Notable visitors and political resumes from Washington
Washington notes detail Herr Most's rally urging unionization and Irish support, Cox aiming for House speakership, Kellogg indicted over star-route frauds, Indiana Republicans split by Gresham and Harrison factions, postmaster general facing office seekers, Gresham's Mississippi move, Col. Ingersoll speeches, Henry statue unveiling at Smithsonian, Virginia politics predicting a Democratic win next year amid Mahoneite realignment.
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Office seekers line up for board examination rules
Headquarters in the annex of the agricultural bureau report applications from every State. Mail arrives daily and files are kept. Once the president approves rules for examining office seekers and promoting officeholders, a blank reply will be prepared. The rules aim to be a practical fair test of proficiency for contenders.
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Stewartsville Flourishing Town Notes Local Growth
Stewartsville reports an active spring with busy workers, improved roads under John Hughes as district road supervisor, good fruit prospects, and new building projects by Carl Steinbrenner, George Trethewey, and Charlie Cook. The community supports a flour mill, stores remain well stocked, and health is generally good with no smallpox.
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George Trethewey
Charlie Cook
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Griffin's Station News April 24 1883
Local items record cool weather and early garden dangers in Griffin Indiana. Town reports sickness but no cases in Griffin. Parsons & Scoville of Evansville visiting. Griffin gains a pool table in Walker's saloon. A traveling drummer causes trouble over a fake claim. Local saloon issues on Sunday sales noted amid broader national political and economic tidbits.
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New Harmony
Curious Local Drift Caught in News Current
News bytes from Gibson County Indiana and neighboring towns. Reports note stock law debates in Wabash township with a rescission ordered for August, Carmi counts votes in a city election, and various local oddities from Grayville to Vincennes including crime, weather, and public notices.
New York Notes on Summer Fashion and City Life
Gotham Gossip surveys New York in April 1883 with notes on summer garb, the invisible bonnet, and open public conveyances. It recalls Coney Island, Long Branch hotels, and summer theater plans, plus scenes at the Gallia steamer departure and the rise of the modern dude. It also covers theater divorces, Barnum rumors, Pilot the elephant, and immigrant labor movements, ending with a surge of southern vegetables and fair prices.
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A Curious 128-Year-Old in Milford Precinct
Milford precinct assessor reports John Long a 128-year-old colored man living in Happy Hollow Clermont County. Born in 1755 in Williamsburg Virginia he recalls Braddock’s expedition the Revolutionary War service as body-servant to Col Peyton and memories of Cornwallis’s capture. A Democrat who hopes to vote for Hancock again.
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