Relief during floods and labor reform discussed
The piece urges Indianapolis and Indiana to aid Mississippi flood victims and outlines Senator Blair's convict labor bill to replace contract labor with prison wage laws. It notes proposed funding, health checks, and family trust provisions, and references local labor concerns, political speculation on Blaine, and housing demand tied to fuel gas prices.
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United States
Mississippi
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Sun
Iinois
Indianapolis
Indiana
Blair
Senate
Department of Lebor
Political currents and city prosperity stir Indianapolis
A rumor of party rifts around Governor Gray grows as Voorhees backs Black for president in a sign of shifting loyalties. The city shows strength in growth and housing, with new construction and thriving business. News items cover national bets, local crime, and civic concerns from floods to street safety.
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Gov. Gray
Voorhees
Wabash
Frontiers, riots and political clashes across Europe and Britain
Reported tensions include Germany barring Frenchmen from Alsace Lorraine, Russia flooding Germany with corn, and religious protests. Rioting hits Bance Italy with casualties, London’s lord mayor faces denunciation over Guildhall use, and Bailiff Sweeney shoots two laborers in Tipperary. A French patriot challenges charges against Marshal Bazaine, stirring renewed controversy.
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Frederick
Potsdam
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Bance
Italy
Parsons
Llamfid
Wales
London
England
Sweeney
County Tipperary
Herrison
Marshal Bazaine
France
Hemson
Bazaine
Galbetta
Literary notes and notices in The Sun
LITERARY WOLK. James Whitcomb Riley's poem When the grass gets green is praised as a gem. J W Watson is described as the likely author of Beautiful Snow and as a prolific novelist and poet who claims to have invented roller skates. Robert Louis Stevenson is noted as growing stronger with visible vigor and health. Rooms for Rent are advertised as several desirable options in today's Sun issue.
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J. W. Watson
New York
Mr. Watson
Robert Louis Stevenson
the Sun
Ended Well in a Small Town Courtship
In a village, Miss Briggs and widower Mr. Perry endure years of feuding over cats, a canary, a mastiff, and a horse. A neighborly party brings them together, an accident tests them, and Perry asks Briggs to marry. She agrees, and they wed. The house and cottage are swapped for a happier arrangement.
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Kttle Bellew
Senate
Lieut
Graydon
Indianapolis
Washngton
Nesaunee
Mich
McKinley
Congress
Co. BL & Q
Joel H. Wells
Chicago
Tom Jones
Dunlap
Tom
Corner
Christian Scientist
Maldin
Mass
James
Chas
Stewart Parnell
Philadelphia
M. R. Stewart
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Agnes Murray
New York
Murray
Mr. Perry
Miss Briggs
Dom
Mrs. Perkins
Mrs. Perlins
Mr. Perkins
Miss Prige
Miss Brions
Briggs
Sam
Oan
Kir
Perry
Dies Briggs
Dan
Miss Krizys
County boasts no mortgaged farms in its bounds
Tiberty county Georgia touts exclusivity as the only county in the state without mortgaged farms. Hubert Collyer extols worker dignity, while industry and tariffs are discussed alongside iron wire production figures and distant forest wealth in Austria.
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Hubert Collyer
Collyer
New York
England
Europe
Croatia
Slavonia
Notable fortunes and portraits in late 19th century gossip
Russell Sage buys a fifteen dollar suit amid a roundup of social notes. John Jennings, last survivor of Baltimore’s Old Defenders in Hertford county Maryland, dies. Elizabeth Miller and Elizabeth Cady Stanton linked to the bloomer costume. The London Times quotes the Prince of Wales amid American cattle drivers gossip. Sieves of nobility and magnates, including Le Lesseps and Gen. Achim Badeau, are sketched. James G Farr, western millionaire, valued at about five million, owns the South Pacific Coast railroad built for 7.06 million, yielding solid returns.
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John Jennings
Hertford County
Maryland
Baltimore
Elizabeth Miller
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Stanton
Milley
London Times
Prince of Wales
Frederick Graham
Netherby
Duchess of Somerset
Milngton
Soxquin Miler
Oakland
Cal
le Lesseps
Panana Sebenie & Ower
Achim Badeau
James G. Farr
Far West
Roars and Robins Irony in a March Parlor Scene
Fragment from a period paper shows a domestic snapshot with playful asides about gloves strawberries and March fare. Characters include Lamp oon Clara and Mrs Hendricks amid mild theatrical wit and a priestly aside about tears and onions.
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