James G Blaine A Pioneer in Maine Politics and National Service
A lengthy sketch traces James G Blaine birth January 31 1830 at Indian Hill farm West Browns ville Pa to a Revolutionary Era family. It covers his education at Washington College and early work as teacher journalist and congressman shaping Maine and national politics including his Speakership 1869 1875 and campaigns for president and secretary of state.
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Indian Hill Farm
West Brownsville
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Ephraim Blaine
James G Blaine
Lancaster
Ohio
Thomas Ewing
United States Treasury
William Lyons
Lord Lyons
Washington
Washington College
Western Military Institute
Georgetown
Kentucky
Lexington
Horace Greeley
J. B. Grinnell
Pine Tree State
Kennebec
Maine
Republican Party
Kent
Blaine
Fessenden
Hamlin
Morrills
Republican Organization
New England
Congress
United States
House of Representatives
Thaddeus Stevens
J. Randall
James G. Blaine
Cincinnati
Cel. Bgersoll
Gov. Hayes
Lot M. Morrill
Treasury
U. S
Senate
Gen
Grant
Garfield
Arthur
Theodore T. Fl Ngtuysen
New Jersey
Blake
Quiet Reflection on Gender Roles in Shakespeare Dialogue
Lady Montague voices relief at not fearing marriage to a man. The speaker notes this reversal makes others comfortable with changing gender expectations, framing a broader acceptance of women and men beyond traditional roles.
Breap Jelly Makes A Practical Jelly From Bread
A kitchen note explains making Breap Jelly by boiling crustless toast in water then simmering until the liquid gels. Strain and store for use, warming a tea cupful with sugar and lemon peel when served. An editorial closes with a religious reflection and a four year old’s quip about prayer.
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Willie
General John A Logan life and career outline
Born February 9 1826 to Irish-Stock parents, John A Logan rose from modest schooling to Louisville University. He served in the Mexican War, studied law, entered Illinois politics, and became a prominent Union general and U.S. senator noted for military leadership in Vicksburg, Atlanta, and the Nashville Campaign. His wife Susan Cunningham Logan aided his career.
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John Alexander Logan
John Logan
Ireland
Louisville University
Mexico
John A. Logan
Illinois Volunteers
Illinoi
Alexander M Jenkins
Illinois
Jackson County
Louisville
Third Judicial
Logan
Congress
Bull Run
Col. Richardson
Washington
Thirty First
Illinois Infantry
Belmont
Grant
Henry
Donelson
Pittsburg Landing
Corinth
Jackson
Tennessee
Mississippi
Seventeenth Army Corps
McPherson
Fort Gibson
Raymond
Champion Hill
Vicksburg
Sherman
Fifteenth Army Corps
Georgia
Army of the Tennessee
Resaca
Hardee
Dallas
Kenesaw Mountain
Atlanta
Sheman
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Johnston
Johnson
United States
Wilson
Chicago
Fitz Johns’otter
8. Cunningham
Shawneetown
Ill
Pope
Gree
Whateye
McKinley Ousted and Wallace Sworn In
Congress reports changes in leadership with McKinley ousted and Wallace sworn in. Senate and House discuss public building bills, river and harbor appropriations, and land grant forfeitures. Debates include homestead law amendments and canal projects, amid moves on pensions and foreign relations.
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McKinley
Wallace
Washinecton
Cobb
Committee On Appropriations
Holman
United States
Congress
Goff
West Virginia
Herbert
House
Welbourn
O'Neill
Missouri
Blanchard
Henderson
Potter
Illinois
Neece
Murphy
Members list of the Republican National Committee by state
The document provides a complete roster of RNC members with their post office addresses, listing individuals for every state plus the District of Columbia and territories. Notable entries include Theodore Youngblood in Alabama, Powell Clayton in Arkansas, Horace Davis in California, and James A. Smit in Montana.
