Speech by Windom and James at Seventh NY Regiment reunion
Secretary Windom and Postmaster General James addressed the Uniformed Battalion Veterans of the Seventh New York Regiment at Tong Branch. Windom praised the President, noted civil service reforms, and highlighted strong American finance, while James extolled civil service reform and the efficiency of the U S Postal Service, and praised Star Routes and future mail growth.
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Tong Branch
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Lam
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Ireland
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Postal Service
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Sandy Hook
Department of Justice
Wayne McVeagh
James A. Garfield
Tom James
Knebworth and Its Grounds in Lippincott's July Issue
The opening article in the July number of Lippincott's Magazine, written by Willian H. Rideing, explores Knebworth the Bulwer Lyttons ancestral seat. Lord Lytton provided access to the house and grounds with rich illustrations of principal rooms exterior views gardens and mausoleum.
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Oswald
Hoy
Robert Wilson
Charleston
Alfred Terry Bacon
S. Wesr Mitchell
Lippincott
Bacon
Mitchell
Brighton
Goodwood
J. A. Dickson
London
Mary Trent
Across the Gulf
Rebecca Harding Davis
Harcourt
A. Shields
Miss Starr
Elyn Daykwood
Craque O' Doom
Lippincott’s Magazine
Bulwer-Lyttons
Lippincott's Magazine
Willian H. Rideing
Lord Lytton
England
Peterson's Magazine July issue highlights and subscription invite
The July Peterson's Magazine and Nursery for July are featured, praising the rich embellishments including the steel plate The First Train, a colored fashion plate, and an illustrated Ancient and Modern Gardens article. It highlights a Lovestory by Agnes James, the News from Yorktown novelet, and many fashion and craft images. Subscriptions are two dollars a year with club discounts and premiums. Specimens and back numbers are available, and the Nursery issue emphasizes Zip Goon and a new volume. Chas J Peterson publishes at 306 Chestnut Philadelphia.
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Peterson
Agam
Agnes James
Yorktown
Chas
J. Peterson
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Battle Creek Woman Praises Thomas Electric Oil
Orpha M. Hodge of Battle Creek Michigan reports burning her hand with boiling water and applying Thomas Electric Oil. She says the pain subsided immediately and the burn healed in about three days, describing a rapid recovery.
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Orpha M. Hodge
Battle Creek
Mich
Eclectic Magazine July issue features Ophelia engraving and rich contents
The July Eclectic launches a new volume with Ophelia, a companion to Marguerite, praised as a finest magazine plate. It offers about twenty five articles by Jevons, Froude, Woodberry, Swinburne and others, plus poetry, auto bio, literary notices, and miscellaneous pieces.
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The
Eclectic
Ophelia
Marguerite
Beaconsfield
Prof
W. Stanley Jevons
J. Staurkie Gardner
F. G.S
Jessie Fothergill
Duke of Argyll
Chackery
William Blake
Frederick Wedmore
Robert Louis Stevenson
Girton and
Newnham Colleges
Peetes Science and Art
Batleu's Monthly July issue features art on china and engraving
The July number of this illustrated popular magazine offers engravings on painting on china and other wares, plus a Ganges river illustration, stories, a pensive poem with matching engraving, and the thrilling tale Poisoned for Love. Juvenile department highlights a Fourth of July engraving. Contents include India and the Ganges, Song, The Record Fires of Life, and more. Subscriptions cost $1.50 yearly, postpaid, or 15 cents per copy, Thames & Talbot, Boston.
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Ganges
India
the Ganges
Theo Martin
Kate
Marguerite
Raymond Mortimer
Ruthven
Thames & Talbot
Hawley St
Boston
Mass
Rossetti Shakespear edition in preparation by D Lothrop Co
D Lothrop and Company announce a forthcoming one volume Rossetti Shakespear edition with life chronology critical extracts from Dowden Schlegel and others portrait early editions glossary and illustrations. They also publish The Story of the Manuscripts by Rev George E Merrill with six facsimiles and a new edition of Abbott History of Christianity with maps and illustrations plus other illustrated safety birthday text book Miss Yonge Golden Deeds and Prince and the Page. The firm has many juvenile titles in hand for the holiday trade.
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D. Lothrop & Co
Dowden
Schlegel
George E. Merrill
Salem
J.S. C. Abbott
Miss Yonge
Page
Lothrop
Is This Popular Election by Mr. John Kelley
A critical piece argues that modern elections are controlled by professional managers and party bosses. It contends elections have become a sham where two parties exist in name only and officers are effectively appointed by machine leaders. The author calls for exposing names and changing the system.
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Roscoe Conkling
John Kelly
John Kelley
The People's Problem by Alvert Stinkney in Scribner July
The excerpt discusses political appointment practices and shifting influence in political factions. It notes that election processes resemble a business mill where partners change, roles swap, and power distribution shifts over time. The passage critiques the fluidity of political influence and representation.
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Congress
Alvert Stickney
Scribner
August Wide Awake to Feature Illustrated Poems and Stories
The August Wide Awake will include illustrated poems by Helen Hunt and Celia Thaxter. H H’s contribution titled The Baby Show is likely her longest children's poem. It also presents two illustrated short stories, A Boy's Race with Gen Grant at Ephesus and A Night with Paul Boyton by Frank H Taylor. The July issue offers a complete Children’s Operetta Drag onfly Day with words by G B Bartlett and music by Louis C Elson. J Lorimrop Co.
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Celia Thaxter
H. H
Wide Awake
Gen. Grant
Ephesus
Paul Boyton
Frank H. Taylor
G. B. Bartlett
Louis C. Elson
J. Lorimrop & Co
Trains Schedules Include Passengers and Freights East and South
Train timetable notes from Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line show east and southbound departures and arrivals for Freeport and Milwaukee with day and night passenger services, freight movements, and the July 26 schedule update. Agent R. B. Holder lists Belvidere and Milwaukee connections and time card details.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Freeport
Er & A
Freight
Rey
Milwaukee
Belvidere
Milwauk
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