Carlyle in Chelsea and Queen's meeting recalled by Smalley
The New York Tribune London letter by G W Smalley recaps Thomas Carlyle memories at his Chelsea home. It notes his frank love for America, friendships with Ruskin and Dickens, and his clashes over politics and society. An anecdotal account covers a 19th century royal meeting, Carlyle's disdain for burial in the Abbey, and his vivid, uncompromising manner.
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Thomas Carlyle
New York Tribune
London
G. W. Smalley
America
Emerson
Ermerson
Fraser
Ilias
Carlyle
Dickens
Tribune
Dean Stanley
Mr. Carlyle
Desire
Grand Cross of the Bath
Sir Thomas Carlyle
Carlyle Letter on Feminine Duties and Emancipation
A London Standard excerpt reveals Carlyle arguing privately in 1871 that a woman’s true role is wife and mother, guiding a household with quiet greatness, while recognizing a woman may pursue honest work if she rejects that destiny. He frames emancipation as a sorrowful, chaotic shift in society and urges discretion in publication.
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London Standard
Carlyle
Edinburgh University
Cueyn& Row
Cuelsea
Small Potent Cure for Small Pox Found in Philadelphia
Mother Gonzaga a seventy year old Sister of Charity at St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum crafts a smallpox remedy from digitalis and zinc sulfate in a tin tub laboratory. The greenish fragrant mixture, given hourly for twelve hours, is distributed freely, with clergy and public encouraging use amid a city panic.
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Philadelphia
Times
St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum
Baltimore
Mother Gonzaga
Kenrick
Germantown
Paris
Gonzaga
St. Bonifacius
New Jersey
Camden
Vineland
Lewis ‘. Sheppard
Delaware
Divorced from Two Hundred Wives at Once in Morocco
London Daily Telegraph reports Sultan Sidi Muley Hassan of Morocco trimming state expenses after a financial crisis. He halves his domestic establishment by dismissing 200 wives and reassigning them to officers with 25 percent reduced pay. Each ex Sultana is wed to a warrior, converting royal assets into savings while keeping younger wives for the sultan. Fez crowd cheers as the reform boosts his popularity.
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London Daily Telegraph
Sidi Muley Hassan
Morocco
Muley Hassan
Fez
Carlyle on Dickens Tribute in Forster biography
Carlyle recalls meeting Dickens for about thirty years and describes him as a rare and great brother, cordial, clear sighted, just and loving. He laments Dickens’s death as a world wide event that eclipses the harmless gaiety of nations and praises Dickens as good gentle high gifted and honest in every inch.
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Carlyle
Charles Dickens
Obn Forster
Mr. Carlyle
Forster
Dickens
Deaths Linked to Blood Poisoning Across Lancaster Family
Barton G. Towne aged 70 died of blood poisoning after his granddaughter Hattie Bugbee and others perished in the same illness. A sanitary review deemed the premises clean. Towne's son was Dr. Francis L. Towne, U S Army surgeon. Also, William G. Munroe, 67, merchant in Boston and Newport, died suddenly near Washington and Camden streets after fainting and entering Patch drug store. He had lived at 85 Chester Square with his daughter.
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Lancaster
N. H
Barton G. Towne
Hattie Bugbee
Towne
William G. Munroe
Boston
Newport
Rhode Island
Washington
Camden Streets
Patch
Munroe
Chester Square
Saying Grace by Telephone in a Chicago Store
A Chicago Times paragraph notes a Madison street boot dealer daily burdened by business cares. His nervous system suffers and a week without customers would feel like relief. He attends a North-side Presbyterian church and has nightly family prayers.
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Chicago Times
Madison Street
Humble Millionaire Blesses Dinner Then Realizes Phone End
A story recalls a rich man who pauses at the family table to say a blessing yet gently discovers he is alone in the room, thinking of a telephone as a sacred link, only to realize the device is merely a worldly invention. The anecdote blends humor with a moment of domestic reverie.
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Flello
Millionaire minister’s posthumous fortune draws kin
The Philadelphia Times reports the estate of Rev. George H. Pool, once pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, valued around $500,000, with unanswered questions about his past and possible heirs. W. Horace Hepburn oversees efforts to locate rightful relatives and reinter the body.
