Visit of the Prince to Canada and America
A Times correspondent recounts the Prince of Wales visit to Canada and the United States, extolling American scenery from New York to Albany. He compares the Hudson with European rivers, describes the Palisades, West Point, and the Catskills, and offers vivid portraits of Saratoga hotels and leisure life.
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Prince of Wales
Canada
Times
Quebec
United States
Rhine
Hudson River
Bosphorus
New York
Albany
Alleghany
West Point
Arnoll
Great Military Academy of the
Thames
Stagesend
Saratoga Seen as Fashionable Yet Not Amusing Resort
The piece notes educated Americans dislike hotel life for families and sees Saratoga as necessary and charming but not gay. It describes ladies dressing magnificently, promenades, and a bustling social center with bands and saloons, calling Saratoga the season’s fashion and rage.
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Saratoga
Fruit Thievery Sparks Calls for Stricter Parental Genealogy
A local note condemns fruit stealing as a gateway crime. It argues that repeated petty theft by children signals future dishonesty, faulting parents for lax supervision and urging secure orchards and firm moral lessons to prevent youths from joining a life of crime.
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Highonor
Wrs
Maiden Engaged to Ungainly Youth in Indiana
A charming Indiana maiden with substantial property becomes betrothed to a plain clumsy eighteen year old. The wedding date is set and the rustic romance proceeds without disruption.
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Indiana
Groom and Mistress Bargain Drive to Marriage Price
A man pleads to marry his mistress only after paying his father for time. The father names 200 dollars as the lowest rate, the bride pays, and the couple marry. Since then the groom has shown notable personal and moral improvement.
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Tribune
Lady Franklin Aboard Adriatic During U S Visit
The Adriatic carried Lady Franklin widow of Sir John Franklin the famed Arctic explorer among passengers on Saturday. She plans to travel through the United States and Canada and perhaps extend to California for the winter. In New York she is guest of Mr Henry Grinnell.
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Lady Franklin
Sir John Franklin
United States
Canada
California
Henry Grinnell
Origin of the inch in ancient earth measurement
John Taylor cites early authors who linked the inch to the earth’s circumference via a 500 million unit division of diameter. He notes Airy’s figure for the polar diameter as 500,149,440 inches, differing slightly from the mean diameter and needing only one-thousandth part adjustment for precision.
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John Taylor
Airy
Lincoln reads letters as nation awaits office pledges
A Chicago letter to the New York Times describes Lincoln at home, reading letters he cannot answer. It notes the flood of requests and mentions the ubiquitous original Lincoln man with Northern State ties and relatives across the border.
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Liseoux
Wim
New York
Vames
Chicago
Lincoln
Vermont elects John Saze as Governor candidate
The Democracy of Vermont again put up John Saze for Governor. They urge voters to give him their support though he is described as a clever fellow, witty, and writes lively verse. The piece labels him a genuine drunken believer in Raw Slavery and other Democratic principles.
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Vermont
John. Saze
John
W. ¥. Pribune
Wurseey’s Role in Preserving Bodies Sparks Debate
The statement praises Wurseey for preserving dead bodies while noting concern over its impact on the living. It raises questions about ethics and the balance between preservation methods and public health.
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