Indiana changes name to October State and political notes
Varnes Ledger reports Indiana is no longer an October State after a large majority approved constitutional amendments. It notes Minnesota's governor appointing General A. J. Edgarton as U.S. Senator, Mahone’s political stance, possible mid May congressional adjournment, and a tied Senate with the vice president deciding Republican control. Garfield nominates Stanley Matthews for Supreme Court, Wickersham is replaced by Dr. Higbee, and Russia’s Alexander III is discussed amid reforms.
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Stanley Matthews
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Mr. Slayes
Senate
Manhattan Club Banquet Honors Gen Hancock in New York
The Manhattan Club in New York hosted a grand dinner for Gen. Hancock with leading Democrats, bankers, and merchants in attendance. Speakers praised his war record and multiple political roles while reaffirming Democratic principles of hard money, free ships, and free trade amid reflections on past campaigns.
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New York
Hancock
McClelland
Cooper
Fitz John Porter
Dorsheimer
Wm. LL. Scott
Vanderpoel
Congress
Haneogsk
Cincinnati
Schell
Tilden
Democratic Party
Hoffman
Gov
Seymour
Ile
Wolfe's Good Work in Riot Bill Convictions
The New York Sun comments on the Pennsylvania Riot bill prosecutions and pardons. It notes the convicted lobbyists failed to avert punishment, and a new Riot bill is thwarted in committee. The piece hopes the offenders from Allegheny County era atone for past lobbying harms.
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Pennsylvania
Board of Pardons
Commonwealth
Allegheny County
New York Sun
Banks Pressuring Circulation With Government Bond Issue
A Pittsburgh Post analysis argues the Treasury's refusal to return legal tenders and accept bank bonds as security risks banking power. It cites New York currency withdrawals causing daily costs and a multi‑million loss to fund treasury programs, warning banks may curb business confidence and trigger future panics.
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Pittsburgh Post
Treasury Department
Thay
New York
Treasury
Congress
Murder of the Czar of Russia remembered in 1881 tragedy
The 1881 assassination of Emperor Alexander II in Saint Petersburg is recounted with details of the bombings, immediate deaths and injuries, arrests, and public mourning. It notes Nihilist suspects, imperial response, and a manifesto from the new ruler, while citing U.S. diplomatic sympathy from Secretary Blaine.
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Winter Palace
Michael
Czarewich
Dlaine
Foster
Poster
St. Petersburg
Atfars
United States
Blaine
Legation
Russia
Alexander Lil
Czar
Poland
Grand Duke
Finland
Alexander II
Russian Empire
Nicolai Alexandrovitch
Winter's awful severity of the northwest winter
Report from Chicago dated March 9 describes a severity of winter across Minnesota Dakota and western territories unseen in living memory. Snowdrifts devastate rail lines bury depots and houses and trigger fuel shortages with prices rising. Cattle losses exceed 400000 head valued at 8 to 10 million dollars across Nebraska and northern plains as cattle die from starvation and cold.
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Minnesota
Dakota
Northwest
Wisconsin
Missouri River
Rocky Mountains
Sidney
North Platte
Union Pacific
Nebraska
Colorado
North Plate
Loup
Niobrara
Black Hills
Niobrara Ranges
Antelope Creek
Platte
South Platte
Republican
Kansas
Missouri
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Badger
Edson Brothers Advertising Patent Instructions Note
Edson Brothers of Washington D C offers free instruction and references to inventors and patentees. The text notes a Texas farmer George Arnold who, fearing rabies after a dog bite, chained himself to a tree with a twelve foot chain, wrote a farewell letter, and died two days later with evidence of hydrophobia.
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George Arnold
Texas
Marvelous cure advertised with nasal injector included
An 19th century advertisement touts a cure for entarch diptheria canker mouth and headache. Each bottle includes an ingenious nasal injector at no extra charge. Price 50 cents, sold by A. J. Davia. Hotels in town crowded with guests, Warren Hotel overbuilt, talk of a new large hotel next season. Geo Ball & Co. plate front improved recently.
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A. J. Davia
Warren
Shiloh
A. J. Davis
Mania of Oil Speculation Brings Fortune and Ruin
Special Correspondence of the Times surveys the oil boom era from Bradford field in McKean county to Oil City and Titusville. It details how wild speculation on oil belts and price turned fortunes, and wrecked lives, with stories of Goettle brothers and a plucky wife who saved her husband from ruin by selling jewels and supporting him through a rebound.
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Olean
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Bradford
McKean
United Line
Ile
Titusville
Curbstone
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Goettle
Oity
Eee
Franklin
Buckien Arnica Salve Promises Quick Healing
Buckien's Arnica Salve touted as best in world for cuts bruises bot es silvers salt rhaum reversers tetter chapped hands chilblain corns and skin eruptions. Guarantees satisfaction or money refund offered at 25 cents per pot by Av W Merely & Co.
Virginia Senator Mahone's party allegiance questioned in Senate
In a tense exchange, Senator Mahone asserts he was elected as a Readjuster and refuses to answer when asked if he was elected as a Democrat. Senator Hill accuses him of being a Democrat by commission and warns he may vote with Republicans, urging Mahone to seek Virginia voters' judgment if he shifts sides. The scene features sharp, partisan barbs and calls for honor.
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Mahone
Senate
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New York
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Cavcus
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