Death of the Aspasia of the First Empire in Paris Hovel
The piece reflects on the fading, misanthropic Count Leon Bonaparte and the Countess Leonie La Plaigne, once central to Napoleon’s circle. It recounts Leonie’s rise at Saint Denis, her opulent salon, and fall into poverty after the Empire’s end, noting her child and public misperceptions of Napoleonic lineage.
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Aspasia
Napoleon Bonaparte
Leon
Napoleon
St. Denis
Legion of Honor
Madam Campan
Leonie
Saint Denis
Madame Campan
Leonié la Plaigne
Chaussee d’ Autin
Fouche
Tuileries
Leonie la Plaigne
Enius
Second Empire
Count Leon
Walewski
Pon
of the Republic
House of God Turned Battle Field Near Stockwell Indiana
From the Lafayette Journal March 9 a church meeting near Laura mie Creek three miles north of Stockwell ended in a riot. Minister J W Covey faced denunciations from Campbellite adherents and a document dispute escalated into a melee with both sides seizing and tearing papers, turning the church into a temporary battlefield.
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Lafayette
Ind
Lauramie Creek
Stockwell
J. W. Covey
Campbellite
Methodist
Covey
House of God
Dexter to Beat 2317 1 4 Footstudy Aimed at Speed
From the Field Turf and Farm report notes Robert Bonner has studied the horse Dexter’s foot to relieve a previous lameness. By opening the winter, the hoof was spread to restore a natural stride and a shoe from the old life fits inside the current shoe. Bonner believes Dexter could exceed 2 17 1 4 with a longer stride. An exhibition appearance is discussed for summer, possibly on the Fashion Course. Doble may drive the horse for a public show rather than a race.
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Robert Bonner
Dexter
Buffalo
Bonner
Doble
Outcry Over Venezuelan Coast Guard Seizure of Hannah Grant Crew
Reports say a Venezuelan coast guard force seized the crew of the American whaling schooner Hannah Grant off the Venezuelan coast. A naval vessel has been dispatched from Washington to investigate and protect the seamen. Venezuelan Consul Ribas has discussed the incident with Secretary Seward, seeking satisfactory explanation and reputational restoration for Venezuela. The seizure is believed to stem from a mistaken belief that the Hannah Grant was a smuggling vessel.
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Venezuela
Hannah Grant
Washington
Ribas
New York
Seward
Coast Guard
Wheat fields frozen out leaving bare in Kentucky
The Maysville Bulletin reports on the fifth inst that the wheat fields are completely frozen out, leaving the fields perfectly bare and unable to yield a crop.
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Maysville, Ky
Great Quake Ravages Tamani and Keeling Districts
The Formosa tremor of 18th unleashed devastation from Tamani to Jum sui and Keeling. Homes collapsed in regular lines, with 30 dead at Tamsui and up to 150 in Putsien na. Harbor waters surged, reefs shifted, ships wrecked, and rescue aid stalled by fear and reward demands.
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Amelee Massick
Formosa
Tamani
Tamsui
Putsien-na
Keeling
Palm
Kepling ‘Islands
Sampana
Keelung
Parisian Sketches and Paris Streets in New York Post View
The Paris corre spondent contrasts Paris boulevards with New York avenues noting wider but interrupted Paris streets create perceived space. He praises asphalt sidewalks, curbstones, and daily cleaning, but condemns old city filth and inferior macadam roads. Paris cabs impress for thrift yet are clumsy and starved horses.
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New York Post
Paris
New Yon
Paris to New York Theatres and Cab Drivers Compared
A reflective travel piece contrasts Paris and New York, praising courteous Paris cabbies while critiquing Paris theatres as inferior to an American Academy of Music. It notes Parisian rail ideas and rail car innovations, then describes French poverty outside Paris, citing Lyons and St Chamond iron works and meager wages, highlighting war material’s reliance on labor and the resulting sour wine and odors in crowds.
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Soysiper Ihdur
Paris
Gaba
New York
France
Lyons
St. Chamond
St. Eugene
Petit, Goody & Oo
Empress Recognizes Invalid Soldier on Paris Promenade
In Paris along the Champs Elyses two ladies and a gentleman walk near Course la Reine and Allen des Veuves when a violet seller offers flowers. One lady, the Empress, greets him, pays 20 shillings, and learns he is an invalid soldier she vows to adopt his children per a London Times dispatch.
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Eugene
Champs Elysees
Ita
Marie de Medicis
Seine
Sevren
Versailles
London
Mannuel Robrigo
Sitka
United States
Cambridge City
Ind
Montreal
Gas discovery at Woolwich Arsenal trials boost public supply
English War Secretary approves trials at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich testing bitumen with coal in gas retorts. Results show rapid gas evolution and illumination equal to twenty five spermaceti candles per burner. Captain Arthur Cocklin of the Steam Reserve oversaw the experiments, with 200 tons of bitumen ordered for use.
