New Phase of the Mormon Question Looms as Elections Near
The Edmunds law fails to settle Mormon issues as a monogamous legislature must be elected on August 6 to empower the commission. Polygamists may be barred if they lived with multiple wives, but many practice monogamy. Debate rages over rights and extinction hurdles as emigration and polygamy press Utah toward broader conflict.
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Northern states vote looming as fall elections loom
The Washington Star lists seven states New York New Jersey Massachusetts Pennsylvania Ohio Iowa and Minnesota as in play this fall. Republicans defend Minnesota and Iowa but face doubt elsewhere with prohibition issues shaping the races. In Massachusetts Governor Butler seeks another term while Ohio Iowa elect state legislatures and Pennsylvania minor officers. New York and Pennsylvania will choose major state officers. Prohibition strains German and Irish blocs while Democrats bank on German votes and liquor interests. Minnesota sees a full Prohibitionist ticket challenging both parties, with Democrats doubtful to dent GOP strength though factional rifts exist.
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Derelict Mine Directors San Francisco Suit Damages Awarded
Judge Sullivan awards J. W. Henry $1000 against A. K. B. Harmon Charles E. Gibbs Ed. P Pond Melville Curtiss and B. W. Paxton. Henry, a Manhattan Silver Mining Co. stockholder, sued for failure to post company affairs and superintendent reports at the San Francisco office.
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Denis Fearney Debate Challenge and Union Meeting Totals
Woo Chin Foo of the New York Sun calls out Denis Kearney for a public debate on Chinese versus Irish nations covering arts, sciences, morals, history, literature, influence, and cleanliness with half the hall cost pledged. Benton Consolidated and Lady Washington Consolidated annual meetings on the 25th re-elected old officers. Benton Trustees listed. Benton year receipts $51,594, expenses $28,509, cash $13,110. Lady Washington receipts $5,374, expenses $7,405, cash balance $2,515.
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Polk ex-Treasurer found guilty of embezzlement
The jury in the Polk embezzlement case convicts the former Tennessee official. The court imposes twenty years in prison and a fine equal to the embezzled amount.
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Teller Talks Indian Policy and Land Grants in Chicago Visit
Secretary of the Interior Henry M. Teller, en route to Colorado, said Indians generally favorable to reservations and education linked farming as the path forward. He dismissed Senator Hill's attack as unfounded and noted no plan to overturn past rail land grants, suggesting possible court or congressional remedies for lapses. He praised President Arthur and planned a return to Colorado in about ten days.
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Pen Picture of the Golden Gate
A Portland correspondent describes the San Francisco Bay entrance from the sea, detailing Fort Stevens Fort Point the Presidio and Drake's Bay landmarks. The author marvels at the Golden Gate harbor beauty the changing shores Telegraph Hill and the growth from Yerba Buena to a metropolis, noting maritime commerce and urban transformation.
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Prison wonders fossils donated to State Cabinet
About fifty specimens of original fossil impressions and plaster casts were placed in the State Cabinet. Warden Bell offers to donate future finds of scientific value, but Controller Hallock will refuse warrants for expenses due to lack of legislative appropriation for the cabinet.
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Rival Editors Duel Rumor Sparks Stockton Oakland Feud
Pioche Record reports a rumor of a duel between John P. Irish, editor of the Oakland Times, and Arthur McEwen, editor of the Stockton Herald. The note suggests McEwen may have staged the feud to gain notoriety.
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Poker Folly and a Jack Pot Mystery in a Domestic Duel
In a comic scene Mrs Spoopendyke and her husband play poker using checkers as stakes. Bets rise as misplayed cards and jokers mislead, ending with a joked jack pot and a humorous quarrel about opening the pot. The tale unfolds amid a broader note on rail and mining progress in the Owens Lake region.
Walker Lake Resort Vision Promoted in Lyon County Times
The Lyon County Times envisions Walker Lake becoming a premier summer resort rivaling Lake Tahoe. It urges opening the reservation, developing grounds for pleasure cars and a large hotel, sinking wells for irrigation, planting shade groves, and creating picnics and fords near Hawthorne Esmeralda County three miles away to attract travelers.
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Governor Adams Promise on Candelaria Pole Reaffirmed
Nevada presses rebuke Governor Adams for not delivering the promised flag pole to Candelaria. Freight records show no pole moved since his pledge, prompting calls for accountability. Editors urge the pole’s presentation be inscribed to the town by the state press, with a year to fulfill or fund a new purchase.
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Ore vein richness and pending sale spark Osceola hopes
Richness of specimen Vv from Pine Spring mine at Turkey Creek Arizona shows marked tool marks. A shaft thirty-two feet deep indicates ongoing ore extraction. Osceola reports Monroe and Linton mine sold to Chaos Tozier of San Francisco for about twenty five thousand dollars. A mill machinery is en route via Salt Lake to be sited near the mine, signaling a potential Osceola boom if successful.
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Cabinet suggestions for Arthur miss a current secretary
The New York World proposes a cabinet for President Arthur with Grant as Secretary of State Jones of Nevada as Secretary of the Treasury and Gorham as Secretary of the Navy, but Arthur already has a cabinet in place that the author overlooks and accepts.
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Artesian Wells for Pure Water in Nevada Towns
The Journal notes widespread water scarcity in Carson City Reno and urges artesian well schemes. It cites experiments showing flowing wells possible depths under 2000 feet at Carson and predicts Reno could follow. Examples from Denver Salt Lake City Tower City and Battle Mountain show promising depths from 70 to 675 feet with pure water abundant.
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Union Veteranes Address Details Vast Veterans Growth
Commander in chief Paul Vander voort reports extensive activity across 29 state organizations and 156 posts, detailing miles traveled and addresses. He lists leading departments by gains, notes Illinois surge, total year gains of 63 766 members and 951 posts, and outlines new and provisional departments including Tennessee Gulf Florida and posts in New Orleans and Honolulu.
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Death, Politics, and a Quaint Tilden Dig at Seymour
The passage recalls Governor Horatio Seymour of New York criticizing aging rivals Samuel J. Tilden and other old politicians as they seek offices. Seymour invokes Holbein to warn against what he sees as an unseemly scramble for power, promising he will not partake. The remark frames a political feud in terms of aging leaders and a morbid image.
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Walker River Reservation Criticized as largely unused
The Hawthorne Bulletin reports growing public opposition to maintaining the Walker River Reservation. Indians barely inhabit the area, while Pyramid Lake fisheries serve as the Indians’ main supply. The piece argues the Pyramid Reservation should be abandoned or repurposed, noting potential value for mineral and agricultural uses.
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Those Women Folk Enduring Backache and Pains Push for Benson Capdine Plaster
A call to husbands and fathers to recognize common women’s distress as possible organic illness. The ad urges using Benson's Capdine Porous Plaster to soothe backache and chest pain, claiming it heals and lasts, with Seabury Johnson as the makers and CAPCINE marked in the center of the package.
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Watnesday August 15 racing events update
An OCR fragment lists races for a Wednesday meet including a one and one quarter mile dash with a $125 purse a one half mile dash and a repeat event with a $125 purse and a best two in three format over three mile heats with a $150 purse. Names, places, and exact schedule are not readable.
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Entrance fee rules for races under club and association rules
The notice outlines entrance fees set at 25 percent of purses, with a quarter allotted to second place except in Novelty Races. Entries via the Club Secretary by 8 PM the day before each meeting. Running horses carry entitled weights per Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association rules. trotting follows National Trotting Rules. Three or more entries required to start. a horse winning two races is barred from later races, except for the Novelty Race. purses require a contest.
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