Mrs Jay Gould’s death and political notes from Springfield
The Dixon Sun reports Mrs. Jay Gould died at her Fifth Avenue home in New York from heart and lung troubles. It notes the Springfield caucus renominating Shelby M. Cullom for U.S. Senate, and a Palmer bid in the Democratic caucus. It mentions railroad fare uniformity proposals and other regional items, including emigration shifts and a fatal railroad collision near Youngstown Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
Fifth Avenue
New York
National women’s societies unite in a single league
The country hosts forty eight national women’s societies with a direct membership of 500000. The largest is the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union with 210000 members. Twelve groups have joined the national council to unite these societies into one great league.
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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
National Council
Great League
Texas Democrats Back Wool Tariff Stand in House
A Protectionist journal says Texas wool growers favor Randall of Pennsylvania and McKinley of Ohio to represent them in tariff revision. It notes Texas Democrats who voted for free wool were re-elected and party gains outweighed Republican losses, underscoring democratic fidelity.
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Texas
Randall
Pennsylvania
McKinley
Ohio
Mrs Converse Taught Two Presidents in Early Years
Mrs O C Converse of Waterbury Conn aged seventy eight taught Benjamin Harrison the alphabet in South Bend Indiana while he was a pupil. In Ohio she educated James A Garfield then fourteen who had been driving a horse on the towpath.
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O. C. Converse
Waterbury
Conn
United States
South Bend
Ind
Benjamin Harrison
Ohio
James A. Garfield
County Superintendents Back School Law Amendment
At the Springfield meeting, a resolution was adopted urging an amendment to the school law. It would require teacher certificate applicants to provide satisfactory evidence of proper professional training. A second resolution supported legislation aimed at securing…
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Springfield
White's New Chapters in the Warfare of Science to Resume
Dr. Andrew D. White will resume his series in the February Popular Science Monthly. He has spent years researching the topic and is in Europe studying libraries for more material to extend his account of the human mind. The next chapter covers Demoniac Possession and Insanity.
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Popular Science Monthly
Andrew D. White
Crawford county question raises race tensions in Indiana
The piece notes no black residents in Crawford county Indiana and recounts a colored roustabout driven from a boat who sought refuge there but was turned away. It suggests the republican voters could have aided him during a national election, offering at least rest and a two dollar bill.
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Harrison
Crawford County
Indiana
Crawford
Premium offer cuts through to core value for new subscribers
The Sun and Forum annual deal sends both publications for five dollars, saving two dollars versus the usual seven. The Forum features leading writers debating major issues across politics society economy and culture. Limited time promotion targets new addresses.
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Sun
Forum
New York Monthly Review
Democrats Oppose Printing Governor Oglesby Message
In the Illinois house last Friday the Democrats opposed a resolution to print ten thousand copies of Governor Oglesbys message. They argued the document has little value and would enrich printing contractors at taxpayers expense, while the Republican majority pushed the expenditure.
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Illinois House of Representatives
Oglesby
House
Strikers Idle Nearly a Year Amid Hardship
Strikers, most idle for nearly a year, survive on brotherhood charity while avoiding the demoralizing effects of enforced idleness and the loss of occupation.
Governor Fifer's inaugural address praised for ballot reform and education
The piece reviews Governor J W Fifer and state officers’ Monday induction and highlights his inaugural delivered at the capitol. It commends protections for voting rights, calls for stricter anti vote buying penalties, opposes private detective forces, and urges stronger labor and immigration controls. It favors higher teacher standards and enforcement of compulsory education, ending with praise for education.
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J.W. Fifer
Capitol
Chicago Times
Palmer
Illinois
Fifer
Convention Call for Tariff Reform League in Chicago
The American Tariff Reform League calls a national convention in Chicago on February 19 20 21 inviting all interested in tariff reform regardless of politics. Delegates from all industries and workers are urged to participate, form local leagues, and forward names occupations and addresses to J Z White Secretary 115 Monroe St for the preliminary roll.
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American Tariff Reform League
Chicago
J. Z. White
League
Monroe St
Strike on C B Q system ends after mutual concessions
The February strike by engineers and firemen on the C B and Q road system is settled with the company abolishing the blacklist except for violent or improper conduct, and promising to hire as vacancies arise. The striker committee accepts the terms, and the settlement aims to promote arbitration and reduce future labor disruption.
Convention Urges Tariff Reform Rally of Workers and Capitalists
The passage calls for a practical convention to save time and urges every workingman and capitalist in productive industries to attend. It seeks radical tariff reform to aid national welfare and asks attendees to discuss plans for active efforts toward such reform.
Ballot Reform Called for After Indiana Bribery Accusations
A Civil War era appeal cites a 1840s Indiana bribery scheme linked to a Republican committee member and urges Gen. Harrison to denounce the letter writer. It argues reform must start at home and warns that bribery indictments are before Indianapolis grand jurors as the nation hears a bugle-call for pure ballots.
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Benj. Harrison
Gen. Harrison
Indiana
Republican Committee
William W. Dudley
Harrison
Morton
Indianapolis
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