Temperance talk and political jabs mix in Whit Oaks column
The Whit Oaks column mocks temperance and medical experts amid coverage of General Grant's illness. It spars with clergy, doctors, and politicians, recalls Garfield and Garfield era surgery, and threads satire through political history and foreign affairs notes.
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Press survey and curious notes on newspapers and world events
The piece surveys the 1883 and 1884 American Newspaper Directory data with 1147 newspapers in the United States and Canada and compares growth by state. It mentions a London dynamite episode, emperors and kings who ruled 14 nations, and a Milwaukee quirk about Scripture quotes, plus Irish city populations.
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President Cleveland’s wine taste shocks Democratic readers
The dispatch mocks President Cleveland for drinking wine at the White House and criticizes Democratic figures, while noting international tensions, Oklahoma boomers, press relations, and a Washington cattle shipment. It mentions Grant’s doctors, Bayard’s indignation at the press, and a saloonkeeper’s murder in Kansas.
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