Lincoln Jokes and Foreign Policy Notions in 1860s Dispatch
The article surveys President Lincoln as a maker of jokes and quotes anecdotes from receptions and Wade, with Winged jests about emancipation and a Ward Lamon misadventure. It shifts to comment on French policy, fortifications and a view of Germany as perpetual foe, then notes discoveries of carbon points and maple sugar processing debates.
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Perley
Lincoln
Joe Miller
Senator Wade
Hell
Capitol
White House
Rescent
Congress
Taneda
Maor
Ward Lamon
District of Columbia
Porer
Fanahar
Jamon
Tam
Ward
Lancoln
Roast Beef Mixup Stuns Detroit Diners
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a waiter’s joke about serving roast beef long ago as a customer quips the plate had a crack. The exchange captures a witty dining mishap set in an era of diners and service style.
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Detroit Free Press
Blake Stovall and the Law Over a Family Farm
Blake Stovall lives with his son on a mountain farm when neighbor Dick Spillers challenges the property title as public land. A confrontation ends with violence, and a sheriff’s pursuit follows. Stovall ultimately confesses, prepared to surrender, after discovering his son’s fate and seeing his own looming punishment.
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Fe P. Read
Blake Stovall
Bose
Stovall
Dick Spillers
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Wall
Old Spillers
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Stevall
Spiller
Stoval
Spillers
Johnson's
Sheriff's Posse
Johnson
Lim
Crimson
Sant Johnson
India Rivalry in Wheat Sparks Foreign Price Shifts
The piece notes India’s rising wheat output challenging the United States and Britain. It cites Indian harvests diverting 100 million dollars from U S markets over two years, Europe surpluses, and cheaper freight to Britain. It warns of long term shifts as Europe and Australia grow and U S consumption rises.
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Chilcago
India
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Indian Empire
England
Asassia
Theatre Seats for Fat Folin
A New York Star correspondent urges theaters to supply larger orchestra seats for big patrons. He recalls an evening where a larger woman engulfed his companion, proving standard seating is uncomfortable and suggesting roomier seating would attract more customers.
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New York Star
Panion
Crows Know Sunday
A Hartford boundary area farmer reports crows foraging near his home with unusual boldness. A neighbor recounts a belief that crows know Sunday and act timid on weekdays, claiming they avoid persecution on the Sabbath.
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Hartford Times
Hartford
Novel soap sheets aid hurried traveler on muddy street
A man who slipped on a muddy crossing washed his hands in a drugstore using a tiny book of soap sheets. The druggist explained the paper is coated with soap and can replace ordinary soap, costing about the same as a cake. Also notes Berlin medicine prices are ministry regulated.
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Sith Avenue
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Fred O, Dean
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New York City
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Iowa
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