Gilbert the satirist and the art of his ironical theatre
The 195th Celebrities at Home profile surveys W. S. Gilbert in his Boltons house and aboard his yacht Pleione, detailing his method for creating ironical comedy. It notes his background, stage process from plot to scenery, collaboration with Arthur Sullivan, and his autocratic staging influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sullivan
Gilbert
Capone
Boltons
South Kensington
Black Sea
Iceland
Roy
Mulligan Blaine Letters Revealed a Bold Seizure in Riggs House
An intimate Mulligan confidant recounts a Boston tale about Blaine handling letters during congressional probes. Mulligan claims Blaine seized damaging missives at the Riggs House, promising to return them, then took them and fled, leaving Mulligan unable to contest the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janay
General Grant
Boston
Mr. Blaine
Mulligan
Blaine
Riggs House
Washington
Congress
Aine
House of Representatives
Jim
Mr. Mulligan
Mr. Mullican
Anager
Balloon Gift Fuels Merrimac Street Boy Dream
A young son of Mr. Sibley of Merrimac street won a free balloon from Oak Hall clothing store after longing for the giveaway. The boy’s simple wish brought a moment of joy as the prize was seized by a grateful child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
Merrimac Street
Oak Hall
Balloon Boom Injures Child After Lamp Heat
A boy named Sibley was playing with a toy that expanded when exposed to heat from a lamp. After displaying it, he took it home and placed it near the light. The heat caused the toy to balloon and caused injuries including loss of eyebrows and hair. He remained in bed for two days recovering from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sibley
The Fraud of '76 and the Tildenism Ideal in Politics
Judge Hoadley of Cincinnati attacks the 1876 election outcome and calls Tildenism the reform spirit. He denounces the arbitration that toppled Tilden and Hendricks, names Reed-like conspirators, and identifies candidates who could revive honest government. He cites Thurman, Field, Payne, McDonald, Palmer, Randall and hints at a Cincinnati vice presidential candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoadley
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Enquirer
R. Bayes
John Sherman
J. Madison Wells
Republic
Roscoe Conk- Hog
Seelye
Amherst College
Henry L. Pierce
Boston
Babcock
Belkna
Ross Shepherd
House of Representatives
Mr. Jaine
Madison Wells
Florida
Louisiana
O'Conor
Judge Thurman
Stephen J. Field
Henry B. Payne
Joseph BE. McDonald
John M. Palmer
Samuel J. Randall
Tilden
Hendricks
Bishop
A Scientific Jumper Leaps From Brooklyn Vessel
Lewis E. Thomas, 23, a Seventy first Regiment athlete, practiced Sam Patch style leaping from aboard a schooner at Thirteenth street into North River water eighty feet. He aims for bigger leaps this summer, including a potential jump from the East River bridge, and has previously flown ninety six feet from a derrick and performed a Spanish dive from thirty feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yor
Lewis E. Thomas
Thirteenth Street
North River
Thomas
New York
Seventy-first Regiment Athletic Club
Sam Patch
Boyd
Mississippi
East River
Boy 15 Fatally Shoots Himself in Woods
Great Bend, May 26. The body of Herman Sterling, fifteen, was found with his head blown off near his father's home. A stone marked In God we Trust bore his farewell to family and a note to schoolmates. A raspberry twig cross lay nearby as he pressed the gun to his forehead and fired. No cause is known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Benn
Penn
Herman Sterling
Brooklyn
Republican delegates oppose Grant at Philadelphia meeting
The National Republican League of Philadelphia adopts a list of about twenty delegates for Chicago and vows not to vote for Grant if nominated. Missouri Democrats back anti-Tilden delegates with uninstructed aims to defeat the Republicans. West Virginia Greenbackers nominate a Democratic Greenback state ticket amid fusion questions. A Portland dispatch doubts Oregon backing Grant if nominees differ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
National Republican League of
Chicago
Grant
League
Missouri Democrats
Moorrney
Committee On Organization
Repor
J. Gratz Brown
St. Louis
Messrs. West
Woodson
Cincinnati
Gneans
Anti-Tilden
Tilden
Wheeling
Charlestown
Republican Committee
Congress
Oregon
San Francisco
Portland
Elan Bind
Bisine
Washburne
Finance News From State Street May 24 1880 Market Glides Easy
The money market remained easy with excess currency and modest loan demand. Banks show a reserve surplus while New York funds trade at discounts. bond and stock markets edge higher on encouraging railroad earnings and favorable outlook, with brokers noting steady to improving conditions ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Street
New York
Frances
Brokers’ Board
Newark
New York Bank
ANC
Boston Markets Faces Wide Range of Commodities Prices
