The Tariff on Potatoes Absurd Views Refuted
A New York Tribune interview with a potato dealer argues that a fifteen cent tariff keeps American potatoes profitable. Without the duty, European imports would flood the market, threatening prices and livelihoods for farmers in Long Island and beyond. The piece notes broader fear of dependence on foreign goods for food and essentials if tariffs are removed.
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New York
Nhe Tribune
Scotland
England
Ireland
Belgium
Germany
Denmark
Long Island
America
Great Britain
Canada
A Novel Complaint as Democratic Economics Perceived
Senior Sherman objects to Democratic administration accusing it of stinginess and waste. He links bills and pensions to a treasury surplus, while critics say high taxes persist but the public dislikes spendthrift Democrats. The piece notes a native reform impulse from Plymouth to Maryland and beyond, citing Jefferson and Jackson, with praise for leaders aligned with working people.
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Sherman
Plymouth
Maryland
Charles
Mate Ng George
Jefferson
Jackson
New York Star
Protect the Forests and the Lumber Tax Debate
A Michigan farmer quotes against timber duties arguing that removing the tax would lower lumber prices and curb Canadian labor inflow, aiding Michigan forests. The essay cites forest wealth and prudent management as better outcomes for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan Woods
Canada
Michigan
Michigan Farmer
Chicago Tribune
Sherman and Arthur in the presidential shadow war
The piece criticizes Senator Sherman for his attacks on Cleveland and praises Chester A. Arthur as a model gentleman. It notes Sherman's role in Hayes era politics, his removal of Arthur, and Arthur’s rise to the presidency. The blow is aimed at Sherman's judgment of leaders and his political trajectory.
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John Sherman
Lowell
Cleveland
Chester Aa
Arthur
Nijeman
Hayes
Sherman
Treasury
Chester A. Arthur
Port of
New York
Roscoe Conkling
S Aly
Banque
Ian
Chicago Herald
A Sad Spectacle
Jour Sherman tells the New York Republicans one term of Democratic rule is punishment enough. Sherman will continue to denounce Democrats as he did before. The Ohio senator is described as a statesman dead to the political world and unaware of it.
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Jour Shernan
New York
Republticans
Ty Mgr
Sherman
Ohio
Philadelphis
Libby Prison relics spark vivid war memory lecture plan
Libby and Tuttle would stage a bloody shirt lecture tour using Libby prison relics to revive Civil War memories with the fiery energy of John Sherman speeches, as suggested by the Chicago Herald. The idea aims to stir public interest and recall wartime events through dramatic displays.
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Libby
Gen. Tuttle
Tuttle
John Sherman
Chicago Herald
Irony Tied to Jol Sherman at Republican Banquets
A New York Sun clipping notes the subtle irony that Jol Sherman, friend of the late Eliza Pinkston, is repeatedly called upon at Republican banquets to respond to a toast, “A Free Balint and a Pair Coun,” illustrating a recurring ceremonial duty amid political circles.
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Jol Sherman
Eliza Pinkston
New York Sun
Silence The Wisest Course by Wanene City Times
The Wanene City Times argues General Sherman had free speech but should avoid calling a fellow man an old windbag. It urges the garrulous general to maintain discretion and preserve a discreet silence on public debate.
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Gen. Sherman
Wanene City Times
Sheridan and Burchard clash over Sherman era politics
In a pair of pages from different papers the feud centers on John Sherman and party alignments. The Missouri Republican mocks a ticket called Sheridan the Shits and Pensions for Everybody as an unwinnable platform, while the New York Telegram notes Bard Work’s silence and the Louisville Courier Journal reports Sherman speaking too much.
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Down Town
Busness
New York Evening Sun
Burchard
John Sherman
New York Telegram
Sherman
Louisville
Jouragal
Evarts Lincoln Dinner Question Sparks Party Rhetoric
At a Lincoln dinner William M. Evarts asked what the Republicans must explain away. The exchange touched on Reconstruction failures, Grant era swindles, Hayes frauds, Garfield quarrels, and Arthur’s comparatively respectable administration. The remarks spotlight party accountability.
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William Evarts
Lincoln
William M. Evarts
Republican Party
Mr. Evarts
Evarts
Grant
Hayes
Mr. Wyvarts
Garfield
Arthur
Reaven
Neckties and Gloves Offer Bright Summer Styles Price Range
Seasonal note highlights bright neckties and silk four in hands priced from $1 to $1.50. Summer stock shrinks in winter, with out-of-season shirts and light shaded wear that soils easily, plus novel ties in silk suspenders and silver buckles priced $3 to $10. Evening gloves for dances noted as perspiration concerns.
