General Grant on Garfield condition and outlook at cottage
General Grant spoke about President Garfield's condition, saying he receives constant bulletins and a late telegram from Secretary Lincoln offered guarded hopes for recovery if inflammation does not set in. He recalled similar battle wounds, discussed going to Washington, and defended President Garfield against political misrepresentation while expressing sincere wishes for his recovery.
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Lona Branca
Gen. Grant
Washington
Garfield
Lincoln
Walker
City of Mexico
Vera Cruz
New York
Hudson River
Troy
Grant
City
Mexico
Wasitington
The Moustache and the Character It Reveals
The moustache expresses self-control pride and vanity. A ragged style signals lack of discipline while a straight orderly form shows restraint. Upward curls suggest ambition and display whereas downward curl indicates gloom and sedateness, with Shakespeare often shown as genial.
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Shakespeare
A Definition of a Gentleman in Conversation
In a dialogue between the duke and Lady De Vere a definition of a true gentleman is explored. The lady contrasts the soft refined traits with the strong firm manly elements and cites Pericles as an exemplary gentleman while referencing Spielhagen's Lady Clara De Vere.
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Lady de Vere
Brutus
Pericles
Spielhagen
Clara de Vere
Little Johnny on Dogs in the Market Tale
An informally told scene features a man bitten by a troublesome dog sold by a dog dealer. The buyer confronts the seller about the dog’s nature, joking that the price was four dollars and seventy five cents with a loss. Uncle Ned notes Mexican dogs lack hair, while dogs howl and cats purr, and cats can puff their tails when angered.
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Johnny
Ned
Indy
Blunder in St Louis Murder Trial Verdict Read
A jury foreman gave the clerk wrong slips during a St Louis murder trial. The clerk first read guilty on grounds of insanity, then corrected to guilty of murder in the first degree. The culprit smiled, then faced the error with his attorney.
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St. Louis
Sitting Bull's Last Speech by Bill Nye
Satirical piece features Sitting Bull speaking of decline and defeat by the pale face, with mock solemnity about land loss and a caricatured squaw. The lampoon includes references to Lucretia Borgia and agency misrule, ending with farcical phrases and nonsensical tags.
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Bill Nye
Lucretia Borgia
Minnehaha
Sitting Bull
Usufruct
Two Types of Chinese Beds With Curtain Enclosures
The text describes two Chinese bed styles: a costly cage like bed with a wooden roof elevated eight feet and supported by posts, featuring horizontal frieze work to prevent tumbling out. and a cheaper version built from two wood frames resembling an old fashioned settle, with curtains closed around a cotton quilt interior.
Ought to Marry Her Tale of Swapped Immigrant Wives
Two Polish women arriving in New York on a European steamer were found to have smallpox at Castle Garden and were sent to hospital. Their tickets were swapped. the married woman was recorded as single and vice versa. The husband visited the hospital, later learned the mistake, and faced heartbreak as the other woman was believed his wife. The romance may strike him later as a curious twist of fate.
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Guiteau
Fifth Avenue
Chicago
General Sheridan
Austria
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
General Sherman
Castle Garden
The Laplanders and Their Reindeer Economy
The Laplander relies on the reindeer for transport, milk, food, and clothing. His sledge, skin covered and canoe shaped, travels swiftly with deer power. Reindeer provide milk year round, housing, footwear, bed coverings, and cords, making life possible in harsh Lapland.
The Popular Schoolmaster in Town Life
The town lifts its popular schoolmaster high as a social figure and church pillar while claiming the Goodrich School leads the region, a sentiment echoed by local education circles. An American horse wins the Derby, highlighting national pride in American goods and industry.
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Goodrich School
Journal Oy Education
Honored and Blest by Hop Bitters Discoverers
A board of eminent physicians and chemists announced a new medicine created by combining familiar remedies. They claim it cures a wide range of diseases, making other remedies unnecessary. Public proof through trials has dispelled skepticism, and the discoverers of Hop Bitters are praised as benefactors by the Democrat newspaper.
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Democrat
Obedient Lover and Tobacco’s Promised Profit
In Paris a shy beauty silenced a talkative admirer by obedience to her demand to speak when ready, ending his two year mute spell. A British farmer’s remedy wave is tobacco, claimed to profit £20 per acre if cultivated in midland and southern England. Tobacco farming is currently forbidden in England by an old act of Charles II and in Ireland by a fifty year old act.
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Paris
England
Charles A É
Ireland
Trains and Schedules From Chicago & Northwestern
A time card shows trains going east and west with leave and arrive times. Passenger service operates between Chicago and Freeport and Milwaukee with day passes and freight movements noted. Agent R. H. Holder oversees the schedule details.
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Illinois Central
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Freeport
Prices for Chicago or York papers offered
To those who desire Chicago or York papers, we can make the following prices. The note cites special rates and invites inquiries for direct orders and delivery options.
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Chicago
York
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