Sheridan's First Battle on the Columbia River Visit
Gen Phil Sheridan travels up the Columbia River to view the landscape and recall his maiden engagement at the Cascades. The 125 volunteers and Captain A C Allsworth once fought nearby against pursuing Siwashes as the Jennie Clark conveyed troops from Portland.
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Columbia River
Portland
Oregon
Phil Sheridan
Cascades
United States Army
Dalles
Cascade Landing
Laaughter
Sheridan
Cosmopolitan
Congress
A. C. Allsworth
Oregon Steam Navigation Company
Civer
Jennie Clark
Sivasi
Jackson
The Effect on Ohio
The article argues the Pennsylvania inflationist victory will heighten Ohio’s focus on currency issues. It warns the Democrats could win Ohio and push inflation, while Republicans risk weak pledges and hesitation. It urges immediate action to secure a sound currency and warns of Senate and House shifts if inflation succeeds.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Geer
Democratic Party
Morten
Osvlesky
Perry
Logan
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Ami
Senate
Na Stevenson
Donald
Indiana
Tharma
Morton Woul
Grant
Republic
A Tooth Pain Cure Told By A Gentleman
A man recounts a dramatic quick remedy for toothache. After suffering severe pain, a friend waits in the parlor and prescribes a mix of alum and common salt applied to a cotton wad placed on the tooth. The healer promises, and delivers, relief in ten minutes, claiming the remedy is infallible. The account ends with the patient reporting a cooling sensation and gradual relief.
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Renny
brieHy
Betty
Gath
Askelon
Cincinnati Gazette
Artesian Water Recalls Indianapolis Reporter’s Tale
Rev George Harding of Indianapolis Herald relates an incident in Lafayette where Terry Winn from the Bramble house urged trying artesian water. The narrator, feeling unwell, sought relief by the well, but altered course and pinned a spring close-pin on his nose and saturated a handkerchief with aqua ammonia before proceeding.
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George Harding
Indianapolis Herald
Lafayette
Terry Winn
Bramble House
Court House
Vivid, Unlikely Taste of a Healing Fountain
A narrator describes approaching a healing fountain with strong, offensive odors and a harsh taste. The caricatured similes compare the water to pond water, putrid meat, glue, and other foul substances, suggesting a satirical, exaggerated impression.
Dartmouth President Assails Sabbath Excursions Letter Response
Dartmouth College President Asa D. Smith writes to the Vermont Chronicle praising a Sabbath excursion critique and condemning railway outrages on the Lord's day. He urges the public to defend Christian sentiment and national interests, and to uphold the editor's stance against Sabbath-breaking.
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Asa D. Smith
Dartmouth College
Vermont Chronicle
Dartmouth ConLege
Landover
N. EL
The
Twin Mountain House
A.D. Sarria
Destructive torpedo shown at Newport showcases
A Lay torpedo exhibited at Newport appears as a long cigar with twin screw propellers and a rudder. Built of boiler iron it measures about thirty feet long and four feet wide. It reportedly carries 500 pounds of dynamite and an engine for the propeller, with carbolic acid gas and electric wiring, and operates under shore control before targeting an enemy ship.
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Newport
Trean
Four Armed Men Robbery Suspect Wounded Near Pine Hill
In Hackeaste county near Pine Hill four armed intruders linked to a Huntington bank robbery flee after a confrontation with locals, two Dillons wounded a man believed to be a Younger brother. detective Bligh to identify him.
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Poursville
Pine Hil
Hackeaste County
Bank Wehort
Huntington
W. Va
Dillon
Tle Aed
Dillites
Dillons
Mr. Dillon
Missouri
Huntington Bank
Bligh
Wes
Pine Hill
Chicago
A Man and Mrs Kaby on a Worcester Train
A homely, good natured man travels with his wife and three children in rough clothes. He enchants the baby with tricks, from handkerchief rabbits to feathered smoke, and attempts a lullaby of jig joy as he cares for the child.
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Kaby
Worcester Massy
Cross
Peter-Fauulius
Baby
Repeated Window Breaker Sentenced in Woolwich
Richard Hampton repeatedly broke a shop window in Woolwich Hog after each release. Sentences escalated from nine months to eighteen months to ten years, then four terms, with near eight years served before a final ten year sentence. The case ends with him vowing to continue breaking the window for life. Saratoga Sept 17 convention notes follow.
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Richard Hampton
Woolwich
Hog
Huw Iu
Pendleton Speech Rejects 1862 Treasury Note Plan
In 1862 Pendleton opposed a $100 million treasury note bill, arguing notes would be non redeemable, depreciate rapidly, and disrupt prices. He warned of inflation, loss of fixed values, and increased government costs, predicting ruin and public bankruptcy. The commentary cites a Philadelphia correspondent and a postal stamp anecdote connected to a centennial exhibit.
