Notable Presidential Possibilities and Historic Incidents
The Register notes various presidential hopefuls born in the United States and supported by rural constituencies. It recounts a runaway horse in Ithaca New York causing havoc and a near tragedy to a sick child, ending with a house fire. It recalls Kentucky congressmen Breckinridge Stone and McCreary, once Morgan’s raiders, captured by U S troops and imprisoned. It mentions Sevxon Dox Jose Lerena a Spaniard with dueling exploits, Spain’s Cuban conflict stance, and his knighthood with the Order of Charles III.
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Ithaca
New York
Brecnkinnipar
Stone
McCreary
Kentucky
Penitentiary
Morgan
Indiana
Ohio
United States
Breckinridge
Ohio Penitentiary
Allegheny City
Sevxon Dox
Jose Lrenna
New Orleans
Spain
Cuba
Charles III
Notable 19th Century Figures and Fashion Trends
A reflective piece contrasts Broxsox Ancorr and Bronson Alcott on social presence and intellect, cites Dr William Hammond's hanging versus electricity debate, and nostalgic notes on Northwest travels. It then comments on Japanese audience customs for actors, public decorum concerns, and a Brooklyn fad of wearing flowers between the lips, with observations from the New York Sun.
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William A. Hammond
New York
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
Brooklyn
New Yorkvening Sun
Joses
Grand Army camp fire incident in Portland
An incident at a Grand Army department camp fire in Portland is reported with limited readable details. The brief notes an event involving a veterans organization and a local gathering, with no further specifics on casualties or causes available in the accessible text.
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Grand Army Department
Portland
Saya
Old soldiers' gathering features Hamlin and a Bangor telephone joke
The Lewiston gathering honors ex Vice President Hannibal Hamlin as a speaker who muses on progress in science and the arts, comparing a telephone to a long speaking wife. A later quip from Past Commander Sawyer recalls a Bangor message about Hamlin, then a lengthy anecdote about a woman with a needle in her shoulder wandering through her body.
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Lewiston
Jomarzal
Hannibal Hamlin
Hannibal
James Whitcomb Riley and Hirev Explain Genius in Literature
The Louisville Sunday News surveys James Whitcomb Riley as the leading light of the East literary world, noting his fame and wealth from poetry. It contrasts Riley with Hirev, illustrating how genius grows under challenging conditions. It recounts Riley’s youth in Greenfield and his father Reuben A claymore’s modest expectations.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Hirev
Greenfield, Ltd
Reuben A Lsley
Jim
Riley
Louisville Sunday News
Woman Returns Home Amid Beach Mystery in New Zealand
Amelia Barrett of Aueckland walked alone at night, her hut apparently washed away. Next day her clothes appeared in a heap with no body found, police searched the shore as waves yielded no remains. She later returned wearing fern leaves claiming she had fallen into the sea while retrieving her hut.
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Amelia Barrett
Aueckland
New Zealand
Rules for Raising Babies and a Night with Charles
Zenas Dene recalls visitors with a year and a half old baby named Charles. The parents enforce strict bedtime in darkness and harshly command the child. The narrator finds the child's fear heartbreaking and argues for flexible parenting and wisdom beyond rigid rules.
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Charley
Charles
Hursh
Chave
Zenas Dene
The Brutality of Hazing in College Life
A stern denunciation of college hazing contrasts it with athletic and poetic traditions. The author condemns hazing as cowardly, brutal cruelty unworthy of any class, urging banishment of offenders and promotion of honorable youthful outlets. The piece cites ideals of the gentleman and cites Tennyson on the true name of gentleman.
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Melusina
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Coventry
Apollo
Tennyson
Arthur Hallam
So hide her shame and the making of a gentleman
The passage cites a report titled So hide her shame and critiques male behavior among youths and gentlemen. It contrasts corrupt lotharios with true gentlemanly conduct, urging self respect, helping others, and opposing bullies in all spheres.
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Hood
Lothario
Drovelace
Sidney
Bayard
Hallam
George Willian Curtis
The
Dlarper’s Magazine
Evolution of dining customs from peasant times to ornate courts
In the fourteenth century, silver cups appeared on buffets while pewter dishes and bone spoons dominated. Forks faced ridicule for generations, salt cellars became central and ceremonious, and Venice supplied first class cups in the sixteenth century as dining norms shifted toward refinement under Henry VIII.
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Elizabeth
Venice
Henry Vile
Bridget
Cod fishing by longline fleets and steamers described
Large cod fishing fleets use longlines up to forty fathoms long with hundreds of snoods and thousands of hooks. Lines are deployed at half tide and hauled as tides change, with anchors and buoys marking the gear. Catches are landed in ship wells with fresh water and ice to preserve cod sent to markets, while crews include many apprentices and captains earning percentages of voyage proceeds.
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LSO
Dogger Bank
Insolent ticket seller in depot altercation over mischange
A passenger recalled a Western Massachusetts rail depot incident where a five dollar bill yielded 7.50 in change due to a ticket clerk’s error. The clerk challenged the miscalculation, claiming the buyer should have noticed the mistake on purchase day. The passenger refused to return the extra funds, criticizing the clerk’s insolence as the clerk chased after him.
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Massachusettes
Mr. Hyde
Boston
Saving Habits of the Shetlander and Return Home
A Shetland lad gains help from locals to learn navigation and gradually advances from mate to master. Sailors often return home after years abroad to buy land or lease crofts, build homes, and resume fishing, showing strong attachment to their birthplace. Two Randall brothers saved from New Zealand and returned to Whalsay, marrying and living modestly while preserving their principal and income.
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Shetland
China
Australia
Rendall
Diggins
New Zealand
Whalsay
Baaf
The Genuine Lover Writes From the Heart
In Harper's Bazar, a reflection on love letters noting many youths mistake passion for emotion. True lovers write because they must, not to please a beloved or impress others, and lukewarm verse betrays shallow feeling to a discerning heart.
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Harper’s Bazar
We Believe Him Astral Form Claim by Dr Elliott Coues
The passage discusses Dr Elliott Coues asserting an astral form enabling simultaneous presence in two distant locations. It contends Theosophists possess incomplete astral forms and brains with the "tral" missing. The remark adds that even with bodies not doubled, their language remains affected.
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Elliott Coues
Robert J. Burilette
Chinas Wonderful Wall Built from Nearby Materials
Readable observations describe the wall as built from bricks rubble and mainly granite, with towers of brick and stone foundations. It notes heights around 17 feet 10 inches to 18 feet 6 inches, a 13 foot breadth, and crenelated parapets. The piece mentions scenic passes, border stock, and ancient guns, including a Ming era cannon carved in Wanli reign, and accounts of decayed towers repurposed as gardens and granaries.
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Lowan Ev
Cha-pow
Jo-wan
Wan Lee
Remarkable Action oonkeys against a boa
An officer at Ixalladgee India and a native witness a monkey pack terrorizing a boa. Monkeys push a rock to crush the boa, while the reptile coils, then breaks the rocks and dies. The scene ends with exultant monkeys and a reported malevolence among chimps and keepers.
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Ixalladgee
India
First Battle Feelings of a General in Fid Bits
An enterprising paper asks generals how they felt in their first battle. A brigadier general from the 1,000th Ohio Volunteers recounts fear and resolve, noting pale pulses and courage, then being knocked senseless by a cannon shot. Mrs. Amenta Diet of Vermont petitions for a divorce, seeking a change of domicile.
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Ohio Volunteers
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