Presidential slights and Indiana influence in national politics
A Chicago Times correspondent notes Indiana politicians securing Washington posts, Morton’s influence amid presidential canvass, and a $63,000 Indiana patronage sum. Also covered are Beecher-Picton case closing arguments and subscriber payment strains, with Nordhoff rebutting Sheridan on race violence reports.
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Chicago Times
Indiana
Washington
Beach
Mr. Beecher
Ber Te Stee renews attack on railroads this morning
The editor of the Stay reiterates prior charges while defending railroad interests. The piece asserts there is no reliable basis for accusations against the railroads, claims the editor relies on imagination, and notes forthcoming visits by a New York bondholders’ committee to inventory assets of the L. C. & Lw. Rw.
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Gar
Charlies Nordhoff
Louisiana
New York Herald
Natchitoches Parish
General Sheridan
Nordhoff
Ber
Parano
Atar
D, Lw & LR R
New York
Ita Assetta
Government and business debate shapes regional plans
A contentious article argues over road debt relief, project funding, and corporate deals affecting two railway lines. It critiques political editorials and alleges party bias while condemning government corruption and sensational claims about the Tweed era.
Mrs. Cobleigh's Hot Potato In Domestic Disaster
Danbury News describes a comical domestic scene as Mrs. Cobleigh drops a hot potato into her husband Mr. Cobleigh s hand causing a scream a toppled table broken crockery ham gravy and a cat attack. Mr. Cobleigh flees to Boston while Mrs. Cobleigh visits her mother in Brookfield and blames him for the mishap.
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Danbury News
Mr. Cobleigh
Washington Monument Dis grace
Washington Letter to the Chicago Tribune describes the structure as a tall column on a granite base that seems too narrow and low. A wreck of hoisting frames tops the monument, giving distant observers a witchy, laundry-drying rack impression and a sense of improvised mounting.
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Washington
Chicago Tribune
The Weird Figure and the Rookery of Obsolete Sheds
A surreal scene describes a weird figure riding a dreamlike contraption to a top roost. Visitors are met with decayed shanties and stables, dusty debris, and overgrown walls. The passage critiques American patriotism and hero worship as vain and fragile.
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Washington Monument Association
Various odd items from towns and streets across the nation
The column lists a mix of curiosities and anecdotes including a New York dealer admitting juror service, Virginia City assays, a Treasury robbery incident, a Cleveland marriage to a Chinese barber-shop quip, Tennessee farmers and sheep losses, a French Waterloo veteran, a Wisconsin editor and soup remarks, a signal bureau note about summer heat, a Brooklyn hair oil theft, a Burlington hat tale with a hidden fortune, and a Paris vet claiming hydrophobia cure tested on dogs.
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Athulta
Gan
D. Blick
New York
Virginia City
Nevada
Treasury
Cleveland
Tennessee
Fien
Krastus Wells
Missounri
St. Louis
Waterloo
Marquis de Blange
Tie
Wisconsin
Courier-Journa
Signal Bureau
Brooklyn
A. Morand
Boston
Burlington
M. Labeau
Paris
Grooming of Washingtons white horses described in Custis notes
The excerpt recalls how George Washington’s white horses were prepared for riding. The night before, they were paste-wrapped with whiting, clothed, and left to rest on straw. In the morning the paste hardened, coats were polished, hooves blacked, mouths cleaned, and leopard-skin coverings fitted, producing a glossy appearance.
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G. W. L. Custis
Washington
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