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Republican National Committee
Alabama
Theodore Youngblood
Union Springs
Arkansas
Powell Clayton
Eureka Springs
California
Horace Davis
San Francisco
Colorado
J. B. Chaffee
Denver
Connecticut
Samuel Fessenden
Delaware
Daniel J. Layton
Georgetown
Florida
Jesse D. Cole
Monticello
Georgia
F. F. Putner
Hardaway
Illinois
D. T. Littler
Springfield
Indiana
John C. New
Indianapolis
Iowa
Clarkson
Des Moines
Kansas
Cyrus Leland, Jr
Troy
Kentucky
J. B. Moore
Owensboro
Louisiana
Frank Morey
Delta
Maine
J. Manchester Haynes
Augusta
Maryland
James A. Gary
Baltimore
Ee W. Crapo
New Bedord
Michigan
John P. Sanborn
Port Huron
Minnesota
M. G. Norton
Winona
Mississippi
John R. Lynch
Natchez
Missouri
R. T. van Horn
Kansas City
Nebraska
Church Howe
Auburn
Nevada
Thomas Wren
Eureka
New Hampshire
E. H. Rollins
Dover
New Jersey
Charrett H. Hobart
Jersey
New York
John D. Lawson
North Carolina
R. W. Humphrey
Goldsboro
Ohio
A. L. Conger
Akron
Oregon
J. A. Apperson
Oregon City
Pennsylvania
B. F. Jones
Pittsburg
Rhode Island
Horace A. Jenks
Providence
South Carolina
John B. Johnson
Tennessee
W. P. Brownlow
Jonesboro
Texas
D. C
Multiple Iowa News Items From June Reports
Reports include a 20 year old German named J E Therin gored by a bull near Cordova Clinton county on June 9. A Hart farm house near Le Mars is said haunted forcing residents to vacate. Incorporations filed for Hawkeye Coal Co Centerville and N C Deering Cattle Co Osage. Lightning struck a Polk City residence injuring none besides a sleeping son. Marathon creamery owner A T Shaffer defrauded customers after transferring property. Drowning death of Mrs B F Nichols near Mt Pulaski. Des Moines fire destroys Wabash round house and multiple locomotives with $60000 loss. Firemen tournament opened at Des Moines with state officers elected. Bishops appoint conferences across Iowa and list new bishops. State military commissions named by governor. Trial verdict in State vs LeRoy Townsend returns murder in first degree with life sentence likely.
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M’pherson
Des Moines
State Pharmacy Board
General Assembly
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court
Seevers
State
Knowles
Iowa
Adams
Twentieth General Assembly
Consignee
Smith McPaerrson
Hart Farm
le Mars
Hawkeye Coal Company
Centerville
N.C. Deering Cattle Company
Osage
Mitchell County
Chris Schober
Polk City
Boone Line
Firemen of
State Association of Firemen
Patrick Lacey
Council Bluffs
E. E. Brainard
Iowa City
N. J. Wheeler
Denison
Gustav van Doren
Davenport
A. L. Tulloss
Winterset
Col. P. W. McManus
Archie Christy
John R. Prime
Albert M. Smith
Black Hawk County
Charles S. Evans
Boone County
Albert G. Danham
Robert E. Coburn
Carroll County
George R. Cloud
Harry Bell
Washington
Nelson B. Ross
Bremer
John E. Howe
Adair
Frank Marr
Allamakee
Alfred D. Collier
Linn
Agricultural College
LeRoy Townsend
Leon
Clarke County
Townsend
Weare
Murray
Prize Corn Bread Recipe Sparks Vines and Puns at Fair
A prize corn bread recipe using corn meal warm water yeast and butter rises well and wins top prize among hundred entries for quality and economy. A marine view sold at auction prompts a sailor quip about a vessel on rocks while art and wit mingle with sayings on merit and fireflies.
Barristers Doyle and Yelverton Quarrel in Court
In a dramatic courtroom scene two barristers named Doyle and Yelverton quarrelled before the bench. Doyle struck his rival and declared he would compel him to behave as a gentleman. The fallen barrister retorted that he defies him and would not yield. An Irish sergeant then commanded the platoon to answer roll call with a rousing response of Here or Absint.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Appropriations
van Wyck
Maritime Canal Company
Nicragua
Allison
Vance
West
Jones
Senate
Doyle
Yelverton
Rivalry of Lily Langtry Becomes Newport Fashion Feature
The Boston Herald describes the Coaching club parade as a New York credit with Marion Langdon hailed as the belle of New York and potential rival to Miss Langtry. Langdon, heiress to a million, and Miss Chamberlain vie for Newport honors amid differing American and English opinions. The piece notes Langdon’s connections to Mrs. Astor and Philip Schuyler and dismisses lingering romance rumors as fashion chatter ahead of spring amusements.
