Defeat of Centennial bill dominates week’s politics
Correspondence from May 8 1874 notes the defeat of the Centennial bill as the week’s key event. It explains the veto influenced momentum, hints at currency inflation tensions, and describes a parliamentarian clash over invitations for the International Exposition. Ex Governor Hawley assails Secretary of State for overstepping instructions, while Hawley argues for funding to preserve national honor amid a looming debt cliff. The piece also covers Washington society notes including a senator’s daughter marriage and prominent visitors, plus railroad lobbying for the 40th Parallel project.
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Wota
Fish
Svas Dent
Hawley
Connecticut
Bismarck
Congress
Sam
International
Dawes
United States
Mr. Hawley
Genutleman
Committee On
Ways and Means
Mr. Dawes
Trace Carpestres
Washington
Stewart
Senator Stewart
General Sherman
Robeson
Navy
Nellie Grant
Nellie W. Grant
Algernaon C.F. Sartori
Algernon
Nellie
Minnie Sherman
Critique of Dr Clarke on Female Education in The Spectator
The London Spectator reviews Dr E Clarke of Harvard Cambridge and his book on female education. It argues equality of brain between sexes but warns heavy long study harms health and may produce a fragile, neurotically altered race. It favors half time study for girls and warns against universal separate schooling.
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Clarke
London Spectator
E. Clarke
Antenna Medica
Harvard
Cambridge
America
England
The
Spectator
Euclid
New England
Nova Scatia
New
Clark
Boss
Scotland
Essex
Adams
Andrew
Desperate Prison Break In Jeffersonville
Four convicts William Kennedy Alfred Afflegar William Stanley and Newton Port escaped from the Indiana State Prison at Jeffersonville after overpowering guard G Chamberlain during an attempted exit for a Southwestern Car Company party. Warden Col Shuster and other staff pursued the escapees and restoration of order followed.
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William Kennedy
Shelby County
Alfred Afflegar
Knox County
Wm. Stanley
Vanderburg
Newton Port
Dearborn County
Jeffersonville
Ind
Southwestern Car Company
Rte
G. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Col. Shuster
Conviction Breaker Shootout Ends In Prison Capture
Guards pursue escaped convict Kennedy after a riot at the prison. Chamberlain is killed by a pistol shot fired by Kennedy. Newton Post is also killed. Brown is wounded but alive. Warden is grazed and recaptures Affiegar after a brief exchange. Stanley and Kennedy are recaptured. coroner’s jury cites Kennedy for Chamberlain’s death. Newton Post’s shooter remains undetermined. Great excitement follows. no clue on how arms were obtained.
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Brown
Kennedy
Chamberlain
Newton Post
Affiegar
Stanley
Matt Carpenter's Lady Friend in the Treasury Scrubroom
During a hot 1871 session day Senator Carpenter returns to his lodgings to rest and smoke. A frail Irish widow asks for help securing a Treasury job by leveraging Carpenter's influence, and he offers to assist. A few minutes later he accompanies her to the Treasury, where the woman now works scrubbing floors as his purported “lady friend.”
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Matt Carpenter
Carpenter
Matt
Maryland
Sinator Cairpinter
Bleas
Sinator
Treasury Department
Treasury
Wisconsin
Temple of the Exchequer
A Fashionable Complaint Among Badies and Gentlemen
Dr Lyman argues heart disease is fashionable, a misnomer for indigestion. Tight dress and crowding the chest upset heart rhythm. straight shoulders aid heart health while fainting signals insufficient heart and lung capacity. Fat around the heart burdens beating, prostration quickens pulses, and excessive exertion may shorten life by overworking the heart like a racehorse.
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New York
Lyman
Moody and Sanky in Scotland and London sermon row
A Columbus Journal summary notes fierce critique of Moody and Sanky from the Sat urday Fern alleging their American revivalist methods offend Anglish sensibilities. It mocks Moody’s sermons as text gabble and Sanky’s minstrel acts as crude showmanship, citing a court of inquiry portrayal of Jesus and witnesses like Pilate’s wife.
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Critebanks
Moody and
Sanky
Chicago
Scotland
London
Moody
Tyne
Christy
Mr. Moody
Pilate
Mrs. Pilate
Angela
Sble
Messra
Lanky
United States
Clumbus Journal
The American Girl Under the Microscope Caution
A fragment warns against morbid fascination with the American girl under scrutiny and criticizes young girls 13 and under adopting invalidist fashion. It condemns risks in social behavior, noting mothers influence and widespread recklessness in attire and conduct.
Quiet Gossip About Miss Nancy and Delicate Nerves
A fragment from a social page depicts Miss Nancy's morbid self tone as she complains of a headache and camphor masked head pains. She declines attending a concert, citing prudence and frequent illness after prior events, while detailing nerves liver and digestive woes as a defining trait.
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Miss Nancys
Dolly
Betty
Call for State Farmers Convention May 11 Kendall County
The Kendall County farmers call for a state convention to meet June 10 1874 at the State House Springfield to nominate state officers for Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction and urge independent reform and careful primary participation. The action follows a Decatur 1873 declaration condemning party structures and urging voters to attend primaries. The county association plans a special meeting to appoint delegates and rally for a strong, reformist platform.
