Harrison's peril from within and polls in 1890s era
The ante con vention scene shows Harrison facing opposition from spoils factions while reformers and independents nudge for change. Rumors of Russell Harrison’s remarks about Blaine threaten the president, prompting calls to curb his son’s public outbursts. If Harrison can tame machine pols and his son, he may secure a clearer path forward.
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Harrison
Muzwump
David Bennett III
Platt
Dudley
Alger
Pennsylvania
Quay
Pratt
Blaine
Russell B
Yellowstone Park
Russell Harrison
State Department
Ocular Demonstration of Smoke Nuisance Abatement
The letter from Mrs. John M. Oakley praises progress toward cleaner air in Pinsburg while indicting local fuel users for noxious emissions. It argues public action can compel reductions in carbon and argues fuel wastefulness harms neighbors and profit-minded offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John M. Oakley
Pinsburg
Wealthy-focused Yellowstone claim sparks travel debate
Senator Berry argued Yellowstone Park serves the rich while Senator West countered that American tourists mainly chase European fashion. He noted many travelers ignore domestic scenery, using trips to scout lumber, minerals, real estate, or railroads, urging a shift toward valuing national treasures.
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Berry
Yellowstone Park
West
Alps
America
Naval experience favors mixed hulls and sail in battle
Admiral Gherardi reports from the Philadelphia and Concord voyage from Montevideo to Barbadoes support The Drs. Patcr’s view against exclusive steel hulls and steam power. He urges air cruisers to have removable masts so sails can supplement coal, reducing coal reliance and costs, a view at odds with European practice. The Alabama.
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Gherardi
Philadelphia
Concord
Montevideo
Barbadoes
Drs. Patcr
Alabama
End Shenandoah Steam Tactics and Copper Sheathing Question
The Shenandoah limited steam use to overtake prizes or escape heavier U S warships, while coast defenders like the Miantonomoh stay near port and cruisers should retain sail in reserve. It notes new ships must dock after short voyages and asks if steel can be copper sheathed to improve performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Miantonomoh
City to fund bonds for streets parks and bridges debated
A report says Mayor, Controller and Chief of Public Safety may back a 5 million bond issue apportioned to street improvements, parks and bridges. Opinion warns against rapid borrowing, urging gradual, pay-as-you-go municipal work and retention of borrowing power for future water needs.
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Department of Public Safety
Pittsburg
An Art Crusade in Boston Promotes Public School Art
An art crusade outlined locally in Boston aims to surround public school children with works of art with a hope for national and international spread. The proposal argues American civilization needs cultivated artistic feeling and that exposure during school days can shape character and taste, countering narrowing education.
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Boston
America
Patent games with Berliners and Edison Patents
The Washington notice of three new telephone patents shows a 15 year delay caused by an interference suit between the same corporation’s holdings. The Bell Telephone Company is accused of using sham litigation to renew monopoly rights just as original patents expire, aided by Patent Office officials. The piece argues this undermines public aims and hints at official complicity in a classic Jarndyce style scheme.
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Washington
Edison
Bell Telephone Company
Patent Office
Jarndyce
Court view on patent duration and fraud in methods
The author argues that patent duration should be constrained by law and that patents earned by deceitful methods must be voided. If the public tolerates agents using crooked means, courts should not rectify those actions, implying a critique of legal enforcement and integrity in patent practice.
Policy row? foreign steamers bill favors foreign flag owner
Congress moved a bill creating the American registry of foreign steamers tied to Paris and New York. It would grant a premium to a single foreign-owned corporation, rewarding past foreign-flag operation by American capital while not guaranteeing actual in-country vessel building.
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Congress
City of
Paris
City of New York
United States
New York Sun
Southsiders Press for Tree Bridge Solution
Southsiders push for a tree bridge while many oppose toll dividends. Delays persist as a site cannot please all, with $200,000 idle to start once common sense ends delay. A decision is overdue since any choice beats the lack of free communication.
Walr Not Organize a Presidential Trust in Cite
A fragment questions whether a presidential trust could organize and control all candidates yet notes insufficient funds to support its constitutionality. The passage hints at doubt about the scheme’s viability and legal justification within the political climate.
HoHum Politician Resists Circus Temptation In House
A political figure named Holman resisted the lure of a circus performance while in the House. He kept his pruning knife, yet his presence did not reduce the liberal appropriations approved by fellow members. A Southen checker editor retires after twenty five years without missing a week and is praised for a spotless career.
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Holman
Fragmented 1900s column notes mix crime, politics and transit
The fragment references freon trips to Europe as ads for unscrupulous schemes, claims of criminal or insane alien status, jury troubles, minstrel show corner men, transit in cities, a noncandidate named Biarxe, a Pittsburg Giants game, a World's Fair glass building, a proposed drive able to tempt patrols, Yellowstone lobbying accusations, flooded farmland, L and O detectives, unlicensed dogs, and Anti Harrison stances, reflecting a miscellany of public issues and sensational asides.
