Barons Self-Destructive Note Sparks Bohemian Trial
Baron Charles Di Klaversburg stayed at Jagle Hotel in Bohemia en route to Vienna. He wrote an obscene entry in a traveler register, prompting police inspection, surveillance, and a month’s imprisonment with a 200 florin fine and related costs. Doctors found him not insane, but the incident led to public scandal and official censure.
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The
University of
Prague
Baron Charles di Klaversburg
Vienna
Jagle
Aredetadt
Banzlauv
Bohemia
Ister
Pam
Banzlau
The First Dollar Greenback in Misouri News
The Henry County Democrat recalls a notice about the first dollar greenback in Holden Missouri. Bidding soared from $25 to $700 as buyers pursued ownership. George Gross kept the bill while several suitors including Hatchey and a liquor firm and Brick Pomeroy sought it for display and campaign use.
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Henry County Democrat
Missouri
R. T. Leaverton
Holden
George Gross
Kansas City
Gross
Leaverton
St. Louis
Hatchey
Greenkk
Brick Pomeroy
National
Greenback Party
Words of Wisdom and Philosophical Musings
A fragmentary reflection argues that luxuries breed poverty while virtues and vices lie close like a coat. turning coats reveals true leisure found in solitary moments, as indifference and toil blur the line between duty and rest. The text weighs leisure against effort and happiness amid moral tension.
Anecdotes of Senator Morrissey in Washington
Washington correspondent recalls Morrissey first appearance in Congress with stories. He bribes Beau Hickman for five dollars, then gives cigars to Speaker Colfax and asks a committee placement at the end of a nonworking panel. Morrissey quips he is an iron molder, not a political directory figure.
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A. Washington
John Morrissey
Morrissey
Washington
Congress
Willard’s Hotel
Beau Hickmian
America
Air
Hickman
Morrisey
Colfax
Speaker
Mr. Colfax
Committee On Revolutionary Pensions
Ben Perley Poore
Major Poore
How a Hatter Advertised Himself in New York
A New York correspondent recalls Genin the hatter who died recently and his flair for advertising. He helped spark Jenny Lind mania, winning a $225 first bid for tickets and boosting his own fame and wealth before illness and war.
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New York
Genin
Jenny Lind
Barnum
Old American Museum
Herald
Park Bank
Castle Garden
Songstress
Man’s Oldest Friends Dog Domestication Tale
Naturalist speculation places the dog as the first domesticated animal followed by the pig, then draft beasts and finally cattle for dairy. The horse emerges later when humans shift focus from hunting to other needs.
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Seckney
Grant weighed at Paria Exposition loss of seventeen pounds
A May dispatch to the New York Herald reports Gen. Ulysses S Grant was weighed at the Paria Exposition and found wanting, having lost seventeen pounds during an Egyptian trip. The event marks his first weight assessment in years.
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Grant
Paria Exposition
New York Herald
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Krebner & Weaver
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Burdette Smith
Hegeman & Co
New York City
Breadway
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Ceva
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