Pittsburg Exposition and City Theater Oversight
The piece notes Cincinnati financier Nicholson’s exit from Pittsburg Exposition fundraising and argues the project will finish despite delays. It mocks city officials seeking free theater passes, predicts rising oversight of drama by authorities, and suggests mutual learning between officials and performers.
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Pittsburg Exposition
Nicholson
Cincinnati
Tor Disratcn
Pittsburg
Marvin
Thomases
Annexation sentiment grows in Windsor mayoral race
An annexation campaign in Windsor Ontario shows two of four mayoral candidates endorsing annexation with one even pledging to fight either country to secure it. The Detroit border suggests stronger Canada US ties, hinting Canada may seek admission to the United States, and the United States would likely grant it.
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Canadas
Windsor
Ontario
United States
Canada
Detroit
Franklin
Hoston Journal
Benjamin Franklin
England
Elephant talent politics to land cabinet posts
A humorous Louisville era note critiques General Harrison and showmen Forepaugh and Barnum in a scheme to influence a cabinet by elephants. Forepaugh is said to dispose of elephants by killing and gifting them to cities while Barnum’s shifting publicity is praised as strategic leverage.
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Adam Forepaugh
Harrison
Forepauch
Philadelphia
New York
Forepaugh
P. T. Barnum
Br. Porepaugh
Hoarrivon
Cole Attacks Saloons in Speech on Hill Rivalry
Fremont Cole the Speaker of the New York House accuses Governor Hill’s supporters of letting saloons dominate politics. The piece notes Cole’s rising party position and warns about the impact of committee appointments on liquor interests and legislation.
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Fremont Cole
New York House of Representatives
Govermor Hill
Municipal Bodies Ready to Oversee Theatrical Firms
Municipal bodies awaken to duty and vow close supervision of local theatrical companies. The country has previously admired the vigilance of certain legislators.
Railroad bankruptcies reveal water element in capital
The Dispatch notes water in railroad capital fuels insolvencies. Details show 11,000 miles in 1884 and 3,270 miles this year with about $60,000 per mile, compared with 1874 war prices of $60,000. Despite inflation, total bankrupt miles since 1876 reach 45,770, yet railroads still show strong resilience amid shrinkage.
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Disratch
United States
Pacific
New York Central
Erie
Department of Business
Constitution Reform In Marriage Law Debate
The New York Herald urges against a constitutional amendment to grant Congress power for uniform marriage and divorce laws. The Dispatch favored reform earlier, and others are now aligning. A Philadelphia Times remark on the Bismarck Morier squabble notes that evidence is weak since Bazaine’s word is the sole counter to alleged calumnies.
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Congress
New York Herald
Dispatch
Philadelphia Times
Morier
Marshal Bazaine
R. D. Morier
Bazaine
Jane Holmes
T. B. Barry
Knight of Labor
Newly Elected Senator Faces Wealth and Law Ties
The piece notes each new Senator's public image as either a millionaire or a corporation attorney. Irish residents of Pittsburg denounce Flanagan's testimony before the Parnell commission about arming Pittsburg, calling it perjury. The rebuttal evidence will not reach the English court hearing the alleged perjury.
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Pittsburg
Flanagan
Parnell Commission
War era plays inspire note on competing Marianne titles
A New York World communication hints that comparing Amelie Rives Herod and Marianne with a prewar work Marianne or the Queen's Fate could reveal interesting points. It suggests any such overwrought content before the war would have been silenced by the war’s end.
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New York
Amelie Rives
Herod
Marianne
Lawmakers debate Nicaragua Canal amend and session length
The House rewrote the Nicaragua Canal bill to shield the US from financial responsibility. Senate action relies on adopting the amendment. Lieutenant Governor Davies notes longer sessions reflect how the Legislature spends time, questioning if different rules could yield more work. A New York Herald inquiry on heaven prompts editorials on future directions.
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House of Representatives
United States
Senate
Davies
Harrisburg Mayor’s loans used to fund campaigns
The passage accuses the State of admitting some basis for wrongdoing and criticizes the Harrisburg mayor for raising funds through police force loans for the Democratic campaign. It notes a return to old practices where plunder is concealed as forced loans.
