Great political contest framed as a convention clash
A rousing speech outlines the era’s high stakes, detailing Samuel J. Tilden’s strategies, New York power brokers, and the Democratic machine. It warns of hard money versus soft money battles, argues for civil service reform, and questions Tilden’s and Hayes’s reform credentials amid a polarized national scene.
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United States
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Iapus
A Rose-Colorad Report on Deadwood Hills Wealth
Captain C V Gardiner, fresh from the Black Hills to Chicago, brings quartz samples worth 35000 per ton and silver ore valued at 2800 per ton from Deadwood. He reports vast wealth beyond metals, with pine timber, abundant grasses, water supply, and potential for mills, urging patience and preparation for emigrants.
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Black Hills
Chicago Tribune
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Wisconsin
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Kansas
Colorado
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Iowa
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Kind of Civil Service Reform By Democratic Victory
The piece argues that Democratic victory will trigger a furious patronage drive across the nation, especially in the South, with widespread rewards for supporters. It envisions chaotic appointments to 70 000 to 80 000 government posts, propelled by impatience and biased selection favoring aggressive, persistent applicants.
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Carl Sohure
Olocimat
Democrata
Nvar
Yeats
Giom
Democratic Party
How Electricity Travels Across the Atlantic Cable
The New York Journal of Commerce outlines how long electrical signals take to cross the Atlantic cable. Initial effect appears in two tenths of a second, full force in three seconds, with the first signal sensed in four tenths of a second. speeds increase for subsequent signals. Up to seventeen words may pass per minute, twelve words can reach London from New York in two minutes. The piece notes directional speed differences and ends with an unrelated anecdote about Don Garlox.
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New York Journal of Commerce
Atlantic
New York
London
Five Molly Maguires Sentenced to Death in Court
In a dramatic Tamaqua scene five Molly Maguires were condemned to die after jurors found them guilty of murder. Judge Green and Judge Pershing, moved by the proceedings, sentenced Thomas Munley and four others as crowds of coal region observers watched. The condemned maintained innocence as the court urged confession and repentance before execution.
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Boones
Pottsville
Chilstelphis Timea
Takesone
Bercro
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Facea
Manzer
Green
the Commonwealth
Thomas Manley
Thomas Sanger
Pershing
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Commonwealth
James Beatty
Hugh McGehan
Yost
Tamaqua
Atty
Kaercher
Mollica
Grech
Soba
Thomas Munley
Benjamin F. Yost
Councila
Boyle
Belgrade Street Scene Shows Old Meets New Outside Cafe
In Belgrade the old city’s emptiness is noted as most men have gone to the front leaving only soldiers, clerks, merchants, and a few laborers. The scene contrasts Oriental and Western fashion with a promenading Turkic gentleman in fez and kilt and two sturdy Serb countrymen marching center street.
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Belgrade
Cairo
Paris
London News
Liners of War and Cuban War Expense Proposal
The Spanish Government coerces its capitalist class into pledging around 20 million dollars for Cuban war expenses. Security is tied to Cuban customs receipts. The note will mature in ten years, but current financial strain makes repayment unlikely.
Navigability of the Amazon River for Large Vessels
A Great River segment notes that the Amazon is navigable by large vessels for about 3,000 miles. It mentions depths of three fathoms at 2,000 miles from its mouth and a fall affecting passage for 2,600 miles, with the river having four…
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War Dept plans Indian disarmament and relocation risk
Washington reports anticipate trouble with agency Indians as troops are readied to disarm and move tribes to the Missouri or Indian Territory. Officials fear resistance and possible outbreaks on reservations and at agencies. Some discuss whether Sioux leader Sitting Bull will seek refuge in British America to ease frontier tension.
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Indian Territory
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Rosebud
United States
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Sitting Bull
Commutation of Jesse Pomeroy Sentence in Massachusetts
Governor Rice and the Council commuted the sentence of Jesse Pomeroy, the boy-murderer, to life imprisonment. Pomeroy will be confined in a state prison cell for his remaining days as work cells near completion. Public opinion has been divided, but officials say the decision reflects a careful, honest conviction and a changed capital punishment framework.
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Will of Late Speaker Kerr Establishes Family Trust
The will assigns all law books from Kerrs library to be held in trust by his wife for their son Samuel B. Kerr. Real and personal property are placed in trust for the wife’s life, then to the son if she survives. The mother figures are provided for as her ability permits, and the wife is named sole executor. Dated May 27, 1965.
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Speaker Kerr
Samuel B. Kerr
Farm field sizing method and English versus American views
A table shows various field dimensions converting to acres, with examples like 5 yards by 969 yards and 10 by 434, noting how many acres each yields. It contrasts American efficiency with English estates, quoting Prof Hussey on government and private munificence shaping universities and ambitions.
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