Appointment of Brewer to Supreme Bench Sparks Criticism
The selection over other nominees is condemned as discrediting the process. Critics argue Judge Brewer sided with unscrupulous corporations in the Wabash receivership and the Iowa railroad case, challenging state supervision and risking public rights for corporate favor.
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Supreme Bench
Judge Brewer
United States
Circuit Court
Brewer
Deve
Wabash
Iowa
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit
Supreme Court
Jay Gould
The Prospective Iron Trade Outlook
The article notes large iron ore contracts in Pittsburg two months early, brisk mill activity, and rising coke and iron rail traffic indicating next year's iron trade may match or surpass this year's prosperity. It cautions about higher material costs and expansions that could dampen demand if consumption slows, but overall foresees a long, steady era of good business.
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Pittsburg
Premonitions of Christmas and the coffin offer
The piece mocks holiday ads and cheap gift schemes while noting a solicitor offering subscriptions to a cheap funeral plan. It warns that sending a coffin as a Christmas gift is a disturbing idea and reflects on the season's commercial mood.
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Chicago
Christmantide
Phelps Speech Draws Mixed Review in Berlin Dinner
The report describes Hon. William Walter Phelps’s Thanksgiving remarks in Berlin attended by Count Herbert Bismarck. The New York World criticizes the compliments as excessive, suggesting the exchange favored Germany and mirrored earlier excessive adulation by a former Democratic Phelps toward British royalty.
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William Walter Phelps
Berlin
Herbert Bismarck
New York
Bismarck
Germany
Phelps
A Standard of Credulity in a New York Trial
A New York spiritualistic libel case reveals an extraordinary demand for jurors willing to credit improbable testimony. The attorney seeks jurors who accept fantastical claims and dismiss ordinary skepticism, arguing for a jury that will embrace remarkable scenarios over common sense.
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New York
Debunked Theory Cited for Crimes and Criminology
A fragmented passage critiques a theory arguing juries must believe the most incredible statements. It suggests the theory could aid safebreaking and spiritualist lawsuits, noting a satchel of $10,000 in greenbacks turning to waste paper en route could be used to justify high fees and to influence public perception.
Real Estate Pressure Delays Depot Project In City
The Pennsylvania Railroad depot plan faces a cold denial from local authorities despite high real estate demand. Merchants push for business space due to rapid city growth, affecting both present needs and future plans.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg Prosperity Stands Against Wall Street Panics
A Pittsburgh economy fueled by iron and steel demand and conservative pricing contrasts with New York’s trust speculation. The piece notes Wall Street’s inflation and the recent collapse of several trusts, arguing panics stem from speculative schemes, not legitimate business.
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Pittsburg
Lawrenceville
Wall Street
New York
Will Street
Republic Makers Wanted for European Republic Projects
Opinion piece argues U S experts should help Europe transform monarchies into republics. Describes Brazil’s peaceful shift, suggests English and other markets need quick republic construction, promises money and honor for ready hands, and promotes transnational political consulting.
Corn Burning as Fuel Reflects Complex Farm Economics
The piece argues Kansas farmers burning corn for fuel signals possible economic waste rather than savings. It notes corn’s cash value can fall below transport costs, urging corn as a raw material for staples like pork and beef, while coal costs press farmers.
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Kansas
Millionaires to fund World Fair and Grant monument drive
Last moment plans see New York multi millionaires urged to subscribe to a World’s Fair fund aiming for 20 million dollars and to add to the Grant monument. Florida’s winter resorts advertise, oranges ship north, and treasury policy under scrutiny as large bank surpluses idle.
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New York
World's Fair Fund
Grant Monument
Hippo Debut and Robbery Notes Highlight City News
A New York hippopotamus born this week is named Chauncey per a New York exchange praising Depew. The piece also notes a highway robbery on a major avenue with a robber captured Wednesday and Pennsylvania Railroad real estate purchases denied by officials. Fears grow as mid to second-rate railroad accidents push death figures higher.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
People of Prominence Look In on Society and Travel
Mary Anderson visits Lord Tennyson while Secretary Nea xe departs Washington for St Louis and returns next week. Whitlaw Reid and family heads to the South of France and Rome, away from Paris for a month. Miss Harris Barre debuts as a Washington society beauty. An aged Baltimore man claims to be Cocaine’s first discoverer, while playwright Broxson Howamp is described as plain in appearance. Rev Heber Newton at forty shows a long career, with sermons published yearly and a Paris study habit. Chauncey Depow’s prosperous Detroit brother emerges, shifting expectations about family and tuition leading to a clerking detour.
