Congress Sees Mixed Results in Final Session
New York Times notes the session achieved solid efficiency in routine duties and sizable spending cuts across army navy and government operations. It points to failures in addressing key issues and criticizes the Democratic opposition for salaries civil service reform and finance, while praising the president’s late decisive action. The piece argues the public should not expect strong Democratic leadership in upcoming elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Congress
Army
Navy
Dawes
Richardson
Committee of Ways and Means
District of Columbia
Sanborn
House Committee of Ways and Means
Treasury Engraving
Congressional
Democratic Party
House
Butler
Don Wat
French eloquence and fiction in politics examined
A critical essay traces how French leaders rely on language over substance, arguing eloquence fuels illusions in Royalist, Republican, and Bonapartist fictions. It notes royalists cling to past oaths, republicans chase an ideal yet impractical republic, and bonapartists glorify Napoleon, risking danger unless France values facts over words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cesar
Gaul
Paul Louis Courier
France
M. Thiers
Beranger
Napoleon
Bonaparte
Armistice Yet Not peace Between France and Germany
The article argues that resistance and distrust linger between France and Germany after 1870. It cites social tensions at a dinner with former ambassadors, arms production surges in Strasbourg and Metz, and political moves in Alsace. It predicts Gambetta and MacMahon seek revenge, while Germany presses with arms and diplomacy, threatening Europe’s balance.
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Gerfiwiny
Fiithee
President MacMahon
Duchess de la Rochefoucauld
Count van Arnim
Madam MacMahon
Baroness de Rothschild
Berlin
Strasbourg
Metz
Bismarck
MacMahon
Univers
Rhine
Alsace
Gambetta
France
Lorraine
Germany
Europe
Quirinal
Vatican
Brussels
Schoenbrun
Elysees
William
von Moltke
Russia
Austria
England
Chicago Journal
Ammonia Cotton Quickens Toothache Recovery
A correspondent reports that placing clean cotton soaked in a strong ammonia solution on a defective tooth can quickly and pleasantly end dental neuropathic pain. The decisive relief is often followed by momentary nervous laughter as the pain subsides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Crops and Business Promise Westward Prosperity
A New York Evening Post report from a banking veteran touring 4000 miles across New York Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Michigan Minnesota notes the West faces its largest crops ever, with farmers debt-free and expanding plantings amid favorable weather. Western city trade is cautious yet improving, Chicago’s largest jobber reports record country collections, and pork packing and grain firms foresee strong crop prospects and rail traffic.
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New York Evening Post
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
West
Chicago
Pork
Grain Commission
Beecher Tilton Scandal Documents In Open Letter
The article cites May 1 1874 testimony in Theodore Tilton's open letter to Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon on the Beecher Tilton scandal. It quotes Henry Ward Beecher and B Carpenter about disavowals and a possible sum to send Tilton and his family to Europe, with Tilton vowing not to accept any presents while preserving self respect. It notes Tilton also references a Plymouth clerk payment.
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New York
Theodore Tilton
Leonard Bacon
Europe
Tuxopore Tirton
Tilton
Plymouth
Church Obituary and Trial Offer Denied by Halliday
The article recounts a church dispute involving Plymouth Church and Rev Halliday, with Beecher accused, Tilton demanding correction, and a denial by Halliday that any offer to appear at trial had been received. Tilton condemns Beechers apology and cites ongoing injurious measures by the church authorities. The piece quotes Tiltons renewed insistence on protection from alleged slander and the churchs attorney as conduct under dispute.
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Fiton
Ff Hiliday
Plymouth
Halliday
Regi
Bacon
Beecher
Tilton
Plymouth Church
Mr. Beecher
He gets drunk in Rural New Yorker reprint
A Rural New Yorker excerpt portrays two schoolmates debating a gifted young man who drinks. The narrator recalls the man’s noble talents and the social disapproval of alcohol, warning that drinking ruins character, prospects, and family reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Farming and prospects in Nebraska described by Georgia observer
A Georgia writer in the Atlanta Herald extols Nebraska farming, detailing fertile alluvial soil, low cultivation costs, and strong yields. He notes corn yields from 30 to 50 bushels per acre, sometimes 80, with mechanized harvesting and shared equipment among settlers. The piece urges careful budgeting, suggesting a northern immigrant bring at least $500, up to $1000, to establish land, accommodations, and equipment.
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Samuel A. Behold
Georgia
Nebraska
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company
Gale
Atlanta
Echols
The Curious Tale Of Napoleons Heart And A Rat
Thomas Aird recounts a chilling tale from St Helena where Napoléon Bonaparte's heart is removed and placed in spirits. Overnight a basin in a doctor’s room splashes as if moved by unseen force. The physician fears the heart escaped into the wall and possibly into a rat’s teeth.
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Napoleon
St. Helena
Bonaarte
Thomas Aird
Correspondence on an Incest Charge and Local Newspaper Errors
A letter from C. J. Ellis of Orangeville, age about 60, disputes a Freeport Bulletin report charging him with incest with his step-daughter. He claims the charge is a conspiracy, notes he handles jailyard duties in his absence of officials, and asserts the editor erred on his age and the crime. He argues the wife and step-daughter did not press the charge.
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C. J. Ellis
Orangeville
Pinkerton
Freeport Jocrknal
Freeport Bulletin
The
Bulletin
Illinois
Innocence Plea in Conspiracy Case Amid Personal Hardship
The narrator professes innocence of conspiring against his stepdaughter and claims a conspiracy by malicious others. He laments inability to post bail, separation from family, and seeks public mercy until his case is resolved. Sheriff’s leniency allowed daytime freedom, but imprisonment continues full time away from kin. He asks for honorable acquittal and restoration of reputation.
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Freeport
Piersol
Courage Against Lies Across Great Thinkers
A compact quotation-heavy meditation on lying from thinkers like Swift Washington Allston Carlyle Montaigne Penn Shakespeare Pope and Addison. It contrasts truth with half truths deceit and the dangers of lying in human conduct and memory.
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Swift
Washington Allston
Carlyle
Plutarch
Jesus
God
Montaigne
Warburton
Ve Raleigh
William Penn
Pope
Addison
Reproof of Day’s Omission and Child Memory
A fragment reflecting on parental duty and childhood memory. It urges cautious indulgence, warning that excessive love can spoil children while proper guidance preserves youth. The speaker contrasts gentleness with severity and laments lost innocence in childhood.
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Berhaga
North Carolina
Senate
Republican Party
Beecher-Tilton
Geraldine Germane
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