End of Conkling Battle Sets Political Tone in New York
The long dispute over Conkling and Blaine ends with the Senate choosing Lapham over Potter as successor to Conkling. The conference follow up and united Republican vote promise party harmony and strength for future campaigns in New York.
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Conkling de Bitte
Eer
Conkling and
Platy
Blaine
Gen
Merritt
New York
Robertson
Conkling
Senate
Utah
Lapham
Potter
Aji
Empire State
Milky
Tthem
Ter Joe
Repub Teats
Stanwart
Rth
Republican Party
Coinkling
Army Worm Ravages West and Northwest Fields
The army worm, termed the army w worm, is causing extensive damage across western and northwestern fields. It devastates oats and corn, with farmers seeing rapid, pervasive destruction. Scientists offer no effective control, raising questions about practical relief from doctors of chemistry and their field relevance.
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Bie
Uncertain Text on Pests and Learning Defying Knowledge
Fragmentary passage questions whether doctors and scientists should be credited for ignoring their knowledge while a worm and pests persist across fields and farms, challenging established study and study methods.
President Garfield Relapses. Surgeons Operate Without Anesthetics
Reports say President Garfield’s condition worsened with fever and a pus cavity forming in the wound. Dr. Agnew performed a delicate incision to relieve the discharge, aided by ether spray, but initial results were uncertain and the nation remains hopeful yet cautious.
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Hamilton
New York
Agnew
Health Board Split Reflects Medical School Rivalries
Rock Island's Board of Health friction centers on doctors Craig Barth and Carter resigning over appointing homeopathist Kinyon to the board. The trio argued for a lawyer and engineer, while the mayor kept a physician, highlighting tensions between medical schools and public health duties amid calls for universal hygiene measures.
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yAdd Jon
Rocky Island Union
Craig
Barth
Carter
Board of Health
Kinyon
Wefian
Rock Island
Boards of Health
Fowler Denounces Attacks on Vice President Arthur
In Chicago Rev Dr Fowler condemns papers and ministers who link the attempted assassination to factional fights. He warns such insinuations may incite dark thoughts like Guiteau and urges restraint in public discourse during the crisis. Garfield’s speech condemns character assault as worse than a literal attack.
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Chicago
Dr. Fowler
Arthur
Charles £. Guiteau
Gen
Chicago Tribune
Louisville Journal
Garfield
The Talbott Boy Death Penalty Scene
A Mary vile, Modorion report details the hanging of Talbott boy convicted of killing her father. Prisoners received Catholic sacrament that morning, then an emotional scene as Talbott family and crowd gathered. The eldest son Charles pleaded, women fainted, guards separated them, trap drop described as solemn.
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Maryvile
Modorion
Talbott Bove
Charles
Infernal Machines Discovered Aboard Vessels From Amenta to Fongland
In Parliament Sir Win Harcourt revealed barrels in ships from Amenta to Fongland containing eleven nitroglcerine filled cartridges each. One barrel held a fourteen pound explosive mass and the danger of concussion was noted. The government pursues owners and consignors while feuding press-driven outrages are linked to American papers.
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Amenta
Fongland
House of Commons
Win Harcourt
Ferpan Press
America
Mar
Angie
Law
Gorath of Judge Clifford dies in Cornish Maine
Judge Clifford's long career spanned law politics and national service. Born August 15 1803 in Romney New Hampshire he served as Attorney General cabinet minister to Polk minister to Mexico and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. His death leaves a Supreme Court vacancy to be filled by President Garfield.
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Srs
Cornish
Clifford
Romney
Maine
Congress
Ted
Polk
Mexico
Buchanan
United States Supreme Court
Electoral Commission
Supreme Bench
Garfield
Prince Bismarck and United States Ties Amid Health News
Prince Bismarck, longtime ally of Motley and friend to Americans, is said to have written Mrs Garfield offering condolences on her husband’s illness. He leads a secluded life at Kissingen while handling state affairs. The Morning Herald of Chicago, once politically uncertain, is now under an owner editor driven by F W Palmer, pledging pro ballot, protectionism, and tariff harmony.
