Pie in the White House sparks cheerful reverie in praise of pie
The piece argues President Cleveland should indulge in pie at the White House with moderation, praising pie as a distinctly American staple. It mocks critics of the pastry, citing famous writers and national pride, and envisions celebratory pies at the executive residence. The article also includes an unrelated investment advertisement about United States Land and Investment Company seeking subscribers for bonds and stock.
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Cleveland
White House
Americas
Niagara Falls
George Augustus Sala
Oliver Wenslallsformes
O Lincoln
Garffeld
Grant
United States Land
and Investment Company
Broadway
New York
The
New York Financier
The Gates Are Opened For A Curious Sinner
A Chicago Rambler cartoon caption tells of St. Peter judging a wary man with a checkered past. The entry is allowed after confessing a long list of misdeeds from killing a grandfather to poisoning a wife. Peter reassures and grants entry with a humorous twist.
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St. Peter
Taever
Gabriel
Chicago
A Girl's Goo Memory at a K street Residence
A young man frequented a K street residence staying late with a girl. At about 1 o'clock he grew pensive and failed to recall his stated pleasant message. He asked to remember, then left and has not returned to date.
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K Street
Public debt March reduction reported at 314 million
Estimated reduction of the public debt in March stands at 314,250,000. The passage includes assorted advertisements and notices mentioning medicines, remedies, and products, with multiple names and places referenced in running text.
Punishment in Liberia and Dostoyevsky’s Orloff Tale
A London correspondent recounts Liberia’s brutal penal system with flogging and the gantlet, noting three forms of corporal punishment and their brutal effects. It weaves in Dostoyevsky’s Orloff who endured two thousand strokes, dying weeks later, and links this to the author’s later literary sympathy for the suffering.
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London
San Francisco Chronicle
Liberia
A. Dostojeysky
Dostoyevsky
Na: Orloff
Toiberia
Orloff
Nertchinsk
Dostojevsky
Thave
Taxidermy Secrets Unearthed In Canaries And Love Birds
A New York Daily paper interviews a taxidermist who explains preserving birds and animals with arsenic, the long learning curve, and a thriving canary business. He notes many clients are ladies, and describes mounting love birds and rare cardinals for display long after their voices fade. He even mentions skinning a monkey and the costs and dangers of the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mat and Express
A Day and a Week. Marriage at Belden
A wedding report from Morris County Herald notes the marriage of Amos Day to Jane Week near Belden. The verse jokes that a Day is made and Week is lost, yet time will supply Days to make a Week again, reflecting on many weddings among acquaintances and the time lost in moments.
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Chattanooga
Wilderness
McClellan
Antietam
D. C. Buel
Shiloh
Pope
Longstrest
Bull Run
Howells
Mary Hallock Foote
George W. Cable
Rome
Pennell
Edward Jeston
Ersia
G. W. Benjamin
U.S
Frank &. Stockton
Helen Jackson H. H
Jove Chandler Harris
H. B. Boyesen
T. A. Jinvier
Julian Hawthorne
Richard M. Johnston
Gemerula Grant
Beaurecad
BeClellan
J.E. Johnston
Lew Wallace
Admiral Porter
Telce
Belden
Amos
Jane
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