Tramp Old Pete Linked to State Press Founder in Revelatory Tale
A newspaper staffer recalls an aged tramp named Old Pete in a small town composing room. The man once led a western daily, Peter Burbanks, editor of the Herald, who later vanished into drinking after a duel over alleged fraud. A capital city encounter reveals the unlikely identity, rewriting memory of a once powerful journalist.
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Old Pete
Hon. Peters Burbanks
Pete
Central Western
Judge Wilkes
Burbanks
Peter Burbanks
The
Herald
Carbondale
Wilson
Ithon
Burbanka
Peter Burbanka
Legislation Preseeds and Bills Amid Ohio Debates
A lengthy review of preseedings in the Ohio General Assembly outlines bills on railroad work rules, prison reform, street railways, and canal concerns. Key actions include passing bills for a lady physician in insane asylums, pedestrian safety at crossings, and reorganizing the state militia, with debates on taxation, public works, and county governance shaping the session's trajectory.
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Ough
Scddent
Tvsphal
Bornas Itina
Mahoning County
Ari
Bon
Cimeinaati
JL. Anderson
Erulans
Cioralan Pian
Aditions Dodge
Maki
Geaseopos Bpres
Ofr
Rte
Colutmers
Senate
Wood
House
Baird
Food and Dairy Commissioner
Bis
National Women’s Relief Corps Home
St Maiti Bon
Lake County
Common Pleas
United States
Colenbrs
Semafa
Mellrom
Carpenter
Forbes
Laoipson
Ohl
Griffin
T P Evans
Dayton
George Hamilton
East Liverpool
Nichols
Workman
Cotemara
Sera
Canal Commission
Trea
General Revenue Fund
Howse
Hoase
Lucas
Erie
Cuyahoga
Seafon
von Seggerus
Tcent Hilla
Boya
Canter
Columbua
Columbue
Tite
Cuyahoga County
Feves
Wee Agate
A Lucky Cook And The Baron's Russian Paragon
A long fragment recounts Schultz, an Alsatian deserter who rises in the Russian army to become a wealthy baron. He reconnects with Richelieu at Odessa, gains recognition, inherits fortune, and provides for a reunion. The tale blends romance, fate, and a cook’s ascent in a sweeping historical backdrop.
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Louis XV
Schultz
Russia
Etary
Richelieu
New Russia
Odessa
Karasu Bazar
France
Nehnitz
Cardinal Rohan
M. Schultz
Vienna
Geners
Genera
Leancerillus
Viegon
Crimea
Richelier
Karasa Bazar
County Workhouse Proposals Spark Prisoner Transport Levy
A historic session details proposed policies for counties lacking prisons to send inmates to joint workhouses. It authorizes erecting a workhouse and hiring officers with transport costs six cents per mile and five cents for guards, funded by levy and surplus. The assembly adjourned to January 3, 1803.
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Iba
Uberberiffa
Havi
Fragments From A Late 19th Century Household Column
A collection of trivial kitchen and home care notes including recipes for creamed cod barley soup and puree of beans, advice on shoe care and polishing furniture, stain removal with chloride of lime, and a lobster salad dressing with raw egg yolks and vinegar. Includes stray tips on woolen stockings, housekeeper hints, and general domestic guidance from the Detroit Free Press and Orange Judd Farmer.
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Detroit Free Press
Orange Judd Farmer
Party Gowns and Wedding Attire in Harper’s Berlin
The article describes recent party gowns with lace berths, Watteau bows, and moire ribbons in colors white pink blue green and lilac. It details high waistlines, guimpes, and sheer sleeves for girls and bridesmaids, plus notes on fabrics like China crepe and India silk and a historical quip about the word Hamburg from Edward Nathaniel Lawer.
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Ecru
Bertha
Harper's Berar
Fragmented humor quotes across late 19th century papers
A collage of humorous clippings and social banter from various newspapers. Snippets include witty lines about theater, dress, romance, and daily life. The montage references critics and readers, with jokes on fashion, money, and manners scattered through multiple city papers.
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Susan Coolidge
Times
Pard
Minora
Bators
Chicago Tribune
Norway
Olof Tretelia
Odin
Ynglinga
Sweden
Vermeland
Halfdan | Til
Edward Nathaniel Lawer
London Stock Exchange
Hamburg
Scumms & Moore
Weteter’s
Motes
Etme
Robincom
Flegende Blatter
Heston Transcript
Biddeford
Alx
Bangor
Mabella
Washington Star
Naggs
Indianapolis Journal
Lpatart
Gruffley
Boston Courier
Homnelsaly
Tom
Boston
Dashaway
Lieut. Griggs
Mias
Misa
le Figaro
Dingiey
Caraway
Dingley
Expres
Mr. Wayback
Walter
Ash
Mr. Waybeck
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