Money Making Mania In America Sparks Urban Drift
The London Spectator excerpt notes a migration of farm youths to cities chasing sensual thrills and easy wealth. It warns fields will be deserted, cites high living costs and array of servant hiring woes, plus tales of cooks and maids chasing money through speculation and urban life. It ends with a sobering tale of a girl seeking earnings over parental care.
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Walil
Sever Young
Gilead
Dovhot
Genthéiman
Wyth
T.con
Villa
Woman's Protection Union
A Fragment on a Secretary of State and a Boston Recipe
A speech in the House last Saturday attacked the Secretary of State for alleged entrapment of the nation with Southern states through constitutional amendment copies. The exchange included an extended fable about an English nobleman and a valuable dog. The piece also reproduces a Boston recipe claiming to warm the heart by distributing wood and heat to the poor.
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Schofeld
Penn
File
Phil
Emell
Stereos
Boston
Brerderick's Rapiquet Sheriff Faces Bond Shortfall
The fragment describes Sheriff Rapiquet facing a deficit and seeking help from bondsmen to cover debts. A subsequent discovery reveals a bundle of county orders worth $11,000 seized from the county institution. The report reflects a period tone and appears to center on officials, bonds, and county financial instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brederick
Rapiquet
Ste Rapiquet
Frightful Affair at Olathe Kansas
Horrific robbery attempt in Johnson County Kansas as three men burst into F Huff Esquire home firing shots. Huff and C Meyers beaten and left insensible while Huff’s wife saved two sleeping children from a fire. The motive reportedly money deposited in a bank days earlier. both victims badly injured but expected to recover. Police have not yet made any arrests.
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Olathe
Johnson County
Kansas
F. Huff
Huff
Mr. Huff
Hin
Hius
Mv. Huff
Myers
Hta Commerce
Daring Lynchburg Robbery and Farcical Spanish Execution
A Brown of Lynchburg Kentucky is linked to a bold robbery near Bromfield Station on the Lebanon Branch. Constable James Murphy and Samuel Bromfield attempt to arrest him. they are shot at as Brown’s house is approached, leaving Murphy mortally wounded. Brown remains at large. Also noted is a curious Spain execution ritual and a wedding anniversary timeline. Four Idaho silver twins are exhibited in New York.
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Brown
Lynchburg
Kentucky
Iicinity
Bromfield Station
Lebanon
James Murphy
Samuel Bromfield
James Bromfield
Young Bromfield
Teast
Murphy
Spain
Idaho Silver
New York
Legislative debate on state budget and bills in 1886
Fragments describe Senate ratification, House actions, and committee reports during 1886 legislative session. Mentions costs, general interests, and rising state boundaries affecting legislation. References Swineford, Pomerdy, Eldredge, and a special committee.
Committee Review of Statutes and General Laws
The Yone committee examined the cited statutes and general laws for years and found ample provisions for this class of legislation. D Hi Poxcher chairs the committee as its chairman. The report notes a long list of laws covering the ground but omits publication for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Hi.Poxcher
Kingston Massacre and riotous wreckage debated
The piece argues Kingston jail inmates were burned in a deliberate plot by reconstructionists rather than escaped by white indifference, condemning vigilante behavior and linking it to broader anti emancipation sentiment. It cites officials and public figures, contrasts with New Orleans crimes, and notes unrest in Chicago. It also mentions a lottery drawing failure and a Lincoln note found with Booth materials.
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Shawano County Journal
PreLisHyn Cvery Tidasday
Rockwell & Upham
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Henry Strong
M.D. Peak
Cashier
Hreges
Charis Tullar
Peak
Colburn
Darwin P. and
Tile Court
Swawand, “Wasconsin
A. G. Rockwell
Rerres
Uouler
An¢ Fai Wong
Exvin
H.conton
Andorgon Block
WBEOS
San
Onlo B. Graves
Atorney
Councellor
Lar
Mamshall & Bro
Lington St
Greet Bay
Wisconsin
Joseph T Moeffel
Pe Jas Nay Crry
Darter
Wis
Gold
London Spectator
America
Latour Marzoure
Leipsic
Jack
Olathe, Kansas
Pepore
Kingston
South Carolina
Savinis
Westie
Flexaing Nes
New Orleans
Chicago
Odnneviedi
Lancaster Herral
Everal Saloons
Randolph ‘County
Washington Star
Leonard Grover
Grover
Lheath
Hhestre
J. Wilkes Booth
Lincoln
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Pep Bashels
Cedar Rapids
Yowa
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