Huntington's growth outpaces local press coverage
Special Correspondence from Huntington notes rapid public improvements and booming private enterprise, with new sidewalks, rebuilt buildings, and expanding suburbs. It laments the lack of coverage by Summit City papers while listing fires, marriages, divorces, a hog disease, canal talks, and notable local figures, in a lively, opinionated column.
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Ind
Summit City
Fort Wayne
Fact to be Remembered amid Political Platforms
A New York Sun note warns Republicans and Democrats to recall a key fact as conventions and acceptance letters proceed. It cites the Joe Bradley Commission's narrow eight-to-seven vote on Hayes's presidency and urges voters to keep the electoral commission record in sight to spare the country further nonsense.
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New York Sun
Rutherford
Hayes
J. Madison Wells
Joe Bradley
Electoral Commission
Another Mag Cholera Remedy From Peach Tree Leaves
A simple at home remedy suggests boiling peach tree leaves in water to make a strong tea. Mix with slops or meat in troughs to stop scouring and restore appetite in hogs. The peach tea acts as an astringent and tonic, easy to prepare and worth trying, per Ez.
Editor’s Coat of Fall Returns to Washington Star
A quirky note from the Washington Star mentions Lydia Thompson’s return to the country Storey and Chicago Times writer Storey resuming his leather undershirt worn for the hot weather. The piece hints at perseverance to endure heat while emphasizing journalistic ties.
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Washington Star
Lydia Thompson
Storey
Chicago Times
Growth and politics in Yankton Dakota 1877 report
Correspondent E M B describes Yankton Dakota as rapidly growing yet land-poor, with Missouri River location and railway access via Illinois Central lines. He notes government buildings, churches, hotels, schools, steamboat trade, and a climate favorable to settlers. The letter critiques Governor Pennington’s acts, hints at a move toward multiple territories, and assesses local press and Russian Mennonite population before shifting to a theatre review of Davenport’s performances in Booth's company.
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Dakota
Yankton
Missouri River
Sioux City
Illinois Central Railroad
Dubuque
Chicago
Northwestern
James River
Missouri
United States
Uncle Sam
Colorado
St. Charles
Cheyenne Agency
Fort Randall
Fort Benton
Yellowstone
Gov. Pennington
Sheridan
Deadwood
Montana
Wyoming
Black Hills
St. Paul
Davenport the American Stage Pioneer of Boston to New York
N.Y. Bun. Davenport emerges as a distinctly American figure in theatre history. Born in Boston 1816 to humble roots, he blossomed from a Bowery debut with Tom Hamblin to a rising star in Philadelphia and Washington. His Europe sojourn intensified a cool, reflective nature as he pursued Shakespearean tragedy and English comedy, later shaping a long, itinerant career marked by varying reception across cities.
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Hamlet
Bill Sykes
Davenport
Rose Eutloge
Nancy
James W. Wallack
Fagin
Booth
Mr. Davenport
Akaver
Misa Fanny Vining
Fanny
Blanche
Draina
Ana
Boston
Boston Museum
New England
Sir Giles
Providence
Will
New York
Tom Hamblin
Old Bowery
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Count Montalban
Europe
Baltimore
Washington
Manchester Theater
Claude Melnotte
Mrs. Mowatt
Pauline
Annual Report Prompts Calls for State Bureau of Statistics
The Indianapolis Journal notes the new state agriculture report surpasses prior efforts in depth and accuracy. It urges a state statistics bureau to align state figures with audited data and highlights discrepancies with national estimates, especially corn production. The volume includes county notes and a Paris exposition description.
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Indianapolis Journal
State Board of Agriculture
Alex. Heron
State Bureau of Statistics
National Department of Agriculture
Auditor of State
Department of Agriculture
National Department
Indiana
Paris
Management for September Beekeeping Guidance
Beekeepers should expand hive space to store 25 30 pounds of honey for winter. Extract outside combs to center to aid queen and brood. Replace weak stands with strong, remove unsealed honey, and feed sugar syrup after sundown to prevent robbing. A Stavrer.
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A. Stavrrer
Butter making method in Wisconsin dairy study
A Wisconsin Dairyman's Association talk by J J Smith outlines a creamery process to produce gilt edged butter. It details three butter room compartments, milk preparation with cold water ice and long standing, then chilling to 60 62 degrees, churn type gas control, washing and salting, resting in tubs, and aging to preserve sweetness. It notes butter yield per cow varies with annual milk output and that milk is delivered daily with blends of night and morning milk.
