Turning Them Out. Life-Long and Intimate Lincoln Reminiscence
Joshua F. Speed recalls the last meeting with Abraham Lincoln two weeks before Lincoln's assassination. Lincoln dispenses mercy to draft resisters, freeing a imprisoned man's son and husband. A grieving mother thanks him, and Lincoln expresses weariness yet satisfaction at easing two families' suffering.
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New York Observer
Joshua F. Speed
Abraham J Lincoln
Lincels
James
Ladius
Pennsylvania
Bell
Zand
Hind
Dana
Stanton
Madame
Mr. Lincoln
Sid the
Cold Weather Tales From A North Carolina Walker And Soldier
A mix of winter musings and anecdotal clips. George W Washington recalls extreme cold during a surveying trip with stakes shrinking to eight inches in hours. A Raleigh era anecdote features Dave Wa aer, a North Carolina soldier, meeting a cocked hat colonel in Richmond and admitting he never saw combat or other soldiers since.
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G. W
George W. Washington
Marthy
George
Alleghanies
Vennor
Hazen
Wiggins
Geore
Loateich
Dave Wa Aer
Anderson
North Carolina
Lee
Dave
Richmond
St. James
Cape Cod Folks tale prompts author to flee town
In a Chicago Herald note tied to the Cape Cod Folks matter a popular author visited the area under the guise of selling lithographs to locals. He aimed to write a magazine article describing the neighborhood but left town suddenly amid suspicions.
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Chicago Herald
Cape Cod
Speculators on Marble Time Among Juvenile Players
A Philadelphia Times feature explains marble play as a microcosm of speculation on Jayne Street. It details marble values, terms like agate and stoney, and the dangers from the “snatcher” who robs young players after they dob in.
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Philadelphia Times
Lyond Street
Roveol
Tha Budy
Nestreet
Wiloetess
Wall Street
Jayne Street
Wall
Third Street
Jay Gould
Mary Anderson's Fortune and Independent Rise
New York World reports Mary Anderson, 24, controls her affairs with a $350000 fortune. Her holdings include U S bonds mortgages Brooklyn Long Branch and New York real estate New York Central and Lake Shore stock plus $30000 cash. She manages her business and refuses marriage while supporting her youngest sister and the actor Doo Griffin.
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Mary Anderson
United States
Shoe
Brooklyn
Long Branch
New York
New York Central
Lake Shore
Louisville & Nashville
Mary
Joc
Gailin
Flo
Kentucky
Doo Griffin
Fireside glimpses and London clubs in odd contrasts
A fragmented column sketches visitors in a sunlit Kentucky mansion and talks of solitary prison life. It shifts to London Sundays with clubs, debates, and speeches from Haslam, Besant, Watts, and Clark, highlighting diverse social scenes.
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Oakey Hall
Brooklyn Eagle
London
Savage Club
Thackeray
Charles Honeyman
Newa Gi. Green
Haslam
Mistann Besant
Claremont Hall
Angel Inn
Hall of Science
Watts
Bethnal Green Road
Victor Park
W. J. Clark
Labor
Yankee Gumption in Bangor Coal Incident
A Bangor trader ordered a ton of coal to store on a second floor, but the coal was dumped outside. He watched a crowd of countrymen loot the coal and fire at a target. The merchant then brought water to wash their hands.
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Janet Dale
Chicago News
Kentucky
Bangor Commercial
Bangor
Chronic skin affliction described in old text
The fragment describes a severe, long standing skin disease with patches on the ears nose and face, hair loss and scaling. It mentions children and infants affected since birth with itching burning and painful eruptions resistant to ordinary remedies and ignored by magic.
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Sanford
PotTrek Drug and Chemical Co
Bosin
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New York World
Tena “A
San Francisco Chronicle
England
New York Sun
Coenah
Potter Dry Lamp Chemical CO
Boston
Stass
Wells & Corwin
Ting Hollow
Suffolk Co
Hiladelphia
P. A. Slocum
Pearl Bt
Rowell & CO
Spruce St. N.Y
Fortune
True & Co
Augusta
Maloe
Scrofaia
Remov Ritan
Elena
the Great
Iniemeir I Fian
L'S
U. S
Europe
Dr.s. A. Richmond Med Co
St.Joseph
McLord, Stoutenburgh & Co
Chicago
Mosler
Univerity
Greifewald
Germany
Pitzer
American Medical College
St. Louis
States
Sander & Sons
Eucalyptus Extract
St. Nee
Hazard
Sander
Sandhurst
Victoria
Richards & Suhrbeck’s
Bluff Drug Store
NETS
Eee
Stationers & News Act
Olson
Merchant Tailor
Skinner Block
Molixe
Grimson & Co
Portland
Maine
Silee
Eon. Kane
Am Yeddress
Kanmn
A. M
Fulton M
New York City
Devel
Buffalo
Irs
Express
GEO R. Pratt & CO
West Pawlet
Tutt’s
Newman
Tuti
Priggis
Omer
Murray Street
US Manual OF Useful
F. Glaason
Suites Street
Cincinnati
Fourth Street
Cincinnatiti
John Matzen
Fifteenth Street
Bruda
New Flour & Feed Store
Bb. Hieke
U.S
Amerlex
Taymense
Hallef Boux Co
Portland Alne
Ana Balr
Vath
Profu-ely
Forsher & McMachin
Cinelunati
Empire Copy’y Co
Canal 81
F. Kiddy& Co
Dubuque
Owa
L. H. Whitson
Pere Street
Davenport
Canmons
Doug Loh
Flnes
Papillon Mfc. CO
Chic Tad Oatd Pv
Daw
Richards & Sohrl WM
Eo Rate Ag
Dre Kean
Ciare BT
Keane
Kursheedt
Kursheedt M’f
Erbert B. Blakemorf
aTiparey & Counsellor
Pat
Palent
P. O. Box
Rook Island, Ill
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