Douglass and Mathews in Colored Office Cartoons of Power
The piece recounts Frederick Douglass’s era as recorder of deeds in Washington under Hayes and Cleveland, noting social access at White House receptions and a Republican tribute to his character. It details W C Mathews selection, Senate rejection as partisan, and Cleveland’s later reappointment under recess appointments and constitutional power debates.
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Camse
Cleveland
Frederick Douglass
Bruce
District of Columbia
Hayes
United States Marshal
District
Washington
White House
Arthur
Douglass
W. C. Mathews
Albany
Senate
Awl Pew
Coigress
Mathews
Warenantey
Diniglass
Math
Actiog
Cinsinundd Equitirer
Silent Senate notes on Garland memo in Hill case frame
A fragment reports on Attorney General Garland’s note to the Senate and the Hill case in North Carolina. It describes Hill leaving Raleigh for a Chicago convention, Republican manipulation, and calls for broader disclosure of officials’ papers while critiquing the Senate’s handling and public reaction. It mentions Evarts and Buffalo context.
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Gael
Senate
Ipsha
Garland
Dente
Marchal
North
Civot
Gariamd
Skerwean
Hila Republices
Raleigh
Chicago
Rhine
Cleveland
North Cane
Hill
Republican Party of
North Carolina
Repubican Party
Buffalo
Appointment of Daniel Magone as Collector of Customs
President Cleveland appoints Daniel Magone of Ogdensburg New York as Collector of Customs for the Port of New York replacing Hedden. Magone, a lawyer with strong Democratic credentials, is seen as aligning with reform policy and the President’s aims. He resigns a lucrative St. Lawrence County practice to assume the post.
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Daniel Magone
Port of
New York
Cleveland
Ogdensburgh
N. Y
Hedden
Springfeld Republican
Daniel Magoue
St. Lawrence County
Magone
Samuel J. Tildee
Tilden
John Bigelow
Orange
Alexander BE. Orr
Brooklyn
John DD. van Buren, Jr
Democratic Sule Committee
Tilden and Hendricks
Masons
Alieny Argus
Political Drifts and Party Strife Across Newspapers
Collections of excerpts from Chicago Herald Saratoga Cor Cinciana Enquirer and World discuss Democratic and Republican tensions with calls for reform. Notes reference Edmunds urging a respectable candidacy, Sen Platt examining veto records, and concerns over private pursuits of senators and pension claims.
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John D. Lenz
Vither Blaine
Sherman
Democratic Party
Ugiel
Maxis
Meil
Chiccago Herald
Edmunds
Republican Party
Styne
Repubican
Saratoga
Cinciana Enquirer
Platt
Clevelanshare
Collapse of the Bulgarian Provisional Government
Soria August 26 reports the revolutionists' provisional government overthrown, three members arrested, old ministry reinstated, and a royalist counter effort under Prince Alexander underway. Rostehuk loyalists march on Sofia as 10,000 troops head from the Servian frontier. Alexander reportedly travels from Ren to Darmstadt after release by Russian plotters. Russia prepares for naval action while markets fall on Bulgaria crisis.
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Alexander
Soria
M. Clement
M. Grouff
M. Zankoff
Reni
Bessarabia
Sofia
Widdin
Tsernova
Sots
Moutkorot
Talenv
Ini
Stambuloff
Montisoroff
Rostehuk
Bismarck
Russia
Vienna
St. Patersburg
Sota
Ponotf
Servia
Servia. the Ministerial Viontza
Lospex
Bulgaria
Br . Anu
Land Claim Contests Sustain Timber Case Ruling
Secretary of the Interior upholds a contest against Patrick Byrne’s timber culture claim in favor of William W. Dorwood, stating contesting entries must comply with law during pending disputes to avoid laches and ensure proper protections, despite no improvements to the land since 1878. Also reports Pennsylvania Prohibition Convention crowd in Harrisburg with Wolfe as governor candidate, and July exports and imports values. Three boys drown in Perryville pond after a boat incident, two pulled from water.
