Famous Civil War era steamboat race captivates world
The Robert E. Lee and Natchez race from New Orleans to St. Louis in June 1870 drew global attention. The Lee, meticulously lightened, beat the Natchez by 33 minutes to finish in three days eighteen hours fourteen minutes. Crowds watched from Memphis to Cairo as telegraph bulletins and European cables chronicled the event.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Robert E. Lee
Natchez
New Orleans
St. Louis
T. T. Leathers
Perry Tharp
Cincinnati
New Albany
Kentucky
John W. Cannon
Frankfort
Leo
Thomas P. Leathers
Cannon
Mississippi River
Lee
Frank Pargoud
Given Pointe
Leathers
Natche
Amoun
Mars
Natches
Vicksburg
Helena
Oles
Memphis
America
Cairo
R. E. Lee
German Carp in the United States
Mr. C. W. Smiley reports importing thirty to forty pairs of carp from Germany to Washington breeding ponds. The fish multiply rapidly, with 400000 spawned this year, and carp thrive in warm southern waters and cold northern climates including Minnesota. State and private efforts propagate carp, with breeding pairs selling up to five dollars each.
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United States
Scientific American
American Association
C. W. Smiley
Washington, D. C
Germany
Washington
Minnesota
Fish Commission
Martyrs to Vanity
Miranda adores short sleeves and displays her arms at dances while Lesbia bores with feet fashion and high heels. Letitia flaunts a seventeen inch waist while Mirza frets over wind sun and cold hurting her complexion, a self made martyr to vanity.
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London
Miranda
Lesbia
Mr. Dick
King Charles
Nora
Letitia
Araby
Jackes
Mirza
Suburban Boston Driving Tour Through Wealthy Suburbs
The author extols a Cambridge to Auburndale drive along twelve miles of smooth roads shaded by stately trees and facing pristine private estates. He notes Boston suburbs offer greater enjoyment and comfort for middle and higher classes than New York counterparts, at a fraction of the cost.
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Buffalo Express
Boston
Cambridge
Watertown
Newton
Newtons
Auburndale
True Story Behind General MorganDeath and His Greenville Scandal
The Cloverport Kentucky News claims Gen. John Morgan died not as a martyr but from libertine amours at Greenville Tennessee. The piece asserts jealousy and passion caused his death, comparing him unfavorably to Gen. Van Dorn and portraying him as a Don Juan rather than a heroic Leonidas.
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Cloverport
John Morgan
Greenville
Tenn
Gen
van Dorn
Don Juan
Leonidas
Greenville Garden
Royal Musicians and Royal Family Musical Talents
The prince of Wales plays the banjo and the princess Louise the guitar while the princess of Wales accompanies Nilsson on the piano. The duke of Edinburgh plays the violin and the duchess turns pages. the duke of Albany is praised for musical genius, though the text contains fragmented, mixed observations about money in Tonquin.
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Prince of Wales
Princess Louise
Princess of Wales
Nilsson
Duke of Edinburg
Duke of Albany
Veiled Love Across Death and Time
A mournful domestic verse laments hidden love and the power of a pure, secret language shared by two lovers. The speaker imagines death separating them yet insists their bond survives beyond time, storm, and fate, awaiting a future moment to reveal their love.
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Avis Gray
Chicago Tribune
Love
Berbrath
Emerson and Dickens in Boston Bookstore Reverie
A BostonLetter recalls a famed meeting at A Williams & Co where Charles Dickens and Ralph Waldo Emerson shared a moment in a bustling shop. The scene shifts to Longfellow Parker Holmes Whittier and other luminaries who frequented the store, now a monument to America's literary Athens.
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Boston
Chicago News
Washington Street
A. Williams & Co
Charles Dickens
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mr. Dickens
Emerson
Dickens
England
Concord
Longfellow
Theodore Parker
Starr King
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jon’ G. Whittier
James Barton
Charles Sumner
B. P. Shillaber
Athens
America
Editor as trustee shapes a magazine’s fate
The text argues editors must choose unknown authors over friends or cliques to uphold a magazine’s character and success. It notes how accepting unknowns has elevated many famous writers and contrasts with a nurse's warning about hidden fears. A midnightarrival anecdote illustrates perception versus reality with a shirt on the clothesline.
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Harper's
Lawyer Bell’s Plea for Names for Tiny Dog Psyche
In a Detroit Free Press piece a Shreveport lawyer charms a lady friend with a tale of a very small dog. She shows a white woollike object with a black dot triangle and seeks a name. He suggests Psyche as the fitting moniker.
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Detroit Free Press
Bell
Shreveport
Psyche
The End of Superstition Promised by Rational Mind
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt argues that as human reason advances to solve scientific, religious, and social problems, superstition will fade. The author contends rational analysis can resolve all issues, signaling superstition's obsolescence.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Theatre Motto in Courier-Journal Letter Sparks Bijou Idea
A reader passing Twenty third street notices a sign stamping done while you wait and proposes the motto for the new Bijou theatre if the building is completed, mentioning Bob Miley as a potential collaborator or recipient of the idea.
