Fifty Years Memories of Napoleon III by Arsene Houssaye
Arsene Houssaye, famed Parisian writer in his seventieth year, issues a retrospective in My Confessions Recollections of Half a Century. He portrays Napoleon III as a dreamer, aloof yet capable of generosity, and recalls Empress Eugenie, the Paris Congress, and the upheavals from Sedan to Fontainebleau with critical, vivid detail.
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Arsene Houssaye
M. Houssaye
Napoleon Til
Houssaye
Tuileries
the Elysee
Saint-Cloud
Bois de Boulogne
France
Henry IV
Paris
Italy
Mexico
Sedan
de Saint-Pierre
Hortense
Josephine
Victor Hugo
Lamarthre
Ooe
Balzac Faces Final Hours and a Doctor’s Truth
The scene presents Balzac pleading for more time as illness tightens its grip. A physician warns that no hour below can be promised, while Balzac weighs six hours or six days to finish his work and face mortality. The passage ends with Balzac’s death, juxtaposed with a reflection on a soldier’s dying dream and the value of life’s battles.
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King Jerome
Prince Murat
Saint-Cloud
New York
France
Stock Exchange
Frante
Thebes
Europe
Napoleon III
Paris
Houssaye
Prince Imperial
Godefroy Cavaignac
Fontainebleau
Everogy
Dante
Satan
Onmane
Eugene Girard
Ashe
Balzac
Atsent
M. Houssaye
Marshal de Saxe
Fontenoy
Fontenov
Campo Santo
Pere la Chaise
Waterbury
Couldn't Pawn the Kid Like a Local Scandal
A Lowell man known for handling checks and census work used his baby to barter for drinks then attempted to sell the child. The bartender refused and the father fled, later found being pursued by friends who used a hose to force him to regain his hat in a week.
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Lowell
Piper Cay
Johnny Skae Trout Picnic At Virginia City Reservoir
John Skae hosts a lavish trout picnic at the Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company reservoir above Virginia. Guests fish without hooks using beef-tied lines, catching hundreds of trout in minutes and cooking them on site amid champagne and festive revelry.
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Virginia City
New
John Skae
Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company
Virginia
Ophir
Eace
Skae
Spo
Standstill at Chester Roach shipyard after 13 years silence
August 19 Chester Roach shipyard boiler shop silent for first time in thirteen years. All hands discharged after Mallory steamer Comal completed. Ship to New York soon. 600 to 800 workers may be needed to finish inventory. McAlpin and Rowland of New York became $200,000 sureties for Quindart and Weed, assignees of John Roach, bond approved by Judge Allen.
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David H. McAlpin
Thomas P. Rowland
New York
Messrs
Gambling scheme across state line ends with arrest
Knapp's Creek, N Y, August 22. Jack Keough, a sport and gambler, ran a gambling room split between Pennsylvania and New York. Officers from both states raided the place and he was fined $50 in New York. He then boarded up the Pennsylvania side and opened the New York side with tables on the Pennsylvania side, creating a cross state ruse to evade jurisdiction.
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Knapp
Pennsylvania
York
Explosion Injures Two Men at Canton Whiskey Barrel
Peter Clemens and Ed Wonderly examined an empty whiskey barrel when a match fired inside. A fierce blast ripped through the bung injuring both men. Wonderly suffered severe facial burns while Clemens escaped with burns. the barrel pierced the nearby frame building.
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Canton
Peter Clemens
Ed Wonderly
Clemens
Wonderly
Laundry proprietor abducts girl in Newark
In Newark Ohio on August 19 Wang Poo a Chinese immigrant who has run a local laundry for 18 months fled with Lizzie Scott 17 daughter of a respected citizen. Police in Columbus arrested them but released them after telegrams from the girl's parents stated they would not incur expenses to return the girl.
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Newark
Wang Poo
Lizzie Scott
Lizzie
Columbus
California Returns From Long Whaling Voyage With Rich Cargo
New Beptorp August 19 The ship California under Captain Brightonan arrived today from a fifty one months whaling voyage from the Bay of Islands. She reports 2320 barrels of whale oil 1480 barrels of sperm oil and 22400 pounds of whalebone.
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New Beptorp
California
Brightonan
Bay of Islands
Indications Wheat Prices Stagnant as Rail Rates Loom
New York reports that the August Agriculture Department outlook signals damage to spring wheat in Wisconsin Minnesota while export demand remains weak. High railroad and ocean freight rates threaten a shift in markets, potentially keeping prices from rising despite domestic shortages.
