Expedition Led by Colonel Grapes Plans Illinois March
A historical dispatch describes Colonel Clifford Grapes leading a named column with W. H. Moravy, M. D. T. Hoovey, Harry White, D. P. Dean and others. The order sets 6:00 p.m. assembly on August 24 and a 7:00 p.m. march with each man carrying standard equipment. Governor Matthews grants passage through Indiana and expects hospitality along the route. Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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Clifford Grapes
Clifford Gone
W. H. Moravy
M. D. T. Hoovey
Harry White
D. P. Dean
Horace Newman
Percy Taylor
John Johnson
Levy
United States Army
Matthews
Indiana
Hoowier
A. R
Cincinnati Enquirer
A Fine Old Game For Boys Hare and Hounds
The article describes hare and hounds as a popular boys game. Hares carry torn paper scent and start ahead of the hounds who follow the scent for a set time or distance. A hound catching a hare wins. otherwise the hares win. Rival clubs may form packs and the outcome is the sum of each club’s finishing order.
Sticking to the Bush Wins the Day
A tale from St Nicholas recounts Johnny who learns from his father to focus on one bush and work it to completion. While others chase brighter offerings, Johnny stays steady, repeats the method, and eventually rises ahead. The moral: persistence and a fixed plan beat flashy diversions.
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Johnny
Nixon Waterman
St. Nicholas
Princess Mercedes of Spain and the Queenly Title Shift
Madrid letters describe Princess Mercedes in her thirteenth year as an ex queen due to her birth order. She held the rank of queen of Spain for six months after King Alfonso XII's death before surrendering the title to her baby brother who became prince of Asturias.
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Mercedes
Spain
Alfonso XII
Maria de Las Mercedes
The
Asturias
Madrid
Watts letter on labor and genius in Ruskin's dictation
The Atlanta Constitution recounts Ruskin's correspondence praising patient toil over coalheavers and lamenting modern imitation of Turner. He extols genuine genius, cites Tintoretto and Carpaccio, and critiques painters who daub without heed to masterful drawing and expression.
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Watts
England
Carpaccio
Venice
Edward Burne-Jones
Murray
Joshua
Turner
Atlanta Constitution
Massive Circus Kitchen Prepares Breakfast for 700
Five minutes past, three 20 ton cook wagons arrive drawn by six horses. Fires blaze on arrival as 16 foot cooking range starts. Ten cooks prepare breakfast for 700 hungry diners within two hours. Butchers cut 500 pounds of meat while steam boiler and urn prepare 2,000 cups of coffee. A tent is raised, 12 long tables set, 20 green boxes opened with 6,000 dishes and utensils.
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Circus
McClure’s
The Silent Blacksmith Father Described by Collyer
In The Ladies' Home Journal Rev. Robert Collyer recalls his father, a devoted blacksmith who forged no lie in iron. He is praised for steadfastness, silent strength, and tireless work ethic, a man who remained healthy and died at work with the hammer in hand.
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Robert Collyer
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cakes for Children Save a Poet From the Crowd
A Putney resident who walks to Wimbledon each day buys cakes from a local shop to give to a small group of poor children. An onlooker announced that the baker sees him as a gentle, poor man who isn’t quite right in the head, yet continues the daily gift of treats.
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Putney
Wimbledon
Agujardi the famed vocalist astonishes Mozart with altissimo
Agujardi alias La Bas tardella wowed composers including Mozart who heard her in 1770 and declared the greatest delight. She sang in altissimo with ease and performed cadenzas deemed impossible. She earned about $500 a night for much of her career, roughly $2,500 in modern money.
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Agujari
Etter
la Bastardella
Mozart
That Dog Napoleon and His Rampaging Appetite
W O Fuller Jr recounts Napoleon the dog who caused chaos at home and in the town. The narrative details his escapes, appetite for bread loaves, and the day the family sent him to a farm where he bit a calf and was shot.
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Napoleon
Chesterfield
Jay Corners
Father
Mother
Uncle Chesterfield
Uncle
Aunt Chesterfield
W. O. Fuller, Jr
Rockland
Ardent Youth Proclaims Wedding Plan Despite Papa's Objections
In Gladbrook Iowa the Republican reports a young couple clashing with the father over marriage. The youth insists on using a preacher for a ceremony, arguing the girl is too sweet to wait while the father objects.
Vase Given to Last Palmetto Survivor to Atlanta Tour
A silver vase linked to General Jackson and the Palmetto regiment is to go to the last surviving member of the 1 100 strong Mexican war unit. Judge J J Martin of Atlanta helped organize a gathering of 10 to 12 survivors to display the heirloom with an 18 inch embossed work to be shown in Atlanta.
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Psi Pe
Iain
Jackson
South Carolina
Palmetto
Atlanta
J. J. Martin
New Orleans Exposition
Meteor falls on disputed New York Pennsylvania line
A meteor near Gulf Summit lands in contested land between Swackhammer and Littlejohn, igniting a legal dispute over ownership and state boundary. Each claims rights, a third party asserts discovery, and injunctions shield the stone while scientists study its origin and alleged celestial symbols.
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Gulf Summit
Farmer Swackhammer
New York
Pennsylvania
Swackhammer
Farmer Littlejohn
Allut
Atlanta Constitution
Peculiar Misfortunes Haunt Elkhart Family of Hitesmans
An elderly Elkhart Indiana couple endures a chain of tragedies as five sons suffer fatal or crippling injuries over two decades. John burned to death, William killed, James fatally injured after a dance misstep, George crippled by a rotator explosion, and Asa fallen from a tree facing likely death.
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Charles Hitesman
Elkhart
Ind
John
William
James
Ing
George
Asa
Chicago Times-Herald
Cuba forms provisional government amid independence talk
Newspapers discuss Cuba’s move to a provisional republican government led by General Masso as a step from insurrection to revolution. Debates concern potential negro enfranchisement risks and the path to U S recognition through a diplomatic agent appointment.
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Masso
Minnneapolis
Cuba
United States
Spain
Chicago Inter Ocean
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