Old War Envelopes Show Civil War Sentiment in Ephemera
A New York correspondent describes a three-volume scrapbook of 1500 illustrated Civil War envelopes found near Printing House Square. The images depict Union and Confederate motifs, Jefferson Davis caricatures, Zouave drill scenes, proUnion and proConfederate slogans, depictions of John Bull, and scenes of women aiding soldiers, reflecting wartime humor and patriotism amid bitter views.
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New York
Printing House Square
Jefferson Davis
Jeff
Washington
Jeff Davis
Ma’m
Abe
McClellan
White House
Mr. Davis
Exeter Memories and Royal Encounters Retold in Letters
A compact panorama of Exeter history and society recounted from letters. It recalls Edward the Confessor’s delayed entry past a sleeping porter, the Devon Earl’s son forcing gates, and Henrietta Anne Stuart’s dramatic exile from England. It also notes Exeter’s new theatre and local life, plus anecdotes about Rogers and a London season romance ending with a laconic rebuke.
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Exeter
Edward the Confessor
Edward
Earl of Devon
Henrietta Anne
Charles I
Dr. Doran
Henrietta d’Angleterre
Duke of Orleans
Exonians
Devonshire
Her Majesty's Defenders
Robert P. Porter
Worthing
Rogers
New York Cigar Makers Factory Life in East Side Squalor
Special correspondence exposes the cheap cigar trade in New York's East Side. Foremen own tenements where up to seven families live per floor. workers, mostly European immigrants, are paid meager wages after rent and fines. The piece details tobacco processing in cramped rooms, widespread nicotine poisoning, child labor, and rising radical movements among residents.
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New York
New York City
East Side
Europe
Willliam E
The Neck of the Giraffe Its Feeding, Tongue, and Movements
The giraffe has a long but inflexible neck with seven vertebrae and cannot graze on the ground. It lowers its head by spreading its forelegs and drawing up its hind legs, feeding mainly on acacia leaves. Its tongue is highly extendable, aiding leaf and sugar retrieval with a twisting motion.
A Novelist at Work and Rome Bridge Naming
Notes on Walter Besant who writes three to four hours daily with most time spent revising and seeking new material. Also mentions a bridge planned over the Tiber in Rome to be named for Garibaldi, reflecting contemporary literary and public works.
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Walter Besant
New York Tribune
Tiber
Rome
Garibaldi
Adelia R
Cash
James
Scott
J. J. Reithman & Co
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Mason and Dixon’s
Northern Telegraph Office
Manasses Gap
Lincoln
Hhim
Johnny
Joe
Beauregard
Darkies
Julius
Massa Union
Sam
Union
Sumter
Golly
Massa Butler
John Bull
Funny Man
Seymour Spencer
Exeter, Eog
Sammy Rogers
NEW York’s Cigarmakers
Royal Baking Sowper CO
Wall St
N. Y
J. H. McLean
Greeley People
Greeley
Rex
Pile Pomncey
East Indies
of America
Taylor
H.C. Watson & CO
Gale, Lee & Wilson
W. A. Nichols
Wou
Mayher
Portland and Louisvile Cement
Plaster OF Paris
Red Cross Paints
Marshall and Welch
George Graham
Wright
James Mansfield
Eighth Avenue
Main
Seventh Street
coLo
Denver
OUR
J. G. Kilpatrick
Lawrence &J
Bankers
City and Farm Loans
Curtis St
Denver, Coco
Walnut Street
Madison Avenue
H. A
A. Z. Salomon & Company
A. L. Welch & CO
Weld County
City
Sixteenth and
Champa Streets
Denver, Colo
Greenlee & C9
Denver, Colorado
E. Brooks
Castoria
HL A. Ancuea
M.D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Tux Centour Company
Fulton Street, N. Y
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