The Masonic Sigh A London Comic Tale of Jones and Smith
An English mason pridefully narrates how high his craft raises him and teases Smith with elaborate signs. Jones plans to induct Smith by a mock Masonic ritual involving nose taps and Bristol tickets, revealing the joke when Smith seeks real signs and learns he’s been pranked.
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Aaid Jones
Smithh
Brother Jones
Cockeyneshire
Bambarov
Smith
Bro. Jones
Jones
Vin
Tam
Bristol
Brown
Juttuself
Avalu
Yven
Janea
P. G
P.M ML
A.B
X.Y. Z
Great $30,000 four mile beat race setup for Feb 22
A $30,000 four mile race is set for February 22 at the Bay District Fair Grounds in San Francisco with a $15,000 first prize, $6,000 second, $5,000 third, and $4,000 fourth. Entries include Rutherford, Revenue Jr, Foster, Chance, Grinstead, Hock Hocking, Katie Pease, and Golden Gate, with weights for ages 3 to 6 and mares 3 pounds.
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Bay District
Fair Ground Association
San Francisco
Cal
EK. J. Baldwin
Rutherford
A. Walden
H Revenue, Jr
Revenue
A. Littell
Foster
Lexington
Beary Welch
Chance
Venture
T. B. Fawcett
Grinstead
Gilroy
J. C. Simpson
Hock Hocking
Ringmaster
A. S. Jage
Katie Pease
Z Planet
Jos
H. Daniel
Golden Ate
Leamington
Wildidle
Racehorse Entry Status Amid Ticket Controversy
The for mer was badly amiss and Mr Barnard the Springbok owner declined to enter him. It is hoped the day and track may be good and that the race will be run. We desire to see the best horse win and are assured the race will be on the square and strictly according to rule.
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Springbok
Barnard
Joyce Defends Innocence and Plans Whisky Drama
Col Joyce insists on his innocence after a prison spell and suspects a political plot in the whisky ring cases. He praises his resilience, imagines a forthcoming whisky drama, and reports rival figures McKee, McDonald, and Babcock facing lengthy jail terms while Beecher defense lines color his view.
Cracked Locomotive Bell Reveals Tragic Love Tale
The Dayton Journal recounts the cracked bell of the S. P. Chase on the Atlantic and Great Western line. An engineer, in love with a town girl, collapses at a depot as a wedding party arrives. a bucket of water averts tragedy and cracks the bell. The voice of the bell remains a reminder of his near ruin and a belief that love or electricity touched him.
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S. P. Chase
Atlantc
Great Western Railroad
Ita
Vanderbilt's Railroad Property in New York City
New York correspondence notes Vanderbilt again enters the public eye after his sale of a large downtown plot at the battery that connects Broadway and Greenwich Street. The Atlantic Garden site, mortgaged and auctioned, sold to William H. Vanderbilt for about 200000 dollars, preventing elevated railway use. Vanderbilt also owns the Hippodrome, acquired for railway purposes.
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New York
Utica Herald
the Battery
Broadway
Greenwich Street
Vanderbilt
Atlantic Garden
William H. Vanderbilt
Wa. H. Vanderbilt
Plymouth Advisory Council Denounced as Packed
Western member of the council writes to the New York Sun to support the paper's view that Plymouth Advisory Council is packed. He cites Rev. J. G. Merrill of Davenport, a bitter Beecher partisan, who from his pulpit publicly warned and advised his congregation against attending.
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New York Sun
Plymouth
Resolutions Adopted by the National Democratic Committee
The Democratic Committee adopted resolutions to keep headquarters in Washington and organize in states. It sets June 27, 1876, for the national convention in St Louis with representation based on congressional seats. Colorado is invited as a new state to send delegates. Citizens and parties are urged to join in cooperation to promote an economical party and restore public credit and prosperity.
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Inpranapolis
Orth
Judge Holman
Gen
M. D. Manson
Sanders
Manson
Lew Wallace
Democratic State Central Committee
McDonald
Gen. Manson
Crawfordville
Rufus Magee
J. J. Bingham
Indianapolis
Central Committee
Democratic Party
Wasuvietos
D. C
Democratic Committee
National Democratic Ex-Committee
Wasington
National Democratic Committee
St. Louis
Congress of
United States
Colorado
State of
Indiana
Allen County
Allen
Civil Circuit Court
Andrew H. Hamilton
James D. Carey
Patience Carey
James St. Clair
William T. Pratt
F. H. Wolke
Coombs
Morris & Bell
Trott Wayne
Board of Commissioners of
Ind
West Wayne Street
Geo. Brenner
An Artificial Egg and Automaton Duck Contradictions
A German savant reportedly created an artificial egg that behaves as an omelette and can thicken custards but yields a bald chicken with a surprised expression. Vancanson supposedly made a duck look and sound real while digesting frogs, yet no clockwork waterfowl could perform the ovipositional trick. The piece argues such mechanization could not produce even duckling feathers.
