Congress Debates Coin Bills and Public Land Transfers
Senate and House discussions center on silver coinage, naval and post office appropriations, and public land transfers under homestead laws. Debates cover pensions, election bills, Wyoming statehood, and river and harbor projects amid party conflicts and procedural votes.
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Quinn
A Tracey
N. Y. Vaux
Wiky
Wilcox
Rusk
Stump
Parson’s blunt advice on fighting origins from hill towns
A Western Massachusetts parson tells his son moving to New York that in a fight always assume the other man deserves to be thrashed if no exit is possible. His pragmatic view echoes Shakespeare on human nature and suggests a blunt window into local moral attitudes.
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Massachusetts
New York
Shakespeare
The Vanishing Villain in Modern Fiction Critique
A critical essay laments the loss of clear heroes and villains in contemporary novels. It argues modern writers mock traditional roles, elevating nuance while diminishing dramatic moral distinction. The piece defends classic villains as essential to gripping storytelling and moral contrast.
Editor’s rage over misprinted quotation ends in schoolyard rebuke
A Washington Post writer recalls an 19th century incident at the Tribune where editor Greely hurled insults at a compositor who misread Polonius. The clash escalated into taunts about schooling and speech as the editor muttered the refrain "'Tis two, 'tis fifty" and wandered into a reverie.
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Tribune
Polonius
Greely
Irish girl misidentifies aunt at New York barge office
A young Irish girl arriving in the city is matched to her aunt by the dress fragment she sent from Ireland. The aunt confirms the match, embraces the girl, and clerk Shoreman also compares the piece with the dress. Laughter follows as the girl realizes Shoreman is not related.
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New York Sun
Information Bureau
Ireland
Shoreman
Clerk Shoreman
Dispatch and Speed in Business Finely Balanced
In the New York Ledger excerpt, the author warns against dangerous haste in dispatch. He likens rapid processing to predigestion and urges steady progress aligned with work advancement. Quick conclusions or false pauses harm continuity, advocating measured, consistent handling of matters.
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New York Ledger
When twilight hush recalls the buried past
A reflective poem notes memories of rosy hours and youthful vows under apple trees and in woodlands. It moves from nostalgia for the past to accepting future absence as life wears on. The piece concludes with hopeful reunion in a distant afterlife.
Faithful Ann Dorner in a Jersey shore summer
An earnest maid toiling at a cottage by the south Jersey coast integrates into a reforming household. Her plain dress, devotion to Bible study, and scruples about trimming lead to a romance with sailor Jason and a plan to marry, even as he smokes and favors starched shirts.
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The Bigness of Little Men in Newsrooms
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt notes the inverse relation between public airs and real importance. It praises a bustling small paper reporter who endures a jokey ritual to report Mamie Smiths eighth birthday, then moves on to cover a mission fair and concert.
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United States
St. Patrick’s Day
Mamie Smith
Brooklyn Eagle
The Decay of Revenge and Rise of Benevolence
A reflection on the waning passion of hatred in Psalm use and in poetry. It argues that modern thought values benevolence and sympathy, noting Queen Victoria and literary figures as examples. The piece cites Psalms’ frequent references to enemies and suggests a cultural shift toward humane sentiment.
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Tennyson
Browning
Charles Wesley
Whittier
Queen Victoria
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Cebbe
Parmelee Sells Vast U.S. Coin Collection to NY Buyers
Boston numismatist Loring G. Parmalee has sold his 38 000 piece collection of American coins to New York buyers for auction next month. The cabinet includes the rare 1804 dollar bought for 750 and a complete set of gold coins from 1795 onward, with some colonial pieces valued up to 1 000 each. The collection, valued at 75, spans about twenty years of work and is considered among the world’s most valuable.
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Loring G. Parmalee
Boston
Wilmington
New York
United States
Philadelphia
Springfield Republican
Sunday School Library Perils Cited By Clergyman
A Chicago Advance clergyman condemns many Sunday school library books saying one works contains six marriage proposals five detailed a shipwreck a bankruptcy and two blighted hearts and suggests destroying about two of every four volumes in circulation. He argues mothers find such books a terror and questions how families should handle them.
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Chicago
Lost 65 ton locomotive sinks after shipboard transfer failure
In San Francisco workers tried to move a 65 ton locomotive from the dock onto the British steamer Wellington for transfer to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railroad. A snapped tackle caused the locomotive to break loose, tear through the ship’s bulwarks, and plunge into San Francisco Bay where mud depth hindered recovery the next day.
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A Versatile Editor Faces the Demands of a Newspaper
The Fairhaven Herald notes the challenges of building a paper from the ground up. A versatile editor must manage presses engines editors telegraphs and ink while answering questions and meeting tight schedules.
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Republic
Telegraph
Fairhaven
Oregon
Boy Forces Barrel Crash With Milk Wagon
A Detroit Free Press fragment recalls a milkman who, passing an alley, was challenged by a boy to smash a barrel. The wagon tipped onto its beam-ends after the fore wheel struck the barrel, which turned out to be full of sand rather than empty.
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Relic Silk Handkerchief Prints Jefferson Inaugural
Mrs Alfred Robinson of Bath Maine possesses a silk handkerchief printed with President Jefferson inaugural address delivered March 4 1803. The relics were sold in Washington during the inauguration period and this one was bought by her father.
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Bath
Jefferson
Washington
He Had Em All Census Quotation in Norristown Herald
A reader quoted in the Norristown Herald lists numerous diseases in response to a census question about medical conditions. The speaker cites ten named illnesses including consumption heart disease pleurisy bronchitis diabetes Bright's disease tuberculosis and thirty-seven other complaints from a patent medicine almanac.
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Norristown Herald
Montgomery Ward disrupts twine trust with low price
Montgomery Ward & Co of Chicago launches a bold sale offering half manila and half sisal binder twine at 10 cents per pound, about five cents below trust prices. The move aims to break the twine trust, claiming direct farmer sales and a potential saving of nearly 5 million dollars for American farmers.
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House of Montgomery Ward &Co
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
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