Topeka Politics and G A R Row Over Tax and Press
A Kansas 1887 front page sketches partisan strife in Douglas and Johnson counties. It notes six to eight candidates per office, debates over an occupation tax, and criticizes Republican control while urging Lawrence to study the Jeffersonian Club. It condemns partisan bias in the Grand Army of the Republic and local papers.
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Kansas
Lawrence
Jeffersonian Club
Grand Army of the Republic
Telegraph
Cleveland, O
Bt Louis
Baldwin Post G. A. B
Republican Party
Grand Army ‘Republic
Minellie Casmire
Iola
W. H. Sears
Douglas
Franklin
Miami
John Beard
Pierson
Sone
Misters
Department of Music
Protection rails against Republican coal tax rise
A clipped three paragraph passage contends that wage rises favor big interests and that a proposed coal tax hike benefits a Republican protected industry. It calls on Republicans to consider the impact of higher coal costs and suggests a scheme to boost profits by a few cents per ton.
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Republican Party
The September Century and Scribner's Magazine Review
The September issue highlights The Century with essays on politics and the Constitution and features Monticello portraits and Lincoln's campaigns plus later volumes on the War and the Diary. Scribner's Magazine opens with The Modern Nile and contemporary literature while detailing agricultural pests and college news.
Divorces Filed In District Court Two Cases Listed
Two divorce actions were filed Thursday in the district court clerk’s office. Ella Goodsby sues Peter Goodsby for cruelty and abandonment. Laura H. Stewart seeks divorce from Grant Stewart and division of property amid neglect and abandonment. Also notes fashion trends and local social visits.
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District Court
Ella Goodsby
Peter Goodsby
Laura H. Stewart
Grant Stewart
The Harem World in Mecca and Cairo Society
A historical observation surveys the harem system in Cairo and Istanbul, detailing gender separation, access to public life, and the social routines of women. It notes opera, promenades, private carriages, veiled visibility, and the controlled interactions between harems and outside society, including the role of wives and the conduct of pashas.
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Mecca
Bin
Egypt
Persia
Cairo
Kiaght Khaneh
Galata
Pera
Ismail Pashs
Cairobes
Khanem
Cairo Opera
Khedive
Inf Aatyre
Indies
London
East
Guardian
Home Journal
Shop Girls and the Language of Labor Roles
A New York Tribune letter argues the term shop girl misrepresents modern workers. It notes that many young women prefer titles like vales ladies and salon woman, while factory workers may still be called shop girls. The piece reflects on social structure behind the counters.
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Neosho
Chinoh
New York
New York Tribune
Proprieter’s Claim to Employee Inventions Questioned
A Wisconsin case recounts a factory owner who paid a low weekly wage to time keepers and hoarded a worker’s inventions. When another manufacturer patented and sold the ideas, the court ruled that ideas belong to the inventor, not the employer who supplied time or tools. The decision upholds that workers own ideas created during employment when not paid for as part of the trade, setting a fair precedent.
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Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Alfred Trumble
New York News
Californian Olive King Talks Olive Business on Lick
Calfornian olive magnate Col Eliwod Cooper, the world’s largest olive grower and oil maker, discusses California as the heart of olive production. He recounts planting since 1873, harvest timings, and expects 90,000 to 125,000 bottles from current crops while employing 30 to 70 workers and diversifying into English walnuts and almonds.
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Eliwod Cooper
Lick
Santa Barbera
Santa Barbara
United States
San Luis Obispo
San Diego
Georgia
America
California
San Francisco Examiner
Grocers Profit From Paper Weight Scheme
A historical critique claims grocers pad wrapping paper into goods to inflate profits. It argues a ream of paper weighs fifty pounds and costs seven cents per pound, enabling about thirty dollars extra per ream when used to wrap tea. It calls for banning paper in scales to curb deceitful weighing practices.
Sensational Novelist's Early Seafaring Mentorship
The New York Tribune recounts how Sylvanus Cobb Jr as a boy joined a naval ship's crew where the captain, noting Cobb's literacy, hires him as a private secretary. The boy copies manuscripts and is inspired to write his own sea tale, realizing he could craft a better story.
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Sylvanus Cobb, Jr
Young Cobb
Cobb
New York Tribune
Burglar’s Trick Allegedly Used in Press Pieces
A burglar writes his experiences for the papers describing how he and a partner trailed Mrs Anna Dickinsco to prominent citizens and burgled their homes while families enjoyed social hospitality. Footwear for hot weather dominates a local shoe maker’s report, noting only Oxford ties as proper.
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Anna Dickinsco
August climate and rainfall report from local observations
A long weather note records August 1887 figures: mean 73.62 degrees, 4.88 inches of rain, ten 90 degree days, and a dry trend earlier in the year with a recent break in drought. Ground moisture remains uneven and future months may swing to excess rainfall. The excerpt also quotes Richter on deeds and Mary Hinson testimonial for Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription.
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Augusta
Richter
Mary Hinson
Montrose
Kansas
Longfellow Richards and Nelson Found Guilty of Petty Larceny
In the case against Frank Longfellow Ed Richards and Horace Nelson charged with petty larceny trial was held on Friday. Defendants found guilty as charged in the complaint and fined one dollar each plus six dollars twenty cents in costs.
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Frank Longfellow
Ed Richards
Horace Nelson
Innes Dry Goods Show Draws Fair Week Crowds
A vivid display at GEO INNES dry goods store dominates Fair Week as visitors flood the enormous establishment. The article describes Innes as a wholesale in feel, retailing at wholesale prices, with a vast stock, exquisite patterns, and appealing prices drawing throngs of shoppers.
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GEO. Innes
Innes
Innes Carpets Hit Unprecedented Sales Surge
The carpet department reports a trade explosion with orders doubled and trebled, exhausting staff and resources as clerks and assistants work day and night. The store notes never selling so many carpets as current demand, with INNES leading the spike.
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INNES
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September Magazines
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JB Miller
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A B Moore
Ala
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Flas
Atwater
Joel Chandler Harria
Azalia
Kemble
Harriet Lewis Bradley
Harriet Lewis Bradley Entitled ‘Helsa
Petersburg
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Scribner's. Scribner’s Magazine
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Japan
Led
Yale
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Barvard University
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B. F. Hutching
Joseph Stoller
Misa Kittle Pierson
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W. W. “Finke
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Baker University
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