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Europe
Ocean
Favorites of Fame and Notable Figures Mentioned
A collage of gossip and brief notes mentions Lorp Brassey saving income, secretary NosiF away in St. Louis for a week, the Austrian emperor studying shorthand, and the poet Katherine Tyshan near Dublin. It notes Sarah Bernhardt as a Paris art critic, Harvard’s Exstor commenting on Salt Lake speech, and Thomas Pratt in Nashville for a Tennessee coal company stockholders meeting at Tracy City.
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Lorp Brassey
Nosif
St. Louis
Goowrop
Sald
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Exstor
Harvard College
Sys
Salt Lake
Katherine Tyshan
Whitehall
Dublin
Ireland
Thomas C. Pratt
New York
Nashville
Tenneases Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Tracy City
Pittsburg Reader Sees Down Draft Smoke Furnace In Chicago
A Pittsburgh reader reports visiting Chicago to verify the down draft furnace used to curb smoke. In a pork packing plant, the device showed nearly smokeless chimneys, with little smoke except when grates stalled. The Wabash railway line now uses a smoke-reveater on all engines, reducing smoke dramatically and pleasing engineers and firemen. The letter urges other lines, including Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio, to adopt the device as a public comfort and a selling point for passengers.
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Pittsbourg
Chicago
The
Dispatch
Pictaburg
Society For the Prevention of
Citizens’. Association
Wibash Road
Wabash
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Oho
Pittsburg
Spence
Wabash Road
Rivel
Bigelow
Judge Boarman Found Guilty on Registry Funds Rulings
The special committee of the House Judiciary Committee investigating Judge Boarman of Louisiana finds multiple rulings and charges culpable and holds that he was technically guilty of unlawfully holding funds of the registry of the court.
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Boarman
Guiity
Wasuinotox
House Judiciary Committee
Louisana
Objector Holman Faces Critics In Washington
The Boston Herald accuses Holman of misusing federal funds for his district while noting he looks after friends. The piece frames him as less corrupt than painted, amid a larger fiscal clash and calls to “put another nail in the coffin.”
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Chicago
Inter-Orean
Holman
Federal Treasury
Boston Herald
Washington
Honest John and the fall of office pleasures
The verse recalls Honest John and Ben Did wielding the pen to curry favor with pledges and votes. It notes politicians courting public support for office, and after four years the people came to know them well as John Honest and Ben fell in autumn.
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John Honest
Friendly Ben
Clubs Meet in Chicago to Discuss Women’s Rights
Two feminine organizations convene at the Palmer House as the Federation of Women’s Clubs nears its biennial convention with about 490 delegates. Notables attend the National Council of Women session led by May Wright Sewall, addressing equal rights in divorce courts, dress standards, and equal pay for government service.
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Chicago
Catcaco
Palmer House
Federation of Women's Claobs
Centyal Music Hall
Charlotte Emmerson Brown
Orange
N. J
Juin Ward Howe
Susan G. Cook
Mary E. Mumford
Jennie June
Somnets
New York
National Council of Women
May Wright Sewall
Indianapolis
Miss Willard
Susan B. Anthony
Anne Jenniess Miller
Princes FE. Rosselli
Emory
Octavin W. Bates
Frank Btuart Parker
Leland Stanford
Laura M
Manager and dancer Amelia Glover to wed next week
New York report states manager John H. Russell of The City Directory and dancer Amelia Glover known as The White Fawn will marry in New York City and sail for England after the ceremony. Glover is sister to Ida Dixey and has had a long stage career. Russell’s prior wife obtained a Philadelphia divorce for desertion.
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New York
Brooklyn
John H. Russell
Amelia Glover
England
Mise Glover
Ida Glover
Henry E. Dixey
Metropolitan Opera House
Mapleson
Biralfys
City Directory
Mr. Russell
Philadelphia
Russell
Lions and Lame Meet on Same Bench Rumor Settled
Judge W A Woods recently appointed United States Circuit Judge joined Judge Gresham in Gresham's court. Woods arrived from Indianapolis and accepted the invitation to share the bench as the two jurists appeared cordial, ending speculation about a possible split.
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Cuat
W. A. Woods
United States
Gresham
Woods
Indianapolis
Calls to dissolve trusts sweep across papers
Multiple editorials urge action against trusts including the Sugar and Cordage combines. They push Congress to repeal the sugar duty, attack coal and cordage monopolies, and demand broader anti trust legislation amid partisan calls for stronger measures.
