Love Victories Across Old Battle Lines In 19th Century Matchmaking
The article recounts postwar romance linking Civil War foes, noting Nellie Grant Sartoria and Major Henry Kyd Douglas prepare for marriage after a history of reunions and rapprochement. It highlights Winnie Davis and Alfred Wilkinson's engagement near Syracuse, and General Gordon's reflections on cross‑sectional marriages and lingering affection that bridged North and South.
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Wasamatox
Mars
Cupid
Nellis
Sartoris
Jeff Davin
Nellie Grant Sartoria
Grant
Henry Kyd Douglas
Maryland
Stonewall Jackson
Washington
Blue Mountain House
Narragansett Pier
Nellie Grant
Agernon Bartoria
Major Douglass
Hagerstown
Gordon
Congress
Major Dunglass
Europe
A. 8. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Rose Mary Sartoris
Nellia Grant Sartoria
Winnie Davis
Winnie Luis
Alfred Wilkinson
Syracus
Samuel J. May
Wilkinson
Lincoln
Mr. May
Emerson
Lowell
Longfellow
Dave
Olhea
Syracuse
Jerry Rescha
Galiot
Jerry Vas
Canada
The
Winnie
W. W. Gordon
Savannah
Nellie Kinzie
Chicago
Sahe
Newark
John B. Gordon
United States
Georgia
Lee
Appomattox Court House
General Gordon
Antietam
Mrs. Gordon
Tom
Mr. M. Ciexem
A Cat's Fall and a Seward Statue Dialogue
The French Academy debates why cats land on their feet with Marey presenting 60 photos and theories from Milne Edwards to Deprez. An Auburn-area reminiscence recalls William H. Seward, his speeches, and a young journalist friend who dictated famous addresses from memory.
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French Academy of Science
M. Marey
Puse
Saucor
M. Milne Edwards
M. Berthelot
M. Marcel Deprez
Pisa
Saati
Bia
Seward
Adare
Mr. Seward
William H. Seward
Advertiser
Robinson
Rochester
Soward
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Ypsilanti
Paul
L D. Matswan
England Temperance Party threatens immediate liquor trade bill
The temperance party has privately warned the government they will not tolerate any delay next session in passing the local liquor trade control bill. About a dozen extreme temperance Liberals in the House of Commons may vote against the government if misled, testing the party’s loyalty as the Text session runs.
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England
Temperance Party
Temperance
Gladstone
House of Commons
London
Margaret of Austria and the notable bearded ruler
The passage notes bearded women as common figures with Margaret of Austria highlighted. Appointed by Charles V as governor of the Netherlands she bore a long stiff beard and believed its presence added majesty so she carefully combed and trained it to appear larger than it was.
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Margaret of Austria
Charles V
Netherlands
Dan Emmett and the Dixie war song remembered in Mount Vernon
A profile of Daniel Emmett born October 1815 at Mount Vernon Ohio, composer of Dixie, his life as a minstrel and soldier, and his enduring fame as the Civil War era's most famous walk around song.
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Ftu
Mamelp
Mount Vernon
Ohio City
Dan
Daniel G 'Ease
Dan Emmett
Decatur Emmott
Detroit
Emmett
United States Army
Bryant Bros.’ Minstrels
New York
Jerry Bryant
New York Road Company
Uncle Pan
Dan Tucker
Sally
Gwine
Dixie
Andrew Carlisle Carson
Crown Prince Rewards Texas Jack for Help in Denmark
Copenhagen social circles recount a tale where the crown prince, walking the Strandwey, fined a toll rider named Texas Jack who paid the toll after a royal intervention. Jack later met the prince at the races and greeted him from the royal pavilion, earning a smile and victory.
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Copenhagen
Crown Prince
Strandwey
Seroas
Texas Jack
Crown Prinow
Port Arthur Falls to Japan After Weak Chinese Resistance
A Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces captured Port Arthur after feeble Chinese resistance. The port was bombarded before surrender and Chinese officers abandoned the fortress on the night of November 6. Some foreign representatives plan to travel to Pekin soon.
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Uncle Sam
Oxar
London
Shanghai
Port Arthur
Pekin
Czar's Remains Laid In State Cathedral Of Moscow
Funeral ceremonies in the old Cathedral of St Michael drew a vast crowd as Moscow mourned the late czar. The funeral train arrived with the czar and royal family, prayers were offered along the route, and the coffin lay in state on a gold canopied catafalque as citizens viewed and prayed.
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Moscow
St. Michael
Europe
Orar
Osarina
Prince and Princess of Wales
Cathedral of St. Michael
Prince of Wales
US mediation urged in China Japan peace talks
The Standard reports Britain welcomes U S mediation if desired by China and Japan. It notes a favorable moment for American mediation and says it should not be controlled by any single power. Turkish official denials accompany reports of an 8000 Armenians massacre near Sassoun with 25 villages destroyed. The British ambassador investigates.
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London
United States
China
Japan
America
England
Corea
Lowpox
Daily News
Constantinople
Sassoun
Moosh
Britons Endure Floods Shut Schools and Boats Ferry Passengers
Heavy rains flood parts of Great Britain causing business disruption. In Cornwall at Ives the 8b schools closed and boats ferry residents through flooded streets. Isle of Wight damage hits Ryde Sandown and Brading hard. In Bruex Bohemia a Dresden Creditanstalt colliery explosion kills twenty.
