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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1885

Page

2

The Man with an Idea and the Editor

A reflective portrait explains the persistent idea bringer who creeps into an editor’s chair with a single notion. He rushes to share the idea, treats it as a gift, then leaves it with editors who cannot bear the burden.

Iux Colfax Mankato Minn Johnson Grant Blaine Credit Mobilier Secretary of the Treasury Cox Schuyler Colfax Connecticut Weill Day Express Supreme Judicial Court Isddo K. Baker Boston Suffolk Boston Post

Quips and Cousin Jests From A Wandering Page

A collage of light anecdotes and social quirks from 19th century press notes. Jests about Pat Sheedy Sullivan England Mary Anderson and Gen Sherman mingle with oddities on cheese imports toothpicks and fake fowl. Witty exchanges on trousers pockets and a cat named Sadie spice the humor.

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Weathered sea of quotes and jabs in 19th century columns

A collage of excerpts from various papers notes political sniping in New England and New York, mentions Bangor Maine flags, a Detroit Free Press quip, beer dividends, and public figures. It covers municipal graft claims in Keene, horse railways in Holyoke, Manny Morse telegraph claims, and Barnum offers over Gen Grant relics.

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