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Pendleton
Ohio
House
United States
New York
Spaulding
Cain
House of Our Phanixville
Three Sisters of Wealth and Folly Spark Deadly Duels
The St. Louis Times recounts a tragic saga of three sisters famed for beauty and high society. The eldest’s infidelity led to a duel in which her husband was killed. the second’s scandal ended with her husband’s suicide. the youngest, Bienvenuy, propelled by social vanity, faced financial troubles and a fatal duel after a disputed bill.
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Arielle Bienvenue
Andrea Phillips
St. Louis
Turprus Dence
New Orleans
Mobile
Bienvenuy
Phillips
Practical Gifts In Courtship From A Humorous Observer
A witty reflection on how suitors and rivals lure affection with practical tokens rather than poetry. The writer notes gifts like confectionery and bouquets, then humorously predicts even modest fare such as hot boiled sweet potato, raw onion, or cabbage could symbolize love in years to come.
Philadelphia Woman Seeks Cure With Stamps
In Philadelphia an elderly woman ill for years seeks a doctor’s cure priced at 300. Facing failure to raise funds, she offers one million canceled postage stamps. Word spreads to high school students in Manayunk and Germantown. a girl has handed over 1,300 stamps as others race ahead. Two Roxboro young ladies reportedly join in the effort.
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Philadelphia
Manayunk
Germantown
Roxboro
Pottatown Ledger
Silk hose collections showcased in four-pair boxes
The New York World describes silk hose boxed in sets of four with varied colors and embroidery. Prices range from $40 to $50 per box. Designs include floral and beehive motifs, clocking, and ribbed textures, with long lengths above the knee and Valenciennes lace tops in Parisian fashion.
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London
Paris
Inflation Crisis Deepens in Pennsylvania Democrats
New York Herald warns the Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention in Erie has embraced inflationist policy, predicting a national tilt toward inflation, aiding Grant’s renomination. The piece urges hard money resistance and fears broad party fragmentation if inflation prevails at the national level.
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Pennsylvania
Erie
New York
Ohio
Grant
Atlantic States
Telescope seeker pays for view as Telegraph Hill lights go out
A San Francisco Chronicle tale recounts a young man who pays four bits at a Telegraph Hill telescope stand to gaze at the sky. He studies the heavens for fifteen minutes, then departs satisfied as the illuminated room below grows dark, ending another curious observer's chance to view.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Grrow
Telegraph Hill
Civil Rights in Brooklyn Case Decided in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn a white school pupil admission dispute drew a mandamus suit by Wm F Johnson a wealthy colored man for his ten year old son. The Brooklyn judge ruled the principal could not be compelled to admit the boy, provoking claims by African Americans that the decision violates state and federal antidiscrimination provisions.
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Brooklyn
Chicago Times
New York
Wmn. F. Johnson
United States
Duke of Argyle Funds Sons in Honest Living
The duke of Argyle places his younger sons in business to earn their living as honest men. The prince of Wales resents the arrangement due to his sister’s marriage into the duke’s family and snubs the brother-in-law. John Paul of the New York Tribune rises as a leading humorist whose wit is cultured.
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Duke of Argyle
Prince of Wales
Charles Webb
John Paul
New York Tribune
America
Bears seen and hunted on Otter creeks Wisconsin
A party of hunters on Otter creek Wisconsin reported sighting nineteen bears in a day and killing five. Other items note a clerical scandal in Meridian Mississippi, a petrified tobacco plug in Colorado, and various curious tales from newspapers across the country.
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Richard Battle
Meridian
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Colorado
Keokuk
Doble
Newcastle
N. H
Whittier
Portsmouth
Edinburg
London
Louisiana
Council Bluffs
Indianapolis
Ruins of Aztec era described by geologist in Omaha
Professor Hayden, now in Omaha, discusses ruins in the western United States that may predate Indian cultures. He notes cliffside stone buildings with mortared walls, fresco-like interiors, stone tools, large reservoirs, and three story structures with 150 to 80 rooms, dating 800 to 1,000 years ago across Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and southern Utah. He mentions agricultural and pastoral use and extensive stone artifacts and charred corn remains.
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Omaha
Omaha Herald
Colorado
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Grant the luckiest man in American politics
A New York Herald editorial praises General Grant as the luckiest figure in American politics, noting his veto of an inflation bill solidified his stance on hard money, while recent Democratic discontent and a Jesuit priest's sermon in New Jersey are seen as boosting Grant’s image. The piece warns against Protestant unity against Grant should church groups be cited as favoring his defeat.