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Mary Anderson
Lord Tennyson
Neaxe
Washington
St. Louis
Whitelaw Reid
Mr. Reid
France
Rome
Paris
Harris Barre
James Calrom
Irving
Baltimore
Broxson Howamp
William D. Howells
Chauncey M. Depow
Detroit
Chauncey
Larry
Lawrence
A Limb to Man's Capsbailitica Pranklin Banner
A man may possess many talents and perform noble deeds yet cannot wink and work his guts at once. Only the intellect can perform this remarkable act, ridiculed though it may be.
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Pranklin
Pest-rough remedy and verses in one column
A poultry farmer describes a cement flour mix bait that turns rats to stone after drinking water, claiming no rats near the stable for weeks. The piece then shifts to literary verse about bells and actors, followed by anecdotes about General Wiley in Johnstown and a meddling charity worker seeking tents and orderly escorts, finishing with a satirical list about excess in society.
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Rata
Japan Seeks Data on Stock Markets for Reform Plan
Tokyo official T Ogawa of the Tokio Bourse Organization Committee travels to New York via Grand Pacific on a mission to reform Japan's 12 stock exchanges. Licenses for current operations expire June 1, 1891, with the government and exchange leaders seeking proper regulation of stock gambling and speculation.
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Cureaco
T. Ogawa
Tokio
Japan
Grand Pacific
New York
United States
Change of Prices Debated at Eastern Bar Iron Association
A December meeting of the Eastern Bar Iron Association discussed price changes. President Oliver Williams called the November 25 call, and participants expressed mixed views on current price levels with many favoring keeping prices unchanged.
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Pornapal Penia
Paremant To & Call
Oliver Williams
Eastern Bar Iron Association
Oeon
Pagenic
Jamaica orphan girl rejects 37 offers of marriage
A Jamaica girl living in Now refuses 37 marriage offers, despite being valued at $1,000,000. The story notes her status as an orphan and the high number of suitors, underscoring the remarkable nature of the situation.
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Chicago
Corsecuto
Stone Kaneau Kai Legend Nets First Big Catch
Fishermen near Waimea on Itasa island tell of the Kaneau Kai stone. After multiple net pulls the stone appeared and disappeared, finally yielding the largest fish haul when to land they towed it reverently. The tale attributes the bounty to divine honors and a miraculous sign.
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Waimea
Stb
Samael
Romey
Kane-au-kai
Associate Justice Brewer Appointed to U S Supreme Court
The Supreme Bench named David J. Brewer as Associate Justice, age about 50, a Smyrna native. His father Rev Josiah Brewer was a missionary. Brewer studied at Yale with Judge Brown and John Mason Brown, then practiced law and entered the Eighth Judicial District bench before joining the high court.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
David J. Brewer
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Josiah Brewer
David
Apperates
Yale College
Judge Brown
Detroit
John Mason Brown
Kentucky
New
Supreme Court of State
Bent Arthur
Stephen J. Field
Meiner Hasieg Boas & Field
Fer
Ee Brewer
Rankin
Virginia Legislature Opens as Democrats Hold Majorities
Special Telegram reports in Ricamonro that the December 4 session of the Virginia Legislature opened with overwhelming Democratic control. The Senate and House organized with near total party dominance. Governor Fitzhugh Lee delivered his last annual message, to be followed by Captain Philip McKinney on January 1. The debt issue looms as a central policy debate.
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Ricamonro
Virginia
Senate
Fitzhugh Lee
Philip McKinney
Revenue totals rise as tobacco and liquor lift month
Internal revenue for the first four months of the fiscal year reached 40,753,350 dollars, up 4,039,904 from the prior period. The year to date averaged over one million dollars monthly, driven mainly by tobacco and fermented liquor consumption with spirits up by 100. The October figures show a 3% gain over October.
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Collegs Bos
F Searuace
Miss Lily Walker Hosts Elegant Western Avenue Reception
The Walker residence on Western Avenue hosted a grand afternoon reception for about 180 ladies. Mrs DT Walado and Miss Jane Watson attended as honored guests among lavish floral decor, malachite orchid stand, and French rose centerpieces, with teas, ices, fruits, and elaborate entertainments.