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Boston Herald
New York
Brooklyn “Eagle
Marion Langdon
Illiam Astor
Philip Schuyler
Washington Pen
Miss Langdon
Perry Belmont
Harry Stevens
Miss Chamberlain
London
Newport
England
The Evils of Railway Pools
Leading railway men discuss whether current earnings pooling is political or probable. The pool burdens the great trunk lines, raises rates, and benefits weak lines at public expense. President Roberts of the Pennsylvania Company opposes the pool and aims to end it. Public relief comes from breaking up the system and restoring independent operation.
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Chicago Herald
Pennsylvania Company
Roberts
Pennsylvania
The Legend of the Golden Fleece Reflected in Ancient Mine Tale
From the Caucasus comes a river of gold bearing sand once famed as a wealth source guarded by princes and barbarian hordes. The story describes how ancient Colchis shepherds used a sheep skin in the stream to trap shining dust, a tale linked to the fabled Golden Fleece.
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Caucasus
Mediterranean
Colchis
Wheat crop outlook bright in Canada and Tex glass progress
Late reports indicate a remarkably favorable wheat crop in Canada. Glass made from Geiser ranch sand near San Antonio Texas is now produced in that city. Irwin Russell’s poem Nine Graves in Edinburgh will appear in the July Century. May proved costly for insurers with many fires and heavy losses continuing a trend from earlier months.
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Canada
Geiser
Edinbro
Irwin Russell
California Opens Market for Texas Cattle
California plans monthly cattle shipments from San Antonio via Sunset and Texas Pacific railways. The article notes broad US manufacturing capability, rail freight growth, and export movements for grain and raisins, with raisins entering Baltimore from Spain via New York and Malaga Valencia. Shippers expect melon shipments from Florida and South Georgia to the Northwest, starting around June 1.
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California
Golden Coast
Sunset
Texas Pacific Railways
San Antonio
Atlanta
Florida
South Georgia
Fruit Crop Prospects Reported From Across Nation
Reports from all regions indicate the apple crop will be the largest ever in the United States. Peach and pear crops are expected to be about half a crop. Prospects for a very large crop of small fruits are very favorable.
Cotton mills by state and 1883 output forecast
The census shows Alabama through Florida with counts of mills ranging from 2 to 92 and 1880 outputs at 21 million dollars. 1883 estimates place production at 35 to 40 million dollars, signaling growth across several southern states.
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Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Maryland
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Kentucky
Arkansas
Florida
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the Tribune
Fairfield
M. McElroy
James Gillespie Blaine
Smith McPherson
Montague
Congressional
Hennepin Canal
Hoar
Washincton
Harrison
Yeas
Utah
Senate Committee
Committee On Ways and Means
Payson
Committee On
Public Lands
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Secretary of the Interior
Red Lake Chippewa
Maybury
Detroit River
Hennepin
Wisconsin
Fensic
Pension Committee
Army
Navy
Hawley
Cuallom
Slater
Ingalls
Cox
Eaton
Washineton
Committee On Foreign Relations
Prior
Townshend
Sinois
Hboumel
the National Committee
J. E. Therin
Cordova
Clinton County
A. T. Shaffer
Marathon Creamery
Marathon
Buena Vista County
Shaffer
Cedar Rapids
B. F. Nichols
Mt. Pulaski, III
Philadelphia
Upper Iowa
Mason City
Bowman
Ottumwa
Bishop Foster
Red Oak
Northwest Iowa
Spirit Lake
Bishop Andrews
Hurst
Buffalo
Nind
Topeka
Fowler
Waldron
Chattanooga
Mallieau
Louisana
Lily Lan
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Great Britain
Europe
France
Onueras
Spain
Malaga
Valencia
James Campion
Rochester
Minn
Jim
Campion
Japan
Tokio
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
Cable
William H. Vanderbilt
Henry H. Porter
H. H. Porter
John Newell
Vanderbilt
Pere Peereeeere
Porter
Francis H. Tows
James R. Cowing
Marshal Field
Jay Gould
Gould
Fields
R. R. Cable
David Dows
A. Kimball
F. H. Tows
Hugh Riddle
H. R. Bishop
F. H. Dows
Mr. Riddle
Chauncey M. de Pew
E. D. Worcester
New York Central
Lake Shore
Asbury Pond
Michigan Central Railroad
Mr. Vanderbilt
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