New York Senate Candidates Lead In 19th Century Race
Prominent figures Warner Miller Levi P Morton and Frank Hiscock vie for the New York seat. Miller from Herkimer Mohawk valley. Morton of New York City born in Vermont. Hiscock a clinician noted. Miller served in the Fifth New York cavalry and promoted to lieutenant. Morton built banking firms aiding US currency resumption. Hiscock active in public life.
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Warner Miller
Roscow Conkling
Levi P. Morton
Minster
French
Republior
Frank Hiscock
New York
Herkimer
Mohawk Valley
Oswego County
Union College
Fort Edward
Europe
Miller
Conkling
Platt
National Senate
Pratt
Oddities From Various Places and Times
A compilation notes diverse items from Montana miners to New Brunswick revivals, including a Belleview Ohio thermometer thief, a Chicago pension office roof leak, a Boston dentist's damages, ostrich feather invoices, and efforts to boost Santa Ana as a fruit depot. Also mentions abundant hearses in Buffalo, a northern New Brunswick revival, and a Portland artesian well at 1800 feet.
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Montana
Germany
Bellevue
Washington
San Diego
Cal
Mount Fairview
Santa Ana
Los Angeles County
California
Buffalo Courier
Buffalo
New Brunswick
Portland
Ore
Phiadelphia Humane Society
Skating Club
Schuykill
St. Louis
Sandwich Islands
King Kalakaua
Lake Superior
Thompson wave and heady bang spark fashion craze
The New York Star describes Mrs. Thompson's hair innovations in luxury Fifth Avenue salons. She earns praise for the Thompson wave front hair and a babies fringe called the heady bang. A broken wax figure in a window inspired the now fashionable loose neck twist.
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Thompson
Mrs. Thompson
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
New York Star
Steamship Route Proposed From New York To Palatka
The New York Sun reports a plan to run steamships direct from New York to Palatka Florida ten miles up the St Johns river. The depth mud issue ten miles below Palatka was cited as a hindrance by current routes to Jacksonville yet veteran river captains argue mud is not an obstacle noting boats drawing fourteen feet water have crossed shoals with mud over ten feet deep.
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New York
Palatka
Fla
St. John’s River
Jacksonville
New York Sun
Where Christmas Cards Are Printed
The Chicago Times notes that the most beautiful Christmas cards are designed in England but printed in Germany for better color quality and longer production time due to Germany's favorable climate.
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England
Germany
Chicago Times
Illinois Senator Farwell Wins Logan Seat
Portrait of Hon. Charles B. Farwell of Illinois and sketch of his life. Born July 1, 1823 in Painted Post New York he built a Chicago real estate and banking career and served as Cook County sheriff. He reconciled with Gen. Logan and secured election amid strong rivals. The piece also notes Logan’s birthplace in Murphysboro Illinois.
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Charles B. Farwell
Illinois
John A. Logan
United States Senate
Chicago
Painted Post
N. Y
Elmira Free Academy
Ilinois
Cook ‘County
le Moyne
Farwell
Senator Logan
Gen
Logan
Milton Hay
Joseph G. Cannon
Lewis E. Payson
Horatio G. Burchard
Thomas J. Henderson
Clark E. Carr
Cannon
Danville
Ills
Congress
Greensboro
N. C
Judge Payson
Rhode Island
Livingston County
Lis
West
Hennepin
Payson
Horatio C. Burchard
Freeport
Marshall
Oneida County
Mint
Brownville
Tenn
Union
Galesburg
Boston
Murphysboro
Egypt
Logan’s Birthplace and Lincoln Anecdotes Revealed
The narrative recalls Logan’s limited schooling until age fourteen and his first military service in the Mexican War. It includes anecdotes about Gen Logan's frugal tips to a waiter, and a Chicago friendship with the Lincolns, detailing Lincoln's political hustle, meetings with Hamlin and Trumbull, and a remark about his hair.
