Gen Harrison nomination hopes rise on first caucus ballot
Indy reports strong backing for Gen Harrison to win the Senatorial nomination on the initial caucus ballot. Wheat prices slide at major grain centers over three weeks, leaving speculators strained. A Erie Kansas message claims Joseph K Gifford was murdered by Hannibal A Burris, the shot striking his abdomen. Congress has appropriated 52 062570 37 with allocations for pensions consular and diplomatic fortifications Military Academy and other items. A note on consumer periodical The Nursery praises January issue for families with young children. California law on pay equality is cited in the San Francisco schools with men posing as masters to gain higher wages. A New Albany report notes two three month old twins froze to death due to poverty and cold. A Brooklyn church edifice tied to Globe Fire Insurance may be sold, with funds raised to purchase or relocate. The office touts low prices on printing supplies.
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Baptist Church
New York Sun
Tompkins Avenue
McDonough Street
Brooklyn
Globe Fire Insurance Company
Jas. Fish
George F. Pentecost
Views of New York City in the Great Metropolis
A writer recalls six months in New York reflecting on its growth from a 6,000 population in 1699 to about 1.8 million, citing harbor beauty, foreign trade share, and rapid urban expansion. He details landmarks such as Broadway, Wall Street, Trinity Church, the East River bridges, and skyline views from the church steeple, noting monuments, streets, and notable buildings including the Post Office, Tribune Building, A. T. Stewart & Co., and Union Square treasures.
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New York
America
Manhattan Island
Blackwell's
Ward’s
Randall’s
Governors
Harlem
Hudson
Staten Island
United States
Sandy Hook
Castle Garden
Ellis, Bedloe’s
Governor's Islands
Fortifica
Broadway
Old Town
Wall Street
Trinity Church
Alexander Hamilton
Lawrence
Chesapeake
City
Bay
East River
Brooklyn
Governor's Island
Jersey City
Hoboken
Hudson River
Dey Street
Western Union Telegraph Company
Park Row
Post Office
United States Court
Printing House Square
The
Tribune
the World
the Sun
the Times
Staats Zeitung
Chambers Street
New Court House
Fourteenth Street
Union Square
Steinway Music Hall
Irving Place
Academy of Music
Tammany Hall
Central Park and New York Charities in the Era
A narrator extols Central Park as a future world beauty and notes extensive street railways on Second to Ninth Avenues. The piece mentions five to ten cent fares and highlights wards on Ward’s and Blackwell’s Islands housing the needy, with hospitals for the sick and the blind, but criticizes cleanliness and ventilation in these institutions. W. J. 0.
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New York
Central Park
Scribner's Monthly
Ward's Island
Blackwell's Island
House of Refuge
W. J
Circus trainer Types Elephant Obedience Gone Wrong
Tom Sullivan master of transportation for John Robinson's circus was badly injured after entering the animal enclosure and provoking Chief the elephant with a trainer's hook. Chief dragged Sullivan, then released him, and he was carried to hospital in serious condition. The town also notes lodge elections and a serious ice accident involving Csar George Leonard.
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Tom Sullivan
John Robinson
Sullivan
Chief
George Leonard
Russell Township
Our Goblins at Heuck's praised as top entertainment
Mitchell's Pleasure Party opened at Heuck's with a stronger cast and improved show. William Gill leads as author and principal, backed by Elinor Dearing and Carson. Frank Wilson and others deliver strong burlesque and comic performances with Teresa Berger’s cornet solos drawing encore. The Cincinnati Enquirer notes high praise and urges full houses next Tuesday.
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Mitchell
Heuck
William Gill
Elinor Dearing
Frank Wilson
Forrester
Mr. Norcross
Teresa Berger
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Hanemann’s
Opera House
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Tropriete
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Greencastle Ind
Jos, E. McDonald
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Joseph K. Gifford
Hannibal A. Burris
Congress
Nursery Publishing Company
Boston
Mass
Une
California
San Francisco
New Albany
William
Fannie Johnson
Johnson
Bay View
New California
Java
Coffihes
Darnall Bros. & Co’s
New Maysvile
East River Bridge
Kennedy
Lord Corn
Wallis
Sir Henry Clinton
General Washington
New York City
Gap Greencastle
Holliday
W. Landes & CO
HS Renick & CO
J. W. Buffington
Putnam
H.S. Renick & CO
Langdon
South Side Square
Greencastle
Indiana
T. G. Bowman
Jonn
T. G. Bowman & Co
Southard’s Block
Langdon’s
Wash. St
Piles &C
Fas
St.louis
Kansas City
Putnam Lodge
I. D. Crawley
N. G
I. E. Crews
W. G
M. M. Chittenden
C. W. Talburt
Treas
W. J. Bowen
Brockway
Herife
Putnam Circuit Court
Robert 8. Cole
James W. Cole
John J. Cole
Ransom H. Steele
Ary Ff. Steele
Lenorah E. Steele
Alvah Steele
Jennie Steele
Willie Steele
Putnam County
Plummer
Court House
Ames Brandon
B.C
Richard T. Webb
Melissa Webb
C. C. Matson
Rey
D. Bridges
M. B, Rudisill
Jay Rials
Hume Dunely
Brattin’s
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