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Wisconsin Dairyman’s Association
J. J. Smith
Tuba
Pennsylvania Republicans Endorse Hayes and Hartranft
The Pennsylvania Republican state convention in Harrisburg adopted resolutions praising President Hayes for civil service reform and urging unity. They backed Hartranft, opposed land grants and patent reissues, favored silver coinage, and called for law and order. A slate for state offices was nominated before adjourning. In Saratoga Free Traders met, nominating Appleton for chair and planning a free trade league.
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Harrisburgh
Hall of Representatives
A. W. Morris
A.M. Brown
Allegheny
Wm. H. Armstrong
Committee On
Hayes
Democratic Party
Congress
Gov
Hartranft
J. P. Stirrett
William B
Saratoga
Conference of Free Traders
Nathan Appleton
Boston
Edwin A. Pratt
Samuel L. Pontis
D. Dudley Field
Parke Godwin
Horace White
Frances A. Walker
Massachusetts independent greenback party holds state convention
About a hundred attendees elected Jason Waters president. A bid to nominate Benjamin F. Butler for governor failed as Wendell Phillips won a 45 to 13 vote. Nominations were put forward for state officers including Dic D. Lewis, Nathan Clark Jr., H. M. Bearse, W. F Whitney, and Israel W. Andrews. Resolutions urged repeal of the specie resumption act and restoration of the silver dollar as full legal tender plus reduced debt, with money issued by the government to be always convertible into bonds.
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Boston
Greenback Party of
Massachusetts
Jason Waters
Benjamin F. Butler
Wendell Phillips
Dic D. Lewis
Nathan Clark, Jr
H. M. Bearse
W. F Whitney
Israel W. Andrews
Death of Alvin Adams Founder Adams Express
Baltimore September 5 The Democratic State Central Committee calls a state convention in this city. The death is announced at his residence in Watertown Massachusetts of Alvin Adams founder of the Adams Express Company He was born in Woodstock Vermont in 1804 his parents were very poor In 1835 he went with his wife to
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Baltimore
Democratic State Central Committee
The
Adams Express
New York
Watertown
Massachusetts
Alvin Adams
Adams Express Coupany
Woodstock
George Rong
Sare A. Rong
Worcester Press
Shakspeare
Danbury News
Brown
Worcester
Kix
Ernest
Hoy
Ernst
Tony
Life of Boston express founder Adams and his estate
The biography recounts the rise of a Boston express entrepreneur who started with menial work, built a retail business, then, after a market collapse, formed a new venture with P. B. Burke. He expanded to New York, grew agencies nationwide, retired in 1854 to Watertown, built an elegant estate with an Indian villa, and amassed a renowned collection including Powers' Greek Slave. His eldest son ran the Boston branch, while the father remained a stockholder until his death.
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Jacob Weber
Columbia City
Jake
Mt. Etna
Fisher
Workman
Arkansas
Jennie Smith
New Paris
Preble County
Astor House
New York City
E. T. Taylor
Huntington
Boston
P. B. Burke
Adams
Hernden & Co
New York
Adame
Watertown
Powers
Bia
Stories Told of Him by His Brothers of the New Jersey Bar
Anecdotes recount Judge Joseph Bradley, famed New Jersey figure and president-maker, famed for a quick temper and pious bearing. Tales describe table-breaking rages in Trenton, missed trains spurring tantrums, and a quip about the open court. Some episodes are unverified.
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New Jersey
Joseph Bradley
Joel Parker
Robert Allen
Trenton
Joe” Bradley
Bradley
Buck
Court of Chancery
Hell
Statasninaable Divanev Jad
Quotations and quips from an old newspaper miscellany
A mash of clipped jokes and witticisms from various papers. It notes a New York firm motto about cash and God, jokes about Mara moons, trigonometry in rifle aim, Brigham and in-laws, the three heads of the Russian eagle, and several light quips on actors, clergy, and fashion. It also recalls the Corliss engine needing seventy rail cars for transport to the centennial.
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Mara
Moona
Norristown Herald
Gail Hamilton
Sam Bowles
Joe Medill
Carl Schurz
Rochester Democrat
Telegram
Hartford Globe
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Alabama
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Ct J. Pierr’s
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