Men of Great Minds and Mighty Bodies in Public Life
Essay contrasts size and presence in leaders and actors from Brooks to Sheridan Baker to Booth and Salvini. It argues large physical stature often aligns with vocal influence, leadership, and public impact, while smaller figures may lack similar commanding effect across military, political, and stage arenas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rotel Brunswick
Phillips Brooks
George Low
Live Oak George
Napoleon Bonaparte
Phil Sheridan
Bonaparte
Sheridan
Grant
Charles A. Dana
Tana
Lincoln
Stanton
Cedar Creek
Dana
Tommy Jones
California
Golden State
Senate of the Nation
E. D. Baker
National Forum
Union Sanate
Sringapan Fort Sumpter
Charles P. Stone
McClellan
Stone
Poolesville
Aryland
Potomaciver
All's Bluff
Senator Baker
Baker
Leesburg
Alth
Supreme Court
National Senate
Beecher
Barrett
Patt
Salvini
New England
Booth
A. M
Edwin Booth
Hamlet
Campaign Issues For Young Men of Massachusetts
A campaign manifesto arguing Democratic principles for local self government suffrage and tariff reform. It contrasts Democratic tenets with Republican centralization, condemns poll taxes and excess taxation, endorses Cleveland, denounces Harrison, and calls Massachusetts voters to back the Democratic ticket in a period of tariff reform and civil service renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Ayntein
New England
Board of Olice
Boston
Congress
Supreme Court
The
Ihs
England
Tariff Commission
the Treasury
United States
Cleveland
Jefferson
Manning
Fairchild
Harrison
Senate
Aman
Allen G. Thurman
Levi P. Morton
Rich Poan
Thomas Jefferson
Rover Cleveland
Party of
People
Repubicans
Party of Progress
St. Louis
Kemblican Party
Washington
British warships to Behring Sea for seal protectors
In a Washington brief, August reports that several British warships are to be sent to Behring Sea to shield Gouldian sealers from American cruisers. The note cites Sir Richard Owen and ongoing strategic tensions as part of the naval posture.
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Behring Sea
Richard Owen
William Davidge
Cheyenne
San Francisco
Soren
Robert Garrett
New York
Washington
Conference Committee
Valparaiso
Sanrancisco
Ay Nies
Frank Phillips
Shenandoah
William Grady
Henry von Berren
Boston
Grady
Cyrus P. Dakin
Jersey City
Charles Hanks
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Launton
Matthew Byrnes
Justice Walsh
Brooklyn
King’s County Penitentiary
East River
Captain Bates
Wadsworth
Europe
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Constable Green
Hazelton Fort
Justice Harlan
United States Supreme Court
United States
Fairland
Cincinnati
Indianapolis, St. Louis
Thomas N. Haines
Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad
Chicago
Washington Bryan
Haines
Milwaukee
Robert P. Porter
Herbert L. Bridgman
New York Press
Hewitt
Martine
Court of General Sessions
M. Hartt
C. B. Booth
8. K. Smith Silk Company
Pittsfield
Mass
Rice & Co
Kooh
Patterson
Supreme Court At
Habeas Ogppas
Dan Lyons
Whyo Gang
Mnn
Lyons
Frank
Armstrong
Charles Mack
James Matin
Western Avenue
Chicago, Burlington &Juincy
Haynes
Oswego
N. Y
Lewiston
Newcastle
Elijah Wheaton
Jonathan Turner
Samuel Wheaton
Thomas Finnegan
Pennsville
Bay Ridge
Whitestone
Sand’s Point
Long Island
Glenwood
Peter Langman
Creedmoor
L. L
Maggie Jones
Emma Fletcher
Jones House
Janica
Jefferson City
St. Louis
Secret Service
Life of Ben Harrison bio seeks 10000 agents
An amplified recruitment ad promotes a biography of General Jen Wallace titled The Life of Ben Harrison. It proclaims the author as eminent, a statesman and diplomat, and markets a mail order edition priced at 82.00. The blast emphasizes popularity and money making potential for agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Harrison
Jen Wallace
Diana
Ben Hur
Ben Hi
Runaway Horse Tramples Laurel Hill Lane Front Back Stairs
Norwich dispatch reports a frightened mustang carriage runaway with a man wife and two children. The horse bolted down Laurel Hill Avenue through a trellis bridge and halted before the Treadway building. The horse and driver parted ways. a bystander caught a child, horse reentered the building and bounded upstairs and down narrow stairs before calming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Laurel Hill
Bugiy
Stone Road
Trel Loll Bridge
Treadway
Water Strait
Smallest Engine in the World Earns Albany Attention
Henry Case of Gloversville completed a tiny steam locomotive claimed as the smallest in the world. The solid gold, silver, steel and brass engine weighs 142 pounds with a 2 pound tender, measures 442 inches by 12 inches, and sits on a 1 1/2 inch gauge track. It features a reverse lever and throttle, can run a mile in 22 minutes while pulling a miniature coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Henry Case
Gloversville
Generally Cured by Death in the Police Court
A fragmentary report describes a court scene where the judge questions a defendant’s name and age. The dialogue hints at profession and a mention of illness or disease as a central topic, with unclear context and missing details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iret
Josephus Gqorther
Not Dark Enough for All Practica Pur Tune
A staged exchange shows one character praising the recent moon eclipse as wonderful while another expresses disappointment that darkness falls short of expectations. The dialogue emphasizes a contrast between awe and unmet anticipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Es George
Political Economy. Brown and Smith Conversing on a Delayed Debt
In Texas Siftings Brown growsmiffed after an accidental meeting with Smith. They discuss a $10 debt and a promised letter. The exchange jokes about delaying repayment until postage drops if Harrison is elected, highlighting frugal chatter and a light political aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Siftings
Smith
Harrison
Ragsons Lose Ninth Straight Game in Boston
Mrs Ragson rounds on her weary husband as he admits he has been watching their club surrender its ninth consecutive defeat at the baseball park. The exchanged quips capture the tired mood after a long afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragsons
Boston
Conversation on Fall River as travel hub to New York
Fragmented dialogue shows two passengers asking for the boat to New York. One asks where to connect and mentions Fall River as the transfer point. A second passenger mistakenly repeats River as a pun, while a third identifies local cotton mills and harsh conditions in New Bedford.
