Political strife and hospital speech mark Wilmington paper
The editor derides a new Washington Post tone, comments on Florida hospital dedication by Judge Settle, and criticizes party tactics. He notes Raleigh meeting of the Republican State Executive Committee on the 25th and warns of alleged electoral fraud, urging harsh tactics in North Carolina politics.
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Raleigh
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Waddell
Canaday
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Postal Savings Bill Endorsed For Simplicity And Scope
The Waddell postal savings bill is urged as superior for its simplicity and thorough coverage. It allows deposits from 25 cents to 300 dollars at post offices, at 3 percent interest, with withdrawals on demand. Children over 12 and married women may deposit independently, with certificates payable in banknotes or coin.
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Treasury
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Rhode Island Speech At State Convention Warns Of Ballot Box Threats
A Providence meeting of Rhode Island Republicans featured John M. Collins condemning alleged southern suppression of free speech and the ballot. He warned outsiders seek control by voting and fair counting while urging vigilance and protest against coercive tactics.
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Providence
John M. Collins
South
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Bb Dew and
de Anemizel
Plot to Prevent Release of Anderson Faces Backlash
A New Orleans correspondent reports a plot by Southern Bourbonists to block Anderson's release via a Supreme Court mandate. Whitaker would oversee a lease, Sheriff Houston would evade order, and militia chiefs, deputies, and Gov Nicholls face pressure as a federal aid option looms. The conspiracy risks national infamy and renewed bayonet use in the South. Anderson has since been released by the Supreme Court.
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Inter Ocean
New Orleans
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Supreme Court
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Supreme Bench
Nicholls
South
Congress
Republicans Hold Caucus but No Clear Policy Emerges
A Republican Senate caucus last Saturday produced no formal action and few definite conclusions. The New York Herald notes Senators favored backing future measures over challenging the President, citing the southern conciliation policy and recent New Hampshire results as evidence Republicans can win without undermining the administration.
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New York Herald
Washington
Astersiay
Howe
Louisiana
Civil Service
Medera Remains Contain Odd Hart County Tale
In Hart County Kentucky a man named Wat Bowsan, adopted as a cub by a bear, is described as mute after capture. The fragment outlines his capture, branding, and failure to speak, leaving a truncated account of his fate and captivity.
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Hart County
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Bowsan
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Singular Woman Princess Metternich's Family Ties and Departures
New York World reports on the Princess Metternich wife of the Austrian ambassador, losing her father Count Maurice Nagy Sandor, famed for horsemanship, and preparing to send her eldest daughter Sophie to wed Prince Emile of Oettingen Spielberg. The article notes her social influence in Austria and France, and her castle entertainments at Johannisberg.
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Austria
France
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Emile of
Oettingen- Spielberg
New York World
Doorkeeper Polk Charges Questioned by Reform Committee
The Reform Committee finds Doorkeeper Polk largely violated laws and customs, arguing his position unfit due to lawlessness and inefficiency. The report urges restraint and accountability despite his extenuating department needs. It contrasts this with Georgia gold and cabbage anecdotes from Atlanta.
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Committee On Reform In the Civil Service
Day
Polk
Col. Polk
Alligator Attack Amazes Steamship Crew in Australian River
A Kanaka worker on the steamer Pioneer in the Norman River survived after an alligator seized his thigh during a rope unfastening. Crew restrained the animal with an axe blows while the man bled heavily and died soon after reaching medical aid. The incident follows reports of morphiomania spreading in Berlin due to opium injections and the struggle to curb addiction.
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Norman
Australia
Astonishing Pact and Health Touts From 19th Century Ads
A jumble of early 20th style advertisements and anecdotes, touting Green's August Flowers as a cure for dyspepsia and liver issues, followed by an odd dialogue about Calvinism and Universalism between Hosea Ballou and Lyman Beecher, then a trap anecdote about rats and mirrors, and a Dubuque telegram noting the recovery of Thomas Alsop.
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Lyman Beecher
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John
Father Ballou
Seareestier
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