Freckled Face Love Tale From Fashion Paper
A man compliments a freckled girl calling her a pretty trout and the pair share a moment of affection. She blushes and is moved to tears, asking why she is so named, while he defends his praise as a lover’s duty and fires a final compliment.
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Boston Courier
Willow Brook Farm
Marthy
Tim
Martha
Mother
Mrs. Duncan
Paul Dorsey
Lucinda
Mrs. Dancen
Paul Dorse
Willow Broo Farm
Quaint Willow Brook Farm Proposal in Gentle Romance
Paul Dorsey visits Willow Brook Farm after a chance encounter with Martha Dun can. Mrs. Duncan learns Lucinda’s son longs for companionship and a romance blossoms as Martha and Paul grow closer while Joe steps aside. The tale ends with a betrothal kiss and planned marriage.
Making High Officials and Ladies Stand Aside
George Clark, an eccentric Lincoln friend, travels to Washington with hopes of a post office. At a White House reception Lincoln grants him help, then his Boston posting is secured via a letter to the Boston Collector, appointing him as harbor watchman at $1,200 annually.
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Boston Journal
George Clark
Lincoln
New England
Boston
Clark
Abe
Washington
White House
Mr. Clark
Mr. Lincoln
Abe Lincoln
Custom House
Abraham Lincoln
General Grant's Savannah Breakfast Before Shiloh
An 1862 Nashville American account places General Grant at the Cherry home in Savannah Tennessee on the eve of Shiloh. He apologized for the headache and lack of sleep, then rose as cannon fire opened. The party hurried to a small steamer tied at the river and departed up the Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Cherry
Savannah
Tennessee
Grant
Shiloh
Cherry
Mrs. Cherry
Lincoln's Illness and a Contagion Joke
In 1863 President Lincoln, ill with a mild varioloid outbreak, tells his doctor and a visitor of contagiousness and refuses to halt his visit. The visitor retreats toward Pennsylvania Avenue as the scene ends with Lincoln quipping about a proclamation that "everybody can take."
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Mr. Lincoln
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ben Perley
Thames Faces Daily Pollution And Water Diversion
Seven hundred thousand tons of sewage enter the River Thames each day and water normally flowing to the sea is largely diverted for drinking and other uses, conveying a grim view of the river’s health and resource management.
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Thames
Climbing the Andes from Chile to Argentina
Col. Chicago Inter Ocean surveys the perilous mule trail over the Andes from Santa Rosa to Mendoza. The journey, five days by mule, offers vast vistas and ancient paths, while highlighting rail links from Santiago to Buenos Aires and the challenges of high passes, snow, and rare hotels.
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Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Chili
Argentine Republic
South America
Straits of Magellan
Andes
Aconcagua
Chile
Valparaiso
Santiago
Chimborazo
Chimbo
Himalaya
India
Humboldt
Ecuador
Santa Rosa
Cumbre
Mendoza
Buenos Ayres
New York
St. Louis
Argentine
United States
Pampas
Bowers
Boston
Paneer
Ghostly vigil reveals Lee praying at Confederate graveyard
A Pittsburg Dispatch interview recalls an Virginia tale in which General Robert E. Lee, mourning his wartime losses, is seen in moonlit prayer among soldiers’ graves near his former plantation. Planters and old families confirm the whispered legend of Lee visiting the cemetery.
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Pittsburg
Virginia
Raymond Raynor
Robert E. Lee
Confederacy
National
Lee
Robert FE. Lee
A California View of the Wyoming Massacre
The San Francisco Evening Post argues that the Wyoming massacre reflects broader Chinese immigration tensions. It condemns the violence as more than hoodlumism, linking it to labor competition and prejudice, and urges immigration restrictions to avert similar outbreaks in the East.
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California
Wyoming
Far West
East
Pacific Coast
Fall River
Mass
San Francisco Evening Post
Pat Conan's Wild Shriek at Tennessee Banquet Speech
A fiery Tennessee banquet address by Pat Conan extols unity and American sentiment. The speech invokes rivers and oceans as symbols for a single nation, pledging one country under one flag and invoking E Pluribus Unum amid enthusiastic chorus.
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Tennessee
Earth
Superior
Mississippi
Niagara
Alleghanies
Cordilleras
Adirondacks
Sierras
Nebraska Plains
America
Greenland
Darien
Political life wears out public men say senator Bruce
A Fifth Avenue tale of ailing husband after a caucus night and speeches recalls the strain of public service. Ex U S senator B K Bruce notes his recovery using Warner's safe cure after a doctor doubted him, attributing his health to the medicine and the toll of politics on leaders.
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Fifth Avenue
New York
James McCaulay
U. S
B. K. Bruce
Dr. Within
Warner
Bruce
Market Reports Duets Wheat Prices Across Regions
Market reports show Wheat No 1 Northern at 886¢ in St Paul and 89% in Milwaukee with No 1 hard 90¢ in St Paul and 86¢ for No 1 Northern. Prices across corn oats rye barley flour and livestock vary by region with pork, lard, butter and eggs listed.
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St. Paul
Milwaukee
Star Cough Cure Sold For A Quarter
A brief notice shows Star Cough Cure offered at twenty five cents with no opiates or poison and emphasizes safe, simple relief.
