Various Historical Notes on Finance and War Figures
A miscellany of 19th century notes covers Grant memoir costs with gold leaf and vast supplies, a Newark meteorological venture, a wild encounter with a big black bear in Pocahontas County, and claims of longevity remedies. Also recounted are bank panic legends involving Horace Rublee, railroad rate debates, a Kansas Mayoress tale, shifts to natural gas and oil for industry, a court case against Cart. Selfridge in Japan, and vivid memories of Clement Thomas and General Lecomte amid the 1871 insurrection with executions in Paris.
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Paris
Clement Thomas
France
Thomas
Montmartre
Pigalle
General Thomas
National Guard
Chateau Rouge
Lecomte
Rue Des Resiers
Gen. Thomas
Gen. Lecomte
Gen. Lecomte Fei
RE. B. Washburnes
Sibners Magazine
A Legend of Lake George and the Perry Episode
Perry, a young fort officer, bravely tracks the mysterious Raymond who haunts a lakefront hut. He uncovers a chain of murders linked to a masked woman and a doomed brother, ending with a violent confrontation, a burned hut, and Perry’s lifelong conversion before dying at Ticonderoga.
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Raymonds
Lake George
Ans Hess
Fort Ticonderoga
Raymond
Feale
Sutter
Frank
Perry
Morsnn
Eyward
Derry
Ticonderoga
A Stupid Fellow. First Omaha Girl-Yes, that Newbeam is handsome
A brief comedy of manners overheard at a social event. The First Omaha Girl dismisses Newbeam as handsome yet foolish. The Second Omaha Girl recalls an unsettling sight at a concert where Newbeam stared at her, then avoided her gaze for the rest of the evening. Onaka World.
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Newbeam
Contentment in a Quiet Cottage Home Poem
A tender verse lyricizes a simple cottage life during rain. The speaker cherishes a peaceful home, a baby boy, a cat named Doty, and a modest tea scene. Despite debts and poverty, the scene exudes contentment and family unity. The poet, DH Mettie, casts domestic happiness as priceless wealth.
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Jay
European discovery tally of Australia from 1542 to 1788
The text outlines European contact with Australia from 1542 when vague land outlines appeared on some maps to 1788 with the establishment of the first English colony in New South Wales as a penal settlement. Dutch navigators charted coasts including Endrachtsland and Cape Leeuwin while Captain Cook claimed Botany Bay.
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Australia
Bantam
New Guima
Torres Strait
Hartog
Endrachtsland
Offhand Numbers and Trade Notes in Historic Snippets
A collage of historical lines mentions counting growth from millions to billions, hopes for a future occupation as a plumber, silk offers in Cleveland, sea webs bought in India, a Bombay price tag of about $16, and a remark on Christianity entering France in the fifth century. The fragments resemble a miscellany from a newspaper page era.
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Pa’s
Cleveland Sun
India
Bombay
Reminiscences of Public Men and Theater Anecdotes
A Virginia reminiscence praises Henry A Wise for his horse compassion and recalls a clash with a stubborn teamster. It notes Wise’s Eastern Shore home Only, plus John Custis’s grave inscription. The piece then recounts early U S Senate drama with John Adams and Murray, Booth family theater tales, and Booth’s eccentric stage pranks and arrests, ending with general notes on possibly exaggerated but credible anecdotes.
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Virginiaug
Henry A. Wise
Virginia
Wise
Mr. Wise
Mister Yaller Legs
Onancock River
John Custis
Washington
Fs J
Williamsburg
Burton
Hungar’s Parish
Northampton
Arlington
Executive
Congress
John Adams
Murray
France
Bingham
Read
Sedgwick
Ross
Stockton
Adams
Senate
Booth
Sir Edward Mortimer
The Stranger's Mercy in a California Pursuit
A California arrest tale follows a robber fleeing from Stockton to Sonora. After being cornered, a letter from his mother moves a pursuing posse to release him. The scene shifts to a humane moment as the lawmen fold the noose, then return to camp. The piece ends with a treaty note about Union oil and the 1707 Act of Union.
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Sir Edward
Wilford
Pittsburg
Vorrest
Booth
California
Stockton
Sonora
San Francisco
Arkansas
Pard
Hoyle
Ibe
Dean
Janes
James
Ark
Talk About Tol and Turkish Tobacco Prices
A fragmented account analyzes Turkish tobacco pricing and trade from Constantinople to New York. It notes heavy middleman markups, transport costs, and a Turkish monopoly granted by the Sultan that shapes what could be bought or smoked abroad. It contrasts Persian, Sumatra, and Turkish tobaccos, citing price disparities and accessibility in a 19th century commerce context.
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Persig
Co. i
Shiraz
Persia
Sumatra
Tobacca
Constantinople
New York
Civid
Mohamed Ani
Regio
Turkey
Graphi
History of Carlsbad and Its Waters Through the Ages
The article traces Carlsbad’s rise as a famed curative spa from early royal ties and Bohemian roots to its 16th century drinking cures. It notes Becher’s 1760 analysis, Becher’s legacy, and the town’s growth into a prominent European watering place with a 1886 visitor surge. It ends with a Victorian anecdote about Western whisky-filter beliefs and a nod to Oxford University as a reference point.
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Carlsbad
John
Thiergarten
Charles I
Caroli IV
Bohslaw
Lobkowitz
Payer
Carlsbal
David Becher
Becher
Genet
Ted
Boston
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Dakota
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Mintioy
Newark
N. J
John Webb
Pocahontas County
West Virginia
Trheopore Mincer
Detroit
Beast
Ohio
Grayery
Lacy Cook
Tennie C. Cladin
Anen Draper
Hewrt
Cleveland
Garland
Boston Advertiser
Alexander Mitchell
The
Advertiser
Northwest
Avery
Seotchman
Horace Rublee
Milwaukee Sentin
Niublee
Reagan
Interstate Commission
Chicago Tribune
Kansas
Witchitaagle
Mother Hubbard
Cincinnati
Lima
Miami Canal
Pittsburgh
Cart
Selfridge
Shanghai
Mrs
Clara Merwin
DH. Mettie
Tom
Leon
Ben
Perley Poore
Antonino
Lucius Jucius Lrutus
Justice Wymans
Old Bridewell
Simpson
Price
Durance Vile
Junius
Orencko
Richard Itil
York Road
Philadelphia
Scotlan
Union Oil
Queen Anne
Great Britain
History of
Denine
Vienna
Clinton, N. Y
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