Various Gossip and Society Notes From Early Dispatches
General Garfield's son Harry reportedly engaged to Colonel Rockwell's daughter Lanz. Queen Victoria may visit Italy, with notes on language. Dr Mandaley calls MacLean a crank. Rev William M Taylor of Broadway Tabernacle receives 316,000 calaty. many church members are wealthy. Gouk leases Grand Opera House to Henry F. Abbey. Christine Nilsson to perform soon. Governor of Illinois names officials. Taing's oration praised. Bek Limore to retire from lecturing. Arding to attend Union College commencement. Beecher speaks in Ottawa. Septor Login remains elusive. a church death prompts purification services. The late Gov Blue Jenny to have grand monument. King of Holland to spend ten days in Paris. False report circulates on Taing. Gough loses voice. millionaires in China noted. Italians emigres travel to the United States. Taingdon Sibley at 72 continues Harvard volume work. Chinese family from Cambridge bound for San Francisco. youngest child dies at Cheyenne depot. Grant to visit Washington. Milwaukee reports of rumor disproved. Arthur hosts dinner for cabinet members and guests. Protestant Chinamen relieved from taxation for religious festivals. A Georgia man hanged himself over weather fears. London circular marks three notable printers. A Toronto man arrested for whipping his daughter to enforce rent. Princess Zenaide Yousoupoff, heiress, linked to Bulgaria match. Patterson in Kansas City involved in banking. Ben Hogan, once a pugilist, warns of fighters' premature deaths. An anecdote of a ring bout ends in surrender. Ah Chee baptized amid a Chinese church community. A New York college-linked school teaches twenty Chinese students writing and reading.
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Queen Victoria
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Mandaley
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MacLean
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Broadway
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Grand Opera House
New York
Henry FE. Abbey
Christine Nilsson
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Taing
Coagh
Seavons
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Arding
Potter
Union Colege Schemctady
Lincolns
England
Blue Jenny
Todiana
Italy
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Misa Beale
A. Stewart
Stewart
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Gwinnett
Craven Street
Strand
Benjamin
Frussiii
Philstopher
Boro
Toronto
Zenaide_Yousoupoif
Prince Soumsrcken
Russia
The Sorrows of Singers and Tobacco Masters
A historical column discusses famous singers and their troubled lives across Europe and America, naming Tanny Lind Sile Sontay Mile. Grist Alboni and Adelina as examples of mercenary unions and ruined fortunes. It shifts to tobacco grading, warning against fillers and low grade leaves harming tobacco value and merchant reputations.
Segretted Fillers Warned by East Winsville Canelle
The East Winsville Canelle admonishes tobacco growers to avoid low quality fillers made of trash leaves and scorched scraps. He urges packing fillers like Ings or Qs in neat clean bundles, with the same care as merchantable grades, to satisfy buyers and uphold trade standards.
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Hutter
Cigar Grady
East Winsville Canelle
Knapp Advocates Crosses For Superior Dairy Cows
Prof S A Knapp of Ames College argues dairy profitability hinges on quality cows and smart breeding. He outlines five criteria for a cow’s value, favors Jersey, Short Horn, and Holstein crosses, and asserts milk from Short Horn cows is not best for dairy use.
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Wisconsin
Wevteran Furnes
S. A. Knapp
Ames College
Knopp
Egg-laying rates for fowl varieties and a Jacksonville rumor
A Ohio Farner correspondent reports varied fowl laying capacities per year for numerous breeds from Light Brahmas to Bantams with figures like 130 for Light Brahmas and Partridge Cochins, 199 for Dark Brahmas, 150 for Plymouth Rocks, and 125 for Houdans. The Jacksonville Journal notes a rumor that Newton Baker may become president of Illinois College at Jacksonville.
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Plymouth Rocks
Plymouth
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Jacksonville
Newton Baker
Knox College
Gaveeburg
Ill
Ilinois College
Wisconsin Legislature Concur on Municipal Court in Milwaukee County
The Wisconsin Senate and Assembly approve measures including a municipal court for Mussee county and a bill reducing interest rates to fund public projects. Other actions fund agricultural groups, regulate telephones, amend public property statutes, and confirm various river and county improvements with multiple bills passed or postponed. Strong entities include Wisconsin Legislature, Mussee County, and Milwaukee region, with references to public works, taxation, and educational adjustments.
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Musree
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Meyocrata Congress
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Thy
Gabi
Sliventh
Wuort
Eircuit Cours
Waulesha
Waulesha County Adaevutdyy
Qurtuin
Maenstag
Rewlth
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Ina
IST
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Sey
Colman
Chancery
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Congress
United States
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Oys
Chayer
Alvision
Miviss
Ppl
Garay
Ghippewa
Dimon County
Charles
Gelomin
Deniad
Willinans Brothers
Sherif Joseph
Abe Courewright
Billy
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Hays
Wisconsin
SV Reddy
Lilly
Beloit
Saint Clarms Fogs Academy
Awampinds
Marathon
Clark
Chippewa
Canty
Andy
Perzone
Iova
Teionda
Actittoner
Mitormeys de Chebur
Casholig Knights of Americas
le Chippawe
Intelnire
Dune County
Wauluenvanty
Waupaca
Eculon Stirvnevs
Lincoln Intervenes to Spare Soldier in Memphis Case
A Memphis court martial sentenced a man to execution for violating military law but the morning before death Mrs Voorhees arrived in Washington seeking mercy. In conversations with Senators Hendricks and Lane and President Lincoln, the president read the case and ordered the prisoner not to be shot, telegraphing urgent instructions to Secretary Seward. Lincoln grappled with the quinine issue as he weighed mercy against policy and the war’s demands.
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Memphis
Hurlbut
Washington
Conesamaan Voorhees
Mrr. Voorhees
Senator Hendricks
Indiana
Henry 5
Lane
Lanes
Springfield
Yue
Linegle
Lincoln
Ike
Dynesa
Mr. Lincoln
Marshus
Hendricks
Lee
Congress man Cox recounts a Georgia street encounter
In Lincoln Hall Washington last week congressman Cox of New York told a Georgia street tale about a black man who greeted him with Hullo Sam and joked I'se dresking enothar eullyad man. The anecdote illustrated the humor surrounding race.
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Congress
Cox
New York
Lincoln Hall
Washington
Georgia
Hullo
Sam
Free Pass Demand Tangles Walking Match Crowd
A New York dispatch reports strong demand for free passes to the recent walking match. Notables including William H. Vanderbilt sought tickets, with Vanderbilt requesting three daily passes for himself Cornelius Vanderbilt and F A Worcester, the private secretary.
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Williaa H. Vanderbilt
Cornelius, Vanderbilt
F. A. Worcester
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