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Wasmxatox
Aus
Lamar
Patrick Byrne
William W. Dorwoe
Byrre
Dorwood
Bismarett Lant
Dornoui
Jason
Qfaratzsioner Sparks
Anl Dorwood
Hose
Pennsylvania
Haxgisnvuns
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
Charles S. Wolfe
Joshua Bailey
Barker
Cambria County
Wolfe
Perryville
Beaverville
Joseph Fenwick
William Dean
Eng
High Court of Justice
London
Bacon
Balti
Maryland
H. Churchill
Casapen
Brisbane
Queensland
Purchill and Company
St. Patrick Oil
Vogeler Company
St. Jacobs
St Patricks
Churchill and Company
England
Market Reports Grain and Livestock Prices Aug 28
Market summaries show grain values steady to weak with No 2 red wheat mixed across markets. oats and corn softer in parts. Livestock steady to strong on cattle and hogs with specific ranges for shipping steers, cows, and lambs. butter and dairy provisions firm or quiet. regional notes from Macon, Kansas City, and Chicago reflect subdued activity and price shifts across grains and meats.
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Rrowelons
Lois
Tssc
Ry Gao
Kre—Deli
Nheele Hanney
Macon
Texas
Chicago
Wetec
White Western
Colorado
Dell
Hibao
Kansas City
Cnet
Aero
Ayer
Amer
Catuim Creegr Ltd
A Boon to Mankind pancake patent reaches hotels
Howard C. Tripp announces a patented pancake promising health benefits and durability for boarding houses and traveling public. Described as non watering, shoe-nail free, rust resistant, and easy to manufacture at half the cost. Seeks agents and commissions to introduce the pancake to first class hotels and cheap boarding houses.
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Washington
Don Pedro Sancho
P. P
Howard C. Tripp
Ingenious contrivance illuminates home with clockwork photos
A wealthy northern ironmaster uses a hidden wall apparatus with Eastman paper and clockwork to photograph hourly activity in his rooms and offices during absences. One clerk was shown in a chair at an unbusy hour, and a dining room scene thrilled observers. Public notices and various brief items follow, including medical ads and quirky anecdotes from newspapers.
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England
General Interest Snippets Across North America
A batch of quirky notes from various places includes Longs Peak Colorado bare of snow, a Georgia man dying of starvation with eighteen thousand dollars hidden in his log cabin, a musical bicycle called Melocipede that plays as you ride, burglars in Nashville finally entering a home after an hour for a bar of soup, a Southern-leaning note on the word tore from Wilmington, a long deed filed in McIntosh County Georgia, a critique of ovation usage by reporters in New Orleans, a Cape cranberries gift to England ending poorly, and a Toronto cat proving clever by trapping a rat through a fence hole after observing its escape.
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Carroll County
Georgia
Chicago Times
Nashville
Tenn
Wilmington
N. C
Chaucer
McIntosh County
New Orleans
Plymouth
England
Boston Transcript
Toronto
Remedies and cures flood old newspaper prose style
A jumbled, period voice blend touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as liver tonic, Hall’s Hair Renewer for scalp health, Mayer’s Ague Cure for fever and ague, Frazer Axle Grease, and Piso’s Cure for consumption. Miscellaneous snippets mention insomnia, nervous debility, and other ad like observations from a late 19th or early 20th century page.
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Hall
Mayer
Kip-warring
Rochester
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Boston
William M. Evarts
Mr. Evarts
Phiadelphia
Department of Shite
Brother Blaine
Alwys
Fe 7
Mexico
Sut Ueotior Maine
Bae Harbor
Bayard
Bline
Hitt
Ilinois
Foreign Committee
Mesiiu
Blaine
New York Frilune
Department of State
State Department
Wis
Jingo Chiftain
México
Philanelphia
St. Louis
W. Dexter
Denver
Burr
Hamilton
Sypher & Co
Queen Etzaneth
Isis
Wus
Zaston
Frese Pree
Pye
Fentleman
Chicago News
Erwann P. Westox
Tris
Love
Teras Seytinga
John Anderson
Ey Tos Tox
Tobias Va
Mrs. Partington
Indepeniong
Aoe No
Pierce
World's Dispensary
Medne Association
Main Street
Lala
Rane
St Loire
Hood
Massachusetts
Ft A. W. Keane
State Prison
Charlestown
Masa
Cr. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Minas
Wauiae
Erik
W. L. Douglas
Nerfert
Eenala
W. le. Baibars
Wigelace Rowe Boe
W. J. Douglas
Kocktan. Mask
Horne
Rama
Cockle
Boas Buck
Lou
Basy
Brown
von Bitters
Bowarec
Hutters
John Bull
Ngle Dow
Kent
Louisville, KY
Weil
L Healy
Lit
Gure
Calor
Ciro
Kellogh
Seanses de
Walt
Ai Sandvery
Hartera
Hearaia
McCummick
Cincionati
Ohio
Santee
Stephens
Lebanon
Eras Medical College
Gress Ie & Baier
Michigan Ave
College of Law
Olleg
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