Los Angeles Man Claims Polish Throne From West Adams
Col. John Sobieski, famed defender of liberty, recalls a life of battles from Gettysburg to Mexico and a firing party that ended Maximilian. He disputes Polish editor Siemiradski and vows to submit proofs to Cracow university while reflecting on monarchy’s doom.
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Los Angeles
Poland
California
Austria
Maximilian
Cal
Adams Street
Chicago
Thaddeus
Warsaw
L. S. Gilhausen
First National Bank
John Sobieski
John III
Europe
Siemiradski
Chicago Record-Herald
Colonel Sobieski
Sobieski
Imperial Academy of Science
Cracow
Institution of Learning
West Adams Street
Mexico
Prussia
Italy
England
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
United States
Liverpool
Constellation
America
United States Army
Plains
Young Sobieski
Young Pole
New York
Washington
Lincoln
Senate
Merrimac
Monitor
Col. Sobieski
Gilhausen
Sobieskis
Stanislaus Augustus’ Poniatowski
Nicholas I
Cracow University
Handsome of Persons and Mental Giants Name Celebrities
Maj. Truman of Los Angeles recalls a gallery of Adonises among notable men. He lists Col. John W. Forney, Gov. Warmouth, Andy Johnson, William M. Gwin, Dan Sickles, Henry Winter Davis, Blaine, Conkling, Collfax, Oakes Ames, James Brooks, Gov. Andy Curtin, Philip Barton Key, Sam Butterworth, Sunset Cox, Col. Horace Porter, Gen. McCook, Barnes, Freemont, Oglesby, Osterhaus, Logan, Custer, Merritt, Hancock, Baird, Anson Burlingame, Prof. Lowe, George Francis Train, Ben Perley Poore, Harry Howard, Col. William Cody.
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Maj
Gov
Andy Johnson
Tennessee
William M. Gwin
California
Dan
Daniel E.) Sickles
New York
Congress
Henry Winter Davis
Maryland
Edward McCook
Barnes
Fremont
Oglesby
Osterhaus
Logan
Custer
Merritt
Hancock
Baird
Anson Burlingame
Prof
Lowe
George Francis Train
Ben Perley Poore
Harry Howard
Volunteer Fire Department of
Burke
Col
William Cody
Buffalo Bill
Mountain Shaker Estate Faces Uncertain Ownership in Mount Lebanon
A vast Berkshire Hills property spanning thousands of acres near Mount Lebanon New York sits under the control of a Shaker community of about 80 members, aging toward extinction with few new entrants. The editors note their liberalized policy, summer boarders, and planned peace and charity initiatives, while recounting Mother Ann Lee’s legacy and the autocratic elder leadership.
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Eldress Harriet Bullard
United States
Eldress Anna White
Shakerdom
New York
Berkshire Hills
America
Berkshires
Mount Lebanon
N. Y
Lenox and
Stockbridge
Mother Ann Lee
New York Press
Mother Ann
Eldress
Eldress Anna
Unfortunate Victim of Rooster Feud in Brooklyn
George Washington Jones faces trouble after being found with Col Simpkin’s chicken under his coat. His wife Sarah Washington Johnson protests his alleged kleptomania and vows to secure him, while the judge notes the plea would not be accepted. The tale unfolds with dialect humor and local court whimsy.
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George Washington Jones
Rooster
Sarah Washington Johnson
New York Sun
Sarah
George Washington Johnson
Col. Simpkin
Caline
Roostah
Gawge
Jones
George
Trifling Request Tests Ernest and Alice’s Love
A playful lovers scene unfolds as Ernest declares boundless devotion while Alice asks a lighthearted test. She insists on removing his foot from her toe for ten minutes to prove his sincerity and care. The exchange blends tenderness with humor in a quaint domestic tableau.
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Ernest
Alice
For Bill Heads Fine Commercial Get Our Figurea
A brief notice reports a fine for the bill heads and a commercial action to recover our figurea.
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Gil Hausen
John Til
Albert Sidney Johnston
Capt
Col. Alexander
Lee
Fitz John Porter
Beauregard
J. B. Magruder
Ephraim
Brother Ephraim
Adam
Shakerland
Cohn
Major Truman
Blaine
Conkling
Warmouth
Louisiana
Ebbitt House
Collfax
Oakes Ames
Union Pacific
Credit Mobilier
James Brooks
Andy Curtin
Pennsylvania
Philip Barton Key
Dan Sickles
Sam Butterworth
Samuel B.) Cox
Col. Horace Porter
Grant
Anna
Columbus
Filmer
Cincinnati
Louisville
Chattanooga
J. A. Williamson
Toledo
Ohio
D. G. Edwards
H. & D. Railway
South Bound
Defiance
la Deshier
Leipsic
Columbus Grove
Wepakoneta
Dayton
North Se
Hamilton
Deshler
Bill Heads
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