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Harriet Prescott
L. W. Phinney
Havehhill
William Sanford
Mapath
Ase
South Acton
Boston Express
Fitchburg Road
Anderson
Ind
Montreal
Davidson
Pitcher
Court of Queen's Bench
Congressman Springer
Springer
General Sheridan
Chicago
South Park
Frank W. Knight
Maine Central Railroad
Ira W. Pierce
Maine Central
Portland
Rules
Pierce
Jacksonville
Railway Mail Service
Bancroft
Hamilton
New York City
Westchester County
Santa Fe
Lawrence
Kan
Martin Myers
John Harff
Charles Woolford
Sovereign Lodge of the World
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Louisville
Philadelphia
Toussini
Grafton
Ont
Walford Nelson
Panama
Count de Lesseps
Flora B
Pennaville
Newcastle
Del
Elijah Wheaton
Jonathan Turner
Samuel Wheaton
Victoria
Constable Green
Fort Hazleton
Skeena River
Hampton
H. Collier
Missouri
Glasgow
Saline County
Stanberry
Pettis County
Narborne
Convention of Engineers
St. Louis
Arthur
Burlington
Teemer
Rogers
O’conner
O'Connor
New York
Toronto
America
St.Paul
Edmonton
Lake Athavaska
Talk Road Company
John Grays
Pratt
McLaughlin
B. Randall
Providence
Schultz & Co
Old Colony
Fall River
Pagenger
New Bedford
Hell
Dictionary of Politics for Every Man a Politician ad
In The Globe promotion readers are urged to buy the Dictionary of Politics for full understanding of American government parties and events. The ad touts elegance of printing, notes 550 pages and a price of $1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GLOBE
Weekly
Boston
Mass
Agents’ Journal
Bromtle Street
Wytf Myll
Still it May Have Been Hard to Write
A clipped local note from Town Topica describes a club letter that was soft and hard to seal in an envelope as if gently switching, reflecting the writer's delicate tone and the scene at Jack's club.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
United States
Home Market Club
Commonwealth
Jack
Hig Ancee
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Gaber
Ball's Bluff
Pixar
Ab. Geri
Draysville
McVall
Don César de Bazan
Central Park
Shakespeare
Daniel Webster
Webster
State House
Democratic Club
Mi Eratic Party
Arthur Pod
Aftat
Publican Party
Chattanooga
Richard
Spofford
Deer Island
Amesbury
Newport
Richard Shofford
Brown High School
Dummer Academy
Byfield
Caleb Cushing
Essex Democratic Club
E 2
Soone
Jelend
Marticpa
Lea Hoote
Wstaul
Patrick Lavelle Glee
Asnolt Bluff
Jacksonyi Q
Levi F Jon
South Hanover
East Chester
Walter Cummilags
Wilmington
New Castle County Bar Association
Cummings
Representative White
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hoffman
Geological Survey
Minnesota
Medicine Society
Free Soilets
Downer Landing
Samuel Owner
Charles Francis Adams
James N. Bullum
George Bradburn
William Wells Brown
Bacon Ebenezer Clane
James Freeman Clarke
M. Churchill
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jonas Fitch
Gilbert Haven
Edward Jarvis
Thomas Russell
Charles W. Stacy
William B. Spooner
James M. Stone
Edwin Thompson
Elizur Wright
Oliver Warner
Wenedell Philips
J. W. Thompson
Nathaniel C. Nash
Won
Adin Thayer
Bristol County Courtesies
Taunton Gazette
National Sheet Metal Roofing CO
Eaat
Wentieth St
Campaigin
Hitrcenocockker En
Sure Cure CO
Cificinnati
J. D. Lowe
J. H. Reeves
E. K. Lynton
Park i
Standard Silverware Co
Marston
Park Pines
Thingly
A. Lehmann
Washington,d.c
Lesliz
Kreley Company
Dwight
Illinois
Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
Rite Brewster's Safety Rein Holder Co
Holly, Mich
Moody's
Moody &Co
Smith Maal, Co
Palatine
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