Globe reporter heads to Wyoming in hunt for clues
Ep Howe of the Atchison Globe travels to Wyoming described as loaded for bear. The Wichita gan yell reaches 1,900 feet with only surface discoveries so far. Jefferson Davis and General Clingman, both from North Carolina, are the only surviving former senators who joined the rebellion.
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Ep Howe
The
Atchison Globe
Wyoming
Wichita Gan Yell
Jefferson Davis
General Clingman
North Carolina
United States Senate
Soldier vote echoed as patriotism and honesty
A Boston paper argues there should be no soldier vote, insisting every vote belong to an American citizen. It asserts the soldier vote already reflects patriotism and honesty in practice.
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Boston
Windy Wonder clashes over Wichita title claim
Reporters note ongoing disputes and alleged criminal activity in Wichita as locals discuss a fierce fight over property and power. The article hints at larceny or worse amid a changing real estate scene and sharp local tensions.
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Wichita
Pleasanton editor Mrs Heven H Caret dies at home
Mrs Heven H Caret editress of the Pleasanton Kansas Observer died Saturday afternoon at her home. She took control of the paper in 1880 and had edited it ever since. She was 35 years old and formerly from Albany New York.
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Heven H. Care T
Pleasanton
Kansas
Observer
Albany
New York
General Bou Lang er and Kentucky Vote Shake Republican Hope
General Bou Lang er once lauded by many French voters loses momentum after dueling bravado. In Kentucky the Democratic majority shrinks to half of Governor Knott’s margin, a result that strengthens Republican prospects as General Buckner matches the party’s appeal.
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Kentucky
Knott
Buckner
Blaine Abroad Sparks Irish and Scotch Vote Talk
The piece notes a political figure named Blaine going abroad and provoking reaction from Democratic organs. They predict Ireland will get most of his time to win the Irish vote, then pivot to Scotland to court the Scotch Presbyterian bloc criticizing his boldness.
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Wuex
Blaine
Ireland
Scotland
Silk samples praised by Belding Co for public display
Professor Honnest of Peabody, superintendent of the Kansas State Silk Station, reports a letter from the Belding Co silk manufacturers declaring the station produced samples first class in every respect. They offer to make up a fine dress pattern for public display free of charge.
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Prof
Honnest
Peabody
Kansas State
Belding Co
Downey’s Cryptogram Book On Shakespeare Bacon Theory
Downey plans The Great Cryptogram or Lord Bacon’s Cipher in the So-called Shakespeare Plays to be published by a Chicago firm. The author, confident of his proof, expects the volume to settle once and for all the Shakespeare authorship question.
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Downey
Shakespeare Bacon
Lord Bacon
Chicago
Kansas silk cocoons received from every section
Mr Mons secretary of the Kansas silk commission says cocoons have been received from all parts of Kansas. Peabody leads in production and growers bring cocoons to the station to collect payment similar to crops. Individual crop values range from 10 to 111 dollars, majority between 50 and 60, with top payments of 111.50 and 70 dollars.
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Mr. Mons
Kansas Silk Commission
Kansas
Peabody
Inter State Commerce Bill Praised by Genator Prown
Genator Prown praises the interstate commerce bill as the most beneficial in years and good for western grain shippers though he notes many changes are needed. He calls it a new reform with potential future advantages despite required amendments.
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Genator Prown
Congress
Wichita colonel to clean out doggery joints
Attorney General Bradford named Col J R Hallowell of Wichita as assistant attorney general to purge the city’s open liquor joints. Hallowell vows to shut every doggery and says they will quit or face consequences amid widespread complaints.
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Attornney
Bradford
J. R. Hallowell
Wichita
Col. Hallowell
Payne and Sherman Show Contrasting Leadership in Ohio
The report contrasts Republican Payne and Democrat Sherman at the Ohio state convention. Payne, accused of illegal selection, was blocked from chairmanship while Sherman led the gathering, with about six hundred neighbors ensuring his prominent role and high support.
