Tammany Plans to Regain Hold on New York
The Philadelphia Times reports Tammany Hall presses for Cantor nomination to Supreme Court, Cantor rejects, and the Wigwam offers mixed signals as reform efforts clash with machine politics. Coal and rapid transit actions, lawsuits, and public notices intrude on New York political life.
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Tammany
New York
Philadelphia Times
Tammany Hall
Jacob A. Cantor
Supreme Court
Cantor
Croker
W. Bourke Cochran
Charles T. Barney
Justice Truax
Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners
Mayor Low
Grout
John B. McDonald
Ira A. Shaler
Park Avenue
Thirty-second
Forty-third
Rapid Transit Commission
City Treasury
General Forrest in Appleton's Great Commanders Series
Captain J Harvey Mathes presents General Forrest as illiterate yet brilliant in war and writing He is described as a law unto himself in sighting and correspondence forged during the Civil War, with no early schooling, his adjutant general Major Seedwen aiding the effort
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General Forrest
J. Harvey Mathes
Appleton
James Grant Wilson
James R. Chalmere
Forrest
Seedwen
Tennis in Ancient France Reveals Court and Craft
A historical overview traces tennis origins in France from jeu de paume to the racket era. It notes royal and monk participation, regulatory bans, ball quality disputes under Louis XI, and early court evolution from palm striking to enclosed courts with nets, plus social codes players observed.
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France
Council of Sons
England
Paris
Europe
Louis XI
Benedick
Erasmus
Colomies
Titus Livius
Fontevrault
Tennis Players in France Among Drinkers and Worms
A quip from Longman's Magazine contrasts tennis players in France with drinkers and malt worms, suggesting witty wordplay on vigor and society. The fragment hints at a humorous observation rather than a full report or event.
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France
Longman’s Magazine
Russian Peasants Bound by Mir Despite Freedom
The article explains that while nominally free, Russian peasants remain adscriptus gleboe under the mir. A village council governs them, granting door allotments and land, with widows leading families after death. Leaving requires annual mir approval and a passport, echoing remnants of serfdom and obrok.
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Mir
Obrok
Shapira the Forger and the Moabite Manuscript Claim
In 1877 Shapira a Polish Jew turned Christian visited an Englishman with a purportedly ancient Deuteronomy manuscript written in Phoenician Moabite script. The document dazzled scholars including Ginsburg and Captain Conder and sparked fierce debate on authenticity. Shapira’s odyssey ends in his suicide, with observers split on forgery.
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Shapira
England
Moab
Ginsburg
Captain Conder
Palestine
British Museum
London
Conder
Moses
Wiliam Simpson
Illustrated London News
Simpson
Trouvaille
Hopi of Arizona Live Among Cliffs to Avoid Warlike Neighbors
The Hopi tribe in northeastern Arizona is described as peaceful people who live in cliff dwellings to stay hidden from warlike neighbors. They invite whites to witness dances, avoid alcohol, and build mud and stone homes with willow ceilings. Their custom includes a feather symbol at the ceiling center, the soul of the house, and a notable humor in song while at work.
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Arizona
New York Tribune
Bride of Burglar Wife Refuses to Name Parents
Mrs. Thomas Morris, daughter of well regarded Ohio parents, revealed she married Cleveland Morris ten months ago and refuses to disclose her family. Her husband, a postoffice thief, was convicted in Fleming Ohio and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. She says her parents are respectable and denies sharing their names.
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Thomas Morris
Ohio
Parkersburg
W. Va
Chicago Inter Ocean
Morris
Pleming
Cleveland
Monroe pair to travel with wagon and mules to Ontario
Louis Kohli and Ray Crow of Monroe plan a cross country trip next week with a wagon and mule team. Their stated destination is the province of Ontario, Canada, as reported by Milwaukee News.
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Louis Kohli
Ray Crow
Monroe
Ontario
Canada
Milwaukee News
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Brooklyn Union Gas Company
Nevada N. Stranahan
Viscount de Castellane
Rapid
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Mr. Shaler
Coler
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Ramapo
Western Union Telegraph Company
Low
Michener’s
Excelsior—Star
Marks Brothers
Arch Streets
Oxfords
We 3
Marks Bros
The
Chartes S. Suyler, Manager
Shapira the Forger
Sir Walter Besant
Philadelphia
Chambray
Madras
Base Bala
BAT Free
Wallace
Nainsook
U. G
Wear Wells
Wats
Heppe
Heppe’s
Ems
J. Heppe & Son
Chestnut
Thompson
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