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Newspaper
Van Wert Times
Location
Van Wert, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1886
Page
2
A wild, sprawling account mixes a Germanic speech epilogue about a large monkey affair in Ellstown with a San Francisco Chronicler excerpt. The text blends a chaotic show scene with a proposed law on monkey rights and a separate tale of a college duel involving bribes and nervous shooters.
A speaker notes about 4,000 women on government pay rolls. The statement is quoted amid remarks contrasting truth and public perception, with a focus on integrity and scrutiny of official employment.
A group of Ohio Senate members declares their protest against what they call a revolutionary usurpation as the body seated contestors from Hamilton county while lacking a quorum. They cite constitutional and rule violations, warn of forged journal entries, and demand journal protest records. The statement closes with a list of signatories from Cincinnati dated May 17, 1856.
An account portrays Jay Gould as the most hated financier on the American continent, yet a devoted family man. It notes his lavish homes and expensive allowances for six children, including a daughter, with the Goulds preferring private life over society.
In New York at Fifth Avenue and Forty seventh Street a plain dressed man, reputed as a railroad and telegraph magnate, passes unremarked. He is linked to the yacht Atalanta and a Hudson River summer estate with daily costs cited at 100 and 330 dollars respectively, funds lavishly spent on his family.
Brother Gardner laments world affairs in a wide ranging speech with humor and critique. He questions debt, wealth, class, and social norms amid a town meeting and a provocative exchange about a shoal named Nigger Head Shoal.
A collage of snippets includes a plea to learn writing with no tools, a Boston Record snippet about a girl Edie, a court scene in which a man is nearly acquitted after a Mikado air interrupts the trial, and a tale of a prominent lady misnaming a conductor, all reflecting light gossip and oddities from May.
A portrait of Mr Gould in his Broadway office, detailing his business influence and disciplined routine. It notes his methodical nature, a strong staff, and the impression he makes on influential interviewers while he pursues a vast enterprise valued at 150 million dollars.
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