Blaine gains strength as Logan movement fades
The New England statesman Blaine appears to be strengthening across the country while his rival Logan loses momentum. Blaine has finished his book and is ready to canvass, with New York delegates showing he may win that key state if Republicans unite. Illinois and Logan show weakening support as Blaine grows.
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New England Statesman
New York
Arthur
Blaine
Empire State
Logan
Illinois
Tilden Declines Presidential Candidacy Rumor
Democratic Pacific Coast congressmen pressed Mr. Tilden Monday about a 票? candidacy for president next fall. He replied emphatically that he is not a candidate, has none to propose, and will write a declined letter in due time. This settles the Tilden boom and suggests he is out of the fight.
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Pacific Coast
Mr. Tilden
Tilden
Mr. Tildenay
Constitutional Growlers on California Farming
A narrator mocks California farmers for chronic complaints about rain and crop timing. A Minnesota migrant’s Tehama county wheat experience shifts from ruin to renewal after unusual rainfall, ending with him returning to farm and prospering.
A Household Symbol Apron Keeps Domestic Love Alive
An essay on the apron as a home garment, valued for simple, honest domestic associations. The author argues that humble, practical dress reflects true virtue and home life, with the apron symbolizing comfort, love, and enduring gender roles across time.
Farming Under the Sea Moss Harvest at Scituate for 150 Families
Since 1848 a marine farm near Boston has produced cara geen the Irish moss, harvested by men from Scituate and processed by women into jelly and blancmange. The moss yields 10,000 to 15,000 barrels yearly, earning about $50,000 for 150 families and supplying lager beer nationwide. Gea moss farine is the local diet name for the moss.
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Boston
New England
Scituate
Ireland
Temperance Lecture Exposes Local Drunkard Ryan
Sacramento reports detail a repeat offender nicknamed a tough customer now jailed for a petty offense. He dominates a troubled family, drives them from home, and twice tried to kill his wife, breaking her arm and wounding her neck while seeking liquor. Their nine year old son bears a scalp wound from his blows.
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Sacramento
Ryan
The Cuban invasion threatens upheaval on the island
The Spanish War Department reports growing trouble in Cuba as Aguero expands his force from twenty or thirty to about 1,400. Acclaimed by locals, he challenges Spanish rule amid oppression, yet lacks ordnance, rifles, and commissariat. Success hinges on popular readiness to revolt and coast guards preventing relief.
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Cuba
Aguero
Saya
Commissariat
Ober's New Book Describes Mexico and Railroads
Frederick A. Ober's 658 page travel and reference work, issued by J. Dewey & Co. in San Francisco, covers Yucatan, Central and Southern Mexico, and border states with 190 illustrations and maps. It includes extensive commercial and railroad data, city populations, and notes that over 60 million from American capital funded Mexican railroads up to January 1884.
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J. Dewey & Co
San Francisco
Frederick A. Ober
Yucatan
Mexico
Coroner Opens Inquiry Into Late Riot Victims
Coroner Muscroft begins inquest into the riot deaths selecting thirteen for examination. So far only identification testimony is heard. A Special Grand Jury, charged by Judge Avery, begins private duties on the courthouse fire and jury corruption in the Berner case, with secrecy observed.
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Muscroft
Avery
Wm. Berner
Henry George in England A Success In Money And Popularity
Henry George achieved financial success and spread his land reform ideas among Scottish peasants. His lectures drew record audiences in Great Britain since the Cobden era, yet the British press largely ignored him or attacked his teachings.
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Henry George
England
Scotland
Great Britain
George
Envoy Frei Resigns Amid Rest Vacation Claim
Swiss envoy to the United States Frei will vacate his post on May 1 citing rest and vacation. Reported reasons suggest political scandal rumors, with Swiss disfavor over his alleged efforts to push an anti socialistic policy amid Bismarck era tensions.
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Frei
Switzerland
United States
Bismarck
Chicago Convention seat allotment set by committees
The Republican National Committee and Chicago local arrangements group report over 10 000 applications for convention seats. Seats will be capped at 6 000 with tickets issued to delegates pro rata. Only delegates can supply tickets, after one to each delegate and alternate, 1 000 to the local committee, and 400 to 600 for the daily press, then distributed to states by their delegate totals.
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Republican National Committee
Chicago
Joi Ntly
Daily Press
Ring That Wouldn’t Stick
In Nashville Tennessee two newspaper owners split over tariffs with one favoring free trade suing the other protected editor. An injunction barred further protection advocacy, yet the paper published a paragraph claiming no president was elected on a revenue only or free trade platform and noting growth in diversified industries suggests a long wait for such a platform.
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Nashville
Tennessee
United States
Enormous Mail Dispatch From New York
The German steamship Eider left New York on Thursday with the largest European mail shipment ever sent, comprising 625 bags. It included 399 letters and 226 newspaper bags, with 267 bags from New Zealand and Australia and 156,236 ordinary letters plus 8,900 registered articles from the New York office. The previous record was the Alaska with 528 bags of mail matter in June last year.
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New York
Eider
New Zealand
Australia
Alaska
Case Won by Wells Fargo Against Northern Pacific
Judge Green in Washington Territory grants a permanent injunction stopping the Northern Pacific Railroad from interfering with Wells Fargo & Co. The railroad, possessing its own express service, sought to monopolize by refusing to carry Wells Fargo express matter, a restraint suit filed by Wells Fargo has now been successful.
