New York Thanksgiving amid politics and a baby show
A dated New York dispatch describes Thanksgiving 1877 with reports of holiday cheer, church crowds, and large turkey and pumpkin pie consumption. It also covers Tilden Hayes politics, a life insurance fraud case, a new baby show, temperance efforts, and ongoing South trade improvements amid a calm postwar scene.
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New York
New England
Boston
Senate
Patterson
Conover
Hayes
Tilden
President Hayes
South
Security Life Insurance Company
Case
Life
Lambert
Swindiwg American Popular
Parker
North American
Courage to practice daily honesty and thrift in life
The passage urges repeated courage in ordinary choices such as settling debts, resisting unnecessary spending, speaking honestly when needed, speaking to wealthy or poor alike, making a fair will, refusing to lend when inappropriate, ending unprincipled friendships, valuing honesty over duplicity, wearing old clothes until paid for, obeying God despite ridicule, choosing comfort over fashion, acknowledging ignorance, and hosting modest entertainments for friends.
Journalist Generation Feels Discouraged by Wealth Talk
Mr. Talmadge declares in the name of Almighty God that no man has a right to be worth 100 million dollars while a rising generation of journalists expresses discouragement at the moral rhetoric and growing wealth gaps.
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Mr. Talmadge
Odds and Ends in a Curious Treasury of Quips
A collage of wry snippets and jokes from newspapers. It mixes sly remarks about elections and taxes with comic lines about Gus camphor, pigeons, and stage ambitions. Names like Norristown Herald, Danbury News, Rome Sentinel appear alongside humorous anecdotes and quips.
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New-York
Ward
Fourteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
League
Pietro
Odds and
Nature
Williama
Norristown Herald
Victoria Woodhull
the Herald
Thiers
Danbury
Portland
Wellesley (Maggi) Seminary
Danbury News
Tosing Bank
Rome
Treasury
Treasury Department
America
Philadelphia
Chicago
Vorristown
Herald
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Denton
Texas
Joe Faust
Solomon
Lucullus
Joaquin Miller
Billy Piper
Indiana Penitentiary
Catarr
Sanford
Weeks
Potter
Anford
Banford
Amell
Melbourne
Ford
Grav Rapina
Mrort
Sarroky
Melbourne H. Ford
Grand Rapros
Micx
Gatare Pont
Dr. Sanford
Eich
United States
Collins
Psst SE
Medicie
Wholégale
Druggiata
Canadas
Weeks & Pot‘ter, Proprietora
Mass
Freeport Post Office
Maile Arrive
Abies
Afl
Chago
Uhiengo
Bob View Southern
Viel
Aran
Smith-D
Atkina
Steffen & Bangasser
Stephenson Street
Hettinger
BANKS
Irst National Bank
Eee Raeplon
Japital
Bidwell
Ben Wero
Deforest Cashier
Second National Bank
Freeport
Thompson Wilcoxon
I Jacon Kronn
WH. Young
David Neidigh
Jour H.addamb
Michael, Dawver
Alpred H.wisz
John Kenegy
Pells Maney Ohn
H.addamb
Law
Guitead Cashier
Kingsley
MILLS
Dentists
Minois
Elson’s
F. A. Dietrich
Stoneman’s Block
Stephen~ Son and Exchange Streets
Webster Street
Cherrystreet
Esther W. Taylor
R. F. Hayes
Green St
Munn
van Buren Street
Galen Avenue
Cochran
Ill
Insurance
Insurance Agency
Trembor
Fry's Block
Liverpol
London & Globe
ennsylvaniaFire Ing.Co
Insurance Company of North America
Phenix Inc.Co
Continentalising, Co
N. Y
Springfeld, F. &M.ing.co
Springfield
Girard Ins. Co
the Scientifc Americam
Scientific American
Munn & CO
Park Row
Ln the
Messrs. Munn & Co
7Th Sts
Washington
Henry Oc, Hyde
Garlipp’s LE
Court House
D. B. Schulte
Perkins
Col
Chicago & Bridge Streets
Addresa
Sly Cor & Yonge
St. Louis
Mia
St. Christi
A. CouLtses & Co
Particulars Tree Obth & Co
St Louis
J. B. Gaylord & Co
Journal Office
Nis
W. Scott Agney
Withens
Storyrof
Atten Ipa
Bergman & Dorman
Andy Lebricher
Bergman & Eiaene Wlova
Ager
Achenbach
Ditzler
Goodyear
Goodyear’s Rubber Curler Co
Broadway
P.O
Citi
the Great
Whitcomb
Pric Ei
Grafton Medicine
Brussels
Ingrain and
Wwoolen Goods
Stephensonst
Jonathan Boyer
vlaTly
The
Freeport Journal
Blankreeport
Bial
A.V. Richards