A Famous Steamboat Race Between Natchez and Lee
The 1870 New Orleans to St. Louis clash of the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee drew global interest. Capt. Cannon lightened the Lee and used coal boats and fuel transfers to win by 33 minutes, with Cairo and Memphis telegraphs and 30,000 spectators in St. Louis.
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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 of Washington reports importing 30 to 40 pairs of carp from Germany years ago. The fish bred in Washington ponds and spawned about 400,000 this year, thriving in warm to cold waters and propagated by many state fish commissions. Carps sell for breeding purposes up to $5 per pair, with broader private interest and nationwide spread noted.
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United States
Scientific American
American Association
C. W. Smiley
Washington, D. C
Germany
Washington
Minnesota
Fish Commission
Martyrs to vanity in Miranda and friends
Miranda flaunts slender arms and short skirts while Lesbia frets over feet and high heels. Letitia parades a seventeen inch waist, enduring pain for fashion, and Mirza obsesses over complexion, each a self styled martyr to beauty in London.
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London
Miranda
Lesbia
Mr. Dick
King Charles
Nora
Letitia
Araby
Jackes
Mirza
Suburban Boston Road Tour Through Wealthy Estates
A Boston area travel note describes a Cambridge to Auburndale drive along twelve miles of tree shaded roads and private estates. The piece contrasts New England home life with New York, praising middle and upper class leisure and comfort in the Boston suburbs at a quarter the cost.
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Buffalo Express
Boston
Cambridge
Watertown
Newton
Newtons
Auburndale
True Story Behind General Morgan’s Death Undone
A Cloverport Kentucky column argues the Confederate general John Morgan died not for a cause but from a jealous woman and libertine passions. It contrasts him with General Van Dorn and asserts a Don Juan fate in a Greenville Tennessee garden.
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Cloverport
John Morgan
Greenville
Tenn
Gen
van Dorn
Don Juan
Leonidas
Greenville Garden
Royal Musicians Banjo Guitar Piano Duke Plays Violin
A description lists royal family members and their instruments with the prince of Wales on banjo the princess Louise on guitar the princess of Wales with Nilsson at piano the duke of Edinburgh on violin and the duchess turning pages. It adds a remark that the duke of Albany shows musical genius and warns that money in Tonquin is made of lead.
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Prince of Wales
Princess Louise
Princess of Wales
Nilsson
Duke of Edinburg
Duke of Albany
Hidden Love Beyond Time and Death
Irregular verse expresses a secret romance between two lovers who fear public exposure. The speaker speaks of silence, death, and enduring affection, imagining a future reunion beyond storm, time, and mortality as they await a moment when they may reveal their love.
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Love
Berbrath
Emerson and Dickens at Boston bookshop remembered
A Boston letter recalls a 19th century gathering at A. Williams & Co where Charles Dickens and Ralph Waldo Emerson spoke to literati. The scene features Dickens in gray with a crimson scarf and Emerson in broadcloth, with other notables like Longfellow Parker and Whittier visiting the shop. The piece blends nostalgia with a verdict that the store’s spell endures as a monument to American letters.
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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
Genial Gen Lee An Ex Confederate Interview Portrait
An ex Confederate recalls Gen Robert E Lee as college president with a sociable nature toward women and children. He recalls Lee’s humor in social chatter and a late moment with a girl about a white horse, ending with a light-hearted remark and a farewell.
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Gen. Lee
Lee
Editor’s duty to publish unknowns over friends
The piece argues a magazine editor acts as a trustee whose success rests on choosing merit over personal connections. It cites famous authors built by editors who favored unknown writers. It contrasts cautious superstition with steady work, then alludes to a nurse and a midnight spectre motif.
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Harper's
Lawyer Bell Advises Outside Practice In Curious Exchange
In a Detroit Free Press blurb, Shreveport lawyer Bell offers outside counsel to a friend. He compliments a tiny dog she shows, likening it to a fairy spirit and asks for a fitting name. The friend suggests the name Psyche.
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Detroit Free Press
Bell
Shreveport
Psyche
The End of Superstition Observed in Thought
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt argues that as human reason advances to solve all scientific religious and social problems superstition will disappear and become a thing of the past.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Stampings on the Spot Suggested as Bijou Motto
A passerby notes a sign reading stamping done while you wait and proposes using it as a motto for the upcoming Bijou theatre if the building on Twenty third street is completed, mentioning Bob Miley as a colleague to discuss the idea.
