A Festive Swindler Behind a Boston Banquet
A stylish 40 year old Briton known as Mr J Robertson charmed Boston entertainers and hotel staff as he posed as London era correspondent while running up lavish bills. He vanished before dinner, leaving guests to finish the feast and a large unpaid tab, with Davenport Iowa reporting roistering garroters in town.
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J. Robertson
London Era
London Advertiser
Jones & Co
Robertson
Bootblack
Smith
Ilo
P.B
General Butler Interviewed in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee interview with General B. F. Butler reveals his sharp wit and refusal to discuss politics or finances. He recounts Moody’s shirt-sign prank, noting how a North officer mocked Moody and forced a humorous reshaping of signs. The conversation ends with Butler laughing and the reporter departing.
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Buller
Ayaukee
Toba Ot
Wisdénsin
B. F. Butler
Wisconsin
General Butler
Butler
New Orleans
Moody
Moody’s
Mr. Moody
Health Rules for School Children from Middlesex College
The Medical College of Middlesex Massachusetts endorses school health measures. It advocates starting attendance at age six, limits daily school time to four and a half hours for primary and five and a half for others, bans out of school study except at High Schools, preserves fifteen minutes of recess each period, requires outside play during bad weather, uses regular exercise timed by music, prioritizes ventilation, and urges lessons paced to pupils’ capacities with more emphasis on object learning. A closing admonition: Young man and young lady, never grow weary doing well.
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Medical College of
Middlesex
Massachusetts
Empress Visit Rekindles Bonaparte Family Tale in Ajaccio
The Ajaccio visit of the Empress recalls the Bonaparte saga from their ruined house to exile. Paoli’s uprising, the rescue by mountaineers, and the family’s hardship in Marseille are recounted, ending with Napoleon III buying a reproduction of their original home and his preference for small rooms.
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Ajaccio
Bonaparte
Admersithn
Charlés
Ajac-cio
Napoléon
Sardinia
Paoli
Corsica
Napoleon
France
Bastia
Lucien
Costa
Luciano
Signora Letizia
Madame Letizia
Marseilles
Joseph
Letitzia
Rue St. Laurent
Napoleon III
What is a Punch in Liquor Craft and Philosophy
A witty treatise explains punch by mixing lemon juice sugar and water, then adding rum and brandy to create saporosity. It discusses how alcohol and chemistry produce rhythm within rhythm, and notes punch can intoxicate or inspire responsible living depending on habit.
Will of General Rawlins Admitted to Probate in Washington
Washington dispatch reports the late Secretary Rawlins probate in the city. He leaves his house at Twelfth and M streets and lands in Cheyenne and Golden City to wife and children, with specific bequests to son James Brandon Rawlins and his parents for the Rawlins homestead in Guilford, Daviess County. On death the property divides into eight portions for brothers and sisters. The item also notes Empress Eugenie life insurance and unrelated royal finery, and mentions Davenport and St Paul Railroad ground broken near Davenport Town.
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Washington
Secretary Rawlins
Twelfth
M_ streets
Cheyenne
Wyoming Territory
Golden City
Colorado Territory
James Brandon Rawlins
Daviess County
Lemuel
Mary
Laura
Robert
Eugenie
Paris
Bacciocchi
Landes
Europe
Theatre clash over race invites Supreme Court battle
Washington reports detail a fight at the National Theatre where several Black patrons were barred from most seating, with managers vowing to exclude all Black attendees until a court ruling. The dispute draws prominent local figures, including James Wormley, and may rise to the U S Supreme Court. Other items note a warrant against Eliza Childrens, Masons seeking a Grand Lodge in Quebec, Portland dry dock specs, and Franklin’s press copies in multiple offices.
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Washington
District of Columbia
James Wormley
Agoraly
National’ Theatre
Supreme Court of the United States
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Freeport Journal
James S. McCall
John Robertson
Boston
Boston Daily Evening Times
Davenport
Iowa
Milwaukee
General Rawlins
Will
Dickens
Byron
Town
Davenport and St. Paul
Chicago
Chicago, Alton & ST. Louis Railroad
Joliet
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Jacksonville
Michigan Southern Railroad
Creery Corner
van Buren and Shermuansts
Meret
South
Clark Street
Accommounelon
L1h &m
Pacific Express
Detroit
Michigan Central Railroad
Devror
Lake Street
lMecket
Scere Serteane Teres
Pacific Inxpress
Kalamazoo
Cincinnati
Louisville
Entworth
General Era
Columbus
Chicago & Indiana
Cent’s
Canal and
Kinzie Streets
West Side
Randolph
Dearborn
Cincinnati Atr Line
Cincinnati Express
Columbus Express
Cincinnati Night Express
N. Ki. Bcott
General Northwestern
Rock Island & Pacifica
R. Depor
van Buren and
Sherman Sts
Cossersees Oe
Pittsburg
Ain Mail
Accomim
Lexpress
Burli Day Express
Quincy Express
Mendota
Aurore
Night Xpress
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Woodrich
Milwaukee, &c
Grand
RT Ae & Chicago
Ailroa Sautton
Gton & Pinoy R. R
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St .Sosepn
Green Bay
Dyn
Erers Skegon,&c
Chicago & Northwestrn Railroad
Clare
Like Street
Councin
BLUFI
Omaha
Wells Street
Weave
Clinton
Dixon
Freeport
Dunleith
Rockford
Elgin
Fox River
Itelias
Eawenny
Guna
Kinzie
St. Paul
Erccees Reeses
Janesville
Woodstock
Geo. L. Dunlap
B. EF. Patrick
Illinois Central Railroad Union Devor
Lake Streat
Keokuk
Kankakee
Hyde Park & Oak Woods
W.P. Jominson
Jospriu , Tucker
Poate Veteene Atenee
Millie Hayes
Esquire
Cassety
Nashville
Eliza Childrens
Eliza
Quebec
Grand Lodge of Canada
Onario
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Portland
Benjamin Franklin
Patent Office
Erie Railway
Hoo
Off
Black Routh
York
New England
Dunkirk
New York
Buffalo
Cleveland
New York &G.W. Miles
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Hornellsaville
Youngstown
Elmira
Northern Central Railway
Harrisburg
Jersey City
New Jersey Railroad
Philadelphia
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Leavittaburgh
Susquehanna
Turner
Hornellville
Great Bend
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Cink Turner
Philadephia
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Union Depot
Avon
Sal- Ban CH
Newark
Elmnia
Hurrisburg
Owego
Ithaca
Binghamton
Syracuse
Lackawaxen
Honesdale
Middletown
Unionville
Goshen
Montgomery
Greycourt
Newburgh
Arwick
New York Time
Depot Corner Exchange
Michigan Sts
Hornellsville
Great Head
Deltaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Susquehananna
Chemung, Susquehanna, Delaware
Ramanoo Rivers
Brie Railway
A.riddle
Wm.r.barr
Ag’t
Howard
Stephenson Street
Illinois
L. G.joran
Tod
Vaiulis
Tito
White County
Sterl
Stephenson County
Sternina
Ill
Dee
Terrell & Suenny
John
FREE
M. O'Keefe
M. O
J. Roche
Stephenson St
Messrs. E. & J. Roehe
Jounal
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