Gingham Styles and Embroidered Trimmings for Children and Ladies
The piece describes washable ginghams for everyday wear and durable striped seersuckers for suits. It highlights trimming options like bias bands, Hamburg edges, Torchon lace, and Swiss embroidery. It notes English pleated dresses for little girls, Buttercup and polonaise styles for older girls, and white Hamburg embroidery in English work designs. It covers patterns such as compasses, wheels, diamonds, and borders, with polka dot raised work and wide Hamburg insertions for plastrons and collars. Children’s attire includes Princesse slips and coats, box pleated blouses, and embroidered collars for both genders.
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Hamburg
Wit and wisdom mixed in a national roundup
A compilation of satirical quips and short quibbles from various papers including remarks on Nihilists, stamps, eye watering recipes, and a Philadelphia court ruling. Bits reference Ottawa Republican Boston Post Utica Observer Puck Philadelphia Bulletin Mauch Chunk Democrat Burlington Hawk Eye.
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Ottawa Republican
Philadelphia
The
Boston Post
St. Louis
N. O. Pickyune
Senate and House Propose Inter Oceanic Canal Action
Senate and House leaders push bills on Interoceaic Canal control and neutral transit. Discussions cover pension bills Irish relief and Chinese immigration limits while Fortification and Deficiency appropriations advance. C C Taylor, Philadelphia Times editor, commits suicide. Vaughan touts costly artificial diamonds.
Claims Commission expires and senate juggles posts
The Southern Claims Commission expired on the tenth after reporting 22 208 claims since 1871 totaling over 600 million dollars with about one twelfth rejected. A Louisiana colored man testified to 8 000 coloreds leaving for Kansas. The Senate rejected William R. Brown as Census Supervisor for Illinois Eighth District by party vote. The Post Office set a four year star mail service contract across several states with large awards to Sawyers Wyatt and others. Sherman says he is a presidential candidate and will not attack rivals. Fractional silver coin scarcity arises as 21 million such coins await exchange for notes when Congress funds the move.
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Secretary of the Interior
Bayard
Committee On Judiciary
House
McDonald
Fitz John Porter
Garland
Committee On Judicaary
Ireland
Indian Territory
Reagan
Interoceaic Canal
United States
Musara
Young and Butterworth
Stnate
Avid
Waste Landa
Sharon
Jones
Fla
Davin
W. Va
Upson
Emrand
Il2
Aiken
Felton
Morse
Wells
Gordon
Covert
Southern Claims Commission
Congress
Louisiana
Voorhees
Kansas
United States Senate
William R. Brown
Illinois
Post-Office Department
Star” Mail Service
Olin
Indiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Frovida
Alabama
Mississippi
Sawyers & Wyatt
D. IT
Wilson
J. D. Colegrove
Missouri
Sherman
M. L. Scudder
Chicago
General Grant
Blaine
Treasury
Washington
Emigration and political notes headlined in February dispatches
February saw nearly 148000 emigrants arrive at New York, with 821000 in the prior year. Reports cover bribery trials in Harrisburg, notable deaths in Boston and San Francisco, a Milwaukee rail casualty, railroad wage restorations, and conventions across multiple states. Charles V. Miles notes Sitting Bull south of the border. snowslab on the Dakota line cleared after two weeks.
Nihilist Extradition Refused and Emigration Report
A Paris telegram states a Nihilist, refused extradition to Russia by France, plans emigration to America. St Petersburg threats target the Bank of St Petersburg. In London the budget shows a deficit of £3,856,000. United States Minister Lowell presented credentials to Queen Victoria. Afghan rebel Mahomed Jang's strength is reported to be increasing with messengers sent out.
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Paris
Hartmann
Russia
America
St. Petersburg
House of Commons
United States
Lowell
Great Britain
Candahar
Mahomed Jang
Several 19th Century U S Senate Actions and Local Strikes
Petitions urge abolishing duties on paper making materials. Senate Judiciary favors preventing arrest of election officials on election day. A bill to suppress contagious diseases in cattle is introduced. House debates constitutional amendments to perpetual union and federal limits. Cargo for the ship Constellation bound for Ireland. J W Akerman & Co suspended. Anonymous letters target New York figures. Denis Kearney convicted of threats. San Francisco conference resolves long-standing city disputes. New York plane manufacturers lockout amid strikes. workers in Silverton and Chicago strike for wage gains.
