A Tale of Three Daughters and Uncle John
In a crowded slice of life from Gracey’s store to Tinm’s tenement, three sisters Saba Helen and Kate pool savings and plan aid for their ailing Uncle John. A letter from New York triggers a pool of funds, housing talk and a choice to stay or return, ending with an unexpected family reunion and new marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cade
Helen
Biba
Tha ‘Wollen
Kate
Shiv
Saba
Uncle John
Nayings
John
Minn Clitch
Baba
Nésemary
Babe
Hircontin
Qunplér of & Milliner’s
Bowery
Witte Kite
Pinkney
Crimaon
Little Kate
Johs
Anid Kate
Halen
Suda
Sabs
Ping
Helan
Tom
Eld Belethiae
Abiashied
Panly
Sha Jak
Tika
Tinm
Gracey
John Jikycox
Penfeld
Anastasia Grixon
All Simson
New York
Mra. Pinkney
Mouer
Maky
Movnny
Tahoe
Jen
Pavadd
Tin
Tersel Penfield
Jol
Saya Uncle John
Helen Forrest Graves
Grant Letter from Galena Foretells Union Resolve
General Grant writes to Frederick Dent from Galena detailing support for the Union, urging unity beyond party lines, and outlining Northern resolve to sustain troops. He discusses Virginia's departure, slavery's fate, and cotton markets, ending with family news and a note on Yale’s endowment and its 5.54 percent average annual return.
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Louis
Republican Party
Virginia
Union
South Carolina
Ain
Fred
Frederick Dent, Jr
Julia
Pak
Iruly
A. S. Grant
Murder, Knife and Trial in Arkansas Legislature 1827
Long account recounts Major Anthony's murder by Speaker John Wilson in the Arkansas House. It describes the fight, weapon drawn, Anthony's death, Wilson’s bail, trial at Saline, publicity, and public tumult surrounding the verdict. The tale is drawn from the Knoxville Registry via Arkansas Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Throsta
Kaity
Bmeinbar
Garland
Gath
Wall Reid
John Wilson
Little Rock
Hous of Representatives
Hin Elgetert
Aid
Wale
Quilvize
Mgr Anthony
Lone Tron
Major Anthony
Wilson
Arkansas Gazette
Knoxville
Tennessee
Joseph J. Anthony
House of Representativ
House
Senate
Wolf
Col. Wilson
Major Antho
Gillis
Anthony
Wimself
Wilsow
Willson
Miter
Anthony Lind
Seine Wilson
Gustice Brown
Sesson
Saline County
Pulaski
Salina
Fred
Saline Wilon
Taylor
Beecher and Grant tales from the Fifth Avenue Hotel
An elderly Thaddeus Porter recounts careers amid Civil War and trial lore. He recalls Beechertully and Navarro cases, Judge Porter’s views, and a note on General Grant’s rise. A pension inquiry reveals Jesse Grant tracing his son’s footsteps and stirring, personal reflections.
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New York
Fithavonno Hotel
exFudge
Tol Ky Porter
Tre
Carmlel
Waterford
Sarnton Springs
Fifth Avenue
Tadge Porter Ti Bo
Bescher
Navarro
Court of Appeal
Terra
Boucher
Tiant
Evardes
Conzisel
Job Porter
Blackmoil
Tilton
Grant
Porter Asker
Sliege Nine
Jesse Grant
Lia
Olly
Eloped with a Farm Hand in Indiana Tale
Darlington, Montgomery County witnesses a Virginia farm hand nicknamed Major Tomlins son elope with Harvey Shauver’s wife. Shauver, a prosperous farmer, disperses wife and child after confrontation. The couple plan to go to Oregon, while Shauver prays for mercy and separation persists.
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Darlington
Montgomery County
Ind
Virginia
Major Tomlinsson
Harvey Shauver
Shauver
Lappil
Shanver
Oregon
Modern Architecture and the Folly of Fancy Homes
A humorous critique of modern house design mocks flamboyant architectural trends. The author describes garish interiors with overdone dining rooms, glass walls, and costly decorations, comparing them to a chaotic blend of styles and noting the vanity of hurried construction and pretentious taste.
Optical Illusions Death Bed Phenomena
A Newark Indy correspondent describes optical illusions seen at deathbeds including a dying woman seeing deceased relatives. Instances include a New York businessman’s widow perceiving changing facial expressions that mirror dead kin and a child’s face appearing with a deceased cousin’s image observed by two sisters. The writer offers no explanation, presenting the cases as provocative observations.
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Philadelphia
Indy
Newark
Jim
Frionda
New York
Voordy
Tady
Erally
Adelaide
An Expensive Luxury In New York Dinner Parties Rise
Clara Belle notes dinner parties become fashionable this winter and spring with lavish room decorations, bouquets, and favors. Hosts often choose Delmonico or Brannwick for venue or hire Delmonico to supply and clear all decor. Fifth Avenue hosts may pay high salaries to coordinators as part of the lavish entertainment.
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al Tod
Clara Belle
New York
Delmonico’s
Brannwick
Fifth Avenue
Delmonico
Delmonnico
Oysters in History and Society Across Europe
A fragmentary historical note explores the famed role of oysters among literary figures, politicians, and celebrities from Napoleon to Pope, Voltaire, and Danton. It recounts oyster cult in Paris salons, Edinburgh taverns, and mentions notable eaters and the cultural cachet of the shellfish in various periods.
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Kamins
Corvatitus
Ant
Spain
Louis
France
Napoleon
Ronkeau
Marshall Turgot
Mars
Raynal
Voltaire
Habib
Danton
Robespierre
Sumecenes
Arrtuke
Ndt
Alexander Pope
Dean Swift
Thouten
Suasons
Richart Hentley
Bentley
Hiine
Dagalit
Stewart Cullen
Edinimrgh
Edinburgh
Christupnor
New Senator Spooner Compared to Teaspoon in Size
A Washington Letter in the Cleveland Plain Dealer describes Wisconsin Republican Senator-elect Spooner as diminutive and sensitive about height. The anecdote recounts a office introduction where a caller mistook him for a relative and joked about needing to be seventeen feet tall to serve as a U S Senator.
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Spooner
Wisconsin
Ture
Anes
Tie
Colonel Spooner
Wisronain
Scott
United States
Washington
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Delicate stomach orders Satanized crab in saloon
A slender young woman sits in a Sixth Avenue saloon table and asks for satanized crab, hot. The waiter whispers to the cook to prepare deviled crab, hot as Satan. The fragment hints at gossip about spiritual rumors without clear context.
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Sixth Avenue Crater
New York Sun
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Billy
Brother B
General Grant
Yale
College
Colonel Taylor
Sams
Times
Ayton
Anyboyy
Beecher and
Bil Nye
Ernest
Kevn
Teyson
Pilo
Stellauy
Hhis
eall—Hill
Chattanooga
Limes
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