Prodigal parable and Storrs speeches in Oakland letter
An Oakland letter from Oct 3 1880 recounts Miss Griswold and Alameda links, election thoughts, Storrs speeches in San Francisco and Oakland, and a humorous reading of the prodigal son tale. It notes a large Grand Opera House meeting, a Bay yacht outing, and a $47,000 carnival fundraiser with a grand masked ball to follow.
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Oakland
Storrs
Cal
Mary A. Griswold
Alameda
Arizona
New Constitution
Freeport
Journal
Illinois
Oaklander
Supreme Court
Smory A. Storrs
San Francisco
Grand Opera House
Opera House
Gen. Rowley
Mr. Storrs
Mr.s
South
Senator Doolittle
Mr. D
Mr. Doolittle
Saucelto
Yacht Club
Bas
Gen. Sherman
Gen. Grant
Col. Andrew's
Diamond Palace
Chauncey
Jamaica’s Rise and Fall Through Wilberforce’s Shadow
A century ago Jamaica shaped wealth and fashion with dukes and planters, but emancipation hit hard. The piece traces the island’s decline, the shift to coolies and Cuban growers, and the hope that Jamaica may rebound to restore prosperity and British revenue.
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Indies
Jamaica
Tommy Merton
Tommy
East India
Duke of
Albemarle
George Monk
Hans Sloane
British Museum
Duke of Portland
King House
Beckfords
Storers
Ellisses
Lawrences
Thorpes
Scarlets
Vassalls
Grosvenor Square
Hyde Park
William Wilberforce
England
West Indies
Wilberforce
One Experience from Many With Hop Bitters Hope
Ailing wife recalls misery and expense, then credits Hop Bitters for rapid recovery. She used the remedy secretly, improving quickly, surprising her husband and family who cheer, praising Hop Bitters as the source of her renewed health and happiness.
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Home Journal
Remarkable Career Of A Woman Reporter Morgan Origin
A pioneering woman, Miss Morgan, rose from near poverty in New York harbor to become a trusted cattle and horse race reporter for four papers. Her talent won tests meant as jokes, earning praise for accuracy and citywide assignments, with now substantial earnings and a strong reputation in the New York press world.
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Mia Morgan
New York City
Slady
New York
United States
Seamen’s Charity Fund
Victor Emmanual
Italy
Horace Greely
Miss Morgan
America
Heia
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
George P. Lathrop
Hawthorne
W. H. Bishop
W. D. Howells
Mark Twain
Rose Terry Cooke
Ellen W. Olney
Goldwin Smith
Edward Everett Hale
William M. Roasetti
John Fiske
Joseph Dugdsle
Norway
H. H
Atlantic
Longfellow
Whittler
Holmes Lowell
Hale
Whipple
Howells
Aldrich
Stedman
James
Warner
Waring
Fisk
White
Scudder
Bishop
Mark ‘Twain
Stowe
Phelps
Hi. H
Sewett
Miss Lacom
Preston
Cooke
Woolson
Thaxter
Bryant
Bryant, Whittier, Lowell
Holmes
Houghton, Mifflin & CO
Park Street
Boston
Before and After a Flowery Moon Trance
A verse lament on engaged couples failing after marriage and the solace claimed from Ta Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil. It warns of troubles and bruises and mocks reliance on miraculous cures. The speaker implies doctors, nurses, broomsticks, and mops as symbols of domestic chaos ails.
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Billings
Thomas
Feeble Ladies and War Casualty Anecdotes
An ad-like claim for Hop Bitters promises relief from languor and periodic pains. The piece then cites stark Civil War battlefield statistics showing high single-event casualties at Gettysburg Fair Oaks Cole Harbor Savage Station and near Vicksburg, illustrating the war’s deadly impact.
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Gettysburg
Fair Oaks
Cole Harbor
Ohio
Savage Station
Jay McClellan
Vicksburg
Fragmentary OCR hints at a historical political scene
The readable text hints at a discussion of a dramatic figure and national symbolism. It mentions a controversial leader, a united front, and manipulated rhetoric. The fragment suggests themes of power, emotion, and public perception without clear dates or places.
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Father
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Heaven
Frankfort-or- the-Main
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Canterbury
York
London
Durham
Wincester
Ely
St. Asaph
E. F. L. Gauss
Galena
Ill
Cincinnati
Business Gards
BANKS
First National Bank
Co. B. Bidwell
Geo. F. Deforest
the Second National Bank
Thompson Wilcoxon
Jacob Krohn
W. Hance
David Neidigh
Joan H. Adams
Michael Sawyer
Alfred H. Wise
John Kenegy
A. Riefsnider
John H. Addams
Breabenks
W. Guirakeu
Cashier
W. H. Taggart
Mounh
Court House
Freeport, Ill
Kingsley & Mills, Dentists
Min
Jewell
Second National Bank
W. S. Caldwell
Wilcoxon Opera House
Stephenson Sts
Hiram Shons
Orangeville
I. F. Kieckner
A. T. Green
R. Pelck
MAERA
Deslerin
D. B. Schulte
Stephenson Street
J. R. Perkins
Bridge &J
Chicago
Vanbouren
Western Star
Odd Fellow’s
W. W.krape
OC. P
LOWIS
Scribe
Truk & Co
Augusta
Maine
Stinson & Co
Portland
Harper’s
Renwarsia A
Ted
Wirth
Lone
Harper's
Harper's Magazine
Harper's Weekly
Harper's Bazar
Harper's Young People
Harpen’s
Peateala Mohey
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