The Force Measure and the South’s Resistance
The Washington Sentinel argues the Republican platform masks a force bill that would impose Federal control at the polls. It cites Senator Hill and Davenport, labeling the measure an oppression of the South and a threat to ballot integrity, urging Democrats to see shared interests against federal election interference.
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New York Sun
Union
South
Benjamin Harrison
Washington
Free State
Senator Hill
Davenport
Empire State
Washington Sentinel
Republican Issues Crash Liberties and Church State
The piece argues that Republican claims of school question settlement would imply party dissolution, condemns interference with parental control as anti individual liberty, and asserts paternalism underpins Republican faith amid continual defeats and guarded individuals by government.
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Republican Party
Sunday Whistling Confusion At Maine Resort
A Bangor Commercial note recalls a family at a Maine resort where a well known Sunday visitor, a playful whistler, prompts a little girl to ask if he is a Democrat. Her mother answers that he is likely not. The girl reasons that whistling "Whoa Emma" all day on Sunday proves it.
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Bangor
Maine
Emma
Reed's Misstatement in North American Review
A Chicago-quoted excerpt from ex-Speaker Reed in the North American Review is labeled remarkable by a high-tax Chicago organ. The piece criticizes Reed for misstatements about the Fifty-first Congress, noting his past roles and access to current reports.
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Chicago
Reed
The
North American Review
Fifty-first Congress
Thomas Brackett Reed
Congress
Sherman
Chicago Times
Force bill clash and reform tales across political rows
A provocative critique argues the force will policy harms the South and civil liberties, linking it to tariff wars and reform debates. It cites Senator Hill, John Davenport, and Chicago as voices in the national clash, notes Homestead election data, and questions labor and immigration dynamics amid tariff and Republican policies.
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Republican Party
Chicago
St Louis Winter Festivities and Castor Oil Trade
St Louis prepares for fall festivities headlined by a labor day parade and German day with tableaux on floats and open air shows at the Fair Grounds drawing tens of thousands. Farmers in the southwest may profit from a new price fix on castor bean and oil via St Louis mills, with a minimum bean price of 1,500 buses and tariff protections to keep out Indian bean competition. Weather observers note elusive local storm patterns. Agriculture Dept aims to trace origins. Cattle raised on salt grass along Atlantic islands, Florida, and Maryland coast are small, hardy, profitable, and exported to Cuba, with weights often under 500 pounds.
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St. Louis
United States
Vancher
Fair Grounds
India
Agricultural Department
D. J. Herndon
Atlantic
Maryland
Florida
Cuba
Illindis Clock Hand Swindle Ends in Onion Creek Visit
A Texas Siftings item recounts a German clockmaker in Austin being duped by a country Black man who consternates the watchmaker by claiming the clock hands fail to keep time. The man pockets the hands and departs, hinting at a planned swindle.
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Austin
Texas
Nmaker
Rosa
Onion Creek
Nautical Knowledge Reveals a Curious Exchange
A fragmented dialogue hints at a nautical topic and social impressions. Jones questions, while another speaker notes a girl with red hair and a suggestive appearance, set against a seaside context. The garbled text implies a period newspaper excerpt with odd spellings.
Vermont Election Returns in Ware River Junctions
The Vermont tally from Ware River Junctions shows Fuller as Governor on 24,745 votes with Smalley at 11,050 and Allen at 274 in Sept. Tallyes from 1888 indicate Dillingham 30,733 and Shurtleff 12,015 with a 6,000 drop for Republicans.
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Vermont
Ware River
Fuller
Smalley
Allen
Tis
Dillingham
Shurtleff
Poetic Prizes and Mirth in Old Boston Lore
A collage of snippets notes prize offers from Esterbrook Steel Pen Co for poems on their pens, Shakespearean quips about Chauncey, and boasts about East Indies natives knowing Boston better than others, plus stray phrases on cures and evidence gathering.
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Esterbrook Steel Pen Co
John St
New York
East Indies
Boston
Coughing Leads to Consumption in Old Time Ad Copy
An old advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as a universal cough remedy promising immediate relief. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and notes large bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar. The copy contrasts a thriving businessman with a struggling wheelbarrow peddler.
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Kemp
Harvest Excursions Tickets at Half Rates
Big Four Route sells excursion tickets at half rates to principal West Northwest South and Southwest points on Sept 27 and Oct 25. Stop overs allowed in excursion territory with great farming stock lumber and mining regions. For rates contact Chicago office 234 Clark Street or D B Martin G P A Cincinnati. Persona who waltz in overcrowded ballroom face reverses.
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Big Four
Chicago
Clark Street
D. B. Martin
Cincinnati
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Reed's Misstatement
New South
David Bennett Hill
John S. Davenport
Fr Cmd
White House
Gwehe
Jones
Copy Co
Omaha
Shakespeare
Chauncey
Carter
Alo Patina
Bily
ELY Bros
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