Lavish Gould Mansion Display at Fifth Avenue Corner
A New York Journal feature details Jay Gould and family at their grand Fifth Avenue and Forty-seventh Street residence. The brownstone mansion showcases marble halls, oriental lamps, and extensive art including a $25,000 cattle sconce, with rooms richly adorned in embossed velvet, gold tracings, and mandarin furnishings. Nellie Gould and Miss Annie Gould occupy elaborately decorated suites among about fifty preserved artworks valued in the tens of thousands.
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New York Journal
Day Gould
Fifth Avenue
Forty-seventh Street
Windsor Hotel
Opdyke
Nellie
Jayuld
Herkomer
Rosa Bonhour
Gould
Schroyer
W. Bourguereau
Gustave J See
A. Veley
Fifth-avenue
Ti Ponseroso
Paris
Herter
Irvington-on-the- Hudson
Marvola
Dias
Th. Rosseau
Daubigny
Koek-Koek
BR. de Madrazo
Evita Ico
Henner
Vibert
Claus
Morse
Jay Gould
Meyer von Bremen
Ther
Royvet
Marcke
Hagborg
Ret
Dupre
George Gould
George
Hora Hogan
What Kept Him Outside
A Detroit Free Press item notes a colored man lingering near an opera house to show his interest. A patron invites him inside, but the reply jokes about more immediate concerns. The man quips that under current finances he could not afford a seat, even if opera houses sold for ten cents.
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Detroit Free Press
Hull
Removal of the Apaches Proposed by Boston Correspondent
A Boston Post correspondent endorses moving the Apaches not to Indian territory but to an island in the Pacific. The plan estimates removal costs at 440000 dollars, with a proposed 80 dollar per head deal for DrjuRt, reportedly an Reensiney by caikx.
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Boston Post
Texas Journal
Indian Territory
Caikx
Aaron Burrs Pistols A Duel Era Relic in Louisville
The Louisville Courier Journal describes Aaron Burrs famed pair of dueling pistols owned by Capt Brent Hopkins. Made by Mortimer in London they weigh in with thirteen inch barrels and an ounce ball. The weapons killed Hamilton at Weehawken and have a bloodstained duel history across several states.
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Hamilton
Louisville Courier Journal
Aaron Burr
Brent Hopkins
Alexander Hamilton
Weehawken
Mortimer
London
England
Burr
Sam Goode Hopkins
Fhorty-Secon Regiment of
United States Dragoons
Washington City
Pettis
Virginia
Biddle
Blooty Island
St. Louis
Edward Towns
Virgine
Itrenchman
New Orleans
Apt Sam Goode Hopkins
Madrid
Hugh Brant
Georgia
Diamond Island
Henderson
South Carolina
Kentucky
Robert Triplett
Owensboro
Phil Thompson
Thompson
Henry Clay
Capt Hopkins
Flirting by Telephone in Boston Office Tale
In a Boston Globe vignette a young central office clerk with a soprano voice becomes the target of flirtation from bank clerks and his lady friends. A mob of women misinterpret his banter, revealing a comical misunderstanding of callers and operators. The episode ends with mockery and a warning that future flirtations may fail.
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Boston Globe
Cental
Semile
Wealth in the Pennsylvanian Senate a Millionaire Ledger
Pittsburg Leader lists prominent Pennsylvania figures with inherited fortunes and varied net worth. Coxe and Reyburn stand near three to four million, Adama well into twenty two million, others like Emory Hall Wallace Dill Stedman McNeill Laird Cooper Leo Stewart shown with hundreds of thousands to a few million.
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Pittsburg
Fakley B. Coxe
John E. Reyburn
Reyburn
Coxe
Adama
Philadelphia
Lew Emory
Hall
Elk
Wallace
Clearfield
Senate
Dill
Ero
Stedman
Lancaster County
McNeill
Allegheny
Laird
Westmore
Tom Cooper
Leo
John Stewart
Senator Lapham Visits Hibbard Rouse Amid Ontario Estate Notes
United States Senator from New York EB G Lapham arrived at the Hibbard Rouse on Wednesday to review renal estate investments near Leoni. He recalled a Michigan illness in 1839 cured by a doctor from Adrian and joked about paying a $63 bill to a physician whose bank soon failed, a memory he jokingly called his first real satisfaction in Michigan.
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Jackson
Mick) Brar
Hibbard Rouse
EB. G. Lapham
United States
New York
Leoni
Michigan
Tecumseh
Adrian
Teaver
Opera Mishap Prompted by Amusing Misquote
A newly married gentleman and prominent society figure took his bride to the opera. Days later a friend conversation led the wife to recall the opera, which she could not name. The husband eagerly claimed it was the opera of Libratto in a playful misquote.
The Value of Children Insurance Valuations Listed
The value of children has been fixed by an insurance company of Cincinnati. A child under one year is worth $14, between one and two years $19, two to three years $28, four years $81, five $35, six $40, seven $60, eight $60, nine $70, ten $0, eleven $123. The company insures children, with the valuations made.
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Cincinnati
A $Acse
Law making secrets and the private graft in legislatures
A New York Journal piece outlines how bills pass through state legislatures and exposes dark methods. It describes standard readings and committee stages, then details bribery, dinners, and favors used to influence votes. It warns private or local interests escape scrutiny, while major bills face tighter oversight.
