Republican Nomination Outlook in Disratcun View
A Disratcun special outlines a Blaine led Republican path to the nomination with Harrison support hints and a president's weighed stance. It argues Blaine’s health and steady stance make him the strongest future nominee, amid party maneuvering and journalistic critique.
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Tue Disratcn
Blaine
Disine
Harrison
Nho
Indianapolis
Mr. Riatnes
Tae Disratculas
Arkell
Matthew Stanley
Pennsylvania
The Sunday Slaughter at Nekrosport Ends in Tragic Suicide
A troubled romance at a Nekrosport picnic sparked a failed murder attempt and an ensuing suicide. The impetuous son, spurned after his beloved refused to dance or elope, attempted to kill her and then killed himself, a stark deviation from typical outcomes.
Outcry Over Interstate Commerce Law Misinformation
A Philadelphia newspaper is accused of misrepresenting the Interstate Commerce Act. The critique contends the law grants limited regulatory power, not a tool to curb sharp competition, and cites the Wabash decision while attacking extralegal rate pressures and improper state interventions.
Railroads and law on freight rates and railway wars
The piece argues that while railroads cannot wage secret price wars for favored groups, the law does not bar railroads from charging below cost. It notes criticism of the commission for not forcing Lehigh Valley and similar lines to obey the law and remarks that attacks over not issuing a bull reveal ignorance of the Interstate Commerce Law.
Treasury Surplus Shrinks Under Republican Policy Critique
A Washington dispatch rebuts claims of Treasury bankruptcy and warns that lavish postwar appropriations, especially broad pension grants and increased overall spending, have reduced the surplus. It notes the 51st Congress left a weak defense for the party as deficits loom and reserves may be drawn down.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Republican Party
Pennsylvania voters face pivotal choice on constitutional convention
The Philadelphia Times notes the election will decide both the voters and the convention. It warns against assuming a convention is foregone and argues that influential interests may seek to mutilate the basic law for corporate or political gain. The piece defends the 17 year old Constitution and urges voting down the proposition.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Times
Commonwealth
Te Dispater
Lady Burton declines scurrilous Arabic translation sale
Acknowledged African explorer Burton’s widow rejects publishing a translated Arabic work despite a £6000 offer, praising literary purity over wealth. A separate Eastern note mocks a Pennsylvania Railroad agent’s “Livry” Club with a mockup of one million certificates.
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Burton
Eastern
Carpenter
Pennsylvania Railroad
Livry’ Club
Mahone’s dog tax stance colors Virginia election
General Mahone argues a party backing a dog tax cannot win Virginia. His followers will fight the issue at the ballot box. A Mail Pouch correspondent in Alaska for the Alaskans critiques leasing the right to kill scale to a company and suggests restrict treatment to insiders.
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Mahone
Virginia
Alaska
Sealing Monopoly Opposed Amid Pacific Coast Debate
The report notes Kans Tre Disratoch opposing a sealing monopoly while acknowledging Pribylois Islands are hardly more accessible to Alaskans than Pacific coast residents. It suggests the Indianapolis conference was an Alger gathering under Blaine and Gresham, with possible political motives behind the gathering.
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Pribylois Islands
Indianapolis
Blaine
Gresham
Vision of Colonial Federation Mirrors US Ballot Reform Debate
The piece compares Lord Salisbury to Pennsylvania leaders over federation and ballot reform, noting caution about implementing schemes before plans are in place. It uses Cape May and Bar Harbor as contrasting political watering places and comments on Anglo American political flaws and ongoing scandals.
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Lord Salisbury
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
Cape May
Bar Harbor
Far Harbor
Brice Warns of Severe Liquidation In Stock Values
Senator Brice cites severe liquidation as the result of his associates having pumped stock values. He says the water injected into shares is now forced to flow out, reflecting a worsening financial situation.
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Senator Brice
Burlington Airship Firm Charters Million-Dollar Venture
An airship company based in Burlington Iowa has chartered 10 million dollars in capital. The venture aims to develop lighter-than-air craft, but current ships remain grounded and unable to fly.
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Burlington
Peach Crop Forecast Sparks Delaware Figures Amid Doubts
The article reports THs peach crop ministering a final flop and predicting Delaware yields at 6,000,000 bushels, contrasting with earlier claims of total destruction. It notes a loan in Chile tied to Balmaceda, a hat trimmings case inquiry favoring higher duties, and a costly rainmaking query while previewing Schenley Park Fourth of July fireworks with Mayor Bigelow.
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Delaware
Schenley Park
Bigelow
Snap Shots in Season and Mischievous Musings
A collection of wry observations on topics from brewing and circuses to politics and industry. The notes reference bait receptacles for clubs, New York circuses, Congress, profits, prize fighters, electric lines, hotels, editors, and war, all with a sharp, playful tone.
Naming a Town in Wisconsin by Red-Headed Sisters
The town of Auburndale in Wisconsin got its name from the seven red headed daughters of a settler named King. To honor all seven, and to avoid giving the town his own name, the father chose Auburndale as a composite tribute to his family and the early village.
