Emigration Trends and Oddities Highlight Late 19th Century Dispatch
The article surveys a rise in German emigration to America with 29 752 departures in the first quarter, compares to 28 291 in 1883, and touches on Savannah Georgia parks and a New Orleans mental case, a Des Moines book sale, a South Carolina marriage, rabies versus alcohol deaths, an English piano find, and various trade and social observations. It weaves brief notes on butter and cheese exports, circus conflicts, a Wall Street anecdote, U.S. industrial output versus Britain, a pension case, and curiosities about Chinese cash and polygamy perceptions.
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America
National Convention Opens with Blaine Logan Ticket
The eighth Republican National Convention in Chicago nominates James G. Blaine of Maine for president and Gen. John A. Logan of Illinois for vice president. The first day features prayer, speeches, and initial organization, with Lynch elected temporary chairman and the platform shaping through committee action.
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Pension Bills Passed as Senate Reports Wisconsin Bridges
The Senate approved a broad agenda including a bill authorizing bridges over the Wisconsin Chippewa and St Clair rivers and another over the Mississippi in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Memoranda from the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition requested a 25,000 dollar appropriation. The House passed the internal revenue tax repeal on tobacco and other measures as 95 bills were considered with many unobjected.
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Yeas
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Cosgrove
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Senate Committee On Post Offices and Post Roads
The Mexican Lasso And Its Skillful Use At the Hacienda
The article explains lasso construction from maguey fiber, its tight twist, and leather-lined loop. It details throwing technique, grip, and purchase, plus hazards to fingers, horse and rider. It notes feats in roping bulls at the herradero and the display of horsemanship at haciendas.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Iowa Crops Look Bright Across Northwestern Iowa in 1884
The Sioux City Journal reports strong corn plantings and healthy early growth with high land planted and low land due by June 1. Grain is fair and seed quality good after lessons from last year. Warm showers boost growth. Cedar Rapids and Burlington papers echo hopes for a record harvest surpassing prior history. Now for the harvest.
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Burlington Gazette
Vegetable stew method and reading adage
Veceras de fSovur cut into pieces two carots two turnips three onions two heads of celery and five or six potatoes add half a pint of lentils boil two hours rub through a sieve add a pint and a half of milk a little of the water the vegetables were boiled in and some cream season with pepper and salt to taste He who cultivates a taste for reading in his youth plants good seed.
Stage-Struck individuals question stage folly and merit
A prominent manager laments many seek the dramatic life without training and warns actors must educate themselves like other professionals. He notes public mockery awaits amateurs and compares acting to medicine and law for knowledge and skill.
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Hamlet
Special Promotions in Graded Schools
The article examines elasticity in the graded school system and the use of special promotions. It argues that bright pupils are moved up when capable, but notes a lack of formal pathways for upward transfers while many are moved up or left in place. It cites twice as many pupils being specially promoted as placed in lower classes.
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