Is Comegys A Christian A Response By Ingersoll
A Chicago Times interview recounts Col Robert G Ingersoll defending his anti Christian stance and mocking Delaware laws 1740 framework. He praises Judge Comegys as a Christian while denouncing capital punishment whipping post and pillory as cruel and unchristian. He cites Delaware slave era ties and argues religion should be kept in check by law. He laments the grand jury report against him and jokes about heaven watching Delaware.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Chicago Times
Delaware
Comegys
Christ
Jerusalem
The
Union
Alexander von Humboldt
Huxsey
Tyndall
Haeckel
Jude Come
Trea
George I
Lord Manafield
New World
Grand Jury
Pene Deerer
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Henry Beggh
New York
Kbergh
Mr. Bergh
Kergh
Euter
Judge Comegys
United States
Cass
Jehovah
Thomas
Emigration Camp Life and Cholera in Sacramento 1850
Sacramento served as a hub for the 1850 California immigration with August and September arrivals. Camp life under oaks bred disease, but Asiatic cholera did not cross the Sierra until October. Epidemic deaths peaked in November while provisions and prices remained steady. Gold dust acted as currency. banks offered monte and rounette games amid cosmopolitan banks and miners. Southern men dominated a gambling-leaning society where digging and washing could refill purses.
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California
San Francisco Chronicle
Sacramento
Sierra Nevada
Missouri River
Platte
Fort Laramie
Ana
Rocky Mountains
Green River
Humboldt
Desert
Carson Valley
Sierra
San Francisco
Panama Isthmus
Monte
Rounette
United States
Free Trade Letter from Francis Moulton on Commerce
Francis D. Moulton of Beecher argues in a letter that no state should dominate the republic and that free reciprocity and navigation are essential. He urges destruction of monopolies and prohibitions to keep inter-state commerce thriving and to ensure prosperity through unfettered exchange.
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Francis D. Moulton
Beecher
Novel Beach Clam Harvest At Newport New York
A February Newport New York scene drew hundreds as large beach clams washed ashore. Report says at least 300 people harvested the bounty by noon with wagons, baskets, rakes, and nets, turning beach and cliffs into clam lines. Officials suspect a sea storm caused the unusual spectacle.
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Newport
New York
Windsor pauper death prompts coroner exhumation
In Windsor Maine a robust sixty year old pauper died after a hearty supper of stewed piet amid suspicions of foul play. The town farms out paupers to the lowest bidder and the brother in law held the man in his home. A housekeeper urged relocation and rumored arsenic poisoning fuels calls for a post mortem by Coroner Libby of Augusta.
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Kennebec Journal
Windsor
Pena
Libby
Augusta
Ice frozen letter returns £1000 check to Glasgow firm
A January 18 London dispatch tells how a Bank of England cheque for just under £1000, sent to a Glasgow address, was halted. A week later a police inspector recovered it attached to a block of ice floating off Deptford, found by a Thames labourer. The ice likely carried the messenger’s lost letter into the river and onto the ice.
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London Daily News
Glasgow
Bank of England
Deptford
Messrs. Penn
Lombard Street
Thames
Pierce's Famous Hotel at Buffalo Destroyed by Fire
Pierce's Palace Hotel at Buffalo New York was destroyed by fire on Thursday last. The blaze started in the cupola of the main building and spread quickly, overwhelming the fire department. Fireman W B Tanner was injured by a falling wall and rescued from the debris. James August suffered severe burns. The building cost 310000 and furniture 75000. total insurance listed as 260000.
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Pierce’s Palace
Buffalo
N. Y
W. B. Tanner
James August
The California Murderers Sentenced and Trial Advances
Wheeler known as the Strangler of his sister-in-law and mistress was sentenced today to be hanged March 10. He showed no emotion as the sentence was pronounced. Kalloch’s trial proceeds with the jury now completed.
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California
San Francisco
Wheeler
Kalloch
Lurid tale of marriage murder and treachery unfolds
A sensational Boston dated New York Express report recounts a haunted tale of a young woman Angelique and gambler Davis. They wed under dubious rites, and a chain of betrayals leads to Isadora Rio mysterious murder and dramatic courtroom outcomes. Davis is condemned to life in a Spanish mine. Angelique gains freedom after her exoneration.
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New York Express
Boston
Parker House
Katie Roberts
George Davia
Havana
Katie Davis
Isadora Rio
Mercita
Isadora
Cienfuegos
Lopez Soares
Davis
Soares
Angelique
Clenmegos
An- Mique
Alameda
Spain
Herald decries Hayes but praises four year record
The Boston Herald is criticized for calling President Hayes misled by his nominations while defending his overall administration as upright and effective. The piece rebuts opposition, arguing the reformers hypocritically attack then praise the same actions, urging continued celebratory tone until the end of the four-year term.
