New York Business Revival Seen Through Railroads and Trade
Townsend's Letter surveys mid 19th century commerce from New York. It traces manufacturing expansion east and west, notes rail and canal networks shaping growth, cites Cincinnati Pittsburgh and Cleveland hubs, and discusses shipping to Europe, champagne markets, and urban development. It covers Denise and stage concerns, Grant and Sherman health, and Washington politics amid economic shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Washington
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Joli Street
Boston
Hartford
Europe
Vermont
New England
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Galtimore
Richmond
Mississippi River
Louisville
Fitisburg
Ohio River
Cleveland
Lakes
Pitts
Alabama
California
Oregon
York
Baltimore
Adion
Globe
New York City
Allegheny
New York State
Ohio
Raritan
Passaic
Upper
Delaware
Ton
Manitoba
Nelson's River
Hudson's Bay
St. Lawrence
Erie Canal
Buffalo
Bill Me in Boston A Maine Birthplace Visit and Reflections
The piece recounts a Boston Globe writer’s trip to his Maine birthplace Moosehead region. He recalls meeting his parents, the bond formed, and lessons for American youth. He notes humble beginnings, a memento stone, and a life that rose from modest means to prominence as a postmaster in Laramie City while warning against credit reliance.
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Boston Sunday Globe
Maine
Boys of America
Globe
America
Laramie City
Wy. T
Piscataquis
Missouri
A Colt's Strange Power of Vision
Five hunters found a mare and a hairless, glass-eyed colt in a cave near Mace's Hole Whitstone Range. They killed the mare and brought the colt to Mr. Robinson's ranch eight miles from Pueblo. The colt sees in the dark but not in daylight, a remarkable curiosity born in the cave.
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Pueblo Star
Mace’s Hole
Whitstone Range
Mr. Robinson
Fatal Cyanide Poisoning Strikes Taunton Family
In Taunton on May 28 a three year old boy died after drinking cyanide solution left in a cup at De Bachelder jewelry store where his father is employed. Mrs. Ward, visiting with her child, left the boy briefly and the tragedy occurred in the rear repair area. The Wards had recently moved from Waltham.
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Taunton
William Ward
de Bachelder
Mrs. Ward
Waltham
Cleveland
Nellie Hoffman
Potter's Field
William Shaley
Canal Street
Nellie
Skaley
Destiny in the Voice of Des Tiny Address Jo an Arc
The Philadelphia Press comments on Miss Cleveland's book praising the writing but protesting a line that invokes Joan of Arc as Destiny’s instrument, arguing that Destiny does not make dramatic breaks of that kind.
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Destiny
Philadelphia Press
Miss Cleveland
Voice of Destiny
Joan of Arc
Birthplace Reflections by Bill Nye From The Gaze
The writer extols steady perseverance and frugal living over politics, notes birthplace Shirley as a calm, quiet spot, and invites readers to visit with lunch in hand. He recalls leaving in 1853 with his parents and jokes about extravagant hospitality keeping the town lively.
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Shirley
Gaze
Bill Nye
Bill Nye on the Bronze Goddess and Liberty
Bill Nye comments on American liberty wealth and immigration in a satirical address. He imagines Liberty Enlightening the World statue as a symbol of ongoing freedom costs and social irony in New York Harbor with musings on foreigners taxes and leisure. The piece closes with a dated line from Hudson Wisconsin May 20. Bix Nye.
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America
Liberty
New York Harbor
Ripplin Sea
Atlantic
West
Andreen Sereen
New York
Hudson, Wis
Bix Nye
Maniac's Aide A Hand-to-Hand Battle With the Madman in Chicago
A violent encounter on a Kansas City to Chicago train ends with the death of Policeman Cornelius Barrett and the capture of Louis Reame, a traveling agent from Detroit. Reame, armed and intoxicated, terrorized the car, fired repeatedly, and fought officers in a brutal pursuit through Chicago streets before being restrained at the armory.