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New York
Dougherty
Harrisburg
Purely Personal Items From A Distant Era
A jumble of quirky notes mentions Litiie DEVEREUX BOLTON disputing the eagle as a hen, E P Ror's novels translated into German, Lord Tennyson declining memoirs, ALPHONSE DAUDEET's age appearance, Yale President Dwient writing on an antique secretary, Jupge Cuartes J. McCunpy as oldest Yale graduate, MS Franx LESLIE toasting on steam pipes, the Queen of Portugal proudly mustached, Sweden's queen pruning and gardening, Mrs JAMES G. BLAIR, Jr. turning down a Bowery singing offer, Lexa WOLSLEY’s brother inventing a 144-sheep shearer, Rogent Louis STEVENSON planning a San Francisco return for literary work, and General GRANT once studying under W W Richeson who declined an office offer after becoming president.
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Litiie Devereux Bolton
E. P. Ror
Lord Tennyson
Alphonse Daudeet
Dwient
Yale College
Jupge Cuartes J. McCunpy
Lyme
Cent
Yale
Franx Leslie
Portugal
Sweden
James G. Blarxe, Jr
Bowery
Lexa Wolselty
Australia
Rogent Louis Stevenson
San Francisco
New York
General Grant
W.W. Richeson
Maysville
Grant
Richeson
Public Park Plan for Rock Creek Area in Washington
Washington reports a push to create a public park in the District of Columbia along Rock Creek from Woodley Lane bridge northward. The 2000 acre tract would be at least 400 feet wide with 5 feet of creek on each side, aiming to preserve nature and deter land speculation as Congress considers funding.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Rock Creek
Woodley Lane Bridge
Cleveland
Congress
Yellowstone National Park
Capitol Hill
Marriage and voyage end as groom stays for practice
In Cromptox Missouri on January 6 Miss Mattie Glanding, school principal, marries Dr. C T Cahoon, village physician and druggist. They depart by steamer Emm A Ford to Baltimore and Washington but Cahoon returns to duties, leaving Mrs. Cahoon to travel solo. After days apart she returns and the couple moves to housekeeping at a prepared home.
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Cromptox
Mattie Glanding
C. T. Cahoon
Ralph
Emm A. Ford
Baltimore
Washington
Wendea
Baltinope
Cahoon
Morton Visits Philadelphia for Dedication Ceremony
Vice President elect Morton and his wife arrived in Philadelphia last evening and were hosted by Rev. Dr. Francis L. Robbins. The couple attended the dedication of Disston Hall and Beacon Dispensaries at the Beacon Presbyterian Church near Cumberland and Cedar, in a quiet social reception with few callers.
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Philadelphia
Sledt Morton
Francis L. Robbins
Morton
Field
Disston Hall
Beacon Dispensaries
Beacon Presbyterian Church
Cumberland and Cedar
Quay Favors Blaine for Cabinet Advisers
The Philadelphia Press notes Senator Quay’s favorable stance toward James G. Blaine. He has received Blaine’s congratulatory letter and desires ex Senator Piatt, John Clarkson of Iowa, and Wanamaker to join the President’s advisers alongside Blaine.
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Quay
Blaine
Philadelphia
Senator Quay
James G. Blaine
Piatt
John 4. Clarkson
Iowa
Wanamaker
I'm a little green horn among a half cheese
A Hartford Courant item recalls a Sunday school infant class mishearing a song lyric. A little girl told her mother the teacher had taught a line she remembered as I'm a little green horn among a half cheese. The corrected line is I'm a litle gleaner among the harvest sheaves.
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Hartford Courant
Our City
The Boss Mangler in Albany Joke
A compositor in Albany, New York reportedly made a playful misquote by swapping words in a proverb. He allegedly transformed "strain at a gnat and swallow a camel" into "strain at a goat and swallow a canal" in a humorous line captured by the Oil City Blizzard.
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Boss Mangler
Oil City
Albany
N. Y
Banter and Bales in the Cotton Belt and Birmingham
NYE describes Alabama cotton farming's credit trap and the old and new presses used to bale cotton. He visits the Statehouse and declares Jefferson Davis’s era, notes on the Confederacy, and reflects on Birmingham as a booming mining town with a lynching mob incident. The piece blends travelogue, satire, and social commentary with Bill Nye’s Once a Week voice.