Emperor William's Button Policy and Army Morale
The article recounts how William L, ruler of Prussia, hides in public and in letters, yet buttons his uniform to the throat when troops pass. A high official notes his habit, and the emperor explains that he must set an irreproachable example for the army, insisting the one unbuttoned button could ruin an army.
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Kaiser William
William L
Gautein
Ems
Berlin
Teme
Remedy for Warts on Live Stock in Illinois
An Illinois farmer writes to The Germantown Telegraph that fresh hog lard rubbed on warts on horses or cattle removes them in three or four applications. He notes he has removed warts repeatedly and never found one again. He jokes about Latin names and paying a druggist for two cents worth of lard.
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Illinois
Germantown Telegraph
Philadelphia
Hamlet
Massinger
Martial
Darley
Eyenid
Aristotle
Felono
Discarding Chinese Labor on the Pacific Coast
Chinese labor is no longer considered cheap in mining and railroad building on the Pacific coast. The Chinamen willing to work for low wages is paired with an inability or indisposition for hard labor. Several large contractors have replaced them and begun employing Scandinavians.
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Pacific Coast
How She Decided It in New York Journal
A Brooklyn beauty faced three suitors who each wrote for her hand in marriage. She liked all equally and asked that they call at a set time to reveal their true natures.
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New York Journal
Brooklyn
Twist of love ends in unexpected choice
In a small town scene Miss J- set a strange ultimatum to suitors offering to marry the one who drew the longest straw. Two men accepted joyfully while a third left in disappointment. Miss J- then dismissed the others and declared she would not marry someone she could easily control.
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Muoh
Esoh Muoh
Misa J
The Young Cambel: A Camel at Central Park
J Henderson recalls visiting a Central Park menagerie to inspect a newborn camel. He mocks the animal’s looks and features a long neck and no hump, joking that camels gain humps with experience. The piece parodies urban curiosity and human vanity.
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Monial
Fourth Ard
Bartley
Striking Letter from Wilkie Collins in Literary Notes
In a recent New York Tribune literary note Wilkie Collins writes to friend William Winter about his health and the feverish pace of writing Heart and Science. He compares Anthony Trollope to a gale wind, praises Trollope as a steadfast friend, and laments the potential loss to readers if Trollope’s energy had not continued.
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Wilkie Collins
N. Y. Tribune
New York
William Winter
Anthony Trollopo
Walter Scott
Tha
Anthony
Trollope
Torkman
Tsay
The Courage of Death and Self Destruction Debate
A verbose critique of suicide, citing Shakespeare Massinger Aristotle and others to condemn self destruction as cowardice. It contrasts heroic stoicism with the act, noting moral outcry and social impact, interwoven with a Brooklyn public school anecdote about distributing dinner to pupils.
Rich Jim and the Bottom Card feasting tale
In a Detroit press reminiscence a rough crew in a frontier camp raises funds for a widow and child. Rich Jim, a hardened gunman, is softened by a boy’s kiss and a wife’s return, then reconciles with Curly Jake as a pledge of support is given. The tale closes with the group drinking to Rich and the child.
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Detroit
Rich Jim
Curly Jake
Richard James
Minca
James Ter Jim
Skeorco
Jan
Aupper
Doc Means
Doc
Poker Jim
Jake
Curly
Jim
Mommer
Nellie
Richard
Curley
Stich Jim
Ourley
Big Rich
Leetle Rich
The Parable Of A Wedding Feast On The Rails
A rambunctious retelling styled as a railroad era parable recounts a king sending servants to a wedding. Bidden guests ignore the call, bosses threaten tariffs and closures, and the king invites many more from sidetracks and roundhouses. A pretender arrives dressed improperly, claims reform, and is cast out, while others feast and depart at dawn toward Salt Lake City.
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Laramie
Michael Angelo
Salt 9
Forgetful Chief Justice and the braided mystery
A lighthearted collection features Chief Justice Jones of New York misplacing papers on his desk and mistakenly attending a party. The Chicago Tribune recounts a bewildering braid pattern on a passenger’s dress provoking a man’s childhood puzzle, plus a humorous yarn about Senator Bowen in Iowa with Deacon Baxter remarking on his youth.
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Jones
New York
Dar Pelng
Leetio
Bowen
Colorado
Washington
Iowa
Chicago
Deacon Baxter
Tom Bowen
Senator Bowen
Uniform changes for English soldiers described
A 19th century notice explains lighter brightness in soldier attire will be reduced. White belts haversacks and shinings brass will be toned to duller tones with brown belts and bronze arms replacing brass. The goal is a sober, utilitarian field appearance.
Complimentary French gallantry in old time manners
A charming vignette describes a father guiding his daughter up a drawing room as a gentleman of the old school quips about her walking stance with a playful flourish. The scene evokes refined etiquette and period humor.
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Madamoiselle
Condensed Milk Company Hits New Capital Milestone
The Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company, founded by United States Consul Page in 1866, now has a capital of 2 million dollars and produced 80 million cans last year from a plant with 312,000 in capital assets.
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United States
Page
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New York and & Brooklyn Public School
New York Sun
Good Templars
Meg
Bill Nye
Chicago Tribune
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