General Webb the Nestor of American Politics and Press
A biographical sketch of General James Watson Webb born February 8, 1787 in Claverack New York. He led the Courier and Enquirer shaping New York journalism and national politics through duels political feuds and diplomacy. Webb’s career included editor roles, ministerial posts in Austria Brazil and Constantinople, and ties to Calhoun Clay and Webster.
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Chicago Tribune
James Watson Webb
United States
Fife
Claverack
Columbia County
B.C
Samuel B. Webb
Wethersfield, Conn
Washington
Webb
Cooperstown
Otsego County
Magher
Cherry Valley
Army of Navy
Guardian
New York City
Clinton
John C. Calhoun
Empire State
Morning Courier
New York Enquirer
M. M. Noah
James Gordon Bennett
Bennett
General Webb
Atorning Courier
The
Enyirer
Courier and Enquirer
Bank of the United States
Congress
Cilley
Maine
Graves
Kentucky
Henry A. Wise
Virginia
Wise
Henry Clay
Clay
Thomas F. Marshall
Marshall
Wilmington
Del
Courier and Inquirer
Laura Virginia
Jacob Cram
Austria
Senate
General Taylor
Thurnow Weed
William H. Seward
Charles Sumner
Brooks
Gibbs
Scott
Constantinople
Brazil
Louis Napoleon
Europe
Fontainebleau
Rio Janeiro
Napoleon
Mexico
General Webb Tes
Calhoun
Cass
Courier
Enowker
Notable NY Editors and Impoverished Angles of a Press Elite
The passage profiles Andrew D. Wark of Cornell and Alexander Atawart, widow of a New York merchant prince, detailing their private lives and routines. It lauds editors H. C. Buyner, B. S. Valentine, and KR. K. Munkittrick at Puck, and describes Reid of the Tribune, his wealth, library, and editorial strategy at length.
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Andrew D. Wark
Cornell University
Bosem
Priva
Alexander T. Atawart
New York
Prince
Hilton
Fifth Avenue
New York Herald
Bennett Baing
Yates
H. CG. Buyner
Puck
Century
New York Daily
B. 8
Valentine
KR. K. Munkittrick
Banner
Munkittrick
WarrEeLaw Reto
Reid
Tridune
Greeley
The
Tribune
Washington
John H. Young
Alaska Salmon Yarn From San Francisco Skipper
Captain James Carroll recalls Alaska's wealth of salmon while recounting a tale from a short hand reporter named Blair Howe Blair Lord. A gale near Takon Harbor forced an anchored boat crew to fish in a creek where dozens of salmon were driven ashore by paddling and kicking, yielding a surprising catch and a story about the sea’s abundance.
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San Fransisco
Star
San Francisco
James Carroll
Idaho
Portland
Alaska
Broadway Dock
Carroll
Blair Howe
Howe Blair
House of Representatives
Washington
Takon Harbor
Wm. Blair Lord
Lord
Cornell's mummy unearthed in Ithaca lecture hall event
About 150 guests gathered in the anatomical lecture room at Ithaca to witness the unwrap and unveil of the mummy Penpi from the twenty third dynasty. Prof Tyler and Prof Gage explained embalming methods and the coffin symbols while the bandages were removed revealing a well preserved face and relics.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Tyler
White
Agassiz
Egypt
Cairo
Penpi
Rome
Carthage
Cyrus
Confucius
Julius Cesar
Britain
Homer
Solon
Marathon
Solomon
Elijah
Elisha
Ahab
Gage
German Girl Lena Erats Finds American Love in Harlem
In a Chicago to New York search Lena Erats the daughter of Burgomaster Eyats in Homburg Germany pursues her American lover John Duganon. After her father’s death Lena travels to the United States where a street attack on her ends with her rescue by Duganon who recognizes her at last and plans marriage.
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Homburg
Baden
Germany
Lena Erats
Lena
Eyats
Leus
Kratz
America
John Duganon
Bismarck
John
United States
Chicago
New York
Grand Central Depot
Lenal
Harlem
Lily van H
M.E
McC. McCaffrey
Jefferson Market Prison
Justice White
Julia McCaffrey
McEvoy
van Holland and
McCloskey
Court Messenger
Jefferson Market
van Holland
McCaffrey
Lily van W Mc. McC. McCaffrey
Abo
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