American Restrictions and Nativist Tone in Rail Policy Debate
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt rails at restrictions on Americans and foreigners, critiquing a Pennsylvania Senate bill tied to railroads. The piece links anti foreign sentiment to calls for limiting entry and control over navigable waters, condemning consistency as a jewel grasped by none.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Pennsylvania F Railroad Company
New Jersey
New York Bay
Bay of New York
Staten Island
New Jersey Railroad Company
Erie
Pavonia
Morris
Esex
Hoboken
Central
Elizabethport
Cunmullipaw
Lehagh Valley
Perth Amboy
West Shore
Weehawken
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Delaware and Lackawanna
Philadelphia
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Aia
Seaboard
New York
Baltimore and New York Railroad Company
Angles
Gulfpany
Staten and Sound
Baltimore and Ohio Company
Commerce Committees
Congress
War Department
Chase
Pennsylvania Rail
County and City Debt Dispute Over Justices of the Peace
Opinion voiced that city debts should be borne by the city and not the county. Rural residents claim city arrests and commitments burden townships, with counties paying jail board and city–county expense sharing, urging action from Trenton to correct perceived injustices.
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New Brunswick
Trenton
Tna
Wen
New Branswick
Porce
Board of State Prison Inspectors
Laver
Minnie Sehafa
Minnie Schaffer
Joint Committee On State Prestist
Press Advocate For Local Rail Relief Plan Reads Like State News
The paper argues for broader township participation and balanced policy to aid workers, citing The Philadelphia Inquirer on Pennsylvania Railroad Relief Department. It praises a system aligning capital and labor, aiming to protect employees while balancing employer interests amid national tensions.
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The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Pennsylvania Raiload Relief Department
Phesent
United States
Pensiylvania Refilroad Company
Siys
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Phil adelphia Inquirer sheds light on corporate philanthropy and monopoly
E W A argues that large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad and Baltimore and Ohio should act charitably yet justly. The piece critiques monopolies, urges fair play, and recalls New Jersey and New York rail history while noting investigations into state prison discipline and a looming perjury case.
Oscar Wilde Dinner Party Outdone by New York Fashion Nobility
A Washington DC piece from February 1886 reports a Fifth Avenue dinner where guests discussed excluding traders' descendants from a fashion elite circle. The article contrasts the self-styled aristocracy with leaders of English snobbery and notes the host’s humble origins, highlighting money’s influence in Democratic society.
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Astors
John
Waldorf
Germany
Mary
Civil Anon
Hinself
Wolf
Duor
Staten Isand
New Brunswick
New York
Nancy
Schell Society
Kane
France
Astora
Jeromes
Chauncy
Frank Work
Moses Taylor
New Yorks
Aerchants
Haewago
Murray
Wall
Broad Streets
Lori- Invda
Peter
Cyrus Wiehl
Stewart
Aonth
Isin Ss
Muray Street
Broadway
Andrew
Peter Ceolut
Suns
Miss Wolfe
America
Cifce
Peter Lorillard
John Hoy
Long Branch
England
Pall Mall Gazette
London
Agit Min
Train Wreck, Fire, and Fossil Monster Tale From Reading Era
A Pennsylvania dispatch details a eight wheel coal plane wreck near Mahanoy Valley causing vast structural ruin and million-dollar damage to Reading Railroad machinery. Separately, James Mickle recalls the petrified monster find at Mickle Farm and the failed dig after a cave‑in and rain.
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Ponsvilly
Mahanoy Valley
Phiadetephia’ and Reating Railroad Company
Enidhs
Stephen Girard
Terotster Eerste
Shea Tide
Mahaney Valley
Acros Broad Mountain
Tamaqua
MM. Green
Woodbury
Ned
Mickle
Grean
James Mickle
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Gal Himsel
Mercantei
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Penng Wailih Rilroad
Commonwealth
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Tomance
Pennsylvania Company
Audine
Stie
Segislature
D. O. Mills
Sacramento
California
Sherry
Mr. Mason
Aimans
Jones
Standard
Wuntington Hopkins and Crocker
Union Pacific
Rhind
O'Brien Mackay
Tumanzan
Nevada
John McCreary
Clark
Mackay
Fifth Avenue
Oscar Wilde
George W. Snyder
Societies of Engineers
Reading Company
Howe
Cranbury
East State Street
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