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...shooting of President James A. Garfield captivated the nation in the fall of 1881. As the Chief Executive's life hung balanced between life and death for almost three months, citizens offered daily prayers and followed closely each new report on the progress of the ailing president. When Garfield finally succumbed at 11 p.m., Monday, September 19, the country intensified its prolonged mourning...
...Jeremial Haggerty, a liquor dealer whose fourth class (grocer's) liquor license had just been revoked by the Board of Alderman. It seems the police chief had been going from shop to shop in late September with a request that the stores close on account of the Garfield obsequies: when he came to Haggerty's business, he noticed the beer pump dripping and saw several men standing at a counter drinking. Though not positive, the officer throught they were drinking ale. Since city laws prohibited a grocer from serving liquor on the premises, the officer brought the case before...
...Grant dined with Queen Victoria, discussed war with Bismarck, and noted, with eerie precognition, the sorry history of colonial rule in Southeast Asia. The triumphal trip was not enough to catapult him back into office for the third term he sought in 1880. Still, his peculiar luck held. James Garfield, who won, was assassinated just months after Inauguration...
...match's premier event saw Howard Sands, number-one player, confronting Andy Garfield. Comparable styles of conservative play highlighted the match. Not ones for flashy shots, the players concentrated on smooth polished playing and consistent ball control. Aggresive playing on Sands part, however, made the difference, and he emerged with...
NOTEBOOK: Controversy has surrounded the college career of Columbia's number - one player Andy Garfield, Garfield, a junior, is currently in his first year of intercollegiate play due to an NCAA ruling that Garfield's signing a pro-circuit contract two years ago made him ineligible. This year, Garfield appealed and that decision was overruled on the grounds that Garfield never accepted money while playing on the pro-circuit--since he never...