Grant's Third Term Hopes Dented by Pennsylvania Delegates
The Star notes New York dispatches suggesting Gen Grant may abandon a third term bid as Pennsylvania delegates split. Reports say some will decline, others push for a rival candidate, while Blaine reportedly leads Pennsylvania support for a majority. The piece also mentions pension reforms and court fee rulings affecting justices and prosecutors.
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New York Sun
Washington
Grant
Pennsylvania
Don Cameron
Blaine
Pension Reform Moves to Clear Delayed Soldier Claims
The Special Pension Committee chaired by Representative Harmer proposes a three member sub committee to audit pension rolls, pending original pensions, and clerical staffing. It seeks eighty new clerks for the Pension Office plus staff for Adjutant General and Surgeon General to speed settlements and curb delays.
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Secretary of State
Asbury University Prepdom Fraternity Events and Lectures
A survey of campus life recounts lectures by Prof. McNutt on Bishop Haven and Prof. Earp’s well received talks. Prepdom hosts an orchestra under Prof. De Motte with Henry Mason and Harvey Weir contributing. The Mogart Club concert in Meharry Hall drew a crowd. Adelphian politics and treasury report include fifteen dollars. Local student writings and social gatherings are described, along with horse-harness commerce in Bainbridge.
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Prepdom
Prof. McNutt
Bishop Haven
Dr. Earp
Prof. DeMotte
Henry Mason
Harvey Weir
Merrel Hollingsworth
Employment and happiness rely on work for the people
The speaker argues that employment brings bread and contentment. Where there is work, there is fair pay, good housing, clothing, food, and means to educate children, leading to a cheerful, hopeful society.
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America
Watch Found After Dream Leads to Beech Tree
Wedge of Long Hill Bridgeport returned from a long tramp and discovered his watch was missing. He recalled a Stepney depot clock check earlier, then dreamed of a beech tree where birds were killed. He located the tree and the watch lay nearby as in the dream.
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Rorace Wedge
Long Hill
Bridgeport
Stepney Depot
Political mood shifts France's yearly revenue patterns
A Boston Herald summary notes how France's tax receipts swung with political upheaval from 1871 to last year, including surpluses after wartime taxes, deficits during Thiers and Broglie eras, and later gains under the republic. It also mentions an American windmill in the Sandwich Islands provoking police restraint.
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Boston Herald
France
Thiers
McMahon
Broglie
Republic
Sandwich Islands
Detroit Free Press
Early railroad siege at Tribe's Hill threatens trains
In the infancy of the Central Railroad near Tribe's Hill Amsterdam reports describe landowner obstruction and repeated attacks on the track. Locomotive engineers, workers, and arson attempts are noted as authorities fought to keep trains moving despite straws, rocks, and a buried boulder.
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Central Railroad
Tribe's Hill
Tn Tribe's Hill
George Cox
Tom
Maxwell
Tribe’s Hill
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