A Tale of Charity Rewarded and a Fortunate Heir
A crusty old schoolmaster Moses Haywood loans fifty pounds to a cousin in need. He dies rich after a stranger arrives with a fortune and reveals the will names Haywood as heir. Alice learns kindness is repaid. The piece blends Victorian melodrama with a moral about charity’s return.
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Walter Watkins
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Theodore Talkington
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Calista Jones
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Democrats Fail to Carry Ohio Says Philadelphia Times
The Philadelphia Times argues Democrats cannot win Ohio, claiming the state leans Republican by ten to fifteen thousand on a full vote. The Austrian Alpine Club plans a tall cross at Gross Glockner with gilt reflectors to signal sun rays. Samuel R. Mason, ex Greenback candidate, says he joined the Republicans and urges others to do the same.
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Pittsburgh
Southern States Repudiation Totals Revealed
A published statement shows Alabama repudiates 28,466,091 dollars, Arkansas 18,288,091, North Carolina 44,353,151, Tennessee 23,844,600, and Virginia 64,276,402. Combined with others, Southern repudiations total about 300,000,000 dollars to Northern creditors.
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Italian police break up Rome malefactors society
Rome authorities shattered a society named the association of malefactors that had amassed 8,000,000 francs through burglary and forgery. Members lived lavishly from the spoils, and the group was tied to the theft of the National Bank of Syracuse and the sale of false public shares.
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Consular efforts boost American goods reach abroad
The Administration's push to promote American products through the consular system has largely succeeded. A consular commercial information bureau may be formed to publish statistics for business classes. American factory and agricultural goods are reaching distant parts of the old world.
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Icelanders migrate to Dakota amid Manitoba flood claims
The passage notes Icelanders, drawn by Manitoba’s harsh climate and floods, moving to the American side into Dakota. It uses Lord Beaconsfield as a rhetorical example of lofty statesmanship while illustrating cross border settlement trends sparked by Canadian conditions.
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Burdette’s two year old boy runs, works, and wilds
A two year old, described as smart and busy, ranges from eating wild strawberries and chasing a wagon to building a dam and falling into a brook. The narrator notes the child handles many tasks, gets tangled with a mad dog, and frets over a supposed kidnapping by a tramp, while denying involvement in a brook incident.
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Lodger Patrick OFlaherty Notified for Rent Return
A notice in an Irish newspaper alerts Patrick OFlaherty that after leaving his lodgings he must return and pay due rent or be publicly advertised. The brief warns of a future advertisement if he fails to respond.
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Florida Editor Lost Ninety Seven Chickens In One Night
A Florida editor reported a theft of ninety seven chickens all of the Hancock breed in a single night. Investigators catalog the loss as poultry theft with no further suspects named.
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Hancocks
New York Commercial Advertiser
Sheridan and Hancock Clash Over Jury Law in Louisiana
The text contrasts General Philip Sheridan and General Henry Hancock over voting and jury qualifications in Louisiana. Sheridan’s 1867 order tied juror eligibility to congressional voter registration, while Hancock revoked it asserting state sovereignty and limits on military power, aligning with postwar Southern resistance to federal civil rights enforcement.
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Fifth Military District
Republicans Predict Large Indiana Victory This Fall
In Terre Haute the Express asserts Republicans expect a sizable Indiana victory. It states that even among business Republicans the Nationals will vote straight Republican, promising a Democratic defeat by at least 10,000 votes this fall.
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