Patient with the living and a cadet's dream lost
An excerpt recalls Margaret EB. Sangster’s soft counsel on patience with the living as a friend dies. The main narrative follows Paddy, a poor Irish immigrant from Lake Champlain who seeks a West Point cadetship. His trip from Plattsburg to Washington impresses Lincoln, but scholastic failure ends in discharge. He bears dignity, distress, and a vow to win a commission, ending with a rumor he died at Gettysburg.
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Oneris Binal Wailare
Fist. Paul Pioneer Press
Lake Champlain
Paddy
Plattsburg
Washington
West Point
Lincoln
Academy
Tie
United States
Emerald Isle
Riverson
Mick
Gettysburg
Cause of Insanity From Bisulphide Fumes in California
Medical journal notes physicians in California link inhalation of bisulphide or carbon fumes to insanity after exposure. Los Angeles county uses bisulphide to combat grape disease phylloxera, with several strong workers becoming insane. The article also comments on taxation and press freedom as side remarks.
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California
Los Angeles County
Widow of Joseph Smith Defends Polygamy Claim
In an interview, Mrs. Biddison, widow of Joseph Smith, recounts her life in Nauvoo and rejects rumors of polygamy, asserting she was his one wife and that she ruled him. She recalls the 1854 visit, the portrait of Smith, and her strong stance against Mormon claims.
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Nippincott's Magazine
Joseph Smith
Nauvoo
New York
Biddison
Bid
Joe Smith
Hera
Orient Fall of Moorish Splendor in New York Hotel
A Baltimore American field report from Madison Square describes a new Hottman house addition with lavish Moorish interiors. The two suites feature Calcutta brass beds, Moorish furniture, Chinese decor, and ornate ceilings, priced at seventy five dollars a day. bankers reportedly booked them for a year.
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Barcelona
Africa
Hindod
Calcutta
China
Celestial Empire
Fokin
America
Coal Price Reduction Planned by Coal Companies
Coal companies anticipate lowering anthracite coal prices by 25 to 40 cents per ton within two months. They expect this saving to total about eight and a half million dollars annually for customers. The move would end weekly suspensions and return to a quota plan distributing market share among companies, with almost all firms agreeing to the change.
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Fhila
Nature and Art and the Decline of Culture
Excerpts discuss culture versus artificiality, noting the risk of decadence when art becomes detached from nature. A Pennsylvania asylum brass band named Nothing Is Forgotten appears amid reflections on genius in youth and the influence of reading on language formation.
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iMaurice Thompson
England
Germany
Goethe
Italy
Dante
We Are Selling For Cost Amid Hard Times Sale
In midwinter, demand for warm clothing wanes as prices plunge. John Wanamaker announces a store-wide push, offering cloths, dresses, furs, hosiery, linens, furniture, lamps, books, and many more lines at bottom prices to clear stock. Wanamaker cites bravely gathering amid croaking merchants and selling at cost to ensure buyers. Chestnut Thirteenth Market alresta City-hall square location listed.
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Jess
John Wanamaner
Market Alresta
Eet
Occa
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London
Philadelphia Times
Kent
Grivé
Haddock
Billingsgate
Charles Dilke
Kienva Herald
Oriental Art IN
J. W. Dozier
Atlanta Constitution
Sim
Sis
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Albert James Smith
James K. Poll Graham
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Grandpa
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Rittenhouse Square
Clarence
Corpus Christe Bay
Seto
Boyer
Crerry Dave Stork
Christiaan
Pennsylvania
Coleridge
Biographia Literaria
Gottingen
Ghanamater’s
Wu J. Hamilton
Young, Keiper, & CO
Young & Keiper
Queensware
Hird Street
Philadelphia
Stinson & CO
Portland
Maine
Jerg
Atonve Addresa
Grand Ladies Bair
Rothsvide Cornet Band
Swan Hotel Hall
Brothsville, PA
LivtTiTrz
Allarden
Horace L
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Michael Roth
Noosa
T. Frank Evans
Litney Lane
Heb
Memel
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Ella ,Shiulter
Daimure
Tod Minly
Admunssi
Fetson
Nasby's Paper
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Blade
Waterbury Watch
the Blade
Toledo
Hiure AE
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Appel’s
Lily, A
Purchiser
Jewelry & Santa Claus
Main Street
Lititz
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Argis Bolas
Fins
A.W. Wrikel
North Queen Street
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster
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Reading Rail Road
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Allentown
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Williamsport
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Rohrer
Centre Square
Rutle
West Xingst
Cooper House
Locher
Ubarles A
Drocessiy
East King Street
Luita Drug
Vn Nort A.M
Quarryville
King St
Chickies
Mariette Junction
Marietta Junction
Jolumb
Ing St
Quarry Ville
Dad
Tigave
Mary Ville
Tebanon & Raileoa
Lebanon
Cornwall
NOS PE
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P&e Rrr
Litite
Florida
Malacca
Onder
I. F. Bomberger
Daniel Leopold
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Penn Square
NEW Haven Coach Works
New Haven
Pes Hotel
Penn
Lancaster-Co
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B.J. Lrach
Prop R
Railroad Restaurant
Lititz PA
St. Acker
Warwick House
N. OF
R. R. Station
Lititzetop
Re & E.G. Carpenter
Comtinental Hotel
East Chestnut ST
K. BR
Custon
Aps
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Prop'r
Columbia House
Hutton
Prop
North Broad Street
Masonic Temple
Academy of Ping Arts
Sturgis
Ewlng
Chestnut Street
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