Spalding and Anson. Prospects of an Exciting Baseball Season
Chicago correspondents detail the 1889 season outlook with the Chicago Club favored to contend in the National League alongside New York and Boston. Notable changes include Boston adding Brouthers and Bennett, Pittsburgh adding Hanlon, and Chicago releasing Bald win Daly Sullivan Pettit while signing Hutchinson Krock Gumbert. Spalding hints at a policy move to bar players from owning or investing in drinking establishments.
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Chicago
American Association
New York
Boston
Cleveland
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Washington
Brouthers
Richardson
Bennett
Detroit
Hanlon
Detroits
Sam Thompson
Coleman
Thompson
Harry Wright
Harry
Washingtons
Morrill
Wise
Senators
Getzein
Baldwin
Daly
Anson
Sullivan
Pettit
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Old Silver
Hutchinson
Krock
Gumbert
Flint
Farrell
Sommers
Darling
Spalding
Dwyer
van Haltren
Ryan
Keeles
Clarksons
Kelly
League
Bogus Census Critique in Chicago Herald Attack
The Chicago Herald denounces a proposed 1890 census as a sham led by Robert P. Porter and tariff advocates. It argues the figures will prove false economics and pro-tariff propaganda, predicting biased data on wages immigration and industry to favor protectionists.
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Robert P. Porter
Herald
Harrison
United States
Robert D. Porter
Congress
Carnegie
Jones
Bagatelle
Europe
Chicago Herald
Pear son’s death linked to spoils system in New York
Chicago News notes that Postmaster Pearson’s removal by New York and Washington politicians and the alleged pressure to replace him with a party politician may have hastened his death. The piece portrays Pearson as a model public servant who opposed spoils politics and warns Harrison to regret post office patronage.
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New York
Washington
Pearson
Cleveland
Harrison
New York Postoffice
Mr. Pearson
Chicago News
What Makes the Solid South Rise in Africa and Politics
A观点 argues the so called Solid South remains due to a uniform Republican vote among Black voters in the South. The author claims white Democrats seek division to gain advantage, urging alignment of Black voters with interests beyond emancipation and protectionist GOP policies.
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Africa
South
Republican Party
Baltimore
Too Much Railroad Building in 1889
The Rail way Age predicts continued growth in U S railway mileage despite current limits on major builders. Large companies will still extend lines to hold territories and new regions will host non competing local roads, keeping construction alive through 1889.
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St. Paul
Minneapolis
Manitoba
United States
Illinois lawmakers push Senate bills through mid session
The Illinois Senate reads and advances several appropriation and reform bills including for the Illinois and Michigan Canal the Illinois Dairymen's Association the University at Urbana and the State Entomologist. A measure to aid the late Representative Teefy passes. The House struggles with a quorum and blocks Senate bills while passing education and property tax measures. Senate action includes adjustments to Supreme Court schedule and a courthouse bond for Mt Vernon.
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Senate
Illinois and Michigan
Illinois Dairymen’s Association
Illinois University At Urbana
State Labor of Natural History
Northern Hospital
Elgin
John J. Teefy
General Assembly
Hagle
Supreme Court
Leeper
Mount Vernon
Springfield
Ottawa
Johns
House
Hayes
Committee On Elections
Paddock
Hoppin
Territory
Fowler
Matthews
Baker
Crafts
Lincoln Park
Hunter
Messrs
Merritt
Stratton
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
John J. Teefey
McLaughlin
Miller
Stark
Wisner
Sundelius
Union League Club
Chicago
Washington
C. K. G. Billings
West Chicago Park
Yost
Ohio River
Metropolis
Kentucky
Paducah
Bogardus
Monahan
Southern Normal University At
Carbondale
Ells
Illinois State Normal University
Normal
Illinois Northern Hospital For the
The Carelessness of Byron in Pall Mall Tales
Nat Goodwin recounts Byron the playwright ignoring a friend's grief. A man tells him his father died and Byron replies with scant sympathy then jokes about the man’s carelessness. Weeks later the same man loses his mother and Byron repeats the same remark, highlighting absentmindedness.
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Nat Goodwin
Byron
Pall Mall
New York Sun
Whispered tune haunts lifelong musician in eerie exchange
A quip about a musician’s persistent humming reveals a chilling undertone as friends debate whether the haunting melody is linked to past deeds. The exchange hints at a darker history behind the personal habit.
Presidents and Cabinets in Early American Leadership
The article traces how secretaries of state, war, and other offices shaped presidential paths. It notes members like Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Quincy Adams, Van Buren, Buchanan, and Grant, plus vice presidents and speakers who reached the presidency. It covers origins, education, state ties, and military service of presidents.
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Jefferson
Madison
Men‘roe
J. Q. Adams
van Buren
Buchanan
Grant
Washington
Adams
Jackson
Harrison Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Cleveland
Monroe
Quincy Adams
General Grant
John Adams
Tyler
Fillmore
Johnson
Arthur
Harrison
Taylor
Lincoln
Conness
United States
Congress
James K. Polk
America
Henry Clay
James G. Blaine
Senate
Clay
Blaine
Virginia
Tippecanoe
Zacha Taylor
John Tyler
Ohio
Ylot
Louisiana
Adamses
John Quincy Adams
Massachusetts
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
Gen. Arthur
Vermont
New England
White House
Benjamin Harrison
W. H. Harrison
Minois
Indiana
Allen G. Thurman
George H. Pendleton
Bill” Allen
Thurman
New York
New Jersey
Buffalo
Illinois
Gen
Tennessee
Polk
North Carolina
Nashville
Harvard College
Harvard
Princeton College
William and Mary College
Virnia
Hampden-Sidney College
North Carolina University
Pierce
Bowdoin College
Dickinson College
West Point
Williams College
Kenyon College
Union College
Miami University
Washinsston
William H. Harrison
Benjamin Rison
Harrisons
Gen. Grant
Tippecanos
O Tippecanoe
New York City
Old Hickory
Old Tippecanoe
Ugh
Heady
Old Buck
Old Abe
Little Ben
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Spalding and Anson
Illinois Law-Makers
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