Statement on Lamar age and voting in 19th century politics
The record shows Lamar is about 67 years old as Republican charges claim. He is accused of not voting the same ticket as Mahone and Mosby, reflecting party alignment disputes in that era.
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Lamar
Mahone
Mosby
St. Louis
A Newsboy's Extravagant Plans Hit the Bank
A Boston Record item shows a ragged newsboy visiting a private city bank daily to sell papers and explain his savings. He boasts of five dollars saved and outlines theatre trips and a ward picnic as future spends, revealing a frank, humorous portrait of a boy’s ambitions and hardships.
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Boston
A Shrewd American Belle and a Chequered Diplomatic Dream
Adam Badeau in the Boston Herald recalls a near venture to appoint an American to the Washington legation. Lord Henry sought a diplomatic post to win the wealthy American woman known for charming coronets, but Beaconsfield could not disrupt Thornton. The scheme failed, yet the tale hints at imagined rank and prestige among the diplomatic corps.
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Washington
Beaconsfield
Henry
Lord Henry
la Belle Americaine
Thornton
Adam Badeaun
Boston Herald
Countries Doomed to Absorption in The Fortnightly
Dilke argues in The Fortnightly that Belgium faces absorption by larger powers as Europe reorganizes. He foresees Germany seeking seacoast access westward while Belgium becomes a corridor between France and Germany, with Russia likely absorbing southern principalities. The piece critiques narrow patriotism and urges broader view beyond small-state fixation.
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Dilke
Belgium
England
Europe
France
Bismarck
Germany
Russia
Frederick
Ferdinand
George
Milan
Italy
Society Woman Eats In Washington Grand Round
Fuller Walker notes a New York society woman dining in a Washington mansion. She boasts of an excellent appetite after a luncheon at Mrs Senator McPhersons and mentions bouquets, roses, and a forthcoming dinner with Mrs Whitney. She travels between receptions while remaining in good health.
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New York
Washington
Senator McPherson
Law and the Rich Man Pig Trick
A tale from the New York Sun contrasts law and wealth as a poor debtor with one pig is aided by a creditor who lends another pig, only for the creditor to seize the original pig via attachment. The scene unfolds east of a poor man who owns a fat hog and owes a rich map. The trick ends with the constable attaching the pig, satisfying law and the rich man.
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New York
Bank for Wine Growers in California Proposed by Viticulturists
A San Francisco correspondent reports prominent California wine growers plan a bank whose stockholders will be wine producers. It will engage in general banking with loans secured by wine, aided by a connected storage cellar. A swinemaker could borrow ten cents per gallon to avoid selling wine at a loss.
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San Francisco
California
New York Tribune
Old Clock of St. Quentins To Be Repaired
The 550 year old clock of St. Quentins in Mayence has fallen out of order after regularly striking the hours. After repairs are made, it is hoped the clock will continue to function for another five centuries.
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St. Quentins
Mayence
Hay
New York Tribune
Central Ave
Cincinnati
Rosette St
New Haven
EuMa T. Crane
Athlophorgs CO
Wall St. N
Milk takes de scant ty ev' ything what's set nigh hit
Milk warns against trusting folks who answer yes and urges caution with every word.
Nightingale on music and pounding piano
Florence Nightingale condemns the piano recital as harsh and unmusical. She praises singing and fiddling, complains of a young pianist's aggressive technique, and likens the performance to a chaotic stampede of animals.
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Dr. Holmes
Florence Nightingale
Japan Adopts Standard Time Across Nation
The Japan Mail reports Japan will adopt a single standard time from January 1 to align with a railway age and to follow a Greenwich based standard. Akashi at 155 degrees east will mark the reference, making standard time nine hours ahead of Greenwich. Clocks in Fukohama and Tokyo must be set back about nineteen minutes at midnight on December 31 to sync with mean time.
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Japan
Akashi
Greenwich
Fukohama
Tokio
Japan Mail
Burdette Describes Aims Of An Ideal Old Man
In a New York Star piece Burdette muses on aging wishing for a bay window frame of sight reach a wheezy pace and floury mustache. He envisions a stout coat bold lapels a bell like seal on a watch chain and a white hair finale as the portrait of the ideal elderly man.