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Walker
Western Avenue
Mra DT
Walado
Miss Walker
Recep
Narcee Goan Mies
Jane Watson
Rosa Pisk Ait
Mra
Horné
Ute
Rewpore
Hoyle
Mizs Watson
Nemel
J. BR
A. Murdoch
Hagan
Lafayette Reception At New Turner Hall Draws Young Social Set
A fashionable gathering filled New Turner Hall on Forbes Street last night for the Lafayette Club’s invitation event. More than 18 answered the call for an evening of dancing and socializing, with a grand march led by a local band and refreshments arranged by club members.
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New Turner Hall
Forbes Street
Lafayette Club
Geleetes Orcheswe
Iken Pa Wines
Dovahue
C. McSwigan
E. Marks
Social Charity Socials and entertainments in Pittsburg
Duquasye Lover No percent will entertain friends at Turner Hall Pittsburg with music by Gernert Bros. Committee includes Rascovar Strang Dreifus Levine. The Seventh U P Church Young Ladies Missionary Society hosts an entertainment with a Japanese wedding. The Poverty German Club meets Friday December 13 at Mrs J H Ricketson residence. Maus Foros of Center avenue hosts a large euchre party this evening. Miss Cona McKelvey of East End hosts Teaspoon Club gathering.
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LO. F
Turner Hall
Porches Street
Pittsburg
Gernert
J. H. Ricketson
Riege Avenue
Maus
Foros
Center Avenue
Cona McKelvey
East End
Over Five Hundred Bills Introduced by Senators Yesterday
In the Fifty-fifth Congress the first Senate bill by Senator Sherman targets trusts with an anti trust framework. Other introduced measures include definitions of trusts by Mr Reagan, free coinage, pension expansions, commercial marine support, and various constitutional and civil service proposals. Notable items reference reform efforts, taxation, military appointments, and regulation of rail and commodities with ports named like San Francisco New Orleans and Galveston.
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Washington
Senate
Sherman
Committee On Finance
Reagan
Dawes
Aperes
Stewart
Fort
Cal
Aera Osney
Mir. Davis
Hell
Kt Commission
Pierce
Notable confrontation ends with suspect jailed in New York
In Sixth Avenue a stranger challenged Cashin in a furniture shop and opened fire. Cashin restrained him, two clerks aided, and the assailant was captured and held on $1,000 bail. The man, Frank Melen, claimed Cashin ruined his life via hypnotism since 1336. Cashin denies the accusation.
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Cashin
Mr. Cashion
Frank Melen
Caabin
Bio
Italy
Maren
Hatless man found with throat cut near Park on Third Ave
Early morning a hatless man with a cut throat was found near the Park on Third Avenue. He was taken to a hospital where he recovered enough to name Christian Happ of the New York Central Railway as the victim who cannot recall the incident. Police pursue two suspects in the attempted killing.
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Third Avenue
Christian Happ
New York Central Railway
Rapp
Execution Stayed After Appeal Filed in Brooklyn Murder
The execution of Charles Melivaine for the murder of Christian W. Locca, a Brooklyn grocer, was stayed after a notice of appeal was filed. A day for argument will be set soon, and the appeal postpones the death sentence without a judge's order.
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Charles Melivaine
Christian W. Locca
Brooklyn
Condemnation Sought for 261000 Cigars and 3600 Pounds Tobacco
The United States District Attorney filed suit in U S District Court to condemn 261000 cigars and 3600 pounds of tobacco from Pear Street Cigar Factory. The manufacturers allegedly failed to comply with box size regulations and proper stamping as required by law.
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United States District Attorney
United States District Court
Pear Street Cigar Factory
Too Much Sympathy for Murderers
Henry Morgenweck a German painter convicted of manslaughter in the shooting and killing of his stepson John Kirchner on August 12 was arraigned for sentence to stay before Judges Martine. He was sentenced to Stan's prison for 16 years and 11 months. Judge Martine said that human life is held too cheaply and there is a bias toward killers over the slain.
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Henry Morgenweck
John Kirchner
Martine
Stan’s
Perjured Testimony Triggers Divorce Case Reopened
One year after James W. McCabe of Brooklyn obtained an absolute divorce from his wife for alleged intimate relations with his brother a new affidavit reveals his 11-year-old son William lied in court. The boy says his testimony was bribed by his father who promised clothing and a horse and wagon. The judge urged to reserve decision.
