White House chatter on social swirl and cabinet talks
Washington gossip notes Mrs Harrison shunning reform goals while social season peaks. The piece covers President Cleveland's state dinner, Mrs Whitney and Mrs Don Dickinson hosting, fashion, Senate sessions, tariff debate, and mounting intrigue as Harrison's entourage courts cabinet posts.
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Harrison
Germany
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Cleveland
Don Dickinson
Treasury
Wanamaker
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Paris
Morton
New York
Blaine
Normandie
Quay
Florida
White House
Morse
Atchison System Reports Eleven Month Financials
The Atchison system reports for eleven months ending Nov 30 1889. Mileage 3019.78 miles. Gross earnings 14 297 468 dollars. Expenses 67.7 percent. Net earnings 5 132 585 dollars. Deficiency 1 559 001 dollars. Total profit 1 065 999 dollars. Dividends 2 625 000 dollars. Net floating debt 5 185 890 dollars. Offsets and supplies on hand 1 523 119 dollars. Boston Advertiser calls the report unsatisfactory.
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Joseph W. Reinhart
Atchison
Atchison Company
Boston Advertiser
Working Women's Pay and Social Status in Great Cities
Carroll D. Wright reports from twenty-two cities on working women, average ages around 22, mostly single, many with home responsibilities. Earnings patterns link higher pay to fewer lost days. health improved since starting work. public message urges respect and inclusion in urban life and associations.
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Washington
D. C
Carroll D. Wright
Department of Labor
State Department
Charleston
St. Paul
Ireland
Germany
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Louisville
Newark
New Orleans
New York
Philadelphia
Providence
Richmond
St. Louis
St. Pauls
San Francisco
San Jose
Savannah
Eple
Inaugural Parade Split Into Five Divisions
Gen Beaver designated five divisions for the presidential inaugural procession. The first division includes the US Army Corps and DC National Guard about 500 men. The second, 8000 strong Pennsylvania National Guard under Major General Hartranft. The third division covers remaining military groups about 8000 men. The fourth holds Grand Army of the Republic veterans and Sons of Veterans under Gen William Warner. The fifth contains civil organizations under Colonel M M Parker. Company F Illinois Fifth Regiment to participate.
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Beaver
United States Army Corps
National Guard
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania National Guard
Hartranft
Grand Army of the Republic
Sons of Veterans
William Warner
Missouri
M. M. Parker
National Guard of Illinois
F. H. Wiedey
Germans Declare War Over Samoa Crisis In Congress Debates
President Cleveland transmits Samoa dispatches to Congress with German Chancellor Bismarck instructions and Vice Consul Blacklock reports on clashes in Apia. Senate discussions by Dolph and Reagan address German impact on American rights, urging protective action and potential US sovereignty over Samoa.
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Cleveland
Congress
Senate
Uncle Sam
Bismarck
Washington
D. C
Auckland
Samoa
Mataafa
Apia
United States
Nipsic
Prince von Bismarck
Count von Arco Valley
Geman
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Grover Cleveland
Blacklock
Sags
Mullan
Prince Bismarck
Klein
Mataufa
Tamasese
America
England
Messrs
Dolph
Reagan
Pacific Coast
Unite States
the United
Local Paper Describes Razzle Dazzle Skate Incident
A Western newspaper reports a quirky local incident about a “regular old razooper” who, after getting a skate on, indulged in a glorious razzle-dazzle. The piece reads as colorful regional slang.
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Strance
Young artist Joan Alexander resembles Vandyck in portrait
Joan W. Alexander, a young portrait painter, works entirely with his left hand and is noted for a striking resemblance to the painter Vandyck, including a pointed beard and up curling mustache.
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Joan W. Alexander
Vandyck
Clergyman Sets Stipend Rise Amid Crime Critique
A Chicago clergyman linked most crime to greed and then agreed to a $500 annual raise, highlighting tension between moral critique and clerical compensation.
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Chicago
Origin of a Saying It’s a long time between drinks
The piece recounts how the famous remark directed from the Governor of North Carolina to the Governor of South Carolina arose. After a North Carolina dinner the two governors shared whisky from a demijohn, discussing turpentine and rice as they relaxed, the conversation slipping into a jest about timing between drinks.
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South Carolina
North Carolina
Texas
Ernest Wyatt
Dallas
Drinkers and governors meet over a dry jug
The scene shows Governors from South and North Carolina sharing hospitality with whisky during a split drinking session. The Southern governor pours generously while the North Carolina governor remains cautious, yet the jug empties at once and leaves him mortified when he discovers the shortage.
Governers Drift Toward Misgiving After Quiet Night
The South Carolina governor, clutching an empty gourd near a demijohn, questions why it is so long between drinks. North Carolina’s governor offers no reply as a servant flees into the woods for three days. The incident deepens fears of waning friendship and growing cynicism in human nature.
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South Carolina
North Carolina
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Joseph Nelson Barnes
Weaver
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