Indiana Political Echoes and newspaper tensions
The April notice reflects Indiana political factions surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago and party loyalties. It cites Governor Gray, press alignments such as Evansville Courier and Indianapolis Journal, and commentary on Cordage Company and Pension Office chief Raum. It critiques Cleveland opposition and notes electoral vote dynamics and press rhetoric.
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Evansville
Gray
Chicago
Indianapolis Sentinel
Evansville Courier
Cleveland
Indianapolis Journal
Indiana
Sentinel
Journal
Free of duty cotton goods bill passes House Saturday
The House approved a bill to admit cotton, bagging and cotton ties free of duty. The article then shifts through various notes on elections, celestial events, and political talk, including remarks on the 1888 Cleveland feud, Vermont maple sugar losses, and Secretary Blaine taking Muldoon’s fitness guidance. It ends noting Blaine follows Muldoon’s health regimen.
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Washington
Blaine
Wm. Muldoon
John L. Sullivan
Muldoon
Mr. Blaine
Nine Percent Amputation Fatalities and Odd World Facts
The passage surveys various curiosities and statistics from medicine and industry, noting low fatality in amputations, women’s expanding job roles including 400 occupations and 120 Berlin telephone workers, and quirky facts about lobsters, rainfall, a great Atlantic spring near St Augustine, and a colossal West African king's umbrella. It preserves courtly tone with concise, distinct items.
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Chesapeake’ Bay
Berlin
Halifax
London
Townsville
Queensland
Oregon
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
St. Augustine
A Woman's Lively Ledger of Household Duties
A guileless man asks a question and a woman answers with a year of figures from a nine room home. She lists lunches, meals, deserts, dusting, dressings, visits, books read, papers read, stories told, games, church attendances, mending, sewing, letters, music hours, Sunday school work, gardening, sick days, amusements, plus additional tasks and nursing two measles cases.
Berkshire Farmer Posts Warning on Meadow Fence
A Berkshire farmer warns passersby with a note attached to a meadow fence describing risks to cattle and crops. The sign calls for caution around the property and urges visitors to respect boundaries.
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Berkshire
Nottis Threats Transcribed in Outdated Letter
Obnoxious note from Obdia h Rogers instructs that any man or woman who interrupts the cows on the road will have their tail cut off by the writer. The coarse threat references controlling livestock and warns of punishment.
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Kows
No title provided in text about Southern Europe funerals
A Harper’s Bazar excerpt praises Southern European manners and Naples customs, noting funerals are colorful rather than somber. Priests’ robes and hooded monks add interest as processions pass through Naples streets with many onlookers kneeling and praying.
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Europe
North
Old Kingdom of
Naples
Harper's Bazar
Old Lovers Reunite in Lincoln Marriage at 68
Isaac Rakestraw of Gen eva Nebraska and Catherine Raines of Silver Creek Colorado married in Lincoln after decades apart. Once lovers in Ohio both had multiple marriages since, but met again and wed, offering a romance with a hopeful note for the future.
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Lincoln
Neb
Isaac Rakestraw
Geneva
Catherine Raines
Silver Creek
Colo
Ohio
Valuable Jupiter Egiodine Cameo at University of Pennsylvania
A rare Chrysoprase cameo from the second century depicts Jupiter with oak leaves and the armor symbol, carved in a single block seven by five inches. It is among the Somerville collection of over 2,000 engraved gems and tailismans, valued at over $50,000.
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University of Pennsylvania
Antiquarians
Jupiter
Somerville
Misunderstanding and Love in a Short Dialog
A light anecdote ends with a playful exchange where a man asks a question about truth and a woman retorts with a sharp line. The scene hints at romantic tension framed by witty dialogue.
Senate faces tense path on Chinese exclusion bill
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans a decisive vote on the house Chinese total exclusion bill. Pacific coast senators push for a favorable report via Dolph, with potential hurrah passage if blocked. Prior debates note treaty issues and questions over public safety powers.
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Senate
Washington
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Dolph
House
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Foreign Relations Committee
Sherman
Frye
Maine
Gorman
Maryland
Oregon
Davis
Minnesota
Hiscock
New York
Morgan
Alabama
Gray
Delaware
Butler
South Carolina
Kenna
West Virginia
Hoar
Massachusetts
Brown
Georgia
Wilson
Iowa
China
Hooker
Mississippi
Hitt
Ilinois
Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Kim
Boy's Body Recovered From Airshaft After Two Months
In New York two to three boys found a white shafted body in an airshaft between a tenement at 51 Washington Street and a bonded warehouse at 13 Washington Street. The dead boy was Harry Quill, missing since February 10. Police retrieved the body after failed attempts with fish lines.
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New York
Washington Street
Harry Quill
Quill
Playing Cards Offer From Feene General Pass
A historical notice offers a pack of high quality playing cards for fifteen cents sent to Feene General Pass in Chicago Illinois. The brief advertisement includes postal details and payment instructions for readers seeking a card set.
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Feene
Gen
L. Pass
Ent
Ioago
Ill
Sebi Bait
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