Congressional session notes veer between adjournment and scrutiny
In the Senate on the 12th few members were present and no business concluded. the House elected Mr. Cox Speaker pro tem during Mr. Kerr's absence. Reports criticized the Government Printing Office for extravagance and urged its discontinuance and possible indictment of the Public Printer. The Whisky Ring probe drew party lines as measures moved through committees and votes.
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The Buddha and the Mustard Seed Tale of Grief
Kisagotami wanders door to door with her dead child seeking a cure. The Buddha teaches that death comes to all and that life is transient, while urging acceptance and the search for rest beyond earthly pain.
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Buddha
The Wrong Picture and the Silent Proposal Mistake
A suitor admires Cecilia Vernon and a rival, Fitzhugh Trefoil, while secretly loving Cecilia. He mistakenly shows Cecilia Bessie Armitage's photograph, inciting Cecilia's anger and ending in Trefoil securing Cecilia's promise to marry him. The narrator returns home humiliated, realizing his error and facing a dawn of consequences.
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Henry Wallis
Bessie Armitage
Wallis
Cecilia Vernon
Cecilia
Fitzhugh Trefoil
Vernons
Miss Vernon
Paul
Minnie
Vernon Mansion
Squire Vernon
Cecil
Mr. Markham
Bessié Armitage
Vernon
Trefo
One Cecilia Married to Fitzhugh Trefort Morat
A humorous couplet laments a bachelor detour as a man notes Cecilia is wed to Fitzhugh Morat and warns suitors to know whose image travels with their heart.
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Cecilia
Fitzhugh Trefort Morat
Queen’s Coburg Visit Highlights Fateful Love Tower Tale
The Queen’s Coburg stop recalls a 17th century tragedy in a ivy covered tower. Ulrich von Lichtenstein and Anna of Saxony’s Duchess of Casimir were ensnared by Scotus, a con artist, leading to divorce and brutal imprisonment. Anna died in 1613 after nineteen years captive, while Von Lichtenstein served forty years in solitary confinement, ending 1633. The tower’s fate transformed into a residence.
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Germany
Ulrich von Lichtenstein
Anna of Saxony
Johann Casimir
Elector of Saxony
Casimir
Scotus
von Jehtenstein
Seoys
von Lichtenstein
Doane
Gen Crook plans 300 scouts for Sioux area venture
Omaha dispatch says Gen Crook will organize a 300 man scout contingent at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies if the Sioux prove friendly. otherwise selection will come from the Snakes and Crows. Sitting Bull's village reported near Yellowstone River mouth. Half-breeds buying ammunition, signaling possible hostilities.
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Crook
Red Cloud
Spotted Tail
Sitting Bull
Yellowstone
Powder River
Crazy Horse
Standing Rock
Longfellow Visitors Test Curiosity of Time
The Boston Commercial Bulletin notes Longfellow’s patience with eager visitors. Three women from Chicago and Milwaukee asked to see his library and dining room, while an English traveler pressed for the real American poet and complained of boredom, seeking ancient ruins in New England.
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Longfellow
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sir Charles Coldstream
America
History of a False Diamond at Paris Auction
A false diamond identical to the Regent sold for 20 francs at Hotel Drouot. Twenty seven years earlier a French claimant named Comte de Boissat duped Prince Torreni of 200,000 francs by showing the gem as the real Crown jewel. The impostor vanished, and the jewel later passed to an actress who died in Paris, with the stone auctioned among her effects.
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Paris
Regent
Hagens
Comte de Boissat
Prince Torreni
Naples
France
Multiple Global Events Reported Across Nations and Courts
Official opinion denies clemency for Dyer. Winslow is recommitted for 10 more days as talks with Secretary Fish proceed. Counterfeit tens circulate in Terre Haute and Louisville banks. Boston killer Piper confesses arson links. Guatemalan army defeats Salvadorians and seizes La Union and San Miguel. Salvadoran president seeks terms. Hayti ex-president Domingue alive. Hudson first ocean passage through Eads jetties. Amable Ricard dies. Voorhes and Knox plead for McKee and Maguire clemency. appeal declined. Rouen theatre manager Goutschalde arrested for theatre fire deaths. New York whisky dealers indicted for fake product. Centennial Commission removes admission note requirement.
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Dyer
Winslow
Fish
State Bank of
Terre Haute
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Louisville
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Boston
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San Miguel
Salvador
Domingue
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Hudson
Eads
Amable Ricard
Tatellot
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Knox
Messrs
McKee
Maguire
M. Goutschalde
Theatres Arts
Rouen
France
New York
Centennial Commission
Chicago Council backs Toyne as mayor amid Colvin resistance
City Council votes 27 to 6 to recognize Toyne as mayor while Colvin refuses to abdicate and urges department heads to ignore Hoyne. Centennial events in Washington draw President Cabinet and diplomats. Ex secretary Belknap indicted for bribe, and Boston killer Piper confesses to multiple murders. Diaz retreats before Monterey due to forage shortages. Rubenstein dies on death row. Michigan GOP selects delegates to Cincinnati Convention. Centennial Exhibition opens publicly. Chicago officials face gambling scandal as collector Von Hollern flees to Europe. Chicago brickmakers riot. Czar visits Berlin. Welsh prince wounded in Prague duel. Wales prince returns to Portsmouth. Connecticut nominates Barnes for US Senate. Greenback delegates elected in Wisconsin and town meetings. Parliament members seek Fenian release. Lyon, Iowa hangs a prisoner. coroner lacks clues. West Virginia GOP sends Blaine delegation. NH Republicans back Harrison. North Adams mill closes, 200 displaced. Exposition draws 290,000 visitors. pension office probe reveals sinecure for Campbell. Pardon applications for Maguire and McKee referred by AG.
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Hoyne
Diplomatic Corps
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Washington
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District of Columbia
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Little Mabel Young
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Diaz
Monterey
Matamoras
Pesach N. Rubenstein
Sarah Alexander
Brooklyn
Michigan
Cincinnati
George von Hollern
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Berlin
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Leopold Kelourat
Prague
Prince
Prince of Wales
India
Portsmouth
Connecticut
Wm. H. Barnum
Indianapolis
Wisconsin
Pariament
Lyons
Iowa
Patrick Hand
West Virginia
Blaine
New Hampshire
Henry B. Harrison
United States Senate
Johnson Gingham Manufacturing Company
North Adams
Mass
Exposition Grounds
George W. Campbell
U. S
Campbell
Gen. Sweet
Maguire
Wm. McKee
Tragic Fire Claims Three Young Lives Near Glasgow
A dawn blaze at Wes Pavis's home near Glasgow destroys the bedroom above the mill road. A 16 year old son escapes but is burned. a 14 year old daughter and a 10 year old son perish in the fire. The victims lie buried in a nearby cemetery as rescuers recover the remains. A note also mentions a timetable change reducing the New Orleans to Newark rail run to 62 hours.
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Wes. Pavis
Messrs. Yancy & Terry
Rouseville Road
Davis
Tate
New Orleans
Newark
Fragmented verse and sly quips from Boston Globe
A collection of humorous quatrains and editorial asides from the Boston Globe and other papers. Jests on women lyres corsets and collar cleaning mix with spoof notices about roosters and charitable gifts. An Irish servant tale and rhymes accompany a Tennyson parody about broken items and wages.
Power of Kindness on Brutes Recalled in Cow Milking Tale
A Providence Journal reader recounts a farm anecdote from his youth. When the narrator was away, a hired man failed to milk a cow and a sister, disguised in his clothes, milked the cow successfully. The cow sniffed at the garments but accepted the milking.
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Providence Journal
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