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Chiago
Kansas City Express
Wabash Road
Kansas City
Laughlin
Con. Barrett
Louis Reame
American Eagle Tobacco Works
Detroit
Reume
Peoria
J. O. Hazelton
Jamestown
N. Y
Southern Kansas Railway
el Paso
Englewood
Valentine Schuck
Twenty-second Street
Twelfth Street
Polk Street
Reame
Cornelius Barrett
Fourth Avenue
Laughlin Ampee
Amos Lyons
Antelope Street
Denver
Col
Hazeltine
Osage County
Kan
Grosse Isle
George Thompson
K. F. Brown
Fred
Wheaton
Palace Car Company
William Putnam
Whist Problem No 4 and Correspondents Answers Discussed
A detailed discussion of problem No 4 in whist with Clark Maverick and Z leading strategies. E.T. W. offers an original solution and critique of earlier methods, focusing on trump play, lead choices, and the potential for misdirection. The exchange highlights differing views on correct play, not a single definitive approach.
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Mr. Clark
Mr. Maverick
Maverick
E.T. W
Ivanhoe
Taz Globr
Georgetown
Huried Down a Mountain in Pennsylvania Tragedy
Edward Gorman and Patrick Campion coal operators at Tuscarora were returning to town when their horse bolted. Gorman was thrown from the carriage and over an embankment while Campion was pitched from the rail and rolled sixty feet. The horse continued into town, colliding with another wagon. Both men were found unconscious and cannot recover. Prominent local businessmen. An unrelated testimonial advertisement for Liebe Co. Coca Beef Tonic follows, praising its effects on tone and various conditions.
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Yankton
Denver
Providence
Washington
America
New York
London
Europe
Eunes
Mackey
Caliornia
San Francisco
Australia
Cca
Hardihood
Growler
Mth
New Orleans
Atlanta
Kimball
Atkinson
Kaball
The
United Sates
Burke
Washington City
Peoria
T P
Shepherd
Coriolanus
Jones
Smith
Thompson
Tom
Mananoy Ciry
Penn
Edward Gorman
Patrick Campion
Tuscarora
Gorman
Campion
Town
John Schmickey
Tig
Schmickey
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Townsend
Denise
Wall Street
West Shore
New York Central
Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Shore Road
Harrisburg
West Shore Railway
Commodore Vanderbilt
Albany
New York Cities
Erie
Lackawanna
New York A
Bartley Campbell
Clara Morris
Daly's Theatre
Young Dumas
Paris
Riverside
Yonkers
Irving
England
American
Grant
Sherman
Sheridan
Dorsheimer
Congress
Odlum
Brooklyn Bridge
John Logan
Senate
John Sherman
Mr. Evarts
Grorck
Alfred Town
Bill ME
United States
Moosehead Lake
William
IND
Patrick Henry
Mr. Henry
Bedloe’s Island
Ilieve
Louis Reume
Breume
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Evecereselo
Liebe Co
H. Goullon
Grand Duke of
Saxony
Iron Cross
Williams. Searle
Ayer
Ann Lovejoy
Wash’n St
Mass
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Ry Pectoral
A. Semmes
Laredo
HL. A. Ancuer
M.D
Oxford
Brooklyn
Tue Cenracn Company
Fulton Street
Winchester
Winchester & CO
Deys St
J.h.reeves
Chatham St
P O. Addrea
T. A
Slocum
Pearl St
Saelaia
Addreas RD & CO
Louisiana
Het
Cowy Ly
San Luis Park
Homestead
Colorado Loan and Trust Co
Phila
Damprorsitec
Aete Smith & Cocy Sole Agt
Palatine
M. Young
Greenwich St
Meee May
F.C. Fowler
Moodus
Ludwig
B. B. Russell
Saranoston
John H. McAlvin
Star Co
Northford
Conn
Hathaway
Washington St
JAS. E. Whitney, Nurseryman
Rochester
OS Ulars
W. H. Slocum
N.Y
Great London EA CO
Washington’ St
Renley
Henley
Boot
E. B. Rich
East Hampton
H. Treskow
14Th St
Fey
Marston Bolus
New England Medical Institute
Tremont Row
Grover Cleveland
Massa
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