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Burdette
New York Star
Syndicate Forms Among German Wire Nail Makers
A proposed German wire nail syndicate brings together most Upper Silesia Westphalia Saxony and southern Germany groups to stabilize prices and trade. The aim is not high prices but steadier supply, with a Berlin home market bureau and Hamm export bureau planned and financing under way with Berlin banks. Annual trade turnover is about £1,000,000 and domestic consumption reaches 66,000 tons with 48,000 tons exported.
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Upper Silesia
Westphalia
Saxony
Germany
Berlin
Hamm
London
Governor Hill the Athlete in the Governor’s Mansion
The New York Sun describes Governor David Bennett Hill as stocky and healthy with broad shoulders. He enjoys outdoor sports and keeps a rowing machine pulley bars trapeze and a suspended bag for workouts. Boxing gloves and dumbbells litter the floor as friends eagerly use his exercise equipment. He is noted as a skilled boxer though his sparring is described as harmless.
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Governor Hill
David Bennett Hill
Executive
Barnat
Elmira
New York Sun
Congress of Nations type scene in a Los Angeles home
A New York Sun caption describes a staged photograph in Los Angeles showing six servants of an American lady. Two maids, Welsh and Scotch, balance on a wheelbarrow while the cook, gardener, groom, and another named Cane pose behind. The mistress calls the gathering a Congress of Nations.
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Congress of Nations
Los Angeles
New York Sun
Local Railway Office At Buffalo
General Superintendent Gatchell and General Passenger and Ticket Agents address a note from 8 Exchange Street Buffalo. Agent at Wear Ten Pa listed. Read as an internal railway memo with officer names and locations.
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Gatchell
Fellows General
Exchange Street
Buffalo
Sliefford
Wear Ten
Local fragment hints at Erie region weather note
A partial OCR snippet mentions afternoon conditions near Erie with unreadable details. The readable bits indicate a weather reference but lack concrete data such as time, measurements, or forecast specifics. Further text is required to identify events, entities, or outcomes.
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Mr. Sherman
J. Madison Wells
Jim Anderson
Mirga Pinkston
Louisiana
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Saturn
Holmes
Bardette
the People's Column
North Warren
Christopifer Lessler
Sheffield
G. R. Wood
Post
Léger
Reed Bros
Warren, Pa
Siti
CG. H. Morris
Newark
Ark
Dr.King
Jesse Middlewart
Decatur
Dr. King
Merck Drug Store
Glade Township
Werren
C. Lessler
W. C Holmes
Broadway
Namie
Hoxsie
Morck
John Berbigier
Warren
Tobias Mullen
Erie
Bereta
H. F. Andrews
McMillin
H. F. Anarene & Co
I. F. Andrews
D. i. McBill
M. Garland
J. M. Thorburn & CO
John Street
Thorburn
L. G. Noyes
A. Ruhi- Tran YE
Wyroan & Davis
Woolford
G. Noyes
Buhlman’s
Bartsch
Water St
Diamond Block
Ooi
Oil City
Eapons
Eagle Rock
Tionesta
Be Ickory
Tranbeyville Tidioute
Kingna
TAL MP
MA. P
Bradford
Kinzua
Anita
Corydon
Lee Ie
Onoville
Wolf Ru
South Carroltan
South Vandalia i
Gail
Olean
Mia
UM Wy
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W. ON
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Allegheny Valley and
Pittsburgh
Aw Dunkirk
Fredonia
Aone
Asada
Clairvill
Ross’ Mill
Falconer
Junction
Frewsburg
Ai ‘Entonville
Ackley
Russe
Irvine
Ais
Ungsville
Pittsfield
M.S. Railroad
Lak
Jamestown
C. A. Clute
L. T. Bishop
Philadelphia & Erif
Pennsylvania Railroad
P, & E. Division
TapLe
Shefield
Ridgway
Ridge
Oil Express
Erie Mail
Sunbury
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Phocniclphis
Baltimore
Pulman
Williamsport
Kanes Fi
M—Erie Mail
Erie Express
Philadelpha
Pullman
Phelphia
Pesenger Coushea
Kane
Warrren
Warren Express
Il Express
Chas. E. Eee
Ib Wood
Gen'l Pas
Arren and Frankworth Railroad
P &E
Titusville
Garland
P. de E.R. &. Isom Ridgway
Vandermill
Dunham’s Mill
Dunham's Mill
Clarendone
A. D. Wood
Tionesta Valley
R. R. Co
Metable
North South
Burg
Legheu
P&e
Efield
J. Rey Crary
Bern
Ayer & Sow
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