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Loxpox
Great Britain
Ives
Cornwall
Isle of Wight
Ryde
Sandown
Brading
Abupda Pestt
Bruex
Bohemia
Dresden
Magnificent St Louis Launched At Cramp Shipyard
The steamship St Louis of the American line was launched at Cramp's shipyards in Philadelphia on Nov 18 shortly after 11 o'clock witnessed by about 60 000 people. Mrs Cleveland broke the champagne bottle as she christened the ship saying I christen thee St Louis. The vessel is 120 feet longer than any launched at the yard and the launch proceeded without a hitch. 400 guests attended a lunch afterward at Cramp's office where Charles B Cramp praised American shipbuilding under President Cleveland noting the ship is built on American plans by American workers with American material. Twenty six ships were recommended by Cleveland and authorized by Congress.
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Weisfal
Cramp
Charles B. Cramp
Cleveland
St. Louis
America
Congress
American in a tight box in Holland murder case
Major Gordon W. Lillie Pawnee Bill recounts the imprisonment of George Connors of Pullman Illinois on a murder and robbery charge in Nijmegen Holland. Connors, once a Wild West show hostler, was seen with money near the time of the crime and is held on flimsy evidence awaiting the public prosecutor’s order for release.
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Philadelphia
Navy
Gordon W. Lillie
Nijmegen
Holland
Illinois
Lille
George Connors
Pullman
Hostler
Major Live
Ruger Succeeds Miles Appointed Commander of Missouri
President Cleveland appoints Major General Miles to command the Department of the East creating a vacancy in the Missouri. Brigadier General Ruger moves from San Francisco to Chicago to assume Missouri duties as part of a broader department reallocation.
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Department of Missouri
Chicago
Washineton
O. O. Howard
Department of the East
Cleveland
Miles
Department of the Missouri
Thomas H Ruger
Bsourette- Lamont
Howard
New York
Ruger
San Francisco
Merritt
St. Paul
General Brooke
Omaha
Forsyth
Mc Cuok
Denver
General Wheaton
San Antonio
General Otis
Vancouver Barracks
Brooke
War Department
How to Eliminate the Strike as an Element in Labor Problem
The industrial congress opens a two day session in Willard hall Woman's Temple tomorrow morning. Professionals and business leaders join labor leaders in the discussion chaired by Lyman Z Gage for the first session.
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CuicaGo
Jnto
Industrial Congress
Willard Hall
Woman's Temple
Lyman Z Gage
Jurors Dismissed in Memphis Lynching Case
Memphis November 18 jurors Harrows and Patterson were peremptorily dismissed by Judge Cooper after stating they would hang no white man for killing a negro. A new venire was drawn to fill the vacancies.
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Memphis
Harrows
Patterson
Cooper
Sioux City Detective Foils Clothing Thieves Stand
Detective Franciscus waited at the gang’s quarters in Sioux City on November 18. He grabbed the first man entering and commanded the others to surrender. As they attempted to flee, the officer fired, with Dick Morgan noted as a young tough in the scene.
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Franciscus
Dick Morgan
Forest Fires Burn Themselves Out
Forest fires in Arkansas and Tennessee north of Memphis have spent their fury and burned to the Mississippi River banks. No rain is seen and fears linger of fires starting elsewhere.
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Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Tenneassee
Mississippi River
Tramps' Row Ends in Death Near Novi
A camp of traveling workers near Novi saw a fight that ended with Hendricks, a marble cutter, beaten to death by a coupling pin and his body burned. Police have captured the gang. In Philadelphia James Foley, 48, awaiting trial for murdering his mother, hanged himself in Moyamensing jail using his cotting rope.
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Boonz, Ila
Novi
Hendricks
Sll
Philadelphia
James Foley
Moyamensing
Voters reject separation measure in Kansas City
Return results from The Star show the people voting against separating Kansas City from the county. In Cutcaco, Judge Soules dismissed Swift versus Hopkins for fraud at the polls with an appeal noted.
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Kanasas City
Star
Kansas City
Cartagi
Cutcaco
Soules
Swift
Hopkins
Train Robbery and Bank Heist in Missouri and Kansas
Three masked bank robbers hit a Sylvan Grove bank at noon. They fled, leaving one wounded and killed in a volley by the cashier. A $200 reward is offered for the remaining two. Also two men robbed an express car on a Fusco train near Monette, taking several hundred dollars after forcing the engineer forward and obtaining safe keys.
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Sativa
Kas
Sylvan Grove
Cook
Missouri
Fusco
Monette
Chapman
Mince Meat Of Horses And Fraudulent Goods Exposed
A Sioux City dispatch reports a local firm claims to make mince meat from 1100 horses daily and ships large quantities labeled dried beef for eastern consumption. The piece mocks fraudulent labeling and dilute trademarks, noting producers resist calls to truthfully name products and warn against adulteration.
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Sioux City
Lberty
Manitoba
Montreal
de Knuyper
Manitoba Free Press
King of Ava Rejects Missionary Calls for Conversions
The Ava king allowed Dr Price to preach but warned that any subjects converted by him would be beheaded and sent to the paradise Athouwium, illustrating a deadly caution to missionary zeal.
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Theron
King of Ava
Dr Price
Athouwium
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