party
Farrow
House of Representatives
Senate
Electoral Commission
Cronin
Ohio quote on official offices and notable figures
The passage notes that Ohio, through her sons, holds four great offices—President, Chief Justice, General of the Army, and head of the Treasury—Waite Sherman and John Sherman cited as examples. The tone presents a jocular take on political power and lineage in national leadership.
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Ohio
Tayes, Waite
W. T. Sherman
John Sherman
Tilden Retires After Record Longest Run
Mr Tilden steps away into private life amid cheers and reflection on having made the longest run on record.
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Mr. Tilden
A Novel Speech on Cronin and Grover in Ardent Debate
A fervent parliamentary speech mocks reform zeal and political cartoons while discussing Cronin nose and Grover’s cheek as the focal points. It lampoons Gramercy Park influence, presidential trials, and commissions, then laments partisan outcomes and hints at alternative leadership.
End of an era as light goes out on campaign turmoil
The passage laments a tumultuous campaign ending in disillusionment and party folly. It bids farewell to Grover Cleveland era leaders and optimism, while foreseeing a shift Southward toward constitutional, harbor, river, commerce, and rail improvements across the nation.
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Grover
Cronin
Hewitt
Palmer
Pelton
Tilden
Gobble
Reform
Sierras
Leader and the Gamblers clash over gaming law foes
A Cheyenne paper details rising anger from gamblers toward THE LEADER after publishing shooting affray accounts. It notes gamblers plan to press editors, criticizes patrons who left subscriptions, insists the paper opposed licensed gambling, and defends stance against those who influence law with virtue pretensions.
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Cheyenne
Answers to Correspondents Ledger Sheet Style
A collection of witty Q and A style comments from readers on topics from careers to marriage. Entries feature named contributors such as O K Billy Lucy Jo Miner Wisdom Bachelor George Scientific Piety and Horace with humorous lines on religion before wages of sin, bachelors, matrimony and daily life.
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O. K
Billy
Lucy
California
George
Horace
Col W R Steele to Return Home for Law Practice
Col W R Steele former Delegate in Congress plans to leave Washington today or tomorrow for Cheyenne to resume law practice. He will spend a few days in Ohio and arrive there about the first of next month.
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Col. W. R. Steele
Congress
Washington
Cheyenne
Ohio
Personal Paragraphs From Deadwood Gold Fields
N R Pinney of Woolsey mine and mill at Deadwood arrived with ore specimens and a gold button. W R Stebbins of Stebbins Post Co plans to open a Deadwood branch bank, expecting a two month absence. S N Wood of Colorado National Bank Denver to join Stebbins Post as partner, leaving April 1 to head the Deadwood venture, Denver and Hills friends bid him farewell.
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N. R. Pinney
Hsg
Woolsey
Deadwood
S. N. Wood
Colorado National Bank of Denver
Colorado
Wood
Black Hills
ElDorado
Stebbins, Post & Co
Denver
Hayes Luck on Friday Across Multiple Historic Milestones
The piece notes Thomas Hayes or Hayes era events tied to Fridays, including nominations for Ohio Governor and President, creation of the Electoral Commission, and state results for Florida Louisiana Oregon. It contrasts Friday’s luck with the week’s sixth day, highlighting a string of favorable outcomes and a presidential arrival in Washington.
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Hayes
Ohio
Electoral Commission
Florida
Louisiana
Oregon
Washington
Four New York partners hatch a beef stew caper in Eureka
In early Eureka scarcity, four New York partners plan a prank to steal meat and vegetables for dinner. One man wears a meat-stuck coat-tail while others lure a butcher and mob with a potato and onion volley. The caper ends with a beer stew, much to their amusement and the butcher’s disgust.
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Eureka
New York
Cafton
Military Matters Grows Busy With Court Martial Duties
Leave of absence for one month is granted to First Lieut Oscar Elting Third cavalry. Second Lieut George F Chase Third cavalry joins the general court martial at Fort D A Russell replacing Capt Gerald Russell. The Fort Laramie court will adjourn sine die after trial. Second Lieut Charles W Mason Fourth infantry gets one month leave with possible three month extension. Leonard Way First Lieut Adjutant Ninth infantry granted fifteen days leave. Major T T Thornburgh paymaster to cover muster at Sidney barracks Nebraska February 28 and then proceed to Camps Robinson and Sheridan to pay Sioux scouts on discharge. Maj Verling K Hart Fifth cavalry and Second Lieut Charles H Watts Fifth cavalry added to Fort McPherson court martial. First Lieut John B Babcock Fifth cavalry named judge advocate at Fort McPherson replacing P W Barnard.
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Oscar Elting
Third Cavalry
George F. Chase
Fort D. A
Charles W. Mason
Fourth Infantry
Reno
Leonard Way
Ninth Infantry
T. T. Thornburgh
Sidney Barracks
Nebraska
Robinson
Sheridan
Verling K, Hart
Fifth Cavalry
Charles H. Watts
Fort McPherson
Neb
John B. Babcock
P. VY. Barnard
Young Kentucky boy meets President Grant in Washington
In Washington a ten year old Kentucky boy, John Young Brown Jr., son of Hon. John Young Brown, attends a National Theatre matinee. He boldly enters the President’s box, is warmly received by General Grant, and invited to visit him personally, much to the boy’s pride and delight.
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Young Kentucky
Lynchburg
Washington
John Young Brown
Virginia
National Theatre
Republic
John Young Brown, Jr
Kentucky
Grant
Ate Father
Public banter on March weather sparks bets and bravado
In Washington Union chatter at the Post Office corner, a weather tease escalates into a heated exchange. A man predicts warm early spring and threatens jokey retaliation against snow lovers as others seek policeman help and forecast hot days for strawberries and string beans.
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Growlers
Washington Union
Iceberg Forming in Delaware River Opposite Atterbury’s
A movable ice barrier in the Delaware River near Atterbury’s forms a towering pile, created as ice cakes strike rocks and push upward on an inclined plane. The ice, ranging from small to large, reaches about twenty feet high and covers a quarter acre. If not washed away by a freshet, it may linger through much of the summer, visually illustrating glacial ice action as earth is plowed by the advancing cakes.
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Atterbury’s
Delaware River
Delaware
Trenton State
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South Jamaica
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Teller
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Hectors
White House
Egypt
Turkey
Tunis
France
Germany
England
Solomon
Gronin
Delaware Icebery
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