Magnificent Metropolis Gossip And Holiday Outlook
In New York 1883 Radix notes seasonal cheer amid rising prices and charity from Austin Corbin Long Island railroad, Brooklyn District Telegraph, and Hoboken Ferry Co. He reviews theater congestion, shortage of new American plays, and Bartholdi statue progress. He mocks Sabbatarianism, police cases on intoxication, spirits myths, and Blavatsky revival with Abner Doubleday and Olcott in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Register
New York
N. Y
Radix
Annam
Tonquin
Turkey
Dbutso
Austin Corbin
Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn District Telegraph
Butler
6Th Avenue
Hoboken Ferry Co
Santa Claus
Bartholdi
Grant
Liberty
Conroy
Madame Blavatsky
Theosophical Society
Abner Doubleday
Olcott
Madras
India
Washington politics and English visitors in 1888
Washington reports discuss President Arthur's NY trip, New York delegates, civil service reform debates, and a Republican fight for the nomination. It notes visits by Matthew Arnold and Lily Langtry, with Arnold's lecture on literature and science and Langtry's Capitol sighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Arthur
New York
Blaine
Senate
Mahone
Riddleberger
Pendleton
Beck
Saulsbury
Sherman
Washington
Matthew Arnold
Langtry
Lily
Bayard
Del
Supreme Court
Edward Everett Hale
Agriculture Loring
William Walter Phelps
New Jersey
Sents
Carlisle
Chandler
Arnold
Convict Labor in Illinois and regional notes
Joliet dispatch reports strong worker opposition to convict labor as mills closed. Mt. Vernon Star praises Posey county as top wheat and corn producer. Boonville and Clark County items note politicians, crime, courts, roads, and local commerce. Various Illinois counties report murders, counterfeiters, jails, rail traffic, and agricultural trends amid a broad state-wide roundup of mixed local news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Banner Agricultural
Mt. Vernon
Posey
Banner County
Old Posey
Todiana
Boonville
J. E. McCullough
Princeton
McCullough
Henna
Senate
Mt. Vernon Star
Mann's
Ohio River
The
Boonville Anquirer
Petersburg
Pike County
Flenry Custine
C. E. Montgomery
Chas. Harvey
Rufian
Custine
Harvey
Belleville
Morton
Indianapolis
Richard W. Thompson
Grayville Independent
Posey County
Vincennes
Warren County
Clay City
Mason City
R. D.S. Filston
Clay County
Ilinois
Nick Hoffman
Dr. Graves
Smith Mills
Jasper County
Ill
Shawneetown
Fred Roser
Wabash Station
Fort Wayne
Chas. P. Weir
Effingham County
Polsomeville
Warrick County
Michigan City
Knox County
Chicago
Grayville
Rockport
Blairsville
Wasem
Fairfield
Wm. T. Hall
Point Township
Indiana
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C. Ww. Slater
Henry Hunsdon
Illinois
New Harmony
Notary Public
Janlo
Thrall
Mumford
Family Supplies
Hayes
Messrs. Thrall & Mumford
Main
Church Streets
Eugene
Horace P. Owen
Cashier
Thomas Mumford, Jr
Eugene F. Owen
Charles A. Parke
William H.owen
Alfred Dale Owen
William P. Ford
Ind
Hiatt
Church Street
Brewery
Cook & Rice
Evansville
Henry Brown
Viets
Fred. Herberhold
AIID
East Main St
Janis Fred
Herberhold
Breith & Auch
Jacob Breith
Breita
Jes Y
William Read
Undertaker
Main Street
Bet
John Walz
Arctic
Albert 8. Newsom
Church St
Bet, Main & Brewery
Albert 8
Newsom
Gotham
Republican Politics
Wasnixeton
D. C
Republican National Committee
Missouri
Republican Party
Wasurxatox
Joaquin Miller
Lyon Hill
16Th Street
White Nace
Capitol
White House
Virginia Hills
Kentucky
Burtis
Vernon
Sun
Pinkneyville
Ltt
Democrat
Scobe Bozeman
Kells & Banks
Poseyville
Bozeman
John T. Williams
California
Riceville
Crawford County
Reuben Moore
Schuyler County, Jr
Mt. Carmel
Beddoe
Peoria
Lafayetta
Princeton Clarion
Iegister
United States
Department of Agriculture
Eescere- Tinois Town
Peepeewee Anes
Minnesota
Mosby
Kellogg
Logan
Chalmers
Madison Wells
Harrison
Dorsey
Democratic National Committee
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