Washington Gossip on Vilas and Cleveland Politics
Washington dispatch discusses Col Vilas as a controversial figure in the administration, his house purchases for entertaining congress, and the political fallout with subordinates. It predicts his need to cultivate clerks, compares him to Frank Hutton, and notes Cleveland’s planned reception and district politics, plus hotel and convention issues.
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Washington
Grover
K Street
Congress
Col. Vilas
Vilas
Uice
Hosula
House of Congress
Vilna
Col
Republic
Frank Uatton
Hutton
Frank Hutton
S Isllow
Roscoe Conklin
Nis
Senate
Gol. Vilas
Marth
Eli
Sparks
Mr. Lamar
Jamar
Cleveland
White House
Grover Cleveland
Hoe
Enright
Michigan
District of Columbia
William Dickinson
Reform samples show Baltimore primaries coercion
The Democratic ring's proclamation in Baltimore demanded candidates inform the executive committee by a fixed date and reveal expense assessments or risk disqualification. It warned votes would not be counted if noncompliant, a publicly printed notice applauded as a pinnacle of ring rule in American cities.
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Great West Hotel
Minneapolis
Washington
Congress
Moana
C.M. Truman
Ryan
St. Paul
Washington City
Eugene Higging
Treasury
House of Representatives
Baltimore
Maryland
Repubblican
Watterson
America
Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Proven Helpful
Mr C H Morrin of Newark Arkansas says after being diagnosed incurable with abscess of the lung he recovered strength using Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption and is now overseeing work again. Jesse Middlewart of Decatur Ohio credits the medicine with saving his life after doctors gave up. Sample bottles free at local drug stores.
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C. H. Morrin
Newark
Ark
Dr. King
Jesse Middlewart
Decatur
Ohio
Beut
Bennett & Horsman’s
Omich & Chufes
Bartlett
The War Debt and Its Crushing Burden in 1865
In August 1865 the national debt stood at 2.756 billion with an annual interest of 151.33 million. The debt now is 1.165 billion, a twenty two year reduction of 1.5905 billion. Interest payments have dropped to 40.645 million. Cumulative interest since 1861 totals 2.661 billion and principal plus interest paid exceed 8.85 billion. Pensions add 1.614 billion, totaling 5.535 billion in payments. This equates to about 100 dollars per average person and shows a debt paying capacity unmatched globally.
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Avery Woul
End to Bone Scraping by Electric Bitters and Arnica Salve
Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg Illinois reports a eight year leg sore cured by three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He claims the leg bones no longer scrape and his leg is now well. Electric Bitters cost fifty cents a bottle and Bucklen's Arnica Salve two fifty per box from Benni Horaman Omich Bartlett.
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Edward Shepherd
Harrisburg
Buckten
Bucklen
Benni Horaman
Omich & , Bartlett
Muir Bennett wedding in Fort Russell post hall Cheyenne
Lieutenant Charles H. Muir of the Seventeenth Infantry to wed Miss Ida May Bennett daughter of Captain C E Bennett in a grand Fort Russell ceremony. The hall is lavishly decorated with emblems evergreen flowers and two locomotive headlights for illumination. The service will be by Rev Dr Rafter with Miss Daisy L Du Cou as maid of honor and Irving Bennett as best man.
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Ft. Totten
Rafter
Captain van Horn
Seventeenth Infantry
Misa Daisy L. du Cou
Irving Bennett
Helen Casey
Marshall
Durfee
George F. Morgan
Dalay Bennett
Willie van Horn
Muir
West Point
Military Academy
Michigan
Bennett
Virginia
Winchester
Bens
Valuable Statistics and Magazine Notice in 1880s Press
Mr E H Walker, longtime statistician for the New York Produce Exchange, joins Bradstreet's editorial staff to provide grain and livestock statistics and invent the visible grain supply statement. Also notes November Patersons Magazine, praising its literary and fashion content, with subscription offers.
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E. H. Walker
New York Produce Exchange
Bradstreet's
New York
Walker
Bradstreet
Fragmented Night Ride and Castoria Remembrance
A disjointed diary style excerpt recalls a late night escape near Beauvoir Mississippi and a plea to loosen the blockade, interwoven with a Castoria testimonial from childhood to adulthood. It also notes wheat world production figures for 1887 and a Nebraskan endorsement of Chamberlain's Pain-Balm as a reliable remedy for rheumatism and sprains.
Golden Specimen Prompts and Unclear Details
Fragmentary text discusses a Golden 1 entity, beverages like tea coffee and possible references to alcohol and moderation. Mentions thousands of drunk men and a system, with garbled names and numbers, lacking clear events, dates, or places.
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Fortuny Articul
Clacinaath
Annual Election Notice for Romay Dakota territory vote
The notice calls a Tuesday election on November 8 in Romay Dakota to decide on dividing the territory along the seventh standard parallel, with ballots for division, liquor sale, voter registration, and a $5000 bond for a county poor farm. It lists polling precincts, times from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and appointed election judges, dated October in the year 1880s at Devil Lake.
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Romaey
Territory
Dakota
Jine
Ead
Duviln Lake
Notice of County Commissioner Election in Ramsey Dakota
Notice announces a county election in the Third Commissioner District covering Ramsey County Dakota on the eighth of November. Polls open from nine in the morning to five in the afternoon at designated precincts including Webster Morris Cleveland Boden Boden and 158 64. Dated Davila Late Ramsey county Dakota October 8 1887. Seal. Joan H. Pencivan Register of Deeds Ex Officio.
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Webster
Morris
Cleveland
Boden
Ramsey
Dakota
Davila
Raniway County
Joan H. Pencivan
Register of Deeds
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Devils Lake
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INING
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Martin L. Sweet
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