Anecdote of Morse and His Early Struggles
Colonel Strother recalls Morse's poverty and perseverance as he taught with little income. Morse feared starvation but continued to pursue invention, sharing a stark reminder that ten dollars could save his life. The tale ends with Morse embracing the telegraph amid Congress funding and rising fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Sam’s
F. B. Morse
Colonel Strother
New York
University Place
Strother
Professor Morse
Broadway
Congress
Prof. Morse
Anecdote of Daniel Webster in the Senate Farce
A memory of Senate sessions where boredom and chaos gave way to festive, farcical behavior. Daniel Webster wakes, misreads a vote, and protests with a grave voice, then returns to sleep as the chamber resumes routine bill readings.
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House
Senate
King
Asbury Dickens
Dickens
Mr. Webster
Col. King
Harper
Deacon Johnson Discovers Hidden Vessels in Parlor
A tale recounts Deacon Johnson finding decanters a tumbler and a pitcher hidden behind wainscoting during a carpenter’s repair. The deacon jokes about old neighbor Bains leaving them thirty years ago, while the commentary notes various home remedies and products advertised in the period.
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Deacon Johnson
Bains
Pain Killer praised as universal remedy and travel aid
Davis Pain-Killer is extolled as a proven pain reliever adaptable to all climates and trusted by missionaries and travelers. The text claims rapid relief for internal pain and a wide range of ailments, asserts efficacy against fever and ague and cholera, and notes it is sold by Chicago druggists.
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Calisaya
Caswell, Hasard & Co
New York
Davis
Beyind
Uina’e Prine Kemepy
Nothing Improper in It Conundrum in Washington Society
In Washington a fashionable circle discusses a risqué wordplay. Edward L. Stanton defends the joke by revealing the answer is the letter L. The moment turns awkward as attendees react with giggles and blushes citing proprieties. The Capital reports the scene and its social consequences.
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Washington
Edward L. Stanton
Luke
Paul
O’gallagher
Liverpool
Mr. Stanton
Edward Stanton
English Editor's Way of Putting It
The excerpt notes a New York Evening Post discovery of an English journal paragraph. It quotes Emilia to Iago and derides a nameless weekly for publishing a lie. The piece defends blunt American sarcasm toward British criticism and praises its blunt Saxon style.
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New York Evening Post
Emilia
Iago
Mooncalf
Granville Letter to Stanley On Queen Victoria’s Diamond Box
Lord Granville mails a letter from Queen Victoria praising Henry Stanley for opening contact with Dr. Livingstone and easing the Queen’s anxiety. The note invites Stanley to accept a memorial accompanying the letter and congratulates him on his fearless mission.
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Lord Granville
Ilenry Stanley
Queen Victoria
Dr. Livingstone
The Grain Trade Receipts Across Western Lake Ports
Receipts of grain at Cleveland Toledo Detroit Milwaukee and Chicago through August 19 total about 61 million bushels, roughly 3 million more than last year to this date and 15 million more than 1870. Navigation opened about a month later than in 1871.
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Western Lake
Cleveland
Toledo
Detroit
Milwaukee
Chicago
Cape Horn Route Reimagined with Steam Tug Service
Cape Horn will no longer require doubled sails as a steam tug service in the Straits of Magellan is to tow sailing vessels through the narrow channel. This will improve safety shorten passage to the Pacific by over a month and prompt a new survey marking all dangers.
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HaGawn
Cape Horn
Cape
Straits of Magellan
Pacific
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Joseph Walker
California
London Times
Hindostan
Burnett
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Spencerian Business College
Wis
Josefh Farne
Rockland
Isaac M. Bragg
Bangor
Pope Bros
Machias
Japan
Wm. Clark
Frankfort Mills
Waldo County
Maine
Ezra Treat
Upton Treat
M. A. Merrill
Clark
Johnson
Dooley
Cristaporo
Com
Fraca
Perry Davis
Edward A. Wilson
Penn Street
Williamsbursh N
Victoria
Stanley
Gyaeenseevers
Louis Firour
Larry Ee
Cincinnati
Cory
Wheat
Kite Western
Michigan
A. Wellington Hart & Co
Leonard St
N. Y
Htaia
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Fulton St
Church St
P.O
Winslow
Curtis & Perkins
J. F. Frueruff
Columbia
Lancaster Co
America
Cramer
New
Boston
K. Phoenix
Bloomington Nursery
Ill
E .Oh Acres
Halford
Leicestershire
HY. Benjamin
St. Louis
Dobson, Haynes & CO
Mra
Wilson
Tie Fulton St
P. O
White
United States
East 26Th St
New England
Pat
Cutler Bros. & CO
Walker
R. Rh. A. McDonald & CO
San Francisco
Morse Bros
Canton
Mase
ST. Louis Law School
Univers
G. M. Stewart
Henry Hitchcock
Easir Marsurituy
Ma. Stevens
P. Ss. Sherman
I. KM. Stevens
Mass
No. S
Ithe & S
Madson River
Maiden Lane
St. Charles Street
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