Porter Vindicated by Congress After Twenty-Year Delay
After twenty years Gen Fitz John Porter saw a bill pass restoring him to rank and honor and granting him lifelong general’s pay. A liberal Senate and Democratic House approved what two military courts of inquiry had denied. The Fifty-eighth Congress’ fierce debate ended with the President’s disapproval, drawing praise and condemnation from different sides. Dallas Herald.
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Fitz John Porter
Senate
House
Porter
Dalias
Request for Texas newspaper exchanges for historical record
Judge Norton of the Texas Press Association asks editors and publishers across Texas to mail one issue per paper during July for a comprehensive history of Texas newspapers. He seeks early papers and county items since 1874 and offers to return items on request. Fraternally, A B Norvon.
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Judge Norton
Texas Press Association
Texas
Norton
Union Intelligencer
Texas Press
Texas Editorial and Press Association
Press of Texas
Norvon
Rattling Snake Story From Georgia Times Adventure
Masters Leo and Tommie Miler and Frank and Howard Whid don found a huge rattlesnake under a log while berry hunting near Mr W B Whiddon s residence. They charged it with poles and killed it, then saw a smaller snake emerge from its mouth followed by many more as they dispatched a total of thirty snakes.
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Leo
Tommie Miler
Frank
Howard Whiddon
Wwn
W. B. Whiddon
Avs
Hastman
Walling Family Reunion Follows 49 California Trek
Thomas Walling of Muncie Indiana returns from California where he sought gold in 1849. He reunites Tuesday with his wife, three children, and grandchildren after Mrs Walling had believed him dead and remarried twice, both husbands dying.
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Thomas Walling
Muncie
Tad
California
Far West
Mrs. Walling
Florida Growers Plow Under Tomatoes and Cucumbers
In Florida farmers plow under large acreages of tomatoes and cucumbers because prevailing prices are too low to cover gathering and shipping costs to northern markets.
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Florida
Governor Cleveland Nomination Signals Merit in Rapid Rise
If Governor Cleveland is nominated he will present an example of rapid promotion gained by merit and honesty, hardly ever before equalled in so short a time of public service.
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Cleveland
Cigarettes From Refuse Tobacco Sold For Low Prices
An item describes cigarettes made from refuse tobacco, stumps, quids, and sewer scraps rolled in injurious paper. A ragged man reportedly plans to sell such cigarettes, bought mainly by boys, highlighting health hazards and cheap pricing.
Cure for Alcohol Craving Revealed in Self-Help Tale
A recovering alcoholic shares a remedy once used to quell the strong urge for liquor. He describes a decoction of ground qassia steeped in vinegar, taken when craving hits, which allegedly stops the craving and provides renewed strength. He notes two years of sobriety and no urge to drink despite exposure to whiskey.
Scarcity of Money in Dallas and Statewide Markets
Businessmen report a tight money market with abundant funds in banks but high demand and limited liquidity. Cattle ranchers hold much capital, wheat crops are late, and overall state finances are restrained though crops show future promise. Bank obligations await settlement as the late drive continues.
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Dallas
Dallas Herald
Al legheny Rowing Oddity Ends With Rescue
A young man from Allegheny City Pennsylvania was rowing with two women when he tried to impress them by splashing at their expense. He lost balance and fell into the water. One woman grabbed his hair and pulled him back aboard, ending his unruly boating theatrics.
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Allegheny City
Fall and unconditional reprieve granted in Arkansas rape case
War Music, convicted of rape and sentenced to hang July 11, received a fall and unconditional reprieve from the president amid grave doubts about guilt. The reprieve leaves four men and one woman still scheduled to hang in Fort Smith. Fannie Echols, the woman, has joined the Methodists and begun preparing for...
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Fort Smith
Ark
Fannie Echols
Fruit as Medicine The Peach and Other Fruits
The article extols peaches as delicious and digestible and argues for including fruit with meals. It praises apples oranges lemons melons and berries for stomach health and as substitutes for medicines, urging reliance on orchard produce over drugs and recommending ripe watermelon for fever and kidney issues.
Sponge Swallowing Mystery Sparks Domestic Debate
A comical exchange follows an oxford accident report as Mrs Knowl insists a man swallowed a sponge and threw it up, while Mr K mocks the claim. The dialogue highlights confusion over newspaper wording and sensationalism.
Arrest of Lycurgus McCracken in San Antonio on 18th inst
Lycurgus McCracken was arrested in San Antonio on the 18th. He is described as a tough customer who wounded two depot sheriffs in Tarrant County while resisting arrest and later escaped from the Madison County jail.
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Lycurgus McCracken
San Antonio
Tarrant County
Madison County
Ingenious Artesian Well Drains Georgia Swamp
A Georgia man bored an artesian well through a swamp to eighty feet depth, the last fifty feet through rock, reaching a vault and continuous opening. The Big Pi is deeming rapid land reclaimed on a Poe profit.