A bustling but fluctuating Boston market reports dull apples with high bids and common prices, steady beans with mixed varieties, quiet boots and shoes trade, and softer butter and cheese prices. Coal, coffee, copper, flour, and oil show varied demand, while leather, lime, lumber, molasses, and nails reflect cautious activity and price stabilization amid broad commodity movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vermont
Choice Creamery
Franklin County
Choice Dairy
Weste
Choice
Nova Scotia
Cumberland
Java
Maracaibo
Opear
St. Louis
Diinois
Indiana
Ohio
Ouas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Russia
Rockland
Cieyfuegos
Western
Calcutta
Boston
New York Markets May 29 Flour and Provisions Report
May 29 market notes show quiet flour and meal with rye flour firming, Western and Southern grain quotes, and varied pork and beef prices. Butter and cheese hold steady. lard weaker. Wheat futures slide for No 2 red winter amid weak deliveries, with mixed No 1 and No 2 whites and springs showing declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Bakers
Southern
Delvery
Western Dairy
Ett
State
Western
Ea Os
Scribbled Trade Prices for Bids and Goods
The report lists multiple commodity prices including 1200 birds at 7 for Forto Rico and 8 for Demerara, refined firmer and hards at 6 1 2 to 6 3 4 cents, turpentine and resins at steady levels, petroleum dull at 7 3 4 0 in barrels, grain routes to Liverpool London Bayonne and Hamburg with various pence per bushel, refined petrol to Copenhagen and Gottenburg at 1 fl, whiskey bid at $1.13.1.15, and ocean freights largely steady with local stock prices noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Forto Rico
Demerara Centri i
Liverpool
Provisiona
London
Bayonne
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Gottenburg
Taliow
Brighton Cattle Market Report May 26
Live stock totals at Brighton market show cattle 3904, sheep and lambs 800, swine 12600, western cattle 8632, eastern cattle 0, Massachusetts cattle 1, northern cattle and milch cows 140, horses 279, veal calves 238. Prices vary by grade with strong declines in shipping cattle. two pair of working oxen offered at 175 but not sold. Buyers included W Scollane and J F Savin with multiple cow and calf transactions and careful notes on veal, store cattle, and lamb prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
P. BE
Bermudas
Exra
Hoston
Boston
Ugar
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
New
Maine
New Texas
California
Montevideo
Brighton
Poston
Brianton
Massachusetts
James F. Savin
Natick
W. Scolans
W. Scollane
Durham
Ayrshire
YD. Keenan
W. Scoliana
I. ©. Libby
C. Sleeper
Boston Daily Glode
Watertown
Burn Cattie
M. G. Flanders
William Seolins
M. T. Shackett
J. A. Hathaway & Co
Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report May 25
Boston Globe records Watertown stock market activity with cattle prices for cows, calves, veal, sheep, lambs, swine, and fowl. Notable quotes include M G Flanders top cows to William Seolins, and western cattle sales via J A Hathaway Co with several steers and weights listed. Market notes indicate active export cattle trade but slower butcher closings, and overall price ranges across categories.
Gloucester Fishing Totals and Prices for the Week
The week ended in Gloucester reports 84 fishing arrivals including 40 from Georges with about 640000 pounds codfish and 24000 pounds halibut. Shore fishing adds 183 codfish and 6 from Yestern Banks with ~2 SOP seneas codfish. Grand Banks contributes 4 ships with ~240000 apeanes of hala and 1 of the mackerel fleet with 1800 barrels. Prices listed for cod and halibut show dull Georges trade and rising stock. mackerel barrels unsold total about 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Georges
Yestern Banks
Grand Banks
Pollani
Haddock
Mistakes and prejudices against Hop Bitters in temperance ads
A defense of Hop Bitters praising its use in clergy and temperance work. It argues journals err in avoiding the product due to the word bitters while endorsing deceptive alcoholic nostrums. The note highlights testimonials from religious and temperance figures and outlines the company’s longstanding temperance involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Temperance
Hop Bitters Mfg. Co
What the Religious Press Says
Treated as a brief notice from Chicago dated November 8 1878 the item reports Hop Bitters Mfg Co of Rochester New York receiving favorable treatment from religious press. It notes the paper’s stance on alcohol content and cites endorsements by temperance clergymen and professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hop Bitters Mfg. Co
Rochester
N. Y
Living Church
Hop Bitters praised as cure all health tonic
