General Logans Letter on National Nomination Support
General Logans letter to Mr Blaine expresses acceptance of the Republican vice presidential nomination and outlines tariff protection for American labor and industries, currency stability, foreign relations, civil service reform, and equal citizenship. He defends the party's tariff and monetary policies and urges stable government, education for the colored south, and peaceful arbitration with Spanish American republics.
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Blaine
J A A&i
Spanish America
Congress
Atlantic
American Commonwealths
United States
Europe
Urs
Washington
First Bale of New Cotton Reaches Houston
First bale of the new cotton arrived today grown by Dr. R. L. Harris at Poti Fort Bend County weighing 370 pounds and classed low middling. A second new bale was shipped from Cicero De Witt County grown by C. J. Ameckée & Son Ameckeville De Witt County. For six years the first bale in the United States has been produced in Texas and sent to Houston as reports say the crop is in splendid condition though late.
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Houston
Tex
R. L. Harris
Poti
Fort Bend
Cicero
de Witt County
C. J. Ameckée & Son
Ameckeville
de Witt Couty
United States
Texas
Houdgton
Arrest of Notorious Horsethieves in Texas and Indian Territory
Dallas dispatch reports the capture of Robert Mosely alias Sonny, William Mosely, and James Gilliland alias Briggs by Trinity River officers. The trio, active in Northern and Western Texas and Indian Territory for two years, had a 100 horse delivery contract in Louisiana. Robert Mosely, 24, leads the gang and has twelve years of horse stealing experience.
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Dallas
Tex
Trinity River Bottom
Robert
Sonny” Mosely
William Mosely
James Gilliland
Briggs
Texas
Indian Territory
Louisiana
Robert Mosely
Snakes Killed in San Antonio and Oddities Across the World
The report notes snakes killed on San Antonio streets and mushrooms erupting through Reading pavement. It mentions tremors worldwide and 22 200 pensioners drawing Syrictee agency annuities. Also cites a New York jeweler’s garden gas idea and wartime pensioners still receiving aid.
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San Antonio
Tex
Reading
Syrictee
N. Y
Tennessee Mountains
New York
Queretaro
Independents Meet in City Theater Dooms Blaine and Tarran
A July 23 gathering of Independents opposed to Blaine met at the University Club Theater. Leaders including Carl Schurz and George William Curtis outlined a platform opposing Blaine, calling for reform and urging support for Grover Cleveland in the electoral college.
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Arthur J. Fuller
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Clark W. Bowen
Benjamin H. Bristow
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J. Bonays ‘Te
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Cal Codman
Reublican Party
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United States
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Brookline
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T. W. Higginson
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Qdinby
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Theodore Iaecon
John H. Cowing
Charles H. Kee
R P. Bowker
George W. Folsom
Fthan Allen Doe
George Walton Greene
Horace E. Demig
William H. Forbes
Joseph Tucker
Joseph H. Walter
Lemuel Host
Phineas Pearse
George W. Tieverett
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H. Baldwin
O. P. Armstrong
H. W. Farnam
Daniel Drake Smith
Simeon Huntington
W. G. Peckham
F. B. Reeves
Stewart Wood
Parisian hostess hosts ball with living pet as gift
A Parisian woman invited female friends to a ball and asked each to bring a living animal. All but three guests arrived with their husbands, creating an unusual social scene.
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Alt
Briory the Construction of Modern Machinery for Pin Making
The fragment notes that modern pin making machinery was so expensive that "pin money" became a household phrase, reflecting the era's industrial costs and public sentiment about machinery.
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Briory
Nitro glycerine factory guarded amid Stoco Lake shores
A detailed description from the Manufacturers' Gazette outlines a secluded nitro glycerine plant near Tweed Canada by Stoco Lake. It describes guarded entry, heat sensitive mixing of glycerine and acids, the close box for a thermometer operator, and the process turning mixed acids and glycerine into dynamite, duplin and vigorite, noting the explosive power and dangers involved.
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Tweed
Canada
Stoco Lake
Gazette
Trained Senses Show Sharp Dogs and Fire Warnings
In a Popular Science Monthly tale, Charles W. Clarke cites dogs with keen noses and a trapper, who smelling air detects an advancing prairie fire miles away. A back fire is set to protect a cabin and bees, while the trapper urges others to quicken alerts.
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Charles W. Clarke
Peoria
Dave
Popular Science Monthly
How to gauge a lady's age in jest and rent at Francelyn cottage
A witty remark notes women estimate age by under ten years and asserts accuracy. The Elberon residence Francelyn Cottage, where President Garfield died, is listed for rent at 500 dollars monthly to Augustine Smith.
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Indimer
Francelyn Cottage
Elberon
Garfield
Augustine Smith
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