Dublin to Limerick and Irish lore in Townsend tour
George Alfred Townsend reports from Bray on a European tour as he describes Dublin’s proximity to the sea and Wicklow mountains. He recounts Limerick’s rich history from Norman to Cromwellian sieges, Desmonds and Butlers, Irish soldiers in France, and the busy Shannon, with notes on Kilkenny coal and Ireland’s poets Goldsmith Moore Burke and Wordsworth in a broader Dublin-centric painting of Ireland’s past and present.
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George Alfred Townsend
Ireland
Cincinnati Enquirer
Bray
White Mountains
Cincinnati
Dublin
Tblin Bay
English Channel
Wicklow Mountains
Catskills
Rad
St. Patrick
Europe
New York
Scotland
Finburgh
Limerick
Londonderry
Ire
House of Lords
Washingon
Joan Butler
Kilkenny
Tom Moore
America
Mr. Jefferson
Parliament House of Ireland
Kulmet
Alery
Trinity College
Goldsmith
Moore
Tara
Tunis
England
Wordsworth
Burke
John Adams
Lberty
Sheridan
Edmund Burke
Liffey
Trance preacher Noah Troyer draws Amish crowds in West Liberty
From West Liberty Ohio a correspondent reports Noah Troyer the so called trance preacher attracts large audiences at Amish churches. He experiences nightly seizures lasting hours, then preaches in an exhausted trance his speeches show loose structure yet remain religious. Doctors including Dr BR Leonard find him unconscious during spells and the public remains divided over whether he is genuine.
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West Liberty
Noah Troyer
Troyer
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Tolowat
BR. B. Leonard
Ohio State Medical Association
His Last Deal and the Gambling Room Tragedy
A Leadville Chronicle excerpt recounts a veteran gambler quitting after a young stranger loses heavily and dies at the table. The tale follows the stranger’s final stake, a priceless ring, and a dramatic reversal ending in the victim’s death amid a high-stakes game.
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Leadville Chronicle
GOOD SASSIETY. HOW HE ENTERED SOCIETY AND BEHAVED
A comic diary style piece in a Boston social swirl. A debutante narrator describes her winter debut, flirtations, and top society figures like Miss Kensingtonia Blake Geraldina Bathbrick Miss Sandy Hook Miss Mashville Hoboken and Miss Bainbrick as she mingles at balls, Newport gatherings, and parlors. The account mixes satire with social satire about flirtations and engagements.
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Jange
Mama
Aunt Tabitha
Samuel
Kensingtonia Blake
Boston
Geraldina Bathbrick
Lowes
Sandy Hook
Mamma
Miss Kensington
Blake
Miss Mashvilla Hoboken
Mias Kensingtonia
Mr. Jange
Newport
Liss Kensigtonia Blake
Euclid
Geraldina Hatherick
Meeting Emergencies With Advice From Mount Desert
A bemused narrator recounts visiting Mount Desert and debating love and manners while offering a satirical set of emergency tips. The piece portrays social satire, flirtations, and self mockery as it veers into humorous life-hacks about honesty, money, and etiquette.
Good Sassiety Chronicle Makes Social Moral Point
The passage from Good Sassiety portrays varied fates of its characters, noting that some go away, others end up in peniten tiaries. It suggests the chronicle’s moral is that Good Sassiety reveals both vulgarity and virtue without pretension, challenging readers to draw meaning.
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Elen
Puck
Strange happenings in life revealed by a nephew
A Rondout Courier report recalls a 22 year old uncle from Ulster County who saw a bald figure in his bed, then rode to the barn with a split head and died after trepanning. The family views the nighttime vision and fatal accident as a strange coincidence linking vision and fate.
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Rondout Courier
Courier
Ulster
Inez Devies
Visionary Gypsy Mind Revealer on Wall Street Power
A Star reporter visits Grace Courtland at Stevens House to obtain her views on Wall Street movers. She predicts Jay Gould’s days are numbered and downgrades his power while naming James R. Keene as his potential successor. she also weighs in on Vanderbilt, Sage, Sloan, and the stage.
