Bungle in War Department Prompts Controversy
The May 2 report from Wasnixarox outlines turmoil in the Army's top ranks over the surgeon generalship. Baxter, long a candidate and chief medical purveyor, clashes with Huntington and a Grover Cleveland appointment. Endicott defends the moves, while Garfield’s assassination disrupts the sequence. Baxter remains a popular, patient figure amid cabinet tensions and reform talk.
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Wasnixarox
War Department
Army
Baxter
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Grover
Huntington
Secretary of War
Muntington
Mr. Endicott
Garfield
Belknap
Tyner
Fargo
Smith D. Fry
Fry
Dakota
United States
Congress
Smith Fry
Keokuk
Towa
Dakota Alfalfa and Livestock Prospects Letter
D Darrow urges alfalfa clover to boost cattle sheep and hog production in Dakota. He shares a sowing method with wheat, argues against weeds, notes climate resilience, and cites regional agriculture growth including universities and land open for settlement. Also covers land laws and public notices from the era.
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I.T
Dakota
Farmera
Minnenporme Gove
Mouse River
Vermillion
Grand Forks
Brook~inge
Fargo
Madison
Spearfish
Rapid Pity
Dakota National Guard
Territorial
Republican Party
Should Remember It Devila Lake legacy and Lamar ballot push
A fragment outlines Dakota Democrats urging delegates to vote for L. Q. C. Lamar as presidential candidate in 1888, praising Lamar’s aid to settlers and contending his support would influence a complimentary ballot. Also includes testimonials for Kings New Discovery and Electric Bitters with ointment sales pitches.
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Firanil Forks
Plaipdester
Devila Lake
Sparks
Dakota Democracy
D. A. Bradford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Dr. Kings
Bennett & Horsman’s Drug Store
Chestnut origin tale from a Halloween party tale
A Pittsburgh Penny Press item recounts the phrase chestnut, tracing its slang rise from a Halloween party anecdote to a theater dressing room staple. The humorous etymology links a young man and a nut breaking stop to a widely used term for stale jokes. The piece humorously calls Pittsburg the birthplace of the influential slang.
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Joe Miller
New York
Frisco
United States
Pittsburg
Pittseburg Penny Press
Hawthorne Reacts to Pierce Victory in 1852 Essay Snippet
The excerpt recalls Nathaniel Hawthorne’s festive support for Franklin Pierce during the 1852 canvass. It notes Hawthorne’s moody reaction after Pierce’s election and a quoted exclamation about the presidency. Also referenced is a public notice praising Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy sold by C. C. Maloney.
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T. J. Richey
Altona
Kansas
Chamberlain
C. D. Maloney
C. O. Maloney
Hawthorne
Pierce
Franklin Pierce
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mr. Pierce
Moody
Frank
United States
C. C. Maloney
Hospitality and the etiquette of visiting days
Marion Harland argues in Good Housekeeping that the likeliest social grace is a defined visiting day. Hosts should welcome chosen guests, balance attention with rest, and avoid overwhelming friends with constant entertainment. A true host values others time and individuality, not perpetual sociability.
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Snow
Iand
T Street
Sec’y
Dakota
Bec'y
Clark
Rowe
Aed
Levi Wood
Droge
Marion Harland
Buffalo Hunting A Frontier Tale of Buffalo Decline
A narrative describes vast buffalo herds in early America and their rapid demise due to overhunting. It recalls Montana skins shipment and meat waste, notes possible extinction within ten years, and contrasts frontier excitement with the tame fate of remaining small bands. Details include a ranch encounter, a dramatic chase, and a hunter’s anecdote about comparing buffalo hunting to cattle drives.
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United States
Montana
Europe
Russia
Lown
John
Aasid
Alfred Terry Bacon
Bt. Meholas
Seasonal moods and student woes in a clipped verse note
A curious, fragmentary verse piece laments year end fatigue among students and a seaside maiden while hinting at yachting interest and school duties. It closes with a Kentucky constituent asking Senator Beck to verify a Cumberland Maryland pups offer before shipment.
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Kentucky
Cumberland
Beck
Washington
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