Family turmoil and arrest as father battles drink
In Boston 1870 Abigail Perkins writes to Melorxa about her sick, angry father with a broken arm from intemperance. She details her struggle tending him, a tale of clergy, romance, and farmers, ending with an arrest of LaGrange and plans for more chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Melorxa
Moses
Massachusetts
Taiter
Eliza
Little Dodd
Abagail Perkins
Stubbs
la Grange
Catherin
Parson Dodge
Sophony Stubbs
Dodge
Melyrxa
Jolnule Barker
Melvina
Father
Jane
Kise
Dodd
Abigail Perkins
Celebrated Hebrews in Arts and Public Life
A Chicago Times article surveys Jewish influence across music, art, literature, and public service. It cites Vieuxtemps, Wieniawski, Joachim, Wilhelmj, Lichtenburg, Kubinstein, Goldmark, Strauss, Offenbach, Patti, and others, noting managers and leaders like Maretzek and Damrosch. It discusses Jewish figures in France, Germany, Russia, and America, including Sarah Bernhardt, Gambetta, Lasker, Castelar, Cremieux, and Benjamin, while acknowledging linguistic barriers and limited American Jewish representation in public roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Wilhelms
Abraham
Vieuxtemps
Wieniawski
Joachim
Wilhelmj
University of Oxford
Lichtenburg
Theodore Thomas
Kubinstein
Goldmark
Strauss
Offenbach
Luvca
Patti
Europe
America
Strakosch
Grau
Maretzek
Meyer Itzig
Leopold Damrosch
Carlbecg
Wagner
Bayreuth
Kwesia
France
Sarah Bernhardt
Lasker
Beaconsfield
England
Castelar
Cremieux
Judah P. Benvjamin
Southern Confederacy
Dwight
Eingland
George Jessel
Germany
Vienna
Rome
Wisconsin
Federal Senate
Judah P. Yenjamin
Planets in March Entertain with Jokes and Odd Claims
A quirky March celestial column jokes that Jupiter is visiting relatives while Sirius zips by, Mercury hits perihelion, Venus returns with songs and teeth, and Orion gleams as Job’s tale echoes. The piece mocks astronomical certainty, quoting Professor Swift in a satirical tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincianati Esquirar
Jupiter
Leadville
Sirius
Venus
Swift
Orion
Job
Ake
Pawnbrokers Shops and Public Benefit Examined
A reflective piece argues pawnbrokers aid the distressed and aid theft recovery, detailing shop life, licenses, and records. It contrasts pawnbrokers with high society moneylenders, notes licenses at $2, cites typical rates of 5 percent weekly, and describes receipts, stock records, and the human faces seen in pawn shops, including crime and poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Washington
HK Globe
Boston
John Smith
Michael Hings
Nevada judge fines vagrants for pun in court
In Justice Moses court two vagrants arraigned for sleeping in a cellar were scolded for joking as Constables Jewell and Norton laughed at a pun about handle and hay den. Moses fined them 100 dollars each, warning laughter at jokes threatens respect for court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses
Jewell
Norton
Handel and Haydn Society
Knox
Constable Jewell
Mr. Marple
Marple
Handle and
Haydn Society
HM Street
Mr. Jewell
Anid Moses
Beaconsfield's Library and the Premier's Drawing Room
A New York World piece surveys Lord Beaconsfield's Anglian study as half library half drawing room. It notes abundant light, lavish hangings, oriental touches, and a gallery of friends past including Rogers. Disraeli’s Berlin trophy Psalms, a bound Domesday-like land ownership report, and reflections on his political posture conclude the portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Revue de Deux Mondes
Lord Beaconsfield
Rogers
Byron
Disraeli
St. Andrew’s
Holborn
Berlin
England
Wales
Mr. Bright
Mr. Disraeli
General Butler A Renowned 19th Century Statesman
A long tribute to Benjamin F. Butler of Lowell highlighting his legal prowess, wartime command, and political career. The piece covers his rise from modest beginnings, his role in declaring contraband slaves, his New Orleans governance, and his postwar reforms and runs for Massachusetts governorship. It notes his popularity despite adversaries and references his biographical publishers and public reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Mass
Benjamin
West Point
Waterville College
City Guard
Butler
House
Senate
Massachusetts
Union
Constitution
Charleston
Ucuanan