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Vancanson
Mechanician
The Savant and the Artificial Egg Onion
The passage predicts speculative results from a savant’s egg experiments and possible artificial origins of poultry. It suggests a future of featherless chickens, an egg market crisis, and a bold irreligious treatise on automating game birds, with caution that theologians may object.
Johnson reveals scandal letters in Beecher-Tilton case
New York reports Oliver Johnson presents a private letter from June 4 1874 to Theodore Tilton. He describes urging restraint to avoid exposing Beecher and to spare Tilton and his family, saying he doubted the main accusation and treated Tilton as a man partly deranged.
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New York
Oliver Johnson
Theodore Tilton
Johnson
Theodore
Tilton
Beecher
Mr. Tilton
Bowen Beecher charges and Plym outh sessions described
New York reports Bowen's statements about Beecher remain unpublished for now. The Plymouth Church Committee is cited as noting three parts of Bowen's communication, defending himself, asserting Beecher's guilt, and alleging cohabitation with an unnamed woman believed to be Mrs Bowen. Bowen and sons exited in agitation, shouting for press coverage and alleging Beecher and his allies attacked them. The advisory council argued among themselves. Andover proposed mutual council tax was reported adversely. Sessions to finish by Thursday or Friday.
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McKee
Fitzroy
St. Louis
Joyce
McDonald
Maguire
Jefferson City
Babcock
Everest
Avery
Theodore Tilton
Davenport
Tilton
Beecher
Shearman
Plymouth Church
P. H. Cameron
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
New York
Bowen
Plymouth Church Committee
White
Manprip
Don Carlos
Tezamaga
Amezcuas
Aldindso
Liverroon
C. C. & A. Dixon
Kfisneret Lafmixe
N. Y
Wallingford
Harlem
Francis Tierney
Chicago
Tierney
Rev. H. Cunningham
Troy
Maine
Harland Brothers
Voletta
Park Theatre
Brooklyn
Duar Lestons
Thomas Houston
Cutcalo
Lemars
Remedies for Freckles and Skin Care Then and Now
The text advises horseradish in buttermilk as a treatment, notes most freckle cures are unsafe, links freckles to digestion, and recommends diet, daily bathing, and Turkish bath. It cites a Moravian chemist attributing freckles to a parasitic fungus and describes a zinc sulfate compound applied twice daily, plus sun protection and mild iron preparations for pale skin.
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Moravia
Photographic Despatches in Siege of Paris
Describes M. Tissandier's method applying photography to transmit Paris siege despatches. Printed texts were reduced and photographed onto collodion film, rolled on a carrier-pigeon tail, then unrolled in ammonia water. Film was viewed via a photo electric microscope to project legible images for clerks copying from the screen.
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M. ‘Tissandier
Paris
Winter Styles and Weather Tips from a Newspaper Column
The piece notes stylish radical winter dresses and rumors of hoopa returning, urging good taste and protection from sudden weather changes. It advises quick action against colds and promotes Han's Basan as a reliable pulomnic remedy at one dollar per bottle from various druggists.
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Draggiats
Not Guilty Verdict May Lift Tension In Federal Case
United States court proceedings in St Louis wrapped late after the jury received lengthy instructions from Judge Dillon. The trial, linked to conspiracy and revenue offenses, concluded with a not guilty verdict for the defendant despite extensive telegrams and deposition excerpts presented by the government. Local spectators greeted the verdict with cautious relief as officials and jurors acknowledged the complex nature of the evidence and the jury’s responsibility.
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Gov. Ames
Vicksburg
Crosley
United States
Flannagan
Warren
Clinton
St. Louis
United States Court
Dillon
Everest
Joyce
Mayvill
Ford
San Francisco
Douglas
Gen. Babcock
Custom House
Unexplained Explosion Draws Daily Sightseers
Trees were carried off for some distance by the explosion. No one in the vicinity could explain the peculiar event, which has caused great excitement as crowds visit the scene daily.
Watch found in snow leads to unlikely clue
Virginia Chronicle reports Mr. Shaw found a watch in the snow near the Virginia Mine. A parade of suspects described the watch, but the French miner offered an exact, comic description in broken English, noting a stem-winder with no key and a winding tail.
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Virginia
New
Shaw
Consolidated
Mistair Shaw
Virginia Grand Jury Indicts Officials for Poker
In Richmond a Hastings court grand jury indicted Delegate Fowle and Judge Stevens for poker play and Stevens for fare, with J A Worsham Thomas Lyon Henry Wyat James Walsh James Bailey G W Morgan Wm S Roganni and G W Ifill charged as dealers. Most have fled the city. Fowle and Stevens await missing witness Alexander Hunter before trial. Judge Guigan vowed to bring Hunter in, possibly after years. Several legislators were summoned and, after immunity questions, waived rights to testify.
