Election Dreams and Party Hopes Across States
A late 19th century roundup notes Republican gains in Michigan Ohio New York and Colorado while Democratic wins appear in Massachusetts New Jersey and Virginia. Reports from Illinois Kansas Nebraska and the Irish party hint at shifting power as political rhetoric emphasizes national prosperity and calls for action on tariffs currency and labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Sth
Michigan
Belknap
Lawrence
Dem
Caty
Ohio
McKinley
Pennsylvania
Gregg
Keystone
Kansas
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois
New York
Flowers
Fassett
New York City
Brooklyn
Assembly
Town
Boies
Colorado
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Virginia
New Jersey
South Dakota
Passing Levities in 19th Century Jokes and Quips
A compact collage of old jokes and witticisms from various papers including Philadelphia Press Ram's Horn Boston Transcript Texas Siftings and Puck. Humor ranges from funeral processions and sermons to engagements umbrellas and a drugstore ipecac request, reflecting era quips and social pokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womer
Philadelphia
Boston Transcript
Texas
Baltimore
Somerville Journal
Polly
Patsy
Papa
Marina
Jack
Puck
United Magazine
Whittier
New York Sun
Lewiston
Oddities and marvels from the era archive
A collage of curiosities spanning fashion, animals, feats, and science. A tiny horse in Baltimore, a 30 inch donkey with strength, two New York Chinese visitors smuggling cigars, a painter who drafts a 2.5 by 2 foot scene in four minutes, a Californian bending iron and breaking stones with bare hands, Fahrenheit’s thermometer quirks, undersea gun development at Bethlehem, a vision of Oklahoma as a burgeoning negro territory with Langston City and Guthrie populations, wheat’s ancient pedigree, and relics of ancient dwellings found near Swiss piles with ancient milling stones and sickles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
New York
Ward Line
Nw York
United States
Bethlehem
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Guthrie
Langston City
Oklahoma City
Switserland
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Alina
Aeas
Valpariso
Governs
Ment
New York Press
Warren County
Ireland
Owosso
Thompson
Detroit Democracy
Jiw
Schiuyse Tyi
Los Anion
W. A. Bradley
Padan Bro
Riverdale, Mich
Bradley
Riverpale, Mich
G.M. Delavan
Jalma, Mich
eBe
W. Richardson
PINE
J M. Montigel & CO
Morren’s
Founders Machinists
Russell & Co
Oliver
Hohecks
Johnson
Tomson
Mrs. J
John
Farrag
McGullough & Button
Alma Sanitarium
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Ava, Mien
Waterloo
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