Grant and Johnson clash over parole of Confederate leaders
An anecdote from General Grant recounts a Pennsylvan ia Avenue meeting after Appomattox when news reached him that President Johnson might revoke the paroles of General Lee and others. Grant demanded a decision, warning Johnson that he would enforce paroles, leaving Johnson momentarily angered and the parole issue unresolved.
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Daniel R.goodlda
Washington
Appomattox
Pennsylvania Avenue
Grant
White House
Andrew Johnson
Lee
Confederacy
General Grant
Army of the
United States
Johnson White
Indianapolis
Miss Mattie Cooper Tours Ireland Kneels at Blarney Stone
Miss Mattie Cooper of Porto Kansas visits Ireland with about 35 fellow travelers to Blarney Castle. She describes climbing 130 steps to the tower and kissing the Blarney Stone using a safety crawl through an iron bar. She won a half crown for the feat as crowds cheered and a soldiers’ car ride back to Cork capped the trip.
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Mattie Cooper
Porto
Ireland
Blarney Castle
Mias Cooper
Paolo Republican
Cork
Kansas City
Journal
A Novel Plan Fattening Chickens by Machinery
Armour & Co plans to test a new method to fatten lean fowls using a dedicated building. Chickens are fed via a cereal rich, viscous slurry by machine into the beak, then placed in a dark room to prevent movement and flesh loss. In ten days a lean old fowl becomes plump and ready for fry or roast.
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Marshalstown
Ean
Armour & Co
Western Gang Disrupts Racecourse Tactics Described
The article denounces the Western Gang for disrupting the season at the racecourse. It accuses them of teaching horses to evade work, pulling, and manipulating bets to profit, labeling their actions as unscrupulous business and whip-sawing the sport. The piece portrays New York figures as objectors to these schemes.
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York
2Rgne
Indoor heat dangers boost disease risk
City health caution warns excessive indoor temperatures stir throat and lung trouble. Overheating schools homes and offices invites diphtheria pneumonia and colds. Keep indoor heat aligned with winter clothing to reduce illness and protect mucous membranes.
George and Maud Weigh Turkey Carpet Trifles
A Philadelphia Inquirer humor fragment follows George and Maud as they exchange whimsical plans about their dining room. George frets over gathering crumbs from the Turkey carpet while Maud smiles at his careful nature. The tale pivots on wordplay and domestic banter.
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George
Petala
Philadelphia Inquirer
Uncertain Hazing Debate Within Football Training
The Chicago Chronicle debates whether hazing in football training serves as preparation or is a harmful act. The old question of cause and effect echoes the egg or chicken dilemma as thinkers weigh tradition, discipline, and safety in sports culture.
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Chicago Chronicle
National Mania for Gambling and a Record Homesteads Giveaway
A Harper's Weekly commentary links weekly gambling in America to enterprise and notes that Greater New York hosts more gambling than any other city except Monaco. It cites the moral cost of gambling versus enterprise and foresees continued tension between the two forces in American life. The piece also reports a land office finding that 19,488,580 acres were homesteaded in 1901-1902, with $6,250,000 from land sales and fees, and that 40,000,000 acres more remain unclaimed for about 45 years of settlement.
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Wall Street
New York
Monaco
America
Harper's Weekly
Haat
Hermann
General Land Office
Sam
New York World
Peru
Central American
Great Britian
United States
South America
Ohio
Austria-Hungary
Roumania
Partes
France
Spain
Portugesl
Italy
Servia
Bulgaria
Rugala
Maine
Puget Sound
Red River
Evergladss
Florida
John Hyde
Department of Agriculture
International Statistical Institute
Ulmolg
Iowa
St. Lawrence
Gulf
Ward
Moun
Taina
Mexico
Central
South American
India
Kansas
Oklaholma
Young Man Sought for Mercantile Elevator Post
Local advertiser seeks a young man with rising qualities to run the mercantile elevator at a Chicago tile establishment. The notice emphasizes energetic youth and dependable character for an entry role in the business.
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Chicago Chronicle
Eternal Fitness of Things and the Shipping Trust
The Shipping Trust seeks a monopoly of the ocean with capital of 120 million dollars. The piece notes public complaints and editorials in the Saturday Evening Post about the endless pursuit of profit and power, likening it to the “eternal fitness of things” despite discontent.
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Shipping Trust
Saturday Evening Post
Faith cure for headaches sparks confusion in Weebington
In a brief local item, the Weebington Star notes a reader recounting trying the faith cure for headaches. The exchange highlights confusion and a worsening headache after attempting to understand the method.
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Weebington Star
Boundary dispute between Hohenlohe and Zamoyski settled
A long running land boundary dispute seventy miles south of Krakow between Prince Hohenlohe and Count Zamoyski was resolved after litigation dating to 1870. An international arbiter, a Swag lawyer, was chosen to settle the matter amidst the Hungary Galician border concerns.
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Prince Hohenlohe
Count Zamoyski
Krakow
Hungary
Galician
Papal Bequests Rise to Over 1.6 Million in Pontificate
During his pontificate the pope has received more than 1.6 million in bequests. Records show 400,000 in one year and a single bequest of at least 200,000.
Mountain expedition toward Cornucopia uncover frozen lakes
In a rugged primeval forest near Cornucopia Oregon, Mr Sage and companions hacked a passage through fallen timbers to reach two hidden lakes near the summit. The ice covered pools measure 160 feet and 600 to 700 feet across, so clear they could be crossed on horseback. Sage believes more vast icebound scenes lie ahead in the land of perpetual snow, reachable within a day from Baker City by buckboard and horseback.
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Sige
Cornucopia
Pan
Sage Gays
Baker City
Sage Se
Portland Oregonian
Russell Sage's street loans and market cash on hand
Reported by reliable authority that Russell Sage maintains street loans rarely below 20 million dollars with around 27 million on call and times loans when ill. This is cash on the market continuously and implies yearly income near 1.25 million dollars from the source. Collateral loans are likely about double that amount.
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Russell Sage
The Great Crops of 1902 and Corn's Rise in Power
Washington letter argues commercial estimates of 2.5 billion bushels of corn may exceed 1890 record, notes large uncertainties, and cites corn’s expanding role in food, industry, and global agriculture with U S dominance and recent harvest mechanics transforming production.
Champagne and De Witt kinship Claim Stirred
The piece notes limited concern over a champagne vintage failure as Americans drink similarly. It hints at ongoing convivial drinking if France withholds champagne grapes. General De Wit asserts his surname variants Dewitt or De Witt link him to distant U.S. kin, a claim tied to his leadership.
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France
Kansas City
General de Wit
Ceer
de Witt
Dewitt
Thia
United States
Oldest Twins Claim Gloucester Record in New England
Philadelphia Inquirer notes a discussion on the nation’s oldest twins. Gloucester Maine claims Caleb Haskell and Judith Haskell Bradbury, both born there 68 years ago, remain hale and hearty.
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Gloucester
New- England
Caleb
Haskell
Judith Haskell Bradbury
Fragmentary aphorisms on virtue and poverty in prose
Disjointed quotes touch on charity, art, poverty, culture, and zeal. The passage contrasts moral acts with material wealth and cautions against overreaching effort dampening genuine zeal. It reads like a collage of maxims without a clear narrative or dates.
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General. Bates
Ike
Roosevelt
Sioux City Tribune
Massachusetts
New York Sun
Maud
Des Moines Register
Agricultural Department
Transvaal
Paris
Waghatan
Jamestown
Fata
Timkins
Miss Bifkina
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