Lincoln Letter to Hooker Abridges Military Caution 1863
Lincoln writes to Maj Gen Hooker cautioning against rashness while approving his command of the Army of the Potomac. The Washington correspondent notes the letter’s Shakespearean diction and asserts the original is in the War Department archives.
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Chicago Tribune
Lincoln
Jo Hooker
Urnide
Theotomar
Hooker
Washington
Houston Herald
Robert N Dcott
Washington, D. C
Hooken—Gaselan
Army of the Potomac
Burtsside
Napoleon
Salvini in the Rio Janeiro Press Begets Weeping
The New York Tribune reports Salvini in La Morte Civile moves editors abroad. A bearded Rio editor, Senhor de Castro, famed for restraint, is stirred by the play weeping after the curtain. Word spreads that Castro weeps, seen as a great triumph.
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New York Tribune
la Morte Civile
Salvini
Rio Janeiro
Senhor de Castro
Castro
Gordon on a Future Life by General Gordon
General Gordon, head of English forces in Egypt, shares views on reincarnation. He suggests life is one of many, claims pre-existence, and believes in active work in a future life toward greater perfection, though never fully attained.
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Chicago Herald
Gordon
Egypt
Giant Cuspidor in Treasury Basement
The Chicago Herald notes the United States Treasury houses the largest spittoon on record. A cat shaped oblong wooden bar filled with sawdust rests in the basement at the foot of stairs serving multiple floors, accommodating government employees and others.
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Chicago Herald
United States Treasury
Long-Distance Telephoning Breakthrough Reported
Boston observers note a successful test of long distance telephoning between New York and Boston using a hard rolled copper wire. Theodore Mail of American Roll Telephone Co claims the new line permits clear speech to New York Washington and western cities once laid. Costs and installation challenges remain.
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Boston
New York
Theodore Mail
American Roll Telephone Company
Washington
Lost gold and wrecks beneath the silent ocean
Poetic reflections on sunken treasure and drowned riches. The speaker glimpses gold ingots, doubloons, pearls, and rings buried under seaweed and dim light, hinting at lost hopes and irrecoverable fortune beneath the waves.
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Lee Hamilton
Life Aboard A 19th Century Ship Forecastle Grub Tale
An old seaman recalls the harsh life in the forecastle aboard a deep water voyage. He describes squalid conditions, infestations, brackish water, and hard tack with weevils, the rough diet, and the social scramble for meat in the fo all e crew.
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New York Tribune
Enid
Jack Tar
Tribune
Nhat
New York
Shanghai
Davy Jones
Conquest of Mexico debated by a modern commentator
A historical critique argues Cortés did not civilize or conquer large native kingdoms. The piece contends Mexico’s pre contact civilizations were modest, with Cholula and other sites misinterpreted. It contrasts Spanish brutality with native resilience and notes population changes since European contact.
Seed of Cochin China grape vine sent to probe growth
Senator Butler ships seed of a vine from Cochin China to the U S commissioner's agriculture desk for testing in warm moist regions. It promises large edible grapes but dies after fruit and re sprouts from tubes. Trials may occur in California gardens and Columbia conservatories with results to Halderman.
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Chicago Times
John A. Halderman
Biam
Butler
Bangkok
Europe
California
Cochin China
Columbia
Haldorman
Sleeplessness Causes and Natural Remedies
Dr Oswald argues sleeplessness stems from overactive cerebral vessels and stresses gradual cures. He warns against narcotics and promotes fresh air moderate exercise and a simple diet as the best natural remedies for brain workers and reformed drinkers.
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Oswald
Popular Science Monthly
The Growl Philosophy Revealed by Walter Scott Tale
Walter Scott recalls childhood taste for porridge and a father’s cold water punishment. The anecdote illustrates the Growl school’s hostility to conduct aimed at happiness and the moral habit it seeks to enforce.
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Sir Walter Scott
Walter Scott, Sr
How She Won Applause and a Remarkable Heart Beat Tale
Fannie Horton, once famed actress, won sudden praise after a hissed line. She asked if the crowd disliked her playing or her person and the crowd chose the former, prompting renewed applause and lasting fame. Also notes a Rochester physician with a 26 pulse rate at age 44, far below typical 65.
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Chamber
Fannie Horton
Hefoo
Man Discovers Secret Code In Newspaper Message
An Evansville Argus reader recalls deciphering a cryptic letter found in his coat. He narrates his long effort to decode the pattern using vowels and consonants, only to discover the line described a lace insertion pattern from his wife.
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Evansville Argus
Nettie
Eliza
West Haven’s Giant Kite Draws Aerial Club Attention
The West Haven Aerial Association outlines a monster kite twelve feet by fifteen feet built of red cambric. It uses 1,200 feet of manila cord on a reel the size of a steamer wheel, requiring two men to operate and bearing two tons of tension. An early test released only 200 feet of rope due to light winds. a stronger northwest wind is awaited to lift the flyer skyward.
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West Haven
New Haven Register
Association
Cyclone pits build shelter in windy wheat states
Farmers in cyclone prone areas dig pits twenty feet deep with ten by ten foot openings, cover them with heavy timbers and earth, leaving a three by three foot south eastern access. The pits shelter whole families during storms, a practice reported by the Philadelphia Press.
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Philadelphia Press
Desperate cavalry pursuit at Cawnpore ends in British victory
A small mounted force of Bh aus and Sowars pursue mutineers from a ruined Cawnpore outpost. After a brutal clash amid desert flats, the British rout the rebels, killing every foe and securing loot including diamonds and jewelry. Forty British casualties accompany the triumph restoring control of the field.
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Cleveland
Cawnpore
Rgume
India
Ware
Cnstraught
Ordera
Creole Days and New Orleans Culture Explored in Cable Interview
Chicago interview outlines Charles Cable’s Creole Days project and Creole relations with Americans. He discusses Creole language, social phases, commercial shifts, and New Orleans architecture including the 1877 cathedral restoration. He notes Chicago’s romance and the Jesuit settlement shaping regional memory.
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Chicago News
Orleans
Cab
Ureorge
Mmeb
Phine
Don Bhat
Spain
Jackson
Larbourne
New Orleans
Cable
Chicago
Clear the Advertisements from New York Elevated Stations
A reader denounces the proliferation of advertisements on elevated rail stations and cars in New York. He cites arches, oil cures, quack billboards, and lines of tobacco and liquor ads as disfiguring the transit experience and corrupting morals. He urges a reform to remove ads from stations and cars.
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New York
Chicago Journal
Great Corporation
S Reform Movement
Indian Policeman Grey Bear Brings First Prisoner to Fargo Court
An Indian officer known as Grey Bear, formerly Sioux Nation chief, is believed to be the only Indian policeman on duty in the city. He has just escorted his first prisoner to the Fargo court in Dakota Territory.
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Arkansaw
Grey Bear
Fargo
D. T
German silk-wrapped cannon invention announced
A German inventor introduces a steel tube wrapped tightly with silk threads. The device is light, resists heating, is tenacious and elastic, promising practical strength. The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes the enthusiasm parallels natural forces when kept under control.
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New Orleanes Times-Democrat
Paris grave diggers slang term for children's coffins
A curious linguistic note explains that in Paris burial customs workers slangfully call children's coffins violins. The phrase reflects period or local jargon and highlights macabre euphemism within funeral culture.
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Paris
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