Oddities and news bits from a bustling era
A collage of short items covers topics from butter sent to Great Britain and fashion notes like the modern dress pocket to curious facts about bees, birds, and the Hudson River discovery. It mentions Allen quitting the ring, Vanderbilt’s name, and Tweed’s alias, plus reports of cholera deaths, grain prices, and moves in politics and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Pittsburg
Allen
Vanderbilt
Tweed
Secor
Col. Ingersoll
Lee
Massachusetts
Barry Sullivan
Gen. Longstreet
Louisiana
Boston
France
Clarke County
Georgia
Dahomy
Janauschek
New York
Charles Francis Adams
Hudson River
Savannah
Peacock
New Jersey
Terry
Michigan
Chicago
Beacher
Castle Gardens
Prince of Wales
Damascus
John J. Howe
Birmingham
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Tom Blood
Wanstead
Democratic State Platform Endorses Common Schools and Hendricks
The platform defends a non sectarian common school fund, condemns Republican interference in schools, supports liquor license regulation, honors Union soldiers with pensions, opposes federal debt for rebel remnants, and declares Hendricks as the party’s unanimous presidential choice with delegates instructed to vote as a unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
House of Representatives
Congress
District of Columbia
Indiana
Thomas A. Hendricks
Democratic Platform Demands National Reform and Change
Delegates urge urgent reform of the Federal Government, denounce current taxation, spending, and centralism, and call for a change of administration. They condemn waste, misrule, and improper influence, demand sound currency, fiscal prudence, civil service reform, and oppose immigration practices, school issues, and partisan loyalty. The platform vows unity, constitutional fidelity, and honest governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic National Platform
National Democratic Party of the
United States
Democratic Party
High Seas
Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
Acmiel
Republic
House of Representatives
Flouse of Representatives
the Treasury
Navy
England
Tris
Republican Party
Democrats Call for Clean Government and Money Reform
A fragmentary platform declares Democrats pledge to purge civil service corruption, demand retrenchment across federal and state administrations, support gold and silver backing, and oppose the 1879 specie pause. It condemns partisan currency policy and urges national unity, fiscal responsibility, and sound finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Undiana
Persa
Cormupt
House of Representives
Republican Party
National Bank
Act of Congress
It Pays It Pays What Pays
An old promotional piece urges every manufacturer, merchant, inventor, farmer, or professional man to keep informed by introducing an instructive newspaper into the home. It emphasizes fostering investigation, stimulating thought, and encouraging discussion among family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Scientific American
United States
Messrs. Munn & Co
U.S
Munn & CQ
Park Row
N.Y
Cor.l and
7Th Sts
Washington, D.C
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the Register
Mr. and
Mrs. Sartoris
Bulwer
Connecticut
Register
Hovey & Menzies
Supreme Court of
Posey
Vanderburgh
Court House
Sepdy
Mount Vernon
Ind
Main Street
Peter Heckman
Jacob
Bredyi
Peter Wheer
West Main Street
Thrall & Aumford's
New Harmony
Mr.& Y
Peter Weber
Joseph West
Louie Prados
Duckworth
Damron
J.K. Duckworth
Proprieto
Main
Third Streets
Acu Y
John Walz
Boots& Shol
Marsy
Pepe
Ersons
U.S. Patent Office
Thrall & Mumford RE
Cleveland Rubber Paint Company
Mys Williams
George J. Williams
Third Avenue
High Street
Evansville
NerThere
L, M. Holton
M. D. Daniel Neal
M.D. Holton & Neal
Peyvtsicians
Wolton and Neal
Church Streets
S. & W. Hartman
J. R. Hugo
W. Hartman
Mumford’s
N. O
Yarmouth
California
Sam
Jae Y
Jewel Ae
NIN Harmony
Reo Es
Wee
Algo
Union
William M
Binety
Alice Worha
Java
Ay LO Wte L& Mumford
St Sa Tinto Kep
Ulazel
Montil
Gelass
Carlton
Washington Street
Prica
nistLomany
Dr. A
Olin
Gino
Mall
Athe
Detchon
Catarina
Thrall & Mumford
Dru
Janky
Thrust, & Mumford
Druggista
Janl
Gli
C. H. Ford
Seweller
Postoffice. Co
H. Ford
Ian23
J. W. Miller
New Harmony, Indiana
Sayr
Aploy
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