Simian judge and a traveling man colony plan
A Siamese judge orders two litigants to be submerged until one survives, mocking jury practices. Iowa drummers seek a traveling men colony in Des Moines, to buy land for housing by traveling salesmen. China’s first railway will link Pekin and Yientsin, with past Shanghai Woosung trial. Aguero, Cuba agitator, described by a Toronto visitor as a small yellow-skinned man with long nails and patent-leather boots.
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Drummers” of
Iowa
Des Moines
China
Pekin
Yientsin
Shanghai
Woosung
Joss
Aguero
Cuba
Toronto
Island
Cambridge lists reveal gender gaps in honors
A Cambridge University class list shows no female first class honors in mathematics or classics, with forty three men to two women in the second class. The piece also notes disparate literacy concerns and odd anecdotes from across the world, including a German farmer, a balloon rainmaker plan in Australia, and remarkable physical feats by Miss Hrusv of Georgia.
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Cambridge University
England
Hrusv
Georgia
Washington
Hurst
Chicago bathhouses offer all night sobering method
A Chicago bath establishment advertises a five hour “biling em” process to sweat out liquor and sober men for home life by morning claims include a steady step clear head and ready excuses to wives. The piece notes it would ruin the saying drunk as a biled owl by Matthew Arnold.
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Chicago
Matthew Arnold
Dark moon and airship dreams stir public science talk
Prof Wheiss links a hidden moon to extreme tides and earthquakes, urging measurement of a possible invisible satellite. Prof Wiggins cites a March 9 1883 conjunction with the sun for a great storm and a May 16 1884 solar eclipse seen in Michigan. A Wisconsin man leaves 500000 for air navigation experiments, with 100000 to Prof Retchel, amid push for government funding to advance aerial travel and telegraph-like progress in flight.
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Wheiss
Wiggins
Michigan
Mitchell
Wisconsin
Prof
Retchel
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Mongolfier Brothers
United States
Baltimore
Washington
The Great Financier of the Revolution
The article honors Robert Morris for securing funds to finance the American Revolution. It details his personal credit, loans from General Schuyler and the French fleet commander, and his timely repayment of notes. It notes his later land speculation failures and his death in debtors’ prison on May 7, 1806, as reported by Inter Ocean.
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Robert Morris
Schuyler
Morris
Inter-Ocean
Boy Faces Sneering Ally Dilemma in Yardwood Tale
In a stark Parson era vignette, a youth wrestles with humiliation as a rival peerswings at him in the alley while his father presses a nickel for chores among a wood pile. Veras Sift ings.
Independent Republicans Publish Cleveland Morality Report
The Buffalo Independent Republicans report to the National Committee concludes Gov. Cleveland’s private life was investigated and found to be free of drunkenness or immorality. They state the charges are false, based on hearsay, and rely on personal knowledge from Buffalo residents and witnesses.
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Buffalo
National Committee
Gov. Cleveland
National Independent Committee
Gov
Cleveland
Bufffalo
Joan H. Cowing
Ansley Wilcox
Willliam M. Kip
Thomas Carey
George P. Sawyer
Ralph Stone
Joan EE. Ransom
Henry W
Governor Cleveland Calibrates Seandal Version In Albany
Gen Horatio King relays a reporter briefing after visiting Albany where Cleveland allegedly confirmed a version of the Gouverneur tale as substantially correct. King says Cleveland framed the narrative around a widow linked to his younger years and protected the child and mother, acting honorably amid scandal.
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Brooklyn
Horatio King
Buffalo
Beecher
Cleveland
Albany
Kong
Kingsley Twining Backs Cleveland Inquiry Report
The Independent prints a Buffalo based personal inquiry by Rev Dr Kingsley Twining on Cleveland. It states no seduction or breach of promise, but a prior misconduct for which he should suffer, and rejects charges of Hibertinism and drunkenness as slander from saloon gossip. It cites honorable conduct after the offense and notes support from Christian men who know Cleveland.
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Independent Newspaper
New York
Kingsley Twining
Buffalo
Mur.wining
Cleveland
Purcell Withdraws Editorship Comment Re Cleveland
William Purcell, former editor of the Icon and Advertiser in Rochester, retracts a previously published remark calling Gov. Cleveland a moral leper after new information alters the facts. He asks that the remark not be attributed to him henceforth.
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Rochester
N. Y
Dispatch
William Purcell
Icon and Advertiser
Buffalo Beening Telegraph
New York
Cleveland
Gov. Cleveland
Beecher backs Cleveland after libel inquiry says stories false
Gen Horatio C King and Rev Henry Ward Beecher spent the morning with Plymouth Church. Beecher said the Buffalo investigation found the Governor honorable and vowed continued support. He declared the slanderous allegations against Gov Cleveland were untrue and will campaign enthusiastically for his presidential bid.
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Peekskill
Horatio C. King
Plymouth Church
Henry Ward Beecher
King
Buffalo
Beecher
Gov. Cleveland
Cleveland
Notable Buffalo Agent Moore Tied to Political Screed
A Buffalo business man named Moore, a Pension Office special agent, figures in a public dispute over accusations against Gov. Cleveland. He was linked to a conspiracy to defame a respected citizen and to frame a murder charge to hinder a witness against Moore’s employers, with prior criminal appeals noted.
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Wesilington
Chicago
Texas
Moore
Grant James
Dudley
Defending the Irish by a Future President’s Early Aid
An account recalls Captain O Donahine recounting Fenian raids into Canada and the 1860s Buffalo trial. He tells how a young lawyer freely defended Fenian prisoners without pay, later identified as Grover Cleveland, later nominated for President by the Democratic convention.
