Keelys fumbug and political wagers stir old notes
The text mocks Keelys claim in motor business as a fumbug while noting Washington dog impounder efforts and a third term fever. It mentions Tom Allen as a possible champion light weight, a centenary critique of Massachusetts families, and references a Louisville Courier Journal editor and Henry Patterson.
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Ledger Editor’s Critique Sparks Public Spat Between Bonner and Grant
Mr. Bonner of the Ledger of New York attacks Mr. Grant accusing him of weaknesses and past misdeeds. He hints Grant has papers to prove his faults and cites a quarrel that led to their estrangement.
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Maine Republicans debate third term omission in platform
The Maine Republican stance excludes a third term from the platform, argued as a distraction from core questions. The piece reflects on national identity and the need to settle direction and status before continuing the campaign.
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Fraternal Handshakes At Bunker Hill Centennial Call
The Courier-Journal endorses a national meeting of soldiers from both unions to bury hatchets and foster fraternal regard. The piece also praises a modern alarm telegraph as a city upgrade and urges water supply improvements for Boston and its fire department.
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Bunker Hill
Courier-Journal
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Bet on angels proving Christ birth to Mary and Zacharias
A Chicago Tribune correspondent bets $1000 that a clergyman cannot prove angels appeared to Mary and Zacharias to announce Christ and John the Baptist. The piece notes prevailing church dogmas and argues some fear church influence could soon seize state power.
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Zacharias
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St. John the Baptist
Masses Moopy Sankey Tour English Colleges
The revival duo Moopy and Sankey tour England delivering nightly entertainments to crowded halls. Parliament opposes such campaigns while colleges and noble youths are urged to heed revival messages. In Iowa, crime and punishment are debated with a harsh note on a case of a man jailed ten years for marrying his stepdaughter.
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England
Iowa
Moses
Gold Discovery Reported in Black Hills by Expedition
A telegram from Prof. Jenny's expedition claims vast quantities of gold in the Black Hills. Reports tell of a large area with gold bearing earth and miners already striking it rich with pan earnings cited from five to twenty six dollars. The piece notes government efforts to acquire the Black Hills and predicts a flood of treasure seekers, with Native leaders prepared to resist and then consider departing.
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Black Hills
Saya
Prof
Jenny
Spotted Tail
Red Cloud
President Refuses to Tolerate Dog Enforcement Incident
A Washington to New York World tale recounts a clash when a van for vagrant dogs nabbed a fine pointer owned by Mr. Sharpe. His companion allegedly insulted a federal officer, only to be confronted by the president himself who declared, This is the president of the United States.
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Sharpe
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No Popery Fears in GOP Catholic School Funding Debate
The piece recounts Ohio and Indiana Republicans warning of a Catholic plot to seize public schools and sever church from state while Democrats insist on complete separation of church and state and secular education funded by taxpayers. It argues Catholics have long pursued church advancement with little public alarm.
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Oie
Titus Oateses
Ohio
Indiana
Oateses
Ohio Democrats
North America
Tatelliget
No Popery Framing Threatens Democratic Liberty
A historical opinion piece denounces anti Catholic sentiment and the No Popery refrain as a political tactic. It argues secularization will grow, attacks the Republican party for alleged long abuses, and warns voters not to let religious fears sway elections.
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Europe
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Thoughts on British Workmen and Victorian Literature
A compendium review of tensions between employers and workers, noting Dickens as shaping labor views. It surveys articles on Shakespeare, poetry, art, geopolitics, polar exploration, banking, and a catalog of periodicals reprinted by Leon Scott Publishing Co with prices and subscription details.
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Dorking
Shakespeare
Reina
E. F. Flower
Artin May
Royal Academy
France
Germany
Paria
England
Earth Pole
Goschen
Reverend Harding's Reading Drift Sparks Odd Indiana Tale
The Seymour Indiana editor Reverend George Harding abandons religion to fish in a cellar pool after a flood. His eccentric Sunday pastime yields his most intellectual issue yet, with bold lines from a Philadelphia Ledger parody and musings on faith, diet, and mortality amid a chaotic, garbled recap of various clippings and notices.
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Seymour
Ind
George Harding
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