Randay Dispatch Circulation and Delivery Terms 1889
The Randay Dispatch issue details February 1889 average circulation of 45,144 copies and outlines postage terms. It states rates for daily and Sunday editions, with weekly and yearly prices and delivery options including changes of address by postal card, telephone, or in person at the Fifth Avenue office.
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Fifth Avenue
Political Circles Debate Matthews Succession and Gresham’s Odds
Washington circles buzz over a possible successor to Justice Matthews with talk of a cabinet reshuffle. Rumors show no clear Presidential course. authoritative word likely only when a nomination goes to the Senate. Gresham’s independence prompts strong support, but factional jealousy and corporate interests loom large. The President may be tested in elevating above these pressures.
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Washington
Justice Matthews
Senate
Gresham
Indiana
Grouped Rate on Coal Approved by ICC for Local Mines
The Interstate Commerce Commission upholds the grouped rate used by railroads around Pittsburg and Lake Erie for mines within forty miles. The decision supports the need for uniform distance-based charges while raising questions on pricing fairness for shorter versus longer hauls.
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Inter State Commerce Commission
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
Pittsburg to Wheeling railroad plan confirmed
A new rail line from Pittsburg to Wheeling, linking with Wheeling and Lake Erie, gains authoritative backing in local columns. The route improves westward connections and oil and gas shipments, broadening access to lakes while underscoring Pittsburg’s need for Eastern connections and terminal facilities to attract future lines.
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Pittsburg
Wheeling
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad
Lakes
Here
Verbal slips in legislatures provoke odd rights fights
Opinions note Maine once defined animals as every living creature and aimed at killing decrepit people. The piece compares this to Nebraska’s rule against firing on highways except to kill dangerous beasts or duty bound officers. It jokes that Nebraska officers may become legal targets for pistol practice.
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Maine
Nebraska
Anomalies in the meat trade and state laws
A Kansas City Journal reply notes the dress beef ban by Colorado and New Mexico legislatures sparks conflict over dressed beef sales. The piece jokes about boycotts, arguing market forces drive purchases regardless of political restrictions, and frames the dispute as a vital issue.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas City Journal
Kansas City
Hansas City
Dressed beef policy may harm Western cattle markets
The piece argues that legislation against dressed beef could cut off markets for Colorado, New Mexico, and Montana cattle if enforced nationwide. It notes the odd economics of shipping live cattle eastward and dressed beef back, suggesting railroad favors and high local butcher charges distort costs. Equal competition could relocate dress beef operations to the most economical spots.
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Colorado
New Mexico
Montana
Remarkable Defense By Speaker On Albany Bribery Charge
The Albany ceiling investigation revealed money in Speaker Tremont Cole’s possession last fall. He publicly denied taking bribes and explained the funds came from a State Committee distribution to his county. The exchange highlights deep political corruption concerns in New York.
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Albany
Tremont Cole
Cole
State Committee
New York
New York Herald
Shakespeare Under Fire In Chicago Churches
The piece notes Chicago ministers calling Shakespeare vulgar and indecent while accusing art culture of harmful influence. It suggests readers may prove the claim by reading the playwright. Also reported is the death of John Scott, president and receiver of Allegheny Valley Railroad, a respected business leader whose loss grieves Pittsburg circles and friends.
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Chicago
Art
John ©. Foster
John Scott
Allegheny Valley Railroad
City
Scott
Pittsburg
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The reading notes a debate over Yankee tolerance and Southern accusations of Northern arrogance. It cites Southern claims that state constitutional provisions require ending railroad rate discriminations, and questions whether the Legislature will uphold the Constitution against corporate interests.
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Wherry
Endorsements Favor Colonel Grant's Envoy Appointment
The endorsements for Colonel Grant's appointment are varied with many unique voices. The Chicago Times stands out, declaring that Grant will surely become an envoy extraordinary.
Telegraph Editorial Questioning Cleveland Court Appointment
The Philadelphia Telegraph questions Chief Justice Fuller as Cleveland's sole Supreme Court appointee. The editorial suggests the paper misstates the nomination and hints Lamar may be undervalued in the appointment context.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
United States Supreme Court
Fuller
Cleveland
Lamar
Mountain regions fuel wave of violence and outlawry
The mountain areas of Pennsylvania and Kentucky are currently contributing a large share of recent outlawry and violent incidents, drawing public concern over safety in these regions.
