Watervliet Arsenal Opposed in War Bill Debates
Congressional notes show Mills and Brumm clashing over tariff and tax plans while Gorman opposes a gun factory at Watervliet arsenal. Senate discussions cover river and harbor, army appropriations, pension vetoes, and a joint resolution extending 30 days. Fourth of July claims paid. tariff debates continue.
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Watervliet Arsenal
Gorman
House
Messrs
Mills
Brumm
Taylor
Berly
Rebbans
Senate
Mr. Davis
Pensions Committee
Watervleit Arsenal
Sherman
West
Teller
Senate Committees On Commerce
Anderson
Iowa
Union Pacific
Albion Murderer Hanged for Strangling His Wife
George W. Wilson was hanged at 10 15 a m on Wednesday in Albion New York after a largely circumstantial case. Protesting innocence he accused witness Berry Jackson of perjury claiming motives of spite. Authorities found a blood stained towel and concluded Wilson strangled his wife with it in a drunken dispute.
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George W. Wilson
Albion
Berry Jackson
Wilson
Jackson
George W Wilson
Laura
Lenora Thompson
Found His Long Lost Mother at Chicago Convention
Frank R. Goodwin, a California delegate, sought his mother since childhood. In Chicago he learned she was nearby when a patrol wagon carried an elderly woman to the poorhouse. he stopped the wagon and reunited with his mother, then planned to travel to San Francisco. Also, three year old James Hood died after a fall from a third story fire escape at West Fiftieth Street.
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Cuienco
Frank R. Goodwin
Coolwin
Chicago
Barabon
Falo
California
San Francisco
Goodwin
Harrison
New York
James Hood
West Fiftieth Street
Hill
Tammany 112th Independence Day Celebration in New York
The Tammany Society observed the 112th anniversary of American independence at the Academy of Music with crowded attendance. Grand officials and prominent figures including James A. Flack Bourbon Cochran and George H. Foster joined in patriotic ceremonies as Grover Cleveland and Governor Hill sent letters of regret and praise for the celebration. other governors and dignitaries conveyed their regrets and support.
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Tammany Braves
Cleveland
Society of Tammany Or
Columbian Order
Academy of Music
Tammany Hall
James A. Flack
Sheriff Grant
Commissioner Crocker
Sociery
Gilroy
James A
Tammany Society
Republic
Friends of
Grover Cleveland
Hill
State of New York
Avspany
N. Y
Binghamton
Davin B Arne
New York
Thomas Gray
Alabama
E. E. Jackson
Maryland
G. 2B. Buckner
Kentucky
Fitzy Uugh Lee
Viriuia
EW. Wilson
West
Nirsania
J. GB. Rowhardson
South Cairo
John Clinton
Edward Murphy, Jr
New York State Committee
Dennis O'Brien
New York State
I. G. Butler
St. Loui
Henry Watterson
Louisvilla
Moby
Carusis
Kenstucky
Fi. Liairn
Suet” Cox
Bourke Cochran
Con
Shorthand Writers and the Pitfalls of Verbatim Reporting
James W. Clarke argues that pure stenographic skill fails without broad reading and historical knowledge. He illustrates how lacking exposure to anti-revolutionary history and classical sources leads to grotesque spelling errors and misrendered quotations. The piece stresses that intelligence and wide reading are essential to faithful transcription.
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Virginia
New York
Delaware
United States
Bill Nye
Townshend
Sharpe
Maryland
Montagu
South Carolina
Gadsden
Laurens
Rutledge
Lynch
Pinckney
Lawrence
Routledge
Joseph Cook
Amicus Plato
Amicus Socrates
Major Veritas
Cesar
Plato
Socrates
Major Verrytus
Maj. Verrytus
Boston
James W. Clarke
Forgetful singer prompted by audience at London theatre
A London theatre audience helped a famous performer recover after forgetting the opening line of a song during a performance. John Henry Johnator paused, admitted the lapse, and the crowd prompted him until he sang the number correctly, drawing hearty applause. The note adds that the U.S. Army has thirty four chaplains for twenty five thousand soldiers.
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London
Gods
Shilleiah
John Ilenry
Johnstone
Charade and Puzzles from The WHOLE No 89 90 91 92 93
An excerpt presents a series of charads and word games from The WHOLE magazine, including No 89 Syncopations, No 90 Hour Glass, No 91 Mathematical Puzzle, No 92 Word Building, and No 93 The Grasping Landlord, with riddles, acrostics, and letter tricks embedded in archaic prose.
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United States
South America
Riddles and Puzzles from a Long-Dead Paper Page
A collage of brain teasers and verse snippets. Items include an eight apple trees versus ten pear trees fencing puzzle, rhyming wordplay, a naval epaulet joke, orthography note, and scattered conundrums with answers. Contains historical slang and garbled OCR.
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Drisboto
Dripe
Dimit Stoveli Heid
Palir
Kiev
Jonah
RidMe
Cowper
Napoleon
United
Epon
Paine
Wells, Richardson & Coo
Burlington, VT
Browtle
Nelson Greenland
Exchange Block
Exchange Hotel
Warken, Pa
W. H. Pickett & CO
Orton A. Jamieson & Co
Dewett
Steve Ranges
Syracuse
Gale
American Saw Co
Warren, Pa
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Peter Greenland’s
Water Street
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High Street
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Laurel
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