Decoration Day at Arlington and national politics mix
Washington special reports Decoration Day crowds at Arlington National Cemetery amid perceived decay of ritual with flowers scarce and tawdry decorations. The piece contrasts holiday revelry with somber remembrance and notes African American attendees and river excursions around Washington. It also covers Mahone and fusion politics in Virginia and North Carolina, plus Blaine era presidential intrigue fueling speculation about Arthur and McDonald.
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Register
Wasumerox
D. C
National Cemetery
Arlington
General Lee
Washington
Virginia
Abraham
Arlington Heights
Georgetown
Potomac
Home
Flora
Mt. Vernon
Piney Point
Great Falls
Lincoln
Citys Hall
Mahone
North
North Carolina
Jesse Yeates
McDonald
Indiana
Ohio
Blaines
New Haven
Conn
Arthur
Blaine
Sperry
Chas, Allen
Cambridge City
Miltan Allen
Ticonderoga
Luther Benson
Decatur
Hitchcock
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Mt. Carmel
Lafayette
Terre Haute
Michigan City
New York Notes on Bridge Disaster and City Governance
The June 1 1883 New York Notes laments the East River bridge disaster and criticizes both cities governance. It praises the police parade, notes summer hotel price cuts as Europeans visit, and mentions Joe Coburn and rising English pickpockets amid a better detective force.
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New York
N. Y
Great East River
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Long Branch
Europe
London
Joe Coburn
Broadway
Indiana and Illinois News Roundup From Gibson to Knox
A lengthy digest reports on violence near Hazleton with a skull fracture, a smallpox case in Princeton, and local crime. It notes Wheat yields, school graduations, a peanut crop push, diverse weather impacts, and numerous local curiosities from Grayville to Vincennes including oil hints, wolf bounties, historic coins, and a cyclone aftermath.
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Princeroy, Inc
Hazleton
Joseph Sturgeon
W. N. Lawson
Sturgeon
Lawson
Democrat
Princeton
Oakland High School
Owensville
Daviess Co. Democrst
Dan Sawyer
Allis W. Veale
Madison County
Frank O'Ferrell
Lafayette
Hadyian
Wabash
Wm. Hayden
Joseph Case
New Albany
Wm. Young
Andrews
Seeleyville
Vigo County
Indiana
Nashville
Ill
Williams
Warrick County
Boonville
Cass
Carrol
Wabash County
Kentucky
Edwards County
Warren Times
Cannelton
Bethel Notes of the Day from Griffin Station
Summer weather lifts farmer spirits as Indiana crops face a mixed outlook. Wheat expected below average. corn prospects improve with favorable weather, flax down. Many locals visit Evansville for excursions. a big Black River picnic draws crowds. Bethel society anticipates a double wedding. Gen. Denver discussed as a possible Democratic governor candidate in Kansas.
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Bethel
Register
Griffin, Inc
Evansville
Black River
Wash Dixon
Franklin Price
Princeton
William Rachels
B. EF. Brydon
Illinois
Joe Mattingly
Mr. Clarkson
A. B. Clark & Co
Cincinnati
Matt Williams
W. T. Brydon
Wm. Price
Frank Shirley
Bethel Society
New York Tribune
Indiana
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Thrall
Dumford
Eaving
Messrs
Church Streets
Eugene 8. Thrall
Horace P. Owen
William P. Ford
Ind
Hiatt
Church Street
Main and
Brewery
Cock & Rice
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Owen
HH. P. Owen
EB. F. Owen & Co
Peter Weber
mAard
Hovey & Menzies
United States
Supreme Court of
Posey
Vanderburgh
Court House
Sepd Y Mount Vernon
John Walz
U.S. Patent Office
U. S. Patent Office
Eiares Snow & CO
Washington, D.C
Fred. Herberhold
Bakeh
Fred
Herberuol
Washington Special
National Capital
NEW York Notes
Gotham
White Co
Til
Gibson County
White County
Carnac
Iun
Grayville
State Agricultural Bureau
Wabash Station
Phillips Township
Hawthorne
Grayville Independent
F. Melroge
C. L. Rees
Grand Chain
Ilinois
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Henderson Papers
Richmond
Rockport Journal
Spencer County
Vincennes
Springfield
Board of Trade
Petersburg
Huntingburg
Knox County
Griffin’s Station
Denver
Edward Gilbert
Sacramento
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