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Kendall County
Chiago
Ilinois
State House
Springfield
Yorretmxg
State Farmers’ Association
Lott Scofield
An Ohio Giant Abner Mellrath Of Gigantic Strength
An Ohio paper recalls Abner Mellrath a 61 year old giant six feet seven and a half inches tall. He has lifted 1700 pounds of iron and once threw a dozen sailors from his place after a disturbance while warned not to use his fists. Former cooper Mellrath once towed a rival from a wagon hitch and whistled away, leaving the rival to free his buggy.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Abner Afcllrath
Mellrath
Abe
Bi Bugey
Mackerel Mystery Sends Lovers Fleeing Essex Street
From the Danbury News. In Essex street Wednesday night a mackerel ons plastered wall scene leads to a quarrel as a young woman discovers a slime stained hat. She tears the fish from the wall, destroys her hat in a frenzy, and the man vanishes, leaving the woman distraught and alone.
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Danbury
Essex Street
A New York Windfall for a New Bedford Widow
A New Bedford (Massachusetts) Standard report tells of Indy a widowed, well educated New York City visitor who learned her grandfather Merritt left about 7 million dollars. She expects at least 100000 as her share, with advances offered before the estate settles, following family estrangement and past hardships.
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New York
New Bedford
Merritt
Iady
Merrit
Do So Azailn. A fearful mouth joke at family gathering
A Portland letter recounts a chilling family scene where a guest shows an alarming smile and a child asks for repetition in a macabre moment. The grotesque image amazes the adults and appalls the household as the child humorously requests the guest to perform the unsettling display again.
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Portland Ad
Desirable Information for Emigrants to Texas Wood County
A Wood County Texas letter from May 6 1874 urges emi grants to settle in the Lone Star State. It describes soil diversity from pine forests near the Trinity to prairie and timber lands, railroad access via Texas & Pacific and Houston & Great Northern, and the promising town Mineola. The piece extols climate, hospitality, and the potential for farms, homes, and wealth in pioneering Texas communities.
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Lone Star State
Corres
The
Whig
Wood Co
Texas
Wood County
Trinity River
Pineries
Texas & Pacific
Mineola
Houston & Great Northern
Critre
Babine
New Orleans
Galveston
Brreveport
United States
Drosera Sun Dew Plants Show Animal Like Forcible Feeding
The Drosera plant, called sun dew, attracts and captures flies and raw beef with leaf movements. Experiments by Mrs Mary Treat in New Jersey show leaves bending, enveloping prey within hours, while chalk and pebbles are ignored. Drosera rotundifolia also traps larger insects, suggesting a meat diet and possible nerves as Darwin noted.
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Providence Journal
Mary Treat
New Jersey
R. Darwin
A Long Spell of Odd Spelling and Piquant Phrases
A Newark Advertiser piece presents a playful spelling test by a local gentleman. It features a string of unusual words and a humorous, eclectic tale with quirky phrases and arcane references, highlighting linguistic curiosities and comic erudition.
Simon Cameron and Sumner Remembered in Debate
Grace Greenwood notes from the New York Times recount Cameron defending himself against claims of robbing Sumner of a committee post. He recalls his last talk with Sumner, who urged him to air with him before dying, and Sumner’s defense of Cameron in executive session. The piece highlights Cameron’s tenacious memory for good turns and mutual respect.
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Simon Cameron
Charlies Sumner
Grace Greenwood
New York Times
Mrr.Cameron
Mr.Sumner
Committee On Foreign Relations
Sumner
Cameron
Mr. Sumner
Senate
Mr. Cameron
Voting by Telegraph in Reichstag Seeks Fast Ballots
The German Reichstag plans voting by telegraph with per member buttons for yes or no. A circular table displays each member’s vote, totals for ayes and noes, and overall votes. A separate banklike device prints a slip showing each member’s name and vote, enabling a half minute tally.
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Reichstag
New York
Individus
Vilainous Visage at Grand Opera House with Hawkshaw
A Vilainous Visage at the Grand Opera House featured J. gory Ibel in Jem Dalton and the Tiger with the Florences. Hawkshaw the Detective cuffs the villain in the final act while the call boy faces charges on Saturday night.
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Gory Ibel
Grand Opera House
Oores
Jem Dalton Shan
Tiger
Prisoner of Importance Freed After Cuff Key Dilemma
The actor Peakes could not unlock his bracelets and wandered home. Stage Manager DeVere advised a visit to the Twentieth Street Police Station but Captain Cherry lacked a key. Peakes waited in custody, deemed a villainous visage, until a fitter found cuffs that fit at 2 a.m.
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Peakes
DeVere
Twentieth Street
Cherry
New York Sun
Demure Flirt Versus Dashing Charmer In Advice Columns
From Lippincott May notices a demure flirt contrasted with a dashing one. The demure type uses downcast eyes and tears to draw support, while the pious flirt inspires men to attend church, aid Dorcas societies, and chase verses and sermons, leading to devoted, if theatrical, devotion.
