Grant Funeral in New York After Long Procession
The funeral for General Grant drew about 75,000 in the procession and over 500,000 onlookers as it moved from Riverside Park to the tomb. The ceremony featured notable attendees, military honors, and a wreath laid by Julia Grant. The report notes public sentiment and political reflections on Grant’s legacy and his role in American history.
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New York
America
Riverside Park
Newman
Bishop Harris
Douglas
Shrady
Sands
Joe Johnson
Sherman
Buckner
Sheridan
Logan
Boutwell
David
Island
Chopin
Guard of Honor
Col. Beck
Col
Fred Grant
Sartoris
Julia
U. & Grant
U.S. Grant, Jr
Little Nellie
Jesse Grant
U. S. Grant
Orville Grant
Fred Dent
Grandpapa
Blaine
Augusta
Gen. Grant
Lincoln
Grant birth county and burial site noted in Clermont
The Tus Ledger cites the claim to advocate democracy while questioning transparency. It discusses Grant and his son Cox, noting Grant will not author a biography of his father. It mentions that Gen. Grant was born in Clermont County Ohio and is interred in Claremont.
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Tus Ledger
Ledger
Cox
Grant
Tue County
Ohio
Clermont
Claremont
Sheridan Report Faces Indian Lands Lease Controversy
Gen Sheridan’s official Fort Reno findings fault government officials for law violations over grazing leases on Indian lands. He cites illegal Indian agent influence and states Secretary Teller could not back the leases yet promised non-interference, prompting a wider cattlemen dispute.
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Sheridan
Fort Reno
Teller
Colorado
Gen
Secretary of the Interior
Grant Funeral Draws Massive Albany Attendance
About 80 000 people passed through the Capitol at Albany to view Gen Grant’s face on the fifth. The funeral train left Albany for New York at 12 30 p m and arrived about 5 p m. In London Canon Farrar conducted a memorial service at Westminster Abbey with Gladstone Salisbury and royal figures present. Americans abroad felt pride and mourning at the tribute.
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Gen. Grant
Douglas
Newman
Gov. Hill
New York
Grant
England
United States
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Westminster Abbey
Gladstone
Salisbury
Wolseley
Prince of Wales
Crowds Pay Final Tribute to General Grant at City Hall
Immense masses of people averaging one hundred per minute passed General Grant's coffin in City Hall New York last Thursday. The throng began at daylight and kept its unceasing pour all day long and into the night. The Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion placed their badges and shields on his breast and coat to be buried with him.
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General Grant
City Hall
New York
Grand Army of the Republic
Loyal Legion
Mugwump Defined as Pinchbeck Statesmanship Critique
The Tur Boston Advertiser recalls a Mugwump description as a Republican who distinguishes pinchbeck statesmanship from the genuine article and will be unfashionable when pinchbeck is the party fashion. It also nods to Dean Schift's quip on orthodoxy and heterodoxy as relative doxy.
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Boston
Pinchbeck
Dean Schift
Draping of Grant and Lee surrender site proposed to honor General Grant
A large crowd from Appomattox Court House gathered on the 6th and draped the house where Generals Grant and Lee signed surrender terms in April 1865 in mourning. It is proposed to leave the draping for thirty days to honor General Grant.
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Appomattox Court House
Grant
Lee
Public debt declines and notable 19th century figures
July public debt fell by 8 662 789 96 dollars. Funeral costs for Gen Grant estimated at 1 000 000. Half of U S population in agriculture. Helen Hunt Jackson near death in San Francisco. Yellow fever rages in Vera Cruz sending wealthy residents to Texas. Stantry Huntley of the Spoopendyke Papers dies in New York. Harry Garvie Eto to teach at St Paul’s Concord New Hampshire. James Eto to study law in NYC. Coal mine fatalities in England since 1851 exceed 36 000. last decade 12 000. Gen Gordon earlier rebel general linked to Hancock’s army. becomes aide and attends Appomattox rites. Lizzie B. Greely on four month leave to Massachusetts. health concerns. Senator Cameron health decline. Congress session near December first. Nebraska forests reach 250 000 acres with 600 000 young trees planted. 12 000 000 fruit trees. two and a half million grapevines. Bonner notes Maud S trotting mile in 2 08 3. third quarter in 31 seconds, 2 04 gait. last half-mile faster due to four mile racing strain.
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Helen Hunt Jackson
San Francisco
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Texas
Stantey Huntley
New York
Harry Garvie Eto
St. Paul’s School
Concord
N. H
James
New York City
England
Gen
Gordon
Grant
Appomattox
Hancock
Lizvr
Greely
Massachusetts
Cameron
California
Congress
Nebraska
Rossert Bonner
Maud S
Mr. Bonner
Andrew Carnagle Urges Work At Curry Institute Graduation
Millionaire iron man Andrew Carnagle told Curry Institute graduates to fear not work and to avoid risky speculation. He recalled sweeping an office with peers Robert Pitcairn, David McCargo, and Billy Moreland, noting their simple early days and his bandana habit. He warned that none who speculated as telegraph operators achieved lasting success.
