The Plumed Knight Blaine and the 1884 Election
A historical account of James G Blaine’s presidential battles, the Mugwump challenge within the Republican Party, and the 1884 campaign's storms. It recalls his rivals, Conkling and Cleveland, the notorious rum Romanism and rebellion episode, and the election’s bitter close. It also tracks Blaine’s ongoing pursuit of the presidency, Conkling feuds, and Blaine’s later roles after the loss.
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James G. Blake
Blaine
Henry Cabot Lodge
Soung ‘Theodore Roosevelt
Carl Schura
Horace Greeley
New York Sun
Chicago
Grover Cleveland
New York
Cleveland
Eldine
Indiana
Ufe
Congress
Burchard
Daniel G. Blaine
Daniel Webster
Lieury Clay
Willan Jennings Bryan
Blaiie
Willy
Robert G. Ingersill
Roscoe Conkling
Maine
Conkling
Tila
Garfield
Senate
Conking
Mulligan
TSSU
Europe
Cublettain
Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Bin
Benjamin Harrison
Harrison
Minneapolis
Blaine Frei Burrison
Wine
Gates
McKintey Af Qtlo
Perme ¢Haieman
Milne
Hist Uy
Political Situation Insight in Interpreting Senate Salary Talk
The Washington Star notes a debated political situation where Senator Surghuny has become central as the figure enabling a salary, while concerns arise about jeopardizing affairs through ongoing conversations and potential influence. The piece reflects tension over legislative leverage and personal stake in earnings.
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Thik
Surghuny
Washington’ ‘Star
Wax disk recorder records telephone conversations for accuracy
A wax disk recorder attached to telephones creates a permanent record of all conversations to resolve disputes over orders and directions in industrial settings. This device prevents misinterpretation and places responsibility clearly with the parties involved.
Crow Killing Profits and Provoking Prose Fragments
An Ohio farmer hunter and trapper recounts a crow-killing record in three months totaling 2490 birds and $662.50 in bounties, while a stream of aphorisms reflects on money, manners, and life. The text blends taxonomic tally with wry maxims about wealth and ethics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Miller
Ohio
Society and Solitude Browne Aphorism Note
A compact quotation from Thomas Browne on social life and inner thought. It contrasts those who are not mone with others as a prison to themselves with those whose thoughts burn within choosing retreat into company to escape their own crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
New York City
Blaine
Gould
Cleveland
Augusta
Maine
Sly Thomas Browne
Birds Help Farmers Bridge to Better Seed Growth
Birds eat reed of wees and glue planted seeds for better growth. After years of bridge, remains no fact that it isn’t as fascinating as whist.
Readers ignore the novel amid winter fashion chatter
A fragmented column mocks readers for skipping the novel as winter styles push more revealing outfits and questions what readers will tolerate in this age of fleeting attention.
National Mottoes Inaccurate Translations Reported
A garbled excerpt lists supposed English translations of German Dutch and Belgian mottoes. The text appears misprinted with fragmented phrases and unclear attributions, rendering the claims about national mottos unreliable without a verified source. The passage mentions Germany Holland Belgium and mixed phrases about strength and patriotism in a distorted form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geromny
Holland
Belgium
Netherlands
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L. T. Merrill
Western Newspaper Union
Abel
Bureau of Educating
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Old Mexico
Peru
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Youanapa
Costa
Atwater Kent Radio
Suniay
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Wiesabickon Ava. A. Ancatar Kent
Moscow
Caspian
Moscow Art Theater
Oka
Nijai-Novgorod
Volga
Astrakan
Co.ny
Syeqkars
Ees Bach Ig
America
Asia
Dunlop
Dunlop Tire and Rubber CO
Buffalo
N.Y
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