New York Mercury 1869 Volume Promises Brilliant Literary Year
The New York Mercury enters its thirty first volume with plans to be the most entertaining family newspaper in America. Miss M E Braddon will contribute Or The Blossom and The Blight, with other stories by J H Smith. Specialties, romances, poems, and a digest of amusements join new departments to attract readers across the Atlantic. Subscriptions offered at 250 per year, club rates, and free specimen copies.
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J. H. Smith
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Stanfield Hall
Milly Moyne
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The Mill Door Mystery of Jenette and Magdalen
In a haunted house above a hill Magdalen Lindsay shelters with her niece Jenette, entangled in a dark past. A letter from Madame De Vaux lures Jenette to a rumored destiny with a wealthy suitor, while Magdalen confronts a dangerous former lover, Robert Floyd, and a grim mill holds a fatal secret. Magdalen dies after a confrontation, Jenette’s fate remains uncertain, and Floyd’s body is later found in a field.
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Magdalen Lindsay
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Jonette
Janette
Jenette
Madame de Veaux
Destiny
Madame
Madame de Vaux
Daya
Jenatte
Tennia
Robert
Robert Floyd
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Death by Trichina in Pork Across New York City
The New York Sun reports a renewed outbreak of trichina fever linked to rats in sewers passing the parasite to hogs and then to people who eat pork. Boiling meat is shown to destroy trichina. Seven boarders at a Carlisle Street German boardinghouse fell ill. two died recently at New York Hospital.
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New York Sun
Good Breeding and the Gentle Folk Etiquette
A reflection on social manners condemns insults and coarse habits. It notes many live in fine homes yet fail to model gracious behavior, with slang, vulgarity, and slovenliness creeping into daily life. True bredness resists these faults and clings to refined conduct.
Imitation of Indian oratory by Gen Bragg at Grand Lodge
A Wisconsin Senate envoy welcomes Minnesota legislators in an address that echoes Native American speech. Bragg extols unity, friendship, and peaceful relations, invoking Manitou and the Great Spirit. The speech emphasizes brotherhood and mutual counsel as the two groups join.
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Minnesota
Grand Lodge
Manitou
Vast Gold and Silver Quantities Across the World
Mechanics Magazine estimates the total gold in mankind’s hands at 1.2 billion pounds sterling, about 300 million ounces. In block form it would measure at least 26 feet square and weigh 10,500 long tons, while sovereigns in a line would stretch 4,300 miles. Silver value near 1 billion pounds sterling equals roughly 4 billion ounces, or 400,000 cubic feet, with a 100 by 380 by 100 foot footprint.
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Mechanics Magasine
Boyish tale from Ortland Maine stirs old Capitol rumors
The fragment recounts two boys in Ortland Maine reciting a tale about a figure named Pits Fesmendon who supposedly blocked an assault on the President. It mentions Bon Butler and others planning to hang Andrew Johnson, then Fesmendon brandished a butcher knife and claimed protection, causing them to retreat.
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Ortland
Maine
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Fesmendon
Bon. Butler
Andy Johnson
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Fessenden
Widows Society in Portland Maine Marks 68 Years
The Widows Wood Society of Portland Maine has operated for more than 68 years, as reported by the N Y Tribune. The remark hints at outreach to widows who would pursue eligible opportunities if offered, with a stray garbled line mentioning Ind. Mirror and Priston Xenor amid unclear text.
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