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Andrew Carnagle
Curry Institute
Robert Pitcairn
Pennsylvania Railroad
David McCargo
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Billy Moreland
David
Sensible Judge Hands Wealthy Offender Ten Days Workhouse
A Cincinnati judge, Judge Fitzgerald, jailed a wealthy citizen for ten days in the workhouse for profanity on city streets. He rejected pleas for suspension, declaring that no one, high or low, who insults public decency will escape punishment.
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Cincinnati
Fitzgerald
Birthplace cabin of Gen Grant sold to New York syndicate
The log cabin at Point Pleasant Ohio where Mrs Jesse Grant sheltered Gen U S Grant was sold Aug 1 by owner M Hirsch to a New York syndicate for 7000 dollars. It is likely the building will be shipped to the city intact. Burr Blair notes he could have sold the property fifteen months ago for 300 dollars and would now pay 10000 for the building.
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Gen. Grant
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Jesse Grant
Gen
U.S. Grant
M. Hirsch
New York
Burr Blair
Mike Hirsch
Grant life told as improbable romance of ascent and fall
The writer argues Grant’s journey from obscure beginnings through farming and tannery days to General, twice President, and esteemed international guest, then poverty, ending in a National funeral. Distance may shade the tale but history proves his greatness and the climb from obstacles to monumental success remains astonishing. The piece cites the St. Louis Globe Democrat as the source.
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Grant
West Point
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Peace Transcript Telegram from Gen Cameron to Col Grant
A telegram from Gen Simon Cameron to Col Fred Grant notes Generals Johnston Buckner and Gordon acting as pallbearers with Sherman and Sheridan. It states that the father’s prayer for peace was answered and the war’s bitterness wiped out, referencing Donegal Farm in Lancaster County Pennsylvania.
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Simon Cameron
Fred Grant
Doneelgal Farm
Lancaster Co
Fred D. Grant
Mounti McGregor
N. Y
Johnston
Buckner
Gordon
Sherman
Sheridan
Sruon Cameron
Dr Fenner's Improved Cough Honey Marketed Relief
An advertisement announces Dr Fenner's Improved Cough Honey claims to relieve any cough within an hour. The listing highlights a rapid action formula, available through local vendors and mail order, aiming to attract readers seeking quick cough relief.
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Dr. Fenner
Chautauqua Program Amid Lake Life and August Events
Life on Lake Chautauqua thrives with 18 crafts in constant motion as 5,000 guests arrive. The week’s schedule features lectures by Mary A. Livermore and J. M. Buckley, concerts, denominational and alumni events, and the planned unveiling of multiple Grant monuments with G. A. R. anticipation.
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I. V. Flagler
Mary A. Livermore
Wendell Phillips
J. M. Buckley
W. M. R. French
Protective Use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Against Malaria
A fever and ague district appeals for protection from malaria. Former sufferers credit Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with preventing infections by regulating the liver aiding digestion and boosting kidney and bowel action. Act early keep it on hand as a safeguard in malarial regions. advertised for sale at 40 cents a hundred in newspapers.
Final Account filed in Warren County Court of Common Pleas
The final account of E W Thompson as committee for Thomas G Gilson a lunatic has been filed and will be presented for apraisal and confirmation on Monday May 188 at Weible Prothonotary office.
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E. W. Thompson
Thomas G. Gilson
Court of Common Pleas
Warren County
Weible
Administration accounts filed for Warren County estates
The Register of Warren County announces that administration accounts for multiple estates have been filed and will be presented to the Orphans' Court on the seventh of September at 1 o clock. Accounts include final administration for McCollum, Chadwick, Koffod, Krimbill, and others, with guardian accounts for Hadley and Ruth Eastman heirs. W. J. Alexander, Register, Warren Pa. Aug. 7, 1885.
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Orphans’ Court
Chas. Chase
Margaret McCollum
C. L. Chadwick
Clarissa Whipple
Peter Greenland
John Koffod
Perry D. Clark
Christina Krimbill
J. R. Kuhn
Casseus
Eva Hadley
J. M. Hadley
J. M. Martin
Ruth Eastman
Sophia Christenson
Ass Christenson
D. W. Buel
Edith M. Crouch
W. J. Alexander
Register. Register
Warren
Warren Borough Sanitary Ordinance Adopted in 1885
The Burgess and Town Council of Warren Borough adopt a sanitary ordinance detailing sewerage control, cleansing rules for outhouses and drains, weekly and biweekly disinfection, cleanliness of cellars and lots, prohibition of waste disposal in gutters and streets, inspection of meat and fish spaces, and mandatory reporting of contagious diseases births deaths marriages by physicians and ministers as part of borough sanitary improvements.
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Borough of
Warren
Weeren
Boro
Board of Health
C. Thompson
Burgess
F. A. Cogswill
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Sugar Grove Township
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