Farewell tales and quips from old times and ports
General Porter recalls a farewell to Mark Twain with playful banter about leisure moments. The piece wanders through anecdotes involving Doane and Potter, Cameron and Lincoln, Wendell Phillips, a Kansas farmer, and Bishop Potter, mingling naval stories with jokes about rain, trout, and Brazilian etiquette.
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Porter
Mark ‘Twain
Mark
Wiliam Croswell Doane
Albany
Old Country
William of
Bishop Potter
Yarrup
Doane
Buffalo
Buffalo Bill
Helping a Friend and the Dan Voorhees Story
A fragment from a late 19th century paper reflects on Dan Voorhees a renowned Indiana Republican and U S senator recounting his kindness and poverty. It includes a tale of aiding a farmer with legal advice and a $100 fee then shifts to a discussion debating why humans are right handed with speculative science on heart placement and natural balance.
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Dan Voorhees
Indiana
United States
Jim
Voorhees
Farner
Wong
Teeth That May Take Root in Gutta Percha Dentistry
A Russian dentist, Lowden Piksara, describes a method where a false tooth, made of gutta percha porcelain or metal, is fitted into a cavity and secured by a granulated growth filling the jaw. The tooth stays firmly in place as the growth hardens, preventing loosening.
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Lemeth
Lowden Piksara
Consolation Quote From Indianapolis Journal
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal features a quoted exchange where a woman asks if she is the first woman he ever loved and he replies no, but the madness of the attack makes her seem destined to be the last.
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Indianapolie Journal
Honesty Dilemma: A Man Seeks Truthful Feedback
A man asks for opinion. the advised approach is to respond with complete honesty. The quote frames honesty as a means to reveal character, suggesting that blunt truth serves as a test of trust and courage in social interaction.
Chapman Chosen for Governor in Ohio Democratic State Convention
The Ohio Democratic State Convention in Columbus drew the largest crowd since the Civil War, moving into a new auditorium. Horace L. Chapman won the nomination for Governor after a two ballot process, with Ulric Sloane serving as temporary chairman and a platform endorsing free silver and strong anti trust provisions.
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Horace L. Chapman
Melvie J. Shaw
Spriggs W
HL Dore
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Wilson
Board of Public War
Jeter HM
Byron HW
Cohttthus
Columbus
Cleveland
Durbin
FE. L. Rexford
Universalist Church
Ulric Sloane
Paul J. Sorg
Allen Andrewe
Hamilton
Allen V. Smalley
Wyandot County
Gen
E. B. Finley
Bucyrus
Ren W.thurman
Franklin
Kenton Childers
D. D. Donavin
Henry County
Dr. Garrett
Robert TY. Hough
Highland
Jesse M Lewis
H. L. Chapman
Jackson
James A. Rice
Canton
Jesse Lewis
Hough
Sorg
Smalley
Thurman
Donavin
Chapman
Henter
Vanmeter
Patrick
Rice
John Lentz
A. J. Warner
Marietta
John G. Reeves
Lancaster
Hunter
Lentz
Pn Auiimue
M. 1. Shaw
F.C. Layton
Wapakoneta
National Dairy Union Launches War on Butterine
A national dairy industry campaign aims to outlaw butter substitutes across the United States. The National Dairy Union plans political action and state law pressure to prevent coloring of substitutes and curb competition from butterine, drawing up a large voter base and fundraising to push anti butterine legislation nationwide.
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National Dairy Union
United States
Shinuis
Dairy Union
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Wisconsin
Haiwaii
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Kansas
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Dakotas
W. O D. Hoard
Charles Y. Keight
Chicago
Natonal Dairy Virion
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Hingis
Ohio
Pennsyval
New York
Todiang
Kiansas
Tudiang
Kanaus
aTeren
Credieries
Mississippi Valley
Crenmerics
Aura
Horace Boies Speaks On Bimetallic Currency Plan
Former Gov Horace Boies answers queries on his proposed general plan for a joint gold and silver currency. He argues the system would redeem all national notes by metal value, negate the need for a gold reserve, and deter speculation. Boies criticizes a gold standard while outlining a practical bimetallic framework as the better monetary future.
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Meo Box
Des Moines
Hotes
Tie
Boies
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