Democrats Invited to Reading for Campaign Kickoff
Chairman Creasy issues a cordial invitation to Democrats and reform supporters to attend the Reading event on Thursday the 4th with ex Governor Pattison Guthrie and Nolan delivering keynote speeches. Registration closes Tuesday the 2d. voters urged to sign up to protest the Quay machine and ensure a full vote and fair count in Pennsylvania.
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Reading
Creasy
Friends of Reform
Pattison
Guthrie
Nolan
Quay
Pennsylvania
Round the Region Highlights and Local Events
In January a man injured during a Plymouth burglary case had bullet extraction from Dr. Butler and Lenahan of Wilkes Barre. The county case over fees proceeds after judgments, with an appeal claiming excess. Miners aided at Natalie breaker as lightning struck the boiler house during a heavy storm. Bloomsburg hosts its centennial with 15,000 visitors, aided by excursion trains and Governor Stone’s arrival. Luke Fiddler colliery theft arrest prompts coal pickers to halt banks. Reading police chief Daniel Christian resigns. Samuel Wynn named successor. Labor Day speakers to include John Mitchell and John Fahey in Philadelphia.
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Plymouth
Dra. W. J. Butler
Lenahan
Wilkesbarre
Clark
Natalie
Carmel
Bloomsburg
W. A. Stone
Jacob Stark
Shamokin
Luke Fiddler
Schuyl- Kill
Daniel Christian
Reading Company
Samuel Wynn
Frackylile
John Mitchell
John Fahey
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Excursion to Niagara Falls September 2
Lehigh Valley Railroad offers a low round trip to Niagara Falls on September 2 with tickets on August 31 and return by September 2. Fare from Freeland is 8.55 with exclusions for the Black Diamond express. Consult agents for details. The sale to East Bloomsburg runs August 28 and 29 at a one fare round trip good to August 30 for Bloomsburg centennial events. consult agents for particulars.
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Niagara Falls
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Freeland
Bloomsburg
Hicks Declares for Pattison in Pennsylvania Race
Philadelphia postmaster Thomas L. Hicks breaks with Judge Pennypacker, endorsing ex Governor Robert F. Pattison. He argues the union of machine politics and Pennypacker’s stance harms reform, urging Pattison as the cure and predicting Pennsylvania’s continued Republican support for presidential races if Pattison wins.
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Pennypacker
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Thomas L. Hicks
McKinley
Cogent
Robert F. Pattison
Hicks
E. L. Tustin
Ernest L. Tustin
Union Party City Committee
Wattison
Tustin
Union Party
Judge Penny
Pattison
Deal
The Tyranny of Trivial Things in Life and Love
This Harpers Bazaar reflection notes that great emotional moments such as marriage and death are often diminished by trivial wedding details and mourning niceties. It contrasts the solemn bonds of love and mortality with petty concerns over gowns veils crape buttons and hem widths.
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Harper’s Bazar
Irishman joins cavalry in clever fencing tale
A patriotic Irish recruit in a smart cavalry regiment provokes the fencing instructor with how to use the sword. When asked how to counter a feint, Pat replies that he would tickle the opponent with the point to test if he was shamming.
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Pat
St. James
Gazette
Early Explanation Brightens Dark Days in Brooklynn Life
A fragment references a dialogue about marriage to Jaggers and a mutual misunderstanding from Brooklynn Life, followed by a note urging to carry sunlight through dark days and a mention of a school master. The text reads as a literary snippet with social commentary and a closing adage.
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Jaggers
Brooklyn
Paper Frogs From Japan Made By Little Folks
Japanese children craft paper frogs through a simple folding sequence starting with a square sheet. The guide walks through diagonals, folding lines, wings around the axle, and successive folds to form the final frog shape.
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Faror
Japan
Frog Craft and Candle Trick From American Boy
A 19th century guide describes folding a magnesium model into frog legs and crafting a chalk covered surface to resemble a blank canvas. It then details a candle illusion using apple with a wick peg and a staged bite to surprise friends.
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Greenland
The Game of King Simple Described for Children
An old playground game for boys and girls is described with two bases at each end and a catcher in the middle between them. Players run between bases while the catcher tries to tag and hold them. If he holds one and counts to ten, the prisoner becomes a wolf and helps capture others.
Poor Papa Poem expresses a child’s wish to work and free father
A child, Arnold M. Anderson in New York, imagines growing up to work hard like his father to earn money and let the father stay home. The verse links labor, family care, and a playful, aspirational fantasy of shared life and freedom.
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Papa
Tie
Arnold M. Anderson
New York
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Rollin T. Wilbur
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New York City
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