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Judge Green
Washington Territory
Northern Pacific Railroad
Wells, Fargo & Co
Northern Pacific
Stiit
Ingersoll to Spend Summer on Dorsey Ranch in New Mexico
The Ingersoll family plans a summer and early fall stay at the Dorsey ranch in New Mexico. A large log house, richly furnished, sits 23 miles from the railroad. After the Chicago Convention, they will travel directly there, with no expected campaign involvement.
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Ingersoll
Dorsey
New Mexico
Chicago
Meeting on Egypt England authority fails amid rebel rumors
The friendly Sheikh Moghbni and followers of Osma Dig ma could not complete their discussion on authority of Egypt and England. Rumors that rebels captured an Egyptian station at the fifth cataract and that Khartoum fell delayed any agreement.
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Osma Digma
Egypt
England
Khartoum
France considers sweeping army draft bill in chamber
The Bourgeoisie of France react to a deputies vote embracing a three year service rule by physical incapacity. The plan aims to raise the army from 480000 to 760000 men and lift annual costs from 24000000 to 30000000 pounds.
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France
Chamber of Deputies
Artesian Wells Boost Eastern Santa Clara Valley Water
The San Francisco Chronicle notes artesian wells are increasing steadily in the eastern Santa Clara Valley with abundant water. It suggests Washoe County could also profit, if residents show public spirit and enterprise to test the experiment across the valley.
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Santa Clara Valley
San Francisco Chronicle
Washoe County
IMPOSSIBLE ESCAPE WARNER'S SAFE CURE CLAIMS
A long, testimonial filled promo notes readers' cures from Warner's Safe Cure with many names and places. Advertisers tout lifetime guarantees and salves of kidney and heart ailments, claiming dramatic recoveries across states from New York to California.
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Warner
B. H. Howard
Auburn
J. 3
Walcut
Laundry price war in Cleveland as Chinese firms rise
A Cleveland dispatch reports twenty five to thirty five leading Cleveland laundries forming an association to shield profits from Chinese rivals. Chinese laundries slash prices periodically, pushing several American firms toward closure amid the competitive clash.
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Cleveland
Oho
Acquittal Tactics in Berner Case Stir Public Outcry
A Cincinnati lawyer Campbell allegedly secured Berner's acquittal by selecting twelve of a hundred jurors to be fired and mailing marked newspapers to the rest with Berner's confession, disqualifying them from duty. The claim argues such methods undermine citizen responsibility, noting that many locals are newspaper readers.
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Campbell
Cincinnati
Berner
Ohio
Not what they eat or gain makes them strong or rich
The quote emphasizes digesting food, saving wealth, remembering reading, and practicing virtue over professing. It highlights practical, disciplined living as the path to strength, wealth, learning, and righteousness.
Etiquette and social life in Washington 1828 29
A Philadelphia doctor’s note, preserved by the Library of Congress, describes Washington society during Congress sessions in 1828 29. It chronicles levees at the executive mansion, tea and cake refreshments, and the floor’s curious seating rules allowing ladies on the Senate floor while men waited outside.
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National Capital
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Massachusetts
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South Carolina
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Kentucky
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Pennsylvania
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James Buchanan
James K. Polk
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American Patriot Daly Arrested in Birmingham Bomb Plot
London dispatches report Daly alias Denman, an American dynamiter, arrested in Birmingham with three bombs and bottles of suspected nitro glycerine. Accomplice James Egan charged with explosives. Daly, described as 35, short and thick-set, wore a tourist suit and a diamond ring. Police recovered clockwork bombs and a letter from Egan mentioning the “cough mixture” as dynamite. Patrick Fitzgerald linked to Carey’s gang and Invincibles in Dublin.
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Denman
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Birmingham
Meeeno
Wolverhampton
Bce
Land League
Birkenhead
Egan
Patrick Fitzgerald
Sheridan
Carey
Invincibles
Dublis
Honor Old Age Theme Encourages Respect for Elders
A reflective exhortation urges youths to bow to the elderly as life’s changes silver hair and wear the features of experience. It contrasts youthful aspiration with the faded vigor of age, noting how time reshapes body and spirit, yet honors the elder’s enduring dignity.
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Anow
Osceola Water Rights Stir Ore Camp Ambition
Godbe and Hampton of Salt Lake are reportedly seeking to buy Osceola Company water rights for about 25000 to extend acquisitions of small streams into Osceola. It remains unclear if current owners seek more than the payout or will use them themselves. A camp informant says sluicing is only a matter of time as placers are rich and extensive, with quartz mines promising but placers proving lucrative after years of small-scale work.
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Godbe & Hampton
Salt Lake
Osceola Company
Osceola
Godbe & Hamilton
Beecher backs Arthur and tariffs shift
Henry Ward Beecher declares support for Arthur as nominee to help the Republicans win. He favors gradual tariff reductions tied to government needs and endorses direct taxation on personal property with a poll tax if none exists. Beecher also criticizes Robert T. Lincoln’s potential VP candidacy.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Arthur
Repub
New York
Robert T. Lincoln
Spinster’s Suicide Attempt Foiled by Loyal Dog
A 47 year old spinster in Asnieres near Paria killed by self action intent to deprive heirs of 45000 francs. Her dog, tied to her waist, dragged her to shore after the plunge, saving her from drowning until rescue. Relatives guard the estate while authorities review the case. Judge Perry, newly appointed Chief Justice of Wyoming Territory, suffered paralysis in Brooklyn.
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Paria
Perry
New York
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Wyoming Territory
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