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Auburndale
New York
Wis
King
Ars
The Most Hurried People and the Vacation Idea
A columnist argues for longer vacations and fewer work hours, tracing shifts from six to eight hours, praising leisure, and urging readers to seek rest, nature, and cultural enrichment. He recalls industrial Pittsburgh, contrasts London and New York pace, and urges universal holidays and periodic escapes to Europe or mountains.
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Whitten
Dispatch
Bondage
Pitteburg
Ife
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pharaoh
Egypt
Pharioh
United States
London
New York
Europe
Alaska
Euch
Pittsburg
Schenley Park
Highland Park
Lucerne
Two Famous Education Books Proscribed by Authorities
Lonpos June 21 Two standard educational works Herbert Spenser on Education and Bain Education a Science have been proscribed by the Government Educational Department in their syllabus for certificate examinations. The books are better known in America and unlikely to meet objection from orthodox educationists abroad, while church training factions have protested their use.
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Lonpos
Herbert Spenser
Bain
Government Educational Department
America
Errg Io
Animal murderess in New York zoological gardens
The New York Sun reports a mother kangaroo killed her month old joey in the zoological gardens by pulling it from the pouch and letting it die from hunger and cold. Superintendent Conkling offered no clear cause for the infanticide while other carnivores have been moved to winter repose.
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New York
Zoological Gardens
Conkling
Nice
Milway
Cardinal Richelieu
Appliyate Antey
R. M. Duffield
Jackson County
W. Va
Alvah G. Dorr
Bucksport
Orland
Soca
Bosnia
George Bay
Charles Sund
Bay
Fiftieth Street
Sund
Budid
Wales
Sue Fork
Somercilie Jourmil
Washington Post
New York Press
Sand augers of the plains describe deadly dust whirlwinds
The article explains the sand auger or dust whirlwinds seen on dry plains during Union Pacific construction era. A funnel shaped cloud rises from dirt and sand, merging with a lead colored vapor to form a large rotating dust cloud. Hailstones formed are disc shaped, 2 to 6 inches in diameter and up to 1 inch thick, layered of sand and ice.
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Union Pacific
St. Louis Republic
Lodge Pole Creek
Piatte River
Angers
Inventions and misfortune with a hunting trap gun
A North Carolina man recalls his father loving fine stock and new patents. A trap gun shot two deer and a mule broke the fence to join the commotion, leaving a neck-shot deer beside the mule in a creek timber scene as a Maine member signals for cigars.
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North Carolina
Helena
Florida
Jolly
Darkey
Father
Deer Lick
Maine
Inot
Irrigation in the West and Wright law's promise
Warren G. Simpson of Santa Barbara endorses the Wright irrigation districts law enabling landowners to form districts with municipal powers, condemn water rights and rights of way, issue 20 year bonds, and irrigate millions of acres. Bond popularity and capital interest rise as districts expand. costs add about nine dollars per acre, boosting land values many times.
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New York Telegram
Poole
Mississippi River
Notable Figures Abroad Stirring Headlines in Berlin
Senator MacMillan and daughter arrive in Berlin while M Brrver the engineer-turned-politician pursues legislation. Porter, American Minister to Italy, tours Berlin before visiting his daughter in London. Edison rival Eri Thompson described as slender with a trim mustache. De Bauzac loses vast sums on gaudy curios sold to dealers. Browning refuses magazine work preferring books. Smith pleased with his St Petersburg portfolio and language jokes. William E Bales, U S Consulate in Amoy, writes of Chinese fashion and travel. A seasonal prompt questions summer travel in Louisville Courier-Tourant.
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Macmillan
Berlin
M. Brrver
Tower
Porter
Italy
London
Eri Thompson
Edison
de Bauzac
Browning
Charles Emory Smith
United States
St. Petersburg
William E
Pales
Myorshat
Amoy
China
Brooklyn
Mott Street
Ching
Woes of June Heat Echoes Through Town
The fragment paints a sun drenched scene of parched Heather town in June. Citizens seek shade and night relief from a burning day as imagined cold relief on a snow bound plateau contrasting with summer’s oppressive heat.
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Phyllis
Anter
Fort Sill post defended against Rev Carthers critique
A Fort Sill chaplain, formerly pastor in Mercer Pa, defends the post against Rev W W Carthers of Fort Sill, asserting the garrison maintains sobriety and order. He argues blotting out Fort Sill would harm Indian education and mission work in Oklahoma.
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Dispatch
the &H Inst
R. P
Allegheny City
W. W. Carthers
Fort Sill
I. T
Port Sill
Brother Carithers
Brother Carthers
Oklahoma
Fort SI
U. S
Should Alaska Be for the Alaskans
Letter to The Dispatch argues U S Alaska seal fisheries should serve native residents and residents rather than a nonresident corporation. It urges Congress to regulate harvests, grant rights to natives, develop Territory with schools roads and possible territorial government, criticizing exclusive leases expiring next year.
