Mark Twain Gets Rich From Grant Biography Sales
From Philadelphia to New York August reports detail vast money influx surrounding Grant’s death. Mark Twain leads Webster & Co. earnings with 300,000 copies ordered and up to 500,000 expected, price structure cited, and Twain’s share near a quarter to a third of a million. Also noted is a petrified snake found in a Porta mouth, Ohio sidewalk.
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Philadelphia News
New York
Grant
Mark Twain
Webster & Co
Army of
Europe
Twain
Mark
Minneapolis Mother Endorses Brown's Iron Bitters
Mrs. McCurdy of 907 Cedar Avenue Minneapolis reports relief from diphtheria illness and chronic indigestion after using Brown's Iron Bitters for several months. She says the tonic restored her appetite and energy and plans to continue use, recommending it to friends and noting it may help her ailing children.
Indusolable Reunion Ends Mourning Ceremonies
The New York Sun notes Gen Johnson Gen Buckner and Gen Sherman and Gen Sherman at Riverside tomb in a visible scene closing two weeks of mourning attended by the entire Sees Mea as a fitting finale to the era.
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Ind
Johnson
Buckner
Pensadens Assobete
Sherman
Sherizhe
Yesteree
Bon Lete
United States of America
Sarge Explores Calmness Amid Excitement in Business
A nameless narrator notes how a Sarge, entangled in early chaos, seeks steadiness as weather worsens. The piece contrasts the warmth from excitement with the chill of tension, arguing prudent restraint keeps one productive and composed in rough days.
Stevenson’s Hood Records in Whitadelphis Enquirer
First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson could not manufacture faster at a livelier rite. Higgins envies Breventon the free swing of his official ax.
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Hood
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Higgins
Had Been There Before in a San Jose Press Pass
A bold young man claims to be a journalist and slips into a theater press box in San Jose by posing as part of the Pe taluma Peavine. The manager tests him with impossible questions and permits entry after recognizing his antics. English writer Henry Mann surveys New England race attitudes toward African Americans, noting segregation in social circles and politics.
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Bee Patent Office
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Henry Mann
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Constitution
New York
Boston
An Ontable View of the Matter Expres
An ontable view from the Buffalo Express discusses Georgia's new general local option law and the tempered path toward temperance. It argues Georgia cannot yet implement a strong high license law and must endure a roundabout route toward prohibition, acknowledging human appetite resists eradication and that blunt methods fail.
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Georgia
Old-Style Brag Brac and the Rise of New Notions
An elderly bric-a-brac dealer recalls how chromes and modern machinery ended the old trade. He describes popular items from the past such as silk memorials made from a deceased wife’s hair, shells, corals, carved ivory and ebony pieces, and relics from ships and battlefields. He notes the shift to new styles, higher prices, and the demise of his business.
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Samplar
West India
China
Japan
East
Sam Bradford Fales
Philadelphia
Barlow
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Packer
Green
America
England
Vera Cruz's Battered Image A Fannie Ward Letter
A satirical piece describes a stone image at Vera Cruz with a bruised face, tied to a local superstition about women striking it to gain husbands and marriage. The author notes Mexican women’s alleged industriousness and mentions a nearby tumbling church with many female attendees during vesper services.
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Vera Cruz
Fannie B. Ward
Holding Sick Man in the Street Belongs to No One
Aurora Ms Blade criticizes the practice of restraining a feverish patient. She explains that once a sick mind wanders, bystanders gather and physically hold the person. The patient struggles, others brace themselves, and the sick individual grows weaker. The article argues that such restraint harms the ill.
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Aurora
Blade
Bookbinders' Variegated Paper From France Costs Ten Per Ream
A Chicago Times note describes variegated paper used by bookbinders costing $10 per ream of 480 sheets. It is made by an old French family guarding its secret, now producing about 100 reams annually. The article links the pattern to Napoleon’s era and hints at long decline in production.
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Sumter County
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Wm. Parker
Wm. Chamblies
Mary E
Lester
J. Y
Watlaty County
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J. W. Lester
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J. Pith
Casey
J. B. Mathis
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G. W. Glover
Forsyth Street
J. W. Sheffield& Co
Hart
Danville
Matt Newson
Aard
H.K. McKay
Spencer Whale
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W.T. A. Dann
Spencer Whaley
Oe Americas
Terson
Stephen Mitchell
Sawney Jordan
Cassie Anderson
Daniel. Tummy, Sra
Bumter County
James A. Fort
Daniel Tommy,Sr
Daniel Tommy, Jr
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Sule County
H. D. Watts & Co
R. T. Rouse
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