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Odds and Ends From a Bustling Era Column
A compact rundown of quirky notes from politics to culture. Mark Twain’s January return, stray law cases in Chicago police courts, Fraught with curiosities from opera to Oranges and Canadian forestry, plus science, crime, and social tidbits featuring notable names like Rothschild, Trollope, and De Rocket.
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Mark Twain
Chicago
Flotow
Kansas
Ashtabula
Ohio
Boston
New York
Gloucester
Boucicault
Florida
Montana
National Republican
Washington
Mayer de Rothschild
Paris
England
Georgia
George Francis Train
Gould
United States
New Haven
Thomas Cat
Defiance
Proctor
Canada
Modocs
Herbert Spencer
Anthony Trollope
Brattle Street
Maine
Frederick Robinson
Shylock
Davenport's Theatre
Philadelphia
St. Audean
London
Mme
Parepa Rosa
America
Wachtel and Santley
Sim Reeves
France