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Philadelphia Times
George H. Pool
Fourth Presbyterian Church of
Philadelphia
Flatbush
L. I
Pool
Poo
Presbyterian Communion
South Thirteenth Street
A Street Car Scene and Boycott in France
A New Orleans Times report recounts a drunken gentleman on a street car mocking a passenger and a lady, provoking laughter and shock among riders as he falls twice. The piece then notes France’s Saumur cavalry school where boycotts by 650 cadets paralyzed local commerce until the Mayor yielded.
Senator Thurman Leaves Senate with Widespread Respect
The Detroit Free Press notes that Thurman departs the Senate amid broad praise from adversaries who call him honest courteous and public spirited. The piece likens him to a dignified statesman and cites Beecher's remark on a blameless charitable life without creeds.
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Detroit Free Press
Thurman
Senate
Beecher
Republicans name John S. Mitchell for Pa. senator seat
The Pennsylvania Republicans end a deadlock by nominating John S. Mitchell of the sixteenth district for the senatorship. Mitchell, serving his second term in Congress, is said to satisfy both party wings, though his name recalls the notorious Oregon senator John H. Mitchell from the Grant era.
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Pennsylvania
John S. Mitchell
Congress
Mitchell
John H. Mitchell
Oregon
Luminous Printing Ink Reported From Turin
The Parisian notes an invention in Turin using light-giving materials in printing ink to make pages readable in darkness without lamps. A new Turin daily paper is said to adopt this luminous ink. Also mentions Dr Bull's Couch Syrup offering relief from colds at 25 cents.
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Turin
New Orleans Hosts Boston Soldiers Jubilee Day Parade
New Orleans welcomed Boston soldiers the Lancers and Charles Town Cadets for a February 22 celebration of Washington’s Birthday. Continentals escorted the visitors to their armory and City Hall, where a banner exchange and remarks by Alderman Slade and City Attorney Buck highlighted unity from Bunker Hill to Chalmette. A grand parade, Rex flags, and a ball at Exposition Hall capped the festive observances with ties of American patriotism.
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New Orleans
Boston
Lancers
Charlestown
Washington
St. Charles
Continentals
Leonard
Peirce
City Hall
City of Gas
Alderman Slade
South
Athens
Bunker Hill
Chalmette
American Union
Buck
Chalmecte
Plymouth Rock
Desta
Mississippi River
Alabama
Wiltz
Phunny Phorty Phelions
Louisiana Field Artillery
Continental Guards
Exposition Hall
Over Eight Thousand Ahead Confirms Hancock Garfield Victory
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports the official popular vote results, showing General Hancock ahead of General Garfield by 106,000 and Garfield in a minority of 836,045 in a total of 9,160,213 votes. The paper presents an official table verified against state secretaries and returning boards.
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Enquirer
Hancock
Garfield
Alabama
Arkansas
Califor
Colorado
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Aeenee
Maryland
Wee Massach
Minnesota
Pete
Missowie
Nebraska
Hany Nevada
Jersey
New York
Pennsylva
R. Island
S. Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Wi Irile
Wisconsin
Irginda
Hancock Oved
How They Dress in Minnesota on the Rails
A historical excerpt outlines engineer attire for Minnesota and Dakota railways. It lists items: red and white woollen wrappers, skin shirt, blue Mackinaw blouse, heavy drawers, Mackinaw breeches, woollen stockings, German socks, arctics, fur cap, warm gloves, and outdoor mittens. Also details about German socks and boot wear. The piece shifts to emigration southward pathways focusing on Texas.
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Minnesota
Dakota
State seeks growth through immigration and agricultural expansion
The article discusses the state's capacities and opportunities to attract settlers, noting efforts to promote immigration. It outlines differing regional agricultural strengths and market relations, suggesting over time significant movement of people from the North and from Europe to the state.
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Europe
Goulds Last Victory Over Rail Road Stock Transfer
Railroad circles focus on transfer of 6,000,000 of stock held by Boston men in the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore road. The deal ends after a year of intrigue involving Jay Gould, H. H. McComb, W. H. Vanderbilt, and Baltimore interests as talks shift toward a Philadelphia to Baltimore through route.
