Torn House and Language Disputes Across Borders
A fragmented note from New York discusses Maton TuVina’s old house on State Street to be torn down for a new building, with its British wartime ownership and Holland brick origins. It also covers German Hungarian language conflicts, silk culture prospects in Kansas, and tornado statistics across states with a Manchester incident illustrating unexpected consequences of lodging in the wrong house.
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Maton Tuvina
Atate Street
New York
Narroe Holland
Holland
Wasit
Hungary
Deutscher Schulverein
Sechulverein
Cawaco Inter Oceans
Kansas
Philadelphia
Italy
France
Gex. Tlazen
Sumer
Tornidows
Linois
Missouri
Georgia
Town
Ohio
Indiana
Col- Stade
California
Indiana Territory
Nevis
New Mexico
Montana
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Wyoming
Manchester
England
How Chinen Coolies Act When They Come Ashore
A San Francisco Call report recounts the landing of Devonshire coolies and their sheeplike, unpersuadable procession. Deputized officers and interpreters failed to direct movements as crowds moved in a panic toward the wharf and express wagons amid grain sacks and obstructed passages.
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Brown
Devonshire
San Francico
Illinois Wins Apportionment Bill Amid Senate Debate
The 1882 Illinois Congressional Apportionment bill lays out twenty districts spanning Chicago wards and Cook County towns, Lake and McHenry counties, and downstate counties. It includes district populations, the November 1882 election date, and repeals the 1872 apportionment act. The session features partisan sparring over bill readings, committee referrals, and related measures on canal cession and university funding.
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Dany
Cheago
Miverside
Ilyde Park
Lake
Lyons
Oalumet
Worth
Piles
Temont
Thornton
Bremen
Orland
Blouin
Lich
Cook
City of
Chicago
Polkatreet
Potkatreeb
Slacaluster Place
Lake View
Jefferson, Leyden
Norwood Park
Evanston
Niles
Maine
Elk Grove
Schaumburg
Hanover
New Irlet
Northfield
Wheeling
Palatine
Barrington
Cicero
Proviso
Lake, McHenry
Boone, de Kalb
Kane
Winnebago
Stephenson
Jo Daviess, Ogle and Carrol
Lee, Whiteside
Honry
Bureau
Putnam
la Balle
Kendall, Grundy
Will and du Page
Kankakee
Iroquois
Ford, Livingston
Woodford
Marshell
Peoria
Knox, Stark and
Fulton
Rock Island
Mercer
Henderson
Warren, Hancock, McDonough
Schuyler
Hardin
Perry
Randolph, Jackson
Williamson
Union
Johnson, Pope
Alexander
Pulaski
Manawac
Bec
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United States
Illinois Senate Rail Call Hinders Normal University Bill
Seven senators attended the April meeting as the Illinois Senate adjourned after debate. Perrin of St. Clair opened by moving to reconsider the bill’s third reading. Bhickaby supported the move, Baldwin opposed, and Yancey cited haste as evidence of fraud. The reconsideration passed, the bill was recalled, and the Normal University appropriation bill returned to second reading amid extended amendments. The House then shifted focus to the rival measure, with Linggar warning railroads would block passage, and the bill moved toward a third reading without further changes.
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Smith
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Tacon
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Perry
Herrington
Kane
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St. Clair
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Tazewell County
Judiciary Committee
Baldwin
Norman University
Wright
Boone
Stephen A. Hurlhut
Linegar
Alexander
Morris
Ward
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Hunt
Congress
Mississippi
Farma
Underwood
Pike
Bourgon
Madison
Illinois
Mann
Normal University
Hoxton
Cook
Inne Ranch
Senate Normal University
Myr. Perrin
Bhickaby
Burton
Bureau
Dineusaing
Bill
Shaw
Thom Jorge
Ue House
Linggar
Cairo
Rairo
Town figure Dan Shepard backs GOP cannons plan
Dan Shepard supported giving Republicans a chance to proceed with cannons and receive directions. The explanation drew laughter from both sides, reflecting mixed opinions on the proposal.
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Dan Shepard
Niden
What Shall Girls Do A Times reader on education of girls
A Philadelphia Times reader argues for better practical education for girls, stressing cooking and homemaking skills over polish and language. The letter suggests many women neglect duties, while truly skilled housekeepers are rare, urging broader education and discipline in the role of wife and manager.
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Onur
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Philadelphia Times
The World of Art and the Pigeon on the Barn
A dialogue from the Louisville Courier Journal features an artist and a visitor debating a barn painting. The artist claims the barn is half a mile away while the visitor notes the pigeons’ feet are visible clearly. The artist insists he made them plain on purpose.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Griggs Glycerine Salve For Skin Ailments Sold Here
The best on earth can truly be said of Griggs Glycerine Salve a cure for cuts bruises scalds burns wounds and all other sores. It will positively cure piles tetter and all skin eruptions. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded only 25 cents sold by Emmert Barrell Dyir.
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Griggs
Emmert & Barrell
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