Newsprint and Notices from the Evening Observer
The Evening Observer outlines distribution practices and reader participation, then shifts to historical and financial notes. It discusses presidential electors, changes in voting laws, notable elections from 1789 to 1848, post office staffing powers, and the Capt. Richard King cattle ranch sale to the United States Land and Investment Company with projected income and bond activity.
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United States
Richard King
Texas
United States Land and Investment Company
New York City
Who Should Vote in Our Elections
An editorial argues for educational and property qualifications for voters. It asserts adults should read and write, own land, and have educated citizenship to ensure purer, more representative elections. It denounces ignorance and supports literacy tests and land ownership as safeguards against manipulation by uninformed voters.
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Lana
Some Facts About Presidential Elections
No returns of the popular vote for President are preserved with any fullness prior to 1824. Earlier elections saw Presidential electors chosen by Legislatures rather than by popular vote in many states, and even as late as 1824 when Jackson was a candidate, six states used this method.
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South Caroline
Florida
Colorado
Stayes
New York
South Carolina
Rhode Island
George Washington
Virginia
Maryland
John Adams
Senate
Washington
Mt. Vernon
Adams
Jefferson
Barr
House of Representatives
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Aaron Burr
New Nampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Delaware
Vermont
Congress
House
Brais
Burr
Bayard
Alexander Hamilton
Itznilton
Hudson
Madison
Monroe
Isqd
Idfor C.C. Pinckney
Pinckney
DeWitt Clinton
Mooroe
John Quincy Adams
New Stampshire
Jackson
Crawford
Clay
Mr. Clay
Adame
Missouri
Ohio
Harrison
Abolition Party
James G. Birney
St. Joy
Polk
Birney
Blaine
Pittsburg
Marr
United States
Booth relations denied as social only in post tragedy claim
The writer asserts Booth's ties to Mrs Surratt were purely social with no political or sectional motive in the tragedy. Details follow on Washington Civil Service figures, noting about 15,009 Government employees, 6,000 protected by Civil Service, and various exemptions and roles within departments and district government.
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Booth
Surratt
Washington City
Chile
Army
Navy
Congressional
Civil Service Act
Social Notes Bring Elegant Manners And Macabre Feasts
The column surveys winter dress hats for the masculine theatre goer and recounts a spree of effigies and wit. It notes a thwarted assassination attempt on Governor Cleveland, a Vassar student sending sponge cake, and a West 28th Street ladies billiard parlor. A salad joke and a stylized Thirteen Club dinner feature thirteen courses and a coffin menu with thirteen wines.
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Cleveland
Vassar
West Twenty Eighth Street
New York
Thirteen Club
Remarkable Lincoln Assassination Letter Emerges
A Baltimore ex-Union officer reports a letter claiming John Wilkes Booth sought Lincoln’s pardon for Confederate spy Captain John Yates Beall. Booth allegedly begged pardon, cried, and Lincoln promised to grant it, then Beall was executed. Booth reportedly became enraged, plotting the later assassination. The letter also mentions Booth’s overnight stay at Mrs Bowen’s boarding house with two city officials, corroborated by those men.
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Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Baltimore
Booth
John Yates Beall
First Keen Twinge and Local Quarrels Stir District
The item notes rheumatism sufferers urged to try Hood s Sarsaparilla though no cure is claimed. It reports a Saturday disturbance in Gowanda with alcohol sale to natives and women, three white men separating two squaws after a public scuffle. Also, Democrats discuss West field post office, naming candidates C McEwen Jerome LaDuc Wm C Harris and others.
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Hood
Gowanda
Vinton's
Westfield
Fance
C. McEwen
Jerome LaDuc
Wm. C. Harris
Walter 5. Ward
Markets Report From Several Cities on November 24
The market roundup covers New York prices for money markets, mercantile papers, and government securities, plus grain and live stock quotes from Cleveland Toledo Chicago Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. Readers see cash and futures values for wheat corn oats pork beef dairy and livestock with noted bids and closing levels across multiple exchanges and shippers.
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Gentysil Provisions
New Yor
Okig
Prime Mercantile
Bankers” Ville
United States
New
Cou
Do New
Aes Tds
Morteages Strom
Wool Market Sees Domestic Prices Slump in New York
Wool buyers favor dull conditions in New York with sales of fine grades quoted around 35 to 40 cents. The report notes subdued demand and references price hints from Texas markets and rail lines including The Nickel Plate Railway, highlighting a general weak tone in wool trade.
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New York
Texas
Travel Guide Schedules for Town Bus Lines 1924
On and after Monday Nov 13 1924 the travel guide lists morning departures from Jonin at 5 45, 7 25, 8 10, 16 00, 12 29 a m, Lil at 8 15, 4 50 and 60 Fa i ate. Leave Dunkirk 6 20 9 0 25 9 00 110 4 2f 12 20 22 00 3 80 6 00 7 35 Pia am Bands leave Fredonia 9 15 and 11 205 a m 118 da and 6 6 For nd INST 4. Beh Leave Denkirk 10 15 a m 1 90 2 00 6 00 and 6 P M 2 Elmer Wheelock Supt.
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Chicago
Nion
van Buren Street
N.Y. L
Wayne
Buffalo
New Haven
Portland
Cha
Paris
Bellevue
Clevelany
Painesville
Connea
Solar Diamond F
Erie
Asmam Am
Memlock Lumber
Dunkirk
Impany
Lake Sand
Igen
Lewis Welliams
B. Horner
Hemisclumber
Cleveland
Zen’s Pass
Red Cedar
Tara
Leo Dunkirk
Allaghery Valley
Pittsburgh
Barthward
Fredonia
Laona
Norton
Skidmore
Ita Isle
Crasadaga
Leon
McLairvi
Vermont
Falconer
G. Creas
Frewaburg
Fentonville
Ackley’s
Russer Bur
N. Warrened
Arren If Io
Jackson
Ervington
Youngaville
Pittsfield
Garland
Fitusvill
Suw Ork
Sands
Sanda
Hotston
Darwin Thayera
Tien
Snd
Jonin
M. Lil
Pia. Am . Bandays
Denkirk
Elmer Wheelock
Pirrsuure KastaTine Alm. P.M. iv
Alfato Ly
Angola
Myvilley
It Ag ‘saOrman
Panama
Clyaner
Till Ag A
Corry
Anu Titus
OulGaty
P.M. Franklin
Foxburg
Pittsburg
Parker
Paxburg
Franklin
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Oil City
P.M. P
Titusville
Centerville
P.M
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Ar Clymer
Aye Sherman
Brocton
Union & Trinsville
Ion Cit
Titunville
Olean
Irvineten
Tyineton
Butale
Pullman
Bulo
UFO DELP Sina TIMETABL YIN EREECT NOV 28 1604
A fragmented notice lists a timetable for November 28 1604 with unclear details on events or arrivals. Readers should expect scattered names and times though the legible parts point to a schedule involving a coach and Buffalo. The readable items reference Roches and general travel timing at 330 pm.
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UFO
Delp Sina
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