Grange Controversy Retrospective Letter Debate
Franklin County and Linn's Mill correspondence from February 8 1878 argues against politics in grange halls. A Grafton signer defends adherence to the Declaration of Purposes and warns that political topics split membership while urging reform and unity under a broader national orange platform.
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C. U.P
Order
United States
C. U. DT
Troy
Lus Etunes
Charybdis
Grange Hall
Politi
Grange
U. P
O. Il. Kelly
Masonic
Pollifelana
Ilo Nage
Mouroe
Troy Jerald
Granger
Dutlea
Grangere
Balug
A. Grarkasn
Linn’s Mill
A Ludicrous Exhibition at Captiat Church Dedication
At Captiat Church dedication a Baptist minister performed immersion for the first time in the church. As he entered the water a nearby spectator suggested a hymn and sang Pull for the Shore, provoking audible laughter and delaying the ceremony until the preacher regained composure.
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Knmeralon
Six-Handed Game Talk from Odd Scene at Stew
A wartime style quip runs through a Stew conversation with sharp satire about European powers and aristocracy. The speaker, Robert Schenck, jabs at Spain, Turkey, Russia and Greece while mocking a grand deal and a minor, then shifts to a hotel dining scene where a boastful dandy is mocked as an untrustworthy eater.
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Robert Schenck
E.q
Court of St. James
Joseph Bradley
Society For the Prevention of
Ataly
Spain
Turkey
Russia
Nicholas
John Bull
Avia
Bradley
Montenegro
Greece
Chicago
Marshall Democrat
Quater Weather and Remedies Mentioned in Notices
Du Chaillu notes a 159 degree shade thermometer report for a hot spell. A comic ad jokes about warm weather. A corns remedy claims inner absorption via soaking. A reader asks for guidance on an apple tree worm, seeking diagnosis before prescribing.
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du Chaillu
Interior Secretary Targeted by Political Foe Analysis
A garbled early draft accuses Interior Secretary foes of comparing the president to a controversial figure and hints at threats tied to policy changes. The fragment cites opposition motives and a hostile stance amid broader political tensions.
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Secretary of the Interior
Meary Clay Desu
Bly Sburs
Norr. Tler
Evening reformers and a judge’s ironic counsel
A comic exchange from Puck depicts a young man sentenced to twenty years for killing a man at a barroom. The judge quips about going to church or theater, then to a dime concert, to see virtuous ladies, or to study to become a judge, while the young men debate affordable amusements and end with a nod to Hell as they depart.
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Beartrung
Bar-Ruome
Judge
Mal
Fifth Avenue
Cormerat
Puck
Hero of the Metropolis Wreck Receives Rescue
Prominent among Metropolis tragedy heroes is Timothy O'Brien who rescued fifty people aided by John Doherty. He saved Mrs. Anne Sluet, the sole surviving woman, from the breakers and revived her after placing her on a barrel and bed-tick. Her husband, washed ashore yards away, was told she was alive and reunited with her.
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Metropolis
Metropolse
Elands
Timothy O'Drien
Anne Sluet
Slo
O'Brien
John Doherty
Inez
Doherty
Ile
Norfolk Dispatch
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