Geneva Award Letter Demands War Premiums Be Repaid
A Boston letter to the New York Graphic argues for returning Geneva award money to sailors who paid war premiums on freight and vessel value during the Civil War. The writer details losses from premiums, insurances, and captured ships, condemns alleged fraud in Washington, defends sailors, and cites English government redress as a contrast to U.S. handling. The piece pleads for equity for aging sailors and widows whose livelihoods suffered from the war.
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New York Graphic
Boston
B. F. Shaw
San Francisco
Cape of Good Hope
Cape
Island of
Ascension
Brazil
Pernambuco
Maciov
Liverpool
Washington
Geneva
United States
Weil
Edmunds
Senate
Asharp
Vermont
Senate Chamber
Court of Alabama Claims
Alabama
Alabama Court
Creswell
Beaman
Hallett
England
Mr. English
Ireland
Cratomé
Her Majesty
Engishman
Karl Beaconstfield
New York
Free Press
Archibald Josephs
Josephs
The Swedish Nightingale Revisited in London Memory
Lucy H. Hooper sends a London letter recalling Jenny Lind's enduring grace. The Swedish prima donna, living in South Kensington, greets a devoted fan with warmth and dignity, sharing memories of her peak and her refusal to tempt fate by returning to the stage.
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Lucy Hooper
Jenny Lind
South Kensington
London
Philadelphia Telegraph
Lucy H. Hooper
Albani
Patti
Nilsson
Sanscrit
Redeemer
United States
America
Versailles
Darmstadt
Grisi
Helena
Christian
Song
Herome
Talking Across the Country Bob Burdette Letter
Bob Burdette notes how talk shifts across the nation from Maine woods slang to coastal fisheries to Bath carpentry, oil region terms in Pennsylvania, steel and iron in Pittsburgh, timber and homestead phrases in Illinois and Nebraska, and finally mining assay terms in Colorado, revealing a vast conversational landscape.
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Bob Burdette
Republic
Maine
Colorado
Dorys
Hake
Haddock
Bath
New York
Pennsylvania
Bradford
Oil City
Franklin
Titusville
Slory
Johnstown
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Indiana
Illinois
Mississippi
Nebraska
Ben
Johnstons
Gambling Palace Bomb Arson Robbery At Monte Carlo Casino
Correspondent reports a nighttime explosion at Monte Carlo Casino during a busy Saturday, destroying lighting and seating while robbers seized 150000 francs in cash and gold. Two women seriously injured, several croupiers harmed, investigators question motive, with authorities hinting at Italian suspects.
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New York Herald
Monte Carlo
Nice
Mentone
Monaco
Laites Vos Jeux
Messieurs
Gallerie
Mule at Big Evans Drives Nails With His Heels
A mule at Big Evans, Ney, amused itself by backing to a nail partially driven and tapping it home with its heels. It would drive nails like a carpenter, using the nail heads as a hammer. The scene describes the animal’s unusual method of nail driving.
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Big Evans
Ney
Denver Tribuane
Dan
Beer—Sheba
Holy Land
Jon
London
House of Commons
Bove
Mule Tames Itself in Ferocious Post Kick incident
A mule refusing weight, nails driven into a post, then a final fierce kick broke the post and sprained the animal’s left hind tendon. The mule’s self-taming by kicking is noted as a first in such behavior.
Bucket Shop Stock Gambling in Boston Explains Origins
A Chicago born bucket shop system spreads to Boston via D W Blanchard Co. It details how small scale speculation works on margin, the public exchange model, and the risks of bucket shops compared to brokers, noting the potential for rapid closures and investor losses.
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Boston
E. O. Sjogreen
D. W. Blanchard & Co
Rialto Building
Devonshire Street
Chicago
Grain Exchange
Regular
Excens
Baby Exchange
Messrs. Hickling & Co
Ko, Sjogreen
Wall Street
Rialto
Public Stock Exchange
New York
New York Board
John Smith
Rialto Stock Exchange
Devonshire St
Mass
New York Stock Exchange
Hair Fashion and False Hair Trade Through History
A historical overview explains widespread use of false hair among women, its social appeal, and the market reaching $75,000 yearly in America. It discusses origins, dyes and methods, import sources from Germany France and Italy, costs per ounce, effects of baldness, and advice on hair care and cleanliness.