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Boston
Philadelphia, Wilmington
Baltimore
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware & Western
HH. T. McComb
Philadelphis
McComb
W. H. Vanderbilt
Philadelphia
McCombe
Vanderbilt and Company
Pennsylvanian Cruelty Case Shocks Colonian County Family
In Columbiana County near the Pennsylvania line a girl named Cora Bloom, beaten and burned by a foster family led by Sam Neigh and his wife, is at risk. The abuse allegedly began with Neigh’s daughter aged 16, with the family taking part in repeated brutalities including broken bones, burn scars, and mutilations. Neigh has paid the girl’s medical bills and issued a note for damages, while neighbors threaten the family.
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Cincinnati
Columbiana County
Pennsylvania
Cora Bloom
Sam Neigh
Neigh
Old Neigh
Apology for Flawed Clarion Column Item
In Shelton Nevada the Clarion editor admits publishing a questionable item about a professor named Getrbert and his arcane antics. The piece describes a confrontation on a street and threatened violence, ending with a formal apology for the misprint and slander.
Franklin apprentice press exhibit at Old South
The original printing press used by Benjamin Franklin during his apprenticeship, shipped from London in 1717, is secured for exhibition at the Old South. It passed to New York owner John B. Murray in 1864 and was donated to the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, now on display for daily viewing to educate boys about Franklin’s life and era.
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Benjamin Franklin
James
London
Old South
James Franklin
Newart, KR. L
John B. Murray, Esq
New York
R. C. Winthrop
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
New England
Franklin
Peach Orchard Titan From Alabama tops Georgia claim
Parnell Frere notes Chambers county Alabama hosts the world’s largest peach orchard near the Georgia line. Owned by John Darnell, it spans 250 acres, has yielded about $70 000 in value, and Darnell, a former cotton farmer, rose to wealth by exporting early peaches at high prices.
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Parnell Frere
Americus Republican
Georgia
Chambers County
Ala
Georgia Line
John Darnell
Boycott Mention Tied to Captain Boycott
In London World discussion the term boycotting is traced from Captain Boycott being shunned by the Land League and his daughter mocked by snow. It notes the Railway Passengers Assurance Company decided not to maintain risk on him and he was promptly boycotted on Cornhill.
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London World
Captain Boycott
Land League
Cornhill
Steerage Rates to Germany Reduced Cut in steerage fares from Amsterdam to New York
Rates for steerage passage from Germany have fallen with competition mainly between Red Star and Rotterdam lines versus North German Lloyd and Hamburg American. Passengers can now travel from Amsterdam to New York for 15 dollars, promising a large influx of Dutch and German travelers.
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Germany
Red Star
Rotterdam
Lloyd
Amsterdam
New York
Cat reacts violently to Kathleen Mavourneen in Richland home
A Richland Oswego County household reports a pet cat that snarls when Kathleen Mavourneen starts and, if the tune continues, will leap at the singer and bite and scratch. A second song also provokes the same fierce response from the cat.
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Richland
Oswego County
New York
Kathleen Mavourneen
Why Americans Are Happy Reminiscence Quote
A reminiscence cites Carlyle saying he would like to see America and notes his remark on happiness. He allegedly observed that democracy or other forms of governance are less crucial than America having vast land for a few people. The quote reflects 19th century views on land ownership and national contentment.
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Cuyler
Carlyle
America
War ner s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure testimonial
The letter from Rev. P. F. P. Harklee of Coal Run Crossing Arkansas says twenty years of kidney and liver pain ended after using Warner s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. He cites huge medical bills and waters at Hot and White Springs but credits the remedy for his recovery.
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Warner
P. FP. Harklee
Coal Run Crossing
Arkansas
Checkers editor advert classed in Boston 1881
This item announces the American Checker Pinger edited by Charles F Barker of Cambridgeport Mass. It presents a 170 page cloth bound volume with 22 openings 594 variations and 35 critical positions, with 22 contributed by Wardell and Lyman. Price 75 cents postpaid. Orders addressed to Barker at No 8 Houghton Street Cambridgeport.