Adjutant General Drum Urges Obsolete Arms Exchange
Adjutant General Drum urges Congress to pass a general act exchanging obsolete state militia arms for Springfield rifles cal 45 and appropriate ammunition. He calls for proof of 150 pupils over 15 at military schools, notes some as low as sixty, and proposes new pay for retired NCOs and privates plus clerk shortages and prison labor value.
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Adjt
Drum
Secretary of War
Tyndall Declines Renfrew Candidacy Denounces Gladstone Cabinet
Scientist John Tyndall writes he cannot stand for Parliament at Renfrew due to the house atmosphere. He criticizes the Gladstone cabinet as unstable and responsible for years of humiliation abroad and confusion at home. He denounces the Soudan bloodshed and Gordon's death, opposing those in power. Conservatives broadcast his letter.
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John Tyndall
Renfrew
Warry
Gladstone
Transvaal
Soudan
Mr. Tyndall
Gordon
Wilds
Midlothian
Paymaster General Rochester reports disbursements and reforms
The Paymaster General’s annual report shows last year’s bureau disbursements totaling 13.48 million dollars with 12.35 million on army pay rolls and 197 thousand to the signal service. He urges mileage allowances on orders and other cost adjustments, notes retirement of 92 NCOs and privates with proposed 9 dollar monthly clothing and rations substitute, and signals staff reductions. Archdeacon Denison mocks Gladstone during an election speech, while Gov. Hill greets Albany supporters and asserts future policies and honesty in state administration. Daughters of the late Duke of Hamilton wed the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Blanford, now Duke of Marlborough, in a troubled marriage.
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Rochester
Secretary of War
Signal Service
Military Academy
Army
Congress
Gen
Duke of Hamilton
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Blanford
Duke of Marlborough
A Lucky Man and the Secret of Dr. Pierce’s Discovery
A column notes that many claim luck, but true luck belongs to the sick who found relief in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is hailed as a sovereign blood purifier and tonic for liver, blood, skin diseases, scrofula, dropsy, and consumption.
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Don Diego de Almaga
Chile
Peru
Juvenal
Dr. Pierce
R. W. Pierce
Grand Union Hotel
Grand Cent
N. Y
Caswers, Hazarp & Co
New York
Robert Turner
M. D
Flat Rock
Mich
Hops & Malt Bitters CO
Dereon
Mica
Noyes Bros. & Cutler
St. Paul
Ryan Drug Company
Lyman Eliel Drug Company
Frank Wilson
Peabody
Mass
L Hodges
Williamstown
Lyzan T. Abell
Georgia
Facn
Wyfe
Ifia
C.P. Brown
Westport
N.Y
Elbridge Malcolm
Weat Bath
DR. C
Summerlin
Phillip C. Ballou
Hoakton
Henry Ward
N. G
Foweey City
Athlophoros touted by Wisconsin settlers for rheumatism cure
A letter from Samuel Barstow of Lancaster Wisconsin reflects on early settlers and notes Athlophoros as a remedy for rheumatism. Testimonials from Mrs. R F Bowers Racine and Mrs T B Neff Calamine praise relief after using the medicine. Ads promise mail orders and emphasize avoiding inferior cures.
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Wisconsin
The
Union
Samuel Barstow
Lancaster
Wis
R. F. Bowers
Racine
State Street
T. B. Neff
Calamine
Athlophoros Co
Wall Street
New York
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Sverythine
Paul
Mr. Dorsey
J Joe
Joe
Dapleson
Miss Duncan
Marthm
Doxey
Diea
Mrs. Dorsey
Mary
President Lincoln
Pat Conan
Market Reports
Dram
Tyndall
George A. Denison
M. P
Taunton
Eng
Mr. Gladstone
Archdeacon Denison
Gov. Hill
Executive Mansion
Albany
Jackson Club
Madrid
Marshal Seranno
Omaha
Minneapolis
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N
Wy Suri
Allen
Duluth
H. H. Ackley
Spring Valley
Minn
Brown
Johnson Stephens
Hazel Green
J. P. Allen
Aoe
Lyox
J. W. Cole & Co
Prop's
Blackiver Falls
LER _CO
Baltimore, MD
Tal A. Vogeler
Baltimore
Curicura
Soc
Porter Druc and CaEeMicat Co
Sever
Ely
Ruy
Tutt’s
Rowels
Pziniz
Tutt
Azurray
A. Slocum
Pearl St
Send Inc
A. A. Anderson
de Smet, Dakota
Errill & Co
Swift
S. S
A. . J. Holt
Frerengen
Wift
Swift Speciific Co
Atlanta
Walter A. Taylor
C. E. Marenail
Lockport
Valentine Bros
Janesville
da. J. SrkPuans
Lebanon
Ohio
W. C. Payne
Marshalltown
Iowa
L. Pond, M.D
Aurora, Kane Co
T.S. Gardner
Palace Lunding
Cincinnati
R. U
Lorillard
H. G. Roo
Joseph Cillotts Steel
Sore Br
Turouciuur i
RLO
Paris
Drs. Whittier
St. Pac
Eureka Silk CO
Chisava, IL
Hirheet
Great Worlds
Wrest -Pin” Organ and Piano CO
Tremont St
Unio Scope
Wabash Ave
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Truthfus
Wells,richardson
Burlington
Vermont
U.S.A
Montreal
P. Q
London
England
PN Vy
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