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United States
David
Absalom
Germany
France
Italy
The Man with a Glass Eye
A Kansas Pacific train incident tells of a tall man with a glass eye fixating on a female passenger. He explains the eye is glass and causes attention, while a second eye glances playfully, prompting an unexpected, lighthearted exchange that ends the voyage pleasantly.
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Rocky Mountain News
Kansas
Sacramento girl elopes with her lover after mother is confined
A Sacramento girl runs away with her objectionable lover the same day her mother is confined to her home for three days, triggering public horror at the alleged cruel deception and the escape without detection.
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Sacramento
Paris Hat Trial Reveals Huge Pamela Blocked by False Address
A Paris court heard a case about a lady who ordered a vast Pamela hat from a milliner. The giant hat, topped with a bird, was shipped to a wrong address and remained unsold, leaving the milliner with a loss.
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Paris
Milings
Scrimmage Between Logan and Curtis Sparks a Clash
A comic account depicts Hon. General John A Logan and Hon. Mr George William Curtis clashing during a Western journey toward Altoona. They breakfast, spar verbally over civil service reform and third term plans, stumble into a physical mishap, and are advised by Don Cameron to seek a hotel as trains depart.
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John A. Logan
George William Curtis
George William
Medill
Chicago Tribune
John A. Was
Charles A. Dana
The
Sun
Mr. Dana
Alleghanies
Pennsylvania
Altoona
John
General John
Boston
Orgeilliam
Logan
G. W
Don Cameron
Gilmore’s Novelty Instruments Attract New York Band Leader
Professor Patrick S Gilmore showcases a doubled baritone ephonium trombone hybrid with Signor Raffagello as soloist. The Italian musician joins a London origin collection, plus Dan Godfrey and M Paullus aiding recruitment. The Gilmore band, featuring Innis Le Febre and De Carlo, will tour Europe productions and perform at the Manhattan Beach Hotel all summer.
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Gilmore
Coney Island
Patrick
New York Graphic
London
Mr. Gilmore
Paris
Berlin
Signor Raffagello
Ricaffagello
America
Levy
Dan Godfrey
Grenadier Guards
M. Paullus
Garde Republique
Europe
Innis
le Febre
de Carlo
Manhattan Beach
My Angel and Other Pieces From The Sunday Globe
A collage of light verse and humorous items includes Clara Boss, Wouldn't Stay Dead, and a playful math note on the number 142857. It also features satirical bits on politics and travel tunes, plus whimsical exchanges about Buck beer and a tongue in cheek sea voyage poem.
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Angel
Clara P. Boss
Marysville
Derrick Dodd
Cabinet Attitudes on the Hanlan Courtney Boat Race
New York Sun reports Hayes cabinet members eagerly followed the Potomac race. Richard W. Thompson praised the shells and predicted future naval designs. Schurz admitted surprise at the outcome, Evarts questioned the prize's equity, and Sherman and Chandler claimed Courtney won, deriding Hanlan backers.
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New York Sun
Courtney
Schurz
Iron clad note as curiosity from Iowa
A curious specimen from Iowa presents an iron clad promissory note written in a mocking, garbled hand. It vows payment to SueWidblocks Vsingitte with drastic penalties including selling family belongings and even coffin rights if collected. The text mocks legal strictness and threatens extreme enforcement, ending with usurious interest.
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Iowa
Deresseres
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Disraeli
Star of Empire
the Palace of Chance
Duchess of Montrose
Newman Hall
Miron
Lais
Ovid
My Angel
Sunday Globe
Brooklyn Eagle
Fulton Street
Tlive
Washeeburne
Dlemocrat
Dublin
Lord Somebody
Galway
Uth
Erin
Daug
Gamin
Rockland Courier
George Eliot
Hartford Courant
London Echo
G. H. Lewes
London Keho
London Times
St. George’s
Hanover Square
John Walter Cross
Weybridge
Surrey
Mary Annraat Lewes
Priory
North Bank
Regent's Park
Evarts
Hanian
Riley
John Sherman
Hanlan
William EB. Chandler
Gee Shore
Analostan Island
Bradley
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