Chicago items spark wit and worldliness in 1882
A bustling summary page notes Chicago racing at the Driving Park July 15 to 21 with 218 entries and $52,000 purses. It jokes about politicians, social tidbits, and a Paris snail race while surveying opinions on the Illinois canal and other current curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Driving Park
Paris
France
Burgundy
Walter Scott
Rome
Rue Drouet
Thomas Moore
Warde Engagement Cancelled After City Theatre Battle
Fred Warde canceled his Aurora Opera House engagement after routing a telegraph notice. An agent arrived from Chicago with funds to meet the contract demands. The owner stood firm seeking payment while the actor waited in the lit hall for hours. Mrs. Boger wore a tin forelock cover to train her hair and survived a gunshot when a drunken neighbor fired.
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Aurora
Illinois
Frederick Warde
Warde
Chicago
Withdrawal sentiment grows against Governor Cullom for Senate
The editorial disagreement focuses on the inappropriateness of electing Governor Cullom as senator while he holds the governor’s office. Critics argue for alternative timber in the state and question his capability, while others praise independent thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
The
Gazette
Mendoza
Cullom
Sterling Gazette
Notable British Figures: Poet, Sheridan, Wellington
The text notes the poet born in London and Sheridan born in Bristol, with burial in London. It mentions an Oder du jour from General Lord Wellington to Allied Armies in Paris and refers to Wellington as England's greatest soldier, born in London and buried in the city’s main cathedral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sheridan
Moliere of England
Bristol
Lord Wellington
Paris
Irritating Ireland and the Irish Coercion Debate
The piece criticizes Gladstone's policy shift in Ireland, calling the new coercion bill a harsh misstep. It argues oppression, arbitrary police power, and suspension of trial by jury threaten liberty, misread public sentiment, and risk worsening violence and distrust. The author blames English government for Ireland’s crime problem.
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Ireland
Gladstone
Government of Ireland
Parnell
Forster
England
Dublin City
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