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Richmond
Hastings Court
Fowle
Judge Stevens
J. A. Worsham
Thomas Lyon
Henry Wyat
James Walsh
James Bailey
G. W. Morgan
Wm. S. Roganni
G. W. Ifill
Towle
Sid Stevens
Stevena
Alex. Hunter
Alexandria
Guigan
Hunter
Guigon
Green's August Flower Promised Cure For Digestive Ailments
Advert says people with dyspepsia liver complaints and other digestive troubles avoid buying remedies until too late. Urges readers to visit a druggist for Green's August Flower with sample bottles at 10 cents and regular size 75 cents. Claims two doses will relieve any case.
Admires Woman With Ten 10000 Bond Gift Note
A young woman on Calmet Avenue received a package containing ten ten thousand dollar bonds and a letter from an admirer who keeps his identity secret. The note extols the recipient for not carrying a pocketbook and praises her as a rare, faithful woman amid perceived sinful behavior.
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Chicago
Imipune
Calmet Avenue
Mhisa
United States
No Harmony with Money-Lenders in Democratic Party
A Fort Wayne Sentinel realm note quotes the Cincinnati Enquirer criticizing harmony with money-lenders and bond-holders joining a Republican platform, urging labor support and justice for western producers. The exchange questions Wash McLean’s control and warns Democrats distrust McLean family influence.
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Fort Wayne
Democratic Party
West
Cincinnati Ensquirer
Wash McLean
Weat
McLean
Beecher on a Lost Man from a Discourse
Beecher compares a ship stranded far from water with a great man cast aside by policy and public opinion, a wreck on the shores of human beliefs. The passage laments how a prized figure, driven from the deep, becomes a pitiable ruin in the social harbor.
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H.W. Beecher
Singular hillside collapse at Stout farm in Graham Township
On Saturday about 10 o’clock a.m. a loud cannonlike report was heard on the farm of William Stout in Graham township, Jefferson county. The hillside along a ravine blew out leaving a vertical bank at least twelve feet high, with dirt scattered 75 to 100 feet in all directions.
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Wm. Stout
Graham Township
Jefferson County
Rijah McBradun
T. A. Lancaster
Cedar Creek
Allen County
Ind
Bijah McBradna
Indieana
Cadarville
J. P
Cedarville
How Many States Have Usury Laws- Jessamine Journal
An examination of forty seven states and territories shows sixteen have no usury laws eleven set a ten percent legal rate but allow higher contracts while thirty five permit collecting at ten to twenty four percent. A masquerade ball in Atlanta featured a Benedict who impersonated the devil prompting a doorbell alarm and a comic chase involving a physician and a pistol in each hand. A reader in Austin, Nevada noted Twain's Literary Nightmare while a retired prizefighter at a Main Street saloon challenged a nightmare speaker causing a brief disturbance.
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Atlanta
Benedict
Mak Twain
Austin
Heear
Opinion on Present Ladies Dress Cited by Mr Panch
Mr Panch assesses current fashion praising the blend of two famed beauties, saying the front depicts the Venus de Medici and the back the Venus de Hottentot, implying admiration for contemporary styles. The remark connects classical and exotic art to contemporary dress.
Pine Tree Tar Cordial Promises Health Purification
The ad promotes Winhart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial as a pure vegetable extract. It claims it will thoroughly purify the blood remove symptoms of pulmonary diseases and leave the system sweet and clean.
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Winhart
Centaur Liniments Offer Pain Relief for Many Ailments
Ad for Centaur Liniments touts wide range of supports from rheumatism to burns with the white version for flesh and bone issues and the yellow for animal use. Testimonials claim cures and relief across numerous conditions including sprains, ulcers, and bites. Sold nationwide with laboratory at 46 Dey Street New York.
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AnTioca
Aly * Ife
Messrs. J. McClure & Co
Corner Elm
Front Streets
Cincinnati
J. B. Rose & CO
Dey Street
New York
Castoria Promises Relief for Sickly Babies and Mothers
Cross and fretful babies gain health and mothers rest when Castoria is used. It cures worms and teething symptoms, aids digestion, and smooths stomach and bowels. Dr. Pitcher’s cathartic, now Castoria, is praised as pleasant tasting and harmless for infants. Prepared by J B Rose & Co New York.
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Pitcher
J. B. Rose & Co
Dey Street
New York
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Lowry, Robertson & O’rourke
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Allen Circuit
Platt J. Wibe
Ay Philip Shire
Hamilton
Calhoun Reet
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Peter Komlirger
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