General Grant's illness and the doctors account
A physician recalls General Grant's final days and illness. He discusses Grant's broad faith, family care, and treatment refusals. He notes possible cancer causes, including smoking, and recalls meeting Grant at Fort Donelson and his lasting loyalty to colleagues.
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General Grant
Fort Donelson
Sanitary Commission
Decosta
Philadelphia
Barker
Grant
Marco
Sands
General Grant Admired for Thoughtfulness and Calm Demeanor
General Horace Porter praised General Grant for his remarkable thoughtfulness and ability to inspire personal friendship. He noted Grant’s rare self-control, with only two incidents of anger, one involving a soldier and another a teamster case. Porter also highlighted Grant’s decisive action during a cabinet-free veto message and his literary achievement despite heavy odds.
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Horace Porter
Grant
Porter
General Grant
West
Virginia
General Worter
General Hurdette Replies on Grant Monument Fund
General Hurdette replies to General Hayes regarding a national monument to General Grant. He argues the project will exceed private contributions and should be funded by the national treasury, citing the Washington monument as a cautionary example and urging the Grand Army of the Republic to express support from its ranks.
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Washington
Grand Army of the Republic
Statue commemoration proposal for general grant by comrades
Burdette argues for a nationwide fund raised by 10 cents per comrade to create a statue and store Grant's memoirs under state care. He urges collective contribution through departments and grand army quarters, seeking support at the Ohio semiannual convention next month.
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Comraes
Grand Army
Grant
Capitol
Amy
Ohio
Burdette
Chicago’s Monument Grant Statue Planned for Lincoln Park
A drive to raise funds for a colossal General Grant statue in Lincoln Park is underway led by Potter Palmer who pledged 5000 toward a 40000 fund. The statue would stand at the Lake Shore Drive entrance with support from park commissioner General Joseph Stockton who formed a temporary trustees board.
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General Grant
Lincoln Park
Potter Palmer
Lincoln Park Board
Eli Bates
Mr. Palmer
Lake Shore Drive
Joseph Stockton
Reminiscences of Grants Illness at Mount McGregor Cottage
Friends recall General Grant’s last weeks at the Balmoral era cottage on Mount McGregor. Dr. Shrady and Dr. Douglas reflect on his condition, the final signature on a $1000 Century check, and bids to preserve or relocate the historic home. Prospects for moving the cottage stir local interest in Ohio and Cincinnati proposals.
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General Grant
Joseph W. Drexel
United States
Balmoral Hotel
Shrady
Tarrytown
N. Y
Douglas
Mount McGregor
Genera Grant
Colonel Grant
Doulas
Grant
Dames River
Appomattox
Saratoga
Newman
Michael Hersch
Point Pleasant
Clermont
Union Club
Philadelphia
Fairmount Park
Cincinnati
Baslaing
Elm Park
Grant family mourns as Mrs. Grant fears for life after husband
Mount McGracen July 26 A source reports Mrs. Grant, crushed by grief over her husband's death, has barely left her room and has not seen the remains. Friends fear she may not survive the funeral strain. After services next week the family will travel to New York by a special train, skipping Albany. The Chronological Table lists key dates from 1843 to 1886.
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Mount McGracen
Grant
New York
Albany
Will Sprague's Son Secretly Marries Miss Avis Weed
News from Providence says Willie Sprague, 21, son of ex Governor William Sprague, secretly married Miss Avis Weed in New York with his father’s consent. Weed, under 20, is sister to the governor’s second wife. The couple reportedly met in Providence and wed in New York, complicating family ties at Canonchet and Narragansett Pier.
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Providence
Willie Sprague
William Sprague
New York
Avis Weed
Sprague
Kate Chase Sprague
Germany
Europe
Kate Chase
Willie
Cononchet
Narragansett Pier
Canonchet
Maung Mills
Grandfather Chase
Columbus
Cincinnati
Secretary Lamar Overrules Resignation of Farex Official
Washington July 27 Secretary Lamar reverses an overzealous appointment clerk action and declines a captain’s resignation. Henry Filler, a one armed soldier and captain of the Interior Department watch force, was urged to resign but the secretary decided against accepting the resignation and ordered him to continue duty. Grand Army friends praised the decision, noting the president’s earlier stance on removing Union soldiers only for cause.
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Washington, D. C
Henry Filler
Interior Department
Hassler
Lamar
Fill
Filler
Grand Army
Capain Filler
Cattle Plague Ravages Teche Country Louisiana
In western Louisiana the cattle plague causes widespread death and decomposition. One site reported over fifty carcasses across about twenty five acres with nightly stench. Authorities plan carcass burning using oil. A hardware dealer notes locals bore holes in horse skulls with gimlets to release alleged bad water. The disease is general in the region.
