Cox signals New York speakership bid as state backs him
Mr. Cox states his fight for the speakership serves New York, noting the state is large enough to endure defeat. An advertisement firm earned a clear 4 000 000 dollars for J C Ayer, and his wife inherited it, suggesting wives of businessmen push advertising. Omarches Dickens says his family did not know of or consent to publishing their father's letters here and will try to block publication in England.
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J. C. Ayer
Omarches Dickens
England
Congress
Essay Prize on Honesty Backfires as Plagued by Theft
A historical journal offered a school prize for the best essay on honesty. Of twenty three responses, many were stolen and one entry was a poem that was entirely plagiarized.
Charleston Editor Made Knight by Pope for Stance Against Dueling
W. Dawson editor of the Charleston News and Courier is honored as a knight of the order of St George by Pope Leo XII for his opposition to dueling. The announcement credits his stand and the papal conferment.
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W. Dawson
Charleston
Ss. C
News and Courier
Order of
George
Leo XLII
BewATOK ANTHONY and the medical farce of disease cures
BewATOK ANTHONY keeps doctors for each disease he is said to have. One treats heart disease and another Bright's disease. If he survives he may defy medicine. Mr Axwourd lectured in Hartford with a Dundreary like makeup. He wore an eye glass while seated between two men, one with two glasses and another with none.
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Bewatok Anthony
Bright
Wittran Walter Phelps Described As Ideal Candidate Dignified
The text portrays Wittran Walter Phelps as an ideal figure who urged Mr. Keifer to decline a speaker run. It notes his distinctive appearance with bangs and an eye-glass and claims he is worth several million dollars. The piece also asserts the Republican party is “fearfully and wonderfully made up.”
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Wittran
Walter Phelps
Keifer
Republican Party
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cures for Coughs and Lungs
A boastful advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery saves many from early graves and cures consumption coughs colds hay fever and throat lung diseases. It offers free trial bottles at Pearse's drug store with large size available.
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Dr. King
Pearse
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised as universal cure
A historic advertisement promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the greatest medical wonder, claimed to treat burns bruises cuts ulcers and many skin conditions. It promises a refund if not cured and lists a price of 25 coins per box with Gray & Pearse as sellers.
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Gray & Pearse
Benays
Clocks in Stock at Zehner Jackson and Buechner
A large assortment of clocks is listed at Zehner Jackson and Buechner's offering a wide range of styles and sizes for customers seeking timepieces in various designs.
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Zehner, Jackson & Buechner’s
Signs Foretelling Rain From Folk Beliefs
A fragment from SIGNAL SERVIOR Notes describes weather omens and rustic lore. It cites soot, a sleeping dog, a ground mole, a loud guinea, rain clouds, a spotted peacock, owls, children’s cries, and a hanging snake as rain predictors. The piece warns rural readers to stay home when multiple signs align and mentions a warning to a "Black person" in a dated, prejudiced tone.
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Gorrow
Balloa
Old Pipe Confidant and Quiet Life Reflected in Verse
A narrative poem reveals a man boasting loyalty to a rusted pipe as his last possession amid poverty and social ostracism. He vows to keep the pipe near him even at burial, while laments over wealth and status and recalls river journeys and hard times.
Desert Land Entries and New Rocky Mountain Circuit Vision
A district hearing on desert land entries favors cancellation after examination by the register and receiver, likely to be appealed. Separately a Rocky Mountain circuit is proposed with $100,000 capital, spanning Butte and Helena in Montana, Denver and Pueblo in Colorado, Omaha, and San Francisco, enabling spring and fall horse entries between Pacific and eastern meetings.
