Florida Senator Jones and Conkling Friendship Mystery
The 1876 Florida senator Charles W. Jones befriended Roscoe Conkling in the U S Senate. Their unusual bond drew attention as Jones’s mental decline deepened after Conkling’s resignation, culminating in a fatal collapse. The piece notes Jones’s Irish origins, legal rise in Pensacola, and political career ending in 1887.
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Conkling
Jones
Florida
Vand
The
New Yorker
United States
Senate
Charles W. Jones
Ireland
Carpenter’s Bench
Pensacola
Roscoe Conkling
New York
Senator Conkling
Senator Jones
Congress
Senator Onkling
Grant Reveals Hobby Riding New York Elevated Trains
In October 1833 a friend and I rode the Sixth Avenue elevated in New York City. We found General Ulysses S. Grant in the front seat watching the engine with childlike fascination. He explained his seat choice and love of locomotives as a way to observe progress and city life from the car.
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Grant
New York
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
New York City
Twentythird Street
Ulysses S. Grant
Twenty-third Street
William Copeland
General Grant
Copeland
United States
Mr. Copeland
E. J. Edwards
Woman Created New Industry From Homemade Pies
Mrs H H Olds of New Haven built a pie business after her husband faced ruin. She baked, sold door to door, and by expanding the operation grew a large bakery with a staff of cooks and helpers. The enterprise became a major New England provider and the first pie baking corporation in the world.
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H. H. Olds
New Haven
Conn
New England
Olds
Mrs Olds
Poet Menborne
Santiicbe
Must Protect the Birds in Ford Birds Reserve
An editorial urges strong measures to protect field and forest birds as numbers decline. It highlights Henry Ford’s 2,800 acre Dearborn project as the nation’s most significant private effort in wildlife conservation and bird protection.
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America
Michigan
Dearborn
Detroit
Henry Ford
Cold Storage Central Figure at Christmas Dinner Tale
A Christmas guest longs for a farm raised turkey dinner as the host imagines the improbable. The dialogue playfully contemplates staples of past meals and the idea that a single bird might become a centerpiece this holiday season.
Whistler Delays Letter Amid London Dining Scene
Expressive painter James McNeill Whistler sits with a friend in London and prepares to mail a letter after dinner. He ascends to a lit room with ink and paper when a sequence of bumps and thuds echoes from the stairs, prompting a cautious reply from the host.
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James McNeil Whistler
London
Whistler
Nervy children capture desperate burglar in New York mansion
A burglar hid behind a screen in a music room as a New York family followed a day of music lessons from eight to twelve. The intruder begged to be tortured and shouted for police when discovered, ending with a dramatic newspaper headline.
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New York
The One to Be Pleased Roast Pork Riddle
A humorous dialogue about De Jaw-No and De Paw- their banter about roast pork at home. De Paw jokes about the dog refusing to eat it, revealing a playful domestic scene in a clipped, punny exchange.
The Cyclist Seeks Help in a Cold Dawn
At 3 o clock a weary cyclist in a frosty morning rode through a lonely village and knocked on a lighted window seeking food and drink. A gruff voice from inside demanded the traveler depart, replying travel.
The Boy The Girl He Crime In A Low Way
The dialogue mockingly notes a recent baby kidnapping incident and media coverage. A man jokes that kidnapers would steal earthquakes or cholera, then remarks babies grow into humans and some fail to act gracefully even when idle.
Golf Story Tests Gates of Paradise for the Golfer
A man asks St. Peter to pass through heaven after a life mainly spent playing golf. Peter inspects a golf ball called Chancellor, rejects the applicant for not being a real golfer, and warns the rule to keep the eye on the ball and follow through.
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Paradise
Peter
St. Peter
Stop the Palm with Colea Carboli Salve Ad
Harsh skin injuries are eased by Colea Carboli salve promising quick healing and scar prevention. Available in 25c and 60c at druggists. Free sample offered by J. W. Cole & Co. Black River Falls Wisconsin.
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J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
Man Complains Meter Runs Slow in Kansas City
A Kansas City man notified the gas company that his meter was running slow. The note reflects a humorous moral on honesty.
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Kansas City
Hamlin’s Wizard Oil Promises Cures for Colds
Advertisement claims thousands die from consumption caused by neglected colds and touts Hamlin's Wizard Oil as a chest rub that draws out inflammation and cures colds.
Two Kinds of Suffragettes Highlight Marital Status Debate
A provocative line contrasts suffragette identities by pairing unhappy marriages with unhappily unmarried women, signaling social tensions around gender roles and voting rights. The remark frames the spectrum of women’s experiences in the suffrage era.
Cure a Cold in One Day Claim Stirs Debate
An advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine tablets as a one day cure for colds with a bold guarantee and H.W. Gromev's signature on each box. The ad also dismisses many so called life tragedies as comedies and urges purchase of the product.
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H.W. Gqrov2e
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Edwards
Cn Fasses
Fuwe
Scheineman
Hobby of
Evening Papers
Senna
California
California Fig Syrup CO
Ka, Ev, Rae
Fic Syrinp Co
R. V. Pierce
Pierce
Dispensary Medical Association
Prest
DR. Pierce
Bick
Robin
Robin Hood
BOD R.H
Robin Hood Ammunition CO
Th St
Swanton, Vt
ER Seed ‘Company
Isegel
British. Columbia
Graham Island
Farmsham Island
Momesteads
Bruce m Gesaer
Bette
Monroe‘ Drug.company
Guiney
F.N. Rowe
Minneapolis
Minn
Drugglata
Beenie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Oretta
Advan
Alberta
Ottawa
Canada
Chas, Pilling
Clifford
Grand Forks
J W.woolachian
Aox
Watertown
ET Holwes
Jackson Bt
Paul Dian
Geo. A. Mall
Milwaukee
Milford, Deming
N. Maxs
Kanne County
LaConte
W. Elm St
Chicager
Watson
Coleman
Ington
D.C
Western Canada
Prince Albert
Julius Woodwards
Bec. Board of ‘Trade
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