Death of a famed financier and Illinois saloon shift in 1882
Obituary notes Joxx Chenck Hamiron son of Alex Hamilton, Washington’s secretary, died at Long Branch aged. Town saloons prepare to move as Illinois liquor laws pressure small brewers. Firms Frasers and FLEECE promoters move Lyons to Fulton with thousands in liquor stock. other transfers noted as Fulton draws in liquor trade.
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Alex. Hamilton
Washington
Parion
Long Branch
Frrrscher & Fleesee
Wb Breweries
Lyons
Filton
Ill
Madden
Fulton
Sle
J. Koetstock
Clinton
United States Consul Reports Rabbit Boom in New Zealand
The consul notes that twenty years ago New Zealand had two rabbits owned by an Englishman. Now the population has surged to eighty million. Last year exports reached eight and a half million rabbit skins from the island.
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United States
Auckland
Fpr
Zealand
Tariff Reduction Bills Face Senate Doubt in Session
In Washington it is believed the tariff reduction bills are dead for the current seat session. Senate support is doubtful while the House may still act. Several repeal advocates, including senators Plumb Ingalls Hoar and Dawes, are inclined to see the bill defeated.
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House
Plumb
Ingalls
Granota eyes record potato harvest and market route
Granota projects a season yield of 14 100,000 bushels of sweet potatoes and struggles to move such a vast quantity to market. The article notes Kansas wheat output near 17,000,000 bushels could form a freight train from Topeka to Chicago, illustrating scale and transport challenges.
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Granota
Kansas
Topeka
Chicago
Whisky manufacture and prohibition in the nation
Mr Gena Mantry argues against extending the bonded period for whisky noting excess capital in bond and potential harm to production. He cites low current whisky consumption around 60 million gallons yearly, rising production, and beer as the main driver reducing demand. He warns prohibition could still prevail if a financial crisis triggers temperance reform, urging discreet operation by liquor interests.
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Gena Mantry
Artinis
Martin
Fnca
United States
Tew
Jever
Readjuster Candidate Speaks at Abingdon rally
Carr Joun Wise, Readjuster candidate for Congressman at Large in Virginia, spoke before a large audience in Abingdon. He urged Virginia to reject the administration's policy of fraternity and pacification, a stance met with strong applause.
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Carr
Joun
Wise
Virginia
Abingdon
Officials Demand Official Records Over Gossip
Mr er in transmitting Trescott's letter to the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee asserts that foreign policy should be judged by official acts dispatches and records. He asks that the true history of great questions not be determined by hearsay gossip or misrepresentations.
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Mr.er
Trescott
Foreign Affairs Committee
Qgip
Department of State
Iowa Grand Lodge Could Stand Alone In Independence Move
Tax A O U W Grand Lodge of Iowa finished its session and represents 215 subordinate lodges with about 9600 members. It is able to go it alone and shows good sense and pluck to oppose a traveling or supreme lodge that has only 11 lodges and fewer than 600 members.
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U. W. Grand Lodge of
Iowa
Political Assessments Opinion on Congressional Gifts
Attorney General states government officers may not solicit political assessments while members of Congress are not officers in a strict constitutional sense. Treasury confirms ex executive officers not appointed by the President are not liable under the penal statute for giving to a member of Congress. He urges Treasury staff to act without pressure and to give or refrain as they choose, without fear of censure.
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Congress
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Thomas
Adda
Senate
Hubbell
Treasury Department
Republican Party
J. Forarr
Ice Water Notions in the Journal of Commerce
The piece argues ice and cold beverages are dangerous and habit forming, claiming iced water surpasses rum in harm. It condemns ice use as maddening without stimulants and links it to widespread illness among the American public, especially in hot weather.
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Journal of Commerce
Madden
United States
Parsifal Triumphs Through Grail Castle Vision Ending
In a climactic scene Parsifal defeats evil and reaches Monsalvat. He wears sacred armor, ascends toward the Grail castle guided by an aged knight with Kundry in attendance. The stage shifts to reveal a grand hall as religious themes swell with trombones bells and chorus. The hymn of the Grail ends the work softly.
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Kundry
Justriowa
Holy Grail
Monsalvat
Castle of Grail
Steamer Herman Brings 200 Cattle for Breeding
The Herman reached Boston on the 20th with 200 head of cattle for breeding. The John Wilson steamer crew of 19 is reported lost after sinking on the Atchafalaya river last Sunday. The Theobald steamer and crew are also missing after sailing from Philadelphia December 10.
