Offbeat Bits and Bold Claims in Early News
A jumble of curious notes and quips. Names include George Bliss Blaine Pauline Lucca Walt Whitman Sarah Bernhardt and Han Qua of Canton. Mentions cholera charges against presidential candidates and a Jersey mosquito conundrum. Ends by speculating on butterine and pelerine slang.
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W. A. Fowler
Brooklyn
Democratic State Committee
Conundrum Club
New York Journal
Han Qua
Canton
Oil City
Peter
Virginia Picaut
New York
Boston
Suffolk
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
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Mr. Blaine
Tammany
Lewiston
Biddeford
Indianapolis Sentinel
Blaine
Chicago
Joe Manley
Maine
Manley
Shakespeare
People’s Party
Neal Dow
St. John and Daniel
New York Herald
R. B. Hayes
Fremont
Ohio
New Hampshire
Moody Currier
Hannibal Hamlin
Augusta
Journal
The
Albany Evening Journal
Saturday Journal
Auburn
Pope
Mulligan
Sir Plume
George H. Munroe
Templeton
Saturday Evening Gazette
Munroe
Cleveland
George Bliss
Pauline Lucca
Pauline
Butler
Josh Billings
Edison
Thomas
Walt Whitman
Walt
Albany
Philadelphia Call
Labouchere
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
Belva
Mother Hubbard
Hendricks
Indiana
Gen. Logan
Albany Journal
Logan
Vanderbilt
Maud S
Lowell Citizen
Lowell
Edith
Blossum
Miss Arabella
Henry
Nellie
Wall Street News
London
Ruskin
Philadelphia
Mr. Updegraft
Mr. Palatka
Tick
Teliso
Palatka
Dr. Hawk
Caswell, Hazard & Co
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Entertainments
Institute
Massachusetts
Association
Fifteentsa
Huntington Avenue
Tremont House
Columbus Avenue
West Newton Street
H. B. Lonsdale
A. C. Gunter
A. M
Bosto
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F. S
Chanfrau
Arkansas Traveller
Boston Museum
B M. Field
Joseph Derrick
America
Howard Atheneum
Pulse OF
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Howard Atheneum Star Specialty Co
Boston & Bangor Steamers
Maine State Fair
Maplewood Park
Bangor
Foster's Wharf
James Littlefield
Maine Coast
Boston & Banocor Steamship Co
Bar
South West Harbors
Mount Desert
Foster’s Wharf
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Lawrence and Haverhill
Bar Harbor
Return
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Maine Central Railroad
Washington Street
Haymarket Square
D. J. Flanders
Boston & Lowell Railroad
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Way of
Massachuse- Suffolk
Euphrazie Briere
Boston & Lowell
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Tilton
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Woodsville
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Profile
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Montpelier
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White River Juction
Northern Railroad
Canaan
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West
Boseton
State Street
Geo. W. Storer
C.S. Mellen
Lebbens W. Smith
Court Square
Benj. F. Bayley
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex
Newton
Geo. M. Brooks
Edwin P. Henderson
Somerville
Cambridge
Samuel W. Tucker
B. F. Kendrick
Boston & Hingham Steamboat Co
Nantasket Beach
Rowe’s Wharf
Simon
Rankin
Commonwealth
Ales F. Paige
Fanny R. Dudley
Charles G.chich
Mass
Charles H. Corliss
Moultonboro
N. H. Selow
Joseph C. Walbourn
Beechmont
H. Blanchard
Joseph C. Walkourn
John H. Blanchard
Pemberton
Hull
J . W. Hobart
Boston and Gloucester Steamboat Co
Central Wharf
Gloucester
Mnisquam
Bay View
Lanesville
Rocks
East Kmataner
Rockport
Pigeon Cove
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Charles V. Whitten
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Common Council
Kanigge
Chauncy-Hall School
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Seesm Witt
Museum of Fine Arts
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Sanborn
Lucius
Fitchbure Railroad
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Saratoga
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Wendell
Eastfield
Westminster
Ashburnham
Fitchburg
West Deerfield
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Barnwells
Hoosaceo
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Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad
Groton, Pepperell and
Noel
Ayer Unction
Ayer Junction
Littletom
South Acton
Shirley
Greenville and Townsend Centre
Hudson and Maynard
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Waltham
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Belmont
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Concord Junction
Rm. Hat Bald
Ware River B.R
John Adams
Sumiays
Berimemest
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Attishora
Tdebere
Mr. Worth
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Bostow and Maine Railroad
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Grand Trunk Railways
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Melrose
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Medford
Ros
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Lenop
Reading
Manchester
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JAS. T. Coe
OLD Colony Railroad
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New York City
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Beacon Streets
Silas Currey & CO
Sherman House
Clarendon Hotel
4Th Avenue
18Th Street
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