Miss Folsom Affianced to President Cleveland in Buffalo
The Register reports Miss Folsom of Buffalo, aged 23, affianced to President Cleveland and described as graceful and fit for the White House. The husband candidate appears in Reading, Pennsylvania as Rebstock, who sent her to Europe and arranged a divorce so she could wed her new love. Fred Decker, the Ossian Giant, died at 50 in Swains, Allegheny County after a life of extreme height and later decline. New Amoor Valley laws impose death for cheating at gold mining and adultery, flogging for drunkenness during work, and bringing in females, with only three murders and two death penalty infictions since founding.
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Miss Folsom
Buffalo
Cleveland
White House
Reading
Pennsylvania
Rebstock
Europe
Fred Decker
Swains
Allegheny County
Amoor Valley
Maine’s six governors in under a year in 1848
The state saw six governors within a year starting with Gov Fairchild’s resignation. Cavanaugh died, Parris, Dunn, Dana and Anderson each held office in turn before Anderson was elected. A Palmyra farmer found a partly decomposed body near a felled field clutching a linked tragedy. The victim’s throat was gashed, suggesting murder.
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Maine
Union
Gov. Fairchild
Gov
Cavanaugh
Senate
Parris
Dunn
House
Gov. Dana
Gov. Anderson
Palmyra
New York
Humble View of Suffrage Leaders Draws Laughs
Mrs Canison wife of the Speaker praises women in the suffrage movement while talking with Miss Susan B Anthony. Anthony replies with tears, grateful for the praise and wishing to know the women involved better. Mrs Canison concedes she cannot claim intimate knowledge of all activists.
Mocking birds near extinction in Florida amid winter tourism
The piece notes Florida birds like mockingbirds and cardinals thinning as visitors with shotguns scour the woods each winter. Jacksonville reportedly has no birds this spring where ten existed last year, reflecting a fashion driven hunt. It contrasts with Connecticut spinsters and a Naugatuck man seeking a wife, who boasted a farm listing with a bait for marriage.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Foster mother Flora nursing coyote pups amid sheep farm den
Frep Faut, a California sheep owner, discovers a coyote den with seven pups. His shepherd dog Flora, recently a mother to seven, licks and cares for the pups, nursing them as her own. Flora helps raise the young coyotes while her own puppies are bottle fed. Separately, efforts to form a temperance society in Paris have repeatedly failed.
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Frep Faut
California
Flora
Paris Teetotal Push and Nicotine Reform Outlook
The article notes Paris wine habits rise amid undrinkable water, with light wines cheap as a diet luxury. It covers the Societe de la Croix-Bleu teetotal effort and its limited reach, then shifts to remarks on Joan W. Daniel as a Virginia orator, and a sharp mock of Senator Romund's responses. It recounts tobacco reform news with Rev. Sam Jones and Judge Jeremiah Black anecdotes illustrating nicotine dependence and reform challenges.
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Sion
Paris
Societe de la Croix-Bleu
Joan W. Daniel
Virginia
House
United States Senate
Mahone
Daniel
John Wilkes Booth
Sam Jones
Jeremiah Black
Supreme Court
Judge Black
How the Sun Affects the Washington Monument
Col Casey told members of the Washington Monument Society that the obelisk moves with the sun. He said on bright days the apex shifts at least one inch westward in the morning as sun rays hit it and eastward in the afternoon. Heat expands masonry and the interior plum line records daily movement.
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Washington Monument Society
Col
Casey
Washington Capital
Venus
Mercury
Earth
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Oping
Thunder Lightning and Rain Fact or Fallacy
Meteorologists explain that thunder cannot occur without rain and that distant storms or heat lightning explain anomalous bursts. Thunder heard under a clear sky signals distant cloud activity or another cause, while heat lightning is seen from afar with distant thunder unlikely.
Pocket mining in California’s hidden gold pockets
A spirited note on pocket mining in a small California corner, detailing seekers who hunt for isolated gold pockets under harsh odds. It recounts fortunes from tiny finds, long hunts, and the dangers of chasing sudden wealth, with colorful anecdotes of miners, a famous bowlder, and a dramatic tale of Mexicans uncovering a vast vein.
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California
Trolunne
The Queen and Cold Lords of the Realm
A London Milan correspondent describes the cold Thursday in the House of Lords where noble ladies sat nearly bare as they endured a long speech. The piece notes the aging peeresses, described as a “horrid museum,” and the Queen’s calm gaze amid the chilly spectacle and diamond lighting.
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London
Milan
House of Lords
War's Tragedy Reflected in an Abandoned Mother's Lament
A Detroit Free Press piece recalls Civil War losses through an old woman dying in an asylum, whose sons perished at Andersonville after serving in Irish regiments. Across decades, the piece links personal grief to national memory and quotes Emma Lazarus's poem The New Colossus.
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Andersonville
Ireland
Mauriceesboro
Chickamauga
Detroit Free Press
American Jews Should Act And Think For Themselves
The piece argues that American Jews should drop foreign labels and adopt an American identity. It urges preserving Jewish essentials while thinking and acting independently, asserting Europe offers little for solving modern problems and urging American conservatism to not be measured by foreign standards.
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America
Europe
Afessenger
Man chooses cheaper New York paper over local edition
A humorous essay by Estelline Bell contrasts a man who drops his costly local paper for a New York tabloid full of reprints and ads. He prefers the larger type and familiar snake stories but ignores his own town news until tragedy forces reflection. The piece lampoons provincial reading habits and media costs.
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New York
New Jersey
Plymouth Rock
Cleveland
Benjamin Franklin
Waddletown
Dacotah
Development of the Alphabet From Picture Writing to Signs
The article traces early writing from pictorial ox signs to syllabary and finally to an alphabet. It explains ox heads standing for sounds, then syllables, and the shift to a real alphabet, noting sound writing, syllabary stages, and the imagined evolution described by Henry Lekford in a St Nicholas piece.
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Eomunds
Judiciary Committee
St. Jerome
Senate
Asia
Oxus
Kmn
Trewders
Henry Lekford
St. Nicholas
Carl Pretzel's Philosophy in Droll Dialect Parody
A National Weekly piece mocks pretensions with a phonetic parody about self knowledge and appearance. It emphasizes keeping brains and heart aligned, jokes about warts and hair, and hints at calling out foolishness in impudence.
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National Weekly
Playing Poker And American Temperament In Business
The author argues poker showcases judgment and nerve more than luck, with veterans noting even fools can bet badly. True skill appears in reading opponents, controlling tells, and betting to maximize gains in a select group. He links poker to American business behavior, comparing speculators to bulls and bears and noting the role of bluff and risk in markets and railroads.
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Blutt
Cleveland
Coal Wealth Across Regions Driven by Coal Fields
Coal rich Pennsylvania relies on its vast coal deposits for wealth growth, while England’s industrial prominence stems from its own coal reserves, reflecting a global pattern where coal underpins economic power and industrial capability.
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Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
England
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