Haunted Haddam Boom Prompts Ghosts and Political Rumor
A fragmentary Concordia Times item notes Haddam’s boom driven by a haunted house tale and a theatrical ghost of Judge Wilson, contrasted with Cuba’s waning favor. It also mentions Representative John A. Anderson introducing bills on fractional currency and post office reserves, plus a Northern Kansas land promotion by an estate association aiming to raise funds through population-based bonds.
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Haddam
Wilson
Way-Ward
Gand Poanders
Cuba
Ivalwsya
John . A. ‘Anderson
Greenbacks
Concordia’ Times
Beat Estate Association
Kansas i
The Pilot and Haddam News Tidings
A. G. McDonald notes Cuba post entries as Second class mail matter and discusses calls to pass immigration restrictions on Germans and anarchists. Haddam finds a coal vein boosting local fortunes and K. O. L. & N. railroad prospects loom. Cuba urged to awaken from lethargy to seize future opportunities.
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Cuba Post
Eriday
Haddam
Brother Campbell
Cuba
Anderson Bill on Telegraph Lines for Pacific Railroad
Washington January 24 report that the subcommittee favorably forwarded Representative Anderson of Kansas bill to require subsidized railroads to maintain their own telegraph lines and give equal facilities to all telegraph companies. The Interstate Commerce Commission would enforce the measure. officers or agents face fines up to 1000 and the company civil damages. The piece also critiques lobbying and political maneuvering around railroad and telegraph interests in Washington.
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Washington
House Post
Office Committee
Anderson
Pacific Railroad
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Kansas
Randall
House
Will
Pennsylvania
América
Congress
Reading Railroad
Committee On Commerce
Reading
National Congress
Trade and pauper plight in England for workers
Albany Journal notes free trade impacts in England with lines about a pauper class of about 34 million and 14.5 million people earning under $2.60 weekly. It laments agricultural wages near record lows and a large populace facing hardship.
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Albany, Journal
England
United States
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John
Goeller
W. V. Miller
Geek Tobey
J. H. Bunce
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R. Etherton
Frank' Sagers
Dannefer's Store
CG. Wokal
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WY. Hodges, Prop
Goeller Bro’s
H.3. McDonald
A. G. McDonald
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Abell
America
Germany
LaRgaBeEx
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Omaha Re
New York
Spepadred
Grant Or
Lincoln
Cleveland
Eureka
Grover
Greula Street
Dannefer
Meerchandise
Pioneer
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