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Courier-Journal
Twenty-third Street
Bob Miley
The Modern Ginevera Wedding Gone Strange
The Detroit Free Press recounts a circus wedding tale in which Imogene D Eustis vanishes during the feast. The groom conducts a fruitless search while Imogene hides in a garret chest meant for bonds. The finale shows the couple exposed and the family distressed as calamity and mockery swirl around the event.
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Detroit Free Press
Imogene D'Eustis
Sam Higgins
Imogene
D'Eustis
Sam
Chicago
Butcher and Shoemaker Duel Over Revolver Mishap
In Detroit a butcher cleans a rusty Colt in front of a shop. A shoemaker, sure it will fire, provokes a demonstration that ends with a bullet grazing his foot, while the crowd learns the weapon still might go off despite assurances.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit
Paralyzing a Baggageman at the Central Depot
A man attempts to seize a baggage voucher at Syracuse Central depot but is thwarted by a passenger revealed as Miss Bryant of Fulton Oswego county. She explains she dresses for comfort and economy and is not a doctor reformer or Bloomer follower, while a bouquet on her coat draws curious glances.
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Syracuse Standard
Central Depot
Miss Bryant
Fulton
Oswego County
Mary Walker
Miss Bloomer
Watermelon Land Ownership Debate Settled by Referee
A Texas debating society debated who owns melons grown on another's land. The referee ruled that the melons belonged to the colored man living about a mile and a half from the two farms.
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Peck's Sun
Old-Fashioned Whiskey in Ohio and Pennsylvania Distillers
In a Maryland letter a driver describes rural whisky making among Mennonists and Dunkers near Greencastle Pennsylvania. He notes honest practices, small distilleries, and sample labeling, contrasting city whisky. He criticizes high internal revenue taxes for distillers and predicts adulteration if taxes rise.
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Gath
Maryland
Ohio
Dunkers
Allegheny Mountains
Greencastle
New York
Pennsylvania
Internal Revenue System
Attractions for the Crowd in Wall Street Fashions and Windows
A New York Cor/Troy Times piece observes crowds gathering on Wall Street to watch workmen set the Washington statue and a third story window show in Fourteenth Street. It notes Arnold Constable window crowds for fall styles, wax figures, and the lure of bookstands with “Your choice for 25 cents,” illustrating idle street life and public gaze without purpose.
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New York Cor
Troy Times
Wall Street
Washington
Fourteenth Street
Arnold & Constable
Mysterious Author of Rutledge Revealed by Vanity Fair
Publishers' Weekly notes the southern novelist of Rutledge caused a stir and faced early rejection by Harper. The author asked for anonymity, and after meetings with J C Derby the unnamed manuscript led Vanity Fair to reveal a veiled portrait, sparking curiosity about the author.
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Rutledge
Publishers’ Weekly
J. C. Derby
Messrs. Harper
Weeks
Derby
Miriam Coles
Vanity Fair
Work Will Tell
Anthony Trollope reflects on discipline in work urging aspiring writers to treat their craft as a daily routine. He advises young men to adopt steady, clerical habits, sitting at their desks until the task is finished, rather than chasing bursts of inspiration.
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Anthony Trollope
Ned's Suggestion From A Child's Innocent Moment
Louise R. Smith presents a tender vignette from St Nicholas where three year old Ned asks from the cradle if the little sister was bought. The mother replies that an angel brought her and Ned, with a shy smile, kisses the sleeping child. Then he jokes that if he were the mother he would have caught the angel.
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Louise R. Smith
St. Nicholas
Mammat
Ned
Beauty in Photo Sells American Girls Noted in Window Display
New York World reports a Broadway shop selling photographs of American and English society ladies. Crowds gather as portraits of Mrs. W. K. Vanderbilt and other socialites fly off the shelves, prompting talk of a broader public display and the potential for commissions.
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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
Li Castlereagh
Cornwallis West
Hon
My Roche
Fanny Work
Lady Randolph Churchill
Miss Jerome
Leonard V Jerome
Mr. Vanderbilt
Mandeville
Miss Chamber
Asian Domestic Servants in San Francisco Highlighted
The Chicago Tribune notes harsh conditions for Chinese house workers in San Francisco, dating back two years to wages of 1 and 204 per month. It portrays domestic tyranny by a master named Al Si and compares out of doors labor with high prices. It also mentions Indian labor on a California reservation and corn cob fuel values in Iowa.
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Ah Sin
San Francisco
Col
Globe-Democrat
Bridget
Dinah
al Si
Langui
Nother Boy
Fragmented OCR noting political figures and public figures
Fragmentary text mentions Depew Kellogg and Randall amid political and social references. It hints at elections, party dynamics, and notable individuals, with scattered phrases about spectators, press, and public sentiment. No clear event or outcome is established.
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