Fortune and fall of Josie Mansfield in Fisk era
A retrospective on Josie Mansfield, Ed Stokes and Jim Fisk, detailing Mansfield’s rise from New England to Paris, the Erie scandal, Fisk’s murder, Stokes’s trial and imprisonment, and Mansfield’s later life and wealth rooted in Fisk’s fortunes and Stokes’s ruin.
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Ed” Stokes
Jim” Fisk
Josie” Mansfield
Josie’ Mansfield
Erie Railroad
Jay Gould
Fisk
Gould
Stokes
the Mansfield
Paris
Boston
Tweed
New York
Grover Cleveland
Mansfield
Robert L. Reade
Minneapolis
Fisk and Stokes
A Memorable Cabinet of the Confederate States
The article recalls Jefferson Davis's cabinet in 1861 and later changes, naming Toombs Memminger Walker Mallory Reagan and Benjamin plus successors. It notes deaths, survivors, and Reagan as the last cabinet member alive, with brief biographical details and later political roles. It ends by reflecting on religious issues and church funding.
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Jefferson Davis
Robert Toombs
Charles G. Memminger
the Treasury
L. Pope Walker
S. R. Mallory
Navy
John H. Reagan
Judah P. Benjamin
R. M. T. Hunter
Toombs
Walker
Benjamin
James A. Seddon
Thomas H. Watts
George Davis
George A. Trenholm
Memminger
Treasury
John C. Breckinridge
Seddon
Virginia
Reagan
Hunter
Breckinridge
Mr. Davis
Mallory
Paris
Daily Press
Davis
Democratic Party
Cleveland
People of
Texas
Axas
Axas, But In 1874 They Elected Mr. Eagan
Congress
United States Senate
The Rich Man and the Church
President Blanchard of Wheaton College criticized ministers for favoring wealthy parishioners in Chicago. He urged treating all sheep alike and pressed the rich to heed the apostolic command to "go to" church, suggesting they lack moral root of evil.
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Blanchard
Wheaton College
Congregational Ministers
Chicago
Women's Municipal League of NY Funds Campaign Against Tammany
The Women's Municipal League of New York raises funds to support the fusion campaign against Tammany Hall. They distribute pamphlets depicting vice under Tammany rule to promote their cause.
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Women’s Municipal League of New York
Occupation in Norway by sector
The population distribution shows sixty percent in agriculture, fifteen percent in manufacturing and lumbering, ten percent in commerce and trade, five percent in mining, with the remainder in the professions and in the army and navy and various employments.
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Norway
Army
Pictorial Humor on Trolley Car Advice Gone Wrong
A man giving advice on calm, deliberate action in a trolley car loses grip as it jerks forward. He stumbles through a heap of extended feet and ends with a heavy thump in the aisle. A lighthearted aside notes Tommy's pearl from an oyster and Willie’s sister’s lobster bouquet.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Tommy
Willie
Jokes From Judge and Witty Irish Banter
A collection of light theatrical quips and stage banter. Jokes touch on doctors whisky wakes and social pretenders with punchlines by characters Mrs Waggles Rafferty Mulligan and Weary Willie. The humor blends Irish wit classroom satire and moral quips.
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Judge
Waggles
Farmers hitch scarecrows to railroad track tale
Citizens joke about thrifty farmers who use scarecrows on the railroad to claim damages for service disruption. The exchange highlights local wit and unusual practices in a rural area.
Language and a Beggar’s Courtroom Mockery
A tourist recounts visiting Rome and clashing with a beggar as locals issue a public profanity fine. He argues Italians can’t be swearing in public in English, prompting a courtroom exchange where the judge explains the rule of language and levies a two dollar fine.
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Rome
Holy City
Signor
Why Brother Dickey Looks Young After Marriage Bargain
In the Sunny South a man boasts he will marry a young woman if she pays him a hundred dollars. He promises to shave his gray whiskers, trim his hair, stop imping with rheumatism, wear a steamboat stove eloze, quit preaching and dancing, and cure his life with her aid, claiming he would appear spry for the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickey
Biased Opinion Cites Stilwell On Abstinence
Washington Star quotes Col Stilwell arguing that total abstinence should be encouraged and that lower demand for spirits could make prices more reasonable. The exchange notes surprise at the stance and links consumption to cost.
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Col. Stilwell
Washington Star
Ohio professor elected at New Hampshire college
Professor W D Gibbs of Ohio State University has been elected professor of agriculture and director of the experiment station at the New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Durham New Hampshire.
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W. D. Gibbs
Ohio State University
New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Durham
N. H
Stopping the Music at Mrs Torkins Wedding
Mrs Torkins recalls Charley serenading her for hours each night before she finally married him. Miss Cayenne quips about his singing, noting the habit as a defining trait of their courtship from the Washington Star.
World-spanning postal card ends voyage in eighty days
A postal card sent from Paris to Paris traveled through Moscow Vladivostock and San Francisco before completing its round the world trip in eighty days. The journey cost two cents.
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Paris
Moscow
Vladivostock
San Francisco
Farmer and maid dialogue echoes rustic humor
A brief rustic exchange features a chiding gentleman and a maid replying she is off to milking. The innuendo hints at a playful rural setting with quick, witty repartee.
Funnygraphs Dinner Conversation
A guest praises a splendid dinner while Little Willie jokes that a camel can go two weeks without water but abstaining two days would make men vomit. A kind lady asks why the boy cries and he explains a man made an example of him for his brother’s sake.
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Willie
Coz Man
Jis
Information Wanted. Miss Citybred Wonders About Cows
In a playful exchange, Miss Citybred asks about the unusual animals and their milk and cream delivering cows. Farmer Hayrix explains the cows supply milk and cream, while she inquires about the beef tea cows. The brief cartoon-like dialogue reflects rural life and everyday farming questions.
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Miss Citybred
Hayrix
Chicago News
Not Sympathetic Exchange Over Meals
A gruff Citizen and a boss debate next meals in a terse exchange. The worker voices uncertainty about support while the boss retorts that resources aren’t coming from him. The dialogue conveys tension and precarity.
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Gruffiy
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Cholly Hotair
Sadie
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