Tomb of the Female Stranger in Alexandria Stone grave and mystery
A Salisbury style reminiscence travels to Alexandria Virginia about Washington era history. It recalls the Tomb of the Female Stranger buried near the city cemetery and the century old romance with speculation on the unknown husband and mysterious death.
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Alexandria
Wasninetos
Washington
Potomac
South
Jefferson
Georgetown
Arlington
Gen. Lee
Potomac Shore
Capital
Braddock
Gen. Washington
Mount Vernon
Madison
Baltimore
Vants
City Hotel
Cameron and
Royal Streets
City
Conje Ture
Aaron Burr
Theodosia Burr
Charleston
Monroe
Washington Court
Frank George Carpenter
A Queer Story and a Swedish Family Tale
Special correspondence from New Year Aug 30 recounts a Brooklyn gathering with Gustafson of London and his wife Zade Barnes Gustafson. The dialogue covers Norse sleep beliefs, Sweden memories, and a tale of a sister’s wedding that the brother believes he did not attend.
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Brooklyn
Gustafson
London
England
Zade Barnes Gustafson
Pall Mall Gazette
Norway
Changing Tides in Boston Writing Circles
In Boston on August 30, Prentice Mulford notes rising numbers of writers, the lure of fame, and the volatile pay for newspaper work. He argues many writers lack substance while gossip sells, and that newspaper life remains socially suspect despite public appetite for stories.
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Boston
Jay Gould
John L. Sullivan
Feiler
Prentice Mulford
English Women and Caste in Aristocratic Society
ENGLISH WOMEN, Gen. Adam Badeau, argues that aristocratic caste stunts female independence and self worth. Dependence on men, social subordination, and constant marketlike courting erode trust, selfishness, and grace, making English women inferior in character and status to men.
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Adam Badeau
Togiacal
England
Money schemes nuisance to honest trade in city
A Detroit Free Press report describes commission schemes that push butchers grocers and carriage tradesmen to pay tips to stewards cooks hostlers and drivers for preferred trades. The piece contrasts such graft with ethical business and quotes several merchants who recount refusals and consequences.
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Detroit Free Press
Burdette on country life and harvest timing
A Detroit Free Press quip mocks Robert Burdette as a city man trying country life. The tale claims he was taught harvesting, sheep washing and shearing, and fence building in one day, noting sheep shearing is spring and wood is cut in winter.
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Robert Burdette
Robert
Detroit Free Press
Remarkable English Opinions on Famous Americans
The London Academy presents revised judgments from the Chicago Journal on Daniel Webster Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S Grant. Webster is said to have died not in obscurity but little honored. Lincoln is praised for honesty and energy yet not a truly strong man, while Grant is deemed greater as a man than as a general.
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London Academy
Daniel Webster
Abraham Lincoln
Grant
Chicago Journal
Changed His Opinion on Writing for News Papers
Julian Hawthorne once sought profit from books but now hedges on that plan and composes letters for newspapers. The Detroit Free Press notes the shift as a Hawthorne hedge.
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Julian Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Detroit Free Press
Two Trains Daily Between Omaha and East Coast Points
The advertisement promotes two daily trains from Omaha to points including Rock Island Freeport Rockford Elgin Madison Janesville Beloit Winona LaCrosse and other eastern routes. It highlights through tickets via Ticket Agent Greeley Cole Pullman Sleepers and premier Dining Cars on the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Railway with courteous staff attending to passengers.
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Omaha
Rock Island Freeport
Rockford
Elgin
Madison
Janesville
Beloit
Winona
LaCrosse
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Virginia
George Washington
Robert Edward Lee
Martha
Payne
Fairfax
Col. Washington
Veryone
West Indies
West India
Axel
Christina
Mr. Gustafson
Heaven
Earth
Mahadeo
Gunpati
Edwin Arnold
Burdette
Cinches
SPURS
Andy Blankets, EG
Main Street
Greeley, Colorado
Portland and
Lonsville
Comey
Plaster OF Paris
RD Cross Paints
Marshall & Welch
Mansfield’s
THE
Chicago
Milwaukee
St Paul
R. Miller
A.W. HH. Carpenter
Gen
J .F., Tucker
Geo
H. Herfford
J. T. Clark
U. S
Lee
M. A. McLaughlin & CO
Skinner
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