Randall's Confidence for Speaker Draws Tariff Clash
The article traces Mr. Randall's firm claim to be the Democratic Speaker nominee, sparking a turf war with tariff reformers and rival factions. It notes his early, private voter-building, the Tribune’s prophesied rise, and contrasts the parties on tariff courage, suggesting Randall's win would expose Democratic weakness and Republicans' ongoing reform drive.
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Dorsey Attacks Garfield Memory With Fabricated Letters
The piece denounces W Dorsey for propagating false claims about President Garfield, published in the New York Sun as an abstract of his alleged letters. It condemns using the dead president’s memory to attack the administration, calling Dorsey a dishonest former Republican insider and urging reliance on documentary proof.
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Washington
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The Future of the Party and its Crisis
The piece argues the Republican party will face crises yet remains capable with wisdom and courage. It warns parties cannot perfect the world and calls for moral reforms beyond partisan means, questioning whether all reformers should rely on a political party for success.
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Gabcerdoadnay
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Texas Assassination at Jefferson Challenges Election Legality
A detailed, accusatory report questions the motive behind Judge Haughn’s murder at Jefferson Texas. It claims the killing aimed to suppress his testimony in Marion County election cases and alleges a network of “respectable” citizens forming a committee to target officials. The piece warns of further targets including U.S. Attorney Edward Guthridge and implies nationwide outrage at the supposed Marion County conspiracy.
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Willful Children and Hidden Cigar Taxes at the Counter
A Belgian restaurateur in a Chatham Street eatery entices customers with ten cent cigars in a sly tribute to imported goods. Custom officials seize boxes as smuggled while the owner pays seven hundred fifty dollars in duty to avoid ruin. The piece pivots to praise of children with will power, arguing strong wills lead to business success and invention, urging parents to guide not break them.
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Keely Motor Scheme Probed as Decade-Old Scam
A Boston Journal correspondent recounts Frank G Green and Kee ly's claims of a 300 horsepower Keely motor and a Philadelphia to New York locomotive, noting repeated promises of next month exhibitions, stock booms, and vast misappropriation, with Green's long history of bankruptcy and credulous investors totaling around $200,000, most of which misused.
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W. W. Wright
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Boston Journal
Summer Resort Quotations and Oddities at the Lake
A humorous sketch of summer resort misadventures and inflated ads. A traveler questions fake bike of Lake Rosebush distance, mosquitoes and flies, off year heat, exaggerated hotel grandeur, and price gouging. Vendors explain marketing slips and misplaced illustrations as readers joke about travel woes.
White Lace Dresses: New Styles From Harper’s Bazar
Harper’s Bazar describes white lace dresses for day wear and elaborate dinners featuring short chemises, French laces imitating Chantilly, and Surah linings. Crystals, beadwork, and net trims decorate basques, skirts, sleeves, with rosettes and ruches. black versions use jet beaded net and satin, while antique guipure lace over blue satin remains fashionable for summer.
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A Will of His Own Sermon On Child Rearing
A local preacher discusses children with a will of their own. He recalls the old view that such children are nuisances and terrors, noting the shift to pride as many successful men and women grew from stubborn youngsters. The Sun does
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Sun
Very Old Tracks Found In Connecticut Valley Fossil Quarry
A Hartford dock arrival yielded slabs of rock bearing clear fossil footprints. One slab shows an elephantlike print, with underside details, and three-toed bird tracks, likely ostrich family, aligned in a straight line. The finds are from a layer about eighty feet deep, six to seven inches thick.
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Hartford Times
A Good Word for the Mule in Springfield
A Springfield article extols mules for city work noting their efficiency, low feed needs, and ability to outpace horses on trips. It cites matched Minnesota imports priced up to 1000 dollars, a California line driver’s mile in three minutes, and a small fleet including a central street hill helper with a flashy driver.
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California
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Especial Marks of Trunk Smashers
A Philadelphia Times report quotes a baggage porter describing trunk smashing in travel hubs. The tale links damaged suitcases to regions from the Northern Central to the Connecticut coast and Canada, noting regional grudge and methods while a reporter notes not all baggage is damaged locally. The item closes with a tangential note: President Arthur has four Baptist sisters.
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Philadelphia Times
Arthur
Hymn For The Sabbath By Charles Lindsley
Religious reading item titled Hymn For The Sabbath calls believers to praise and seek God’s Spirit in worship. Mentions verses and dates in a quarterly prospectus, listing topics such as The Cites of Refuge Joshua passages Last Days of Joshua and Gideon’s Army with other biblical themes and September topics.
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Joshua Josh
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Gideon’s Army
Samson
Ruth
Naomi
Samuel
Learn of Me and the Gospel of the Hand
A sermon urging believers to follow Christ by meekness and obedience, stressing learning from Jesus, bearing burdens, and applying faith in daily work. It argues that spiritual life blends heart and hand, with prayer guiding deeds and labor sanctified by love. Church teacher S. S. Graves champions practical religion.
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Nazareth
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Michigan Herald
What It Is to Be Manly by J. B. Gough
A short sermon argues manliness is defined by virtue not brute strength or intellect. True manhood rests on honesty, generosity, bravery, and purity, with godliness as its highest form. The piece contrasts Samson’s power and Bacon’s intellect with moral conduct.
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Republican Party
Chicago Journal
Samson
Gaza
Lord Francis Bacon
Tower Hill
J. B. Gough
The Gospel of Work in the First Century Beliefs
A fragment discussing the Gospel of work in early Christianity, linking faith with labor. It argues the gospel aims not only at personal salvation but at building a Christian civilization and lifting societal burdens, echoing the Acts narrative and the call to redeem earth.
Wise Sayings From Historic Thinkers And Clergy
A compilation of brief moral maxims and reflections from Horace Greeley Pythagoras Tillotson George Eliot John Newton C. H. Spurgeon Ralph Waldo Emerson and Morning Star excerpts on faith patience and wisdom. The remarks cover choosing the best path, trusting God, prayer at sea, education, anxiety, prosperity dangers, and Christianity as a rock amid agnosticism.
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John Newton
C. H. Spurgeon
Emerson
Morning Star
Asparagus Bed Care Suggests Letting Tops Grow
Do not cut any tops from the asparagus bed now to encourage vigorous growth. Cutting every plant now reduces the number of spears available next spring.
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