Credit Mobilier scandal exposed in sharp detail
A sweeping critical account traces the Credit Mobilier scheme linked to Union Pacific, detailing how insiders used a Pennsylvania charter to siphon value from the railway, bribery and perjury allegations against Garfield, and the broader political impact reported by the New York Sun. The piece also surveys contrasts in justice and social views, then shifts to assorted notes and statistical curiosities.
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Garfield
Credit Mobilier
Congress
United States
Union Pacific Railway
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Oak Ames
House
San
James A. Garfield
Ames
New York Sun
The Lime Kiln Club Echoes In Grim Tales And Public Notices
A collage of fragmented texts from a 19th century issue blends a satirical poem on smoking brands with a dramatic Victorian scene of Veronica and Orrell, then shifts to a Lime Kiln club obituary and a comic oration about Sylvester found dead in a field. The page juxtaposes fiction, social clubs, and oblique public notices.
Veronic a Vache Defies Orrell in Harsh Family Plot
In a luxuriously appointed room an heiress Veronica Vache rejects the controlling demand of Mr Orrell and vows not to marry Herbert Orrell. He asserts ownership and threatens to force the union, while Veronica proclaims independence and gratitude for past rescue but refuses to become Herbert’s wife.
Why Called Commencement Day in College Farewells
The article explains that commencement day marks the end of exams and classes and the start of life beyond college. It notes graduates give speeches and move up in rank, while vacation interrupts but does not reset progression. A Chicago death case ends with a quirky verdict of not suicide but “ visitation of friends,” citing a long beverage and food list found in the stomach.
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Chicago
Summer Drink for Horses on the Farm
Rural Messenger advises farmers to mix meat with water for horse troughs in hot weather. Feeding a meat water blend at 10 AM and in the afternoon strengthens horses, reduces cramps, and uses inexpensive, safe nourishment rather than plain water.
Walking on Water Invention Demonstrated on Harlem River
W C Soule, who patented walking on water, demonstrated an apparatus on the Harlem river New York. The two long thin shoes house a foot sock, are airtight and rise four inches. Auto paddles at the ends close as the shoe is pressed, enabling the fore leg to advance. Soule walked in street clothes then swam in a bathing suit. He sought this aid to pursue snipe in Wayne County and found it useful in deep swampy waters for fishing. A population update from forty five North Carolina counties shows 631 291 in 1880 up from 491 450 in 1870, about thirty two percent increase. A colored Hincock and English Club in Montgomery Alabama now numbers six hundred members and growing.
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Wilmington
Del
Asphaltam Sylvester
Coronel Pendulum Jones
Goodman
Bradder Sylvester
Bradder Jones
Brother Gardner
Den
Pysson
Congress
Detroit
W. C. Soule
Harlem River
New York
Soule
Wayne County
North Carolina
Shaw
Ami
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Fayetteville
Bartholomew Fuller
Wash. McArthur
R. D. Melvin
Amos
Henry Nunnery
Seault
Doyle Bryant
Wm. Maultshy
W. W. Shepherd
Cato Petts
Reny
Youl
Cato
Hancock
the Times
Fredricksburg
Atention
Bay of Bengal
Mr. Elliott
Government of Bengal
Bengal Instruments
Indian Gulf
Jorce
The
Glinston
Sentinel
GEO
M. Mathes
Gaston
New Berne
N.C
S. R. Street & Son
the National Hotel
State House
Raleigh
WN. C
Street & Son, Owners and Proprietors
Preston Roan
Errerss His
Winston
J. W. Durham
Winston, N. C. &B
W. T. Vogler
N. C
Ott
Brutchfiel
Wvinste
D& Stedman
Beck & Moore
Pinetos
Nods
T J. Brown
Vaughn
Brown
Vaughn & Prailer
Brown & Vaughn
James D. Patton
Obioco Manufacturers
Cary Street
Richmond
Magnus
Jerr
Henry
Foy
Isutt
Petion Free
Hy Indie
Towace
Bone
Buser
Actier
Miles
Sin
Danville News
Veronica
Mr. Ortell
Herbert
Claven Veronica
Mr. Orrell
Veronica Vache
Sam
Herbert Orrell
Villian
Montgomery
Ala
Landred
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