Bonanza King Mackay Eludes Early Education Defects
In New York City a small real estate ownership pool is noted amid vast population. The piece mentions Mackay the bonanza king striving to study late, Judge Foraker named by the U S Circuit Court to aid a railroad receiver, and various social and political snippets including a Jacksonville merchant selling instruments to colored families and a Danish emigrant with portraits woven on a blanket.
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Mackay
Jacksonville
Fla
Common Pleas Court
Celina
van Wert
Abrams and Observations on Politics and Society
Hewitt visits Turkey noting diplomacy and stereotypes. A Chicago woman imagines every man loves her while Ohio’s Professor Zedaker is imagined by a woman as beloved by all. The Democratic party faces Mormonism, while Britain built 2,250,000 houses in forty years. Miss Emily Thomson wed Napoleon Ainsworth, a Choctaw lawyer, in Roanoke Va. Frank James roams Gallatin with his wife as a negro is jailed for theft. U S military strength is praised. Brooklyn seeks the next convention, Cincinnati near population center.
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Chicago
Ohio
Zedaker
Stranger Notes on Agriculture and Politics from a Turbulent Era
A compact survey touches Western prosperity amid short crops and rising wealth. compares to Irish crimes and Fenian fears. It recounts a Lexington capias prank involving a large minister, quotes Joseph Medill on wages, thrift, and temperance, and records General Sherman as a favored Republican presidential possibility per a Washington reporter.
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Joseph Medill
Senate
New York
Van Wert Containing Its Mercantile and Manufacturing Interests
Cor. of the Toledo Commercial Telegram describes Van Wert Ohio as a growing county seat of 6000 residents with expanding rail links and a strong market for lumber. It notes ambitious architecture, several manufacturing works, a $125000 courthouse, two brick schoolhouses with 1000+ pupils, and calls for a modern hotel and improved direct Toledo access.
Notable Civil War Generals Still Active in Politics and Life
The Boston Advertiser’s Washington correspondent surveys Civil War figures in Congress and public life. Sherman at 64, Sheridan at 51, McClellan, Rosecrans, Hawley, Logan, Slocum, Sickles and others are profiled by age, wealth, and roles. A curious case in Elizabeth, New Jersey involves Samuel Morgan whose amputated arm caused phantom sensations until exhumed and reburied.
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Boston Advertiser
Congress
California
Hawley
Logan
Rosecrans
Slocum
Brooklyn
Sickles
New York
Stoneman
Fremont
Jessie Benton Fremont
Don Carlos Buell
Kentucky
Banks
Terry
Sheridan
Elizabeth
N. J
Samuel Morgan
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