Mass superintendent prefer night schools for illiterates in state
Massachusetts officials vote in Boston to open all state schools for night sessions after showing about 60,000 people cannot read or write. Congress urged to suspend silver coinage act, pass bankruptcy reform, and enact reciprocity with Mexico. Other notes include wage cuts in Pittsburgh and New England, hotel crow roast over a political bet, scarlet fever closures in Nashua, a Brooklyn rescue, and Senate plans on Pacific railroads and whisky bonds. Court actions in Washington involve Union Pacific claims of 1.7 million against 1.5 million offsets.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Congress
Senate
Mexico
Flint-Glass
Pittsburgh
New England
Ingrain
Philadelphia
Clement, Hierdt & Co
New York
New Hampshire
Blaine
Charies A. Hill
Edmunds
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Court of Claims
Union Pacific Road
Scandinavians on tour and varied newsfrom Chicago to Indiana
A Chicago led group of over 600 Scandinavians toured Europe and returned to discuss local events. The news item covers a bet involving a wheelbarrow, a mayoral gambling crackdown in Denver, mortgage foreclosure in Lafayette, a relief fund raised at a cattlemen’s convention, a suicide in Lima after poisoning, sugar trade troubles in St. Louis, and Dakota school property value. Also reported are a $175,000 St Louis opera house fire, Rock Island plowworks reopening, an $80,000 liabilities furniture deal, new air line railway plans, and various incidents in Indiana and Wisconsin including effigies, a notable Milwaukee death, and a violent saloon attack in Bladensburg Ohio.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Northwest
Grand Trunk Road
John L. Ritter
Des Moines
Iowa
H—L
Lafayette Ind
Journal
National Cattlemen's Convention
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Benjamin Hefner
Lima
Ohio
Belcher Sugar Refining Company of
St. Louis
Dakota
Daniel Holcomb
Jackson
Mich
Crouch
Frank E. Hewlett
Grand Opera House
Market Street
Rock Island
B. C. Winston & Co
Indianapolis
Eastern and Western Air Line Railway
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
John P. St. John
Marion
Ind
Lake Geneva
Wis
Daniel L. Wells
Milwaukee
Salt Lake
Bladensburg
Chapin
Logansport
W. &. Loucks
First Presbyterian Church
B. F. Loutham
Daily
Phares
Loucks
Pharos
Monroe Street
Chicago Paper Company
Washington
Boston
Blaine
Cleveland
Butler
St. John
Fort Governor
Robinson
Endicott
McCafferty
Seeiye
Chicaco
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Blue Island
Auburn
Joliet
Seneca
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Geneseo
Moline
Davenport
Muscatine
Keokuk
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
Fairfield
West Liberty
Iowa City
Atlantic
Avoca
Audubon
Harlan
Guthrie Center
Council Bluffs
Gallatin
Trenton
Cameron
Kansas City
Missouri
Leavenworth
Atchison
Kansas
Great Rock Island
Pullman
Missouri River
Minneapolis
Kankakee
Cincinnati
West
Newport News
Richmond
la Fayette
United States
Canada
Texas Comptroller reports property value totals for 1883
The Comptroller of Texas announces total tangible state property value at 603 million dollars, up 75 million from last year. Land 106 million, livestock 93.9 million, horses 1.154 million, cattle 6.517 million, sheep 4.691 million, hogs 1.103 million. The year’s increase trails last year's by 25 million.
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Comptroller of
Texas
Virginia
Wise County
Tex
Lieut
Eggleston
Presidio County
Stanley
Farmer Petty
Rio Grande
Mexico
W. A. Pledger
Colored National Committee
New Orleans
John Wilkes Booth
Baltimore
Booth
Lincoln
John Yates Beall
Beall
Senator Allison Sees Congress Likely Minor Session
In the view of Senator Allison of Iowa the current Congress may not be an important session politically. The remark comments on Cleveland's administration and its expected impact on national policy.
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Allison
Iowa
Cleveland
Mailbag size trends and political clash in 1865 notes
Reports from Bradstreet’s telegrams show a modest uptick in demand for staples, especially dry goods, across leading business centers. Prices mostly ease with exceptions, while wheat supplies curb exports. hogs and corn prices shift. A drowning incident of nineteen Chinese smugglers near Victoria is noted along with a public feud where Jeff Davis and Sherman trade accusations.
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Bradstreet
New York
New England
United States
Victoria
British Columbia
Jeff Davis
Jeff Davis and Gen. W. T. Sherman
Confederacy
Davis
Gen. Sherman
Ex President Challenges Hero of March Through Georgia
An article notes calls to destroy state liberties, quoting the ex-President who challenges the March Through Georgia hero to prove his statements or bear slander. General Sherman remarks that Mr. Davis will receive all he desires in due time.
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Georgia
Gen. Sherman
Davis
French gunboats attacked on the River Claire
The French commander in Tonquin reports a vigorous Chinese attack on French gunboats along the River Claire. One sailor was killed and eight wounded in the action.
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Tonquin
Claire
Henry M. Stanley
Congo
America
Marquis of Salisbury
Victoria
Windsor Castle
Balmoral
Wady Halfa
Soudan
Dongola
el Mahdi
London
France
China
Livanius
Bismarck
Africa
Foo Chow
J. W. Wiley
Cincinnati
Switzerland
Gladstone
Epidemic fears sweep Wise and nearby counties in 19th century dispatch
The preacher reports a deadly epidemic across Wise Lee Dickinson and Buchanan counties with dozens buried in one day and 175 local deaths. He calls for nurses medicines and physician committees while noting shifting disease intensity. Dispatches also cover political appointments colonial conflicts and labor unrest.
