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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1885
Page
2
The piece rails at Grover Cleveland and party bias while mocking misdrawn justice and public licenses. It cites Michigan prosperity from saloon revenues, a negro inmate versus a white offender, and rails against cranks and political manipulation with droll, derisive tone.
A collage of 19th century notes discussing democratic divisions, editorials on President Cleveland’s era, accusations of dynamite plots, and comments on administrative efforts. It cites American inaugurations from Alexandria to New York, Florida postmasters killed, and debates over civil service reform and party leadership.
James Tillinghast, recently stepping down as Wagner Sleeping Oil Company president after Webster Wagner’s death, will take a months long release from active duty. He remains assistant to the president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railway and plans to visit New Orleans and Europe. He began as a fireman on Utica and Schenectady, rose to master mechanic on Rome Watertown Ogdensburgh, then Western division superintendent for New York Central, later involved with western and Canadian Vanderbilt lines. Vanderbilt’s son in law Dr. W S Webb succeeds him at the sleeping car company.
The essay contrasts American mobility with English privilege, praising self made figures like Lincoln and Franklin. It argues talent and energy win in America, while England mostly favors birth and aristocratic influences. It notes a few exceptions among English figures lacking university education.
A Lansing letter from February 19, 1885 details legislative activity with no quorum in the senate but enough in the house to pass a few bills. It lists proposed bills on railroads, executions, liquor tax, property assessment, military organization, cooperative associations, wire fences, wages, crime penalties, and more, plus editorials from New York and Chicago papers commenting on current politics.
The document lists numerous bills from the Michigan legislature covering county funds election polling openers, judicial salaries, garnishments, elections, and public records. It notes a recess from tomorrow night to Tuesday morning and remarks on members visiting families, their modest pay, and hard work in Lansing.
A collection of opinions from the era discussing factional divisions within the Butler and Hour groups in Cleveland, plus commentary on British imperial posture, disputed returns, Grant’s legacy, Indian policy, and a speculative Cabinet placement for Conkling. The quotes reflect editorial stances from the Toronto Mail, New York Post, Kansas City Journal, New York Herald, and S. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The death of Dr. Damrosch, famed conductor and administrator, shocks admirers across continents. He modernized German grand opera in America, bridged Italian music acceptance, and led the Metropolitan Opera House after Abbey. Born 1831 in Posen, he studied in Berlin, directed Weimar and Breslau ensembles, and earned a Columbia doctor of music degree in 1880.
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