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Mount D'sert
Mr. Fowling Peeve
Kosten
The
Star
Grace Courtland
Stevens House
Wall Street
Day Gould
Jay Gould
the Inquirer
Napoleon
Dreid
Tie
Gould
Vanderbilt
Deacon Sloan
Keene
James R. Keene
Stewart
Mephistopheles
Gueur de Lion
Miss Courtland
Sam
Revly
Hazel Kirke
Book Publishers
America
Mad scheme to loot dentists by faking death in Chicago
A mysterious stranger in a waterproof cloak proposes a sensational plan to rob graves and steal gold teeth from the dead, outlining a nationwide scheme to dominate newspapers pulpits and politics. He explains a vast dental gold market and vows to control public opinion and church doctrine if given access to the living.
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Chicago
A Silent Partner in a Jim Crow Era Store
Old Dabbs and Carter, two colored men, open a small grocery in Little Rock. Dabbs enforces a peculiar partnership, naming Carter the silent partner. A dispute over debts and rights leads to a courtroom‑style vow, witnesses, and Carter being expelled as silent partner. Carter later runs for legislature promising repeal of the law.
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Little Rock
Old Dabbs
Jim Carter
Dabbs
Carter
Dobbs
The Awakening and Other Skits From a Lost Page
A collage of prose and verse unfolds with rustic romance and urban wit. It recounts a country town return, a penniless newspaper poet, a merry bank caper in Scotland Yard disguise, and humorous vignettes from Detroit, Norristown, and Brooklyn. Interspersed are sailor songs and a mock debate about politics with a ragged pair.
Meeting of Father and Son Behind Erie Jail Bars
Mr Barnard Donnelly an Erie resident with a hot temper was jailed. His son, arriving from Ireland after twenty five years, visited the jail. The father did not recognize him at first as he walked past, then asked for a match. The jailer then formally introduced them.
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Henry VII
Kildare
Ireland
Elizabeth
Jenold
Earl of
Desmond
Spencer
Raleigh
Essex
Earl of Ormond
Parton
Deamard
Shugan Earl
Tower of London
Earl
Griswold Street
Free Press
Erie
Penn
Dispatch
Barnard Donnelly
Lonneily
New York
Donnelly
The Difference Judge Dittenhoefer Speaks on Butler
Judge Dittenhoefer, a long time rebel against the Republican machine, denounces abuse of Ben Butler while praising him for Union services. He contrasts Butler’s independence outside the party with his own inside.
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Judge Dittenhoefer
Republican
Ben Butler
Hancock
General Butler
Union
Butler
Udge
Repubican
Local Figure Warns Against Pacific Mail Voyages
A playful farewell note accompanies a warning to Mr. Gold advising him never to take a voyage on any Pacific mail steamer. The remark is shared as she leaves the hall with the Star representative, closing the meeting with a lighthearted signoff.
Prince Napotecon's Boot-maker in Paris Tribunal Case
A Paris court heard a curious case over a bootmaker who kept the inscription purveyor to his imperial highness Prince Napoleon on his shopfront after Prince Jerome Bonaparte withdrew custom. Counsel argued removal would mislead passersby into thinking prices rose, harming the bootmaker. the plea to compel removal was rejected by the tribunal.
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Prince Napotecon
London Telegraph
Jerome Bonnaparte
Prince Napoleon
Prince Jerome
Napoleon
Aenes
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Coincidence
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Butti
Wabash
Sean
Comaeion
Scotland Yard
Detroit Free Press
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N. Y. Herald
Juim
Jedge
Brooklyn Eagle
Great West
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Lenver
Southsea
Cornwallis West
Mount Everest
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Dhawalate
Kuchinjinara
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J. A Lawson
New Guinea
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