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Birmingham
Leadville
City
Alabama
Riley
Hawes
Mr. Hawes
Mr.Hawes
Bill Nye
E J Wetherell Dies in Denver Pneumonia at Windsor Hotel
E J Wetherell husband of Emma Abbott the prima donna died in Denver at the Windsor Hotel at 10 this morning of pneumonia contracted on the journey to the Pacific Coast. He left Angeles last Monday for Denver for real estate business and planned to depart for Kansas City tomorrow to attend Abbott company engagement.
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Windsor Hotel
Kansas City
Abbott Company
South pig disease commission tours the South
The United States hog cholera commission is traveling through the South seeking information. A general impression persists that nothing can kill a southern hog except a stroke of lightning or chronic ennui from too much attention to it.
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Chicago News
United States
Death of Christian T Ihmeen in Denver Elicits Local Tributes
Friends mourn the unexpected death of Christian T Ihmeen who died in Denver Colorado last Saturday morning after a brief illness. Ihmeen was connected with the Thornton Glass Works Southside and was regarded by colleagues and neighbors as a valued friend and worker in the community.
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Christian T. Ihmeen
Denver
Col
Iameen
Torry Sree
Glass ‘Works Southaide
The DisPatCh Yesterday Spirited Sixteen Page Feature
A long mixed news digest summarizes world events from Europe to America. It notes Emperor William's condition, Morier and Bis marck developments, French politics, Blaine cabinet chances, a pending tariff vote, and a major sugar swindle reveal. Local items include Hydrophobia case, orphan schools reopening, and trolley progress. The issue teases installments of The Colonel's Cards and various American essays.
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Europe
William
Herbert Bismarck
Robert Morer
France
Boulanger
Indianapolis
Blaine
Washington
Senate
Quay
McClure
Hugh Flanagan
Wilkesbarre
Supreme Court of the State
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Fall River
Mass
Next Discovery Will Claim Direct Coal Electricity
A New York reporter asks Edison about the next frontier in electrical invention. He predicts a method to obtain electricity from coal directly without steam engines, reducing boiler and engine use and dramatically boosting efficiency. He argues the goal is a simple, inexpensive device to apply coal power straight to work, a revolution for machinery.
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New York
Edison
Orney
Keely
Why They Parted Billy Crane and Robeson
The New York press recalls comedian Billy Crane’s split with partner Robeson. Crane says the real reason is Sam tired of playing fathers to grandfathers. He spoke after a New Year gathering at the Hoffman House with Col. Ingersoll and friends.
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Billy Crane
Robeson
New York Press
Crane
Hoffman House
Bob Ingersoll
Robson
Sam
Coal Find in North Dakota Promises Hay Fuel Era End
A new coal deposit was found three miles north of Centerville, Dakota, by a drilling party. The initial vein was eight feet thick at 135 feet depth, with a second vein encountered after passing sandstone and slate. Developments are underway and farmers anticipate hay as fuel becoming a thing of the past.
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Dakota
Centerville
She Had an Eye to Business in Norristown
Mrs Dumbeigh reads that a Pennsylvania steel plant yields $100000 yearly profit and writes to a neighboring nurseryman asking how much such a plant would cost and what soil it thrives in best.
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Norristown Herald
Bismarck Honored in Louisville Street Named After Him
Louisville residents learned that a city street bears the name of Otto von Bismarck though some doubt he knows of the tribute. The Courier-Journal notes the unusual honor amid light, local commentary on city naming customs and historical memory.
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Courier-Journal
Bismarcka
Louisville
Quotes on Women From Classic Thinkers
A compilation of aphorisms from diverse authors on women’s nature, behavior, and influence. It contrasts views from Lamennai s Cardan Bruyere Balzac and others, noting themes of beauty, vulnerability, forgiveness, revenge, and social perception across eras.
Laws and Laughs from Ohio Courts of Olden Times
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent collects a string of odd legal cases from Ohio, tracing a woman’s ownership, habeas corpus for a horse, and quirky courtroom antics from Hocking Perry and neighboring counties. The piece features jurists, lawyers, and misadventures highlighted by local humor.
Girl Just Yesterday A Child With Faiths And Fears
A friend speaks of a woman seen as a child in memory and faith, noting that she grew quickly from girlhood to womanhood. The speaker reflects on perception and the rapid passage of years in her life.
