Charles Sumner’s 1862–72 letters on Cuban affairs and war policy
Paris dispatches publish Sumner’s 1862 1872 letters from journals and friends, detailing his stance on Lincoln McClellan emancipation and slave-hunting statutes, and his opposition to Cuban annexation. The collection includes French correspondences by Sumner defending civil rights and urging clemency while predicting Union victory and the need for black troops.
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Paris
Cluseret
Garibaldi
Italy
Languedoc
Charles Sumner
Massachusetts
Sumner
Worcester
America
Victor Hugo
Renan
Jules Simon
Chancellorsville
Hooker
Rappahannock
Hand Shadows An Evening's Fun for All Ages
A local feature promotes old fashioned English hand shadow tricks for two months. With simple materials a hat and umbrella shadow show can be performed by anyone. Use a single light and a quiet room for best effect.
Die We Must Infirmities of Physical Crime and Health
A reflective 1889 essay by Shirley Dare argues aging and infirmity are penalties for physical crime, urging parents to train boys in health and discipline. It prescribes West Point like toilet routines, hair care, and early physical training, promoting open air sports, proper clothing, gloves, baths, and robust grooming to avert decay and promote vigor.
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Hs Wrath
West Point
Petple
Phos
Electric shock incident in Meriden highlights danger of wiring
In Meriden a knit jacket pull indoors led to powerful electric shocks when a wet awning touched live light wires. W A Hood, a Colony Street merchant, was jolted twice, one hand scorched, as wires entered Fisher's store. Superintendent Fitzgerald traced the fault to rain soaked awning contacting electric lines and iron storefront posts.
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Hartford Vines
Meriden
W. A. Hood
Colony Street
Fitzgerald
Hood
King Oko Jumbo's Sleep Cure Tale From Harper's Weekly
David Ker recounts King Oko Jumbo of Bonny as a humorless traveler aboard a wrecked voyage in 1885. The king recalls a white doctor’s sleep remedy, boasting that moonlit jest and stubborn doctrine failed to ease his rest, while Ker observers note many kings share sharp wit when fully awake.
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David Ker
Harper's Weekly
King Oko Jumbo
Bonny
Sturley
England
Porter
West Africa
Benny
Oko Jumbo
Marriage in the Future and the Suburbs
A humorous New York Weekly piece captures a marriage ceremony mock inquiry with a minister asking about residence, diet, sleep, and comfort. The man and woman reveal opposing tastes for city versus suburbs, vegetarianism, air, light, and bedclothes, ending with an offbeat blessing.
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York
Confectioner wagers on candy consumption limit
A Kansas City confectioner says it is safe to bet nobody can eat 40 cents worth of candy. He recalls two young men who challenged a 50 cent target, paying the balance rather than finish the last five cents.
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Rochester Herald
Kansas City
Worth
John Campbell
Sheraton
Chippendale
Sypher's
Paris
Martin
Pack on Olive ible Mr Briggs exaggerate claim
Report notes Mr Briggs prone to exaggeration and Mr Barhin Wilkes mentioned as the father of a year old baby in a clipped local item with partial, unclear context.
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Olive Ible
Briggs
Bar Hin Wilkes
Mrs Sherwood Answers on New York musicales and debutante etiquette
An advice column answers readers on when to hold New York musicales, proper attire, and light refreshments. It covers invitations, responses to wedding gifts, addressing cards, hosting guests, mourning decorum, and social etiquette for young widows and debutantes, with references to specific names and questions.
CREAT IS CRATITUDE, Great, Too, Is the Avsiduity of the Book Dispenser
The fragment appears garbled with no discernible news event or named entities. It provides no clear persons, organizations, places, dates, scores, or outcomes to summarize into a factual card.
Tricks of Photography Delusions and Ghost Pictures
A historical note on tricks in photography describes ghost pictures created by rapid exposure and masking, a photographer's table illusion with multiple exposures, and a flying goose or fish hoax achieved by a prop card. The piece notes how such effects rely on staged setups and careful sequencing of negatives.
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Prominens
Burning Water and Its Curious Effects in Fuel Fires
A historic note on the burning of water in coal fires. The author recalls visiting England and watching firemen pour water on coal piles before shoveling, arguing it heats and dries fuel differently. He initially doubts the practice but learns the process can yield hotter flames when coal is wetted and burned with bark and other damp materials.
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England
He Struck Them Just Right in Chicago Ledger
Two men stood before a magistrate after a night of public intoxication in Chicago. The judge scolded them for disorderly conduct while one man boasted about artistry and tools, claiming to be a carpenter.
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Chicago Ledger
Chicago
Stonington recluse Zebulon Hancox Builds Nine Houses
Zebulon Hancox, 79, of Stonington, long shunned by a village maiden, has lived in a hut for years. He cooks his own food, wears rags, but through fishing has saved enough money to build nine houses he rents. He owns $19,000 tied up in property and relies on wooden buttons and home crafted tools.
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Boston
New York
Mexico
England
Connecticut
Bridgeport Standard
America
Fred D. Hubbard
North
Washington Avenue
West End
Hubbard
Mr. Hubbard
Abo
Stonington
Ilartford
Zebulon Hancox
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