Post Office expenditures rise as stamps and cards lead
Washington reports show postage stamp and postal card issues for the year ending June 30 totaling 31,932,519 dollars, up nearly 3.09 million from the prior year with postal cards up to 2,753,470. Newspaper and periodical stamps rose to 1,252,903. A Cabinet meeting ruled river and harbor funds at 750,000 monthly under War Department control, while Interior says troops will deter Indian Territory incursions by the Payne expedition. Orange Judd named to Indian Board, Maynard to become Postmaster General by August 1.
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Notable deaths and crimes span New York to Pittsburgh
Colonel W T Petton, nephew of Samuel J Tilden, dies in New York at 42 from heart disease at the Everett House. In Boston the Homes for Disabled Soldiers board elects officers led by General William B Franklin. Jerome and Patchell, linked to 87 000 dollars in stolen securities, face grand larceny charges and looming trials. Tyrone fires destroy 30 buildings causing 125 000 dollar losses. June grain shipments from New York reach 13 676 000 bushels, a monthly high. William McGibbon arrested over lost bonds tied to Brayton Ives Co. Thirteen New York sunstroke deaths recorded. Jerome released on bail. Meibbon and Patchell still jailed. Pittsburgh boiler explosion claims a second engineer and a firefighter. A Syrian merchant forms a world opium cartel with 75 million capital. East agents seek crop purchases amid a scanty year. Joseph R Chandler of Philadelphia dies at 88, longtime United States Gazette editor and former congressman. W S Shallenberger nominated for Congress in Pennsylvania’s Twenty fourth District. A drunken driver overturns a wagon on Mount Washington, killing Mrs Ira Chichester of Allegan and injuring several. driver dies.
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Resignations and unrest spread across Europe and Ireland
London reports include the Marquis of Landsdowne resigning over the Compensation-for-Disturbance bill and rumors of others quitting. Other items recount Spain indemnifying the Octavia owners, Vatican-France tensions over the March decrees, Kenmere’s planned resignation, and famine fever in County Mayo. Also noted are Swiss earthquake damage, Turkish troop movements, Greece delaying calls to reserve, Paris pardoning 1870 insurrectionists, and various diplomatic and military updates.
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Cabinet to probe Narragansett disaster causes
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Garfield accepts Republican nomination letter to Hoar
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Lessons on Saving From Girard and a Cleveland Merchant
An essay recalls Stephen Girard testing a job applicant with a double end match and dismissing him for wasting half the flame. A Cleveland merchant teaches a new hire to untie strings, not cut them, stressing saving over waste. The anecdotes underline thrift as a foundation of business success.
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Bolanda Africans Practice Female Supremacy in Domestic Life
In Bolanda in Central Africa women hold authority in councils and marriage, with men needing permission to enter contracts. A husband moves to his wife’s village and must support his mother. Divorce rests with wives and children become their mother’s property, a system some cite as a model for women’s rights in America.
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Reading Taste in Fiction and Food Imagery
An English reviewer notes that the most delightful fiction passages describe eating and drinking. Scott’s victualing details tempt appetite with Dandie Dinmont and companions, while stage banquets spark audience enjoyment. The piece asserts plain sense drives thriving trade and swift, decisive writing.
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Perjury debate over Credit Mobilier merits in audience remarks
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Hancock blamed by Torneys over Surratt execution
A Chicago reporter’s interview with Mrs Anna Torney and Prof William P Torney in Washington yields a blunt denial of Hancock’s friendliness to Mrs Surratt. They insist Hancock sought her execution, refused help, and that Democratic efforts to rehabilitate his record are falsehoods.
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Political Parables From The Press On Hancock's Quest
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Baltimore American raises alleged Civil War plot against Lincoln
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Corset Threat to Hancock in Political Campaign
The Chicago Inter Ocean comments that a corset worn by Hancock could ruin his bid, arguing the garment would mock him across voters from miners to factory workers and gym enthusiasts, making him an unsuitable Democratic candidate and potentially destroying his chances.
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