Civil service reform and patronage in Coburn speech
Genl John Coburn argues for reducing federal patronage by letting the people elect most officers. He critiques the civil service reform approach as impractical and warns of the dangers of continued patronage in a republic. He cites constitutional reform and public accountability as remedies, ending with a local news anecdote.
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John Coburn
Fowler
Indiana
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
United Stes
Washington
Lois
Ate Civil Service
Pany Tours
Mit
Gesé Civil Service
White House
Congress
Asiiu
Forest of text volleys on laughter and mind power
Fragment discusses laughter boosting body vitality and mental influence on health, then reports Atlanta Cotton Exposition visitors and Sherman controversy. It notes reactions of Atlanta women, General Sherman’s reception, and local editorial comments on Camp.
The Value of Uprightness and Self-Improvement
The passage urges every man to live by upright principles and act true to nature to avoid shipwrecked manhood. It notes happiness is hard to achieve and that genuine admiration comes from recognizing excellence while believing there is more beyond our reach.
Robison Argus Reports Robbery Suspect Arrested
An Oblong correspondent says Dan Shipman visited Burtley Langston to view a farm. At a distance from the house Shipman knocked Langston down and rifled his pockets taking twenty dollars. Shipman is under arrest and his trial will be today.
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Robison Argus
Dan Shipman
Burtley Langston
Langston
Shipman
Fire tragedy rocks Lille as Oxman family mourns
A Lille girl suffered fatal injuries in a kitchen fire that burned through the dwelling while her father August Oxman faced the consequences of the disaster. The report notes a wedding observer to a previous incident and mentions a funeral held Friday morning as the community contemplates the loss.
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Caute
August Oxman
Dainson Township
Wbo
Editor Outsmarts Ghost Prank At Me Hotel
Sacramento Record Union editor, quill driver, spends night at a hotel where a prankster plants a skeleton to frighten him. The editor calmly investigates, notes the incident, and leaves, later prompting a sensational newspaper item calling it another case for the commissioners. A separate report describes a St Louis Insane Asylum patient in a fourteen week catalytic trance, conscious yet motionless.
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San Francisco
Sacramento Record Union
St. Louis Insane Asylum
Fashionable Middle Parting Grabs Ladies Attn
It is now becoming quite the fashion among the ladies to part their hair in the middle and abjure frizzes and bangs The aim of all females at present seems to be to appear respectable.
Schoolhouse Doors and Public Offenses Provisions
The document quotes a 1877 act on keeping schoolhouse doors accessible and penalties for neglect. It cites section 243 detailing fines and construction requirements for public buildings to secure safe exits. The text, from Superintendent Bioss, discusses enforcement and related codifications through 1881.
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Bioss
C. W. King
Literty Tu Vusuip
Wells County
Luc San
Abu
Ower
Mager Jeser
Luis
Wasn't She Cute She Made Free Use Of Brown Iron Bittera
A quirky fashion note praises beauty and health, describing a woman using Brown's Iron Bitters to enhance charm. It mentions a vivid, glowing appearance and a fashionable audience, with a tease about the medicine's appeal to ladies. It also advertises new school books at Crowder Reed's.
New York Echoes of Disaster and Industry in 1881
A reflective column from New York on the aftermath of a deadly South Fifth Avenue tenement collapse killing and injuring residents. It notes alarms about the Croton Aqueduct, proposes emergency water tactics, and pivots to a Eugenic monoploll analysis with a tour of a Pharber's grocery store and signals an innovation in coffee packaging by Thurber & Co.
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New York
Washington
John Bul
Avion and
Liederkranz
Ever
Anon
South Fifth Avenue
Jordan
Heroim
Croton
Montime
42D Street
Hudson River
Astor
Anim
Pharber’s
Alule
Weiter and
Coa, &c
Treman
Thurber & Co
United States
Brown's Iron Bitters Promises Strength and Health
A Marietta Ohio woman who read of a suicide by hanging with a towel later died in the same manner. The report notes a deadly irony as another death follows the initial story. A furniture and wallpaper store Crowder and Reed's mentions 3000 bolts in stock.
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Marietta
Ohio
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Civil Service Reform
Robinson Argus
Dan Randle
Dan
Nd Din
Anapolis Journal
Atlanta
General Sherman
Exposition
Saermis
Kimball
Cleopatra
Georgia
Sherman
Nodie
H. Stephens
Truism
Lille
D. A. Beason
Hare
G . dianrweLt
Iasi
Mr. Anderson
J.B Benson
Clara Belavers
Bea
Wasn
Cute
Crowder & Reed's
Crowder and Reed's
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