Confederate start up in Richmond described by Capers
A Cincinnati Enquirer correspondent recounts a Charleston era tale from Colonel Henry Capers now in Rome Georgia. He recalls the early Confederate government forming in 1861 starting with Meminger as treasury secretary and Davis influence, detailing hurried offices and rough beginnings.
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Montgomery
Ala
Cincinnati Enquirer
Alabama
Capitol
Etill
Confederacy
Henry
Capers
Rome
Davis
Exchange Hotel
Mr. Merainger
Eyaeeeres
Meminger
Treasury Department
Senate
Charles F
Caenter
Roax
Central Bank
Knox
Wen Ir. Deve
Retu
George W. Lee
Confederate Treasury
Mr. M
Ambitious Cash Gift and Stock Pitch Narrative
An exchange presents a man congratulated as lucky while a donor offers $5,000 in cash and vows to grow holdings to $15,000 by April 1. The offer includes a request to invest in stocks claiming a 300 percent rise and a $25 fee for the assistant.
Notable Hungarian Beauty Fails in A France Germany Tale
In New York The Tribune reports The St James's Gazette claims Mile Marguerite de Bagdany the fairest of Hungary's daughters is considered the most beautiful woman in France and Germany. The piece references Count von Bis cebarcelier and hints at a doomed or dramatic unfoldment with Bismarck mentioned in connection to the event.
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New York. Tribune
Hungay
St James's Gazette
Mile
Marguerite de Bagdany
France
Germany
Long Conhan Count von Biscebarcelier
Bismarck
Auction of Wis ging pupil painting draws crowded gallery
A shabby man in a corner bids vigorously on a gallery painting while buyers watch. The auctioneer starts at ten dollars and climbs to sixty five, with the crowd praising the work and the anonymous buyer finally acquiring the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisging
Gerome
Sam
Legin
Proverb Jabs at Life Lessons from Rural Roots
A witty columnist from The Century collects rural sayings and folk wisdom about work, education, and daily life. The piece humorously contrasts clever fiddle playing with pestered hoe handles and notes how misplacing a knife reflects broader human foibles. It hints that effort and common sense shape success more than flashy schemes.
The Cow Tree Discovery and Its Satirical Promise
The piece extols Peck's Sir Joseph Hooker discovery of a so called cow tree that yields milk from bark incisions. It imagines widespread adoption in England and America with saplings, jokes about dairy, milking routines, and farmer life being simplified by this fantastical perennial milk source.
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Peck
Sir Joseph Hooker
London
England
Brindle
Payne of Home Sweet Home Felt No Home in Life
The piece recalls Payne, author of Home Sweet Home, who never had a true home yet lived widely. It notes his travels in Paris, Berlin, London, and other cities, and a letter from Payne about poverty while his song gained fame. It contrasts experts who fail when tested and the paradoxes of success and wealth.
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Peck
Payne
Washington
Paris
Berlin
London
Hielp
Peril of Dark Parlors Voices on Social Danger
The Philadelphia Times argues the Dukes acquittal shows jury failure and highlights social dangers. It cites a respected lawyer and legislator as the criminal, condemns dark parlors and youthful independence, and urges parental guidance to curb risky interactions and temptations among youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Times
Commonwealth
Three-Headed Woman Illusion At St Louis Museum
A glass setup creates a three headed figure in a museum display. William Sebastian, owner, uses a diagonal glass over an oven with black stage curtains to conceal joint points. The illusion shows one body with three heads while lighting makes the joins invisible.
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St Louis Post-Dispatch
William Sebastian
Museum
Mr.ett
Sebastian
Sereiog
Mr. Sackett
Hatchet Tale Illustrations in Washington Primer
The Hatchet Story illustrated to teach Venezuelan children reading with two images, one showing the hatchet and the other the man who used it. The tale features the famous George Washington and his hatchet in an enticing version designed for learners.
