Ohio Election Watchdog Urges Early Republican Turnout
A public political appeal warns Ohio voters to back Governor Foraker and the Republican ticket on November 8. It condemns Powell and the Democratic machine, denounces Cleveland’s national administration, and urges early voting plus mobilization to secure a large Republican majority.
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Ohio
J. B. Foraker
Democratic State Committee
Chicago
Hhis
Grover Cleveland
Gov. Foraker
Powell
Democratic Party
Henry K. Payne
United States
Cincinnati
Foraker
Election Day Call To Action From The Paper
The article urges readers to voter turnout next Tuesday stressing that polling results depend on votes, warns against overconfidence in the Republican ticket, and states that party success hinges on each Republican casting a ballot. It emphasizes everyday campaigning and decisive counting of votes over talk.
Powell and Ku Klux influence professed in Ohio campaign
A fiery protest accuses Democratic State Committee leader Powell of importing Ku Klux Klan figures Gordon of Georgia and Crain of Texas to guide Ohio voters. The author urges loyal Democrats to repudiate these chieftains and restore party leadership to reform.
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Mr. Powell
Ohio
Jeff Davis
Powell
Gordon
Ku Klux Klan
Grand Gordon
Democratic State Committee
Georgia
Crain
Texas
Foraker Campaign Urges Tax Truth Over Powell Defection
The Ohio campaign clash centers on tax delinquencies by Thomas E. Powell and oaths by Gov. Foraker. A Toledo speech, a Delaware payment of $574 in back taxes, and warnings of a Democratic misinformation blitz frame the political battle as Republicans urge unity against alleged deceitful tactics.
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Ohio
Powell
Gov
Foraker
Cleveland
Gov. Foraker
Delaware
Toledo
Delaware County
Lroker
Thomas E. Powell
Roster fraud charges spark Ohio political clash
The piece defends Republican state actions on roster publication and countercharges Democratic accusations of waste. It outlines cost savings from reworking the roster project under Foraker and contrasts Democratic claims with the state’s accounting and preservation of records.
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Foraker
Democratic State Committee
Adjutant General
E. B. Finley
Finley
Democratic Committee
Hoadly
Democratic Party
Ohio
Jha Bon Gow
Republican Party
State of
Lost Cause Rally in Macon Praises Davis and State Sovereignty
The article reports on Jeff Davis's reception at Macon Georgia with a pro Confederate rally. Veterans parade with Confederate flags as bands play Dixie. Davis to speak is noted as feeble yet defiant while Georgia champions state sovereignty and the Lost Cause.
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Jeff Davis
Macon
Davis
Cleveland
Atlanta
Chicago Daily News
South
Hill Crest
Fair Grounds
Bill Evers
Confederacy
Henry R Jackson
Mexico
Napoleon III
Rome
Hungary
Kossuth
Poland
Kosciusko
Ireland
Georgia
North
Hell
Gladstone
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Lost Cause
Confederate States of America
Dhearin
Harlow
Cobb
Walker
New South
Webster the Great
Aebes
A South African Bully and Mission Tales of Bechuanaland
The piece discusses the Mashona and Maka lanka as skilled farmers and craftspeople in South Africa, threatened by Matabele warlike groups led by Lo Bengula. It notes white missionaries in Matabeleland, their slow conversion, and a humorous anecdote about the king’s reactions. Also described is a Chilean resort Santa Lucia with Vieanne McCenna’s beautification and a family anecdote from Harper’s Magazine.
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Lo Bengula
New York Sun
South Africa
Montagu Kerr
Matabeleland
la Bengula
Matabele
Moffatt
Livingstone
New York
Bengula
Sekhome
Bechuanaland
Chili
Santa Lucia
South America
Lieut
Gillis
Vieanne McCenna
Santiago
Vieunae McCenna
W. E. Curtis
Harper's Magazine
Terrible Threat From Irish Laborer in Boston
An Irish laborer in Boston warned his young son Patsy to stay behind as they crossed a street, the moment reflecting a grave tone. The exchange highlights harsh parenting during a morning departure to work.
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Boston
Patsy
Scientific farming in Georgia with Bob Tipper
A Bainbridge Ga Democrat report profiles Bob Tipper a colored farmer renting land and farming largely on his own. It portrays Old Dan the emaciated plow horse and describes early, improvised plowing practices and soil management in stark, regional dialect.
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Georgia
Bob Tipper
Robert
Old Dan
Tipper
Bob
Solomon
Bainbridge
Courtroom Poker and Red Ear Corn Tale
In Janeville Buffalo lawyers socialized after court, playing poker with corn chips. Bluffem lends a red corn trick, loses, then discovers a pile of red ears he found by night. A joke about artful doorways and labor ethics closes the fragment.
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Janeville
Buffalo
Bluffem
The Witty Canon and the Haunted Chamber
A midland mansion with a ghostly monk haunted room hosts a famed canon who, after sleeping restlessly, reveals the specter wore monk-brown attire and carried a parchment. He finally appeases the ghost by asking it to subscribe to his schools, and the haunting ends.
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Midland
England
Chamber
The Larch and Its Year Round Beauty in Gardens
In this gardening reflection the larch is praised as a noble lawn tree near Somerly Hall, admired for its form and color from May to December. The piece argues against overglass cultivation and celebrates trees as enduring living pictures throughout the seasons.
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Lord Beaconsfield
Burnham Beeches
Mr. Whittier
Millais
Somerly
Fred Burnaby
The Eternal Pitness of Things
A collection of wry aphorisms and social observations. Burdette remarks on the Siam king’s many wives and a Brazilian hemp farm using trained monkeys. The notes include reflections on gratitude and passion as poor guides and speakers.
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King of
Siam
Burdette
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
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