Michigan’s license law cuts liquor sales and arrests
Article reviews Michigan’s shift from a strict 1874 prohibition to a 1875 license system. Governor Bagley reports 1875 licenses: 4,074 assessed, 4,216 paid, tax 421,462 dollars. 1876: 4,553 assessed, 3,885 paid, tax 284,087 dollars. United States data show 5,338 dealers in 1876, excluding druggists. Detroit arrests for drunkenness fell under the license system, with a 1,226 fewer annual arrests vs prohibition, despite Detroit’s population rise.
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Michigan
United States Internal Revenue Department
Bagley
Supreme Court
Friends
United States
Internal Revenue
Croswell
Detroit Post and Tribune
Detroit
Spring Housekeeping Advice and Hop Bitters Endorsement
A 19th century household note urges housewives to renew homes in spring using cleansing remedies. It touts Hop Bitters as the purest medicine to purify blood regulate stomach and bowels and prevent and cure spring malaria and minasmay. The ad portrays domestic care and medical relief in one.
Hayes and Garfield: A Presidential Eras Compared
The piece weighs how Hayes administration shaped by adversity stands against Garfield’s rise and aims. It argues the chief's duty to enforce laws administer finances, curb debt, and maintain foreign respect amid troubled times. It questions reelection limits and credits self denial for the era’s success, noting 1869 to 1877 precedents and 1877 to 1881 reforms.
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Hayes
Garfield
New Bible Quick Work Ready for Rapid Release
The New Bible Quick Work reveals a first English edition of 500,000 copies already made and 100,000 in New York awaiting government telegram approval. It promises ultra-fast typesetting within 24 hours of English edition print, 10,000 bound in three days, and 5,000 daily thereafter. Pricing ranges from 30 cents for standard cloth to 1.25 dollars for morocco editions, with orders handled by American Book Exchange in New York.
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German E? Car Nch Revolution,” Schilter’ “Thirty Years! Eyeien
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Tvanhoe
Dickens
Wilhelm Meister
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American Book Exchance
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St Louis
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Illinois
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Death of Sir George Colley Reverberates Across Army
The York Times notes General Sir George Pomeroy Colley died in the Transvaal in a defeat perceived as a failure of his bold theoretical methods. It contrasts Colley with Wolseley and other commanders, arguing his conduct exposed the limits of strategy against disciplined European foes.
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Transvaal
Agia
Strates Gist
von Moltke
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Sir George Colley
Sir George
Home Government
Napier
Magdala
Theodore
Abyssinia
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Ayoob Khan
Burrows
Kushk-i-Nakhud
Robert
Lord Napier
Wolseley
Afghanistan
England
Crimea
York Times
Desperate drinker gambles with suicide vow in temperance tale
In a Little Rock Gazette retelling, Phil Gillner, once generous and hopeful, battles alcohol. A friend recounts coercive scenes where temptation and remorse collide, ending with a man unable to endure sobriety as a pistol is pawned for a drink and a grim craving returns.
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Little Rock Gazette
Mr. Kilmick
Little Rock
Phil Gillner
Rilmick
lLet
Grim poster sale marks Duke de Bellune estate
Paris walls display a public auction notice seizing the debts and effects of Victor Francois Marie Pers rin Duc de Bellune once attached to the Rome embassy. The listing cites 700000 francs due, most paid over twelve years, and accuses a man named Marc of improper posting and stamping, inviting legal punishment.
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Paris
Victor Francois Marie Pers Rin
Duc de Bellune
Rome
Legion of Honor
Portugal
Order of Christ and Saint Sylvester
Paris Club
Marc
Census of Germany Shows Growth Since 1867
The German Empire’s population reached 45,194,172 in December, up 2,436,190 since 1875 and 5.7 percent over five years. It rose from 41,058,702 in 1871 and 42,757,982 in 1875, with annual increases around 1.14 percent, higher than during postwar years. The United States grew from 23,191,876 in 1850 to 50,152,554 in 1880, more than doubling in thirty years.
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Philadelphia
German Empire
Empire
France
Germany
England
Wales
United States
Carter's Little Liver Pills Offer Easy Relief
Advert says the medicine targets Sick Headache Dyspepsia Indigestion Constipation and Piles. Claims easy to take one pill per dose and 40 in a vial priced at 25 cents. Promises prompt relief and that users won’t be without them. Sold by Emmert & Burrell.
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Carter
Emmert & Burrell
Spring Health Advice From Hop Bitters
Workingmen are urged to begin heavy spring work with cleansing and strengthening to ward off ague bilious or spring fever and other sicknesses. The Burlington Hawkeye advocates using one bottle of Hop Bitters this month to save time illness and expense in the family.
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Seagon
Burlington
Victim No Longer Ben Brust’s Dyspepsia Cure Story
Ben Brust of Horseheads New York describes severe dyspepsia with fullness after meals heartburn and headaches. After using Spring Blossom he reports lasting relief allowing him to enjoy regular meals. Product price listed as 60 cents with a trial size of 10 cents.
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Ben. Brust
Horseheads
Chemung Co
N. Y
Child Recovers From Croup After Self Administering Oil
A Syracuse parent reports her daughter suffered a severe croup attack until she inadvertently used Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil. The remedy restored the child from the common and dangerous ailment, with the mother noting the outcome as complete and satisfactory.
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Wm. J. Winsfield
Syracuse
N.Y
Dr. Thomas
Joaquin Miller’s First Wife Found With New Husband
Portland correspondent locates Joaquin Miller’s first wife, now married to Thomas E. L. Logan, a house painter. She lives in a wobbly board house, about 85, of medium height with blue eyes and wild black hair, health poor from separation from her daughter placed in a Canadian convent over a year ago.
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Portland
Oregon
Joaquin Miller
Thomas E. L. Logan
Logan
Joaquin
Canada
1 EST Artive unclear event entry
An OCR fragment lists times and names in garbled form, giving little readable context or identifiable entities. It mentions 1 EST and a period from 0.00 pm to 0.00 am without clear subject, location, or action.
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