General Grant, A Soldier and Loyal Leader, Lauded
General Horace Porter delivered a Tremont Temple lecture on General Grant. Porter praised his rare courage and loyalty, noted his quiet nature and sympathy for others, and described how his last year showed strength in facing dire personal and financial trials. The account highlights Grant’s role, character, and lasting legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Porter
New York
Tremont Temple
General Grant
Grant
Hme
Sherman
Great Britain
Wall Street
Monte Carlo Victims and Global Gambling Reports
The International committee reports 1820 personal crisis reports in Nice tied to Monte Carlo gambling from 1878 to 1886, with Russia and Italy supplying most victims and Amelia and England among the fewest. Prince Charles II orders gold coin production as money circulates. Pierre Loti, French naval officer and author, is pictured as a clown in Rochelle lodging reflecting his novels with rooms themed to The Iceland Fisherman and My Brother Yves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Committee
Nice
Monte Carlo
Prince Charles II
Amelia
England
Germany
Austria
Russia
Italy
Prince Charles
Pierre Loti
Iceland
M. Julien Viaud
Toulon
M. Viaud
Rochelle
Yves
Senegal
Wonderful Sleep Eighteen Days Nap Paris Case News
A detailed survey of prolonged sleep cases led by Eudoxie Hedonin a 51 year old Paris patient at Salpetriere Hospital who awoke after eighteen days of rest. The report traces childhood nervous traits abnormal somnolence episodes and experiments by Dr Voisin showing the brain can induce apparent sleep with remembered cues. Additional cases from Edinburgh Glasgow and Berlin illustrate trance like states and periodic nocturnal awakenings with varied recoveries.
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London News
Eudoxie Hedonin
Salpetriere Hospital
Paris
Mme
Exdoxio Hedouin
Eudoxie
Nod
Eudoxie Hecouin
Voisin
Salpetriere
Ea‘en
Glasgow
Mary Lyall
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Elizabeth Perkins
Kirkheaton
Nismes
Berlin
Vismes
Cheyne
Townsend
Bath
Kath
Sancho Panza
Quaint Epitaphs and Oddities of Obituary Lines
A survey of humorous and bizarre tombstone inscriptions from Britain and America, with examples from Yale founder Elihu Yale to local notables. The piece notes pithy verses, punctuation errors, and comic notices appended to death announcements, illustrating a long tradition of obituary quips and quirky epitaphs.
Barker of Cambridgeport Promotes American Checker Player
Charles F Barker unveils Barker's American Checker-Player with 22 openings and 634 variations, featuring contributions from des Frames and Lyman. The handbound volume costs 1 dollar, with offers for multiple orders and free copies, plus listings of other checker works and the editor contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Messrs
Des Frames
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Hecker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
New England
Black wins in position 1280 concise move
The note lists a chess position labeled No 1280 by Isaiah Barker of Cambridgeport Massachusetts. It states Black to move and win. It follows with Position No 1281 and a second entry by J H Harrison of Charlestown Massachusetts under GAMES.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Barker
Cambridgeport
Mass
Black
J. H. Harrison
Charlestown
Checker Club Twenty Game Matches Report
A Boston Checker Club news item notes twenty game matches among members at Water Street. Morris leads Durgin 4 to 1 with seven draws. Harrison and Durgin ongoing. Busby visits Barker and plays strongly. Wright has backed out of a Barker challenge. Reed offers a fifty game starting match for $200 a side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Checker Club
Water Street
Morris
Durgin
Harrison
Busby
Fearful Tale Of A Birmingham Gun In A Field
A New Haven News report recalls a Birmingham hotel gathering where gentlemen boast of game killed by a double barreled gun. A stranger recounts blasting 10 000 blackbirds at close range with both barrels, then claims he and his brother found four bushels of legs later, outdoing others' estimates.
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Paul Bainbridge
The
Independent
Elihu Yale
Yale College
New Haven
Wrenham
Denbighshire
Wales
America
Europe
Africa
Asia
London
Birmingham
Ollows
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Celian Kottaun
Allegro Non Troppo
Pea
General Porter
National Military School
General Girant
Ana
Rivers Side
Mirin
McGregor
Grand Army of the Republic
Owisa
Lowell
Boston
Fahad
Robert Kemp
Ropert Kemp
Newburyport
Gloucestershire
Philip Harding
Uly
Ohio
Mansfield
Solomon Pease
St. Mary’s
Burlington
N. J
Mary Ann Lowder
Trenton
Daily Times
Concord
School of Philosophy
John
Augusta
Shakespeare
James Silvey
Olean
N.Y
Washington, D. C
Pine Mountain
William More
Golden Shore
Grantham
John Pa Freymac
Wusa
Byida
John Milledge
Bridgeport
Conn
Devon
Eng
Lidford
George Roughleigh
Lveral
Yey Kyven
Thian
Lodd
Orange County
N. Y
Lord Byron
John Ren
Southwell
Mauroe County
Penn
East Tennessee
Th’riends
Sussex County
Harry
Grand Rapids
Mich
Washington Star
Robert Ailen
Iittie
Stroudsburg
Vera B. Starks
Delaware Waer Gap
Heaven
Arizona
Tombstone
Tabitha
Moses Fledgler
Appeal
Coleman's
Jack and Jill
Dexter Gazette
Monson
Blanchard
Alvin Sturtevant
Charles F, Barker
Champion of America
Jarker
Freeman
Jackson
Smith
Jachean Gould
Scotlands
Speyth
Chess and Checker Players
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Bryden
Wil
Ion A
Mmaid O
Wyllie
Miss Connolly
Primrose
Checker News
Klasgow Herald
Ayrshire Lassie
Inverness
Bryce
Wyllie Bryce
Ie Palin
Teresa Connolly
Els Tlemen
Atk
Cannes
OS Ehlon
Liverpool Courier
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