General Grant Dead at Mount McGregor
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant died at Mt. McGregor on Thursday morning July 23 at 8 a.m. The general’s life waned with stoic acceptance. He completed his memoir and wished relief from suffering. his wife Mrs. Grant showed quiet courage. The obituary reflects on his leadership, burden bearing, and the nation’s reverence for a man who steered through crisis with genius.
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Grant
Mt. McGregor
Gen. Grant
Fle
Betorne
Contrast in 1885 shows office seekers and real appointments
The piece contrasts Republican claims of hungry democrats seeking offices with President Cleveland's inauguration. It notes Postmaster General Vilas plans to mail circulars to Democratic congressmen asking for suitable names for post office jobs, illustrating a shift from partisan bias to practical appointment steps.
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Grover Cleveland
Washington
Cleveland
Vilas
Political Shifts in Warren County Postmaster and Appointments
The text notes a purge of Democrats from Warren County offices after Lincoln's inauguration, with Republicans seizing posts and keeping control into Cleveland's administration. It highlights a Democratic postmaster removed on April 15 and no Democrats retained in local offices within three months, contrasting with continued Republican appointments and a partisan deputy revenue collector.
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Lincoln
Grover Cleveland
Warren County
Malcom Hay for Governor in Democratic Prospect
The Wilkesbarre Leader argues Malcom Hay is the ideal Democratic candidate to succeed the term-limited Pennsylvania governor. It asserts a bright 1884 election outlook, outlines strategic benefits of a Hay nomination, notes Hay’s health improvement after leaving the Assistant Postmaster Generalship, and comments on party dynamics and state issues.
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Pennsylvania
Malcom Hay
Hay
Congress
Republican tensions and Warren growth noted in era dispatch
In news from Ohio and the South, Republican frictions over Prohibition mix with party reshuffles in Salamanca where Cons. E. Gatizener becomes postmaster and Webber is suspended. Warren shows steady growth with stable employment, trade, and cautious prosperity amid a dull year. Minnesota wheat costs are analyzed by Dalrymple and Gilbert, showing per bushel costs around 88 cents with yields of 16 bushels per acre and cost variances due to farm practices.
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Salamanca
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Gallagher
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New York State
Minnesota
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Gilbert
Minnesota Farmers’ Costs Compared To Bonanza Wheat Farming
The passage notes a gap between the machinery and facilities available to a few farmers like Mr Dalrymple and the more modest means of the average Minnesota farmer. It attributes the typical cost estimate to Mr Gilbert, suggesting actual costs are slightly higher than his 43 cent figure.
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Gilbert
Minnesota
Anti-Potato-Bug Plant Experiment Described
A Vick s Monthly writer recalls planting perennial larkspurs Delphinium Sormosum beside a potato field. He notes potato beetles die after nibbling larkspur and suggests beetles move on to other Solanum crops fitting a theory of cross crop pest behavior. He plans further experiments next summer.
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Vick’s Monthly
Solanum
A Disappointing Judge in Chicago Liquor Case
Judge Reading arraigned liquor dealers for selling to minors and spoke at length on the law's reach. He warned that selling harms society, then denied the defendants the license to supply alcohol to youths. He emphasized that they may not allow children to drink until age 21.
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Chicago
Hig Honor
The Latest Garters Joke Across The Street
A humorous exchange where a wife asks about the latest garters and a husband jokes that the latest is legs, leading to a chilly dinner as he treats her to ice cream.
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Jim
Senator Blackburn Opposes Civil Service Reform
A Louisville Commercial interview quotes Senator Blackburn declaring civil service reform a fraud. He says he is among seventeen Democrats who would vote against it and would repeal it. He advocates removing Republican office-holders, regardless of their record, and replacing them with Democrats.
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Grosvenor
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Blackburn
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Excusing Mrs Hayes on her nomination claim
The World claims Lucy Webb Hayes was nominated by a Woman's Rights paper to a presidency she did not win and that she was secondary to her husband. Mrs Hayes responds that the insinuation is false and notes the husband actually played second in the White House, a point widely known.
Duty of a Political Editor to Defend Unworthy Candidate
Indiana editors debated whether a political editor should defend an unworthy candidate. They concluded the duty depends on the value of the county printing and its usefulness to the public.
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Indiana
Outdoor sports season brings hay fever relief ad
An old newspaper ad advises Ely's Cream Balm for hay fever and rose cold sufferers and promotes Dr Kennedy's Favorite Remedy to purify blood and renew vitality in all ages. It also notes the general trouble of seasonal allergies and the disappointment of symptoms for three or four months.
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Ely
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