Virginia Radical Convention Attack on Mahone and Arnall Speech
August 19 1881 relato discusses Virginia political clashes at a Lynchburg convention. It praises George M Arnall for denouncing Mahone and ballot stuffing and argues Northern editors could learn from Virginia Republicans while warning readers against radical press rhetoric.
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Evanaville Journal
Manons Brigade
Lynchburg
Maamaune Squad
Virginia
United States
George M. Arnall
Arnall
Mahone
Kipp
Pension official Duprey called partisan fool in pension clash
Peptry the U S Commissioner of Pensions criticizes ex Confederates in the department and urges removal as undeserving to handle Union veterans claims. Judge Gresham mocks Duprey as a partisan fool noting Confederates in Congress helped pass pension laws.
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Peptry
U.S
Todiana
Gresham
Duprey
Congress
Repudiation of Government Obligations Favored by Virginia Standpoint
The Virginia perspective argues repudiating government obligations is right if leading Republican politicians endorse it. It suggests that political support could swing outcomes if those figures could cast all votes.
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Virginia
Garreau Eyes Ohio Republican Papers in Governor Race
If Garreau could glimpse the Ohio Republican papers he would likely feel it his duty to assail Bookwater, the Democratic nominee for governor, as the public assety.
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Garreau
Ohio Republican
Sassassinate
Bookwatrter
Prohibition Debate Shapes Republican Outlook in North Carolina
The Republican press in the state treads carefully on Prohibition, aware their past legislative actions trap them. The 100,000 NC majority looms, likely swaying Indiana Republicans poised for candidacies, while a sharp figure rejects Virginia legislature endorsements and warns northerners who back the repudiation mix.
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North Carolina
Indiana
ConKutna To Attend Approaching Republican State Convention
ConKutna is not dead. He sleeps now but will be a delegate to the upcoming Republican State convention.
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ConKutna
Virginia election musings raise party questions
Floriaian asks if Virginians favor the Repu diation ticket in Exit Virginis Republicanisa. Calico Foster voices concern over the political climate and potential impacts on local voters.
News of the Week in Brief from Pittsburgh to Mexico
A digest of week’s items notes Pittsburgh reporting 800 smallpox cases and rapid cotton imports, while southern regions see a strong cotton trap and Dakota wheat acreage rising. Kentucky crops fail due to drought and the 1854 drought reference appears alongside royal politics. Prohibition opposition in North Carolina shows an 98,905 majority with 23 counties pending, and Haywood remains Prohibitionist by 21 votes. Virginia Republicans split on repudiation, with one side endorsing debt payment and shelving a ticket. The president’s relapse and high pulse are noted amid a broader economic and political mix.
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North Carolina
Haywood
Tennessee
What Lincoln Knows interview with Secretary Lincoln
New York August 15 The Tribune publishes an interview with Secretary of War Lincoln about the president's condition. Lincoln says he believes the president will recover but slowly and painfully. He rejects claims of deception, noting doctors’ bulletins are cautious but correct. He recalls a discussion with Surgeon Woodward three days after the shooting, stating the president is very sick but likely to live and eventually get well.
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New York
the Tribune
Lincoln
Woodward
Illinois Wheat Output Falls Again in 1881
Partial returns from the Illinois agricultural department show a sharp drop in wheat yields for 1881. Across 62 counties the crop totaled 32,632,055 bushels with an average 13,448,565 bushels for the season, a 59 percent decline from 1850. Forty counties unreported would add 8,705,714 bushels if similar. Winter damage, Hessian fly, and chinch bug reduced quantities and quality, yielding the poorest crop in 26 years, yet farmers remain intent on feeding a large area.
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Springfield
State Agricultural Department
Illinois
Governor Blackburns Opinions on the President
Louisville August 12 The Lexington courier correspondent reports Governor Blackburne a retired physician said he believed the president would die from his wound noting the ball likely deflected hitting a great nerve. He dismissed rumors about a nerve being urged to call Congress together in case of death.
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Blackburn
Louisville
Lexington
Courier- Journal
Blackburne
Congresa
Eruption Report From Idaho Volcano Near Clear River
A volcano inside a mountain north of the Clear River south fork, about 20 miles east of Mt. Idaho, erupted Tuesday sending smoke and fire columns hundreds of feet high. Rocks fell miles from the eruption site and shocks were felt from Camas Prairie to the Solomon river mouth, with the opening visible from the prairie. No one has approached the volcano.
