New York Politics and the Money Trail in City Contests
A Sentinel special reports on New York politics amid a costly contest with both parties bankrolling campaigns. Observations include city salaries funding, police extortion, and corruption arguments, plus Rep Spriggs’ view of Democratic odds and mugwump dynamics. The piece notes Hell Gate flood news and critiques the rise of illustrated daily images as sensational but often poorly executed.
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New York
Sentinel
Spriggs
Utica
Ohio
Hill
Blaine
Davenport
Davenort
Mugwumps
Cca Daca
Hell Gate
Newspn
Warner Erickronp
A Reporter Congressman and Reform Calls Across Pennsylvania
A retired newspaper man, Col. Trueman E. Merriman, wins a New York city district seat after a bold, money-free campaign led by fellow journalists. The piece also urges young Democrats in Pennsylvania to pursue honest reform, arguing virtue matters for the commonwealth’s future. It notes a Philadelphia capmaker, Frank Siddal, credits newspaper advertising with his fortune and calls for Sentinel subscriptions in the new year.
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Congress
Col. Trueman E. Merriman
New York City
Chesterfield
Washington
Merriman
Hardy
Young Democracy
Pennsylvania
Lancaster Intelligencer
Notler
Commonwealth
Mr. Tilden
Buckalew
Prom the Fork
Frank Siddal
Philadelphia
New York World
Old Ocean's Moan and the Sentinel's Memory
A long fragment recounts ocean lore and literary fans from Defoe to Cooper, recalling seas, ships, and maritime adventure. It includes a note from Mt. Vernon North Carolina about monopolizing politics, plus commentary on lawyers abusing witnesses and a Massachusetts rule protecting witnesses.
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Briny Deep
High Seas
Santrvev
Daniel Defoe
Jules Verne
Lord Byron
Capt. Marryatt
Jas. Fenimore Cooper
Robinson Crusoe
Byron
Africa
Mt. Vernon
N. C
Pulitzer
New York World
Bloody Shirt Display Triggers Ohio Political Turmoil
A Columbus dispatch describes a bloody shirt displayed before Democratic headquarters and burned after kerosene was poured on it. A Grand Army man demanded removal, sparking a crowd and heated exchanges. Republicans denounce the display while cooler heads avert violence. The item reflects fevered post election tensions and cross party rhetoric.
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Columbus
Ohio
Associated Press
Broad Street
New North
New South
Grand Army
Chestnut s and jests drift through old weekly pages
A mash of quips and snippets from a 19th century column, listing jokes from Pretzel’s Weekly and other papers. The piece lampoons fashion, law, weddings, and trade chatter with playful wordplay, moralizing quips, and local quips about social habits, sleep, and business hustle. Notable lines mention the British press timing, barbers, physiologists, and a roast of tobacco trade boasts.
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Winston, N.C
Winston
N.C
Clark & Ford
Striet
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Irving Blum, Cees
Winston, N. C
Liberty St. Myli
WinNnstons
Pfoul & Stocktor
Samuel Brewer
G.O. Stewart
Mers
L. P. Ector
Dentit
Lispary Street
Ffers
GLENN
R. BR
Glenn Glenn & Glenn
Wsstes
Patate
Catalogue Pree
Rewan Cove Nurseries
N. W
County
Ang
Purcell House
Norfolk
B. R. Brown & Co
H. Montague
Real Saint Broker
Inston, N. C
War Bess
Liberty Street
Bitting Rock
Burch’s
Fran
Yorkshire Pigs
Fersess
Santit
Toland Chinas
Borkskiers
Ant Manmiott
Erne Riley Sigmatien
Gees
Duck Fontaineus Cart Pigrous
Great Southern
Konte Ani
Enip Mately Natar
Oriene
Sinck
Luvetock & CO
Lords Lhe
Politics
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McDowell Bugle
New Era
Charlotte Observer
Edward Payson Hall
the Sentinel
Elmwood
Goldsboro Argus
Ivil
St Louis
Boston
Beecher
Witneses
Massachusetts
Wasj
Boston Courier
Cleveland
Senator Sherman
Chicago Times
Republican Party
Grant
Gen. Buckner
New York Monument
Albany Times
Judge Forker
South
Virginia
Petersburg
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Bio
Philadelphia Record
Chicago News
Hayes
Lawisville
Foraker
W. T. Blackwell
Durham
Mr. Blackwell
North Carolina
Goldsboro
New Orleans Picayune
Juba Bright
Bright
Mar
MART
Columbia
Morning Journal
Tesla
Doc Burton
Twitchell
Gorham Mountaineer
John O'Brien
Pretsel’s
Barbers’ Gazette
Salem Academy
Roxbury Advonte
Clerk
John
Yonkera Statesman
Danville
Lynchburg Tobacco Exchange
Durham Recorder
Ryttenberg Bros
Ryttenberg
Luce
Button
Newt
Stetson
Ramples
New. York
Broadway
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