Various Global Battles and Domestic Fiscal Crises Noted
A wide array of items reports debts and deficits in New York and Russia, political shifts in Britain, and labor and trade debates. Mentions New York debt of 92 540 000 dollars, a 2555 member group, and Salvation Island disease fears. Notes Duke of Cambridge to be succeeded by Duke of Connaught as commander in chief with raised pay. Hugo drafting a poem about hangings in Ireland. Debates over foreign pauper import and sugar costs. American labor protections and tax ideas discussed amid old political banter. Includes a joke about Zeb Vance and muttered chatter on banking tax repeal.
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Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Connaught
Political talk and economic critique stretch across newspapers
The excerpt contrasts Republican concerns over protecting the party with the idea of Grover Cleveland’s political comeback. It cites a Buffalo News quotation on revival, then a logmuire cot article criticizing U.S. hardware manufacturers for export pricing, arguing protective tariffs keep prices high and domestic buyers paying more.
GA Girl Robbed and Assaulted
New York police arrested Robert C. Londen sixty after Anne Compion fifteen accused him of robbing her of four dollars and assaulting her. She says on December 23 he pushed her into a hallway bound her hands forced a handkerchief into her mouth and committed a grave offense.
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New York
Robert C. Londen
Anne Compion
Londen
Petition for Nationwide Constitutional Amendments Seeks Woman Suffrage Prohibition
New Yoak Jan 7 The great petition by the National Women's Temperance Union calls for constitutional amendments to be sent to presidential nominating conventions. It requests prohibition be included on the ballot for women as part of the reform agenda.
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Bichardrox 4 CO
National Women’s Temperance Union
Bribery Case in Governor Ordway Admitted as Farce
Jan 7 report from Dakota describes the bribery case against Governor Ordway as a farce. Shaw’s admissions were excluded, prosecutors lack witnesses, and the case awaits a possible damaging testimony from Nixon though he was absent. The defense must prove the crime before Shaw’s confession is admissible, with little chance to do so. V Verrans Death in New Orleans notes Charles Raymond, 91, born in La Rochelle, France, who arrived in 1902 and served in Pluehe's battalion during the Battle of New Orleans.
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Beast
Dakota
Ordway
Squire Houtz
Shaw
Nixon
Verran
New Orleans
Charles Raymond
la Rochelle
France
Pluehe
Tle
Anl
Oser
Thus City
Fire, Loot, and Dock Junction Losses Reported
Jamestown suffered a minor fre at Picusville injuring A Peterson's grocery with about 1500 dollars in damage and building loss of 400 dollars insured. The Dock Junction telegraph line on the Lake Shore railroad three miles west of Erie was destroyed by fire Sunday at 10 o clock with about 100 dollars loss.
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Jamestown
Picusville
A. Peterson
Lake Shore
Erie
Oelock
Lake Shore Railroad
Dankirk Erte
Machigan
Toledo
Bn Mn
Oak
Pacific
Cadilo
B. Couch
Eastern
Cleveland
Otyaluck
Allegheny Valley
Pittsbergh Road
Southwak Nokdiward Sateen eNomen
Dunkirk
Pew
Redonia
Osra
Laona
Norton’s
BOS
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W.crosa
Frewsbit
Fentonville
Ackley's
Russelburg
Atten
Warren
Ote Jackson
Irvineton
Youngsville
FS Sreb DS
Pittsfeld
Garland
Og Ff
Newton Auran
Grand Valley
A.m
New York
Patcher
Sanday
Danwin Thayer
Gen
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Benefit of Advertising Plainly Stated in Ad Vantage
A compact lesson on why advertising sustains business. The text argues benefit, urges consistent ad effort, and warns against neglecting promotion while stressing readers trust ads more than spoken word. It underscores lead in business through newspapers and cautions against relying on luck or passive effort.
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Jim
History of a Song and the Hymn Immortalized
Bennett, a music writer, and Webster were intimate in a deposition of spirits. Bennett proposed turning the sentiment into a hymn. Within minutes, Bennett wrote three verses and Webster completed the melody and chorus, drawing others to sing. A bystander called the hymn immortal, noting its universal reach.
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Bennett
Tod WM. Webster
Webster
Editor’s row with enraged subscriber ends in scalp
An irate woman storms into a newspaper office accusing the paper of error in an obituary reference to her late husband. The editor apologizes and promises to correct the line, joking about sacking a compositor, and the subscriber leaves pacified with the scalp.
He Wouldn't Speculate on Wheat Prices at Christmas
An old man questions his son about wheat speculation with a Christmas home visit. The boy doubts the potential rise, rejects big bets, and argues wheat prices may fall or stay flat. They discuss a hypothetical thousand dollars and market optimism versus caution.
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Thomas
Chicago
Europe
Baffled Trade Talk Over Thousand Bushels Exchange
A rough exchange rings with misspellings about buying and selling a thousand bushels of wheat. One speaker chides the other for crude speech and claims to have forty bushels in the granary while touting a July delivery sale.
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Thomas
Gragary
Trade and Commerce Flour and Grain Prices in Cleveland
Market notes from Cleveland show flour values at 3.50 to 4.00 per unit, wheat at No 2 red 1.00, corn mixed 0.50, oats 0.38 to 0.60, and various meat and livestock prices. Reports include Minnesota spring wheat, ungraded corn sales, and live cattle and sheep market activity amid steady to strong demand.
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Cleveland
Jen
Minnesota
S17
Corx
Cmiaco
Traveler's Guide timetables for Fredonia and Dunkirk 1883
Timetables show June 6 1883 service on the Fredonia Dunkirk line and connections to Buffalo Pittsburgh and eastern cities. Listings include departure times from Fredonia and Dunkirk for morning and evening runs, Sunday variations, and through routes with notes on Eastern time and limited signals. Also mentions Pullman sleeping cars and through coaches between Buffalo and Pittsburgh, with tickets and baggage handling details and agent contact information in Buffalo.
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Hollalg
Ray Dohuctas
Bufalo Wit
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Union & Jitewitte Rank
Titusville
Lakeville
Union Galy
Titusvile
Dapewen
Lerweoen
Oil City
Anil Olean Lruns
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Selanne
Hinzua
Waren
Ol City
Lea
Irvinetun
Owl City
Bushole
Pittsburgh
Boston
New York
Albany
Racuse
Rochester ‘Inc
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Gert Sayre
Exchange &T
Nickel Plate schedule details and time zones
The Nickel Plate New York Chicago and St. Louis Railway lists new passenger equipment and latest safety features for the Trunk Line. Trains arrive and depart from Union Depot Van Buren St in Chicago with Meridian Time adjustments nine to sixty minutes behind Chicago and other zones. For information contact nearest agent or General Manager Lewis Wittrans in Cleveland.
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Nickel Plate
New York, Chicago
Chirico
Union Depot
van Buren Street
Nanheth
Meridian
Chicago
Columbus
Cleveland
Buffalo City
Seventy Fifth Meridian Wine
Lewis Witrrans
Horwen
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John Foon
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Washington
Sandwich Islands
Sandwich Islanders
Victor Hugo
Home Secretary
Queen Victoria
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Erie Observer
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Banking Committee
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Victor
America
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Buffalo News
Mexico
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Fabiusias
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Traveler's Guide
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