Two Democratic Faction Struggles In New York City
The piece contrasts two Democratic factions in New York City the rowdy short haired group and the genteel swallow tailed faction. It notes Pennsylvania Republicans plan to renominate Gov Hentrantt and discusses internal revenue receipts and Castor duties, alongside critical remarks on party rhetoric and Christsancy speeches.
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Democratic
New York City
Pennsylvania
John F. Hentrantt
Tie
Moattrantt
Republicata
Democrata
Gen. Hancsck
Education Reform and Secular Instruction Debates
The article surveys proposals for kindergarten integration into public schools, notes German educators' praise for early training, and discusses petitions in Italian politics pushing secular public education. It also covers Judge Christiancy’s Senate election remarks, Democratic reception, and critiques of executive power and Kellogg governance.
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Italy
Lincoln era Kansas judge Williams respected figure
The Topeka Commonwealth recounts Archibald Williams of Quincy Illinois as an incorruptible, capable judge Lincoln named United States District Judge for Kansas. It details Williams’s ties to Lincoln, Kansas’s mixed reception, and his esteemed peers among Illinois leaders, including Douglas, Logan, Browning, and Yates, noting his honesty and plain manner.
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Topeka
Kan
Commonwealth of Yesterday
Joseph Medill
Chicago Tribune
Illinois
Lincoln
Archibald Williams
Quincy
United States
Kansas
Ofice
Itj
Enstance
K. K. Jones
Williams
Asl
Eral
Daya
Allatdrred Douglas
Circuit
Stephen T. Logan
Browning
Donglas
Benate
Jcohnson
John J. Hardin
Dick”. Richardson
Douglas
Senate
Nebrasks
Union’ Army
Lyman Trumbull
Isaac N. Morris
Congress
Lecompton
W. I. Bissell
Jeff Davis
Bob. Blackwell
Jobn Logan
Oglesby
Long
John
Wentworth
Tarmer
Shields
Dick = Yates
Washborne
Owen Lovejoy
Jack. Grimshaw
Illnois
Pike
Grimshaw
Cama
Hing
Eure
Commonwealth
Kansas Dever
Debate Over New England Vigor In Modern Life
A reader quotes essays in the New York Tribune and New York Sun countering claims of national physical decline. The Sun cites Harvard President Elliott showing New England youths healthier and farmers better conditioned than 25 years ago, dismissing critics as unfounded.
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Greg Read
London
New York Tribune
New England
Endcott
Endicott
Massachusetts
Gol
Harvard
New York Sun
Elliott
Harvard University
Enduring vigor of elderly leaders in politics and science
An editorial argues against the idea that aging destroys ability, citing Disraeli, Gladstone, Carlyle, Thiers, Moltke, and American figures like Weed and Henry. It asserts modern science and job subdivision allow long careers, while reckless self-exertion kills progress. It notes Congress policy shifts raising postage costs and favors express companies profiting from public work through new rules.
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Greg
London
Disraeli
Gladstone
Carlyle
England
France
Germany
Thiers
Blamarck
Reverdy Sohnson
Thurlow Weed
United States
Emerson
Bryant
Longfellow
Holmes
Whittler
J. W. ‘Draper
Joseph Henry
Smithsonian Institute
Delafield
New York
Stewart
Taylor
Roberts
Cooper
Vanderbilt
Astor
New ‘York
Themaelvea
Adams’ Express ‘Company
Congress
Washington
Dispatch
Treasury Department
Express
Spectacles found reveal schoolteacher’s memory lapse
A pawnshop haul uncovers a pair of spectacles deposited two years earlier. Inscription identifies the owner, a deceased Goffe Street School teacher, and shows they were loaned to a physician by the teacher’s daughter. The physician forgot to return them. police close the case as no crime occurred. Separately Rhode Island’s Democratic State Convention names candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and treasurer.
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New Haven
Rhode Island
Charles R. Cutler
John B. Pierce
Charles E. Gorfman
Phillip Rider
J. B
Strongh
Cairo
Wednesdas
Don
Carlon
Wales
Navarre
of Summer
Bro. & Co
Boston
Walter J.jensey
Black Hills
Kellogg
Louisiana
New Orleans
Moniteau
Mon
Clayton, Jr
Dallas County
Jas. Brown
Pottaram
Daniel
Kreamer
Annette Kresmer
Brown
Lizzie
Shreveport
Batter’a. Landing
Republican State Corvention of
Rhode
Erie Railway Company
Delaware River
Port Jervia
Psssenger
Adair
Fontanelle
Greenfield
Treasury
Carpenter
Adjt
Baker
United States
U.S
Turbulent House session over adjournment dispute
Springfield dispatch reports a chaotic legislative day as the House debated the 5 April adjournment and an expected extra session. amid heated exchanges over revenue bills and the Williamson County appropriation, with speakers sparring on Chicago interests and adjournment timing.
