Chicago Tribune Editorials on Grant’s Third Term
Chicago Tribune editorials from 1880 condemn a third term for Grant and defend the two-term tradition. They argue overturning long held custom risks a dangerous political precedent and could empower the Democratic party. The papers cite public sentiment and Republican opposition across states calling a grant nomination disastrous.
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Canal Boatman recalls Schuylkill navigation history
Retired Capt. Henry Reppert recalls a busy Schuylkill canal era with 1,200 boats between Port Clinton and Philadelphia and 3,600 workers, noting 38 boats now. He describes 1849 steam barges Experiment and 1852 Daniel P. Schenfelder, packet boats Planet and Swan, and shifts from freight to limited use.
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Reading
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Albany
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Do Not Darn Hosiery Useful Rugs From Old Stockings
In halcyon days of cheap hosiery it does not pay to mend stockings. Instead buy new, but old black stockings can be repurposed into rug material, mops, and cleaning rags. Spiral strips from worn stockings make useful trim, and rag carpet weaving returns as a home craft for nursery and sitting room.
Hayes Only President Denied Renomination in Party History
A fragmented historical note traces Republican presidents and claims Hayes was denied renomination by his party, contrasting with Lincoln Grant and Garfield nominations. It references Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, and Taft figures, noting Hayes refused renomination in a controversial account.
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Zeno
Rutherford B. Hayes
Abraham
Lin Canam
Riss Lincoln
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Fossil Skull Found By Children In Monticello Home
Dr. James F. Curlette discovered Woolley children playing with a fossilized human skull in Monticello New York. The skull allegedly came from a stream on a Great Neck Long Island farm, where William Woolley found it and kept it as a curiosity labeled Indign. doll baby by the children.
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Chittenden
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Collins
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Johnson
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G Russell
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S.A Smith
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Liamson
Iwinois Printing Co
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Pantagraph Ptg Co
Callaghan & Co
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Charles Scott
Clayton
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James Dawson
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People’s Mutual Co
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Practical household tips from a vintage guide
A collection of domestic hints covers stain removal with potato water and mud marks, fern care warning against window drafts, mouse bait with sunflower seeds, meat cleaning with a wet cloth, jellied veal with lemon and celery salt, milk and water sponging for palms, borax in starch for stiffness, orange peel in bread pudding, ferns dying in cold drafts, lemon peel on coals for odor, blowing out a candle upward, hot biscuits with currant jelly, and using firebrick as a better iron rest.
Home Made Vinegar from Apple Parings
Save all your apple parings and place them in a crock or granite pan with water. Let stand a few days then strain. Add brown sugar or rinse syrup pails and pitcher with juice. Keep in a warm place to let it ferment. It will form its own mother and produce good vinegar.
Potatoes Baked with Beet Stuffing and Buttered Crumbs
Readable text shows cutting six large potatoes in halves and scooping centers. Beet filling blends butter tomato catsup parsley onion salt pepper and then fills shells. Top with buttered crumbs and bake in hot water for serving.
Taft Administration Adopts Business Methods in Post Office Gains
The article extols President Taft's businesslike governance highlighting post office improvements. It cites deficits turning to surplus, machine route expansions, new post offices, rural delivery growth, 8,000 postal employees added, and salary increases as evidence of efficient government service. It notes a pardon incident in Montgomery and records of county board expenditures and motions.
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Dress-making and fancy work sheets advertised by Herald office
Reader notice promotes large sheets of carbon paper for transfer patterns and designs. The Herald office sells these items for dress-making and fancy work.
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