Gordon of the Royal Engineers in China and Egypt
The article portrays Colonel Charles Gordon as a famed British commander, detailing his past victories in China and the Soudan, his bold Shanghai campaigns, and his decisive siege actions at Ssu-Chow, where he defeated Taiping forces, executed treachery among rivals, and asserted British influence while preparing for a broader conflict.
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China
Hong Kong
New York Herald
Russia
Europe
Sir Lancelot
Bombay
Lord Ripon
Charles ‘George Gordon
Royal Engineers
Genghis Khan
Golden Sand
Nankin
Soudan
Nile
Equatorial Lakes
Darfur
Indian Ocean
Col- Lert
Gordon
England
Egypt
Hindoo Koosh
Mandalay
India
Cape Comorin
Himalayas
Simla
Plains
Covernment House
M. Giers
Foreign Office
St. Petersburg
Burgevine
Ward
Calcutta
Vekin
Crce
Essc
Shanghai
Shaw
Repney
Venice
Svo-Chow
Gorilla Reception At Pennsylvania Hospital Roars Into View
A female adult gorilla, imported from Africa by Dr. Morton of the Pennsylvania Hospital, drew a crowd at Eighth and Spruce streets as a photographer filmed it. The creature stands four feet four inches, weighs 1490 pounds, and will be shown in a glass case next week while dissection plans are delayed until winter.
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Pennsylvania Hospital
Eighth
Spruce Streets
Philadelphia Times
Bootblack
Grant
Lissen
Charlie Ross
Charlie
Atrekee
Africa
Thomas G. Morton
Morton
Peon H
Henry C. Chapman
Professor Agnew
W. B. Atkinson
Charles KE. Saous
Ofessor Joseph Leidy
John T. Lewis
William Hunt
Ublic
R. H. Nassau
Marriage of Count Festetics and Lady Hamilton at Pesth
London Truth reports the state wedding of Count Tesselo Festetics and Lady Mary Hamilton at the Festetics palace in Pesth. The ceremony was performed in Simor and attended by the bride’s mother, the Princess-Duchess of Hamilton. The couple may visit England this summer. Vienna etiquette debates whether the Countess Festetics can be received at court given prior divorce.
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London
Tesselo Festetics
Mary Hamilton
Prince of
Monaco
Pesth
Festetics Palace
Simor
therincess-Duchess of Hamilton
Festetics
England
Vienna
Countess Festetics
Jefferson Davis and Early testify in Dorsey will case
In New Orleans, Jefferson Davis, Jubal Early, and L. A. Payne gave depositions in the Sarah A. Dorsey will dispute. Early described Dorsey as highly intelligent and said she planned for Davis to receive her estate, while praising her mind and independence. Testimony covers family ties, Beauvoir ownership, and alleged motives behind the will amid claims of undue influence.
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New Orleans
Jefferson Davis
Jubal A. Early
L. A. Payne
Second District
Sarah A. Dorsey
Stephen Percy Ellis
Mortimer Dahlgren
Inez Ruth Ellis Peckham
J. H. Varrar
L. Walker
W. RB. Mills
Jubal A. Early Sworn
Mrs. Dorsey
Beauvoir
Mr. Davis
Texas
Dorsey
Joseph Davis
Jeff Davis
General Davis
Mississippi City
Virinia
Farrar
Henry W. Alien
Mississippi
Georgia
Kramer
Christchurch
Leacock
Confederacy
Old Citizen Temperatures The Great June Debate
On Michigan Avenue two elderly men argued which June was the hottest. Each recalled different years 1828 1829 and 1820 while others listened. The quarrel grew into a claim of falsity with diaries produced and a warning about running at large.
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Free Press
Michigan Avenue
Kory
Aged Know-Nothings and Their Hidden Blunders
An older tutor recalls astonished students in politics and business who lack basic schooling yet seek knowledge. He recounts cases from whiskey speculators to a singer who learned music but not the three Rs, plus a Washington clerk wife and a dramatic actress who could not write.
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New York Sun
United States
Pa Ile
Washington
South
BaenIo
Treasury
New York
Gall
Woriwood
Love and Hash at East River Boarding House Scandal
A New York Truth report details Thomas O Hara proposing to Sally Macer at 432 East 113th Street. O Hara attacked Mrs. Macer after she vetoed the match, receiving a three month penitentiary sentence. Sally and Mrs. Macer recount the clash over hashes and the couple's doomed romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice E. Macer
New York
East 113Th Street
Sally
Thomas O'Hara
Fragmented Tales of Politics and Oddities in Railcar Humor
A collage of comic vignettes and sketches from a late 19th century paper includes a secretive campaign tease about Credit Mobilier, a rustic social misadventure with Miss Apem, a Swede and a prank with telephone wire, a cry for Mr Henry at a meeting, a San Francisco cat incident, Moody and Sankey church remarks, the origin of dark horse in Tennessee racing, and a bald headed man on a train with a curious child. The pieces blend satire, anecdotes, and social scenes from public life.
Labouchere’s Lobby Tale on Bradlaugh and a Probe of Atheism
In the House of Commons Mr Labouchere of Northampton recounts a lobby anecdote about a young diplomat attempting to enter papal Rome with Protestant Bibles, only to have tobacco seized by customs while the Bibles remained. He notes that Parliament could have allowed Bradlaugh’s atheism into the House, risking faux fame but depriving the public of comic drama.
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Mrs. Maver
Labouchere
Northampton
House of Commons
Bradlaugh
England
Papal Rome
Bishop Boys Rally Behind Father as Lancaster Card Sparks Cheers
The Cincinnati Gazette notes the Bishop boys show lively interest in their venerable "pa" during a public boom. A Grand Hotel visitor wore a badge reading Lancaster Pa. A son of the late governor recognized it and cried out with joy, "Here's another one for pal."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gazette
Grand Hotel
Lancaster
Pal
Trust Her Not. Derrick Dodd. A Playhouse Warning
A dated admonitory verse warns young men against flirtatious theatergoers. It describes a girl peering over a glass pane near the actor, a sly flirtation observed from the parquet seating, and the danger of guile in social encounters at the playhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derrick Dodd
Why is it they say all the nice men are engaged
A fragmentary exchange shows Lillian Maud pouting over men and marriage. The reply asserts several men remain free and unmarried. The text reflects flirtatious dialogue and social norms about courtship.
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Lillian Maud
Lillian
Ees Free
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