Ohio Democrats Use Cleveland Appointees to Target Voters
In Ohio the Democratic State Committee led by Powell uses postmasters to scan Republican farmers for campaign mail. A letter asks postmasters to provide names of Republican farmers for direct documents, implying prior coordination and political leveraging under civil service reform rhetoric.
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Ohio
Democratic State Committee
Grover Cleveland
CourtBus
Cleveland
Powell
Grover
Deagan
Democratic Committee
Armentrout
P. M
Millersport
Deas Sun
Ee Deuxeux
Dungan
Dangan
Washington
Vilas
Kenton
Walter T. Mills
Prohibition
Foraker Tax Plan Defended Against Democratic Attacks
Governor Foraker releases a Middle town speech asserting his tax policy on real estate and personal property. He cites the state’s bankrupt condition, calls for taxing foreign corporations, broader property reevaluation for uniform taxation, and asserts Democratic misrepresentation of his farmers’ stance. Leaders Powell and Taylor are named with contemporary newspaper praise cited.
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Gov. Foraker
Hoadly
Ohio
Powell
Kkiesewetter
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Columbus Times
Youngstown Vindicator
Gen. Powell
Col
Taylor
Ohio politics fierce clash over Foraker finances and Powell
A partisan broadside denounces Gov. Foraker over a forged financial message, blasts Democrat operations with Powell and Cleveland, and urges Ohio voters to back the Democratic ticket to end the Dow tax system. It claims a $1,000,000 casual deficiency by 1886 and warns of a GOP defeat.
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Gov. Foraker
The
Anquirer
Columbus Times
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Enquirer
General Assembly
Arly
Auditor of State
Powell
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. Powell
Cleveland
South
Grover Cleveland
Ohio
Loyal Sons of Ohio
Powell's Role in a Bad Democratic Campaign
The piece accuses Gen Powell of leading a fraud-filled 1885 Ohio campaign to control the Legislature and U.S. Senate via boodle, forged ballots, and bribery. It cites arrests of Cincinnati forgers, Columbus indictments, and offers to buy Republicans, urging voters to punish Democrats in November and support Foraker.
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Powell
Ohio
John R. McLain
United States Senate
Cincinnati
Delaware
Hamilton
Columbus
David Stewart
Muskingum County
Samuel Ek. Kemp
Dayton
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Thomas E. Powell
Shey
Cleveland
Interviewer’s invasive questions spark public curiosity
Florence Marryat arrives in New York and endures eleven press interviews in two days. Reporters press for age and private details, prompting her to demand questions fit for an English drawing room. A fellow public artist notes a woman is only as old as she looks and dodges rude queries.
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Florence Marryat
New York
Miss Marryat
Trial Testimony Sparks Memory Gaffe in San Antonio Murder Case
The prosecution used a witness Bob Sniverly the keeper as an eye witness in a Texas murder trial. On swearing in the witness the prosecutor asked his name provoking the remark That gets me. Colonel it ain t more than an hour since you spoke to me about drink. The article also notes a moral about a sweet temper in women and home life.
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San Antonio
Texas
Bob
Riches of Heaven Compared With Christ's Humble Earthly Life
Brooklyn sermon portrays Jesus as the transcendent Prince who, though rich, became poor for humanity. The preacher contrasts heavenly majesty with earthly homelessness, highlighting grace as free and sovereign, urging readers to seek the heavenly home and better grasp the depth of divine grace.
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Brooklyn
Ritter
Jesus Christ
Talmage
Jupiter
Mars
Heaven
Jesus
Eternity
David
John
Germany
Royal Gallery
Emperor William
William
Heavenly Prince
Father
Paul
Solomon
Mediterranean
Rch
Earth
Christ
Victoria
Heaven and Earth
Tower of London
Eternal Royalty
Mary
Caspar
Balthasar
Melchair
Pompey
Brindisi
Nicodemus
Joseph
Arimathea
Cleopatra
Antony
Holy Land
Asia Minor
Holy Land of
Howl
Galilee
Olivet
Calvary
Ilim
Nouaile
John Newton
Philip Doddridge
Chace
John Bunyan
Sammy
God
Fletcher
Lydia
Scotland
Highlands
Manio Delirium
Benny Scotland
Benny Doon
Artaxerxes
Thebazus
Empress Elizabeth
Russia
Ptolemy
Agassiz
Alps
German Ocean
Black Sea
Danube
Rhone
Greece
Solon
Periander
Chile
Thales
Lord Jesus Christ
The World of Baseball and the 1887 Championship Race
In Chicago correspondence, Detroit leads the league with Anson strong at Chicago. Spalding reports offers for Cap Anson from Detroit and Pittsburgh, but Anson stays with Chicago. The piece covers attendance, discipline, salary scales, and the evolving popularity and business of baseball nationwide.
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Chicago
National League
American Association
Detroit
Philadelphia
New York
White Stockings
Anson
Browns
van der Ahe
Stearns
St. Louis
Detroits
Indianapolis
Sprague
New England
White Stocking Park
Tebeau
Denver
Spalding
Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
Wi Stockings
Eee
Don Crean
Stranger Bishop Surprises Pennsylvania Church Crowd
An unnamed man arrives in a Pennsylvania mountain town on a Saturday night and seeks a pulpit at a Methodist church. He claims to be a brother in the ministry and reveals no clear name. The preacher, puzzled, learns the visitor is called Bishop Kimpson and delivers a powerful sermon to an astonished audience.
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Pennsylvania
Methodist Church
Simpson
The Clerk's Count Reveals a Final Ton of Pounds
A Scots tradesman learns his fortune has grown from four thousand to six thousand pounds after his clerk repeats the balance. He doubts the extra two thousand until a midnight visit exposes the clerks error as a misreading of the year of our Lord among the pounds.
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Gov. Forskek
Ohio
Agen
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