Democratic State treasurer hopeful E. B. Eshelman named
A long list of brief Yorba Linda style vignettes and items follows. Notable mentions include E. B. Eshelman of Wooster Ohio as a Democratic State treasurer hopeful, Kadg Kring a St. Louis murderer on sixth trial, wage cuts for Nevada fare dealers, Empress Eugenie buying land near Chiselhurst for a burial church, and various quips about politics crime and temperance from across the U.S. and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Eshelman
Wooster, O
Absent minded man wears overcoat yet trousers misfit at church
A Monroe resident attends services with a coat on his arm and discovers his pants are worn with dangling suspenders. A West traveler reports bright crop prospects, rising real estate, and prompt mortgagor payments as winter debts fade. A Pittsburg real estate agent Major George W. Murphy dies by self poisoning after revealing a will to a friend. Desperado John Goshen is killed by buckshot after an encounter with Halewell's son, who was trained to shoot if his father was away. A Philadelphia church experiment uses pot plants donated by attendees to create a garden feel, drawing families and children to worship with no cost beyond the plants.
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Monroe
George W. Murphy
Pittsburg
Benham
Murphy
John Goshen
New Mexico
Goshen
Halewell
Santa Fe
Halowell
Philadelphia
United States
Northwest
McDermitt
Nevada
Winnemucca
Boise City
Central Pacific
Uncle Sam
Wagner
San Francisco
Inter
Cress
Batchelor
Nemo
Sarah Winnemucca
Winnemuccas
Spike
Leutenant
James W. Simonton
New York Associated Press
Academy of Music
Associated Press
Academy
University of Pennsylvania
London
New Orleans
Montreal
William V. McKean
Philadelphia Ledger
Simonton
Telegraph
Marine News
New York Harbor
New York
Chicago
South
Telegraph Company
Washington
Mr. Simonton
Walter
Mijeagre- Simonton
Assoc
Tol
Captain Wagner and the Winnemucca Uprising at McDermitt
At Camp McDermitt Nevada in 1869 Captain Wagner confronted a mutinous plot led by Lieutenant Nemo allied with Winnemucca natives. Wagner arrested Nemo amid a moonrise clash, thwarting a planned massacre and queenly crowning. Sarah Winnemucca later wed Nemo as the episode ended.
Mail Route Furor Demonstrates Star Route Power
A Crow reservation mail route lacking post offices saw daily service briefly restored after Democrat Mat Maginis pressed for it to aid party prospects in the Muscleshell district. The episode involved one circular, a pouch, and repeated back and forth marches to Washington.
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Fort Custer
Montana
Chicago Tribune
Crow Reservation
Washington
Mat’? Maginnis
Maginis
Democratic Party
Democratic Party In ‘‘the Muscleshell
Post Office Department
the Tribune
Corn Fed Hogs Rated Superior In Flavor Debate
The New York Herald notes the State Department circular on American pork, arguing corn fed hogs produce tastier meat than European hogs fed on offal. It contrasts distillery and mast fed pork with corn grown hogs, saying the former are tasteless and woods fed hogs yield softer flesh. The piece likens corn fed American pork to a mountain brook trout compared with liver fed varieties.
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The
New York Herald
State Department
Department
Europe
America
Memphis youth blamed for Southern Confederacy lessons
Minor Lee Meriwether of Memphis Tennessee tells the Cincinnati Gazette that Southern youth are taught to love Jefferson Davis as a great patriot. He argues the youth have learned nothing from history and history records show Davis’s incompetence and jealousy damaged the Confederacy more than any other figure.
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Chicago Tribune
Lee Meriwether
Memphis, Tenn
Cincinnati Gazette
Jeff. Davis
Jefferson Davis
Senators Revisit Old New York Tax Principle
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Senators Conkling and Platt revive a long dormant New York policy on appointing collectors amid calls for uniform import duties. A Botetourt County Virginia resident sent a harsh postal card to Mr. Mahone, prompting a Post Office investigation. The piece ends with a reminder to plan summer travels and social visits.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Conkling and Platt
New York
Congress
Conkling
Botetourt County
Mr. Mahone
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H.kemper
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Bender
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Massilon
W. Kk. Miller
Onto
Peter Houses
Ono
Geneal
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Onl
Benton, Patton & Benton
Louis Schasfer
Upper
Bandusky
Wyandot County
Our County Infirmary
H. Herring
J. Yentzer
WM. M. Baldwin
Commissioners
Landline Smith
W. C. O. Alex
Litle
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Patton
North American
J. Jovinall
J. B. Karg
Wyandot County Bank
Pienon
Wyandot Co Commissioners
W. F. Bowsher
Crane
Fanny Miller
D. S. Miller
L. O. Hulse
Salem
J. W. Senseny
Jos, Marshall
J. Benner
Crane Township
Heny Keller
Rev. L. Keller
Barbers
J. G. Galleher
DD. Collins
Galleher & Collins
Jacob Miller & Son
S. Swineford’s Sons
Grocers
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A. P. McConahay
East Main Street
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van Wert County
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Ohio Drug Store
East Main St
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J. E. Heppeard
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Liberty Township
D. J. Brown
van Wert, Ohio
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