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Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Conway County Grand Jury Adjourns Without Indictments
The Conway county Arkansas grand jury adjourned without finding indictments on ballot box robberies at Pl and the assassination of John M. Clayton, despite Judge Cunningham's outspoken charge.
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Cunningham
Conway County
Arkansas
John M. Clayton
Elopement Mention In Washington Advisory Note
The Washington advice hints at a Supreme Court vacancy appointment unless John New objects strenuously. A remark compares Sir Charles Russell to Chief Justice Fuller by noting Russell’s thirteen daughters. A contemporary mocks by suggesting a “daughter trust” or a society promoting elopements as a more fitting response.
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Washington
Supreme Bench
John
New
Charles Russell
Fuller
Public Figures in Brief: Senators, Elites and Echoes of Berlin
Public notices and social sketches reveal Senator Vance coping with adversity seeing humor. George Laws, last Nebraska State Superintendent, a Dartmouth graduate of 1887. Weddings loom as Margueretta Cameron Dorothy Phillips and Jean Matthews wed Newark's William Clark Judge Hilton's son and Justice Gray. Lord Beaconsfield on Berlin trip hints at leadership succession. Marshall P. Wiper returns to New York after West tour. Chicago antics with Coquelin impersonator. Fraskits Gowes, ex Reading Railroad president, now law practice and outspoken on railroad management. Bayard, Blaine desk portraits swap with Cleveland and Webster after reshuffle. Cleveland’s image vanishes, Webster returns as portrait.
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Vance
George B. Laws
Nebraska
Dartmouth College
Chandler Scientific Department
Washington
Lord Salisbury
Pitt
Mr. Balfour
Marshall P. Wiper
New York
Chicago
Coquelin
Paul Ka
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Reading Road
Bayard
Cats in the Civil Service At Philadelphia Post Office
A satirical piece from the Philadelphia Record satirizes government pay for cats serving as nightwatchmen. It recalls past Congress support for cat maintenance, the Cleveland administration’s removal, and current Republican sympathy under Blaine, claiming cats hope for restored funding as political winds shift.
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Philadelphia
Goddess of Liberty
Mr. Quay
Washington
White House
Republican Party
Congress
Cleveland Administration
Civil Service
Blaine
Post Office
Ted
Overrun by Scotch Terriers Delights Philadelphians
March 24. Robert M Snyder of Holmesburg, an Internal Revenue clerk, received many letters offering to help retain him by the new collector. A joke by Charles Key led to Snyder placing seven dogs at Key’s residence, overrun with canines and letters offering dogs for sale. An Amazing prank in which a woman offered to sit all six dogs, four females and two males.
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Charles Key
Holmesby Snyder
Key
Birds Trigger Fire Alarm At West Liberty Hotel
A large crowd gathered at the Gina Sisters hotel in West Liberty after the firebell rang and smoke appeared. Officials concluded English sparrows blocked the flue, causing the scare with no serious damage beyond fright.
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West Liberty
Gina Sisters
Never Saw a Train Before in Lancaster News
A 19 year old named A M Zimmerman arrived in Lancaster with his father and, after being allowed to visit the railroad, failed to return. The youth wandered the town and was last seen near the cemetery that has not yet opened. Authorities and town residents began a search as confusion over his whereabouts continued.
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Lancaster
Zimmerman
Seelea
Uve
Etaea Sedembon
Ten Year Old Immigrant Reaches Castle Garden Alone
Among arrivals at Castle Garden today is Susie Ivan Yak, a girl of 0 years, traveling from Hungary to Cleveland with a tag bearing her name. The child was forwarded this evening by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company to reach her brother Andrew Yak and was noted as unattended at the port of entry.
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New York
Castle Garden
Susie Ivan Yak
Andrew Yak
Hungary
Pennayiranis
Baseball In Scotland from the Chicago Times
A fragmentary note describes circumnavigating aggregations teaching Scots to play ball on "the baby" and a muffed throw. The crowd erupts with the chant hoots away man can ye no grup it ye nuckle coo, reflecting playful slang and local flavor.
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Chicago Times
Chicago Detectives Tell Tale of Tascott Dark Chase
Chicago detectives pursue a puzzling mystery linked to the distant figure Tascott, as clues hover across eight thousand miles. The scene evokes dire dismay as investigators close in on the elusive subject.
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Prom
Pioneer Press
Tascott
O'Brien Bain Gossip on Morton's Senate Chair Tone
Special Telegram from Washington reports quiet hilarity on the Senate floor as Vice President Morton, lacking experience as presiding officer, struggles with forms and motions. Clerks prompt him while Secretary McCook and Chief Clerk Lee assist. Quay and office seekers dominate corridors amid a discussion of promises and appointments.