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Courier-Journal
Twenty-third Street
Bob Miley
The Modern Ginevera Bride Vanishes At Wedding Feast
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls Imogene D Eustis slipping away from a wedding reception in search of privacy. Her husband Sam Higgins, the crowd, and an amused father search the house from cellar to garret. Imogene hides in a government bonds chest until her father discovers her. The scene ends with comic chaos and a failing marriage prospect.
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Detroit Free Press
Imogene D'Eustis
Sam Higgins
Imogene
D'Eustis
Sam
Chicago
Revolver Prank Ends With Shoemaker Wounded
Detroit bystanders watch as a butcher cleans a rusty Colt outside a shop. A shoemaker asks to inspect the weapon and jokes about it being loaded. The gun fires a bullet along the sole of the shoemaker’s foot, drawing blood, after which the butcher says he warned him it would go off.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Paralyzing a Baggageman at Central Depot
A passenger provocatively dressed as a man, Miss Bryant from Fulton Oswego County, surprised a baggage handler by presenting a voucher and revealing her gender. She defended her attire as comfort driven and economical, ignoring whispers and glances as she admired a bouquet on her coat lapel.
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Syracuse Standard
Central Depot
Miss Bryant
Fulton
Oswego County
Mary Walker
Miss Bloomer
Watermelon ownership debated by Texas society
A Texas debating club considered who owns melons that cross onto another man’s land. The referee ruled that the melons belong to the colored man who lived about a mile and a half from the farms.
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Peck's Sun
Old-Fashioned Whiskey Distillers and Tax Trouble Reflections
In a Maryland letter from Gath the writer visits rural distilleries near Greencastle and notes honest craft in producing whiskey. A driver laments heavy internal revenue taxes, argues for cheaper legal liquor, and recalls old-time methods and samples indicating tampering concerns.
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Gath
Maryland
Ohio
Dunkers
Allegheny Mountains
Greencastle
New York
Pennsylvania
Internal Revenue System
Attractions for the Crowd in Wall Street Window Gazes
A New York Cor Troy Times piece recalls crowds gathering along Wall Street to watch workers lay the Washington statue foundation and linger at window displays. The writer notes idle wanderers and fashion watchers at Arnold Constable and at bookstands, where ads lure passersby with 25 cent offers.
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New York Cor
Troy Times
Wall Street
Washington
Fourteenth Street
Arnold & Constable
The Mysterious Author of Rutledge Revealed
Publishers Weekly recounts the southern novel Rutledge by an anonymous author. Mr J C Derby refused to publish without authorship, while Mr Weeks offered to finance with imprint. Vanity Fair later announced a portrait of the author, but the face remained veiled.
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Rutledge
Publishers’ Weekly
J. C. Derby
Messrs. Harper
Weeks
Derby
Miriam Coles
Vanity Fair
Work Will Tell
Advice from Anthony Trollope on discipline in authorship urging young writers to treat writing as a daily routine. He compares it to a legal clerk’s steady task and recommends avoiding rushed bursts, insisting sustained effort yields high quality work.
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Anthony Trollope
Ned’s Suggestion in a Saint Nicholas moment
A mother recalls 3 year old Ned asking where she bought his new sister. He leans over the cradle and, after a gentle kiss, confesses he would have caught the angel if he could have. The vignette captures childlike innocence and a playful remark about a newborn.
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Louise R. Smith
St. Nicholas
Mammat
Ned
Tool
Beauty in Photo Sells American Ladies Across Broadway
A New York World report describes a Broadway shop selling photographs of society women both American and English. Buyers swarm the windows as portraits of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt, Miss Marion Lange, and Lady Randolph Churchill draw steady demand, with galleries promising more famous names.
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New York World
Frank Work
Brooklyn
Broadway
Madion Square
Charles L. Ritzman
Fifth Avenue
Murray Hill
New York
W. EK. Vanderbilt
Gerald He
Fannie Swan
Marion Lange
Maria Clavis
Alfonso
Princess of Wales
York
Lonsdale
Dudley
Castlereagh
Cornwallis West
My Roche
Fanny Work
Frat Work
Lady Randolph Churchill
Miss Jerome
Leonard V Jerome
Mr. Vanderbilt
Mandeville
Miss Chamber
Ah Sin in San Francisco Kitchen Cartoon Commentary
The piece examines Chinese house servants and outdoor laborers in early San Francisco, noting wage drops from $204 to $80 and $25 for different workers. It contrasts domestic tyranny by a figure named Al Si with broader labor abuses and compares Indian labor on the San Ca reservation unfavorably to corn cob fuel and a farmer's production.
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Ah Sin
San Francisco
Col
Globe-Democrat
Bridget
Dinah
al Si
Langui
Nother Boy
Fragmentary OCR notes hint at political and social themes
A scrambled OCR fragment mentions Depew, Kellogg, Kellogg era figures, and political party hints. It references figures like Samuel J playing in wartime speakeasies and a range of names, with vague claims about primaries and influence.
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