Vast 19th century miscellany on politics and trade
A long digest of scattered items notes Kentucky’s four state election tickets, French duties on Cochin China trade, widespread fishery distribution, California sawdust harming trout, accidents in Austria, a solar eclipse expedition from Princeton, a British death sentence for Malay voyage crime, vivisection opposition, New York and Brooklyn monument projects, Ohio banking disputes, Bulgarian throne rumors, Detroit’s wealthy patron funding a fair, Pennsylvania tax revision, a black bear in Farrandsville, and various European and US political and scholarly liaisons with shifting alliances and ceremonial costs.
Insane Asylum Abuse Reports and Political Jabber
A collection of sensational notes describes abuse in an asylum with attendants using patients as objects, inciting fights, horrific bathing practices, vermin-infested clothing as punishment, and overarching blame in political circles. The Louisville Courier-Journal links Mr Harper to Republican threats and a looming Treasury secretary role while Emporia Democrat notes a cider factory moving to Kansas City and criticizes state policy as anti enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Harper
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Secretary of the Treasury
the Courier-Journal
Emporia Democrat
Lawrence
Kansas City
President Grover Cleveland Declines St Louis Visit
A torn 1887 letter reveals Grover Cleveland declining the Grand Army of the Republic encampment invitation to St Louis. He cites discord within posts, threats to his safety, and his duty to avoid provoking unrest while expressing regret and hope for a peaceful veterans’ reunion.
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St. Louis
Grand Army
Stand Ariy
Grover Cievacano
Kansas Crops Report Shows Mixed Yields Across State
The Kansas Farmer reports wheat fell to about 26 percent of three years ago with some fields plowed under while oats, though better, are below average. Corn acreage up at least 25 percent could yield 250 million bushels if conditions stay favorable. Dry weather limited, fruit trees expanding, overall state in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
St Louis G A R Invites Cleveland to 1887 Reunion
Public correspondence reveals St Louis leaders urged President Cleveland to attend the Grand Army of the Republic national encampment in September 1887. The letter, dated February 26, 1887, extols hospitality for 10,000 veterans and notes the first southern encampment. The response from the president followed months later.
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Cleveland
St. Louis
G.A. R
St. Loui
Grover Cleveland
United States
Sim
Dave 8. Francis
Cleveland declines St. Louis Grand Army visit amid mob hostility
President Grover Cleveland explains he cannot attend the Grand Army of the Republic reunion in St. Louis due to hostile sentiment among some veterans and local opposition. The Chicago Herald notes this marks a rare peace-time barrier to a presidential visit and condemns the ruffian tactics of Iowa and Kansas protesters as unpatriotic.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Acta
St. Louis
Republic
Grover Cleveland
Chicago Herald
Union
Des Moines
Fer
Iowa
Kansas
Cleveland
Black Guarda
Towa
G. A. BR
Grand Army Dispute With Public Opinion
Fragmentary OCR shows a charged remark denouncing the Grand Army of the Republic as a rebellion-era force and accusing unnamed mouthpieces in Des Moines and Topeka of venomous reprobacy, implying a public split over its legacy.
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Dé Thetre
Lic
Lng
Des Moines
Topeka
Loyalist Shame in G A R Ranks Provokes Death Threats
An editorial denounces hostile actions by Republican partisans toward President Cleveland, labeling them blackguards and a disgrace to the G A R. It blames a few leaders, warns of violence if he visits St. Louis, and calls true soldiers to expel unprincipled factionalism from the organization.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Grand of the Republic
Pooies
Fairchilds
Tutule
Guiteau
Booth
Cleveland
St. Louis
Des Moines
Topeka
Kaneua
United States Army
Rebel scare battles over 1888 campaign urged by many groups
The Chicago Herald notes that various powerful interests including coal, lumber, salt, glass, copper, iron and steel sectors, cattle barons, land grabbing firms, Pacific railroads, and several prominent families would welcome a renewed fight over rebellion issues in 1888. They hope to restore the party in power by steering the public debate, while the reformers resist.
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Frey
Allen
Pacific Railroads
Dorseya
Ellinsea
Claytons
Chaffees
Americ
Jey Gould
Supreme Court
Authardy
Old Robeson
J. Warren Kelfer
Chicago Herald
Hole in the Wall Tale of Pirates and Bahama Passage
The narrator sails toward the Hole in the Wall between Abaca Island and Great Stirrup Key, hearing a fisherman's legend of pirates and a blasted hole. The crew debates the story as the ship nears the famous channel, while Gulf weed and tropical imagery fill the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naman
Bee
Gulf
Bahamas
Bermudas
Abaca Island
Great Stirrup Key
Bahama Banka
West Indies
Thio
Jean
Cuba
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Karois
Pleer
Afrer
Rees
Kentucky
Cochin-China
Fish Commission
California Creeks
Alis
Austria
Princeton College
South Africa
Canox Wickerforce
New York
Brooklyn
Grant
Peter Cooper
Beecher
Nathan Hale
Goverson Foraker
Ohio
Fidelity Bank
Fexpinano
Russia
Lotaen Lrecier
Detroit
Citizens’ Association of
That City
Pennsylvania
Farrandsville
W.C. Wislow
Boston
Royal Archeological Society of Great Britain
Wame Lord Aberdeen
San Francisco
Society For the Relief
China
Secreairchild
Maine
Waterveron
David R. Francia
Grand Anny
St. Louie
Citiva
Washington
Hest
Wasursaron
David R. Francis
City of
Frank Gralenne
Sof Resdinaes Tan
Mer
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