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Army of
Harrison
Dispatch
Washington
Senate
Ingalls
McCook
Conkee
Lee
Gilfrey
Gas
Singular Resentment Over Valentine Card Story
Ballietville Pa March 244 Fifty years ago James Martin a prosperous farmer refused to buy his daughter a dress. On St Valentine’s Day he received a valentine from his daughter’s hand depicting a miser. Mystery and rift followed as the girl claimed she sent a kind note titled The Honest Farmer and the misread card caused a lifelong estrangement. The will left large sums to relatives and a sealed green wax valentine in the trunk revealed the long forgotten cause of the quarrel.
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Ballietville
James Martin
Martin
Valentine
Farmer Martin
Buit
Parmer Martin
Wen
Lost Sister Hunt Widens For Five Years In New York
James J Hughes, a Catholic Vews compositor, seeks his sister Mary Augusta Landon who vanished after leaving New York in 184. Since then he has sent over 500 letters across the country with only one barely informative reply. Mary, then 14, left for Pittsfield Mass to learn dressmaking and later lived with aunt Miss Kate Harrington in Bennington VT She last wrote home in 1872 and her stepfather recalls a troubling note before disappearance Myron Landon, an uncle, told of her being alive and married to a bank cashier in Holyoke or Pittsfield but no further detail. Hughes continues to search through Massachusetts and other states, nearing exhaustion of leads.
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Dispatch
New York
James J. Hughes
Catholic Vews
Mary Augusta Landon
Pittsfield
Mass
Bennington
Misa Kate Harrington
Myron Landon
Hey
Landon
Mary
Holyoke
Cranks Ask Department for Land Oxen and Scrap Books
Washington March 21 Anxious cranks harass the new Department of Agriculture seeking a yoke of oxen a horse a cow a wagon a plow and a full farm outfit plus 160 acres of land to place it on One Virginian wants rainstorm ballast by balloons and cannon and told a clerk he only wanted it for a scrap book after a long mock reply from the officialdom
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Genoal Land Office
Intoxicated by Water and Hidden Toxins in Alcohol Heredity
A Popular Science Monthly item outlines cases where individuals drank only water or coffee at meals yet showed signs of intoxication due to contagion and prior conditioning. A veteran, a reformer, and a long sobriety case all exhibited hilarity to stupor after social drinking among companions, suggesting soil or environment predisposes to intoxication without direct alcohol.
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Popular Science Monthly
Passin
Cobriety
Alyone
Northern Pacific Gains Control of Wisconsin Central
Philadelphia March 24 a railroad source says Northern Pacific Railroad has secured control of Wisconsin Central. The lease requires board approval though questions arise as the lease proceeds. The note mentions Central’s current status and political prayer by Washington women for virtuous officeholders amid a large number of offices.
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Philadelphia
The
Iaquirer
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Com Ap
Giannis
In Central
Relics Inside Philly Post Office From Franklin Era
The Washington Post notes a curious Pennsylvanian relic at the Philadelphia Post Office Department. Benjamin Franklin, as colonial postmaster general in 1775, kept accounts in a small bound book, supervising per postmaster payments and the mail with no assistants. A glass case displays the ledger and misdirected letters from 1776 to 1778, while current daily misdirected letters average about 15 000.
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Fraskiin
Museum of the
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Varda
Washington Post
John Smith
Juniperville
Franklin
City
Post Office
Co Se
Revolvers and Reptiles At the Malze Museum
The Dead Letter Office museum hosts unusual mail artifacts including a revolver, an alligator, and snakes in glass cases. A mailed loaf of bread and other odd items accompany this curious exhibit, showing how people tried to ship things through the mail.
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Museum of the
Thes Company
A Love Letter on a Shingle in the Old West
A rural swain in a distant region writes a loving epistle on a shingle for his beloved but the delivery never reaches her. The tale includes an Indian scalp, centipede bottle, and a skull with no owner, tied to a peculiar collection of old combs and a tale of duty tied to an Arizona mail carrier and Apache Indians in 1883.
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Arizona
A Belle of Tragedy and a Lock Museum at the Postoffice
An exhibit recalls the July 2 1881 tragedy with mementos and a room of mail locks at the Postoffice Department. It shows old and varied locks, including three cases of rejected designs and a Texas negro’s ingenious flat wood lock with a crank acting as the key.
