Dem World War Politics and Scandals Stir New York
The York's Crank column reports on Democratic fundraising frenzy at headquarters with estimates of millions in pledges to swing states and influence voters. It notes internal party clashes in New York and Brooklyn delegations pressing for funds amid registration spikes and looming election week battles. A separate item reports a suicide tied to a stock fraud case, while an immigration crowd at Castle Garden reveals young women drawn to Mormon prospecting. A local minstrel show receives a positive review, and a provocative letter laments public behavior by young women aboard trains, urging gentler conduct and decorum.
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Crank
New York
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Egypt
Brooklyn
Fenpire
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Ivor
Salt Lake City
Switzland
Jack Frost
Stingy Testator’s Legacy Sparks Will Contests
A Richmond State editorial laments benevolent institutions funded by stingy testers who give only in their wills. It argues heirs may challenge such bequests as testamentary acts of penance, risking lawsuits and legal costs over whether the decedent was sane.
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Richmond State
O Ling
American Bible Society
Cousins Marriage and a Young Entrepreneur in Mississippi
A humorous note on social norms opens with tax jokes and a question about whether cousins should marry. It follows Rosa Wize of Meridian Mississippi who turns five cents into calico, sunbonnets, and a growing potato crop, reinvesting profits to build capital and profit.
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Rosa Wize
Meridian
Miss
Fights Well and Dies in Silent Resolve
An aged figure once cried for democracy and equality forty years ago, bidding revolutionaries to accept him or face death. Yesterday he died as a faded echo of past battles, reported with caution by the Binghamton Republican.
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News of
Oxford
Sheng Peal Ip Tae
Ayers
Binghampton
Dr Sanderlin praised as education on the stump
The Charlotte Chronicle extols Dr Sanderlin as a valiant Democrat running for editor in North Carolina. It lauds his speeches for logic, scholarship, and broad humanitarian aims, urging attendance with wife and children to hear him.
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Sanderlin
Charlotte Chronicle
North Carolina
Sandetta
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Pap
Dr. Sanderlin
Mount Washington railway run by Miss H Winslow
The second woman to coast the Mount Washington railway, Miss H Winslow, finished in eleven minutes with Mr Brice of Boston, including four stops one of which was at Jacob's Ladder. Col Fontaine of Canton Miss keeps trained pet bears that he drives in a buggy on streets. Wenham Massachusetts notes a twenty year old monument of granite with a cat of Bunker Hill inscribed Beverly on the base.
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Mount Washington
Wenham
Mass
Rockport
Child smothered by cotton seed pile near Matthews
A boy, the son of Hamp Austin, was smothered yesterday morning in a cotton seed pile at a yard near Matthews station. His sister attempted to help by covering the hole, and Mrs. Austin discovered the tragedy as the child lay beneath the seed. The accidental trap likely prevented the child from escaping.
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Hamp Austin
Matthews Station
Mr. Austin
Harrison Election Sparks Clamor Over Power Behind the Throne
The New Orleans editor muses that if Harrison wins, Blaine will reject mere coin and seek direct influence with the people and the crown. The remark portrays Blaine as seeking fronting power rather than behind the scenes wealth.
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Harrison
Blaine
New Orleans
A New Kind of a Barber and Political Scrapes
A barber tale recounts W O Bennett losing chin whiskers to a shafting accident at his cotton gin near Wadesboro. The column also notes the bitter contest between Pritchard and Gudger, detailing Pritchard's retreat from meetings and Gudger’s strong Democratic stance with alleged Republican gains in the East.
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Charlotte Chronicle
W. O. Bennett
Hugh Hammond
Wadesboro
Bennett
Public Opinion Snapshots From Newspapers 1887
A collage of brief notes covers statues in Chiof North Side Park inspired by Samuel Johnson, health news on Robert Louis Stevenson from the South Seas, Sol Ilaas staying as traffic manager, Farran’s charge against Major Barttelot retracted, Cox’s 64th birthday in Congress, and Mrs. Scott-Siddons praised for stage grace and eloquence. The excerpt mirrors era press chatter.
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Shakespeare
Samuel Johnson
Phil
South Seas
Robert Louis Stevenson
New York
Sol. Ilaas
Associated Railways
Chesapeake and Ohio Co
Norfolk
Cox
Congress
New York World
North Side contractors threaten strike over hours and pay
Curaco reports that contractors and drivers on the North Side plan a Saturday strike to press for shorter hours and higher pay. The president says the company has no further proposition to offer and has already taken a firm ground, risking a prolonged shutdown unless new operators can be found.
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Curaco
North Side
Senate Panel Proposes Mills Tariff Bill Revisions Free List Added
Washington October 3 The Senate finance committee substitute for the Mills tariff bill calls for a full tariff revision and reenactment of current features. Additions to the free list include acorns beeswax books and pamphlets in foreign languages braids flax fur hats bristles bulbs and roots dandelion roots oils and other items. The committee estimates total tariff reduction around seventy five million dollars with sugar tobacco alcohol and other duties impacted. The minority report will be formally submitted tomorrow and released publicly.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Town Elections Show Republican Drift in Connecticut
Connecticut town elections indicate continued Republican control with small town liquor and license debates. South Norwalk elects a Republican mayor and five of six councilmen. Meriden sees Democratic gains shrink to eighties from five hundred, while Hartford mirrors last year’s split. Georgia election reports light turnout with Democratic ticket unopposed. Sam Small loses in Atlanta Senate race. amendment to increase Supreme Court judges approved.
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Norwalk
Meriden
Harteford
Georgia
Atlasta
John B. Gordon
8. C. Barnett
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R.O. Hardeman
M. A. Wright
Clifford Anderson
Atlanta
Sam Small
T. B. Rice
Supreme Court
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Pritchard Dodges Gudger
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