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Department of Agriculture
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Minnesota
Iowa
Dakota
Nebraska
New York Produce Exchange
Ndia
Australia
Orussia
Europe
Russia
Baltic
Black Seas
Germany
Austria
Austro Hungarian Empire
Danubian
Poland
Chicago
Asia
Mikes
Board of Trade
Eer
York
Thrice Married Woman Captured With Her Husbands
A downtown Omaha photograph gallery event shows a thrice married woman posing with her three husbands in a single tin-type. The photographer notes her control and comments on bridal portraits, behavior of brides, and how different nationalities pose for wedding pictures.
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Omaha
Hsband
Jwhres
Dedication of Perry Statue in Newport September 10
Newport August 21 The Perry statue dedication set for September 10 the Lake Erie battle anniversary. A procession will form at the State House at 11 o clock with military naval and civil groups invited. Colonel John Hare Powel marshal. Hon William P Sheffield will deliver the oration with Governor Wetmore and Mayor Franklin to speak. A banquet at Ocean House will follow and many dignitaries will speak.
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Newport
Perry
Lake Erie
State House
John Hare Powel
Paouumnent
William P. Sheffield
Wetmore
Franklin
Ocean House
Whitney
Lightning Kills Five Laborers In Louisiana Oak Shelter
At Langue plantation in St Charles parish a noon storm drove Harri son Scott James Scott Julienne Talley John Webster and Louis Chapman to shelter under a large oak. A bolt struck the tree and killed all five instantly. A Black boy in the field was knocked unconscious but revived. he suffered a large lump on his head and is expected to recover.
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New Orleans
Langue Plantation
St. Charles Parish
Harrison Scott
James Scott
Julienne Talley
John Webster
Louis Chapman
Pious Mr Jenkins in Pantry Comically Fumbles Can
In a humorous Rehoboth Sunday Herald snippet, Mr Jenkins struggles to open a tomato can in the pantry. His wife questions the noise as he jokes about using prayer instead of a can opener prompting a playful exchange.
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Mr. Jenkins
Rehoboth
The Nature of an Oath in Court
A brief courtroom exchange shows a judge questioning a witness about understanding an oath and the consequence of truthfulness. The literary dialogue exposes the clash of language and concept in a trial setting, highlighting how oath and truth are framed amid power.
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New York Sun
Darky
Finance and commerce steady as rates stay easy
Local money market shows no change with inquiry for accommodation steady. Prime notes and mercantile paper quoted at 3 3M percent discount, call loans near 2 percent, country banks discounting at 4 1 2 percent, New York funds premium 8 10c per 81000, and weekly bank statements show modest excess and favorable figures despite a lower wheat trend.
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Prime Corporation
Prime Mercantile
New York
New York Weekly
Chicago
Commercial Matters in Boston Markets August 24 1885
The Boston market report notes wheat decline early in the week with firmer tone later, flour slow at steady prices, corn and oats steady, mackerel prices higher, butter prices up while cheese weakens. Apples and pears arrive freely with easy pricing. dairy and creamery products show mixed movement with Northern and Western lots varying. Beet, pea, and bean trades steady. mackerel and fish trade quiet to steady. beef and pork markets advance modestly with firming butter and eggs.
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Minnesota
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Rotler
St Louis
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Ratte
Bete
Valencia
London
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New York Extra
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Chelae Eye
Worcester County
Worcester Co Choice
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Worcester County Inc
GTC
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Chicago
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Prime Western
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Rio
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NAVAL
Brighton and Watertown Livestock Arrivals Week Ending Aug 21 1886
Week ending Friday August 21 1886 shows totals of livestock arriving at Brighton and Watertown: cattle 2132 Western 1170 Muster 150 Northern 803. sheep and lambs 1674. swine 18780. veals 770. horses 286. Beef cattle prices per hundred pounds dressed 94.60 to 575. live weight quotes by hundred pounds with quality classes. Hides and tallow prices per pound for Brighton and country hides and lambskins listed.
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Brighton
Watertown
Brighton Taliow
Varias
Geos
Market for fish improves with strong demand at Gloucester
August reports stronger demand for all fish, led by mackerel with declining receipts. Shore fish prices rise with one fare at 27 per barrel, most sales 25 to 27.65 per barrel. Week’s receipts include cod 1,260,000 lb, halibut 55,000 lb, mackerel 7,500 barrels. fresh fish prices double last week for white and gray halibut.
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George Ntish
Sromll
Ob Georges
Western
Grand Bank
Grandby
Georges
Nova Scotia
Labrador
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