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Clear River
Mt. Idaho
Idaho
Camas Prairie
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Warn of Patent Seed Sower Swindle Spreading in State
Indianapolis reports warn farmers and residents about a scammer ring posing as Chicago factory agents selling local agencies for patent seed sowers. The fraudulent contract tricks signers into giving away rights by splitting the document, with fake dates at Indianapolis and Fort Wayne and possible spread to Terre Haute Ha nville and Richmond. Swindlers reportedly target Jennings and Bartholomew counties and county fairs.
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Scalliwags
Chicago
Wesc
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Terre Haute
Heanaville
Richmond
Jennings
Bartholomew
The Dark Angel Hovering Over the White House
A dated dispatch from Washington reports the president’s condition deteriorating, with a rapid pulse and failing stomach. Doctors fear a rapid decline though slight improvements appear on the following day as officials hold cautious hope for recovery.
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Dark Angel
White House
Mrs Hayes remark sparks sharp Ohio campaign quarrel
The Cincinnati Commercial quotes Mrs. Hayes asking if she should endorse Garfield or Guiteau, a line that prompts the Globe-Democrat to call her statement foolish yet not smart. The paper argues the remark implies Democratic voters approve the assassination attempt and condemns publishing her folly.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Guiteau
Hancock Refuses Public Dinners After Garfield Shot
A Pennsylvania General Hancock declined festive entertainments since Garfield was shot on July 2. A New York paper notes the act reflects chivalry and duty as the President lies between life and death, questioning public generosity versus propriety.
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Hancock
Pike Graham
Grahama
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York
New York Freeman's Journal
Witty remark sparking clash over lawyers and ambition
A sharp quip contrasts personal will with legal obstacles, framing ambition as hindered by lawyers. The line suggests that progress depends on opposing forces, not mere determination.
Nickel: From ancient origins to modern coinage origins
A compact history of nickel from its name meaning false copper in Saxony to its modern uses. It traces early observations in Europe and Asia, the 1823 isolation in Suhl, rolling advances in France, and early coinage milestones in the United States Belgium Germany and Britain. It notes nickel’s alloy forms and properties and geographic ore sources across Saxony Saxony Choatham New Caledonia and beyond.
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la Motte
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Abe
France
Duel Challenge and Thunder Weirdness Reported
A dispute at Luther Baum Church in Philadelphia sees Pastor Price accusing Deacon Loox of lying over church funds and stating hooks of a duel challenge. Separately, a lightning strike near Medina, Ohio, allegedly turned a spotted cow jet black.
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Philadelphia
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Ohio
Truth About the President’s Condition At Washington
The piece argues President Garfield is sinking and critically ill four weeks after his shooting. It claims bulletins misstate his state, that his pulse and weight show decline, and that doctors conceal the true danger. It asserts the ball’s location is unknown and calls for full disclosure from physicians.
Importation of Norman horses arrives in New York
A large shipment of 120 Norman horses arrived in New York on Saturday en route to Illinois for breeding. The mottled gray and several black horses weighed between 1000 and 2000 pounds and cost France from 500 to 1200 dollars each.
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New York
Illinois
France
Vice President Arthur Receives Dispatches at Home
In New York on August 16 President Arthur, surrounded by General Grant ex Senator Conkling and others, received dispatches from Washington. He kept their nature private and said he had no summons to go to the capital and will not go unless requested.
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Arthur
General Grant
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Washington
Drunken Progression Reveals Changing Faces in Pub
A playful sequence describes eight drinks shaping mood and actions. The first makes the map feel anxious, the second brings a smile, the third a voluble effect, the fourth sociability, the fifth dignity, the sixth a wary stern countenance, the seventh pugilistic, and the eighth leads to a fight and defeat, with later drinks delaying sobriety.
North-south burial custom in Japan noted
A description explains that in Japan the dead are buried with heads to the north and feet to the south, while living guests avoid sleeping in that orientation. It is common to find a compass diagram on ceilings in homes and hotels for timid visitors.
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