Grounded News Snippets From An Eccentric 1882 Mosaic
Chicago fixes a day for underground telegraph wires. A Boston Public Library book returned after over 20 years. Garb of patriotism on Saratoga hotel piazzas with "God save our President." Cincinnati Commercial acknowledges Cook fund receipts of $734.86 from 73,486 contributors. A Mississippi Republican paper debuts amid prior large GOP support. Garfield farewell prompts imperial concern. Navy lines and ironclads lag in speed. Industrial safety reforms target rotten boilers after deaths. Batley worker sentenced for using wrecked iron. July immigration to the U S from Scandinavia surges. Ennis at Naval Observatory speculates comets tails are electric light. A bald eagle abducts a child but is shot away. England must buy large wheat cargoes. France also short. Patsy Garrett hailed after killing Billy the Kid. fundraising underway. Montreal tax exemptions for churches and benevolents debated. Bergamo Italian bread diet linked to epidemics. public kitchens proposed. London Lord Mayor attends Methodist church. Dan Rice's circus roots in jockeying. Kentucky Senate leans Republican. Niagara Falls electric light shines both sides. Treasury to curb coin clipping. public to avoid clipped money. Hancock cites Agnew as fine surgeon. Victoria and Garfield dispatch contrasts. Lucretia Garfield signs reply. Texas Governor Roberts, 60, frugal dresser and corn-cob smoker. New York photographers pin noses: women left, men right.
Chaplain Collier Attends Lake Side Rally for Foster
Chaplain Collier a renowned Methodist minister and five chaplains in an Ohio regiment during the war attend at Lake Side. He supports Governor Foster and the Republican ticket. The article notes no reduction in the religion or temperance qualities of such men.
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Chaplain Collier
Ohio
Lake Side
Foster
General Leslie Combs Dies at Lexington Kentucky
General Leslie Combs died in Lexington Kentucky on a Monday. Born November 29 1795 he was a prominent Kentucky figure for over fifty years. He represented Kentucky at the Harrisburg convention in 1846 and supported Clay for President. During the Civil War he remained a staunch Union man.
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Leslie Combs
Lexington
Kentucky
Harrisburg
Clay
Pocketwalter at union picnic sparks Ohio Democratic chatter
Mr Pocketwalter courted working men by attending a trade union picnic at Lookout House in Cincinnati and dancing with the girls. Some old fashioned Ohio Democrats call his conduct undignified and predict he will waltz from the campaign into obscurity at the election.
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Pocketwalter
Lookout House
Cincinnati
Ohio
Prophets Correct on Delaware Peach Crop Outlook
The Delaware peach yield is expected to be very light, not more than 100000 baskets, a sharp drop from last year's 2,000,000 baskets by the Delaware Railroad. The buds survived the freezing weather that killed many early blossoms, providing some consolation for growers.
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Delaware Railroad
Buttermilk Gains Favor As Wholesome Summer Drink
Buttermilk, a fashionable beverage in large cities, is praised for its medicinal properties. It helps dyspepsia, nervousness, and sleeplessness, and is described as especially wholesome for those who enjoy the taste, though some may never acquire it.
Decline of Greenback strength in Ohio politics observed
Five years after Mahoning county stood as a Greenback stronghold only twenty two representatives gathered for a county convention to nominate a ticket showing the party's decay. The era of specie resumption and debt refunding plus national prosperity have erased Greenback influence in Ohio and nationally. Police shooting of fleeing suspects and a Pickens county Alabama case provoke calls to condemn murder over theft as in civilized societies.
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Mahoning County
Greenback Party
Ohio
Greenback
Wayside Well Reflects a Master's Moment in Passing
Walter Lenard’s verse recalls a landowner’s pause beside a cool wayside well. A coach stops as the master leans to drink, viewing a sunlit, carefree farmer’s boy in the water’s reflection. The scene blends rustic charm with quiet introspection, ending on an unspoken mystery.
The Luckiest Conductor and the Lesson of Drink
A railroad conductor named Harry Rowland reflects on his wife Nellie's warning about his drinking. After a wreck and a near fatal fall, his buddy Phil Cotton helps him survive, and Harry vows to quit drinking forever. The supervisor spares him, assigns Phil to a train, and Harry returns to duty later a changed man with a limp and a sober mind.
