Romance at the Theatre Ends in Tragic Love Note
The dying Pere Brosseau, a bass violinist and daytime messenger, loves Theo the Jolie Parfumeuse. He endures jokes from fellow musicians as he clings to hope she will visit. Theo finally enters his hospital room, shares a tender moment, and he dies content.
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New York Journal
Pete Brosseau
Theo
Brosseau
Louise Theo
Joan
Otenica
Aleady Cece
Far West
America
M. Brosseau
Conservatoire
Vanderbilt
Bachelor
Pere Brosseau
Soenencne
Madame Theo
Viscount dX
Pere Brossean
Perceat
Ron
Tartiste
A Question in Philology
The New York Sun defends the time worn expression tinker's dam as profanity. It traces the word to a tinker's dam of dough used to restrain solder flow and ponders what substance would form a synonym for worthlessness if the term existed in other forms.
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Detroit Free Press
New York Sun
Sun
New York
Gettie
Learning the Mississippi Habits to Guide Its Regulation
The author argues regulating the Mississippi and tributaries would strain national finances and tempt vast corruption. They urge studying the river’s habits, comparing it to tiny brookies, to design suitable measures and storage reservoirs that meet needs without overbearing constraints.
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Mississippi
United States
Rufus Hatch Observes France and Britain on Paris Visit
In Paris Rufus Hatch outlines his mixed impressions of France and England after trips to London and Paris. He contrasts European land use and governance with American growth, noting population, agriculture, and the vast potential of western lands like Dakota and Montana for future expansion. He predicts knowledge and change will follow restlessness.
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Paris
Chicago
Grand Hotel
M. Desgranges
Desgranges
Russia
Italy
England
Orchestre
Maitree
Monsieur Carry
Rufus Hatch
Mons. Knecht
Rufus
Broad Street
Hatch
New York
London
France
United States
Gladstone
Jules Ferry
America
Britain
Ireland
Texas
Dakota
Montana
Great Britain
Great Northwest
Nebraska
Ing
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Big Nuggets of Gold From Sierra County List
Sierra County Tribune compiles a list of large gold nuggets found in the region. It notes August 18, 1860 discoveries at Monumental quartz mine weighing 1596 troy ounces valued up to 30000 dollars and sold for 21606.52 to R B Woodward of San Francisco. Other nuggets from French Ravine and Chipp's Flat are cited with weights and values.
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Sierra County
California
Sierra County Tribune
Monumental
Sierra Buttes
R. B. Woodward
San Francisco
Chipp
London
French Ravine
Smith’s Flat
Llagg
Oo Cee
Seonohie Hope Claim
Mountain House
Senith’aigs
The Price of a Name in Poetry
A discussion on how a poet's name adds value to his work. It cites Longfellow earnings for pieces like Sandalphon The Skeleton in Armor and The Hanging of the Crane to show how fame, not intrinsic worth alone, boosts payments. It notes the patience behind a famous name.
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Longfellow
Maki l Square
Bonner
A Fellow Who Needed Watching
Arkansaw Traveler recounts a tale of a man paying a toll gate keeper five cents by walking into a field to find him. The gate keeper pretends to suspect theft and wagers the man will steal before leaving. The story ends with the gate keeper calling a boy to watch the man and betting he will steal.
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Arkansaw
Terrier Hero Rescues Infant From Window Peril
A mother left her 18 month old alone in a front room with a toy terrier. In three minutes the child dangled head and arms beyond an open window sill. The dog clung to the dress, then released as the mother rushed to safety. The scene ended with the dog prancing in relief.
Paralyzed Teacher With Hymn Book Ruse At Grammar School
The incident centers on Amos who allegedly harmed his teacher during a classroom moment about parts of speech. Amos claims the book in question is masculine and refers to a hymn book, prompting the puzzled dialogue and a tense exchange.
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Amos
Obtaining a Government Position Through Brokers
A Washington Star column narrates a western youth who paid brokers for a government post. He paid $25 monthly for eight months, trusting a senator’s supposed promise, only to find the broker had no real influence. The piece warns that anyone selling government jobs is a fraud.
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Washington Star
Washington
Det
Department
Enchanted Southern Landscape Lures New Orleans Reader
The piece paints a twilight river scene with bayous, moss-draped oaks, and eerie visions of ghosts and gibbets, contrasted with a return to New Orleans glittering society. It evokes Pan era myth and dreamlike scenery before shifting to the city’s masquerades, forts, and social life.
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Boston Herald
Pan
New Orleans
West End
Butler Praised as Energetic and Satanic Leader
The article extols Gen Butler as possessing unmatched zeal for governance while criticizing many state executives as only nominal heads. It portrays Butler as energetic and satanic in drive and influence within American politics.
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Bismarck Tribune
Gen Butler
Commonwealths
Butler
On His Dignity Boston Transcript Excerpt
A Boston Transcript snippet shows a city official indignantly rejecting a request, asserting he will not act and challenging the idea of compromising his birthright for political gain. The tone captures contempt for implied pressure and defense of personal dignity.
