General Garfield Aims to Grow Through Broad Study and Home Life
The piece paints James A. Garfield as a voracious, wide ranging reader who pursued Goethe, Roman history, and the English people while writing a sixty page study of European art. It highlights his love of language, teaching at home, and the balance between public duty and a simple New England home life with his wife, mother, and children.
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Washington
Goethe
Europe
Sherman
Leland
George Borrow
Spain
Borrow
Tennyson
Mary
Thave
Garfield
Pie
Aote
Williams College
Hiram
Mill
Comte
Spencer
James Freeman Clarke
A. Garfield
A. F. Rockwell
Dh. c
Iynory
New England
Lincoln
White House
Elberon
Horace
New York
Cleveland
Ohio
Mentor Farm and the Rise to the Presidency
The subject earned a country life at the Mentor farm after years of hard work. A small cottage in Hiram and a Washington winter dwelling framed his early years in public life. Thirty years of effort culminated in a spacious home at forty eight, then a sudden summons to the presidency altered the arc toward a monumental and fatal final path.
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Hiram
Washington
Mentor
Garfield Memory Tour Through Mentor and Cleveland
The article details visits to the Garfield family home in Mentor and the Cleveland house on Euclid Avenue. It notes memories of President Garfield, the new modest Cleveland home, the Mentor farm, and plans for his literary remains including speeches, correspondence, and a future biography by Hinsdale with Mrs. Garfield’s involvement.
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Garfield
Rockwell
Goethe
Mentor
Onio
Dian Jakine
Cleveland
President
New York
Lake Shore
Mentor Station
Ohio
Y Ou
Title Library
Chicago
Sui
Monument Fund
Euclid Avenue
Lake View Cemetery
Washington
Washington House
Williams College
Harry
Blackstone
James
Mollie
Geneval
Hinsdale
Hiram College
Garfield Wisel
Ublic
Abraham Lincoln remembered by a Brooklyn minister
The Rev N M Miner recalls meeting Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in 1855 for a lecture memory and describes Lincolns kindness humility and temperance He recounts Lincolns faith prayers during the Civil War and his last day at the theater before his assassination detailing the Presidents yearning for Jerusalem and peace for the nation.
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Brooklyn
N. M. Miner
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Lyman Trumbull
Lincoln
Judge Douglas
Young Men's Republican Club
Cooper Institute
New York
Springfiel
Mr. Lincoln
Bob
Robert Lincoln
The
Baptist Church
George Ashmead
Massachusetts
Washington
Douglas
Sards
Lord Byron
Missoroughi
White House
Carria
Palestine
Savior
Jesus
Jerusalem
New Jerusalem
Largest Trout Caught in California Report
San Francisco News Letter notes a 12 pound trout caught near Ross Landing while fishing for flounders. The fish, a Pacific coast brook trout, is described as one of the species Salmo irideus that can reach seven pounds in salt water and five pounds in fresh water.
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California
San Francisco News-Letter
Ross Landing
Jessu
Redding
State Fish Commission
McCloud
Jessup
Lindsley
Lake Merced
Dave Nesfield
Dan O’connell
Calaveras Creek
Dan
Louis Benedicts Dog Returns From Long Trail
Louis Benedict a resident of St Francois du Lac Quebec took his dog on a hunting trip to the Mattawan. The dog vanished overnight prompting a multi city voyage by Benedict via Montreal Sorel and back to Sorel where the dog finally returned after five days.
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Louis Benedict
St. Francois du Lac
Quebec
Mattawan
Montreal
Sorel
St. Francois
A Horse's Private Mark Found in Jamestown
Dr. Bender performed an incision on the left shoulder of a horse owned by Mr. H Hess, superintendent of street service, to remove a ten cent 1876 coin placed four years ago in Kentucky as a private mark. The coin lay beneath the skin with surrounding tissue formed over time, leaving only the impressions of the depressions on the coin.
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Jamestown
Bender
H. Hess
Hess
Kentucky
Despair and resilience in sorrow and growth
Verse reflecting on grief that blinds and burns yet fuels strength, love’s transfiguration amid blight, and how sorrow shapes character and the invincible genius of the human race as a lasting truth from G. E. Montgomery.
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G. E. Montgomery
Theatrical Jonas and the Two Looming Omens
A traveling theater crew recounts two close calls in Ohio towns Dayton and Xenia. After a cross-eyed man and later a colored patron signaled danger, the company burned the Jonah to avert disaster. They rebuilt and continued the season successfully.
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New York Sun
Ohio
Dayton
Eaven
Xenia
Analysis of the Powers Proposed for the Egyptian Parliament
The London Standard surveys Sherif Pasha and the council of ministers plan for the new Egyptian Parliament. It details four year terms, annual indemnity of £5100, immunity with parliamentary consent, annual sittings, and ministerial accountability to Parliament. It outlines dissolution rights, budgeting duties, taxation rules, and petition rights for Egyptians.
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Sherif Pasha
London Standard
Council of Ministers
Khedive
Council of Administration
Egypt
Khedivye
Anon
A Discouraged Philanthropist
The New York Star profiles Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson who left the White Mountains after heavy snows and personal illness. She recalls caring for sick relatives during a past summer, faced isolation and injury, and now rejects wholesale philanthropy aligning with Emerson’s warning that broad giving helps few.
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New York
Elizabeth Thompson
White Mountains
Stamford
Emerson
Webster and Hayne Friendly Verse at Reception
The Bangor Whig recalls a scene after Webster’s speech when a Southern member urged him to die for fame. Hayne, nearby, replied that a man who makes such a speech should never die. Later at the President’s reception they met and exchanged witty quips about health.
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Bangor
Webster
Hayne
Mr. Webster
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Miner
Shiloh
Mrs. Lincoln
Toronto Globe
Jonas
Webster and Hayne
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