New York Letter Reveals City Cruelty Scandals and Security Gaps
In a grim New York letter, severe abuses are detailed across institutions including Shepherd's Fold, Lamb's Fold, and Blackwell's Island Insane Asylum. The piece cites torture, patient murders, and understaffed wards with 35 dangerous lunatics under one nurse and three assistants. It also recalls misuses of state and city funds and safety lapses in public buildings and hotels.
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New York
Mr. Cowley
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Dickens
Fifth Avenue
Murray Hill
Thompson Street
Wall Street
Eilke
Mr.Moses
Mr. Moses
Mr. M
Nasby's Maine Situation Review from 1880
Nasby delivers a humorous diatribe on Maine politics. He rails at Jim Blanchez's Democratic leadership and Republican gains, mocks Gov. Garcelon, and imagines drastic Yazoo tactics to reverse outcomes. The piece blends satire with sharp commentary on election maneuvering and party dynamics.
First Class Organ Available from Geo. F. Hughes
Georg e F Hughes offers a first class organ at a remarkably low price. Prospective buyers are urged to see the instrument and compare quality and cost to other options.
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Geo. F. Hughes
Track-laying advances on narrow gauge railroad eastward
The Robinson Argus reports lively progress with track laying at one to two miles daily on the narrow gauge line headed east. In White County a feud ends in murder as Robert Buttery kills his brother in law David Buchannan after years of conflict. A Carmi city marshal is badly injured by a drunken shoe maker during an arrest. Captain J W Vance prepares militia muster at Robinson with all members due at 7 at the courthouse. Stephen A Douglas Jr lectured in Mattoon on the south, amid a Democratic lineup. he claimed to be a stalwart Republican.
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Mount Simia Hospital
Thev
Maine
Jim Blanchez
Gery
Elecks
Gov. Garcelon
Garcelon
Napoleon
Mane
Blane
Chamberlin
Mississippi
Pernoixum
Robinson Argus
Robert Buttery
David Buchannan
White County
Carmi
J. W. Vance
Paris
Robinson
Stephen A. Douglas, Jr
Chicago
Mattoon
South
John & Eden
Sullivan
Gener.l Assembly
Genera
Si Pal i
Reacu
Rheumatism cured by St Jacobs Oil testimonial
An 1878 Cleveland reader endorses St Jacobs Oil after claiming twelve years of crippling rheumatism. He details rapid relief after using the remedy, urges others to try it, and vouches for its accessibility and value. The letter ends with the writer recommending the treatment to afflicted individuals.
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Cleveland
Wachter Am Erie
Ohio
St. Jacobs
Bick
Ben
Louis Schweizer
Mervin
Center Sts
Indiana Amendments Passed by General Assembly 1879
A historical Indiana document outlines six amendments approved March 10 1879 to be submitted in April 1880. It covers voting residency for new citizens, removal of racial suffrage language, election timing reforms, removing white only clause, adjusting officer pay, and expanding judicial power with debt limits for municipalities.
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General Assembly
State of
Indiana
United States
A Party Without Principle in Ohio Journal Critique
The Ohio State Journal challenges Democratic unity as Bayard Beck Voorhees and others pull in different directions while Tilden Hendricks Thurman and Jewett remain silent, questioning what Democratic principles prevail at this moment.
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Ohio State Journal
Bayard
Beck
Voorhees
Tilden
Hendricks
Thurman
Jewett
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