Telegraphic Brevities Recap of Curent Events
A digest of brief items: the Sturlo murder case in Chicago to jury. Wilcox, NYSE elder, dead. Moss girl burned in Waterloo Ohio. Johnsons of Monowath Ill assigned. Board of Trade stone laid in Chicago. runner Donovan near death in Naack Mass. Various notes on politics, rail, crime, sports, and industry.
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Moss
Waterloo
Ohio
Board of Trade
Chicago
Civil Service Reform Debate in Forty-Seventh Congress
The Senate debates Pendleton Civil Service reform with Hawley and Pendleton leading, discusses competitive examinations and to limit executive spend, while post office and customs reports are ordered. House considers Library of Congress funding and river and harbor appropriations amid resignations and committee actions.
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Wasuinator
Hoar
Postmaster-General
New York City
Secre of the Treasury
Edward O Grimes
Custom House
Naval Office
Surveyor’s Office
New York
Senate
Beck
United States
Plumb
Vance
Pendleton
Ohio
Congress
Iam
Civil Service
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Democratic Party
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Sherman
Slater
Hawley
United Ba Service Commission
Randall
House
O'Neil
Pennsylvania
Hale
Committee On Judiciary
Platt
Committee On
Pendelton
Mr Hoar
Logan
Coke
District of Columbia
Frontier town story with early city growth
Fragmentary passage describes a frontier town developing into a city with thousands of inhabitants and multiple establishments. It notes initial settlement and rapid progress in infrastructure and population.
Rector of Grace Church Excommunicates Stove Dealer
In Toronto the Rector of Grace Church sent a stove dealer Sunday to inspect a faulty kitchen range. The dealer refused to clean it until Monday to keep the Sabbath, then accused the clergyman of leading him into sin. The minister excommunicated him, causing a church split.
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Grace Church
Toronto
Editor Weighs In On Folly With Latin Zinger
An indignant man visits the editor over a published piece. The editor sizing him up asks for his weight and then quips that the person is too light or heavy for a show of dignity. The exchange ends with a humorous Latin phrase about learning with dignity.
Washington Tariff Changes and Senate Debates
The Ways and Means Committee discussed tariff items, restoring flax seed oils to old rates and proposing 25 cents per gallon tariff. Reports confirm postmasters and detail hearings on Mississippi river improvements, shipping policy, and political maneuvering affecting Hawaii sugar trade and federal contracting.
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Shipping Committee
Royal scandals and storms across the Atlantic
Reports from Britain, Canada, and Jamaica detail a security shakeup with Lord Derby named Secretary of State for India amid political shifts. A fatal storm off Halifax claims sailors while Kingston endures a devastating fire damaging warehouses and ports. Paris notes Louis Blanc's funeral as France faces unrest, with war office fires and religious appointments stirring a crowded, perilous news day.
Thanksgiving day picked by a woman, governors say
The text notes that governors of multiple states were persuaded by a woman to choose the last Thursday of November as the day of thanksgiving, highlighting a hidden influence on this official practice.
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