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New Orleans
Teche
Louisiana
Bandit Gang Under Ramon Trevano Foiled On Train
Officials of the Mexican International railroad learned of an attack planned by Ramon Trevano’s gang on the pay train. Guards repelled the attempt. Trevano’s men later overpowered a wagon crew, tying the driver. Three assailants are jailed in San Juan de Sabinas. volunteers from neighboring towns hunt for the gang amid warnings of a potential bloody encounter.
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Preprias
Trevano
San Juan de Sabrinas
Trichinosis Case Report Marks Maryland’s First Fatal Spread
In Baltimore on July 25 a report details Maryland’s first known trichinosis case. May 9 Mrs Fangman bought pork. her husband and three children ate it and soon suffered stomach pains. The husband died May 26, then Mrs Fangman and three children were hospitalized. Joseph, age 6, died four days later, and Fangman died a week afterward.
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Baltimore
Maryland
F. C. Bressler
City
Fangman
Joseph
Illness in Henry and Mary Linked to Trichinosis
Henry aged suffered oedema and legs. he gradually improved and is now well. Mary remains very ill and cannot recover. Dr Bressles declares there is no doubt the disease is trichinosis.
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Henry
Mary
Treasury ruling clarifies Chinese restriction act certificates
San Francisco July 23 The first ruling of the Treasury Department on the amended Chinese restriction act affirms that Chinese consuls may issue identification certificates for returning Chinese non laborers and that those certificates must be recognized by the United States upon their return.
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San Francisco
Treasury Department
Washington
Manning
Sears
Alexander McCue
The
Treasury
United States
the Treasury
China
President Orders Cattlemen to Quit Indian Reservation
In telegrams from Fort Reno and Washington dated July 22 1885 President Cleveland proclaims forty days for cattlemen to leave the Cheyenne and Arapahoe reservation in Indian Territory. Lt Gen Philip Sheridan advises removal to clear the lands and quiet the Indians while Captain Jesse M. Lee is named Indian agent at the agencies.
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Cleveland
Indian Territory
Washington
Juana
P.h.sh
Reno
Fort Reno
Grover Cleveland
I. T
Cheyenne and
Arapahoe
Kansas
Colorado
P. H. Sheridan
Jesse M. Lee
Ninth
United States Infantry
Cheyenne
Arapahoo
Powder mill blast kills two in Spring Grove Pennsylvania
Two men die after a powder mill explosion at Spring Grove in York County. Edward Wagner loses a leg and is severely mutilated. George Auchey is found 450 feet away with an arm torn off. The blast collapses the press and drying-house, debris strewn, others escape unharmed. Property loss not yet estimated.
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York
Penn
Spring Grove
Edward Wagner
George Auchey
Question of Jurisdiction Between Chickasaw Nation and United States
July 23 report notes a United States deputy marshal killed a Chickasaw in a resistance while serving a writ. The marshal, later jailed by Chickasaw authorities en route to court with nine prisoners, secured bond and will face murder trial as a Chickasaw citizen by adoption. Conviction could trigger a jurisdiction conflict between federal and Chickasaw law.
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Fort Smith
United States
Train Terror on Lehigh Valley Passes and Fights
A stranger, about 40, on a westbound Lehigh Valley train fired a revolver during a disturbance. Passengers including women and children fainted as conductors and bystanders subdued him. At Ferndale station police received the man in custody.
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Allentown
Penn
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Ferndale Station
State seeks Ecuadorian hand in Santos release
Washington reports no reply from Ecuador since the State Department demanded release of Santos a naturalized American held on revolution charges. The U S representative in Ecuador was asked to explain delays in acknowledgment while Santos remains imprisoned with his property seized.
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Washington
Department of State
Santos
Ecuador
United States
Wag
Heunderdas
Burglary Trio Aged 11 14 Acquitted In Duxbury Case
Three boys Bert Freeman 13 George Bradley 14 Bert Prouty 11 were tried for breaking into homes in Duxbury and damaging property. The ringleader Bradley allegedly enticed others from home. They found concealed in a grave in the cemetery used as headquarters. They were acquitted due to age. Also note Walter Gabriel found dead at Carson desert July 20 after starting walk from Stillwater July 17.