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Prince Bismarck
Motley
Garfield
Kissingen
Morning Herald
Chicago
F. W. Palmer
South American Republics Seek Peaceable Arbitration on Conflicts
Eleven South American republics propose adopting the principle of peaceable arbitration to settle their international controversies in the future, signaling a regional move toward nonviolent dispute resolution.
Shall the State Educate Dr Gregory's Davenport address
Dr Gregory argued before Scott County Teachers Institute in Davenport that four parties have a stake in universal education: the child, the parent, the Christian church, and society. He urged state schooling as the best method to reach all classes, noting private or religious schooling cannot reach everyone and taxes support a public system to benefit national leadership and economy. The audience praised the course and urged similar institutes locally, with supervisors urged to keep such programs open each summer.
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Gregory
Scott County Teachers’ Institute
Davenport
Chhristiah Church
Africa
Sovety Iwell
School Fiscal Year Date Set by State Superintendent
State School Superintendent Jas P Slade explains a circular fixing the expiration date of the fiscal year for schools. He notes April end is chosen to ease Treasurer reporting and align with trustee elections and director appointments upcoming in two years. Public interest centers on school matters and funding statements.
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Jas P Slade
Slade
The Growing Gulf Trade and Galveston’s Role
The Texas officials tout Galveston as a growing maritime hub. For the year ending June 30, 1881, ships entering the harbor totaled 530,638 tons and 216 more vessels than the prior year, with 611 clearances up from 395. Export value rose to 26,767,087 from 16,749,809, while duties and torinage taxes climbed from 336,032 to 1,511,965. The piece notes deeper channels could boost trade, urging Congress to improve the bar for twenty five feet. It also urges Mississippi Valley residents to view the river and gulf as grain outlets to world markets.
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Texas
Galveston
Gog
Texas Papers
Congress
Missisippi Valley
Gulf
Persecution of Jews in Stettin Provoked Mob Action
In Stettin Prussia a mob destroyed a Jewish printing office amid rising tensions. Thirty people were arrested for the crime, but observers doubt the perpetrators will receive severe punishment from the German government.
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Stettin
Prussia
Bitter remarks on Sharpe's role in Conkling split
An Albany dispatch reports Speaker Sharpe of the New York Assembly harshly criticized for urging Senator Conkling to run. He claimed colleagues urged him to support Conkling and alleged desertion by those who opposed him, while asserting he himself was the first to abandon the Senator.
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Sharpe
New York House of Assembly
Conkling
Albany
Stinson & CO
Fort Laid
Maine
Tug annual religious camp meeting at Lake Bluff
The Lake Bluff gathering near Chicago opens August 2 for a week long religious camp meeting. The lake shore temperance convention runs from August 2 to 29, followed by the State Women’s Christian Temperance Union from August 30 to September 3. A Musical Convention spans two weeks starting in early September.
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Tug
Lake Bluff
Chicago
Lake Shore
State Women’s Christa Temperance Union
Islands for sale as volcanic summer resort
A quirky Arctic imagined pitch claims the Sandwich Islands are for sale as a potential investment. It frames a volcano as a unique summer resort, inviting readers to picture sitting on the crater edge with lava visible below.
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Sandwich Islands
Fragmented 19th Century News Summary of Records From Chicago
A混ated OCR excerpt reports on cross border movement of Indians, a major fire losses in Philadelphia mills and Detroit drug house, brewery losses in Wisconsin, European alliance rumors involving Russia France and others, Chicago railroad fare deals for the Inter-State Exposition, wheat price moves, a state fruit show, and army actions against oats. It cites merchants Brater Kennett Ole Quintrnatt and Himes State Horticultural Society with dates September 7 to October 22 for the Inter-State Exposition and November 7 to 12 for the cattle show. An account mentions Modoc remnants in New Mexico pursued by Lieut Guiltoste and notes scarcity of peaches in Western Michigan. The report also references grain shipments through Chicago and reduced freight rates, concluding with army efforts to sweep oats in various counties.
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