Senator Jones and the Calaveras War Horse fighter
Senator J P Jones met a man claiming to be the Taranteller of Calaveras a War Horse from the Hills in a Nevada saloon. He proposed hiring a fighter for election day with a price of 1000 dollars. Jim Carter, a six foot six inch tough, joined the scene and declined to fight in a room, prompting a split over who would fight for Jones with Carter insisting on open air combat and a split payment arrangement.
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J. P Jones
Mr. Tones
J. P. Jones
Jones
Californea
Mr. Jones
Calaveras
B—I
J. P
Slills
Taranteller
J.P. TF
Denime
James N. Carter
Pacific Coast
Big Jim Carter
Nevada
California
Jim Carter
Carter
The
Hills
Jim
Tiat
Skunk
M. Jones
Big Jim Cartier
Devil
Viginia City Enterprise
We Owe The Mechanic A Debt For Modern Progress
The passage argues that labor-saving machinery elevated and equalized society by shifting power from hereditary rulers to workers. It credits mechanics and mechanical arts with improving comforts, intellect, and opportunities, noting that the great movements in industry arose from machinery and continue to accelerate innovation.
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Wart
Botton
Arkwmeut
Newfoundland Seal Fishery in Perilous Strife with Steamers
A lengthy exposé on Newfoundland’s seal fishery detailing the labor of 10,000 to 12,000 men, the stark brutality of "scalping" young seals on vast ice floes, the shift to steamers, and looming collapse due to overharvesting and undisclosed market pressures. It condemns the slaughter of mothers, warns of a threatened "close time," and calls for scientific oversight and a Fisheries Commissioner to protect cod, salmon, and herring as well.
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St. Joan’s
Newfoundland
Arctic
Baffin’s Bay
Gulf Stream
Whietts
Atlantic
Scoresby
Thor
Eagle
South Sea
Baird
Diplomatic Oddities and Garden of Eden Discovery
A cartoonish piece recalls Rev. J. P. Newman, once a Senate chaplain and church pastor, being appointed inspector of consulates with a $7,500 salary plus $1,200 clerk, to tour West then circumnavigate to the Tigris and Euphrates junction. It laments costs and mocks a Garden of Eden find as a campaign talking point, while a drunken anecdote closes the quip.
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J. P. NewMan
Senate
Newman
California
Globe
J. P
Rvers Tigris
Euphrdites
AsHt
Garden of Eden
Fon du Lac
Oregon Politician Promises Immediate Government Reform
A eastern Oregon candidate ends a speech with pledges to reconstruct the government in June, end polygamy in Utah, silence leaders, open Wallowa for settlement, stop the franking privilege and divorce cases, and pursue policies to benefit the people. The remarks advocate concision and warn against metaphor in political discourse.
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Oregon
June
Utah
Beecher and
Woodhull
Wallowa
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the Felbow
Demosthenes
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