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Boston Transcript
The Three Card Monte King from Texas Visits Train
A Texas cattleman named Jim Hurley uses three card monte on a train, fleecing a congressman and others after boasting of cattle wealth. The sad eyed man in the corner recognizes him and recalls his famed cleverness as the Texan toys with unsuspecting travelers aboard.
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H. S. Keller
Washington
Texas
St. Louis
Furst Station
Jim Hurley
Monte
Sponge Fishing: Grasping the Sea’s Depths for Diminished Pay
A sponge fisher works from a deck prone position, using a water glass and a long hooked line to detach sponges from rocky bases forty feet below. The trade demands keen eyesight, precision, and endurance, yet earnings rarely exceed $15 a month plus boat keep.
Tramp Poses as Foreman to Swindle Hotel Guest Meals
An Iowa hotel keeper recalls a meek tramp who claimed he led telegraph linemen and booked six men for meals. The man ate and slept with the group, then disappeared with the dinners, leaving the landlord furious and vowing not to serve such thieves again.
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Peck
Iowa
Postal Cards Produced at Holyoke by Forty Workers
The postal cards are made at Holyoke Massachusetts by forty men who turn out about a million daily. They have diminished the consumption of writing paper by from twelve million to fifteen million three hundred thousand dollars a year.
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New York Sun
Holyoke
Masa
Grateful Cook Seeks Sugar Deal Amid Market Woes
A Chicago broker hires a sharp female cook who ears his market tips and finances herself with stock gains. After a ruinous speculation, he must cut wages and moves to a cheaper home. She offers to stay loyal and even marry him, claiming to have saved about $60 and two or three good bets left. She notes she will not abandon him despite the hardship.
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Wall Street
Chicago
Maria
St. Louis
Muller
Mina
Adolphus
Manag
Rich Muller
Jumbo's Dainty Weal. Jumbo Feeds Daily With Barrels and Bread
Jumbo receives daily rations of half a barrel of potatoes half a barrel of bran and about one bale of hay along with ten loaves of bread one loaf per mouthful Visitors bring cakes candy and fruits averaging four or five bushels daily He eats nails and tobacco quids are avoided at a cost of eight to ten dollars per day He is attended by Scott a companion from England and a special groom keeps quarters This summary notes the creature enjoys a comfortable life with high daily costs and a loyal entourage.
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Jumbo
Kee Scott
Eng
Matrimonial Cyclone Heads to San Francisco
The San Francisco Post reports Lady Brooks Caruthers arrives with her six unmarried daughters. The page presents social gossip and intrigue surrounding a rumored marriage drama as it unfolds in the city.
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San Francisco Post
Lady Brooks Caruthers
San Francisco
Mothers of Germany: Ode to German Mothers and Faith
A fragmented poem praising mothers as brave guardians of Germany with calls for love and patriotism. The text interweaves admiration for strong mothers with harsh lines denouncing certain groups, concluding with a religious assertion that spiritual love surpasses steel and anger.
A Hundred Years Hence Prophecy of an English Clergyman
A reprint surveys Rev. Fincke’s forecast of a century hence when English speakers number a billion and spread globally. It envisions universal literacy, land ownership, a single morality, expanded roles for women, and the United States as a leading moral force with the press as power.
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Detroit
United States
Canada
Australia
South Africa
Great Britain
Mexico
Guatemala
Colombia
Bolivia
Peru
Amazon
Pacific
New Zealand
Africa
Equator
Court Day in a Tennessee Town
A Detroit Free Press observer describes a Tennessee circuit court day as a festive, messy scene. jurors and lawyers smoke, townsfolk chew, farmers arrive by horse and wagon to haggle politics, religion, and local tricks. An Indian doctor hawks remedies while a minstrel show entertains and the running mule wins three races. The night ends with rough talk and rougher hospitality.
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Stewart County
Burdettes Love Story of His Invalid Wife
The piece profiles Bob Burdette the Burlington Hawkeye humorist and his marriage to Carrie Garret of Peoria. It highlights his fame wealth and the devotion that sustained his life and work, noting his wife’s invalid condition and her influence on his humor and success.
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Atlanta Constitution
Bob Burdette
Burlington Hawkeye
Funny Men
Hawkeye
Carrie Garret
Peoria
Usu
Philadelphia
Bob
Bis
Burlington
Keokuk
Biggest Shad Tale From the Mosquito Inlet
A Florida tarpoon, not a true shad, reportedly outshines all shad experiences with an immense silver flash and a leap witnessed while hauling a mullet net at Mosquito inlet. The tale recalls an eight pound shad and a world beating fish seen in warm waters.
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Florida
Mosquito Inlet
Rare silver fish nets $200 as Gulf coast find astonishes crew
The crew describes a ten foot silver scaled fish caught on the beach while fishing for tarpon. They note flesh quality and a price of about $200 per creature. The fish, called ops thris soides, is said to be seen only a few times yearly along the Gulf and up North, with specimens up to twelve feet.