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Ohio
Payne
Sherman
Toledo
Cimarron Territory Advocate Debuts in No Man's Land
The Cimarron Territory Advocate announces its Beaver City publication as the first newspaper in the Neutral Strip region. Estes and Eldridge publish from the former Locia Lance office, proclaiming the paper as a pride of the area and capital of the new territory.
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Cimarron Territory
Beaver City
No Man’s Land
Estes and Eldridge
Lcoti Lance
McGanrick Convicted Boodler Avoids Typhoid, Promises Vindication
McGanrick, the Chicago boodler, slipped away from the sheriff to escape a spell of typhoid fever, not to flee the penitentiary. He vows to return and prove his innocence once health returns, but Chicago’s climate may prevent his vindication.
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McGanrick
Chicago
First US commercial traveler Daniel R Wolff chronicled
The article notes Daniel R Wolff as the first commercial traveler in the United States. He began with the Flickenger firm in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in May 1838. In 1848 he pioneered selling goods by samples and remains active on the road for a Philadelphia firm. He is described as a hearty, talkative, old style gentleman with rich reminiscences.
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United States
Daniel R. Wolff
Joseph
Jacob Flickenger
Franklin County
Pennsylvania
Mr. Wolf
Philadelphia
Chuck
Prince of
Topeka Democrat Notes Deputies Under Strain Elections
The Topeka Democrat blames Republican understrappers in office via federal officers. Nearly one hundred deputies of United States Marshal Jones are discussed. over thirty are active Republicans drafted from party ranks due to perquisites, necessity, and lack of Democrats in compatible offices.
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Topeka
United States
Jones
American Magazine to be published by American Magazine Company
The American Magazine will be published under the American Magazine Company s corporation with strong finances and experience. Readers are promised ongoing improvements and new features. Jerf Davis joined the W C T U in Mississippi and wrote an anti prohibition letter to Texas. His teaching yielded notable results in Texas per the election.
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American Magazine Company
S Corporation
Jerf Davis
WC. T. U
Mississippi
Texas
Virginia Democrats at Roanoke pledge aid to disabled soldiers
The Roanoke convention adopted a platform plank urging liberal provision for disabled soldiers and indigent widows of those who fell or died from war wounds. The statement notes “defense of the state” as a euphemism for rebellion and mocks the convention’s gratitude to Cleveland for these “blessings.”
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Virginia
Roanoke
Cleveland
Peabody Patent Watch Factory Proposed For Wichita
A new company would organize and subscribe stock to manufacture watches under the Peabody patent, with a Wichita plant on a full city block. Buildings ready before winter would house 300 to 400 workers, offering sober, skilled labor and good wages to foster home ownership and civic value, as Elgin Illinois shows such works can build a town.
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Wichita
Lawrence
Elgin
Illinois
New Jersey Challenged Over Rail Bridge and Federal Supremacy
The piece argues New Jersey has long taxed interstate commerce via a railroad monopoly and opposes a bridge over Arthur Kill. It notes Congress authorized the bridge, and Justice Bradley ruled federal regulation of commerce overrides state sovereignty, a decision seen as a blow to New Jersey’s revenue base.
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New Jersey
Arthur Kill
Staten Island
Jersey Shore
Congress
United States Court
Justice Bradley
Broom corn cutting and planting under way in county
The McPherson Republican notes that broom corn is being cut in some areas of the county while in other parts it is only being planted, reflecting varied agricultural activity this season.
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Tue McPherson
Election Day Killing Bee in Kentucky Causes Team Shortage
The text notes a deadly incident on election day in Kentucky affecting local factions the Dales Lytles and Doughertys. It says three men are missing for the next campaign but survivors plan to even the odds.
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Kentucky
Dales
Lytles
Doughertys
Epidemic of invitations reaches Colorado city
An invitation epidemic that began in St Louis and spread across the West strikes Colorado, with Pike's Peak cited as the latest victim where a presidential invitation has broken out.
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St. Louis
Colorado
Pike’s Peake
Insoluble problem for Democrats over surplus revenue
The Chicago Journal notes a sharp fiscal critique, stating the major trouble for the Democrats is how to reduce the surplus revenue created by Republican administrations. It contrasts this with the early 1860s when Republicans faced the opposite issue after succeeding the Democrats.