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Jeff Davis
Jeff
Washington
Quincy Herald
Indianapolis Herald
Louis A. Boswell
Alabama
Krapp
T. B. Comstock
Cornell University
Comstock
Yellowstone
Kirtland School of Natural History
Cleveland
New York Post
Reud. Williams
Fort Wayne Gazette
Logansport
Donaldson
James Keeler
Rochester
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Auxiliary Board
Financial Board
National Centennial Board
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Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Delaware
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New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Georgia
New Jersey
Martha Washington
Lady Washington
Oliver P. Morton
Grant
Democratic Party of
Gen. Grant
Friends of Sound
Nce
Order of Jesuits
New York Herald
Philip Nolan’s friends or Show Your Passports set for Scribner’s
Rev. Edward Everett Hale begins a Scribner’s Magazine January story titled Philip Nolan’s friends or Show Your Passports. It recalls the Man with out a Country and Burr’s era, with Hale’s daughter to illustrate. The tale contrasts harsh Tibetan punishment for criminals with media calumny toward the conscientious objector.
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Edward Everett Hale
Scribner's Magazine
Holland
Sevenoaks
Philip Nolan
Burr
Mr. Hale
Hale
Nolan
Initiation Works in Hayti Promotes Paper Money Debate
The Toledo Blade quotes a controversial Haiti piece arguing inflation and unlimited paper money harm credit and living standards. It criticizes Sam Cary for promoting the idea and notes harsh government measures and widespread poverty despite such policies.
Lord Houghton Teases St Louis Editors On Editorial Arts
A St Louis paper quotes Lord Houghton calling the city’s Englishman the cleverest he has seen and recounts a conversation with a newspaper employee. He asks how editorials are written and is told one brain cannot handle daily drafts. He notes the editorials cover politics commerce European affairs and religious movements in the same issue. The reporter agrees it is not easy to be grave and versatile in one breath.
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St. Louis
Lord Houghton
Louis
Lord Hougton
The Texas hornet Visits Dallas Horses Near Church
The Dallas Commercial reports a bold hornet visited several horses tied near a Christian church. It first landed on an old gray mare, causing a wild kick. It then rode a young mule, prompting a mare to neigh and a saddle to topple into a tree. The insect continued to roam, peering at a field from a cart and even a horse that kicked off shoes and charged toward the church belfry before flying away.
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Dallas
Christian Church
Radicalism and tariff clashes in Mississippi and beyond
A Raymond County delegate to Jim Hill’s congressional nominating convention took $25 from George C. McKee to hire a stand-in when absent, another $25 from a rival candidate, and yet a proxy voter shifted for a third man. The piece derides radicalism and protects home interests, notes Canada border friction, predicts abolition of protection, mocks a female baseball troupe, comments on M C Kerr’s speakership bid, and jokes about the Dutch king in Geneva.
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Miss
Jim Hill
Congress
George C. McKee
Mississippi
Green's August Flower Promises Quick Relief
Advert explains that dyspepsia and digestive complaints invite delay in buying cures but urges readers to visit a druggist for Green's August Flower with a 10 cent sample bottle. It claims immediate relief and notes regular size costs 76 cents. Two doses supposedly relieve any case.
Fatally Shot and Bombshell News From Sept 18 Turmoil
Lonvoy and New York dispatches report a fatally shot Deerfoot Park proprietor in New York. Gen Hooker entertained at a banquet and public reception. Railroad wreck in Atlanta killed a fireman and injured others. White & Douglas failed, with speculation in hops cited. A Cincinnati salesman died by his own hand after failing eyesight. Locomotive explosion in Macou County killed four. Cincinnati zoo opens with the largest collection in the country. Fast trains eyed in New York and Chicago corridors. Bank of California reopening prospects uncertain amid syndicate notes. Texan herders shoot a man near Kearney Junction. pursuit and likely lynching ensue. Bristow calls for redemption of 1875 bonds.
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New York
Wm. McMahes
Deerfoot Park
Brookelyn
Gen. Hooker
Avunury
N. Y
Wanderings with Virgil and other pieces in Lippincott's October
Lippincott's Magazine October opens with Wanderings with Virgil by Er C Bruce and The Ocklawaha in May by Sidney Lanier. It includes Spirit ualism and Jurisprudence by Francis Wharton, two fiction stories, travel sketches, and aDay in Chinatown. Poets Margaret J Preston Emma Lazarus FE Kearsley and F A Hillard contribute. Monthly Gossip and Literature of the Day reviews close the number.
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Lippincott’s Magazine
Lippincott's
Er. C. Bruce
Virgil
Mediterranean
Ocklawaha
Sidney Lanier
Pine District
North Carolina
Chinatown
J. W. Ames
San Francisco
Madame Ruattazzi
Lucien Bonaparte
Italy
Beranger
Sue
Lucy H. Hooper
Paris
Sean Dundas
Miss Beckwith Beats Sister In Bold Swim Feat
Isa Beckwith of London, aged about 14, swam from London Bridge to Greenwich defeating Mina Parker who had planned the same feat. Beckwith is daughter of a famed Lambeth Baths coach once crowned champion, who mentored her early as an infant phenomenon.
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London
Lambeth Baths
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Isa Beckwith
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