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Opie P. Read
Nature
Chile
Gulf
Florida shark swallows eight day clock then beaches it to wind it
A shark in Florida reportedly swallowed an eight day clock dropped into the water. Seven days later the shark ran ashore near Pensacola and was found to have the clock needing winding.
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Florida
Pensacola
Attempt to destroy influence with the queen hoax
A Hamilton dispatch claims Robert McWade of The Ledger cursed the queen during a train stop. The piece argues the tale is a malicious hoax by rival papers aimed at harming G Washington Childs AM and his establishment. It notes McWade’s moral education and a supportive poem published by Childs on the alleged date.
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Hamilton
Ontario
Philadelphia Times
Philadelphia Press
Robert McWade
The
Ledger
Phipps
Philadelphia
Qnen
G. Washington Childs AM
G. Washington Childs
A. M
Not more than one boy in a thousand earns big wages early
A New York merchant notes that few 16 to 17 year olds reach high pay by 21. Most struggle to $10 a week. successful youths rise from bottom rungs through hard work, patience and character. Firms promote those who stay faithful, not quit. Many stock and errand boys later prosper with time.
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New York
Chicago merchant Leiter’s ascent and mining ventures
The passage notes Chicago merchant Leiter, linked to ex Secretary Windom’s Washington residence, tracing his rise from humble beginnings after buying Potter Palmer’s business. It claims a million dollars in Mexican Central stock and credits Field & Leiter with sparking Colorado’s mining boom through a productive discovery.
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George Alfred Townsend
Leiter
Chicago
Windom
Washington
Hagerstown
Potter Palmer
Mexican Central Railroad
Palmer
Field & Leiter
Colorado
James Finnegan and the Spark that Saved Him
A sailor James Finnegan survives a wreck in the southern sea and is captured by islanders. Bound to a stake, he spares himself by striking a single match from a tin box on his leg, igniting fear and awe among his captors as he gains a chance to escape.
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James Finnegan
Ao Bis
Hapa
R ‘Ciance
James
Sacred burden and steadfast ascent in Kemble poem
Fragment from Frances Anne Kemble describing a star flash and ethereal imagery. The narrator speaks of red air, silver sound, and a sacred burden of life. The poem urges bearing the burden solemnly, lifting and moving onward toward a goal with steadfast resolve.
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Frances Anne Kemble
California Letter on trade and life in the Occident
A correspondence from California details coastal trade margins, labor costs, and production rivals to eastern manufacturers. It notes rapid Oregon rail and water links, cosmopolitan price shifts in San Francisco, hotel reluctance during Knights Templar events, and a surge of farming success, vineyards, and wine profits. The piece ends with a vivid scene of a snowy San Francisco day and flowering streets.
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Oregon
Mexico
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
Knights Templar
Central
California
Theocritus
Sacramento
Gould Plans World Cruise in a Luxury Steam Yacht
The article details Mr. Gould's intended two year world voyage aboard the Atalanta, a 225 foot steam yacht with 1,000 tons and double engines. It covers crew, guests, furnishings, and costs including a roughly 325000 total outlay, plus route ideas from New York to Venice and back via Europe and Americas.
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New York Journal
Gould
Western Union
Mr. Gould
Providence
George
Messrs. Cramp & Sons
Delaware
Philadelphia
Mrs. Gould
Europe
Russell
Washington E. Connor
Morosini
Will
George Gould
England
France
Italy
New York
Havana
West India Isles
Amazon
Orinoco
Para
Rio de Janeiro
South Sandie
Pommel Ayres
Montevideo
Straits of Man
Santiago de Chile
Callao
Lima
Panama
Mazatlan
Mexico
San Diego
Melbourne
Sydney
Oan Io
Ong Kong
Penang
Siam
India
Aden
Suez
Egypt
Constantinople
Grecian
Adriatic
Venice
Gyascutus Captured and Theatrical Sighting Provokes Debate
A Marysville Appeal report notes Tom Clyma of North Butte captured a supposed extinct creature named gyascutus with a steel trap. The town staged a show with a curious audience, a chaotic exit as the animal escaped, and wagers on who saved whom. The incident sparks legal questions about ownership and potential claims on box office receipts.
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New York Tribune
Marysville
Tom Clyma
North Butte
Gyascutus
Gyasculus
Scientist
Lord Byron
Gvascutus
Clyma
Gyaseutus
Gyaeeutus
Tom Coema
Remeina
Aaa
Este
Tragedy on Washington Avenue Leaves Family In Mourning
A grieving observer recalls a fair haired boy who grew into a brave youth, now gone. He describes the father, worn and anxious, and a sister’s pale sorrow as the family copes with a sudden calamity and loss. The tale hints at sorrowful news and community sympathy.
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Washington Avenue
State Street Hill
Sean
Sean Tulip
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Satan
Elas
Sas
Tennessee
Burdette
George Washington Childs
Scott Campbell
Hlone
Trn
Elisa
South Bend
Ind
Gentlemen of Honor
Jason Gould
ARGO
Treasury
Bureau Printing Engraving
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Treasury Department
Joe Brown
Massa
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