Andrew
Commonwealth
Boston Court
Jones
Massachusetts Militia
Boston
Washington
Baltimore
Annapolis
Scott
Department of Annapolis
Fortress Monroe
Clun
New Orleans
Crescent City
Bland
Army of the James
United States
Tas
National Party
Congress
Republican Party
Otler
Democratic Party
Mr. Tabor
General Butler
A Male Cleopatra Story of Sir Thomas Gresham Dinner Pearl
A London Society tale notes Sir Thomas Kesham outdrank a Spanish ambassador by drinking crushed pearl from a glass of wine after dining at 11 Bishopsgate. Gresham boasted he would pay a heavy wager. the ambassador concedes the bet is lost, praising Gresham’s devotion to the queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Thomas Gresham
London Society
Gresham
Thomas
Bishopsgate
Hin
Phonas
Leathers to Hayes in Barrington New Hampshire
A man calling himself Eben Leathers changed his name to Rutherford B Hayes in Barrington New Hampshire. He was unknown there until arrested by a posse and returned to the local insane asylum from which he had escaped. His real name is Herbert Jonson and he once worked as a shoemaker before losing his reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimy
Parson Dodge
Melvina
Stubba
Carin
Jennie
Opeyin
Sophronia Stubbs
la Grange
Sopronia Stubbs
Stubbs
Che
Chase
Jepnie
Discase
Rum
Leathers
Hayes
Washington Post
Eben Leathers
Barrington
N. H
Rutherford B. Hayes
Herbert Jonson
Dingaan
Tohaka
Marianna
Bienheim
Wong
Talavera
Green Warwick
Virginia City Chronicle
Charley Legate
Legate
The Lornes Learn Tobogganing
An extract from a Canada letter describes tobogganing with the governor general attempting the sport and jostling his coat as a humorous anecdote. The piece captures early Canadian enthusiasm for winter recreation and social notes from Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lornes
London
Canada
Anecdotes of Gambetta a Priest and a Lawyer
A London Truth recounts Gambetta born in Cadets son of a crockery dealer. Expelled from seminary for insubordination. An eye injury during play cost him an eye, steering him from priesthood to law. The piece notes Grevy's revolu tionary remark and compares blindness’s career shift to Fawcett’s political turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Basaine
London
Gambetta
Cadets
Massabie
Leon
M. Grevy
Cahors
Lycee
Mr. Fawcett
The Instalment Bible Clash Ends In Fractured Home
A domestic quarrel erupts over buying a Bible on instalments. John Augustus Blinkers and his wife argue about birth dates written in the Bible, with accusations of falsifying ages and a rift that ends as the family Bible and a few gray hairs fly out into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blinkers
Casey
Pedler
John Augustus Blinkers
Mrs. Blinkers
Mr. Blinkers
Caroline Elizabeth
Mortgage Creditors and Debtors Colloquy Reveals Widespread Losses
A heated dialogue contrasts creditor and debtor views on land values and mortgage risks amid economic turmoil. Debtor cites assessor sworn estimates and general wealth, while creditor recalls relying on those values. The exchange notes fires, panics, shrinking markets, and the widening gap between assessed values and real worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luis
Lincoln
Bric a Brag and War Echoes Across Ages in Isandusana
The fragment blends a savage tribal pageant with martial zeal and ritual flags, noting the Zunu chiefs gathering against the lion and white foes. It interlaces a Virginia City Chronicle verse on martial memory with humorous city scenes, quarrels, and oddball vignettes from American towns, including a rum omelet joke and a Marine incident.
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Wrs
Perkins
Farmer Chase
Chao
Love
LaGratyge
Amos Grant
Imwan
the Planets
Nevada
Beaconsfield's
Benjamin F. Butler
Wendel Phillips
Poe
I. A. Bland
M. D
Messm
Lee & Shepard
Barles
Dillingham
New York
Deerfield
Cleopatra
Isandusana
Sunday Globe
Countryman
Stillwater Lumberman
Bill Capron
Apollo
Marine
Lon
Lou
Marine On Peeners
San Francisco Post
San Jose Herald
von Arman
Azariah McMuck
Kearney
Neilowannes
McMuck
Detroit Free Press
Beaubien Street
Jim
Saginaw
Jeft
Macbeth
Banquo
Joye
Atlantic Road
Himsel
Seopgn
Mr. Cole
Isabella County
Mich
Coles
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