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Logan
Vision of a Reborn Carthage Stirring Papal France
A Roman correspondent reports Hannibal's revenge as Cardinal Lagierie presents to Pope Leo XIII a plan to restore Carthage. The scheme sees France and the Vatican collaborating to rebuild a Mediterranean trade hub and make the city a center for Catholic missionary work in Africa. The note mentions St Cyprian and historical disputes with Rome.
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Hannibal
Lagigerie
Leo XIII
French Republic
Carthage
Rome
France
Mediterranean
St. Cyprian
Leo
Stephen
Africa
Pall Mall Gazette
Tennyson Coined Tonguester Rhyme for Youngster Sparks Debate
Washington Post notes a new English word tonguester coined by Tennyson to rhyme with youngster. The piece playfully questions why an auctioneer isn’t a lungster and a barkeeper not a bungster, urging language enrichment.
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Tennyson
Washington Post
Boston Greenhouses Hold Vast Plant Stock
The Boston area houses 200000 potted plants in greenhouses and over 2000000 hardy perennial and biennial plants in cold frames at nurseries and Deer Park, indicating a large ornamental and nursery stock.
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Boston
Deer Park
Chicago Times
Receipt Request for Hourhound Candy Prompted
A New Haven News fragment notes a customer asking for a receipt for hourhound candy, with a courtesy reply promising a return receipt after sending the candy. A separate line reports dishonest southern cotton dealers salting cotton to raise weight.
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New Haven News
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New York City
Shoreham
Daniel Morton
Hanover
Morton, Bliss & Co
Morton, Rose & Co
London
United States
Morton
Arthur
Garfield
Navy
Spearden
Syracuse
Pompey
Onondaga County
Onondaga and Cortland
Hiscock
Hollister
Admiral Aube
Marine
Gabriel Charmes
Cincinnati
New Haven
Kane
J. Goldborough Bruff
Ireland
Green Isle
Holyoke
Mass
Leeds
Mill
Grant University
Athens
Illinois’ Senator
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Hamlin
Judge Trumbull
Carl Schurz
Mr. Hamlin
White House
Tremont House
Abe Lincoln
Louwisville Courier- Journal
Ving
J. Wax, Clark
E. E. Snow &Co
Eighth Street
Denver
Colorado
Skinner Block
Sixteenth and
Lawrence Streets
Golden State
Blake Street
G. Cook
A. A. Woodbury
W. A. Miner
Mayher
Portland and Loniville Cement
Plaster OF Paris
RED Cross Paints
Marshall and Welsh
Greeley Commission House
Oasis
Frank Green
Prop
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Omaha and
Chicago, Milwaukee
St Paul
Omaha
Omaha Rock Island Freeport
Rockford
Elgin
Beloit
Magison
Janesville
Winona
LaCrosse
Neeeeast
Tavs & Co
Augusta
Maine
Occidental Lodge No
A. F
A. M
J. EB. Gangigues
W. M
Greeley Commandery No
K. T
D. B. Vinson
E. C
J. A. Woopsery
Greeley
T. West
Roy Mansfield
Sec'y
Garden City
Order of the Eastern Star
W. K. Mason
H. Wyman
Greeley Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
E.C, Dawson
C. C. KE
F. Dawley
Forest City Lodge No
Bexnerr
Dawley
Recorder
U, S
Grant
M. Nixon
Fuller
U.S
Grant Woman's Relief Corps No. 15
Ewaity H, Jones
Pres
Saran M
Inman
Sec’y
Poudre Valley Lodge No. 12
Weld
Thos
G, Macy
Fienn
Scribe
Greeley Canton
Wintanp
Carver
Chosen Friends
J. Jones
C. C
C. H. Forp
Sec
Greeley Guards, Co. C
B. D. Harper
Front
Art Association of Stationary Basioews
C. L. Jones
Sanborn
M. Boever
Foreman
J. Childs
Greeley Steamer Co. No
D. F. Caxp
S. G.fulusk
McNamara
Denven
H. Hatterr & Co
Alaska
Alaska Grape Co
Larimer Street
George Svinson & Co
Portland, Maine
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