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Duxpury
Plymouth
Duxbury
Bert Freeman
George Bradley
Bert Prouty
Bradley
Jordan
Marsh
Usong
Sylvanus Sampson
Melzar Hunt
John Burns
E. W. Winsor
Freeman
Walter Gabriel
Carson Desert
Stillwater
Lovelocks
Havre
New York
St. Louis
The Woman's Hour And The Lesson Of Prayerful Motherhood
A veteran observer recalls a Wheaton friend who trains her six year old daughter through daily prayer and instruction. The piece contrasts devoted motherhood with lax practice, urging mothers to share in their children's devotions and build reverence, not perform rote rites for vanity.
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Wheaton
Pal
Helen
Generinly
Aulmaeel
Narrow Skirts and How to Remedy Them Pretty Summer Dresses
Amateur dressmakers often err by making the foundation skirt too wide at the back, producing an awkward effect. For short walking dresses, two and a quarter yards is the maximum width. Avoid drawing strings placed too low to prevent back fullness from shifting while walking. This season’s skirts are draped high, bias cut, straight at the front and sides, tied back in place at the seam.
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Rene
Harper's Bazarin R
Parisian baby boot crochet pattern and butterfly screens
Step by step Parisian pattern for a baby boot using white Shetland wool. Instructions cover sole shaping, foot construction in tricot and double crochet, leg shaping, and finishing with ribbon at the ankle. Contributed by Mrs. Niles to the Hour.
Butterfly lamp screen from satin and embroidery
Instructions describe making a decorative butterfly shaped lamp screen using black satin. Cut a paper pattern, form wings separately, sew outside and lining, turn and press, add a wire edge for shape, create a satin covered cotton body, attach wings, decorate by painting or embroidery, and add a stout wire hanger on the underside.
Infant boot instep shaping in afghan crochet method
Mrs L T W asks how to shape the instep and toe of an infant crochet boot with afghan stitch. Divide stitches into thirds, work middle division to toe length, pick up side stitches and increase to form foot shape, mirror on other side, then sew together. Add twisted wool lace and tiny balls for decoration.
Brigham Young Day Quiet Anniversary Observed
Salt Lake City marks Brigham Young entry 38th anniversary with 142 Mormons arriving from Missouri by ox teams. Celebrations muted due to Fourth of July flag issues Gentile tensions and General Grant's death. Mayor orders saloons closed and business suspended as many residents leave town for cooler resorts. Telegraph reports call Pioneer Day the quietest in its history.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Salt Lake Valley
Brigham Young
Missouri River
Grant
Brass band for young ladies in Feltonville Mich
A collection of odd short items from a northern newspaper includes a Feltonville brass band composed entirely of young women, quirky local anecdotes from various states, and notes onContemporary curiosities. It mentions an Atlanta man with twenty seven rings, a ducky turkey nesting, a snake handling, a drunk 13 year old girl seeking lodging, and other whimsical tales.
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Feltonville
Mich
Atlanta
Gerber
Ed Swain
Enterprise
Kan
J.D. Bedell
Prairie City
Iowa
Watertown
Dak
Forsyth County
Calumbas
la Moure County
Waco
Texas
Man
Jim Wilson
Indiana
Milledgeville
Albany
Illinois
Berlin
Wis
Oneida
Dakota
Rome
Detroit Free Press
James 8. Stevens
Avalon
Missouri
Janesville
Robinson
Caldwell
Paris
Cedartown
Macon
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Waibott
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R. B. Hayes
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West Point
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Moline del
Snare Denes
Army
N.Y
Narragansett
Mexico
Dark Pilots
Pennsylvania
United
Brigham Young Day
Ayer
Charles Foster
Boston
Mass
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Saparilla
B. T. Johnson
Hutto, Texas
Captain Moore
Wartersury
Conn
A. E. Moore
Winsted
Proferssors R. C. Worp
M. D
University of Georgia
Southern Medical Record
Lehig Co
General A. Ghant
Thos. Kelly
P O.uddraa
T. A. Slocum
F. C. Fowler
Moodus
Sudwig
Charles Dyer, JR
P. O
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Dr. Scott
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Broadway St
John H. McAlvin
Erers From
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Tremont Row
Great London Tea CO
Washington St
Clinale Agency
Fanon
Cowlst Jago
Abnley
C. Henley
Richmond
E. B. Ric
East Hampton
Marston
Marston Remedy CO
H. Tresko
4Th Street
J.H. Reeves
Chatham St
Tak University Chemical Preparation Works
Phila
Emerton
Dr. J. W. Stanton & CO
Cowg Ly
Express
Quincy, Mich
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