The Big Strike and Ratificationists Debate
An August 1888 Wilmington column analyzes the telegraphic strike and its risks to national commerce, praises worker restraint, and warns of broader disruption. It also savages the Bourbon political label change and proposes the name Ratificationists as a historical nod amid Virginia policy debates.
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Fim
United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Wattalo
Aml
Pael
Sid
Mia
Betsey Trotwood
David Copperfield
Alexander
New England
Virginia
Richmond
North
Caroli
Republican Party
Bourbon
The Stained Escutcheon and Old Dominion Politics
A Virginia Democratic critique rails at Republicans and legal professionals, condemning bid for readjustment and praising steadfast principle. The piece cites Democratic sternness at Lynchburg and laments lawyers turning away from party service, amid national party shifts and civil rights alignments.
Fragmented London News Flash About a Surreal Scene
A garbled London news snippet describes an American visitor observing a bizarre moment near a pier where a pig is startled by a crane. The scene shifts to a man with a two banded engine and a water wheel causing a splash as the pig escapes.
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London
Chicago
Dour
Foraker Nominated Ohio Governor In 1883 Campaign
The Republican nominee Joseph B Foraker, 86, a former judge and Civil War veteran, is described as a man with strong law and order views and solid military and academic credentials. The piece covers his war record, education at Ohio Wesleyan and Cornell, and notes his rising popularity and expected election prospects in Ohio.
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Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Supreme Court of
Cincinnati
Alfred Yaple
Eighty-Ninth Ohio Infantry
Army of the Cumberland
Georgia
North Carolina
Slocum
Cumberland
Chinamauga
Ohio Wesleyan University
Cornell
Hamilton Co
Uecekial K. Bundy
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Connecticut
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Lamilorn
William P. Frye
Maine
United States Senate
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National Republican Executive Committee
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First National Bank of
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Hale
Efrecombe
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H. Suttus
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George W. Lane
Edenton
Plains
Wilmington, Wrightsville
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J C Gibbs
Alea Creecy
Geo Creecy
TP Hawkins
Joseph I'rice
Nokon Blount
Noah Meaman
Jeoffrey Haughton
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J J Gresecy
Isaac Dail
George Hazelton
Wa Nickels
Peter Wilson
Peter Spreeti
HJ McCreem
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Bowen
Alexandria
H. H. Warsen & Co
W. J. Summers
Cape Pear River
Plantasion
N.C
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W. Holden
ING Establishment
Samuel W. Holden
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Cuba
Porto Rico
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Rock Lime
French Bros
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Adrian & Voller
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Mbisu
Adrian
Vullers
McDougall & Bowden
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Setator
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Chester
Chas, Klein
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Princess
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