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Venezuela
George Washington
Secretary Chandler and President Reconstruct Hoo Chee Noo Mystery
Washington letters recount Secretary Chandler rushing to the White House with a telegram about hoo chee noo from Alaska. The president and Chandler debate how to handle Chilcat Indians and fur bearing claims with dictionaries and jokes. The piece surrounds jokes on Alaska and presidential humor.
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Washington
N. Y. World
Chandler
Navy Department
White House
Alaska
Merriman
Adams
William E. Chandler
William
Ethnological Bureau
the Anthropological Society
Worcester
Webster
Chandler Nohoo-che-noo
Chilcat
Cher
West
Vest
Patent Office
Pension Office
Kentucky
Chilcats
Merriam
Hoo-Cho-Woo
Lincoln Rail Speech and Decatur Convention in 1859
George Alfred Townsend describes Abraham Lincoln’s early prominence at the Cooper Institute hall where he spoke after Lincoln’s Senate race loss. The piece notes the 1859 Decatur Republican convention and a commemorative rail donation praising Lincoln as the rail candidate for 1860. Lincoln toured Kansas, Ohio, and New York en route to Beecher’s Brooklyn address.
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George Alfred Townsend
Cooper Institute
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Douglas
Decatur
Ilinois
Oglesby
Anscigny
Thomas Hanks
Kansas
Ohio
New York
City
Beecher
Astor House
Peter Cooper
Seward
Yaller Jongquil's Sweet Sign of Coming Spring
A colorful verse notes signs of spring with birds, wildlife, and warming days. The speaker mocks old winter imagery and praises crocus and dogwood buds while hinting at seasonal change.
Tere Silent Land to a Sains n Of ail perfection
Poetic fragment praises a future pledge and silent land. The lines envision beautiful souls and a hopeful outcome amid life’s battles. A lyrical meditation on endurance, beauty, and idealized sacrifice.
Yankee breaks frozen bombs to win six cent pay
A Pittsburg iron firm sought labor to break condemned bombshells. A Yankee worker asked for six and a cent per shell, laid shells hole up, filled with water, and left them. The cold night froze the water, splitting each bomb into many pieces and yielding a pile of scrap.
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Pittsburg
Five Estimates for Radical Home Alterations Proposed
A friend plans a mansard roof and a two story extension and asks for cost guidance. The suggestion is to gather five trusted experts to review the plans and provide independent estimates, then average them to gauge total expenses.
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New York Star
Unfound Philadelphia Real Estate Pieces Reported
Real estate assessors in Philadelphia report 265 properties with owners not found or unknown. These unlocated owners leave properties unclaimed and subject to potential city action under property records and tax rules.
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Real Estate Assessors of
Philadelphia
Drunken Jackass Bodie Curbs Aurora Jack
A Bodie Cal jackass known as Bodie’s drunkard is described as drinking heavily during a spree in Aurora. After heavy liquor the animal performed tricks then became frisky and kicked a county official and bit a lawyer’s leg. He was quieted after more whisky and later found to be ready for a revival.
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Aurora
Jack
Erie Square Scream Sparks Familyroom Turmoil
Residents in a fashionable Erie square were startled by screams from a prominent house. A swift entry with family aid followed as cries echoed from a daughter's room where she seemed to be injured by a hot slate pencil dropped along her back.
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Erie
Abe
Violet eyes and golden hair in a faded verse
A faded verse laments beauty and absent affection, imagining how one would have cared for a childlike queen with violet eyes and golden hair as snow covers their graves and the world passes by, contrasting joy with weariness.
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Mrs ML. Rayne
The Human Tumbler and Secrets of Five-Elephant Feats
The piece records a circus tumbler detailing pay scales from 35 to 100 dollars a week, apprenticeship paths, and the training endured to master cross tumbling. He recounts starting as a country boy, learning balance, various somersaults, and the discipline required, noting religion among tumblers as a surprising fact.
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New York Journal
Barnum
The Model Woman in Flushing Described by Local Press
An odd feature from Detroit Free Press details a Flushing Long Island woman praised as a model who never leaves home for eleven years. Her husband tends chickens flowers and canary while she reportedly receives no visitors yet is deemed intelligent and witty. The piece hints at Dr Dix lectures challenging gender roles.