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James W. McCabe
Brooklyn
Arithmetical Grievances Over Fair Donations
The New York Sun quotes a fur manager critiquing fair schedules noting donations valued far above market. He cites stationery, a $60 sofa pillow, and ching sets marked high to illustrate inflated valuations used to forecast a $60,000 fair windfall.
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New York Sun
Missouri Citizens Oppose Sunday Observance Law
Missouri citizens from Balls and Pike counties urged against any bill enforcing Sunday observance or other religious practices. They asked that government remain secular and church and state stay separate.
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Washington
Balls
Pike Counties
Presidential Message Seen As Conservative Yet Decisive
Multiple major papers including New York Evening World New York Herald Philadelphia Inquirer Cleveland Leader Philadelphia Press Philadelphia Times Philadelphia Chronicle New York Tribune New York Sun offer varied opinions on President Harrison's congressional message. They label it prudent cautious unpretentious and strong Republican policy driven with no grand gestures.
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New York Evening World
Dem
New York Herald
Harrison
Philadelphia Inquirer
Hep
Congress
Cleveland Leader
Rep
Philadelphia Press
Philadelphia Times
Ind Dem
Cleveland
New York Tribune
New York Sun
Hayes
Clerk McPherson appoints new House staff
In Washington on December 4 Clerk McPherson named Charles R. McKenney of Minnesota as Ex rolling Clerk, replacing King of Illinois, and Judson Halcomb of Pennsylvania as Index Clerk, succeeding Otley of Virginia. Ezra L. of New York was appointed Assistant librarian to the House.
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Waassington
Mc Pherson
Charles KR. McKenney
Minnesota
King
Illinois
Judson Halcomb
Pennsylvania
Otley
Virginia
CT Ee
Ezra L
New York
House
A Bare Way to Do It. Chicago Tribune
A peculiar wart removal method described with crude steps including using a liver piece from a slain scalp, chanting the alphabet backward, and a new pearl banded knife to carve around the wart root. The text blends macabre imagery with odd ritualized actions.
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Chicago Tribune
Ohio cold season as national politics shift
The Boston Herald notes Ohio’s political sting as a national vacancy remains. An Ohio man did not win the Presidency this time and learns he cannot leave the vacancy on the Supreme bench. The piece contrasts Ohio’s chill with the other forty one states’ steadier politics.
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Ohio
Boston Herald
Supreme Bench
Nat Goodwin to star in A Gold Mine at Grand Opera House
Nat C Goodwi presents A Gold Mine at the Grand Opera House next week written by Brander Matthews and George H Jessop praised as one of the funniest plays of the season. Tre Bijou advertises Cliva Morris and company with Camille Helene and Renee de Moray shows scheduled. Harris Theater features My Pantyss with a well regarded company. London Specialty Company of Lauren Wratans promises top variety acts.
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Nat C. Goodwi
Grand Opera House
Brander Matthews
George H. Jessop
Nat Goodwin
Tre Bijou
Cliva Morris
Camille
Lauren & Wratans
London
Harry Will
Beaver Falls Oddities and Fires Beset Local Area
A Beaver Falls paper relays a bizarre tale of an old man with collapsed joints and a cracking frame, alongside a blaze in a Chippewa Lake cattail swamp possibly lit to ignite kerosene soaked reeds. Weather records claim this may be the wettest year in two centuries, and random local notes cover clubs and a misdirected postal note used as store decoration.
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Chippewa Lake
Martin Meloney
Avondale
Curious Condengations but a jumble of stray notes
A fragmentary collection of items mentions an ice palace in Kau and a Napoleana sale in Bir Joan Hassany's, plus a Honolulu lava description and a strange town name Bnooda in Washington. Included are railroad anecdotes from Creston and a Dalton Ga. incident, with scattered references to churches, buffalo transport, and a German life episode.
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Smith County
Kau
Laurel
Bomerse
Honolulu
E Bnooda
Washington
Thas
Comic Scraps Reflected In Ragbag Headlines
A collage of humorous quotes and misheard lines mocks politics and daily life. Snippets span from Congress sparring to shop floor banter, with editors and readers contributing wry captions about work and miscommunication.
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