Louisiana Democrats and Lottery Power Network Exposed
A critical view of Louisiana politics portrays the Democratic Party as under the control of the Louisiana State Lottery Company. It argues that prosecutors tremble before the ring, conventions were bought, and attempts to curb the lottery failed in 1880 and 1882. The piece condemns bribery and subservience, predicting a malevolent recurring influence in future legislatures and state administration. It contrasts this with a call for broad national ballot rights and enduring political reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Zany
Hancock
Garfield
Louisiana State Lottery Company
New Orleans
New York Times
F. N. Ogden
McEnery
Lottery Company
Senate
House
Marston
Democratic Party of
New Jersey
Camden & Amboy
Detroit Post and Tribune
The War Not Over in Copiah County Editorial
The piece denounces Democratic resolutions labeling the Matthews family outlawed after a polling murder, condemns violence and ballot-box corruption, and argues that in the South the war is not over as Republicans and dissidents face suppression and revenge under Bourbon rule. It accuses the Democratic machine of policing minority rights and enforcing despotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Copiah County
Miss
Matthews
Hazlehurst
Danville
South
Confederacy
United States
Toothbrush pledge shapes big party clash in Ohio
The St Louis Globe-Democrat weighs a Republican defense against a Democratic cry to “clean out the Angean stable.” It cites past defalcations under Democratic control, contrasts with Republican fiscal gains, and urges voters to judge parties by record rather than promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Ohio
United States
Jackson
van Buren
Polk
Pierce
Buchanan
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Treasury
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Leeds wins fifty dollars in oyster opening match
In Trenton New Jersey the oyster opening contest ends with Leeds earning fifty dollars by opening five hundred oysters in twenty minutes and thirty seconds.
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Trenton
N. J
Leeds
Rewark
Boomerang tale of a Chicago bunko spree and fake banker
The narrator recounts a Chicago bunko episode from September, posing as John Taylor of Tecumseh Nebraska and a First National Bank director. He outwits Bunko men, loses $15 in initial play, cashes and cashes again for $2,850, then exits $8 ahead, noting fraud, luck, and the peril of deceivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Ee Tick Williams
Forty Liars’ Club
Meats
Kenosha County
Wisconsin
Canada
Chicago
Tompkins
Titusville
Ind
John Taylor
Tecumseh, Neb
First National Bank
Lou Davis
Brooke
Nebraska
Taylor
Bunko
Tecumseh
Buying and Selling Names on a Crowded Train
A gray-bearded man on a Sixth Avenue elevated train explains his unusual business to a younger passenger. He taps a card and notes that had his name been Henry Jackson the card would read his own name.
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Sixth Avenue
Henry Jackson
Agent Lists and Advertising Ploys in a Publisher Scheme
A con man explains selling agents addresses to a book publisher at low cost. He describes exploiting lists from publishers and novelty men to reach buyers and the sickly, portraying circulars as a lucrative channel for advertising in the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Advertisers Trade in Names For Health Elixirs And Frauds
A New York Sun exposé details how advertisers and sharpers buy and sell reader names to tailor circulars for health elixirs and scam goods. It explains price ranges from ten to twenty-five dollars per thousand, with data on lists of habitual invalids and lottery buyers, and notes the practice repeats across years and writers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Advertiser
New York
Rochester
Detroit
N. Y. Sun
The Scientist’s Doubtful Truths Across Observations
In Cornhill Magazine the piece argues scientists doubting observed facts, admitting flaws after experiments, and facing endless objections. It notes how even published conclusions attract many cautions from other scholars, sometimes invalidating the original claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific Inquirer
Earth
Cornhill Magazine
The Sun's Enduring Power and Earth's Fading Life
A historical reflection argues that solar energy drives all growth and change on Earth and will eventually fail, triggering a progressive disintegration of complex life. It predicts a collapse from advanced nations to simpler beings, species extinctions, and finally a frozen Earth with no energy to sustain life, ending in extinction.
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Earth
Equator
Esquimaux
Pole
Difference between costumers and systomers explained
The terms costumers and systomers appear to be misspellings or nonstandard coinages. Costumers refer to people who purchase goods or services. Systomers is not a recognized word and lacks a defined meaning in standard usage.
Vermont Dairymen Hear On Cow Taint And Feed Values
The article discusses taint in milk from decayed potatoes and dirty stables, noting most cows cannot produce first rate butter under poor conditions. It cites M W Davis on Vermont dairy yields and includes Prof Venable on cows providing many products while chemistry imitates most, except glue. It also cites Prof Sanborn claiming corn fodder has two thirds to three quarters the value of good hay, depending on stage of harvest.
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Vermont
M. W. Davis
State Board of Panne
Venable
Sanborn
Missouri Agricultural College
The Skimmer and Dairy Skimming Methods
The article comments on the old skimmer as a flawed dairy tool with holes for milk to drip away. It argues skimmed milk loses cream and favors lifting the top layer, with alternative methods for creaming and large milk quantities, concluding the skimmer wastes value.
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National Live Stock Journal
Fashion and packaging drive butter prices more than quality
The article argues fashion dictates butter prices as much as quality. Smaller prints and bundles fetch higher per pound, while tidiness, stamps, and coloring boost appeal. Air exposure hurts preservation, urging dairymen to please the eye with color and neat packaging to avoid financial losses.
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Examiner
Native Cattle Across Breeds Compared for Butter Yield
A reader argues that ordinary native cows, if pampered and fed like prize stock, could rival high priced Jerseys and other fancy breeds. The suggestion is to compare well cared for native cows with good Jerseys to see true butter yields.
Weather grumblers wait for clouds to pass
Weather observers report a delay as gray skies linger. People watch forecasts for sun and warmer temperatures to end the cloudy spell.
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Dunko
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Jerseys
Fielsteins
Jersey
N. ¥. Examiner
Cleveland
Buffalo
Albany
Boston
Superior
Jancer
H.C. Townsend
Gen. Pass
ST. Louis
L. Blanchard
Undertaker
Clinton and Fifth Sts
Defiance
Old Stand
Stone Front
Peter Dickman
Defiance, Ohio
Express
Atarro
Masai
A. T. Stevant & Co
Carcagoo
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
E. Mountay
Jackson, Mich
Hall
Togrape
Beardsley
Buffington
Ce Ee
Blanchard Building
Tippin
Lig Stable
Roger Knives
Mangas & Gorman
Hopprean & Righr
Clinton and
Front Streets
Onio
Clinton Street
Perry Street
Hoffman & Geiger
A.martin
Fornitore
Bassamaling
Clinton St
Paul Flager
Juliu
DRY Goods & Actions
H. Gherke
Warren & Grant
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H. Gheree
Warren and
Grant Sts
2D Ward
Alyon&healy
Sts
Otenne 2
Ee Eater
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