Whitelaw Reid the American Prince of Power and Wealth
A portrait of Whitelaw Reid, editor and diplomat, tracing his ascent from a log cabin to London’s private Dorchester House, his marriage to Elizabeth Mills, and his influence in the Tribune, with notes on residences, governance, and his role in American politics.
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London
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New York City
America
Whitelaw Reid
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Columbis
Cincinnati Gazette
The
Gazette
South
Ohio
Jolson
Econgress
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Greeley
Heid
Tribune
Peter Whiteling
Cabo
Americ Isis
Rifteld
Earlie
Elizabeth
Darius O. Mills
California Tillionnaire
Saben
Board of Regents
New York State University
Prence
Benjamin Harrison
Queen Victoria
King Edward
Great Belin
Joseph
Choate
Whitelaw Ress
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Palleyrand
Dorchester Touse
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Wfifales
Mrs. Reid
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Horace Grenley
Samuel Sinclair
Schuyler Colfax
Credit Mobilier
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New York
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Chauncey M. Depew
Chauncey
Atlanta battlefields planned into national park
A Georgia movement seeks to make the Atlanta battlefield area a national military park. Legislation and a $1,000,000 appropriation are proposed to acquire three fields at Peachtree Creek Atlanta July 20 1864 the Battle of Atlanta July 22 and Mara Church July 28. A grand boulevard would connect West End Lakeview Fort McPhersonGrant Park East Atlanta Inman Park Ponce de Leon Park Piedmont Park to Ezva Church with historical markers along the route. Support comes from Grand Army of the Republic members in Georgia and Confederate veterans.
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Atlanta
Foigu
Mara Church
Aihe Fields
Manassas
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Chickaningga
East
DeKalb County
Sharman
Grant
Fort Wisher
Lee
West End
Lakeview
Fort McPherson
Grant Park
East Atlanta
Inman Park
Ponce de Leon Park
Piedmont Park
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High Priced Football Wagering Across Massillon Canton Game
A Massillon Canton football championship report notes massive betting and prizes, with about 190000 won or lost on the Massillon win. Bets reached 500 per minute, players from both sides earned hundreds, including Blondy Wallace 250 from Canton and Heston 500. Massillon’s star lineup included Schrantz McNulty McChesney Lang and Drake. Canton’s team faced heavy losses. Massillon reportedly started behind the season but gained wealth after the game.
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Massillon
Canton
Ohio
O. Massillon
Blondy” Wallace
Philadelphia
Uniy
Pennsylvania
Hve
Heston
Michigan
Cure
Lafayette
Schrantz
Washington and Jefferson
McNulty
Chicago
McChesney
Chicago Baseball
Lang
Latrobe
Drake
Princeton
Large Scottish clan records and a Calve anecdote
A fragment from the Washington Post notes a claimed Scottish family record with a father of many children, most living to adulthood, plus a Jamaica tale of Mills aged 118 and descendants in a regiment. It also recounts a Monte Carlo encounter where Calve spoke with Prosper Merimee and a quip about accident versus calamity involving Prince Napoleon.
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Scotland
John Bowes
Jamaica
Mills
Wibanks
Monte Carlo
New York
Calve
Prosper Merimee
Carmen
Merimee
Prince Imperial
Prince Napoleon
Washington Post
Fighting Bob Sickness Delays North Atlantic Visit
A North Atlantic squadron’s first division visits Tortland plans for entertaining Rear Admiral Evans and his officers are disrupted by the Admiral’s sudden indisposition. A party of ladies tours the flagship when a quartermaster jokes about the admiral’s illness and the punishment implied by the grog served to the crew.
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Bob
North Atlantic
Tortland
Evans
Buty
Has He or Hasn’t He President Roosevelt Mustache Test
Three men in a west side boarding house discuss memory and Roosevelt’s mustache. They recall seeing many pictures and debate whether the President has a mustache, with one affirming and another denying, leaving the answer up to memory.
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West Side
Roosevelt
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