Townsends Letter describes 19th century Washington society
Washington writer George Alfred Townsend recalls May fever and real estate boom as Washington City grows from a federal town to a social capital. He contrasts old Washington with new villas, lists prominent movers like Whitney and Hay, and reflects on race between East and West in shaping the capital.
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Washington
Whitney
Wash- Aneton
Rock Country
Federal District
Constantinople
Constantine
New York
Duke of York
Baltimore
Romulus of
Old
Georgetown
George Beallexandria
Washzton
Virginia
Alexandria
Dr. Thornton
John ‘Taylor
Mount Airy
Thomas Law
Warren Hastings
John Hay
White House
Elverson
Story
Barber
Abbotsford
Balmoral
Yulee
Levi
Florida
District of Columbia
Ohm Quincy Adams
Little Washington
Samuel Chase
Obert Goodloe
Harper
Charles Carroll
Robert E. Lee
York
South West
Ohio
Jools
New England
Dodges
Peabodys
Emorys
Hoovers
Bells
Kendalls
Vintons
Grants
Ordways
Cassells
Wilsons
Willards
Mays
Hutchinsons
Blaines
Edmunds
Merrill
Vermont
Anthony
Sumner
United States
Robert Morris
William Bingsdge
Schuyler
Jefferson
Kington
Andrew Jackson
Stephen A. Douglas
Chicago
Ashington
John Adams
Braddock
Mock Creek
Old Frederick
Pittsburg
Rock Desk
Conerogee
Potomac
Fort Cumberland
Uressop
Pennsylvania
Fort
Willis Creek
Maryland
Forty-eigth
Conegages
Winchester
Antietam
Dunbar
Frederick
Rock Creek
Mason and Dixon
Dramatic Fund
Jim the Penman
Basil Hall
John Quincy Adams
General Jackson
Cincinnati ‘l
Congress
Europe
England
Way & Martin
Lincoln
Sngheh
Russell
Kate Chase
Commodore Stuart
Parnell
George Alfred Townsend
MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE How We Should Protect Our Sea Coasts
A New York dated April 29 article reports Commander A. 8. Crowninshield on defending coasts from four war threats: blockades, landings, port seizures, and coastal bombardments. It argues for a strong navy, coast fortifications with heavy guns, torpedoes, floating batteries, mortars, and dynamite guns, plus a coast guard school and volunteer militia.
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New York
A. 8
Crowninshield
St. Mary
Isoston Harbor
Chili
Brazil
Crawaninshield
New York Navy Ward
National Coast Guard
Great Lakes
Bancrupt Gurrards
Boston
Philadelphia
Charleston
Savanna
Mobile
New Orleans
San Francisco
J. M. Sbhopield
Germany
Canadian
Senate
Treasury
AGENE
William B. Allison
Congress
Seaboard
Great Britain
Canadian Pacific
Halifax
Vancouver
United States
France
Spain
Denmark
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic
Gulf
Portland
Galveston
Krupp
Paris
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau of Ordnance
High Seas
Joan J. Ingauls
Her Faith in Garrett A Pretty Story of the B and O Deal
A Baltimore girl stockholder with 400 B and O shares, cousin to President Garrett’s wife, travels from Paris to Baltimore to secure a sixty day option on her holdings amid the Sally deal. She sails to Havre, then to New York and Baltimore within days, meeting Garrett and arranging her affairs, proving swift business nerve. She returns to Paris with bonnets and pride, asking who says a woman needs a year to decide.
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New York
Baltimore American
Baltimore & Ohio
Baltimore
Garrett
Paris
Sally
Havre
A South Sea Baseball Tale From Lost Island Islander Than Life
The report narrates a river ice spectacle in Prostreet Hirr Maine where a man found amid ice and logs is rescued and jailed for drunkenness. An eccentric veteran, Langs, tells of meeting John J Jones who built a colony on a Pacific island to train natives as a baseball team. Jones explains cloning athletes across generations and umpire families, culminating in a bizarre baseball mythology on a remote isle.