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Boston
the Herald
David Davis
Hayes
Washington
Washington’s
Denmark
Herald
Stanley Matthews
Ohio
Mr. Hayes
Weathercock
Stewart L. Woodford
Bees Make Honeycomb Production From Artificial Foundations
It is noted that bees now largely use human supplied honeycomb foundations. thousands of pounds yearly are produced in New York and spreading west to Canada and beyond. Comb foundation beeswax is heated in a shallow oblong tank then placed in warm water for shaping in an oval tank.
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New York
West
Canada
Bees Wax Extraction and Indenting in Hive Foundation
A process sequence describes lowering material into an inner tank with bees wax, cooling to peel the wax, and passing it through a machine to indent. The foundation is then placed in the hives as bees lengthen cells by digging the bottom and walking up the sides.
Bridal Beds and Fashionable Bed Etiquette sorbed in Society
Clara Bellé details a bridal bed decoration trend with quilts of satin linen and cotton, and notes a growing one bed per couple rule among wealthy families. A quarrel over a two bed arrangement ends in legal uncertainty while fashion shifts toward elaborate night attire and new sleepwear trends with beads, ribbons, and novelty garments.
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Clara Bellé
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Cupid
Psyche
Balbies
Windsor Hotel
New York
Success in business shows Beatty’s rise in music trade
Hon Daniel F Beatty of Washington New Jersey is highlighted as a self made businessman who started in 1869 with no funds. He built a global piano and organ trade, promoted price reductions, faced industry attacks, and served twice as mayor, funded relief and religious contributions, illustrating perseverance and public spirit in his career.
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Daniel F. Beatty
Washington, N. J
Beatty
Snnaee
Washington
The Nation Mourns A Diminished Jurist At National Hotel
A Washington correspondent recalls Justice Clifford once famed on the Supreme Bench now a shadows of his former self. Confined in a National Hotel room, he wanders halls with memory gone, watched by his devoted wife as crowds press outside. A faded figure from a storied era, his decline mirrors a nation in transition.
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Garfield
Washington
Cincinnati
National Hotel
Electoral Commission
Justice Clifford
Supreme Bench
Parnell Promises Passive Resistance at Land Demonstration
At Clara, Charles Stewart Parnell rallies tenants calling for refusal to pay unjust rents and urging courage against landlord power. He predicts parliamentary failure to settle the land question but supports legal defense for tenants and warns against coercion as world eyes the Irish struggle.
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Destin
Clara
Charles Stewart Parnell
Father Geoghegan
Parnell
Kings County
Forster
Europe
America
Australia
Ireland
Commons
Lords
Henry
Elizabeth
Cromwell
Pepala
Green Erin
Davitt
Parnell’s Speech Moves Irish Land Question in Commons
A Liverpool Morning Post correspondent notes Charles Parnell’s three quarter hour address moving his amendment to the Queen's Speech. The piece describes his calm, calculated delivery, the stark warning to landlords, and the strong reaction of Gladstone, Forster, Bright, and the audience.
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Liverpool Morning Post
Parnell
House of Commons
Lord Randolph Churchill
Arthur Balfour
Gibson
Gladstoke
Forster
Mr. Bright
Treasury Bench
Land League
Cincinnati Named Center of U S Population
The New York Sun notes Cincinnati's claim as the nation’s true metropolis. General Walker cites the census of 1870 placing the geographic centre near Cincinnati, with a southward and westward shift bringing the current centre within the city’s bounds. Deacon Richard Smith is named as a central Cincinnati figure.
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New York Sun
Cincinnati
Paris
America
United States
Walker
Ohio
Richard Smith
Fernando Wood Astonished Henry Clay in Washington
The New York Sun recounts that on Fernando Wood’s first Washington visit, Henry Clay showed marked interest and personal attention. While walking with Wood one day, they passed a cigar shop and Clay marveled at the workers’ dexterity, noting it seemed to require years of experience to achieve such apparent finesse.
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Clay
Fernando Wood
Washington
New York Sun
Henry Clay
Jay
Salvini Terrifies Company with Banquo Ghost Prank
Booths Theatre manager Tillotson recalls Salvini pushing actors to the limit in Macbeth rehearsals. A staged Banquo ghost moment caused Miss Prescott to fearfully stumble as Salvini, noting the coincidence of the real dagger, let out a terrifying shriek. Prescott nearly fainted, while Salvini’s vitality drew comment from Signor Pizzola.
