Grant Shall Win the Victory Again Song at Republican Convention
A wartime era song written by Wim S Irwin and sung at the National Republican Convention. It extols Grant as president, praising his leadership and ship of state while urging unity and support for a renewed Gallant army. The Philadelphia publisher J De Carcross & Co produced the piece with chorus directed by Prof 2 T Crane.
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Wim, S. Irwin
J. de Carcross & Co
Philadelphia
2. T. Crane
Grant
Wen
Korus
Back from Long Branch and a Summer of Eels and Pimples
A letter from Absalom Fitzgerald Jr. recounts a summer misadventure at Long Branch with Grace Keese and her sisters. Amid comic mishaps from bathing-house mixups to an eel shower and a kerosene hair disaster, he endures mockery, a bee sting incident in church, and a scramble to salvage his reputation before returning home.
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Absalom Fitzgerald, Jr
Bob
Duar Orp Fertow
Keese
Long Branch
Keeses
Morris Tibbs
Shanky Tibbs
Spooney
Boston
Papa Reese
Miss Grace
Miss Thrace
Tennyson
Maud
Marplett
Virace
Kate
Grace
Kydd
Old Reese
Gil
William Morris
Mars
Reese
Ellen
III
Laocoon
Marpolt
New York
Water composition by a child prompts concerns
A six year old wrote a piece praising water for drinking swimming and skating on ice. The text includes a problematic line about Indigenous people and a wish to be an Injun, reflecting offensive stereotypes typical of historical material.
Boastful Traveler Silenced by Wry Old Coder Remark
A Pennsylvania barn-raising hosts a narrator who boasts of world exploits. An elder coder quips that the young man should feel ashamed given older liars present, ending the tale with a sharp, humorous rebuke.
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Pennsylvania
Two boarding-school girls discuss graduation in light chat
Two boarding-school misses converse about graduation with one saying she graduated last season and the other asking in what. The reply notes she graduated in the sweetest sky blue silk the speaker ever saw.
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Jennie
Ink bottle mishap and Livingstone letters voyage
A baby swallowed ink contents and recovered after swift action with steel pens and foolscap. Stanley, the Hearth expeditionist seeking Livingstone, travels home bearing letters to the British Government. Dr. Livingstone, though unwell, plans to stay in Africa to finish locating the Nile sources.
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Stanley
Livingstone
Africa
Nile
Baltimore scene shows Wirfall and Fitzhugh Lee pressuring Democrats
A Baltimore observation notes Wirfall and Fitzhugh Lee attempting to browbeat the stubborn Pennsylvania Democrats into backing an Abolitionist position. The scene highlights tense party tensions and cross-state political maneuvering in the anti slavery context.
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Baltimore
Wirfall
Fitzhugh Lee
Pennsylvania
Shifting Sunscreen Advice Sparks Political Quip
The Louisville Ledger notes a Democratic remark mocking sun stroke avoidance. The item contrasts common public health tips with political rhetoric, highlighting a quip about dodging sun exposure used in a partisan context.
Recipe for fish-balls cited in farming humor
A vintage line about farming humor credits an author for a joke titled What I Know About Farming. The quip presents a recipe attributed to lim for cultivating fish-balls, warning never to plant more than five potatoes in a hill with a codfish to insure a crop.
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Lim
Wyrentrogne End of Stick Cited in Trial Scene
A medieval courtroom moment shows Jeffreys scolding a prisoner as he taps with a cane claiming wyrentrogne lies at the end of the stick. The prisoner answers with a cryptic retort about TAL and inquiry.
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Dudge Jeffreys
Wyrentrogne
Cornell Campus Banter Reveals Tense Admission Debate
A fragment shows Shallow senior remarking to Angelica that admitting babies to Cornell would be gallurious, to which Angelica responds that it would be less boisterous. The exchange hints at a playful yet pointed campus conversation about inclusion and social norms.
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Shallow
Angelica
Cornell
Saintly Passenger and the Half Ticket Dilemma
A Yankee railroad conductor questions a little girl about her age as her mother tries to pass her off for a half ticket. The girl answers she is nine at home but in the tram she is only six and a half, highlighting the tension between child age, fare rules, and parental intent.
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Oia
Youth who returned stolen watch jailed after owner’s promise
A youth who stole a watch and returned it to the owner was jailed after the owner kept his promise of no questions. The owner arrested the youth without asking questions, upholding the stated deal.
Painter’s Cannon Explodes During Finish Touch
An artist painted a cannon so realistically that while applying the final touch-hole, the piece fired by itself. The incident occurred as the artist prepared to sell the piece, claimed to fetch a good price. No injuries reported.
Some stars never set in witty exchange
Jones quips Some stars never set while Jenks replies doubtless. Jones adds How about roo stars as he gestures with a handkerchief in a brisk exchange.
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Jones
Jenks
Baltimore convention review denounces Greeley bid and reform claims
A Chicago Times analysis attacks the Baltimore Democratic Convention as a spectacle of incoherence and bribery, arguing delegates oppose Greeley in heart yet unite for spoils of power. It notes Southern leanings, party survival logic, and the claim that the campaign centers on depravity and expediency rather than principles.
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Chicago Daily Times
Baltimore
Chicago Times
Northwest
Greeley
Baltiere
Mark Twain
George Francis Twain
Pacific Railroad
Grant
Creeley
National Democracy In Convention
Nen
Anster
Debate on Greeley Nomination Splits Northern and Southern Democrats
A fragmented discussion in the Democratic ranks centers on Greeley as nominee. Northern delegates face pressure to back him while southern factions demand principles and a return to Democratic policies. The piece argues that many Southerners prefer rights over duties, questions the value of a Greeley-led platform, and notes internal party dynamics, drill-sergeant rhetoric, and a tone of constitutional loyalty amid a tumultuous convention.
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Greeley
Democratic Party
Fourtic
Gut Dent Ocnanie Party
Pning
Wbo
Cheeley
South
Greeley Y
Walker
Virginia
Grant
Hey
Ureeley
Enis
Gree- Ou A
Groelsa
Itocratic
Mr. Greeley
Ceeley
Pais
Greeley Party
Maryland
Mississippi Brotherskite vi
Maryland Institute
Grant Pal “Orga
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Vale
Strand
Cironus
Kong Branch
Charley
Muzzer
Anuzzer
Louisville Ledger
Dem
Baltimore Convention
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