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Royal Arsenal
Woolwich
Arthur Cocklin
OC. B
Sheerneas
War Department
Paris Exhibition Buildings Sold to Contractors for 225000
Tae Pans Exhibitions Buildings were sold to a contracting company for 225000 dollars. Glass not included as it did not belong to the Imperial Commission. The former cost 2400000, funded equally by the country and Paris city. A private firm agreed to spend 2000000 to beautify grounds and elevate the Gauke’s status, yielding profits from admission. Foreign gold and other benefits from the Exhibition more than offset France’s outlay.
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Imperial Commission
Paris
Gauke
France
Abduction and Trafficking Ring Exposed in San Francisco
A San Francisco police court reveal exposes a organized trade in young girls lured from the East for brothels. Agents board steamers to recruit victims while keepers pay commissions. Keiser and Heise figures are implicated as victims are sheltered and protected by humane locals.
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Alta California
San Francisco
New York
Golden City
Keiser
Augusta May
Emily Gosman
Pahletta
Heise
Lapidge
S Wharf
Fragments of 19th Century News and Oddities
A collage of brief items from 1860s letters and notices including financial figures, marriages, bibliographic curiosities, travel and exploration notes, a slave Cuban poet seeking freedom, library holdings in major institutions, and a humorous grizzly anecdote. Names include Brigham Young, Bayard Taylor, and Manuel Robrigo. places mentioned include Rhode Island, Massachusetts, San Francisco, and Montreal. notable figures, events, and numbers appear throughout.
End of a Bloody Career Described from Nashville Banner
Witness recounts Powell alias Walker alias Watts on the scaffold. He prayed, confessed to past murders in Edgefield Maury County West Tennessee and South Carolina, then was hanged after a terse exchange with the execution party. Prof Loomis notes New Haven’s winter as cold as 1885-6.
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Nashville
Iso
Bicknell
Edgefield
Maury County
West Tennessee
South Carolinas
Heaven
Earth
Loomis
New Haven
Paris land values surge near new opera house
The Paris Monitenor notes a sharp rise in land prices in Paris and surroundings. Areas along Avenue Napoléon near the Comédie Française and Opéra attract 1150f to 1300f per square metre, while districts around the new opera house command 200f to 1050f. Chaussee d Antin and Vauvenville see 1000f to 1250f, Boulevard St Michel near the Odéon lists 526f, and Pasay once 208f to 30f per square metre cannot now be bought for less than 47f.
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Inorzasep Vaton
Lanp
Paris
Paris Monitenor
Theatre Francais
Parios Royal
Napoléon
Opéra House
Opera House
Costa
Chaussee d’Antin
Vayeville
Michel
Odeon
Pasay
Flor de Mayo Perfume Ad Draws Fashion Fragrance
Clinging scent of Puntow's new perfume Flor de Mayo described as a lingering fragrance that adorns a handkerchief. It promises lasting aroma and notes it can only be removed by washing, sold by all druggists to perfume halls of fashion.
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Read Medical Journala
Physis Cisna
Harris & Co., Proprietora
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sir Druggleta
Ootigowly
Puntow
Flor. DE Mayo
Hall of Fashion
Ali Druggista
Edward A. Wilson
Goprat
South Gecona Street
Wittiamabrigh
New Biayioele
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Mabel
Aldrior
Pearie
Marvellone
Winge
Alours
Hingelf-Thoreughi
Vilaze
Canal de l’Oure
St. Denia
Napoleon’son
Buti
Imperial Union
Walt
Themperor
Hortense
Countess de Luxembourg
Palais Royal
Timon
French Republic
Fortian
Panris
Louis Noricon
Chevault Invalides
Academy of Music
Horse Railroads
Venite Vieton
Soretta Rinne
Florida
Rhode Island
Francshau
Joly
Worgester
Mass
Adit Az Onlis
Bayard Taylor
Munich
Inperigi
Paria
Brigham Young
Grafton
Timothy T. Andrews
Sand
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Total
Crevecquur
Bourigues
Belgium
Henry II
Garland
Coast Range
Ptelemi Oaiana
Iemialiend
Ito
Rcome
Canada
Ada
Erin
Batwa
Mbpany
Main Street
Milwaukee
Cate Tuatacyy Kotiary
He Dagens
Prom
Emitr
Gen. Ag
A. W. Rettogy
Rés'y
Beta Reemivns
Ex ‘Bistionary
Pasefger
Rirdcide
Indatars
Pitas
Pilota
Clerice
Rivéeg
St. Louis
Minera
Ortra
Enginoera
Hemisphere
Europe
Europa
Qor
Allen
Nolee
Hostetter
Homo-Monthly
Providence
Perry Davis
Minnesota
Killer
California
All Druguiata
Thos. F
Cbapman
mayTewly
Broadway
John B. Ogden
Cedar &T
Tmhyfowly - Se
Schuyler, Hartley & Graham
Wentley Richard's
Lancaster
Daw's
Greener’s
Dougal and
Metalilo
Maiden Lane
SIZ
Agente
Bend
Wohhb
Church
Clark and
Washington Streets
Chicago
Marls St
Wallhelps
Dodge & Palmer
Lake Bt
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