Lincoln and Allison origins tell of rugged beginnings
From the Chicago Record a profile traces Abraham Lincoln and William Boyd Allison from poverty to prominence. It outlines Scotch Irish ancestry, migration from Pennsylvania to Ohio, and early schooling, framing Allison’s rise via Dubuque Iowa to the U.S. Senate. It notes two marriages, first wife Anna Carter who died in 1860, second wife Mary Nealley, and a declined cabinet post in 1881 due to her health.
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Chicago Record
Abraham Lincoln
Gray
Allison
Senator Allison
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Tnland
Senator
Allisons
Ireland
Boyde
Keystone
Iowa
Beotland
America
New England
James G. Plaine
Gail Hamilton
Chester County
James Allison
Richard
Old Road
Andrew Galbraith
Donegal Meeting House
Buchanans
United States
Brownlows
Paraon Brownlow
Revolu
William B. Allison
Woods
Dubuque
Allizon
Central States
David Kinnerly
Methodist Church
Kimberly
Ashland
Misa Anna Carter
Daniel Carter
Chicago
Illinois Central Railway
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest
Anna Carter
Lown
Mary Nealley
Senator Crimes
Iown
Washington
United States Senate
Garfield
Blaine
Senate
Alllison
Looked Into Claims of a Universal Cure for Consumption
The piece recalls Prof Koch’s failed promise to cure consumption via lymph and surveys claims by Dr R V Pierce that his Golden Medical Discovery cures 98 percent of early cases. It notes his Book of 160 pages on respiratory diseases and a free booklet offer through the World’s Rague medical association with a six cent mailing fee.
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R. V. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Golden Medical
Ives Nares
Rugeuakey Medical Association of
Buffalo
N.Y
A National Necessity for a Canal and Strong Fleets
Professor Waterhouse of St Louis argues the United States must build a Nicaragua Canal and expand forts and fleets to defend national frontiers. He cites recent foreign doubts about U S naval strength and warns that coast protection and rapid Pacific reach are vital for safety and Monroe Doctrine enforcement.
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Nicaragua
United States Navy
United States
Chile
San Francisco
Vialparaiso
Italy
Great Britain
Higher politics to popularize free libraries in schools
A New York movement urges free school library networks funded by gifts and benevolent appeals rather than new state appropriations. It cites Detroit’s six year plan of circulating literature via public libraries in schools, changing books every eight weeks and noting reduced harmful content and parent engagement.
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Detroit
Mississippi
Board of Control
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Pingree
Long Island City
Sepionaans
Leader of the Senate Sherman Wealth Claim
John Sherman of Ohio remains a key Republican leader and head of the foreign relations committee. Reports cite a wealth around $560,000, mostly from Washington real estate gains, oil interests, and railroad stakes. He is described as frugal, unostentatious, and financially prudent despite political attack.
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Senator Sherman
Ohio
W. KE. Curtis
Chicago Record
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the Treasury
Committee of Finance
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Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Mansfield
Possibilities in the Event of War Across the Atlantic
The piece compares Anglo American naval strength, coastal defenses, and strategic stations. It notes the United States Navy’s ships in commission and under construction versus Great Britain’s vast fleet, highlights key West Indies stations like St Lucia and Halifax, and discusses likely first moves, coastal vulnerabilities, and privateering potential if war erupts. It also cites expert views on Caribbean and Atlantic theater, and Cambridge-like cautions about San Francisco, Puget Sound, and major eastern ports.
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Great Britain
Chlegan Times-Lierald
Caribbean
Fingland
Orultsiun
Vessula
Tortede Vveesel
Doppedo Woah
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Battle Gahips
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Battle
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Croine
Torpedo Boas
Coast Guard
Eine Port Guard
Ae Dockyard Reserva
Sland
United States Army
England
Staten
Royal Marines
United States Navy
la Guayra
St. Lucia
West Indies
Europe
Gibraltar
St. Thomas
Venezuela
Halifax
Bermuda
Hichborn
New York
Boston
Charleston
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Pacific Coast
Puget Sound
Olympia
Tacoma
Seattle
Fort Ludlow
Fort Madison
Fort Townsend
Northern Pacific Railroad
Oregon
California Coast
Oregon Short Line
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Pacific
Columbia River
Astoria
San Diego
Pacifi Coast
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Key West
Savannah
Wilmington
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Sandy Hook
Fort Wadsworth
Port Harmilton
New York City
Terrible
Lower New York
Canada
Great Lakes
Welland Canal
English Remedy Promoted as Cure for Consumption
A promotional notice asserts that early symptoms like persistent coughs chest tightness and night sweats indicate consumption and touts Dr Acker's English Remedy as the greatest medical discovery for preventing and curing the disease arguing it has saved many lives and is endorsed by physicians in Europe and America.
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America
Acker
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