Presidents Reception With Chiefs At The White House
A Washington White House reception hosted President Grant and Mrs Fish featured chiefs from the Sioux and allied groups. Chiefs mingled with Cabinet members, received bouquets, and enjoyed a formal banquet with diplomats and guests. The event ended with laughter at chiefs’ playful antics and the diplomatic corps departing in good spirits.
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Iofa
Andias
White House
Washington
Thane
Pers
Milies
Pepeulee
Niee
Cole
Ali
Marine Bursed
Dooraaril
Ane Clube
Ben
Grant
Mrs. Fish
Sir E. Thornton
Mindy
Oda
Tal
Thornton
Bae
Hole
Mrs. Belknap
Stealall-the-Horses
Diplomatic Corps
Red Man
A New York Street Character Smith the razor strop man
A New York street profile recalls Smith the razor strop man of Nassau Street near the sub treasury. Once famed nationwide for trading razor strops and hardware he opened and later closed a store blamed on spiritualism. Now aged about sixty he runs a nightly street stand above Wall Street with a kindly air and respectable appearance like a banker.
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New York
Smith
Razor Strop
Nassau Street
Sub-Treasury
Wall Street
Fifth Avenue
Grand Street
Halstead Advice to the Czar for War Reform
The Cincinnati Commercial quotes Murat Halstead urging drastic measures in the war, advising the czar to dismiss grand dukes, send the czarewitch home, deploy Prince Charles of Roumania to Bucharest, appoint a capable commander, court marshal reform, use Bulgarian labor on roads, bury or burn dead horses, punish springs and streams, have Cossacks kill dogs but spare women and children, and mete out daily punishments.
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Murat Halstead
Halstead
Terr Haute Examiner
Cincinnati
Czatewitch
Prince Charles of
Bulgaria
Wedding Tour in Early Settlement Times
An elderly narrator recalls a wedding during frontier days. He and Aunt Martha attend a grand ceremony at Dadenhammer with music, furniture, and a long tour by carriage to the railway. The groom recounts a misadventure as Martha slept on a feather bed tied to the wagon, fell off unseen in the woods, and was rescued unharmed but cold.
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Aunt Martha
Dadenhammer
Martha
Peter Grimes
Grandmother Smith
Blucher
Mother Smith
Lassie
Jed
Angel
Merino
Mar‘tha
Slaughter of cattle thieves special from Leavenworth
A private letter to the St Louis Globe-Democrat recounts a pursuit in the Cheyenne country Kansas where 7000 cattle stolen from Western Kansas and Colorado by twelve gilded raiders were overtaken by a 15 rider ranger party after a five day chase. Seven thieves were killed and another hanged. all cattle recovered with no ranger injuries.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Fort
Ellis
Cheyenne
Country
Colorado
A Nose Fashioner Dr Cid Invents Simple Nose Reduction
Paris surgeon Dr Cid notes elderly eyeglass wearers develop long thin noses from spring pressure on nourishing arteries. A fifteen year old girl sought reduction for a large nose and wore a Lunette prince nez at night and intermittently by day. After three weeks a dim in length appeared, and after three months the patient was satisfied. The tale echoes Captain Marryatt's phrenological device.
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Cid
Paris
Engraving Preparation Noted in Obscure Memo
Fragments describe placing an engraving in a shallow dish with water and lime solution for about hours, then drying and brushing deposit from the picture. The text mentions a large sum tied to playing cards last year and a name-like phrase.
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