The Assassination of Lincoln Remembered in 33rd Year
A Pittsburgh Dispatch summary recalls the Lincoln assassination on April 14 with details of the Ford's Theatre visit, Booth’s attack, and the immediate chaos. It notes Grant’s absence, Mrs. Lincoln’s grief, Laura Keene’s aid, and Lincoln’s death at 7 22 p m. The piece reflects on national impact and quotes Lincoln’s letter to Gen. Van Alen and Stoddard’s memory of Grant.
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Booth
Laura Keene
Washington
Seward
Sumner
Colfax
War Department
Barnes
Stone
Lincoln
Gurley
Stanton
Gen. van Alen
Lincoln Assassination Attempt Exploits Theater Box
Booth entered the box near the stage during the performance and shot President Lincoln at close range. Maj. Rathbone rose to defend the President and was stabbed in the arm as Booth leapt to the balustrade and plunged the knife outward. The scene occurred toward the play’s end amid stillness.
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Booth
Maj. Rathbone
Lincoln
End of Booth and Tragedy Reverberates Through Survivors
The assassin John Wilkes Booth was killed in a burning barn. The wounded president’s widow sank into melancholia and madness. A box guest killed another and then himself, while Sergi Boston Corbett who shot Booth later suffered insanity and was confined in a Kansas asylum.
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John Wilkes Booth
Sergi Boston Corbett
Booth
Kansas
Valentines Outdated in Modern Gift Etiquette
A column argues Valentines are out of date among fashionable adults, advocating poetry or simple gifts like violets roses or candy, while noting children still expect love notes. It recalls the old elaborate valentines as costly, impractical, and no longer socially valued.
Lincoln and Grant Anecdote From Stoddard
William C. Stoddard, a former secretary, recounts Lincoln’s view of Grant. Lincoln says Grant is the first general he has had, and notes his cavalry estimate as a telling early impression of the Union commander.
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McClellan
Burnside
Hooker
Meade
Mr. Stoddard
Lincoln
Grant
Sharper’s Ferry
Pittsburg Dispatch
William C. Stoddard
Army of the Potomac
Hood's Sarsaparilla Endorsed for Early Disease Symptoms
An advertisement promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a preventative for chronic disease and claims strong success even in long standing cases. The copy urges using the tonic when early signs appear and asserts broad curative potential.
Indian Woman Narrowly Escapes Buried Alive in Indiana
Mrs Ellen Crosby was pronounced dead as preparations for burial began in Crawford County Indiana She woke eight hours later and insisted her mother be kept from burial claiming she spoke to her in sleep The daughter’s warning led to a revival that left Mrs Crosby on the path to recovery Also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure and long hours for Knoxville painters in the same era.
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Ellen Crosby
Crawford County
Indiana
Mary
Mrs. Crosby
State OF Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
O. Bola
Meit
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co
Richfield Springs
F. E. Price
Jersey City
N. J
Mary A. Carbaugh
Black Gap
Salt Lake City as a major transcontinental travel hub
Salt Lake City features heavily in rail travel lore with emphasis on the Rio Grande Western Railway routing through the city. The piece touts local attractions including the Mormon Temple and Great Salt Lake waters, and promotes a brochure offer via mail to readers in Portland and Salt Lake City officials. It also includes anecdotes about Chaplain Couden’s self shaving and a Lithuanian bride’s ears boxed before marriage, plus a note on Adjutant General Corbin’s forecasted Lawton fund reaching $100,000 for Mrs. Lawton.
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Salt Lake City
Tabernacle
Great Salt Lake
Dead Sea
Holy Land
Rio Grande Western Railway
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland Railways
Southern Pacific
Oregon Short
Utah
Colorado
J. D. Mansfield
Washington St
Portland
Geo. W. Heintz
Avent
The Same Jones Recalled In Tale Of Reunion
Two old friends meet after ten years and swap memories of school days and names. One asks about marriage and learns his friend Billy married a Mise Jones of Philadelphia, a snub-nosed Jones girl remembered from their youth.
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Billy
Mise Jones
Philadelphia
Jones
Various Health Claims and Advertisements Hit Sbig
An assortment of 19th century ads tout inventions and cures. Claims include an electrical device for the blind, Hustetter’s Stomach Hitters for indigestion, Cascarets for purging, Piso’s Cure for Consumption, and Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets for colds. Also noted are wages for New York house smiths, a pledge drive in England, and beer exports from Berlin with Mexico as a sewing machine customer.
Improved Train Equipment and Mineral Rich Missouri Claim
The O R and N and Oregon Short Line add a buffet, library car, and dining car to the Portland to Chicago through train with latest chair cars and day coaches. Direct connections at Granger with Union Pacific and at Ogden with Rio Grande. Missouri geologist predicts vast mineral wealth including lead zinc copper nickel cobalt and coal within five years. Mothers urged to use Mrs Winslow s soothing syrup for teething children.
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Oregon Short Line
Portland-Chicago
Granger
Union Pacific
Ogden
Rio Grande Line
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
W. H. Hurlburt
Portland
Missouri
Gallagher
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President Lincoln
Ford
United States
Gen. Grant
Burlington
Schuyler Colfax
Tom Taylor
Florence Trenchard
May Meredith
Ford's Theater
John Wilkes Kooth
ST. Valentine
Knoxville
Chaplain Couden
Dr. Couden
Lithuania
Corbin
Lawton
Ferry
D. M. Ferry & CO
Dotrelt, Mich
Worthington Steam
Rey la
Pacity
Ehowen
Novo
Gunn
Bosanku
Philadn
Meuna
ISO
Heri Iy
Saxony
New York
Piso
John A. Miller
Au Sable
Michigan
North Staffordshire
England
Christian Endeavor Union
E. W. Grove
Java
Berlin
Bavaria
Bohemia
Mexico
Chicago News
Mrs. Winslow
Maude
Hella
Jack
Lena
Puck
CANDY
Tacorevo
CS Mouy Ae Ene
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
Montreal
Cleveland
Cleveland Chain
Stormer
Northwest
Idaia
American Bicycle
Pope Sales Dep
Sixth St
Luke &T
Ilin
Portland Directory
Portland Wire & Iron Works
Cawston & CO
First St
Portland, Or
Poole
Oricon
California Fig Syrup Co
H. P. Hamilton
Two Rivers
Wis
Danger Witherr
DR. Newkirk
Mountain Home
Ida
M. J. Shields & CO
Moscow
Ladies Reer
Kitty Seleie
Moore
Pabet
Osanko
N. Pln
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