Royal engagements and odd anecdotes in The Register
The Register reviews Princess Beatrice and a German prince engagement rumor, notes the death of Jack in the Pulpit from St Nicholas, and profiles editor A R Thompson. It recounts a stubborn Oregon man burning 22000, immigration schemes, Crapo lineage, Newtons gravity theory, and a humorous train miscue.
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Beatrice
Europe
Jack
St. Nicholas
A. R. Thompson
Brooklyn
Adolphus Murray the Adirondack preacher’s dramatic fall
The article recounts W. H. H. Murray known as Adirondacks Murray, his rise on sermons and lectures, and his downfall due to scandal and prodigal living. It notes a pattern of celebrity, debt, and disappearance, ending with a scene in Texas where he works unloading cedar ties beside a line for a horse railroad, amid shabby unkempt surroundings.
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Indianapolis
Constantinople
Gen
Wallace
W. H. H. Murray
Adirondacks
Murray
Chicago Times
Aira
Boston
Texas
New York
V. A. Fenner
San Antonio
San Pedro Springs
A Curious Clock Depicts Garfield Assassination Scene
A Vermont jeweler built a cuckoo clock in which wooden figures reenact the Garfield assassination hourly. Garfield appears with Blaine on a platform, Guiteau fires, a train intrudes, then a priest reads a funeral service and Guiteau is shown on the gallows before doors close and the scene ends.
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Middlebury
Vermont
Garfield
Cakoo
Blaine
Guiteau
Havin
Boston Globe
A Boy's Prayer and a Silent Confession
A father gently questions his ill son about a stolen pie, the boy admits guilt, and a tense scene follows with a trunk strap used in punishment. That night the boy kneels and prays fervently to be made a pirate as a curious moral moment unfolds.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Ode to a Broom in a Marching Song of the Broom Brigade
A fragment from a Marching Song read at a broom drill of the First Congregational Church in Detroit praises girls and grandmothers alike for their handling of the broom. It contrasts youthful grace with aging, urging girls to value service and work over vanity while celebrating charm and cheer.
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First Congregational Church
Detroit
Alice Eddy
The Dreadful Banquet Before a Death Row Death
A reporter describes the last day before James Dux the assassin faces execution. A jail banquet gathers judges, relatives, and citizens who praise him amid pomp, gifts, and comic pretensions while the condemned man delivers a bizarre sermon about transformation and forgiveness. The piece blends grotesque flair with social satire, detailing visitors, crowds, and strangest of gifts as the hour of death nears.
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Hardshell Baptist Church
James
Dax
Blackstone
Jane
United States
Morocco
Dux
Humanityville
Mr. Dux
Well
George Brown
Society For the Protection of Penitent Assassins
Hiram K. Anthropologus
Brown
George
Thia Porte-Monnaie
Religion In a Turkish Bath Tale Sparks Revival
A Turkish bath attendant, converted at a church revival, advises others to seek salvation. Six elderly bathhouse regulars hear a eerie voice urging immediate repentance before death. They flee to a saloon, joking about the warning, while the observer notes the tale’s humorous, moral twist.
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Peck
Josh Billings Heard From
Newport R I August 11 1880 Dean Burrens reports that he tried Hop Bitters with sea air to aid a long illness a refractory liver and finds the tincture beneficial he signs Jos Billings with a note about losing a lease in September and ready money confusion persists
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Josh Billings
Newport
R. L
Dean Brrrens
Josx Bumuixas
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