A Stowaway’s Tale Onboard An Austrian Steamer
A seasoned engineer recounts a stowaway boy found aboard a Liverpool to New York voyage. The lad, with bright curls and pale face, claims a dead father and stepfather’s neglect, carrying an address to Halifax. The crew debates discipline as the mate interrogates the young passenger with wary disbelief.
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Wartta
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Halifax
Jaraat
Viberiean
Weill
N. Y
The Englishman I Met Aboard a Ship With a Brave Boy
A narrator recounts a harsh scene on a ship where the mate forces a confession from a boy under a noose. The boy remains truthful, the mate relents, and the crew shows deep emotion. The tale ends with the mate protecting the boy and settling the voyage with care.
Butcher bird impales prey on thorns in Florida grove
A Florida corresp describes a butcher bird in an orange grove sticking insects on thorns and capturing two snakes two feet long. The bird then hunts other birds, fighting others when not foraging, while larks scurry nearby and a mule assists plowing at the edge of the grove.
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Florida
Unlucky Cunning Threatens Cleveland Nomination
A Chicago Inter Ocean summary of Indiana and national Democrats shifting toward Grover Cleveland amid rivalries, with lines about Indiana Kentucky New York Alabama supporting Cleveland while opposing Hill. It notes factions: enlightened and unenlightened selfishness, conscience, and corruption opposing or aiding the President, yet Cleveland remains probable nominee.
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Hill
Grover
Morton
Isaac P. Gray
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New York
Alabama
West Virginia
Tennessee
Georgia
John the Baptist
Friends of Coy
Maryland
Inter Uceum
Dakota Admission Debate Refuses Omnibus State Plan
A Washington dispatch notes Congress will not admit Dakota in time to affect the next Presidential vote. Democrats propose admitting four Territories as States in a single bill, but argue each territory merits statehood separately. Dakota is urged to be admitted on its own merits rather than coalitions or political calculations.
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Congress
United States
Florida
Delaware
South
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
New Mexico
Montana
Utah
What Free Traders Would Do to Prices and Production
The Chicago Journal and National Labor Tribune warn that free trade would raise prices and curb production. Cabbage, rails, wool, and petroleum illustrate how tariffs support living standards. without protection, regions lose crops, factories, and livelihoods.
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Pittsburgh
Germany
America
Washington County
Ohio
Texas
National Labor Tribune
German Laborers And The Vote For Protectionism
A Republican pamphlet urges German American workers to back protection over free trade. It argues voting for the Republican party will raise wages, shield workers from exploitation, and preserve America as an asylum for the oppressed, contrasting it with Democratic free trade and lower wages.
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Democratic Party
America
Germany
Europe
Republican Party
N. x
Republikaner
Notes of the Day and party politics in 19th century rhetoric
A picker of excerpts shows partisan lines on ballot purity and mugwumps, with quotes from the Toledo Blade Indiana Journal Chicago Tribune and others. The corpus praises Blaine and Republican unity while lampooning Democrats and postmaster appointments amid national political tension.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Buffalo Express
Chinese Morals and Punishments in the Flowery Kingdom
Wong Chin Foo describes Chinese legal practices and penalties, detailing lashes for petit larceny, the head severing for highway robbery, and exile for forcible entry. He notes bail limits, educated patrons, and the role of judges, scholars, and silent lawyers in courts.
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China
New York
Wong Chin Foo
Blizzard Sufferer Recalls Dakota Territory Storm
A traveler describes the Dakota blizzard experience as worse than reports indicate. He stayed in Fargo hotel, paid four dollars daily, played billiards for three days, and witnessed the harsh conditions that none outside can imagine. The tale contrasts sensational reporting with his firsthand account.
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Dakota Territory
Dakota
Fargo
Detroit Free Press
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