Notorious land speculation and gypsum mine deal from Raum era
The Raum regime scandals spread across schemes to solicit bribes and sell appointments. Green B Raum pledged stock in a gypsum mining venture as security for $12,000 while profits vanished. Raum controlled a dubious Charlton Heights land deal, capitalizing nonowned lands and siphoning funds from investors. The patterns reveal systematic misuse of office, with little chance of profit for followers and ongoing political protection for Raum.
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Raum
Green B. Raum
Civil Service
Congressional Committee
Ranm
Lemon
Rauro
Baum
Buckey
Virginia
W. W. Dudley
Ram
Rauma
Charlton Heights
Washington
Harrison
Universal Refrigerator
New York World
Force Bills as a Political Issue in the Dallas News
The article argues force bills are a core Republican platform item, derided as a bugaboo, and questions whether endorsement next November would heighten tariff fears. It contends voters should oppose the party that introduced the measure, urging citizens to defend free and independent government.
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Dallas News
Tissue of Untruths and Political Cunning Across Press
A collection of editorial blasts accusing President Harrison of falsehoods and opportunistic politics. The Memphis Appeal-Avalanche warns of Republican managers spreading deceit while Democrats claim voters are warned. The Louisville Court Statesmanship piece ridicules Harrison as a turncoat and questions true statesmanship versus cunning. An Utica Observer note contrasts Cleveland and Harrison as two paths in politics.
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Harrison
Republica
Louisville
Cleveland
Fragmented 19th century dialogue hints at family conflict
In a clipped excerpt from Harper's Bazar the scene centers on Grace Edith and Tosalie Budd as a conversation unfolds about a relative named Tosalie and a potential revelation. The fragmentary text suggests tension within a family and hints at past knowledge of a person the characters may have known.
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Netty Ar
Samsoner Tietel
St. Oe
Taksaa
Weir
uLudebearner
Meghars
Grace
Edith
Ing
Yex
Tosalie Budd
Harper’s Bazar
Won by a Neck The Irresistible Old Uncle Abe’s Marriage
In a Geneva style tale from Kentucky, eighty year old Uncle Abe who lived in single blessedness for decades plans to marry Lize Ann a twenty year old yellow girl. His former mistress confronts him asking about marriage and he admits the match. She congratulates him after a lively dispute over rights and heart.
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Abe
Kentucky
Cupid
Lize Ann
Yaller Gil
Missis
Home Instructions at Mrs Plankington's Dinner Table
Mrs Plankington urges Willie Slimson to take another piece from the pan while he hesitates. He recalls his mother’s warning, and she questions his trust in her. The scene unfolds as a domestic exchange reported by the New York Herald.
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Willie
Mrs Plankington
New York Herald
Bath slippers mix up at Fifth Avenue shop
A stout lady in New York asks for bath slippers and rapidly supplies a street address as the number, prompting the bemused salesman to clarify that she means a shoe size. A humorous miscommunication from a Youth's Companion item.
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New York City
Fifth Avenue
Mistah Guaynus Caller Silence At Door
In a Chicago Tribune snippet a caller asks for Mistah Guaynus at a doorway. The dusky functionary replies the person is occupied and questions how soon the caller must wait, while adjusting his collar.
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Mistah Guaynus
Mistah Gwaynus
Chicaso Tribune
Rocking chair changes a neighbor’s quiet life
A New York Evening Sun quip imagines a bachelor’s lonely evenings and a neighbor’s rocking chair as a symbol of domestic life. The narrator laments spending evenings at home while abroad, and the wife is blamed minimally as the joke pivots on the interwoven boredom and comic domesticity.
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New York Evening Sun
Saved His Life Dr Kennedy Cores Whit Ornes Practice
Dr David Kennedy's remedy for kidney and urinary troubles is praised after a near fatal case in Dalton Massachusetts. The article credits progress in Rondout and notes physicians prescribing the medicine for diseases, nervous prostration, and sex related ailments.
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Kennedy Cores
Whit Ornes
David Kennedy
Rondout
Asoth Pycher Lawler
Dahoor
Mos
Kenedy
Viebeak Wroto
Ios
Kennedy
F.C. Weet
Sezvied & Co
Warren
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Wihera
Melpress Pension Office
Lmployees
Dr. Acker
IL. Hooker & CO
West Sroadway
Fiorse Bintan
Five Mile Boss
Tor
WM. Ayres & Sons
Philadelphia
Parsons
Kline
P. O
Ugzss
U.S
Bess Lane
Weisdinet
Davis
C.A. Snow &Co
Washington,dc
Aeasaweae AA Ltd
Kopf & Henry
Water & Warren
Hornby’s
Laura E. Patterson
Newton
Iowa
Earth
Kent
Stepan
Chase
Lap
Hue
Chase & CO
Boston, Mass
Geo
Has .Cotete
Pate
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