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Goat Island
Jenks
Langs
Bangs
Jude
John J. Jones
Terror
Chingook
China
Boston
Bime
Limeby
Pacific Ocean
John J
Connecticut
United States
Sean
Darwin
John Jr. Jones
John 4
Rhode Island
Jones
Khime
Pan
Wille
A. Boourr
Massachusetts Police Matron Bill Passes Legislature
The Massachusetts Legislature approved and the Governor signed the Police Matron Bill, establishing trained women matrons in city police stations to supervise arrested women. The movement grew from Boston groups, press support, and widespread petitions, with eleven states already employing matrons.
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Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Woman's Industrial and Educational Union
Woman's Club
Boston
Commons Council
Woman's Educational and Industrial Union of
Caroline Leonard
Indies
Board of Aldermen
Police
Police Commission
Marion Muliride
National Woman’s Press Association
Chicago
Tremont Temple
O'Brien
J. K. Barney
Richard H. Dana
Josiah Quincy
Quincy, Key
E. EF. Hale
Josiah Wainey
House
Senate
Ames
Boston Press
Associated Press
Commonwealth
Odd snippets and curiosities from daily life
A collage of quirky notes and anecdotes from US towns. Items include a Buffalo citizen called Catholic G Maginnis, a Burlington man with a turtle named Agrippa, a Fortland Me cashier Edward Gould over 80, and New York World letters from 61 women seeking marriages. Also items on stamps, marriages, funerals, pirates, and odd customs across states.
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George W. Childs
Buffalo
G. Maginnis
Burlington
Agrippa
Burlington Free Press
Washington Street
New Haven
National Traders’ Bank of Fortland
Edward Gould
New York
New York City
Pont Feval
Paris
Richmond
Bridgeport
Doyle
Sumterville
Fla
New
Joseph Haug
Reading
Penn
Germany
Martin Schneider
Fort Wayne, Inc
Napoleon
Waterloo
Lir
Henry Detwiller
Aston
Pennsylvania
Bittsfield
Newmarket
Ulster
Auburn
Cal
Modesto
Michigan
New Hampshire
Batcheller
Littleton
N. U
Rome
Altoona
Michael Verger
Montgomery County
Portsmouth
R Robinson
Creek Centre
Warren County
Albany Journal
George Williams
Elenezgr Green
Steward
Chicago
Green
Willams
Arthur
Capitol
Atlanta Constitution
Evangelical Church of
Lews
Pawi
Deimonico’s
Ste
Mr. Sampson
Bisply
Capaci
New York Sun
John. Anson
Bennettsville
Mexico
Did Adam Smoke Conundrum Stir Hartford Post Debate
The Hartford Post weighs a riddle about Adam and Eve with a wry note on manners and scandal, hinting at whether Adam smoked and if Eve would object to the smoky curtain scene.
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Hartford Post
Adam
A Lunch-Sae for Horses
A witty complaint from The New York Times about noon horse feeding. The piece notes waste from current lunch-hour feed devices, observing drivers place barrels for rest, yet feed is scattered by the horses. It calls Goodman Bergh's society to offer a prize for an economical feeding invention.
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New York Times
Goodman Bergh
She Envied the Widows
A Louisville society gathering discusses wishes around a fire. One woman says she would choose to be a rich young widow with two children to escape social limits and gain independence, respect, and happiness, noting she would not marry and prefers a widow with children to be valued.
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Louisville
How They Freeze Out Small Stockholders In A Company
A Wall Street dialogue explains the tactic of diluting minority investors by persistent dividends. One man imagines joining a fruit evaporator venture with $2000 in stock and questions how the majority can force him out. He then suggests arson as a drastic, hypothetical response to dividend pressure.
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Wall Street
A Big Profit for Somebody
A Burdette piece discusses profits from a $150 book showing the stereotyper loses six cents per copy the publisher loses eighteen cents the author loses ten cents the printer loses his time and the reader loses his portion of the proceeds.
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