Dream Fulfilled Afloat To Thunder Bay Encounter Cove Visitors
After a cheerful picnic and a storm at sea the party finds a log cabin and fishing smack at Thunder Bay shore. Captain Florence and companions dock, dry clothes, and join a welcoming host named Barker with a thriving whitefish business. The scene shifts to interior comforts and flirtatious banter as the group settles for dinner and renewed merriment.
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Cole Siemon
Golden Port
Saginaw
Captain George
St. Clair
Florence
Thunder Bay
Clementine
Sallie
Jessie
Anne
Nip
Change in coat form ignores economy of wearers
The piece argues that keeping a traditional black swallow tail or claw hammer coat for full dress is economically sensible. A groom’s tailor-made suit lasts from graduation through the wedding and beyond, until life demands a switch from English cutter to American center-board style. Only tailors, fashion-asters, and a few color advocates oppose this constancy.
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New York
Asthetes
Genius and gossip in a Victorian vignette of invention and flight
A compact tale extols Sir Henry Bessemer as a restless inventor who reshaped stamp dies with movable dates, costing him a government post. It also notes a Bird motion study showing a pigeon flaps 600 times a minute, clarifying the drumming sound at takeoff. A wry line warns reputation cannot hunt for a young man.
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Henry Bessemer
Enduring Flirtation Erodes Happiness and Youth Training
A Boston Globe excerpt argues modern girls and young people flirt until marriage, blaming elders for provoking the trend. It urges early, sensible upbringing to end flirtation, depicting a 5 year old boy and young diners as examples, and laments coquettes and broken hearts.
Social seating and talk at a tea party described
Anna L. Dawes notes how chairs arrayed around a room create social distances during visits and tea parties. Guests sit in fixed arcs, limiting conversation, with the hostess often silent as Miss C dominates. The piece uses vivid room imagery to critique social ritual and restraint.
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Mr. B
Miss C
Anna L. Dawes
Odd Genius Colonel Chooses Rock Fight For Duel
Old Col Smith challenged a young man after cutting jokes. They meet at 6 am near lead mines. The Colonel plans to fight by throwing rocks down a mineral shaft while the other goes down to throw rocks up. The duel is aborted when the plan is exposed.
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Col. Smith
Beng
The Catcher at the Plate and a Headlong Lesson
A fragmented Philadelphia Cal excerpt features a baseball scene with dialogue about the umpire and a tense score of six to six. A professor asks how to pronounce stINGY sparking a student’s wry reply about word meaning and usage.
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C. W
Paddy
Philadelphia
Sherman Tells of Grant Controversy and Civil War Timelines
In a St Louis interview General Sherman describes debates over Grant going to Mexico, Johnson's plan to restore the South, and a pivotal cabinet quarrel. He cites Stanton’s 1866 order transferring duties, Grant’s resistance, and the impeachment context, noting no violence was intended and that Reconstruction depended on Congress and the Constitution.
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Washington
Edwin M. Stanton
A. & Grant
William T. Sherman
Gen. Grant
St. Louis
New Orleans
Stanton
Sherman
Grant
State Department
Senate
Johnson
Gen. Schofield
Wer
Congress
Scanton
Chauncey
Ory
Gen
Ora Grant
Mr. Johnson
President Johnson
Jacob D. Cox
Reverdy Johnson
Alrady
South
Lincoln
Reminiscences of Schofield on Grant and Johnson Era
Gen John M Schofield discusses the tumultuous postwar period referencing records kept confidential. He notes his France mission aimed to end French occupation in Mexico and that his 1865 arrival in Washington coincided with impeachment trials. He served as a conciliator at the War Department and questions Grant and Johnson loyalties without detailing confidential evidence.
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John M. Schofield
Stanton
Johnson
Chauncey Depew
Gen. Grant
Sherman
Jobnnson
Grant
Timers
Re—Keane
France
Mexico
Washington
War Department
Johnson and Depew letter on Lincoln policy in Civil War era
The recollections discuss President Johnson, Stanton, and a supposed 1865 plan to arrest Johnson as insane. Giles F. Filley cites Montgomery Blair and claims involvement of Chase Seward and Wade. The piece argues Johnson aimed to uphold Lincoln’s policy and denies the Depew letter’s attributed impeachment plot.
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St. Lou's
Giles
Excelsior Manufacturing
I le
Fornees
Grant-Johnson
Montgomery Blair
Lincoln
Andy Johnson
Fiiley
Republican Party
Hea Wardle
Senate
Johnson
Words in Johnson's Behalf Washington Interviews
The Washington Star prints interviews with W Ward en Assistant Private Secretary to President Johnson and A H Evans Washington correspondent of the Boston Globe during Johnson's administration. They recount Johnson's policy during reconstruction and claims that Grant's actions led to the suspension of Stanton. Evans says Johnson trusted Grant then noted a quarrel over leadership and alleged treachery at a cabinet meeting.
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Washington Telegram
Washington Star
W. Warden
Johnson
A. H. Evans
Washington
Boston
Ios
Warden
Congress
Evans Sys
Gen Grant
Ivans
Cen. Grant
Stanton
Johneop
Gen. Grant
Wenen
Butler cites reasons Grant Johnson matter spared impeachment
Gen. Butler states there were many reasons the Grant Johnson issue was not brought into the impeachment trial. He notes Johnson was not charged with the offense Grant distrusted, and evidence available would be incompetent. He claims no legal proof could show Grant could not have disclosed it. He mentions another Johnson plan to revolutionize the government, not entered in proceedings.
