Remark on Beecher Sherman and Bierstadt at Buffalo Bill show
A New York observer notes three famed figures seen at Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show Henry Ward Beecher General Sherman and artist Bierstadt. He recalls Sherman's war bias toward reporters and praises Beecher's intellect and Bierstadt's rising artistic merit. The piece contrasts their public recognition with Bierstadt’s early obscurity and ends by pondering why only these three drew such attention among thousands.
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Buffalo Bill
Henry Ward Beecher
General Sherman
Bierstadt
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Saltus
New York Times
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Raymond
John
Mgr. Capel
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Neil Bors
Republic
England
West Point
New Bedford's Hill
Bierstad
Bierstaat
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Little Red's Mother Charged With Embezzlement
A Russian bootblack known as Little Red saved money and sent funds to his mother and brother. Upon their arrival she and her lover allegedly persuaded him to withdraw $500 from his bank, then hid the money. He alerted authorities and caused her arrest. she repaid $300 with orders to return the remaining sum.
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General Sherman
McClellan
Burnside
Washington
Meade
Grant
Nm Butler
Butler
Banks
Devens
Massachusetts
Ball's Bluff
Charles P. Stone
Fort Lafayette
Foroense
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Little Red
Russia
Liberty Street
Bright
Bealy Chosen Recorder Then Assaulted in Corypon
John M Bealy was elected Harrison county recorder and sworn in. Wright and two companions then entered the office and beat Bealy, seizing the records. Citizens are stirred as assailants are held at the courthouse for safety. Local talks turn to rape laws.
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Corypon
Ind
John M. Bealy
Harrison County
Henry Wright
Wright
Bealy
Ae Court House
Clarke Named First Vice President Of Missouri Pacific
New York on November 27 the Missouri Pacific directors held a meeting and appointed H. H. Clarke, formerly manager of the Union Pacific, as first vice-president succeeding the late H. M. Hoxie.
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New York
Missouri Pacific Railroad
H. H. Clarke
Union Pacific Railroad
H. M. Hoxie
Remedy Recipe Promises Cure for Lung Ailments
An elderly physician, long retired, claims to have received a vegetable remedy from an East India missionary that speeds a permanent cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and related throat and lung diseases and nervous debility. He offers to mail the recipe free of charge in German French or English with full directions to anyone addressing W A Noyes 149 Powers block Rochester New York.
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East India
W. A. Noyes
Rochester
N. Y
Canker Worms Threaten Orchard Foliage Across Regions
A detailed natural history of canker worms describes autumn and winter emergences, egg laying with 76 to 100 eggs per female, and the life cycle from caterpillar to chrysalis. It notes trees most affected, especially apple and elm, and outlines control methods including ink or tar bands, sprays like Paris green substitutes, and natural predators such as birds, ground beetles, potter wasps, and ichneumon flies. The piece laments habitat loss and urges preventive measures to curb defoliation in June and July.
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Egres
Paris Green
Sailors Fall Sick from Canned Ham на Dale Navy Yard
About a dozen sailors aboard the receiving ship Dale at the navy yard fell ill with poisoning symptoms during breakfast. The source was traced to canned ham. No fatal results feared.
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Washineton
Dale
Navy Yard
Immigrant Arrivals at U S Ports for Ten Months Ends Oct 31 1886
Washington reports immigration figures for ten months ending October 31 1886 totaling 333,948 arrivals, an increase from 294,575 in the prior comparable period. The data cover ports nationwide and reflect movements of newcomers during the ten months.
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Washington
United States
Hale’s Honey and Cure Ads for Remedies Crowd 19th Century
An OCR fragment advertises elixirs and salves offering cures for coughs corns bunions toothache and rheumatic pains. It lists Hale’s honey Glenn’s sulfur soup Pike’s toothache drops and Dean’s rheumatic pills among various patent remedies with prices and quick claims.
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Glenn
Pike
Dean
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