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Virginia
Wise
Lee
Dickinson
Buchanan
Wise County
Lee County
George W. Mellish
Fowler
Indiana
Dongola
Handoak
Kardaron
Columbus and Hocking Coal and Iron Syndicate
Logan
Ohio
Murray City
Voorhees
Senate
McDonald
Cleveland
George F. Hoar
United States Senate
Hayes
Fairmont
Cincinnati
Alleghenies
Wiley
Foo Choo
Brewster
United Stats Prson
Westfield
Massachusetts
Isaac E. Bronson
Madras Presidency
Cholaveran Lake
Madras
Blaine speech laments Southern political power shift
Blaine thanks Maine and New England supporters after a close national race. He argues the South's electoral dominance due to colored-voter counts and asserts white supremacy in voting power is unjust, warning it endangers equal citizenship and Northern wages, urging a final settlement of electoral equality.
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Augusta
Blaine
Frank Nye
Herbert M. Heath
Kennebec
Maine
Pelvania
New England
Republican Party
East
Alleghanies
Golden Gate
Pacific
Ohio
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Empire State
New York
Indiana
New Jersey
Connecticut
North
South
Androoklyn
United States
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Georgia
South Carolina
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Kansas
Gulf States
Lake States
Norman Noble
Lincoln
Democratic Party
Confederacy
Union
Free Republic
Plymouth
Delawars
William Penn
W Dorsey’s scorching critique at cattle convention
St Louis special to Inter Ocean reports W Dorsey among delegates at a cattle convention. He openly criticizes Blaine’s candidacy and strategy, mocks opponents, and offers caustic takes on Indiana politics Elkins Elkins and Elkins management, with sharp barbs about Catholic Jewish contributions and other political figures.
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St. Louis
Chicago
W. Dorsey
Gene
Id Guard
Blaine
Indiana
Burchard
New York City
Arthur
Stephen
Elkins
Cleveland
Dan Manning
Joe Pulitzer
Sisters of Charity
Four relatives of President Elect Cleveland and a potential hostess
Albany dispatch notes that President elect Cleveland will have strong social support from four female relatives. Eldest sister Mrs W C Hoyt of Fayetteville, Miss R E Cleveland, and sister missionary Mrs Hastings with daughters Mary and Carrie Hastings are highlighted as capable hosts. The piece suggests Washington social life will be well sustained even if Cleveland remains a bachelor.
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Albany
Chicago
Cleveland
White House
W. C. Hoyt
Fayetteville
Ady
Washington
R .E. Cleveland
Holland Patent
Utica
National Capital
Lon
Mary
Carrie Hastings
Patents and naval and treasury annual reports noted
Commissioner of Patents reports no patent applications received, with counts across design patents reissues and registrations totaling more than thirty eight thousand. Naval chief Nichols outlines Mare Island Yard 1886 funding needs as crucial for future naval growth. Treasury First Comptroller Lawrence submits annual vouchers tallying over three and a half million items valued at over two trillion dollars.
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Benjamin Butterworth
NAVAL
Nichols
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Mare Island
Treasury
Judge Lawrence
Rumors of Debt Hit Republican National Committee
A New York dispatch to the Chicago Tribune reports rumors that the Republican National Committee is deeply in debt with no treasury funds to cover obligations. Claims include arrears for rent printing music uniforms torches banners and campaign paraphernalia as well as funds advanced for interior state missionary work. No committee members could be reached for comment though some sources deny the rumors. Dwight Lawrence says the committee is one hundred ninety thousand dollars in debt.
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Post Office Department
Dakota
Gifford
Congress
New York
California
New Jersey
Lincoln
North Carolina
Cleveland
Blaine
St. John
Secretary of State
Georgia
Butler
Albany
N. Y
State Board of Canvassere
Priest
Carson
Chicago Tribune
Republican National Committee
Dwight Lawrence
Sens
Ebt
Notable 19th Century Political Snippets and Quotes
Reported items include Gen Rupert Toomps voting for the first time since the war due to registration, Daniel Manning seen as Cleveland's probable Postmaster General, Cleveland’s president-elect with a double in Phillipsburg N J, Gen Grant ill in bed in New York, and Caine Mormon candidate for Utah Delegate to Congress with 21 120 votes. Also a reflective quote about the heart and a line from Aristotle on becoming an able professional.
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Rupert Toomps
Daniel Manning
Cleveland
Phillipsburg
N. J
D. E. Londonderry
Grant
New York
Caine
Congress
Utah
Smith
The Chinese theater as seen in the Century article
A Century writer describes a Chinese theater evening full of box-office bustle red and gold costumes and rapid stage proceedings. He guides readers through the box rooms stage and dressing areas, noting the crowded crowds, the loud orchestra, and the dizzying mix of spectacle and confusion.
Alaska seal trade contract limits kills and duties
The Alaska Commercial Company governs northwest seal fisheries with a cap of 100,000 seals yearly and a 35,000 dollar annual fee plus two dollars per skin and fifty cents per gallon of seal oil. The company must provide 25,000 dried salmon, sixty cords of wood, salt, and sustain local public schools, while others may not hunt otter, mink, martin, sable, or fur seal in Alaska. Summer trading schooners seek sperm oil, entering barrels at the Alaskan Custom House and shipping to San Francisco. A Sitka ship captain jokes about inspecting these vessels for oil leakage and hair on the surface.
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Alaska
Alaska Commercial Company
Oanalaska
San Francisco
Sitka
San Francisco Chronicle
Dramatic Health Remedies and Odd Harbors of Fashion
A column of old advertisements and social notices discusses Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure all for consumption and blood purification, plus a discounting claim about cod liver oil. It also notes Boston daughters dressing wax dolls to test outfits for a bridal party before a wedding, and a Georgia joke about a four foot girl.
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Boston
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