Mugwumps and Wangmumps in Local Politics
A witty political sketch contrasts Republican loyalties and office seeking with terms Mugwump and Wangmump. It cites editors from Oakland Enterprise and Princeton Democrat debating age, printing careers, and local judicial prospects for Shelton, Davis, and Sherman. It also notes hog supply trends and a shrinking circle of active stocks at the New York Stock Exchange, describing a traders’ market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland Enterprise
Princeton Democrat
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Mercantile Journal
Stock Exchange
Ford Ward
New York
Eastern Mills
Cardinal McCloskey
New York Produce Exchange
Salt Lake City
Jump as a potential Democratic Congress candidate
The Terre Haute Gazette highlights Judge Jump of the Parke and Vermillion circuit as a rising Democratic figure likely to seek Congress next year. Vermillion county Democrats praise his character and record, while regional supporters in Newport and Vermillion County push him as an eminent representative. The item also notes broader press views on the Evening Post and Freethinkers debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jupaen Jump
Terre Haute
Judge Jump
Parke and Vermillion
Judge Mack
Mack
Newport
Vermillion County
Jump
Father who abandoned children seeks them after thirty years
A Peters abandons his two children thirty years ago in Sullivan county. The siblings, raised by neighbors and prospering, receive a California letter from the father seeking information about them. They reply that they are alive, asking not to be contacted again, and imply the father sought funds for a return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Line
Peters
Sullivan County
California
Terre Haute
Pierssure
Solar Iron Works
Clark & Co
Thirty-sixth Street
Powers
Wartford Boiler Insurance Company
Zanesville
Ohio
George Howell
Rindskopf Brothers
New York
United States
Canada
Vulcan
Michigan
Guild
Basset
Dominion
Northwest
Parnell
Ireland
Bloomington
Indiana
Chesley Chambers
Green River
Wyoming
Rock Springs
James Thompson
Ballston
Niagara Falls
Arthur Nettleton
Clarence White
Dixon
Illinois
Mattoon
Wheeling
West Virginia
Davis Island Dam
Pittsburg
John Chamberlain
Allegan
Transcontinental Association
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Iowa
Cochise County
Arizona
Geronimo
Tombstone
Lufkin
Texas
Grand Army of the Republic
Port Jervis
Postal
Customs Service
Commission
Eaton
Washington
Wasurincron
Congress
Morgan
Alabama
Treasury
John Sherman
Civil Service
Wa‘ Nington
Civil-Service Commission
L. L. Carmody
West
Blair
New Hampshire
Senate
Navy Department
Cleveland
United
State Department
Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims
Harlan
Lregetry
Stochlinski
Cracow
Germany
Spain
Caroline Islands
Prince Bismarck
M. de Giers
Berlin
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Chamber of Deputies
France
MM. Floquet
Clemenceau
Paul Bert
de Cassagnac
Caroline
Austria
London Times
Constantinople
Lew Wallace
Turkey
Mediterranean
Roumelia
Europe
Wall Street turmoil and wheat supplies shown in Sun analysis
The Sun notes sensational Wall Street week with trunk line collapse and two major failures. It cites shrinking Western grain receipts and rising storage with wheat corn and flour levels, while warning outsiders away from speculation amid looming prices and foreign demand uncertainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
New York
the Sun
Trunkline
William Fleath & Co
Old Wall Street
Gould
Cammack
Moresini
Low
Seaboard
Europe
I. N. Smith
Ife
Smalis
Ferrers Falls
Minn
John Robinson
Wahpeton
Northern Pacific
Iie
Tagles
William Wingeld
Lamp Department
Wilson
Sullivan residents and visitors noted in Jackson institute report
Sullivan figures include Mrs Jos Gouchenour visiting Jackson and Noah Crawford returning from Chicago. Teachers of Jackson township met for an institute. adverse weather delayed activities but officers were elected F M Nead district principal and S M Patton assistant principal. A Reading Circle planned for the 7th at 2 PM to organize for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oriole Lodge
Dugger
Alex. Owens
Brothers of Comet
Jas. W
Joel Mannaurring
Tennessee
Sullivan County
Mattie Scott
Greene County
Jackson Township
Institute
Marlow
Cummins
Straror
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the Times
Sullivan Cour
J. C. Bartlett
Med Wilson’s Bank
Caleb M. Sharep
Carlisle
Blaine
Trisiathenir
Terre Haute Express
Shelton
Davis
Cincinnati
Iss
The
Nation
Nashville
Tenn
G. W. F. Bryant
Herbert Spencer
James Stephen
Davis, Engle & Davis
Campton
Kane County
Albert Cook
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
Central
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Philip Wenz
Theorthwestern
Omaha
Detroit
Lansing
Northern
Manitoba
Alton
St. Louis
San Francisco
Allegheny Furnace
Baltimore
Chicago
New Yorks
Philadelhia
Providence
Boston
Uffalo
New England
Philadelphia
Sharon
Pennsylvania
Streator
Nis
Carmody
Sparks
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Foe
Winona and
St Peter
Minnesota
St. Paul and
Sioux City
Falls
Herat
J. C. Badders
5. M. Patton
Marion Phillips
Julia McMullen
J. G. Barnett
J. H. Furry
H. M. Badders
Cora Beckett
John Berlingmier
L. Everhart
Q Herifr
Sullivan Circuit Court
William McCammon
Thos. W. Crawford
Court House
Thos. W. Craywford
Joseph W. Wolfe
Eliza Smith
O. B.C
Lemuel H. Willis
Kalley & Holmes Atty’s
Commercial Row
Sullivan
Eee
Knox
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Vincennes
Ind
W. W. Berry
Gerard Reiter
Sullivan Woolen Mills
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