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Detroit Free Press
Flushing
Long Island
Green Sea
Lake Erie
Paul Dau Chailla
Eli Perkine
New Bedford
Lugin
John
Johnt
Phily
Boston
White House Ghost Rumor From Washington Critic
An attache tells The Critic the White House is haunted with a male specter seen in the mansion’s old rooms. The ghost is said to disturb the president’s slumber, pace corridors at night, and influence travel plans, linking to Grant era tales and Arthur’s politics.
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White House
Washington
Presidential Mansion
Gen
Arthur
Senator Beck and Morrissey in St Louis 1876 Convention Tale
The St Louis Globe-Democrat recounts Senator Beck of Kentucky visiting St Louis during the 1876 convention. Beck, sleepy after a late night, awoke to cheers for Morrissey by a crowd near Gregory's Winter Garden, learns Morrissey is nominated, and debates the impact on swing states. The tale includes Col. Tom Nelson and other onlookers.
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Senator Beck
Kentucky
St Louis
Globe-Democrat
Beck
Southern
John Morrissey
New York
Tilden
Tammany
Morrissey
Gregory's
Winter Garden
Mr. Beck
Nelson
Wig
Mansions
United States
Indiana
Mr. Nelson
Weehawken Dueling Ground and Its Storied Duels
The Weehawken ground, marked by a surviving slab, hosted famed duels of Oliver Hazard Perry, Alexander Hamilton and his son, Aaron Burr, De Witt Clinton, and others. In 1820 locals broke the monument, yet the site remained a focal point for deadly disputes and dramatic river spectators during the era of dueling.
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Weehawken
George Alfred Townsend
Hamilton
Jersey
Oliver H. Perry
Heath
Decatur
Perry
Bladensburg
Alexander Hamilton
Gen Hamilton
Aaron Burr
John B. Church
Church
Burr
de Witt
Clinton
John Swartwout
Swartwout
Gas For Nothing From Coal Distillation Appliance
A Chester England inventor claims a coke oven design yields coke value per ton of coal alongside tar and ammonia and 14,000 feet of gas, enabling steam engines to be powered with no fuel cost. The process would let a manufacturer obtain gas for free from each ton of coal used, offsetting labor and capital costs.
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Chester
England
Mermaids and a Missouri episode in one page
A quirky mix features a boy taunting his father after St Patrick Day battles a Boston river river tale of mermaids described in lavish detail and a Boston couple’s misadventures with a stern school committee plus a bold Colorado mining turn as Maria writes from abroad.
Cairo Ostrich Farm Visit Amid Cairo Sights
A writer describes the Cairo ostrich farm near Tel-el-Kebir and the Virgin's tree, noting a nearby French restaurant popular with princes, dancers, and tourists. The piece links Egyptian sites to biblical relics and Lord Wolseley's recent exploits.
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Cairo
Jesus
Joesph
Egypt
Herod
Corps de Ballet
Sacred Tree
Simple Cure for Cold Feet
A remedy from The Fireman's Journal advises sedentary workers to balance on the toes to stretch foot tendons, repeat gradually, and restore normal stance. Wearing heavy woolen stockings over thin cotton is suggested to keep feet warm and prevent tenderness.
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Fireman's Journal
Longshoreman Owes Ward for Breach of Contract Suit
John Burs, a longshoreman, owed sculptor John Q A Ward $50 for breach of contract after being discharged after one week of a proposed four to five months of work at $15 weekly. Ward testified Burns was dissatisfied with his pose and leg use, while Burns claimed Ward demanded specific poses. Judge Norton ruled in Ward's favor, awarding judgment.
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New York Dispatch
John Burs
John Q. A. Ward
Byrne
Ward
Burns
Moe
Anne
Juge Norton
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Yaller Jongquil
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Silent Land
J. & von Salia
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Temple Gardens
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