Bonanza king and post office talk fill 1883 digest
A Chicago style miscellany notes Sharon the bonanza king earning an income of 100000 dollars a month and postage reforms. It reports on cattle king Richard King paying taxes in Texas, Ohio electoral votes, Senator Davis, and Lord Campbell’s divorce suit with Victoria Woodhull. Also mentions insantity counts in Cook County, beef inducement races, and oleomargarine labeling laws.
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Richard King
Cattle King
Nueces County
Texas
Pennylvania
Newspaper comments on officials justified under law
Supreme Court revision upholds public criticism of officials when not proven malicious or untruthful. Dismissal follows from this in Detroit and elsewhere, allowing press exposure of corrupt acts. Postal notes usage rises. safety ideas include pay to order and larger denominations. Illinois board invites President Arthur and state governors to speak at the American Fat Stock Show for broader national tone.
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Supreme Court
Detroit
Post Office Department
Illinois State Board of Agriculture
Arthur
Loring
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
Missouri
Wisconsin
Ohio returns show Hoadly lead with 12000 margin
The Ohio plurality for Hoadly stands at 12 000 with a near 3 000 edge over Republican Prohibition and Greenback rivals amid a record 715 000 total in an off year. Democratic joint ballot likely 24 seat majority. second amendment may pass with 300 000 votes, signaling possible 1884 Democratic tilt. Lumber association calls two year log cut curtailment to save forests and rebalance markets. It urges Congress to remove the import duty on lumber to encourage foreign supplies and curb domestic overcutting.
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Hoadly
Ohio
Miss Management
Lumber Manufacturers’ Association of the
Northwest
Chicago
Congress
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge Tells New York Banquet Crowd
In a New York bar association banquet address, Lord Chief Justice Coleridge praises American middle class independence and prosperity, contrasts it with Europe, notes immigration as mixed in blessing, and questions English influence on American governance.
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England
Coleridge
New York Bar Association
Eres
Russia
Africa
Europe
America
Political Betting on Randall and Carlisle
A Louisville Courier Journal correspondent argues about the 1890s election map with Randall and Carlisle as candidates. The piece discusses expected House composition, regional vote splits, and predicted totals, noting Randall may fail to secure needed eastern votes while Carlisle could perform better in the east.
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Washington
Randall
Louisville Courier Journal
Carlisle
New York
New England
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Dixon Sun
W. M. Kennedy
Dixon, Illinois
Sharon
Great Britain
David Davis Daily
London
Lowell
Cook County
Congressman Finerty
O'Donnell
Carey
Massachusetts
Boston
Ben Butler
Bunker Hill
Georgia
Yellowstone Park
Rufus Hatch
Rockford, St
Victoria Woodhull
Lord Colin Campbell
Colin
Judd
Protestant Episcopal Church
Police Justice of
Post and Tribune
Brubaker
Brubaker & Carpenter
Argand
Gome
Ceorce Dee
DIXON
F. Hegert
Est
Solon Palmer
Dixon, Ils
Cloaks
Dolmans
Stern Bros
Misses’ & Childrens
Cloaks, Dolmans
Dolman
Ladies’ Dolman
Astrachan
Die
Opera Block
Dixon, Itt
S. Rosenthal
Main Street
Milwaukee
Isaac Means
the Star Grocery
Main and
Hennepin Streets
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