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Dispatch
United States
England
Bering Sea
Alaska
Congress
Labor Strife in Pittsburg Affects Eight Hour Campaign
A reader criticizes the Pittsburg eight hour strike and the New York wage claims. The letter argues unions seek more time for workers and that employers misstate terms. It questions apprenticeship rules and union collaboration, urging fair concessions to aid the struggling working class.
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Pittsburg
Eee
New York
Hitire
Jilabor
Pennsylvania
Eight Hour Workday Struggle Echoes in Builder Union
A Workswoman argues that eight hours must govern Saturday labor and criticizes employer rights and apprentice wages. She asserts the union’s position against longer shifts and questions the Builders Exchange stance, warning that concessions could undermine youth welfare and labor standards.
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Builders’ Exchange
Explanation of a clipping's misread dispatch wording
New York subscriber Mr. M O'Brien sends a clipping from a New York paper criticizing Father Mollinger. The notice clarifies that a Pittsburg dispatch phrase was misread and stresses that the word dispatch here does not mean telegram.
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O'Brien
New York
Father Mollinger
Special
Associated Press
Pittsburg
O' Brien
Rites at Atlantic City Hotels Cited for Advertising
Advertising column notes list rites or ceremonies at Atlantic City hotels. It directs writing to the hotels for rites, referencing two properties in June and seeking confirmation or details. The item suggests no alternative method.
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Dispatch
Atlantic City
al & Branpoor
Questioning the Best Disinfectant for a Refuse Barrel
A reader asks where to find the best disinfectant for cleaning a refuse barrel and who can supply it. The note cites D. M. Le SoourTnsips and a date of June 15, seeking practical cleaning guidance.
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Dispatch
D. M. le
Gettysburg Fatal Self-Inflicted Wounding Tale Heard
A Savannah News report recalls a veteran’s Atlanta gathering recounting a Gettysburg death by suicide of a Federal officer on day two. Longstreet’s corps pressing Sickles’ line, amid bayonet appeals, ended when the officer, frustrated by retreat, shot himself as his troops fled.
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Savannah
Atlanta
Gettysburg
Longstreet
Chambersburg
Sickles
Freemantle
Significant meeting on Toledo and Western sale plans
A Lima gathering of railroad men discussed the Toledo and Western syndicate sale led by Canadian Pacific interests, Governor Hill, Dudley Farlin, and local figures. Attendees included Wanamaker's agent and executives from Toledo, Lima, and New York, signaling a push to build Detroit to the new purchase and a China entry aim.
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Totxpo
Lima
van Horne
Canadian Pacific
David B. Hill
New York
Dudley Farlin
Albany
B. C. Furot
George C. Hadley
George H. Ketcham
Toledo
Milwaukee
Norfolk and Western
Scioto Valley
Quips and Commentary on Public Figures and Politics
A collage of quotes from various papers mock the liquor question and political maneuvering. Remarks lampoon alcohol debates, gullibility in finance, and shifts in support among prominent figures like Alger and Blaine, reflecting partisan satire of the era.
People Coming and Going at Pittsburgh Hotels
A snapshot of travelers and staff at major Pittsburgh hotels. H H Archer from Wilmington and others visit the Anderson and Monongahela House. Meadville’s T A Delamater heads to Chicago, and Major McKinely’s telegram is acknowledged.
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H. H. Archer
Wilmington
Anderson
Westinghouse Oo
H. Feoater
Little
T. A. Delamater
Meadville
Duquesne
Chicago
Perdy
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Oddities and Observations From Curious Corners
A collage of brief items notes vast forest acreage in the United States, theft of over 1 000 chickens in two months, religious newspaper circulations near four million, drought and fruit trade trivia, a Detroit clergyman’s alleged war disease, a cigar box clock in Philadelphia, and a Mexico City newsboy aided by a clever dog. Details include various oddities, local reports, and curiosities from multiple places and people.
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United States
Louis Wahl
Newark
N. J
William P. Weidner
Lehigh County
Georgia
Detroit
Philadelphia
Whimsical Proofreader and Dated Humors From Papers
A collage of comic snippets about a proofreader turned joke source, misprinted hymns, moonlit musings, and quirky dialogue from publications like the Telegram and Washington Post. The fragmentary text reveals era style humor and wordplay across several sources.
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Pacer Dreraree
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Philadelphia Telegraph
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United States Supreme Court
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New York Zoo
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Prrrseync
Suhide
Governor Hill
Wanamaker
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
New York Independent
Independent
Louisville Courier-Journal
New Orleans
Sol Schoyer
Gustave Lindenthal
James A. Chambers
Ben Wood
E. B. Wall
Columbus
J. D. McNamara
Miss Agnes
Seventh Avenue
Walter Phelps
Anderen
KF. B. Hatcb
Hartford
D. W. Winchester
D. E. Munson
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Buffalo
Mexico
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Vera Cruuz
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Chicago Board of Trade
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