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Grover Cleveland
Anny
Capt. O'Donahine
New York
Finerty
Illnois
William Fouarty
T. P. O'Connor
Michael Keeley
John Devoy
Canada
United States
Niagara
Captain O'Donatue
Buffalo
German Democrats Convene at Palmer House in Chicago
Sixty five leading Germans in Illinois met at the Palmer House to organize for Democratic tickets. Gen Lieb ordered the gathering while ex Governor Koerner presided. proceedings were conducted in German after initial remarks. Resolutions praised German opposition to Know Nothingism and urged voting against the Prohibition influenced Republican ticket to defend personal liberty and rights.
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Chicago Daily News
Illinois
Palmer House
Lieb
Koerner
Belleville
Republican Party
Francis A. Hollman, Jr
Republcan Gernins
Tentons
Know Nothing Movement
Brown
Call Of Your Dogs Imprudent Dirt Campaign Warns Blaine
An impatient Democrat writer from Washington to the New York Herald says Blaine and Logan and their managers fuel a dirt campaign against Gov. Cleveland and warn that if they do not call off their dogs the fallout will harm the Republican candidate and other Blaine supporters. Democrats plan biographical sketches of Blaine and his allies to inform the public about their lives.
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Washington
New York Herald
Blaine
Logan
Cleveland
Blaine urged to call off his dogs in dirty campaign feud
A Kentucky Democrat condemns the dirty tactic used against Gov Cleve and says Blaine should restrain his zealous supporters whose private lives invite scrutiny. He notes Blaine’s leaders and past officials have records that would shock if exposed and urges the party to curb the attacks quickly.
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Cleveand
Kentucky
Blaine
Grand Old Party
Washington
Dols
Blaine in the dumps signals gloom for campaign
A Washington dispatch to the Sun portrays Blaine as despondent and altered since the 1876 spectacle. His energy waned after the Garfield episode, with anxiety over Republican chances in key states, while Prohibition and Anti-Monopoly candidates threaten the ticket. Deserters and German and Irish voters weigh heavily on the race.
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New York Telegram
Washington
Blaine
Elkins
Phelps
Augusta
National Committee
Butler
House of Representatives
White House
Hilaine
Cleveland
National Congressional Committee
Chicago
Guitean
Garfield
Totter
Tall
Kansas
Wisconsin
California
Michigan
Illinois
Ohio
Chicao
Bnt
Arthur
St. John
Republican Party
Binine
German Republicans in Illinois Back Cleveland and Harrison
Mr Herman Raster editor of the Chicago Staata-Zeitung says three fourths of German Republicans in Illinois will vote for Cleveland and Harrison to punish the Republicans over the prohibition law. He notes they will not support Blaine and Oglesby due to the party stance on prohibition.
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Ilinois
Cleveland
Harrison
Herman Raster
Chicago
Staata-Zeitung
Blaine
Oglesby
Germans shift votes in Kansas to Cleveland
The excerpt reports that voters in Kansas are inclined to vote against Elaine and for Cleveland, influenced by trustworthy sources and agents. Capt. Jisuhns, a former local resident and staunch Republican, claims about five percent of Germans in Kansas who previously supported the Republican ticket will back Cleveland.
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Elaine
Cleveland
Jisuhns
Kansas
Chicago News
Indignant Massachusetts Independents denounce Blaine
The Independent Committee of One Hundred in Massachusetts issues a scathing address to voters. It attacks Blaine and his supporters, recalls past frauds, and asserts the Independent stance while rejecting Republican and Greenback alliances. The group endorses the Democratic candidate for reform and honesty.
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Independent Committee
Massachusetts
Republican Party
Lincoln
Sewalt
Sumner
Stanton
Fessenden
Blaine
Robeson
Keifer
Elkins
Clayton
Kelloge
Gulfax
Delano
Belknap
Williams
Saborn
Signal Service
Treasury Department
Mahone
West Virginia
James G. Blaine
Democratic Party
Workingmen and Cleveland
A New York World report on the United Hat Finishers Association of America endorsing Governor Grover Cleveland for actions favoring labor. Resolutions praise his stand against prison labor contracts and a commission bill, calling him a sincere friend of honest labor and deserving of workingmen's esteem. Committee signatures include John Murphy and E. H. Taylor.
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New York World
United Hat Finishers Association of America
Association
Gov. Cleveland
Brooklyn Hat Finishers’ Association
Cleveland
Albany
United States
Empire State
Grover Cleveland
New York
John Murphy
E. H. ‘Taylor
Purity in politics favored by Harper on Blaine
Joseph W. Harper of Harper & Brothers defends his opposition to Blaine, saying his praise for Blaine’s character was private and misused when publicized in a business matter. He notes Harvya's Weekly has opposed Blaine for five years, accusing him of using office for personal gain and criticizing politicians who back it.
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Harper
Blaine
Joseph W. Harper
Harper & Brothers
Washington Atepiliean
Hint
William Walter Phelps
Har
Enougl
Har Ya's Weekly
Republican Party
Fisher
Blaine a Know-Nothing and the immigration debate
The Kennebec Journal editor in 1853 argues for strict immigration laws and reform in naturalization to preserve the franchise. He links Know-Nothing rhetoric to national political shifts, cites Gen. Scott’s Irish appeal, and notes regional GOP sentiment favoring St. John. A Wheeling canvass shows 150 German Republicans backing Cleveland and Hendricks.
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Blaine
Kennebec
Sutrage
Earope
Botany Bay
Know-nothing Party
Friends of Freedom
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Tam
Independents
Workingmen and
D. J. Haggerry
J. M. Ellendon
Committee On
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Gen
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Rockford
Wheeling
W. Va
Hendricks
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