Appointing Harrisburg Committees Faces Crucial Test
The legislature adjourns to form fair districts amid partisan splits. Democrats and allied independents pledge honest apportionment. Presiding officers, two young Philadelphia leaders, must shape committees on finance ways and means railroads corporations and reform to steer Pennsylvania policy this winter.
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Senate
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Farnec
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Lanetnter Initelligenter, Fan
Grant Indifference Seen In Theater Crowd
A New York observer notes Grant in Booths theatre seated in full view yet hardly noticed by the audience. He recalls the former general’s rise and current obscurity, contrasts with Lincoln’s era, and cites a public sense of diminished importance. The piece also criticizes a Canadian grain cross-border bill as aiding mills and the rich. Buffalo Telegraph.
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Leter
Grant
Booth
Modjeska
Tom Smith
Dick Brown
Botn Houses
Congress
Bupale Telegraph
Leonie Leon Gambetta Scandal Ties to Parisians Death
The New York dispatch claims Gambetta was killed by a well known Parisian woman using the pseudonym Leonie Leon. It details her affair with Gambetta from 1868, his reluctance to marry, and their turbulent relationship culminating in the pistol shot that killed him. Also noted is a man named Alcomos alleged to cure catarrh with alcohol vapor. A political panic over a proposed constitutional ban on alcohol is mentioned.
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Paris
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Leonie
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Dresden
Leon Muassubie Et la Dame
Sle
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New York
Bergfels
Baptist Church
Lyers Farms
Newark Nickle Plating Company
Lyons Farm
Horrible Suspicion Haunts Deaths Of Gambeta And Skobeleff
A Brewis dispatch notes the death of Gambetta and Skobeleff during tense European politics. Both deaths are linked to fear and mystery with unproved suspicions of involvement by women. The piece also recounts anecdotes of publishers and a fast Boston wedding with a floral yoke above the bridal pair.
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Boston
Defalcation Rumor Hits Tennessee Treasurer Polk
Nashville reports a treasury deficit sparks a scandal as Treasurer M T Polk, a West Point graduate and Confederate veteran, is alleged to be a defaulter by about 400000. Bondsmen doubt treasury solvency and call for an immediate audit with assets to be seized. Polk, 51, with a prominent political family background, has served six years.
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Polk
West Point
Tlewis
Shiloh
Disheartening Trade Outlook Drops Mills Idle in Philadelphia
It is estimated that 10 000 looms and 200 000 spindles sit idle in cotton and woolen mills around Philadelphia due to weak trade. Five to six thousand operatives idle, with many others on reduced wages or shortened hours. A mill owner predicts continued closures until labor prices drop or product demand improves. The report also mentions a series of local anecdotes and jokes from the era.
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Philadelphia
Why Not Paint Your House This Season
An advertisement offers ready to use pure-mized paint at $1,235 per gulios claiming market parity. It promotes Johnson's prepared kalsomine in all colors, white lead, and painters materials. The notice is from G. Noyes, Druggist and Satinge, Warren.
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Itfree
Noriak
Fortun
Boya
Irk
AL Galley & CO
Portland
Maine
Electrical Belts and Tonics Offered in Trial.
Thirty day trial promotion promotes Dr Dye's celebrated electro voltaic belts for nervous debility vitality and glandular restoration. Also ads for Schiloh's and Bic Belt Co remedies with claims of relief for constipation dyspepsia throat and bronchial issues. Local post office employment changes noted with E B Benedict and Case transfers.
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Bic Belt Co
Mirshal
Mick
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