A letter from Pittsford Mass 1878 extols Hop Bitters as not a beverage but a medicinal tonic with curative properties and no poisons. It claims higher hop strength than beer and notes widespread newspaper endorsement. Mrs J W Tuller endorses Hop Bitters after personal use and recommends them to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Rochester Evening Express
Pyttsford
Mass
J. W. Tuller
Sec
Women's Christiana Temperance Union
A Medicine Not a Drink High Authority
A letter from A S Greenbaum Internal Revenue official questions Hop Bitters as a non alcoholic medicine and urges a certificate from Colonel W H W of Baltimore about his alcohol treatment. The writer claims widespread recognition in Rochester Cincinnati New Orleans and New York and argues the Bitters could save many from rum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Independent
Northern Christian Advocate
Syracuse
N. Y
Examiner and Chronicle
Evangelical Messenger
Cleveland
National Baptist
Philadelphia
Penn
Pilot
Boston
Mass
Christian Standard
Cincinnati
Home Journal
Detroit
Mich
Methodist Protestant
Baltimore
Southwestern Christian Advocate
New Orleans
la Christian Mirror
Portland
Maine
Washineton
D. C
Rochester
New York
Hop Bitters praised as cure after prejudice and illness
Letters from Milwaukee, Milton and New York praise Hop Bitters as a tonic remedy for debility nervousness indigestion and related ailments. Endorsers include Reverend M J Ellgoor Rev John Seaman and Rev E R Warren with claims of personal health restoration and strong temperance support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton
Del
Mas
J. H. Ellgoor
Cured of Drinking with Hep Bitters
A Chicago railroad official testifies a young acquaintance was cured of a drinking problem by Hep Bitters. He reports lasting sobriety for over two years and notes others also cured without relapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hop Bitters Praised by Clergy and Citizens
A decree praising Hop Bitters as a meritorious remedy in family use. Clergymen and public figures from Washington DC Bergen NY and Mexico NY attest to kidney trouble neura lgia dizziness gravel and kidney ailments improving after using Hop Bitters. A lawyer from Wayne County also reports relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergen
N. Y
Mexico
Wayne County
N. Ee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cologne
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
New York Reporter
Manhattan
Mr. Gilbert
William Gilbert
Mary Warner
Tom Taylor
Privy Council
St. James
Brompton Cemetery
Mr. Sullivan
Sullivan
America
Portsmouth
England
United States
K.gilbert
Hogarth
Volterra
Caracci
Watteau
Salvator Rosa
Alfred Weigall
Juvenal
Despreaux
Churchill
Dryden
Ben Jonson
Moliere
Pope
Solingen
Charlies O'Conor
Tildenism
Thurman
Senate
Brooklyn Bridge
West Virginia
Greenbackers
Financial Matters
Boston Money and Stocks
Review OF the Week
United States Bonds
Sherman
Theovernment
Wey
U.S
Atchison & Nebraska
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Boston & Albany
Boston & Lowell
Boston & Maine
Boston & Providence
Ee Berlington & Quincy
Clinton
Dubuque
West Michigan
Sandusky
Connecticut River
Eastern
Vitchburg
Marquette
Houghton & Ontonagon
Common
Kansas City
Lawrence
Little Rock & Fort Smith
Michigan Central
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
New England
Northern
Ogdensburg
Lake Champlain
Old Colony
Wilmington
Saco & Portsmouth
Rutland
Summit Branch
Union Pacific
Vermont & Massachusetts
Worcester & Nashua
Metropolitan
South Boston
Kei River
Vermont & Canada
Boston, Concord & Montreal
Connorton Wether
Cambridge
Cheshire
Wichita & Southwestern
Middlesex
Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Common
Iowa Land Company
Globe Company
Berney
Devonshire Street
Alto
New York and New England Railroad
Eastern Railroad Company
Portsmouth, Great Falls
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Extension Company
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Kansas City, Burlington and Santa Fe Railroad Company
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
Concornp
Concord
N. H.) Railroad Corporation
Frederick Smyth
Samuel N. Bell
J. Thomas Vose
Benjamin A. Kimball
Francis B. Hayes
Feary C. Sherburne
James W. Johnson
John H. Pearson
Old Colony Railroad Company
F. B. Hayes
Messrs. Sherburne and Johnson
Old Colony Corporation
Grand Trunk
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Port Huron
Chicago and Grand Trunk
Joseph
Council Bluffs
Burling
Kan’ Eil Bluffs
Burlington
Viele
Missouri
Hannibal and
St. Joe
Boston Markets
Boston Danly
Dein Polish
Polke
Morocco
NEW York Markets
Tive Stock Markets
Heep
G. W. Hollis
E. Farrell
T. Swimn
John P. Squire
Charles H. North
Niles Brothers
Watertown Union Live
L. T. Mallory
Hastings
Gloucester Fish Market
A. Allen
Southampton Row
Eng
Boulevard Haussmann
Paris
France
Bareelay St
John A. Dodge & CO
Bankers
Wall Street
Temperance Times
Brockport, N
Green Braum
A. S
Prejudice
John Seaman
Home Sentinel
Afton
ScrPro
Baptist Church
Albany
E. R. Warren
Washington, D. C
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!