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Georgia
Big i
Seven Times Seventy: A Parlor Declares Devotion
In a playful parlor scene Mabel presses George to endure seven years of waiting as Rachel did at the well. He vows unwavering devotion, promising to wait until seventy times seven, though time and humor hint at the challenge ahead.
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Mabel
George
Rachel
Moses
Samson
Job
Grocer Tricked by Woman in Berry Price Play
A citizen baited a grocer on Woodward Avenue about female shoppers paying prices. A woman tested the claim by negotiating on 16 boxes of fresh strawberries priced at 11 cents per quart box. She paid with a five dollar bill and bought the lot, leaving the grocer unsure if a setup or real purchase.
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Woodward Avenue
Paneny
Fourth Floor Poverty Prompted Charity Report
A slums committee finds a mother and five children living in a tiny fourth floor room with no life essentials. A young lady questions how they survive while a man with a basket quips they live on the fourth floor. They report the situation to police.
Reason and Religion Interdependence Noted by Washington
A Washington note argues that religion and reason depend on each other. It claims a Supreme Being is required to account for nature’s great phenomenon and that without God mankind would have to imagine one.
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Washington
Dirty-work Logan nickname born from speech in Congress
In Horace Greeley era New York Tribune called John A Logan by the nickname Dirty-work Logan after he proclaimed he was glad to perform the dirty work of capturing runaway slaves in a speech before the United States House of Representatives.
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Horace Greely
New York Tribune
John A. Logan
Logan
United States
House of Representatives
Monkey and mirror mystery in a curious quip
A puzzled remark suggests a monkey avoids its reflection by retreating behind it. The fragment hints at self blame or humorous confusion without clear context or source.
Silent Woe in Utah Symbol of a Territory
A Boston Transcript piece recounts a Salt Lake City letter from Mrs. Paddock about a European journalist and his wife pressured into Mormon polygamy. The wife concedes, a second wife joins, and a child dies from a broken heart, its silent tears symbolizing Utah’s riches and hidden sorrow.
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Boston Transcript
Salt Lake City
Paddock
Europe
Pola
Hima
Utah
Have You Ynsured Your Boys Against Lightning Whisky
A moral appeal urges parents to protect sons from alcohol by voting Lightning Whisky out. The piece compares insurance against lightning to insuring children, arguing guardians must set good examples and offer guidance to prevent ruin from liquor.
Berea Serenade Leads to Fine for Disturbance
Mr and Mrs George Dinger of Berea Ohio reconciled and were serenaded by a group of men and boys. Dinger had twenty disturbers before a justice and they were fined the costs.
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George Dinger
Berea
Ohio
Ding
Secretaries Name Folger Turns Out Treasury Chief
A passenger questions a seemingly plain man aboard a train and learns the man is Folger, secretary of the Treasury. The exchange reveals no ordinary clerk or salesman but the high official’s identity and role. The dialogue captures a humorous expectation differing from federal authority in a casual travel moment.
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Washington
Folger
the Treasury
Bishop Simpson Dies in Philadelphia at 1811 Birth Centric
The Reverend Bishop Simpson of the M. E. Church North died in Philadelphia on the 22d after a life begun in Cadiz Ohio on June 20 1811. He was a prominent in church circles and his passing is noted in this brief obituary.
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Simpson
M. E. Church
North
Philadelia
Cadiz
Ohio
The Bay State club reprints a Blaine wartime tale
At a Boston Bay State club gathering, Eben F Pillsbury recounts a controversial Civil War anecdote about James G Blaine. The story claims Blaine avoided front lines by hiring a substitute, was jailed for forged exemption papers, and later received a $200 bond payment twice from Augusta, amid postwar bond funding disputes.
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Eben F. Pillsbury
Maine
Bay State Club
Boston
Bradford
Augusta
Blaine
An Untruthful Saying from the San Francisco Post
A fragmented item quotes a comic dialogue about a pet bug and a saying claiming a bug can be crazy. The text references San Rafael and a hotel, with a German flavored aside about a person named Chris Bugley.
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The
San Francisco Post
San Rafael
Chris Bugley
Blaine Presidency and Cuba Trade Commission
The Galveston News ponders the potential percentage earnings for Blaine if he becomes president and negotiates a Cuba force trade. The brief reflects on the political viability and financial stakes of such a negotiation.
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Blaine
Cuba
Galveston News
Lemon Cream Demand Signals Warm Evening
The ice cream saloon proprietor orders four tons of lemon cream after confirming cornstarch citric acid and three gallons of skim milk. The exchange suggests an impending busy, warm night as one deputy or worker replies affirmatively.
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John
Compulsory education debate in Texas papers
In response to a Times query on compulsory education, the Sulphur Springs Gazette opposes it for now. The Dallas Herald argues editors should study the topic before commenting, while the Bayan Pilot sides with limited compulsion and free schools for all, urging no broad mandate.
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The
Times
Sulphur Springs Gazette
Dallas Herald
Bayan Pilot
Ood
Monument planned in Goliad for Fannin and associates
A monument costing not less than $3000 will be erected in Goliad to honor Fannin and his associates, commemorating their memory and contributions.
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Goliad
Fannin
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