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General Land Office
Stanton
Rosendale
Washington
Butte
Helena
Montana
Denver
Pueblo
Colorado
Omaha
Nebraska
San Francisco
Pacific
New York Sportsman
City lands opened as judge ends abeyance sale
Judge Bergman appears before the register to file a cash entry for a city tract north of the city. The council may receive the receipt for the $2.50 per acre payment, expanding the Magic City. The piece lies within twenty miles of the railroad. Widespread 19th century improvements push outward as barbed wire serves as telephonic wire and cattle king lines link Cheyenne to the north through Hinsdale and Chugwater. The fence paint acts as the only insulator NECOBEALY.
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Congress
Bergman
Magic City
Cheyenne
North
Chaffee
Hinsdale
Adams Copper King ore debated by experts
The Copper Hing argues it is essential to resolve ore character at the Adams Copper King mine. One expert sees native copper free milling ore while another cites red oxide not free milling, affecting profitability and reduction methods. A clear determination would prevent Colorado mining errors and future losses.
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Adams
Calumet
Hecla
Lake Superior
Colorado
Fort Russell Social Notes and Hunting Anecdotes
The Pleasure club plans a Friday hop and officers host Thursday events. A hunting party from company F of the 9th infantry returned Sunday with fresh meat. The post’s champion hunter attributes success to his whistle which halts jackrab bits. His Ohio dog aided squirrel hunts by signaling paths to ideal shooting trees.
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Company F
9Th Infantry
Ohio
Terra Firma
Small Dealers' Association Adopts Resolutions in Wyoming Territory
At a meeting in Fort Fetterman Wyoming on the last day of November 1883 the Small Dealers' association adopted a preamble and resolutions. They elected W. P. Hall president and Frank Gore secretary. Resolutions denounce the Wyoming Stockgrowers' association for pressuring small dealers, urge a law to curb such power, and call a December meeting to plan roundups and protect small dealers, inviting ranchmen and stockgrowers to attend. Copies were ordered published in Cheyenne Leader Cheyenne Sunn Laramie Boomerang and Buffalo Echo.
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Fort
Fetterman
Wyo
Small Dealers’ Association
W. P. Hall
Frank Gore
Wyoming Territory
Wyoming Stockgrowers’ Association
Wyoming
Cheyenne Leader
Cheyenne Sunn
Laramie Boomerang
Buffalo Echo
W. Y L. Huut
Wyoming Zephyr to Debut in Laramie News Scene
Two residents buy press and type to launch the Wyoming Zephyr a three column folio editors proprietors C A McMaster and Ed Walsh McMaster is former sporting editor of the Queen Bee Denver Walsh is a former proof reader for the New York Tribune The new paper promises a fresh addition to the local press alongside existing outlets Boomerang note ends with an unrelated toilet soap plug.
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Laramie
Wyoming Zephyr
Messia
C. A. McMaster
Ed. Walsh
Queen Bee
Denver
Col
Walsh
New York Tribune
A SENSIBLE LADY SEES Hales Honey of Horehound Cure
A patient with a severe cold settled on the lungs improved after using Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. Her uncle urged the remedy and after three bottles she was cured. The medicine cost 50 cents per bottle, with the dollar size offering best value. Pike's Toothache Drops claim a one minute cure.
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Ony
Hale
First-Class Watches and Jewelry by Shurley & Co
Shurley & Co of Chicago advertises fine watches jewelry and silverware with a preference for best or none. They offer dust and waterproof cases solid silver triple plated ware and rolled gold jewelry with a dozen price for single articles. Endorsed by major express companies and officials, payment on approval and examination privilege offered. Address 77 State Street Chicago Ill. Catalogue available.
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Messia
Shurley & Co
Chicago
United States Express Co
American Express Co
Southern Express Co
F. W. Palmer
L A
Curtis Unveils Washington Statue Address in New York
George William Curtis delivers a charged dedication in New York celebrating the revolutionary centennial. He honors Washington, contrasts England’s fall with American birthright, and lauds the nation’s liberty and unity under a new constitutional era led by Washington.
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Curtis
George
William Curstis
Washington
New York
Great Britain
Concord
Saratoga
Yorktown
America
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