Deaths of Statesmen A curious obituary interview from Washington
Special Correspondence from Washington reports a humorous graveyard of hobbies among statesmen. A western congressman describes funeral costs, methods, and rituals, noting Bright's disease and heart conditions as leading killers, plus the expense of coffins, scarfs, and traveling funeral parties.
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Paris
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Florence
Westminster Abbey
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Bright
United States
Washington
Salmon P. Chase
Waukesha Spring
Waukesha
Ben
Perley Poore
Poore
A Fine Structure New Minnesota County Building in Minneapolis
The new county building in Minneapolis will be a square structure with a 250 foot tower and a smaller 200 foot second tower. Romanesque design features massive granite columns at the main basement entrance and marble wainscoted corridors. The building houses county and city offices with iron supports, fire proof tile, tiled floors, marble interiors, and a fan air system for year round comfort.
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Minneapolis
T. J
Thackeray on Slang and Gentlemanly Speech
The author argues for avoiding slang to prevent bad habits and warns that some slang is vulgar. He advises learning the difference, and if unsure, to avoid slang entirely to stay safe and maintain decorum.
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Thackeray
Congressmen Seen Differently From Gallery to Street
Special correspondence from Washington notes that lawmakers viewed from the gallery appear more imposing and handsome, while in lobbies or on the street they seem different. Anecdotes feature a senator's wife, Gen. Greely, and a colorful scene with a horse wearing old linen pants in Pennsylvania Avenue, plus Dr. Mary Walker observations.
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Washington
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
Darky
Mary Walker
Panis
Mary Jane
Change in Prognosis for Cardiac Murmurs and Heart Disease
The Medical Record notes a shift in medical thinking from doom to cautious optimism. Advances show murmurs often lack grave significance and valves may be compensated by hypertrophy, allowing long life with normal functioning despite persistent lesions.
Uses of the Prison Messenger in New York Courts
A New York Mail and Express report describes a prison messenger attached to city police courts. He accesses the prisons, assists arrestees with late fines and expenses, arranges legal help, and sometimes advances funds, receiving repayment with interest. The practice functions outside official authority yet operates with notable trust.
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New York Mail and Express
Brace Up or You’ll Get Left in Slang Lesson
In a term ending talk at the Institute of Technology a professor denounced slang as corrupting language and a sign of ill breeding. He then noted some students fell behind in study and urged making up lost time or failing exams, warning they must brace up or get left.
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Institute of Technology
Boston
Burlington Route Vestibuled Trains Boost Colorado to Chicago
The Burlington announces a new vestibuled service Denver to Chicago with No 2 leaving Denver at 9 25 p m a solid vestibuled train and No 16 Kansas City Fast Express at 7 20 p m The Union Pacific pamphlet National Platform Book outlines Democratic Republican and Prohibition platforms plus acceptance speeches and vote data for 1884.
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Chicago
Burlington No
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Missouri River
Union Pacific
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Clinton B. Fisk
Cleveland
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J. S. Tebbets
Union Pacific Railway
Omaha
Neb
English Railway Employes Expose Enduring Strain and Long Hours
London Truth highlights rail workers facing extreme schedules with guards on eighteen hour duty rounds and drivers enduring severe mental strain. An engine driver reports fourteen and a half hours daily on five days a week since October, raising concerns about passenger comfort and safety.
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London
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