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United States Senate
Bayard
Committee On Judiciary
Senate
Edmunde
Jolnaton
House
Mr. Acklen
United States
Buckner
Congress
Constellation
Ireland
J.W. Akerman & Co
New York
Morgan Dix
San Francisco
New York City
Silverton
Col
Indiana
Blue Mountains
Chicago
Tragic Frankfort Boiler Blast Destroys Rosenthal Mill
A catastrophic explosion at Rosenthal & Co. mill in Frankfort Indiana killed all workers present. Names of the dead include Mike Rhields Patrick Leahey John Rogers and others. The boiler era and engine were not new yet no clear cause. the brick and frame mill burned on set to remove bodies amid rubble. Loss estimated around $10 000.
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Chicago
Frankfort
Ind
Rosenthal & Co
Mike Rhields
Patrick Leahey
John Rogers
Scott Williams
Joseph Miller
el Helmick
Joseph Eikenberry
Thomas Croxton
John Hartshield
Monroe Webb
Walter Stowmiun
Peru
Iowa Senate and House Debates On Prohibition and Education
Iowa lawmakers debate Prohibition amendments and county offices while passing measures on education compulsory schooling and state institutions. The Senate considers jail and health acts, while the House approves funding for state colleges and the asylum relocation issue.
Tragedy and Turmoil Across Iowa and Nearby Regions
Reports recount a fatal accident near Clear Creek Bridge on the Rock Island Road where William Honns was killed while on a straw-loaded car. Other items describe pension disbursements, rail immigrant movements, a Town City fire that caused 1500 loss, a shooting near Fairfield injuring attorney R H Knight, horse thefts in Muscatine, a body found in the Iowa City river, a stone quarry purchase in Dubuque, grain quotes from St. Louis, and a remarkable accident involving Henry Van der Kammer's leg injury from a rat that triggered a stove collapse.
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ICM
William Honns
Davenport
Rock Island Road
Clear Creek Bridge
Loch City
Tus Des Moines Penalon
Pensionera
Suis
Reetplentes
Rock Island
Council Bluff4
Dee Moines
Josaph Clinders
Town City
Fairfield
R. HH. Knight
District Court
Dr. Little
Joseph Horoshovsky
Iowa City
Keston
Duebuqueling
Bate
Henry van der Kammer
West Thirteenth Street
van der Kammer
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Debates on Nominations and Campaigns Stir 19th Century Rifts
The article reports on Democratic and Republican maneuvers before the Cincinnati Convention, including plans to nominate a civilian versus a military man, and editors urging support. It notes the three thirds rule debates and possible fraud in state returns with specific cases in Lincoln County and Somerville.
Democratic Congress Lavishes on Speaker Room Furnishings
The Chicago Tribune reports that since gaining power in Washington the Democratic majority has funded lavish renovations for the Speaker's room. The refitting cost 2250 dollars, with curtains at 125 dollars each and rugs at 250 dollars each, featuring carved black walnut chairs and red Russia leather.
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North
Democratic Party
Washington
Democratic Congress
Wilson
Cbicago Tribune
Disclosures of Fusion Ragcality in Maine
A Legislative Committee uncovers a fraudulent Fusion canvass in Maine with missing state house returns found in Governor Garcelon’s office. Officials confess altering figures and forging signatures to elect Fusion candidates. Buckfield shows a 132 vote mayoral edge amid clerical gaps.
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Maine
Garcelon
State House
Buckfield
Augusta
Brownfield
Democratic National Convention to Nominate President
The Democratic National Convention to nominate a presidential candidate will be held in Cincinnati on June 22. The piece notes Ohio importance, warns of national and regional tensions, and contemplates alternative cities and potential outcomes for the Democratic ticket.
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Genera Grant
Rembligin
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Melinda
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Wison
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Chicago
St. Louis
Baltimore
Eugene City
Oregon
Jackson
Mississippi
Detrutt Post-Tribune
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Jacobs
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Herrick & Coxsee
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Jones Co
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Delaware
Jones and Linn
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M. Moulton
Doxace & Rigby
F. M. Eilis
Marshilltown
Nanzicello Bank
Nonticello
Jooney County
National Bank Act
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Oficere
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Preal- Hout
Farwell
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H.W. Stark
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Bextor
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Riga
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Co. A. Whiting
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Banham & Leichardts
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C. D. Boardman, M. D
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J. R. Stillman
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Chesterfield
R. L. Duer
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Robert J. Culverwell
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Fannie Clark
Monticello, Iowa
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WIT and
Spring Hall
Philadelphia Bulletin
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Weller
Burlington Hawkeye
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Norwich
C. C. Taylor
Philadelphia Times
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Reading
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Committee On Appropriations
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Sisteenth Assembly
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Secretary of State
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Mane
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Powe
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