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Chas. G.guiteau
Postoffice
Cerberus
Wher Mail Bags Were Few Exhibition Shows Mail Pouches
An article describes the scarce mail bags of earlier times and an exhibition on mail pouches. It notes the post office used 26 styles including leather and bagging, mentions two old leathern “gopher bags” from 1835 carried on coach boots, and explains the shift to thousands of pouches for Southern mail today.
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New York
800N TO SLEEP FOREVER IN ATTICA NY DYING WOMAN
Special telegram reports Emma Alt house of Attica New York near death with long trances and brief awakenings. Relatives say she is too weak to communicate or move and that the end is near.
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AtrTica
N. Y
Emma Althouse
Last War Horse Barney Dies At Age 97 In Ohio Regiment
The famous horse Barney, mascot of General Buckland’s Serene Second Regiment, died today at 97 after a storied service in the Civil War. The noble animal endured wounds and carried troops in key engagements, living a honored life cared for after service.
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Ohio
Farmont
R. P Buckland
Barney
Scent of spring Bids Winter Farewell in Air
A compact poem hints that the air carries summer and spring. The speaker notes a new sweet scent and a change in the morning blue before the sun climbs high. Winter remains, yet signs point to spring’s arrival with budding, stirring color, and hints of movement and joy.
Mammoth Double Number Review Highlights Turmoil and Trials
Yesterday's Dispatch surveys a wide range of topics from London hypnosism and royal censure to the Count Herbert Bismarck's mission and the Samoan conference delay. It notes Cleveland in Cuba, Whitlaw Reid and Fred Grant confirmations, a shooting at Black Diamond Steel Works, and varied literary and cultural features across the issue.
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London
Prince of Wales
York
Queen Victoria
Biarritz
Herbert Bismarck
England
Senate
Whitelaw Reid
France
Pdemocrats
Fred Grants
Corporal Tanner
Pensions
Washington
Count di Montercole
Europe
Cleveland
Uniontown
Cuba
Lia
Lee
Black Diamond Steel Works
Charles Allen
Thomas Atterbury
Monongahela Water Company
Sam Antonio
Pittsburg
South
Sporting Review
Auckland
Liverpool
Clive Logan
A Smart Woman of Seventy Fends Off Burglary
Waterbury Connecticut March 21 in a handsome Church Street mansion Mrs Olive M Elton widow of Hon John P Elton mother of ex Senator James Elton and one of the wealthiest residents heard a noise below Her maid woke her and she slipped to the pantry where she found a man She locked the door and summoned police An officer entered and others blocked retreat guarding the premise as the case proceeds in Superior Court
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Connecticut
Waterbury
Conn
Church Street
Olive M. Elton
John P. Elton
James 8. Elton
Uncertain Supreme Court Hearing Over Assignment Case
In Greenpoint, March 24, an application was made to move the Henry Ruppel George James Johnson assignment dispute to the Court of Oyer and Terminer. Johnson delivers sharp charges alleging fraud in Ruppel’s possession of the Remsen Street house and questions the consideration for a disputed check. The complainant does not specify the check’s purpose or any decision in the case.
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Bupoxtrs
Supreme Court
Henry Ruppel
George James Johnson
Court of Oser
Johnson
Greenpoint
Rappel
Remsen Street
Two Remarkable Tascotts From the Chicago Inter-cean
The piece highlights Dr Alvin Tascott of Connecticut and a Chicago Tascott with striking feats. It notes the doctor reads 100 lines of Homer nightly to sleep and the Chicago figure supposedly dodges detectives and rejects cash. It also mentions Mr Watterson and Pennsylvania land issues.
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Chicago Inter-cean
Alvin Tascott
Connecticut
Yale
Chicago Tascott
Neosho Inventor Develops Subtle Ear Trumpet Invention
A Neosho man creates an ear trumpet that enables a very deaf person to hear the faintest whispers. It is understood Channcey L Filley will test the device on President Harrison.
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Channcey L Filley
Harrison
Curious Condensations from a Fragmented Gazette
Curious items report a Georgia man accused of forgery amid famine, a turtle found in a chicken’s craw, a Texas map stitched on canvas, and a horse buried then revived to haul garbage. Other notes mention Miss Braddon’s prolific fiction, a Waynesboro instrument, and a Florida steamer near a giant alligator.
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Texas
Tom Green
Port Worth
Newburg
N. Y
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