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Boston
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Tve
Mesars
Wardell
Lyman
Charla
Ans
Chess column review of draw claim and prize dispute
The column discusses Position No 810 in a chess series, noting Black to move and win, and reviews earlier positions 809 and 810. It highlights A J Heffner of Boston as first to show a draw on the 29.26 variation using the Switcher, matching Wyllie’s published lines, and questions Bowen’s prize decision favoring Wyllie.
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A. J. Heffner
Boston
Wyllie
Mr. Heffner
Hia
C, L
Jewett
Monson
Mass
ISA Ou
Mr. Jowett
New England Chess and Checker Rooms
Pemberton Square
D. Kirkwood
Kirk- Batley
Wood
James Smith
Spennynwor
Leeds Mercury Supplement
J. Smit
The Grist Mill Puzzles and Notices Pack
The page compiles a variety of puzzles including Charade and Triple Acrostic, plus an Anagram and various word games. It also lists prize winners for the Grist Mill section and quotes from other papers, with terse notices and brief commentary.
Monmouth County Checker Championship Result and Apology
A February 13 match in New Jersey saw McMahon defeat Reeves 10 to 4 with a draw of 6 in a 20 game event for the Monmouth county title. Wylie apologizes for misclassifying A J Dunlap as an enemy and seeks forgiveness. Leeds committee grants three extra prizes: Barker's American Checker Player, Bowen's Cross, and Wynne's Switcher analysis.
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Checker Ep
Globe
N. J
Beth
McMahon
H. Reeves
Monmouth County
Reeves
Wylie
A. J. Dunlap
Checker
Taehie
Leeds
Eng
Barker
Kendall match set for March twenty first
Answers to Correspondents from Kendall Wisconsin note a match scheduled for March twenty first. Communications from Monson Massachusetts Ludlow Vermont Boonville Missouri Auburn Maine Half Moon Lane Durham England relate to analyses solutions instructions and orders for checker books and games.
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A. S
Kendall
Wis
Cc. L. J—r
Monson
Masa
Pierson
Mich
W——r
Ludlow
Boonville
Auburn
Frank R. B
South Weymouth
Mass
James
Half Moon Lane
Durham
Ene
Lota of Harker
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Chelsea Sage
Philosopher
Queen Vic
Earl Russell
Mr. Ruskin
Mr. Browning
Mr. Allingham
Dr. Tyndall
Mr. Lecky
Mr. Froude
Louis Napoleon
Fordham
Dean
Church of England
Atras
Woman and Medicine
Wiliam G. Munroe
Potter's Field
Cook County
Albion
Missouri
Sea Grove
Chicago
Paterson
North Carolina
Monongahela County
West Virginia
Methodist Church
Pittsburg
Methodist Conference
Proerty
Overlin College
Centre County
Father
Mr. Pool
W. Horace Hepbuarn
W. Horace Hepburn
New Orleans Times
Keenene
France
Saumur
Commissaire de Police
Fair Gulf Metropolis
Hauaccock
Cinneinnati
Imperia
Gould
Vanderbilt
Wilmington & Baltimore Road
Shelton
Nev
Clarion
the Clarion
Slandeed
Rip
Ravel
Lookout Mountain
Puget Sound
Rance
Charles F. Banker
Isaiah Barker
BLACK
Wrens
John A. Belodo
Fife
Ingalls
Checker News
G. D. Bugbee
Laird and Lady
O. H. Richmond
W. H. Todd
Washington Street
Skbteh
Oparanas
Eneay
Sy Wages
Centralia
Fingis
Newark
Harry C. Vansant
Math Lynn
Heute Diba
Puzzleress
Dexter
Tam
Fehead
Agaiin
Newburg
N. Y. Beren-gur
Numeriest
Waldan
Spain
Catalonia
Rhenish Bavaria
Sruix
Fort Lupton
Col
Mason Tosy
Saarat
Trus MaRgx
P. P
New York City
We Weekly Globe
Tun WeEek
Titus Marx
Gus
Sphinx
Possum
New Haven
Conn
Trebor
Clio
My Boy
Jack
Charles W. C
Little One
Cross
A. Grinder
Z. Breigh
Momus
Marx
Galveston
Madison, Wis
St. Jacobs
Wa&it Street
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