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Viceir Sidemaoks
M. Depew
Andrew Johnson
Congress
Mr. Hendricks
Johnson
Deam
Linesla
Goodin
Greenfield
Gen. Butler
Grant-Johnson
Grant
Gen. Grant
Stronlg
Mr. Johnson
Depew affair echoes stun experts and Grant concerns
A New York dispatch details varied views on Gen. Grant's relations with Johnson, noting Speed's reluctance to comment, Sickles' warnings about Reconstruction, Seward and McCulloch's doubt, and Porter, Atkell, and others recalling tensions. The piece ties rumors to a draft proclamation and laments the cost of national calamity while listing diverse curiosities from speeds in politics to fortunes and follies.
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New York Telegram
Heralid
Depew
Ient Johnson
Frank Thompson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fred Grant
Frederick W. Seward
Seward
Tke Hugh McCulloch
Gen. McClellan
Europe
Gen. Sickles
Gen. Grant
Johnson
Charleston
Grant
Washington
Fitz John Porter
Colorado
Atkell
Mount Metregor
Wall Street
Baltimore
Bob Johnson
Johns
Congress
Insanity Far From Curable Says Boston Leader
A Boston figure argues insanity is largely preventable and notes that brain troubles often start in the stomach and involve uric acid buildup. He cites Rev. E Hopkins of St Johnsbury Vermont who recovered after using Warner's safe cure and urges early prevention.
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Boston
Mr. T
Rev
E Hopkins
St. Johnsbury
Warner
Mendelssohn’s Chester Visit Inspires Musical Charm
Agatha Tunis recalls Felix Mendelssohn’s Chester sojourn in St Nicholas. He sketched and painted yet his mind brimmed with music. He set carnations and bellflowers to tunes, improvised dances from a gardener’s fiddle, and delighted friends at a bonfire with magic melodies.
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Mr. Taylor
Mendelssohn
Chester
Agatha Tunis
Bach
Wagner
St. Nicholas
Boston Letter on Women, Leisure, and Society
A Boston letter discusses women seeking a temple of Diana for schemes and the rise of leisure class attitudes. It notes easier male female interaction yet increasing separation of interests, with society women in New York reportedly smoking and drinking. It warns that idleness harms women more than men and affects social delicacy across Boston New York and Washington.
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Boston
Diana
East
New York
Washington
Wouldn't Give a Hair a Chance
A humorous exchange about a newspaper tale claiming an Indiana woman was disinterred after two years with four inch whiskers. Mrs. Smith doubts it while her husband asserts the hair growth could occur if she kept her chin up long enough.
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Jane
Newman
English Physique Debated By Paris Papers In Fancy Baths
A Paris press debate on English girls' appearance claims the physique is artificial via baths soaps and milk in infancy and notes a diet of underdone beef with cayenne and malt liquor. It cites two face types wedged and retrousse, blue eyes, and long square toes.
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Paris
Epbhrain Pratt Epitaph from Shutesbury Stone
Shutesbury town memorial for Epbhrain Pratt born East Sudbury November 1, 1686. He moved here after initial settlement and died May 22, 1804 in his 117th year. Noted as cheerful temperate and famed for feats aging century-long endurance and horse riding at age 110.
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Shutesbury
Epbhrain Pratt
East Sudbury
Parson Atwell Robbed of Jewelry Before Donation Night
In Drake's Magazine an item notes Parson Atwell was robbed of about $150 in jewelry the other night. A planned donation party at his house that evening was postponed indefinitely as a result.
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Parson Atwell
Drake
Red Star Cure Promoted as Purely Vegetable Remedy
A Delaware state chemist endorses a winter-discovered tonic named Red Star cure as a purest and most effective remedy. It allegedly cures troubles by morphia or opium resort, is sold for twenty five cents, and is claimed to be a positive cure used in Philadelphia and other cities.
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Times-Star
Delaware
Phila Iphia
Conor
W. a + Organ & Piano Co
York
Chicaco
Rock Island & Pacific Railway
East End
Fom
Roseas
Atheast
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Centlands
Interior
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Newport News
Richmond
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Lafayette
Bluffs
Peinta
United States
Canada
R. R. Cable
Misheard Exchange Over Colonel Billson in Arkansas Traveler
A fragment from the Arkansas Traveler quips about a man asking for Colonel Billson and misidentifying a son as the officer. It closes with a proverb on judging friends and foes.
Dr Sage Catarrh Remedy Promoted With Nasal Douche
A countryman once calling at Russell Sage's Wall Street office requested Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy. He discovered his mistake but the article called for remains. The remedy with Dr Pierce's Nasal Douche is claimed to rapidly eradicate catarrh and its unpleasant accompaniments.
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Wall Street
Dr. Sage
Pierce
Distressed Havana Cigar Makers and Peculiar Trade Practices
The Cuba cigar trade employs mainly people of color with many creoles and Spanish emigrants. conditions are harsh, wages attract bribes and loans, and convicts were released to meet tobacco industry needs in 1851. The excerpt notes earnings paid thrice daily and various odd medical and fashion asides from contemporary papers.
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Havana
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