The Forty seventh Congress and Senator Tabor
A critical appraisal of the late Forty seventh Congress notes failed reforms and partisan excesses while praising its record in part. Washington reports the Senate honors retiring Senator H A W Tabor with ceremonies, tributes, and a torchlit procession led by President Arthur crowding the streets and galleries.
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Senate
House
Congress
Washington Post
Washington
United States Senate
H. A. W. Tabor
Capitol
Tabor
Republic
Senate Chamber
S. J. Tilden
Horatio Seymour
Gen. Hancock
Roscoe Conkling
Charles Francis Adams
Ar Swirz
Jefferson Davis
W. H. English
Robert Tooms
Mary
Ueen
Edmunds
Tabors
Expr
Senator Hoar
Admirabe Crichton
Senaator
Sherman
Cameron
Thomas H. Kenton
United Sates Senate
Arthur
Foreign Legations
Abbitt House
Oshkosh
Chicago
Neus
Edinburgh doctor condemns competitive exams
Dr. Tuke, a renowned English physician, before the Health Society of Edinburgh, sternly denounces competitive examinations as highly injurious to the young.
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Tuke
Health Society of Edinburgh
Family Feasts on a Nine Pound Porterhouse Turn to Disaster
Mrs. Jones requests a grand nine pound porterhouse for breakfast, sparking a spendthrift plan. After bank funds are drawn and a hearty steak is bought, the meal ends in shock as a butchered beef treasure vanishes, carried off by a stray dog, leaving the family facing ruin and quiet shame.
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Jeptha
Maria
Mrs. J
Arry
Venus
Jones
Bridget
Mr. Jones
Willie
Detroit Post and Tribune
Home Garden Tips From A Variety Of Sources
A column on home, farm, and garden advice discusses flowering plants and vines signaling refinement, advises weekly stock checks for lice, and notes a horticulturist who finds small fruits more profitable than apples. It includes recipes for fish cakes and beet and carrot serving, plus a simple salad dressing and garden site selection tips.
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M. Y. Herald
Cincinnati Times
N. Y. Post
Winter storms shape Arctic barometric and ice conditions
The Atlantic storm tracks last winter kept east toward Britain and Ireland rather than Iceland, with England warmer but Scotland and Ireland colder. Lower pressures persisted near Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya, suggesting unusually open Barents Sea and potential early open water open ice conditions may aid next summer navigation and British agricultural prospects.
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Atlantic
Arctic Circle
Iceland
Scotland
Newfoundland
Europe
London Meteorological Office
England
Ireland
Spitzbergen
Novaembla Sers
Sorensen
Aurora
Barentz Sea
Artic Ocean
N. Y. Derala
Nobody Should Write After Seventy Says Whitter
John G. Whitter declares no writer should stop before a century, insisting one should continue writing into age. He argues persistent authorship sustains voice and craft beyond seventy.
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John G. Whitter
Ir. Holmes
Seaweed as Food in Ireland Noted Though Limited as Diet
The article surveys Irish seaweed use along the coast for food and medicine. It notes carrageen or Irish moss gathered by fisher families, sun-dried, and sold to visitors as an appetizer. In Donegal, seaweed becomes a main meal due to scarce provisions, with cases of malnutrition and sickness referenced. Carrageen remains used in affluent homes for blancmange after processing.
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Ireland
County
Clare
Donegal
Gweedore
N.Y
Cattle Disease in Europe Alarms English Papers
European cattle epidemics spread from the east to the United Kingdom. Foot and mouth disease has appeared across counties, with Windsor royal farms reporting outbreaks. England debates importation of foreign store cattle to mitigate losses and supply shocks.
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Lancashire
Stairdshire
England
United Kingdom
Daily News
North Sea
Poland
Hungary
Russia
Asia
Great Britain
Wordsworth
Windsor
United States
Cy C1go
Vigilance in Indiana Bank Watchman Tale
The bank president warns a new Indiana watchman to exercise vigilance and watch the cashier at night. He learns the cashier already called the guard square and to inform directors if the guard lingers after hours.
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Indiana
Janes
Wall Street News
Wantucket Man Keeps Children From School
A Providence Journal report describes a Wantucket man with four children aged nine to sixteen kept from education. The father claims the children are his only support and states they work in a mill while he does nothing.
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Providence Journal
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Geneva
Tariff Commission
Pendleton
Wade
Mr. Jones’ Bee
Arctic
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