The railroad securities panic and investor caution
Before the September panic investment in railroad securities was popular but risky. Many bonds proved worthless as promoters misused funds. With over seventy railroads failing to meet interest, foreclosures are limited to a few cases. Bondholders may seize certain independent roads, but cooperation and main-line control hinder gains. Investors now avoid doubtful lines, judging true value beyond stock prices.
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New York Times
Europe
Stock Exchange
Railroad finances and mortgage bonds face scrutiny
The piece argues many roads fail to meet mortgage interest, hindering railroad expansion. It warns of bondholder losses and stresses improved management and honest administration by directors to regain public confidence and attract investment.
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Prac
Idle Ministers and the Plight of Vacant Clergy
The Troy Times describes a large idle clergy class in the city, many seeking pulpits or subordinate roles at newspapers and churches. Some are from Britain, some join insurance or book and house agent work, while others drift from preaching to easier tasks. The piece laments their refinement amid poverty and limited hope, calling them an inevitable social feature.
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Wiswall
Great Britain
Life Insurance Agency Department
Troy Times
Elopement Rumors Shock Fitchburg High Society
Charles A. Nichols of J and C Nichols elopes with Mrs Irene G Ware a leading soprano in Fitchburg Mass. Mrs Ware leaves for Canada while Nichols goes to Boston and both letters from Winchester May 7 reveal sorrow but no whereabouts. Nearest friends suspect a journey to the Western states perhaps California. Mrs Ware is married to grocer F D Ware of Fitchburg.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Charles A. Nichols
Nichols
Boston
Nehamish Upton
Gardner
California
Mrs. Ware
F. D. Ware
Bloated Aristocrat Sells Beer in Des Moines Saloon
Des Moines Register reports a son of an English titled gentleman, Cambridge graduate and dissolute traveler, left England after his father's death to pay debts. With estate income insufficient, he manages via occasional work and a Des Moines saloon to live while creditors wait.
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Desa Moines Register
England
University of Cambridge
London
Des Moines
Ghost of Napoleon II Haunts Paris Restaurant
A Paris letter reports the son of the late Emperor Louis Napoleon, alias the Count de Bure and son of Mrs. Howard, seen daily near the Opera Comique. He resembles his father and is known for dissipation. Once consul in Belfast then Zanzibar, he now resides in Paris as Count de Bure, a possible Duke de Morny figure to Napoleon IV.
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Napoleon II
Louis Napoleon
Morel,lo
Opera Comique
Paris
Howard
Prince Imperial
Belfast
France
Zanzibar
Count de Bure
Duke de Morny
Napoleon IV
Judge Wright Buys Landaulet in Political Display
Judge John W. Wright of Iowa, recently acquitted of frauds as an Indian Agent, buys a costly landaulet used by Attorney General Williams. He documents four matching horses and a liveried coach, intends to attend public meetings this fall to criticize Washington officials and rally rural voters.
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Williame
John W. Wright
Iowa
Williams
Department of Justice
Wright
Delano
Mewey
Lancaster
Ohio
Washington
West
New York Game Laws Uphold Prohibition on Possession of Game
The Court of Common Pleas special term found the defendant liable for possessing grouse during the prohibited period. Justice Daly notes that possession is forbidden after the close of the season, even if the killing occurred earlier, and the general principle upholds the statute as constitutional. A separate note mentions a schooner named water namesake poised as the fastest craft on the lakes.
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New York
Royal Pheps
J. H. Racey
Court of Common Pleas
Daly
Warrow Escape On Board Ship In Fierce North West Gale
Captain Cornelius L Brady testified before Commissioner Hibler in Philadelphia in the suit against American Steamship Company. He described a February voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia aboard the vessel facing two gales and a violent hurricane. Brady saw officers washed overboard, assumed command, and ordered security of the upper hatches as the wrecked ship struggled in heavy seas.
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Cornelius L. Brady
Hibler
Philadelphia
American Steamship Company
Liverpool
Mr. Watson
Wesr
Bradburn
Williams
Stewart
Air
Rivers
Bradbarn
Blake
Brady
Potaer
Peterson
Quartermaster Murphy
Northweat
Big Sea
Daniel Whittaker
Eddowes
Raylog
Parsner
First Steamboat Claim Reexamined at Rhode Island Meet
Providence speaker William A. Mowry argued against Fulton as the pioneer of steamboats. He cited Captain Samuel Moreley of Hebron New Hampshire who trialed a steam propelled boat on the Connecticut River around 1790 from Oxford Vermont to Fairlee. Moreley allegedly met Fulton and Livingston and Fulton later built a boat using Moreley's principle.
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William A. Mowry
Providence
Rhode Island Historica Sockey
Mr. Mowry
Robert Fulton
Samuel Moreley
Hebron
N. H
Connecticut River
Oxford
Fairlee
Morely
New York
Fulton
Livingston
Moroly
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