The Old War Governor Andrew Curtin at 71
From a Bellefonte Letter, Governor Curtin at seventy one remains tall and dignified with silver hair. He is beloved in his mountain home for his generosity to the poor and his strong sense of justice, as shown when a displaced coal miner defended him during a town hearing and called him a friend.
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William A. Taylor
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Ohio
Toa Hocking County Court
Old Hocking
Love
Pesce
Swan
Cradlebaugh
Rapleyin
Hocking County
Perry
Shep Tinker
Shep
Repleyin
Old Straiteville
Mr. Saunders
Saunders
Napoleon
Potter
Ousegnas
John H. Morrison
Findlay
Patrick Henry Goode
Mr. Morrison
Hocking
Morrison
Satan
Andrew Curtin
Bellefonte
Governor Curtin
Imansion
Pittsburg
Schuylkill County
Fellows Square
Urgesa
Archange
Obnoxious Cincinnati Teacher Segues to New Job After Prank
In a Cincinnati boarding school a prank by two pupils involved painting a chilling threat in phosphorus on a teacher’s wall. The text disappeared when lights went out, but the scare prompted an investigation. The principal's inquiry revealed the gag, and the embarrassed teacher soon left for another post.
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Cincinnati
Bolshazzar
Babylon
Pretty girls on hand organ rides in New York
The New York Graphic describes a family running portable hand organ machines in the city. Sisters of the Grosse brigand clan operate the instruments on light carts, one turning the crank and the other playing a tambourine. They earn about $10 daily per machine, averaging over $4,000 yearly per group, with crowds and clerks often throwing pennies.
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New York
New York Graphic
Grosse
Fragmentary Harboring Note From New Year Eve Pickup
A clipped clipping item notes a washed and partial list of items found near a locality after New Year Eve. The readable entries include a scarf pin, a hat band, and a wiper with prices or origins hinted in fragments from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
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Harper's Hagar
Emma
Oddball items from a late 19th century issue
A jumble of brief notes covers diverse topics. It mentions mail service delays between New York and Albany, Boston dividends ahead of Philadelphia, a Rushville man with a crow, a New Haven carpenter’s fall, a Cal Oroville circus display of oranges, a New York hotel barkeeper’s observation on New Year drinking, a Lille banker drying banknotes blown by wind, and Nikolaiens’ Norway monastery excavation with medieval features.
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Albany
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Newman
Rushville
Ind
Oroville
Cal
Lille
France
Bok
Bank of France
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Dany
Sunday Dispatch
Uec Ne TS
ONC Punt
Oesday
Mox
Lansing
Mich
Elephant
Pittsburg Dispatch
Dan Dougherty
Pennsylvanis
New York Sun
William M. Singerly
Nye
Cotton Belt
Cotton Preas
Montgomery
Ula
Mr. Cleveland
Timal
E. J. Wetherell
Emma Abbott
Preitness Janket
John D. White
Johan D. White
William White
A.W. White
Jefferson
Greene County
Deetasod
Christian T. Shimsen
Tax Dispatch
Franklin File
Charles King
E. W. Bartlett
Hammond
Lillian Spencer
London Alhambra
Ballet
Korea
Olira Belle
George Hodges
Bart
Clarke Russell
Wakeman
Shaler
Honolulu
Tas
Globe
Con Direct
Bismarck
Cardan
Proverh
la Bruyere
Lemontey
Commerson
Balzac
BaLtac
A. DE
J. J. Rossgar
Delaware
John O'Neill
Zanesville
Delaware County
Herby
Marge
Tia
Virginia Parmer
Lexington
Here
Greenville
Chatterbaugh
Spayms
Fullerton
Marcanet
Italy
Rome
Roprnsters
Czar
Carina
St. Petersburg
Sanan Bernhardt
Antlitzgesellschaft
St Gall
Switzerland
Gilbert
Gilbert and Sullivan
Brantinghame Hall
Clement Scott
Marseilles
Costermongers
Gail
Duchess
Galliero
Paris
Genoa
Aloven
Bignost Ferrari
Bertin
Heidel
Eugene Cranson
New Haven
Nicolaysen
Norway
Ee Ee Ae Ee Miter
Meriden
Wright
Meon
Majeor Blumenthal
Landwehr
Takaa Ee
Haron da Jilly
Alot
Conflans
Tuy Perambiul
Hartford
India
Journal of Education
Scribbler
Patiadelphis
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