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Harry
Nellie
Mole Hills
Rowland
Phil Cotton
Harry Rowand
An Unknown Quantity In Ohio Politics By Murat Halstead
Interview quotes Mr Bookwalter as an unknown quantity in Ohio politics. Describes him as a prosperous merchant with cultivated tastes who has not embraced party principles. Accuses him of bourbonism rhetoric and voting for Hancock out of spite toward Garfield. Predicts a standard Democratic showing.
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Murat Halstead
Bookwalter
Ohio
Hancock
Garfield
Shifting Voter Population Ratios in Baltimore Gazette View
The Baltimore Gazette notes changes in the voter population ratio over time. It cites factors such as African American suffrage, smaller family sizes, later marriages, and more bachelors in cities as reducing the traditional one to five proportion. The piece argues practical tests with hundreds of voters would confirm this trend.
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Baltimore Gazette
Fragmentary Ole Miss note hints at a domestic request
A fragmentary historical note from Michigan sources contains a request: send by the first a pound of sugar, a baking brush, five pounds coffee, and some little nails, plus two padlocks. It mentions a wife delivering a baby last night.
Town a nd man slips and frost in old columns
A collage of humorous quips and domestic tips from various papers recounts slips of men and towns, eccentric sayings, and practical advice. It weaves jokes about elections and fashion with recipes, gardening hints, and horse care, reflecting a lively 19th century miscellany.
Woman’s final Eastward journey foretold at depot hotel
In a dim room at the depot hotel a dying woman senses she will never travel East again. Her nurse and a visiting man recall their shared life as she speaks of the baby lost sixteen years earlier and declares she will go East with the child. The next morning the man watches the white box on the platform as the train pulls away, believing she reached the East before him.
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Nell
Hiram
Arthur
Detroit
Accident in Broadway barber shop injures customer
A barber shop chair malfunction caused a razor wound to a customer yesterday. The chair tilted unexpectedly while a shave was underway, cutting under the jaw near the windpipe. The bleeding was stopped without a physician, and the unnamed customer left for home in faint condition.
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Broadway
Guish
Lewis
Bone Fertilizers From Animal Remains For Garden Use
Farmers and gardeners can profit from bone based fertilizers obtained from butchered remains. Ground bones ease soil enrichment for trees grapes and turnips. methods include direct burying in large quantities in borders and under trees, crushing softened bones with simple tools, or fermenting bones in compost with wood ashes or garden soil to boost potash and microbial heat.
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J. AF. Poster
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W. C. Hastings
M. D
Swineford's
van Wert
South Wall Street
C. HK. Stemen
W. H. Christopher
A. N. Krout
MecKim's
Union Block
Vulilo
South Street
Dr. Krout
Georgiana O. Glene
Sunshall
West Main St
K. Woods
D.hy
Washington Street
Bridge
WM. Smith, SR
WM. M. Smith, JR
Smith & Soe
Hill & Wilson's
Main
Jackson Street
Attorneys AT Law
HW. C. Glens
M. Salvyzgaber
Saltzgaber & Gle Wit
Ttorneys
van Werts
MecCurdy’s Block
J.B. Parker
Orney AT Law
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WW. Kemper
Frank P. Edson
Kemper & Edson, Re
Jacobs’ Clothing Store
Gc. B. Wills
I. P. Clare
John Darnell
Clark & Darnell, Atte AT Law
McCurdy
W. J. Beebs
Arcade Block
Jas
L. F. Gackenheimer
Ohio Drug Store
East Main St
L. F. Gackhenheimer
Chicago
Boston Public Library
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Cook Fund
Mississippi
William
Germany
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Trenton
Thomas Hirst
Batley
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Ennis
Naval Observatory
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Sir John’s Island
Canada
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Caird
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Billy the Kid
Garrett
Las Vegas
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Bergamo
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Methodist Church
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Henry Clay
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W.F. Perry
DPD
Collins
Collins & Perry
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S. Swineford’s Sons
Grocers
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East Main Street
McGuffy
M.H. Tuttle
Isaac N. Fine
Fourth Street
T. J. Cole
Farot
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Lima
Inio
Dr. Cole
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Clark & Bouton
Diemer
Columbus
Dayton
South Bend
Baker Grain Drill
South Washington Street
Miami Commercial College
Pickens County
Alabama
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Walter Lenard
Gay
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Harry Rowland
Phil
Hich
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