A Newspaper Correspondent Encounters Tramps in Ohio
A Cincinnati Inquirer correspondent describes wandering with a group of unemployed men in Chillicothe and Marietta Ohio during a period of social unrest. He details tramps clamoring for work, fears of arson and crime, and conversations about feeding families with little hope for improvement.
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Cincinnati Inquirer
Chillicothe
Ohio
Marietta and
Cincinnati
Logansport
Plasterer
Marietta & Cincinnati
Marietta
Congressmen and county officials listed in local slate
Congressmen L F Watson and other state and county officers are named in a formal slate. Included are President Judge L D Wetmore, Assistant Judge W W Qoundly, Prothonotary S W Waters, Clerk K K Rnsgell, surveyor DeForest Wheelock, Treasurer T E Barnes, Recorder W J Alexander, Jury Commissioners G W Kinnear NP Morrison, Auditors K A Spencer T K E Barnes, and Coroner Sterling Green with trustees and school officials noted.
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L F Watson
Staate
W Stone
L D Wetmore
W. Qoundly
W. B. Acocks
W M Lindsey
Attuzey
William Lehnar
Larry Brace
W Waters
K K Rnsgell
DeForest Wheelock
T. EO Barnes
W. J Alexander
G W Kinnear
NP Morrison
E R Wheetock
MB Dunham
J B Jenninge Z Audtors
K. A. Spencer
T. K E. Barnes
C. James
Sterling Green
Waren Academy
Wi Sfiles
N. R
Thompson
Night Rescue on a Runaway Train Elevates Knight
In a crowded opera house aftermath, a group of young men mock labor and privilege. A runaway freight train barrels toward passengers at a depot. Knight, the engine driver, rams his locomotive into the other engine, saving lives though badly injured. The accident reveals Knight’s character and earns admiration from authorities and peers.
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Academy of Music
Fred Sauber
Fanny Swan
Smiles & Son
Sauber
Dick Knight
Knight
Billy M’gee
M’gee
Villaes
Dr. Pomeroy
Mr. Knight
Fortune
The Romance of Polly Clifford at Helmsby Hall
Polly Clifford, a village schoolteacher, admires a dusk red sky over Helmsby Hall and dreams of romance. A visitor, Mr Helmsbey, arrives lost among the woods and asks Polly for directions to Holmaborough. She offers hospitality at her brother’s house, sparking a cautious yet hopeful connection.
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Helmsbey Hall
Polly Clifford
Polly
Helmsby Hall
Helmsbey
Sunny
Mr. Holmsby
Holmsby Hall
Holmaborough
Mr. Helmsbey
Ulysses
Holmaby
Holmesborough
Holmaby Hall
George Bird
Harry Talbott
Polly and the guest at Helmsby Hall romance ends in theft
Polly meets Mr Holmsby and dreams of romance with Helmsby Hall. Jabez suspects, Elvira argues, and the house is robbed of silver. Polly's fantasy fades when the real Mr Helmsby returns as a short, fussy bachelor, ending the pursuit.
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Polly
Jabez Clifford
Jabez
Mr. Holmsby
Holmsby Hall
Elvira
Ellie
Lady of
Helmsby
Hall
Edgar Ravenswood
George Bird
James
Helmsby Hall
Sean
Pally
Scorned and Cast Out in Pennsylvania Republican Fight
The Harrisburg convention ignored President Hayes, omitting any mention of him or his policies in a scornful display. The platform covered tariff labor lands rebel claims and freight rates, but Hayes was left unreferenced amid a wider critique of his administration.
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Cameron
Hoyt
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Hayes
Republican State Convention of
Hartrantt
New York
Rochester
N. F. Sun
The Mint Tour and the Making of U S Coins
A narrator guides readers through Philadelphia’s Mint describing visitor access, the weighing and assaying of gold, refining to purity, adding copper for durability, and the rolling and stamping of planchets into coin forms. The scene emphasizes the furnace glow, swarthy workers, and the arc of coin production from raw metal to ready currency.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago
Union
United States
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Careon City
Chestnut Street
Broad
The
Mint
St. Nicholas
Modesty in the shadow of fortune and fame
A folksy meditation on who earns attention and wealth. The speaker contrasts noise and display with quiet, steady merit, arguing the modest man gains respect while ostentation fades. The piece ends with a regional dialect poem about a big sunflower and a modest potato vine.
Manitobah Lake and the Speaking God Island Tale
Manitoba Lake near Fort Garry lends its name to the province formed from the Red River region. An island named by Ojibways as the home of Manitobah the Speaking God spooks travelers with night voices. Waves on pebbly shores and clinking limestone cliffs create bell like sounds, especially in north winds, then waning gales yield faint whispering voices.
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Fort Garry
Red River
Cool a Room During Heat in Hospitals
The heat in a room with an invalid can be reduced by hanging towels or damp canvas in open windows. Evaporation absorbs heat, lowering room temperature by five to six degrees in minutes and altering humidity to make conditions more tolerable for patients.
One Striking Fact on Mortality and Professions
The Greensboro Patriot notes a curious pattern in England where innkeepers show the highest mortality, while barristers show vitality. It contrasts clergy and solicitors, pointing out higher death rates among clergymen and solicitors than among lawyers.
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England
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