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Strix Ofield
Harvey
Know
Wentworth
Armstrong
Hoare
Adams
Cummings
Gilbert
Herrington
Hammond
Hise
Chicago
Hiss
Bradwell
Mr. Cummings
McLean
Rogers
Merritt
Johnson
Marion
Fulton
Hind
Falcon
Ajest
Nelson
Williamson
Coperas Creek
Committee On Appropriations
Williamson’ County
Williamson County
Williamson, Jackson
Franklin
Illinois
Jones
Jo Daviens
Kr. Nelson
Ireland
Callans
McCoy
Inscere
House
House of Representatives
Duel at Four Feet in a Mississippi Senate Race
An 1837 New Orleans story recounts Col Duvall, a Mississippi Senate candidate, dueling with Cunningham of South Carolina. Four feet apart pistols, Cunningham wins, Duvall dies of a heart shot, spectators shocked. Cunningham survives but later dies in 1954 from consumption in New Orleans.
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New Orleans Dulletin
Col. Duvall
Senate
Mississippi
Cunningham
Cunninghams
South Carolina
Ife
Duvall
Vicksburg
New Orleans
Metairie
Bobadil
OF Bobadili
Medical advertising and physician pretension in press notices
The piece critiques physicians who seek fame via newspaper notices while denouncing quackery. It notes medical journals condemn “professional advertising” by doctors who claim orthodox credentials yet seek gratuitous celebrity through public notices, contrasting with merchants who must prove claims.
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Medical
New York World
The
Medical Record
Public education over quackery in medical promotion
A historical critique argues for strict separation between scientifically backed medical information and self-promoting quackery. It emphasizes that only competent experts should publish health facts, while respected physicians should engage with the public to elevate standards, preventing damage to the profession.
Workhouse change as Pittman retires in city notes
George Rockenfield to succeed as workhouse proprietor with Geo Brockenfield assuming controls on the Ist of next month. During the year ended April 3 1975 Pittman housed offenders with no fines paid, caring for them as a father figure. The two room workhouse includes a female ward and a male bunk room with central stoves. Prisoners mined stone, delivering 2650 loads to the city with 2750 dollars budgeted for maintenance. The brigades’ work totaled 3394, exceeding expenses by 634, raising need to enlarge or cut to fit eleven to sixteen inmates.
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Geo. Rockenfield
Iman
Pittman
Bagtile
Geo. Brockenfield
Pitman
State of the Clerical Profession in the New York Tribune
The piece rails at a clergy epidemic of scandal, urging pastors to guard reputation and avoid incautious speech. It lauds pulpit influence yet condemns sensational praise and coarse notices, arguing ministers, though imperfect, remain vital to society’s morals and progress.
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New York Tribune
California
Boanerges
Clergy Misfires and Moral Standing in the Pulpit
A critical meditation on clerical faults and failings while asserting that the true moral character of the clergy, as a class, remains higher than other groups and offers exemplary living society cannot spare. The piece warns against mercenary motives and cautions open judgment of clergymen’s faults.
First visit to town for Plows at Pope Baldwin’s
The note urges going to Pope and Baldwin's to buy John Deere plows as spring approaches, advising not to buy other brands. It emphasizes Plows priced for the season and cautions against alternatives. The message reads as a local shopping tip from a period newspaper column.
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Pope & Baldwin’s
John Deere
Four Create Partner in Georgia
From the Atlanta Herald Col Lee Jordan owns and cultivates 20000 acres with an original cost of 450000 He employs 800 laborers but is gradually adopting the tenant system.
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Georgia
The
Atlanta Herald
Col
Lee Jordan
Bond Forgers: Reed Arrested In Quincy For Forged Bonds
Chicago detectives detained James Reed in Quincy after a February arrival. Reed posed as a land agent and carried forged bonds and blank papers connected with the T., W., & W. R. I. Co. He was found with a trunk full of forged documents, suggesting a long, profitable forger’s operation spanning about twenty years. Detectors believe the arrest could expose a larger network of criminals.
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James.Reed
Reed
Pickerton
Chicago
Monn Reed
Quincy
Thi' Reed
Tor Mote
Strong end wife thrown from buggy at Cairo
Reports detail a Wednesday accident in Cairo where a man and his wife were thrown from a buggy and sustained severe injuries. The item appears amid a jumble of dispatches covering wars, politics, fires, and local incidents.
Keystons Planter Offered At Local Warerooms
A fragment notes the Keystons Planter for sale at Warerooms located at 44 and 16 South Streets. The line emphasizes Market activity with buyers urged to examine the device in the current listing. The brief item reflects a local commerce note from a historical newspaper page.
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South Btrees
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