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The
Chicago Journal
Mugwumps at the End in Shifting Political Tide
The Mugwumps have dwindled to few and lost influence as Republicans ignore them and Democrats show little concern. The administration disregards civil service norms, leaving Mugwump supporters snubbed and fading from prominence.
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Holt
Providence looks after its own in clay center rains
The Clay Center Times recalls that Providence favors its people with rain at the right time. The editor notes that earlier storms would have ruined crops, yet now the region will have ample corn grain and likely high prices. The piece emphasizes timely rain and agricultural resilience.
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Providence
Clay County
Navy Surgeon Arrested for Seducing 13 Year Old Girl
Washington dispatches report a United States Navy surgeon named Crawford arrested on charges of seducing a young, practically orphaned 13 year old girl. Authorities possess letters by Crawford supporting guilt, while some say officers are trying to cover up the affair for the navy’s good name. This stance condemns any attempt to shield the criminal and calls for penitentiary punishment.
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United States Navy
Crawford
Washington
Navy
Prohibitors Law Complaints Sweep State
Attorney General Bradford worked all day responding to infractions of the prohibitors law across the state. Offenders use subterfuge while courts take action and notify county attorneys of liquor outlets. If relief is not obtained, further steps will halt the offenses.
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Bradford
Crder
Commonwealth
Great disparity in corn yields near Grant township
The Emporia Globe notes wide variation in corn yields across nearby localities. Lewis Allen, of a farm near Bittertown and Madison, claims fifty acres may yield sixty bushels per acre. The piece also argues for maintaining a proper hay and wood market and moving scales and weigher’s office to a new market site to reclaim Vermont street from decay.
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Emporia Globe
Mr. Allen
Grant Township
Filkins & Sisler
Lewis Allen
Bittertown
Madison
Allen
Market Place
Vermont Street
Naval ships capacity and power assess reader judgment
The article argues that by understanding the capacity and power of the new ships the reader can judge for himself how far they may serve in solving the problem of our naval defence.
Emancipation Day Dinner Ends With Razor Tableau
The colored colony at Nicodemus in Graham county concluded its emancipation celebration with an old fashioned razor tableau featuring four participants.
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Nicodemus
Graham County
Cricket Letters From Antwerp Promise Weekly Installments
The Journal announces another correspondence from the Cricket describing the voyage to Europe and a forward from Antwerp. Readers may expect ongoing installments to be presented weekly.
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Europe
Antwerp
Ottawa Council Bans Lottery Ads. Paper Defies Rule
Ottawa city council passed an ordinance prohibiting lottery advertisements and the Ottawa Republican published Louisiana Lottery ads to test it. Suit filed against A F Sharpe proprietor of the paper, with statewide interest in the outcome.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Republican
A. F. Sharpe
Change of Superintendent for Railway Mail Service
News of appointing a new superintendent for the railway mail service division brings cheer in the state press. Doubt remains on improvement without adequate staffing, yet the incoming Republican official may gain better departmental support and facilities.
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Department
Notable Wide Awake issue features Concord sketches and sports
The August Wide Awake showcases a Concord sketch series and a paper on Summer Sports, illustrated and set among stories by Craddock and others. It notes Margaret Sidney’s Wayside along with Craddock’s Keedon Bluffs tale, plus poetry, biographies, zoo peeks, and a strong aim of entertainment with education. Price and sample details included.
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Old Concord
Margaret Sidney
Nathaniel Hawthorn
Alcotts
Concord Bridge
Lexington
Charles Egbert Craddock
Keedon Bluffs
Wide Awake
Catherwood
Davis
Champney
Hopkins
Mitchell
Hart
D. Lothrop Company
Boston
Florida Land of Flowers and Fountain of Youth Promo
The piece touts Florida as a paradise for invalids and consumptives and claims Dr. R V Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery can restore health for chronic throat and lung diseases. It promotes the remedy as a reliable specific available from druggists in the state.
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R. V. Pierce
Prenchial
Lucy
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