Labor Strikes Ripple Through Steel and Glass Trades
Reports from rail and mill towns recount widespread strikes and wage disputes across industries from iron foundries in Toledo Brockville Joliet and Nashville to glass works in Ithaca and Pittsburgh. Workers press for preserved wages and hours as plants idle or run reduced shifts amid union activity and employer resistance.
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Feat Publor Col
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Nashville
Tenn
Salem
Roy cl
Idle
Lawrenceburg
Willian
Hoth Stuen
Monelag
Wilder
Evaneville
Ind
Ape Levings
Lily Baer
Ovelders
Tod
Egameats
Oi Cneed
Tine Osage Nina Cross
Teanuries
Pitaburgh
Wrese
Fractured Sentences in 19th Century Gossip Columns
A garbled assemblage of brief statements from various papers lampoons marriage, gender roles, and social norms. It cites a Philadelphia divorce, London church life, Baltimore and Chicago items, and tenuous anecdotes about wives, husbands, and domestic behavior with dated, period-voice flavor.
President Arthur Attends Society Debut In New York
The president quietly attends the debut of Miss Nanole, hosted by Mr and Mrs French at 16 West Fifty fifth Street. About 60 guests gather as Arthur enters unaccompanied and remains reserved, later returning to Washington after a late visit to lawyer Muller.
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New York
Evie Oar
Capp
Hineateins
Taragie
Herlain Deere
Binewie
Hineaiag Valley
Cimal
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Baulrod
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Leo
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Claiben
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Arabia
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Transla
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S Boone
French
West Fifty-fifth Street
A. Arthur
Charlee EB. Mitler
Ibduight
Washilaglor
Mira Myloroy
Arthur Eter
Fifth Avenue Hilo
Murray
Fragments from old papers mix of odd tales and aging thoughts
A collage of ungrammatical clippings mentions a Detroit newspaper quip about a woman with fifty three dogs and a Rockland physician finding teeth in a drawer. It notes a Waco dumb supper joke and a Kentucky joke about cotton chewing complexion remedies. Also reflections on aging and friendship as people grow old around us.
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Rockland
Alves
Oain
Pottsville
Abe
Bismarck Tribune
Waco
Texas
Kentucky
Presa
Courierae
Relief voyage from Pittsburgh navigates flood relief operations
The Iron City boat party, led by Rev E F Pookahoo and Captain Joseph Graham, arrives with relief from Pittsburgh to Wellsburg Burlington and Wheeling. They distribute corn meal, coffee, sugar, beans, clothing, and bedding to 3,500 sufferers, aided by local committees and government funds. The voyage charts stops at New Central land Warren Jefferson County and Wellaburg, with ongoing efforts to reach overlooked households and coordinate with relief officials.
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Iron City
Vittaburgh
E. Fy Pooahoo
Josph Graham
Pielaburgs Press
Pest
Robert Herbert
Dispatch
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Will
Chronicle-Telegraphy I
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Omen
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le Walter
John and
Davis
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W. H Kiddie
People's Bank
Tron City
Philleras
Galjon
Willstuargh
Tieus
Busaias
New Curnterland
John Eudy
Twasurville
Wellaburg
W. Caldwell
India
Warren
Jefferson County
Ohio
Willam Jackson
Burlington
Wheeling
Manure in Wiec Some Head Aevare Uncum Comical Probe
A reporter questions impostors seeking aid at a supply depot. A wary farmer and a beggar woman draw scrutiny as staff face repeated requests for clothes and food. An elderly couple allegedly hoards provisions, while the narrator notes efforts to verify genuine need. The scene ends with a request to check a woman's claim.
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Wiec
Aevare
Col. White
Indy
Main
Dolman
Sakitabe
Crushed Hopes and a Fairy Tale Interlude in a Local Pageant
A melodramatic scene unfolds with Lillian Clyde reading a favorite paper when a sudden faintness interrupts her. Samuel J. McDeeswax, her lover, pleads for the cause as Lillian collapses, then reveals a bizarre turn about the victory of a False Prophet in Beypt cutting off gumearable supplies, triggering a dramatic faint.
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Lillian Clyde
Samuel J. McDeeswax
Lillian
Mefteeswa
Samuay
Samuel
Train conductor rejects counterfeit fare tale
Detroit Free Press recounts a tale aboard a passenger train where a conductor refuses a counterfeit bill, demanding fare or exile. A passenger tries to pay with a fake greenback, is caught, and the car erupts in protests as the conductor asserts the rule and passengers back the decision.
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Detroit Free Press
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