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Boston
Supreme Court of Errors
Connecticut
Henry Keyser
Bloomington
John Wilson
Atachafalays
New Orleans
Sunday School Assembly of the Northwest
Clear Lake
Iowa
Kansas
Topeka
Chicago
Avening Post
Theobald
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Aron Shaw
Olney Place
Congress
Sixteenth
William B. Strong
Atchison, Topeka & Banta Fe Railroad Company
Thirteenth District
Springfield
Springer
Testimony details a bribery scheme involving Brady and associates
The witness describes a plan to issue blank bids to postmasters, recruit signatures, and skim profits. Beidell and associates allegedly controlled nearly a hundred routes, with Brady receiving 40 to 80 percent on expeditions and subcontracts fined for poor performance. Beidell feigned illness to avoid a books request amid a Congressional probe.
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Brady
Dorsey
Vaile
Revedell
Beidell
Bossler
Turner
New York
Berdell
Rerdell
Famine and pestilence darken Cairo as waters fail
Chicago Herald correspondent reports Cairo hit by famine and disease with eighty thousand starving and homeless, many camping in suburbs. French marines land at Port Said while water supplies fail due to Mahomedich Canal drop, wells foul, and canals contaminated. Heat and illness rise as fear of poisoned water spreads.
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Chicago Herald
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Cairo
Port Said
Mahomedich Canal
Suez Valley
Mahomadich Canal
Zunis on Witchcraft and Salem Parallels
The Zunis praised Salem witchcraft persecutions as a force that brought prosperity, recalling the capital crime and noting Americans’ relief. A public Salem reception featured Ki-a-01 urging harsh measures, advising death for witches among kin and friends in a dramatic, controversial sermon.
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Salem
Zuni
Pioneere
Old Cotton Mather
Zho Oventury
Duel Report On Tuesday Morning Aide to Congress
The account notes a duel between an aide to a congressman and his attorney in a county area. In the first round both fired without effect, and the second round also produced no clear impact on the officers or outcome.
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John
Congressional approval bills river improvements and harbor projects
The enacted bill funds surveys and improvements along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers, harbors at Cairo, Vicksburg, Chicago, and Dubuque, plus the Missouri, Wisconsin, and Des Moines systems. It shifts Mississippi work to the River Commission and notes potential veto risk over Potomac flats due to a private claim by Kindwall.
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Grand Lodge of Iowa Dissolves From Supreme Lodge
The Grand Lodge of Iowa of the A U U W held a special session in Cedar Rapids with 250 in attendance. It dissolved its connections with the Supreme Lodge, declaring the Grand Lodge and its subordinate lodges separate and independent for all purposes of the order. The constitution and incorporation were amended accordingly and the group pledged unity and readiness to contest any legal actions.
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Grain Outlook From Trusty Correspondents in the Territory
Reports from the Chicago Milwaukee and Paull line indicate a large wheat yield across Minnesota with a near full corn crop in most areas. Winter grain harvest begins, spring wheat to be cut in about ten days, oats and rye outlook strong. Wisconsin reports one of its best years for crop yields despite some rust. Dakota wheat praised, corn progressing, Illinois and Iowa show varied but hopeful conditions. overall harvest expected to start soon across the region.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & Paull Railroad Company
SBR
Minnesota
Dorn
Towa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Dakota
Strikes Spread Across Chicago Area Industries
About 260 workers in the Pullman brick yards at Kensington near Chicago walk out demanding a 25 cent daily raise as five of eleven machines are prepared to run without strikers. Chicago Milwaukee St Paul section men in Dubuque strike for higher pay from 1.00 to 1.50. North Chicago Rolling Mills iron ore workers at South Chicago strike, with 150 men seeking hourly raises from 85 to 50 cents, 40 from 90, and 25 from 17 for car-pullers.
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Kensingt
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Dubuque
Inc
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South
California tariff debate stirs protectionist stance and growth fears
The San Francisco Chronicle argues California needs a protective tariff to nurture its infant manufacturing and farming sectors amid competition from India and China. It warns free traders threaten to open borders to Chinese labor and foreign goods, urging politicians to back protection as a poor man’s tariff.
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California
India
China
San Francisco
Plague in Alaska with Steamer Mastick Quarantine
The steamer 8 L Mastick docked at Sitka June 17 and faced strict quarantine before sailing to Wrangle June 21. Reports say Russians and coolies die from a plague described as a mix of scarlet fever and measles, with scarce medical supplies and rising deaths. Commander Pearson faces criticism for not leaving a medical officer at Sitka as officials struggle to control the outbreak.
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Sitka
Pearson
Hoe
Alaska
Steamboat Disaster Aboard the Fanchon on Atchafalaya
Wednesday afternoon the Fanchon blew out the head of its forward flue while on the Atchafalaya opposite Louisiana. One colored fireman was killed instantly. fifteen deck hands were injured and many jumped into the river. The first clerks and mate were scalded but rescued. the second clerk died from burns. The boat was towed back to the city after the incident.
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Atachafalays
Louisiana
Fanchon
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