Reconstruction and Civil Rights in the Nation’s View
The State Journal laments Southern violence against freedmen and laments Reconstruction. It argues federal guarantees of republican government protect states from invasion and domestic unrest. The piece condemns carpetbaggers and Southern Democrats while urging continued support for emancipation and equality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mr. Lincoln
Congress
Union
Senate
South
Lamar
Mississippi
North Carolina
Texas
North
Republican Party
Louisiana
Kentucky
Pinckney's Nomination Attacked by Forreston Journal
The Forreston Journal blasts Mr Otis for aiding Pinckney by a costly gift of influence in Ogle County. It mocks Pinckney as an inefficient former school official and labels him a public schemer. The piece endorses Burchard as the better choice and critiques Pinckney’s Republican loyalty and fusion attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forreston Journal
Mr. Otis
Ogle County
Pinckney
Rochelle Register
Freeport
Otis
Mr. O
Sancho Panza
Satan
Burchard
Congress
West
Mr. Pinckney
Chicago Tribune
Republican Party
Warren Sentinel
Press power and peril in a 19th century scandal
The Galaxy notes the press’s role in Tilton's scandal, criticizing editors for omniscience and bias while acknowledging the engine of publicity in moral discourse. A separate report recalls a perilous factory incident where workers faced danger from a tower escape and rushed ladders amid guard turmoil.
Elephant rescues child from trampling by favorite elephant
A troupe of elephants pass a green stall where a vendor feeds a favored elephant. After the stall is overturned, the elephant saves a child by lifting him with its trunk and placing him on a shed roof, illustrating trust and care in animal behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onito
Palmer
Fall River Mill Disaster Killed and Wounded 20 Dead
The Fall River disaster list names 20 killed including 15 and 10 year olds and 86 wounded with 13 recovery doubtful or uncertain. Fire swept Mills Nos 1 and 2 Granite Works as 100 young operatives faced smoke and flames and attempted escape via ladders and windows with ropes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Honora Coffee
Catharine Connell
Margaret Dillon
Albert Fernardy
Gertrude Gray
Mary Healy
Margaret Harrington
Margaret Healy
Ellen Hunter
Thos. Keaveny
Mary Lasonda
Bridget Murphy
Kate Murphy
Margaret Murphy
James Newton
Fred Porter
Anna
Kate Harrington
Jonah Healey
Ellen Jonas
Arabella Keith
Edson Keith
Bridget Lonergan
Julia Mahoney
James Mason
Isabella Morehead
Nancy Mallen
Annie O’brien
Delia Porter
Joseph Rainsbottom
Mary Rigley
Katie Smith
Hanna Stafford
Annie Sullivan
Katie Sullivan
Margaret Sullivan
Hanna Towney
Margaret Towney
Bertha Woodel
William Winnicombe
A. J. Biddescombe
A. Cobley
William Clark
Geo. K. Read
John Greenquinn
William Brocklehurst
Granite Works
Twelfth Street
Renomination of H. Bur chard for Congress
Opinions of the Press praise Hon. H. Bur chard as Republican nominee for Congress in Illinois Fifth District. They note his wavering stance on the salary bill, back pay refund, and repeal support. They commend his independence, finance views, and prior service, predicting a likely third term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. ©. Burchard
Congress
Ilinois
E. B. Washburne
Treasury
Extent of the Liquor Trade Across Four Nations
The article estimates annual alcohol consumption in England, Germany, France, and the United States. It cites beer, wine, and distilled spirits totals, with combined value figures of at least $2 billion in consumption and over $4 billion including production and manufacture. The piece mocks moralists for trying to suppress the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
France
United States
The Last of His Race A T Stewart Portrait
A portrait of A T Stewart, age seventy four, describing his dress and demeanor. The article notes his black tailored clothes, plain gold watch, reddish gray hair, trimmed beard, and restrained style. It cites his extreme wealth, estimated at 100 million dollars since 1834 in New York, with no children or relatives, and portrays him as prudent, honest, and refined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannisberg
Prince Metternich
America
New York City
A. T. Stewart
J. B. Rose & Co
Broadway
New York
St Nicholas for October Opens With Bright Items
St Nicholas for October presents a Mrs R H Davis story, a Egypt article by Mrs Sarah Keables Hunt, Venus Flower-Basket with a delicate Glass Sponge illustration, poems by Mrs Mary Mapes Dodge and Helen Hunt, comic verses by OU P Cranch, Louisa M Alcott story, more on jimmyjohns by Mrs Abby Morton Diaz, Ice in India, and Rideing on Our Light-houses and Light-ships with pictures. Serials conclude, Letter Box and Jack-in-the-Pulpit noted as unusually brilliant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Davis
Egypt
Sarah Keables Hunt
Mary Mapes Dodge
P. Cranch
Helen Hunt
Louisa M. Alcott
Abby Morton Diaz
Jimmyjohns
India
Wm. H. Rideing
Moran
Perkings
Runge
J. I. Trowbridge
Frank R. Stockton
Jack-in
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Dahomey
State Journal
Oreston, Times
Tela
Tilton
Pethansy
Journal
Ian Favorite
St. Nicholas
Centaur Liniment
Imall
Nathaniel Mayfair
P.O. Box
Brooklyn
N. Y
Masonic Relief Association
Norfolk
Virginia
John L. Roper
Henry V. More
National Life Ins. Co
United States OF America
U.S
Iinre
Teele
Popanaerenes
Losgan
Eee Eee
Naitonal
Republic
National
John V. Farwell
L. D. Cortright
Paul Cornell
Emerson W, Peet
Chicago
G. Wynkoop
Bridge Street
Lily
Swarts & Stocking
Fetal
Usino
W. W. Robey
W. W. Hutchis
Stephenson Street
Munn’s
Robey & Hutchisd
C. M. Seaffer & Son
PLACS
Munn’s Building
Court A Robey & Hutchiso
D. Line
Fifth St
Nea
Blue
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