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Jolie Journal
Congress
Detroit Free Press
Sugar
Coal
Boston Herald
St Louis Globe- Democrat
Joliet Journal
Chicago
Shows What the Stage Can Do
Chicago Times reports a New York actors fair raised over 100 dollars signaling the stage’s potential when aligned with church methods and community support.
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Chicago Times
New York
Deaths and Obituaries Across Cities Highlight 19th Century Notices
Obituary notices report Pierre Marcelin Lortic, famed bookbinder in Paris rival to Trautz-Baurennet, praised by Edmond de Goncourt for unmatched morocco bindings. Civil War Colonel William G Halpin of Cincinnati dies. later Irish imprisonment and Cincinnati civil engineer postwar. Notices list Joux W Breckinridge, Mrs. Samuel Manquis, Mitto W Mathews, Captain Bune D Woop, Heklaxo Jenkin, Henry F Randolph, Mattox C McArthur, and Colonel J W Avery among others, noting deaths in Merced, New Orleans, Urbana, Atlantic City, and Virginia Beach.
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Pierre Marcelin Lortic
Paris
Trautz-Baurennet
Edmond de Goncourt
Lortic
Groller
Morocco
Ambroise Firmin Didet
Litte
William G Halpin
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Tnion
Ireland
Hox
Joux W. Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Buchanan
Merced
Cal
Samuel Manquis
New Lisbon
MitTos W. Mathews
Champaign
West
Urbana
Bune D. Woop
New Orleans
Pittsburg
HicHako
Jexkons
Camden County
N. Y
Atlantic City
Henry F. Randolph
A. D. F. Randolph
New York
Aattox
Len
Amateur Art Exhibition Highlights City Photographers
The sixth annual Pittsburg Amateur Photographers Society show opens at the Academy of Art and Science classrooms. Prizes are awarded to C. C. Craft for a youthful figure beside a wagon and to W. S. Crow for a set of character pictures including Listen to My Tale of Woe. Diplomas go to W. S. Clow and A. R. Neeb among others as color and bromide prints draw attention. A Boston exhibit wins entries for Clow and Craft. a lantern slide show draws a crowd despite bad weather.
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Academy of Art and Science
Allegheny
Pittspurg Amateur Photographers’ Society
Darlington
C. C. Craft
Crafton
Horace R. Moorhead
W.s.crow
Universal
John W. Morrison
Bell
A. R. Neeb
The
Eastman Co
Kodak
L. §. Clarke
W. S. Clow
A. RB. Neeb
C. C._ Craft
Surf
Sal
Wygs
Ammon
W.s.clow
Mrs. Ammon
CC. Craft
C. C Craft
A. R. Need
Clow
Mr. Kar
John W Beatty
8. M. Robinson
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Crow
Craft
Pittsburg
Art Society
Anciety's
Curious Condensations From a Moral Museum of Odd Facts
A curious miscellany of snippets covers demographics, curiosities, travel notes, and oddities. It lists 300000 commercial travelers in the United States, a London oyster value of 9 million annually, a Paris Eiffel Tower summer school, a Lebanon County farmer with a two week old infant only an inch high, and a four-ounce dog owned by Edward McDonald of Allentown. It includes a two-headed Yazoo City turtle, a Brooklyn girl's death diagnosis reversed by autopsy, and census figures for coachmen and domestic servants. Other items note the Ednas and Emmas schooner cargoes of pineapples to Baltimore, Beals sleeping on land plus afloat, and river water color theories. The list also mentions Venetian misconceptions, Northumberland cow shares, Connecticut horses aged 31 and 92, Ancient Order of Foresters finances, a showman’s horse exhibit, and water hue proofs. It ends with notes on telegraph-like animal volition, Chinese roast pork methods, bargain day in Harlem, and antiquity of the umbrella.
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United States
London
Eiffel Tower
Lebanon County
Edward McDonald
Allentown
Yazoo City
Miss
Brooklyn
Edna
Emma
Bahamas
Baltimore
Burmish
The Shipping Act Approved by the President
The President approved the act to encourage shipbuilding after it passed the House Committee on En. The measure aims to support ship construction and related industries, signaling a push for a stronger maritime economy. The decision came on May 10 in Washington.
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House
Joke filled chatter from a seaside paper
A jumble of humorous quotes and snippets from various newspapers and magazines. The text features remarks on a comedian, an autograph letter of Richard III, a street commissioner, a plaid dressed man, a boy eating cake, and a suitor’s weary fate. It resembles a collage of light entertainment items from multiple sources.
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Richard
Jones
Mia
Gusecinpicaman Jones
Harper's Basar
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Will Daiiuce
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Center Avenue
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Baltimore and Ohio
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George A. Macbeth
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