Parisian basque fashions dominate autumn dresses at New York sites
The article catalogs extensive details from Parisian houses on basque shapes, necklines, sleeves, and trims for silk and black gowns. It describes Worth designs with looped silk backs, high standing collars, intricate front scallops, and matching sleeves, plus the influence of English backs and Marie Antoinette collars. It notes skirts with elaborate flounces, trimmings, and black silk dresses for mourning to full-dress ensembles, and contrasts house dresses with wool street suits featuring sloped apron seams and decorative braids.
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Baise
Awellaus
Worth
Tulle
Harper's Bazar
Wish for sight and unselfish love on a crowded street car
A narrator recalls two blind strangers in a packed street car. The man declines his own sight to give the woman he loves the chance to see again, showing a rare, selfless devotion amid city bustle. The tale ends with reflections on sacrifice and compassion beyond appearance.
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Gerstedt
Bartimens
Dachl
Easil
Bartimeus
Crist
Reneus
Tr N Ysbaercer
Disloyalty in the South and the drive for secession
The piece argues Southern White League Democrats seek to overthrow state governments and restore the Confederacy with slavery as its cornerstone. It rails against Northern sympathy for Southern Democrats and cites the New Iberia Sugar as evidence of secessionist aims, predicting separate governance for the two Union sections and reestablishment of the Confederacy under slavery.
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Union
Sam
Penn
New
Territory
White League
South
Iberia
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Cat haunts infant grave in Marietta death tale
A Marietta correspondent reports a Maltese cat linked to a dead infant. The pet reportedly followed the grave, aided by digging the mound flat, and died the next morning at the hour of the child's death, tying the two fates in a eerie cycle.
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Marietta
Ohio
Official Integrity and Defalcations Across Administrations
The piece argues that investigations into War Navy and Treasury defalcations found no unreported losses. It cites reports by Treasury officials and commissions showing minimal cash balances and losses well under one percent, asserting Republicans faced no new corruption despite Democratic critiques.
Treasury figures defend integrity of U S finances after panic
The United States Treasurer reports eleven and a half years ending Jan 1872 show total funds of 55 104 292 982 84 with losses under one dollar per million dollars handled. No defalcations in Treasury Internal Revenue or Customs. Article lauds Grant era integrity amid 1860s turmoil.
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United States
Qen
Spinner
United States Treasury
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Collector of Customs
Sipether
Grant
Republic Magazine
Dawes challenges Republicans on South policy and race
The speech at Springfield Massachusetts by Congressman Henry L. Dawes argues that abandoning the Republican party would hand the South to Democrats. He contends the party extended voting rights to Black citizens, criticizing white Southern opposition and Northern Democratic papers for stoking anti Reconstruction unrest and supporting carpetbagger influence.
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Springield, Maas
Henry L. Dawes
Orst
South
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Andersonville
Peterson Davis
Appuimiuttov Court House
Tegewa
Ukepolla
United States
Cincinnati
Democras
Congress
South Uint
North
Indiana
Ohio
Third Term Clash Sparks Partisan Rhetoric Across North and South
A lengthy political screed attacks the third term idea, blaming southern Democrats for pushing it and reviving “bloody shirt” rhetoric. It accuses northern Democrats of relying on southern allies to influence Congress and praises Grant opposition to a third term amid cries about race and rebellion.
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Salis
Gairage
Ohio
Indiana
When & Co
Arkansas
Bruce
Weir Jiyeg
Reublicans
Kansag
Democratic Party
Grant
North
Meyer
White Leaguers Terrorize Republican Leader in North Carolina
The Greensborough card recites a 1874 incident where W. K. Stringfellow of Taliaferro County faces an armed White Leaguers intimidation after being vilified as a Republican leader. They abduct him from his home threaten him and force a pledge to renounce the party under threat of death. The piece cites this as evidence of White League tactics to suppress Republican dissent.
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W. K. Stringfellow
Tialo County
Stringfellow
Greensborough
Ptb- Nah
Republican Party
State-Tournai
South
Monkeys as Pets Though Pleasing Yet Fated to Illness
The New Quarterly Review notes monkeys display appealing affection and humor but warns most species carry fatal consumption. They are delightful yet melancholy pets, combining playful mischief with depressive illness, making tame monkeys a sorrowful sight despite moments of gaiety.
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New Quarterly Review
Strongest Man in Cincinnati Has Unusual Skills
A Cincinnati doctor reputed as the strongest man can lift a man of equal weight at arm's length in either hand. He can also twist a ten-penny nail with his fingers, bending it backward.
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Tne
Cincinnati
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