Petition for Conservator for Charles Guiteau by Sister
Mrs Francis M Scoville sister of Charles J Guiteau and wife of attorney George M Scoville filed in Cook County Court a petition seeking a conservator for Guiteau. It asks for a speedy mental inquiry and court adjudication of insanity to protect property rights including copyrights manuscripts and daily income from autographs and photographs. It cites alleged sale of his body after death and notes his alleged mental illness during the assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. Scoville
Charles J. Guiteau
George M. Scoville
Cook County
Seoville
Guiteau
Charles J. Guiteat
Illinois wheat prospects and Chicago mortality in brief
Illinois reports 2,676,372 acres of winter wheat seeded. losses due to floods and winter kill vary by division but overall yields look above average. Chicago weekly deaths reach 233 with diseases and accidents prominent. notable incidents include a fatal quarrel and a lightning strike destroying a barn.
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Ilinois Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Chicago
Illinois Legislature Extra Session Cedes Canal to United States
The Illinois Senate and House debated the cession of the Illinois and Michigan Canal to the federal government. The bill advanced through readings, with amendments and final passage in the Senate by 37 to 3, while House actions focused on revision of the Criminal Code and appropriations. Memorial services at the Lincoln Monument were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Illinois & Michigan Canal
United States
Canal and River Improvement Committee
House
Illinois
Hovsk
Petrie
General Assembly
Congress
Canal Committee
Housg
Messrs. Durfee
Collins
Crook
Mitchell
Chaffge
Lincoln Monument
Lincoln
Committee On
Illinois and
Michigan
Committee On Canals
Judiciary Committee
Ilinois & Michigan Canal
Quirky World News Snippets From 19th Century Papers
A collage of brief items from various papers highlights oddities and local color. Saloons in Philadelphia number 6000, Albany rooms cost 150000, a Paris shop advertises a full outfit for 4.86, and a Kansas man boasts four bear traps. Detroit and Louisville boast oddities about organs and salaries, while Iowa's 83-year-old David Swing spends 3000 on a kiss. A French pension demand letter appears in Le Temps, and Brooklyn notes 5000 aces with only five able to labor. A Concord store tale and a Walla Walla stage incident add colonial whimsy, with Rear Admiral Aube assessing European harbors as vulnerable to war.
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Philadelphia
Albany
N. Y
Carlyle
Paris
Kansas
Detroit Free Press
Louisville Courier
Louisville
David Swing
Iowa
N. Y. Graphic
le Temps
Walla Walla
Washington Territory
Aube
Europe
Kiel
Wilhalmehaven
Germany
Ronstadt and
Nitolate
Russia
Chatham
England
Portsmouth
Devonport
Woolwich
Toulon
Brest
Cherbourg
Jeffersonian Club Birth Anniversary Letter from Samuel J. Tilden
In a March 30 1882 letter from Samuel J. Tilden addressed to the Jeffersonian Club of New Haven he notes his inability to attend but praises Thomas Jefferson. He credits Jefferson with guiding republican ideals, limiting central power, defending local self government and public virtue, and warns against usurpation and executive overreach.
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Graystone
Jeffersonian Club
New Haven
Thomas Jefferson
Jeffterson
Jefferson
Morris
Hamilton
Burr
Samuel J. Tilden
Senator Bayard Declines Banquet Reply in Chicago
Senator Bayard sends regrets for the Chicago Iroquois Club banquet to celebrate Andrew Jackson and a proposed reply on The Federal Constitution. He urges unity of the National Democracy, opposes centralization of power, and defends property rights while warning against perverting sovereign taxation for favored groups.
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Palmer House
Andrew Jackson
Iroquois Club
Great Brotherhood
Constitutional Democracy of the Union
Grand Army
National Democracy
Ex Governor Moses Linked to New Swindling Charges
The ex governor Franklin J. Moses, once a South Carolina leader, who previously served on Blackwell's Island, appears set for new allegations of divers irregularities and sundry swindling acts recently uncovered along the North River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin J. Moses
South Carolina
Blackwell’s Island
North River
Moses
Bitter debate over Brewster plan and Moses fate in South Carolina
The lettered discourse questions Attorney General Brewster's program for Africanizing South Carolina and accuses Franklin J. Moses of political victimization. The piece notes Moses being confined as Brewster outlines reforms, while reflecting on voter rights and republican ideals amid Southern Republican struggles. Washington Post commentary amid Democratic and Republican tensions.
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Brewster
Sanders
Moses
South Carolina
Auburn
Sing Sing
Clinton
New
Republican Parties Embrace All Sides for Votes
Harrisburg Patriot reports on how the Republican party forms alliances across factions to gain spoils. It notes ties with Mahone’s repudiators in Virginia, Greenbacks in Mississippi, anti-Chinese in California, and Maine liquor prohibitionists, plus plans for a Liberal coalition in North Carolina and a potential cross-party ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahone
Virginia
Mississippi
Greenbackers
California
New England
Maine
North Carolina
The
Tribune
Republican State Committee
Supreme Court
Congress
Oginia Donot
Missin
Harrisburg
Bill Introduced to Ban Spirits Younger Than One Year
Mr. O'Sullivan MP introduces a Parliament bill prohibiting drinking spirits in England until they are a year old. The proposal targets the alcohol industry and consumer habits with a strict aging requirement.
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O'Sullivan
M. P
England
Tony Pastor and St Jacobs Oil Featured in Public Praise
A Brooklyn Eagle item lauds Tony Pastor as a leading vocalist and performer while recounting his praise for St Jacobs Oil as a remedy for rheumatic pains. It cites theater anecdotes from St Louis and notes Lincoln Park Providence testimonials about rapid relief and eventual cure.
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Tony Pastor
New York
Adout
Pastor
Ublic
St. Jacobs
Brooklyn
N.Y
Eagle
Cairo
Evening Sun
St. Louis
Charles A. Whitney
Tark Garden
Providence
K. 1
Also Mentioned on This Page
Illinois State News
Harry Sisson
Logan County
Chicago Baptist Social Union
Grace
E. B. Cheney
C. W. Nedham
Medora Henson
Lorimer
Henson
First Baptist Church of Chicago
Lawrence
Cheago Medinal Society
J. H. Hollister
JP W. Graham
L. Hery
J. ¥. Ingalls
Herman Schroeder
Bloomington
Ilinois
Illinois Legislature
Mayors
Detroit Post
Concord
N. H
Perkins Gale
Mr. Tilden
Senator Bayard
Moses and
Sulen Slu
J.N. Harris &O
Cincinnati
eHayie
Queens City Suspender Company
Queen City Suspender Co
AM & C
Boston
Mass
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