Economic and political notes from the Washington letter
The Washington correspondent discusses Republicans gaining strength, calls for a strong standard bearer, and criticizes Democratic extravagance under the late Congress. It notes food adulteration concerns, the canal project’s international importance, and Howard University Medical Department commencements highlighting charitable support for African American education.
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Ee Oh
W. W. Patton
Press Comments on Grant and Illinois Nomination Prospects
Opinion excerpts from Providence Journal and other papers discuss General Grant as a trusted, safe executive potential for the Republican Party. They note convention influence versus real strength, cite district voting patterns, oppose machine control, and assess John C. Smith as a gubernatorial candidate with strong statewide support.
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Fifth Congressional District
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Jests and jibes from a bygone issue
A collection of quips and witticisms about health, fashion, fools and phrases. It pokes fun at fowl fashion, cannons priced high, sewing machines for young men, scissors in print, mad dogs, and a host of humorous place names and exchanges.
Grant Support Grows as New York Rally Settles It
Albany Express notes settled national matter boosts Grant prospects in New York. It argues strong NY backing could sway Republicans elsewhere and assure nomination. Also reports on Gen John C. Smith's governor bid and a satirical scene involving Bancroft and Appleton rivals in Carson Nevada.
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Hawk
The New Youth Speech Credits Mental Shifts in Style
The piece contrasts a modern young man and an old style clodhopper in expressions of admiration. It argues that the youth of the period shows rapid mental improvement through their refined language and sentiments.
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Africa
Woman's Softening Influence in a Western Sage Tale
A veteran recounts the change in men when at home facing their wives. He claims bravery fades when domestic life begins, admitting fear, tears, and a transformed ego after marriage. He contrasts frontier grit with groaning, whiskey warmed whispers at a saloon.
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Tye
Student claims game law dates in Butte County
A Chico natural history student told the California Academy of Sciences that Butte County ridge dwellers wait on the foot hills each year until November 2 before moving into inhabited valleys, a claim about game law timing.
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Cal
Butte County
California Academy of Sciences
Death of Aristides Boucicault Dusts Paris In Splendor
Aristides Boucicault son of M Boucicault and joint owner of Bon Marche was buried in Paris with lavish display. Two thousand workers followed the coffin and wreaths surrounded the grave. A painter praised him as humane and artful yet accounts say he avoided business interference and died of consumption after a life of dissipation.
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Paris
Chamaraide
Dickens Sightings and a Jacobite Tomb Mystery
A Hartford boy recalls Charles Dickens visiting the City Hotel and a shaving room encounter. The tale shifts to a cloister tomb inscribed Miserrimus, identified as William Morris the nonjuring divine, whose burial followed a Jacobite era exile and whose heirs recount white attire for his grave party. Morris died in 1748.
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Queer Chickens Hatched Alligators Under Hen
A Louisiana woman at Cow Island placed seventeen eggs under a sitting hen. Four small alligators hatched, likely from nearby marsh eggs, and the youngsters now trudge about the yard following the hen like obedient chicks.
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Louisiana
Colorado
Emperor Nicholas Sparing a Drunken Dragoon
An unpublished anecdote relates Emperor Nicholas I stopping a drunken dragoon in a St. Petersburg droschky. The soldier saluted, claiming he was taking a drunken soldier to the guardroom. The Czar smiled, handed five roubles, and sent the man home instead of to punishment.
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St. Petersburg
Insurance Agent Urges Caution After Quick Death
A Boston Post observation notes a life insurer's claim that a man insured for $20,000 paid one premium and died soon after. The anecdote suggests such rapid outcomes may not comfort prospective clients despite arguing for the system's merits.
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