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Tillotson
Booth’s Theatre
Salvini
Lady Macbeth
Miss Prescott
Macbeth
Banquo
Misa Prescott
Signor Pizzola
Signor Salvini
The Judge and the Clever Prisoner in Tombs Court
In Tombs Court a magistrate confronts George Washington Smith a defiant prisoner accused of abusing his wife. Smith answers with stubborn humor mishearing and a boastful denial provoking the judge’s stern reminder before bail or jail. The exchange ends with the magistrate not fully satisfied but Smith spared further punishment.
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New York Herald
George Washington Smith
Tombs Court
Smith
George
Y’onah
Tsata Naftin
Yonah
Notin Arraigned In Adultery Case With Augusta Chapman
John H. Notin faced arraignment for adultery with Augusta Chapman. Evidence showed he lived in Castle street tenement with wife and two children. His wife bore a child weeks earlier. she found a female guest occupying the spare room and confronted him. Police entered, catching Notin and the partner on the couch. Notin bound over to the upper court. Augusta was released on own recognizance due to extenuating circumstances.
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John H. Notin
Augusta Chapman
Notin
Castle Street
Curran
Robinson
Station 5
Augusta
Long-Lived Lunatic of a Queer Type in Bicetre Asylum
A 103-year-old Bicetre patient named Jubissier, confined since 1701, died after a life marked by a brain injury at age 15 that caused permanent insanity. He believed his head was made of glass and spoke rarely, only to request tobacco, with brief flashes of activity during the Franco German war before subsiding again into silence.
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Bicetre
Jubissier
Plumber Joins Couple In Quick Court Square Wedding
A plumber newly commissioned as justice of the peace tied a quick ceremony for a couple on Court square last week. The groom paid $1 in nickels and pennies toward the legal fee of $125, and the justice treated the bride to a wedding breakfast at his expense after noting the couple’s lack of funds.
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Court Square
Justice of the Peace
Neglected waif Eliza Clark sent to Protectory
A sobbing 11 year old girl named Eliza Clark, living at 63 Thompson Street with self-proclaimed father William Clark, was found drinking and dancing in a grim attic room. She was arrested yesterday and committed to the Catholic Protectory amid accusations of influence by older women.
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New York
Eliza Clark
Thompson Street
William Clark
Catholic Protectory
Unusual Moon Phenomenon Spotted By Observers
On February 20 Monday night observers reported a sequence of moonlight effects starting with streaks of light around the moon. Four lunar dogs followed by four lunar bows appeared on a line with the dogs, evolving into a halo with the moon and dogs on opposite sides. The halo narrowed and closed to the moon, then the dogs moved outside the circle. By around 10 o'clock the halo vanished and the dogs disappeared shortly after.
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Dememy
Mysterious death of William Maris in Providence R I
William Maris, 17, was found dead in his Providence home last week. He had a lifelong congenital malformation affecting his left hand and arm, with swelling and discoloration and oversized fingers. Physicians in Boston and elsewhere debated the condition, noting the arm remained painless and functional despite its appearance.
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Wiliam Maris
Providence
R. L
Boston
Divorce on ground of infidelity over prayer meeting
An irate man explains to a lawyer that infidelity lies in his wife not attending prayer meetings and reading Ingersoll lectures. The lawyer notes the claim as basis for divorce, but the decree has not yet been issued.
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Ingersoll
Change of Editors at Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly announces W D Howells retires as editor on March 1 and is succeeded by Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Howells will remain as a contributor and has a new story pending publication, while rumors of a larger change circulate.
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the Atlantic
W. D. Howells
the Atlantic Monthly
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Howells
Wine in the White House and the Garfield dinner question
A Cleveland dispatch reports a debate over wine at the White House once Garfield takes office. Temperance factions urge total abstinence, citing Hayes as a model, while supporters note Garfield enjoys wine at dinners. The piece mocks hypocrisy and suggests various compromise strategies for state and private entertaining.
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Cleveland, O
Garfield
Fenton
Pierrepont
Cornell
Platt
New York
Mentor
White House
Garfielkds
Ohio
West
Subeo
Washington
President Hayes
Hayes
Garfeld
Korea
Tim
Tropic Fruit Laxative Advertises Health Benefits
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement claims Tropic-Fruit Laxative cleanses the system, improves mental function, and brings satiety and vigor. It touts benefits for nervous and physical suffering from stoppages and bilious symptoms, promising transformation of sallow complexions to bright health. Sold by druggists through Cutter Bros. Co. and Weeks Potter with regional agents.
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Bob Ingersoll
Frank Moulton
Pierce
Cashe
Peerless Parnell
Mr. Wood
Kentucky
Wood
Congress
Hue
Queen
Cod
Gallu
John Notin
Hie
Lakative
Cutter Bros. & Co
Weeks & Potter, Ga
Gale
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