Dead Letter Office Tour Inspires Wide Interest in Washington
A Washington visit highlights the Dead Letter Office and its museum with a stream of carriers opening, sorting, and returning or destroying letters daily. The tour notes high volumes, value recoveries, and the vast clerical staff while detailing the museum’s curiosities and a royal Belgian minister’s romance with a treasury clerk who became a baroness.
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Washington
postal service
United States
manny
Vanderbilt story told by former New York conductor
While waiting for the Boston train at Albany passengers discuss Vanderbilt and Evacuation Day. A former Fourth Avenue horse railroad conductor recalls a twenty cent piece incident with Vanderbilt, who later promoted him to a desk in the general office with a good salary. The tale ends with the conductor praising Vanderbilt.
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central
West
Albany
Boston
Vanderbilt
Fourth Avenue horse railroad
New York
Madison Square
W. TE. Vanderbilt
A Novel in Three Chapters
The fragment hints at a three chapter work with titles Maid one Maid won and Made one across chapters. The text presents transliteration oddities and chapter labeling inconsistencies implying a rough draft or catalog note rather than a completed summary. No identifiable persons or organizations are named in the readable lines.
Firelight Romance in a Bygone Era
Uncle Davy recalls courtship by firelight in lean times with the boys. He describes sparking without gas or kerosene, ashes dousing the blaze, and lovers sharing quiet warmth. He recalls a spring wedding and a pair settling in by their own fire as the years pass.
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Davy
Nightly Mask Trade Promises Beauty in Albany Journal
A New York letter reports a bustling street stall selling cloth masks claimed to improve complexion. It estimates about 2,000 masks sold in a week and about 1,000 women using them each night, with risks from cold exposure noted.
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New York
Albany Journal
Reach North Pole doubtful due to thick ice claims
Lieutenant Greely speaks on Arctic reachability noting ice-capped land may thwart a pole attempt. He believes nearby exploration possible but thick ice between land and sea makes actual pole access unlikely. He argues well managed expeditions can avoid extraordinary danger, and frost has not cost them fingers. A Fifth Ward boy laments not being born in a log cabin, feeling barred from presidency.
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pole
Greely
North Pole
oman
frost
Fifth ward
Sleigh Belle and Beau Glide Through Winter Weather
A vivid verse describes the sleigh belle and her lover riding in snowy conditions. The pair are likened to colts in clover as they speed through the air under a decorative seal, while onlookers gaze at her flowing hair and radiant smile.
The Senate Gallery Habitual Exhibitor Senator
A South Senator dominates the gallery scene with showy moves and constant movement, never speaking much and rarely writing. A Western Senator contrasts in height and presence, but both command attention as observers note their distinct behavior and the effect on visitors.
Preventing Pneumonia Through Light Clothing and Ventilation
The article argues pneumonia is linked to congestion from heavy clothing and poor ventilation. It warns against double heat insulation, explains inner flannel traps secretions, and urges a morning cold sponge bath, light comfortable dress, well ventilated rooms, and a steady 68 degree indoor temperature as the best sanitary prevention.
Quintessence of Wit and Aphorisms in a 19th Century Page
A collection of humorous quotes and quips on wealth philosophy and daily life. Fragments include lines about five per cent bonds, life worth living, burglars, lawyers, philosophy, photography, concerts, family chatter, and a Texan tale about beekeeping.
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Dunnock
WM. E. DUNNOCK
LIGHT STREET WHARF
BALTIMORE, MND
SHANNAHAN
V/RIGHTSON
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THOMAS F. JONES
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WHOLESALE TOBACCO AND COMMISSION
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Light Street
Baltimore, Md
G.W. MINNICK & SON’S EMPORIUM OF
Talbot
Caroline
Queen Anne
ESTEY ORGAN
EASTON, MD
aly
Bruce
RANK FINCH
Denton
National Medical Asociation
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Canornia
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Minster Werar
Athinta
Detroit
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WILL Parkes
Buliineh
MARSHALL S. UTCHLER
DENTON, MD
Caroline County
Ollica
Masonic Hall
court house
Joshua W. Bryant
Anne TOWNSEND
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Gronark TY. MELVIN
ELON S. Hons
counties
GEORGE M. WASSUM
IMENKY K. LEWIS
RUSSUM & LEWIS
Denon, Mp
Talbotsd
Gye
W. TILGUMAN
WibriaM T KELLY
Preston
Greensborough
Eaton St
Baltimore
Mary John-on
Treasury Girls
Portugal
Camilla Woodford
treasury department
Miss Woodford
Jaron van Havre
America
St. Petersburg
Baroness van Stavre
Brussels
J. COULUOURN
S. 1
MOYER
COULBOURE
OVER & CO
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GALE, TAVE
North Front &t
Philadelphia
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Downes
Denton National Bank
J.B. steele
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Wai
Horsey
Denton Nywater Bank
Col
Richard
Carter
Treas
Citizens’ 2. & T. Aeodiwn
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J. A. Wooters
Cordova
Mad
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Saulbury
Dover
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Colbourn
Seaford
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A is V. MILSTOLLAND
LEXINGTON ST
Baltimores
IENRY IRWIN & SON
Lange
THOMAS HILT
Fayette and St. Paul Streets
CASPER MILLER
EEROWAN PATLOR
BATTooo rr
MLD
MEY so OO
Fayette and St. Paul Sts
M'Daniel
Clair’s Poultry POWDLRS
KNIGHT
CLARK
WDANLIEL
PROPRIETORS
Beaware
Thomas M. Cooper
Charles Stevens
George & Redden
MOORE
PARW AND
HOWARD STS
Parr
Tornet Anticles
Peni tstray
Lundbore
Cologne
NICILOLS & BRY SON
F.C. JACOBS
W. PRATT ST
EUROPEAN HOTEL
VAN AUSDALL & DOWDEN, Props
T. 1
MERRITT
Wilmington
Delaware
RATVES
J.5. JOHNSON & CO
South St
William H. Withgott
William T. Watts
John T. Comegys
Vanderbilts
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CILAPTER VII
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Senators
Senate
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Senate board
George Stustings
Willie
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Buffalo Express
Dill Nye
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!