London Minstrels and Beecher Eulogy Debates
The piece reviews James Russell Lowell's summer plans in England and mocks American and British literary circles. It notes ex miners and lectures by Sherman Ingersoll and Parker, plus a Baltimore episode about John W. Davis and a widow's buried wealth. The Albany capitol project and Paris lawyers on wives letters are also discussed with varied commentary.
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James Russell Lowel
England
Richard III
Mr. Lowell
Thoughtful Thoughts From An Early Modern Telegraph
A collection of aphorisms on virtue, independence, money, self control, and the limits of wisdom. It mixes maxims about character, effort, and restraint with reflections on pain, appetite, and social conduct. Low diction and moral counsel echo a period essay style for readers seeking practical philosophy.
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Tretu
Turrarion
Sham
Novniya
WueEn
Typewriter fears and hopes for durable records in aniline ink
A Tremont House note mentions Saxe and a last meeting, then shifts to a Washington report urging better typewriter durability. It explains ink fading with air exposure, transfer copies being less reliable, and stresses direct type impressions as most lasting, predicting future improvements.
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Washington
When a Great Man Is Born Not Yet Celebrated
A dialogue between Pa and Tommy ponders why a great man is honored after death with pictures and gun salutes, while birth is neglected. The Texan tale notes public fuss at death and asks for similar recognition at birth.
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Tommy
Texas
Beer and Society in Germany A Social Portrait
Good Housekeeping notes a German dining culture dominated by beer with restaurants serving meals and reading rooms, families eating apart, and social life centered in saloons. It describes privacy, courtship, and daily life shaped by public drinking, contrasting with American home life. The piece also mentions Clay’s visit to Wheeling and Mrs Cruger’s monument to him.
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America
Germany
Berlin
Last Slave Sale in Ohio County West Virginia
An elderly resident recalls the auction of a field-hand at a Wheeling estate sale led by Thomas McCann Esq. The buyer was John Goshorn from Wheeling and crowds gathered to witness the rare event before the Civil War. The tale links to later abolition and Mrs. Lydia Cruger’s slave holdings and notable guests at her mansion.
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John Reynolds
Ohio County
West Virginia
Higes
Wheeling
Thomas McCann
John Goshorn
Hickory’ Jackson
Washington
Tennessee
Lydia Cruger
Lincoln
Early New England Earthquakes and the Newbury Shifts
Prop. N.S. Shaler notes in Scribner's Magazine that New England has long endured earthquakes with several shocks since 1727 sparking alarm in Massachusetts. The Newbury and Cambridge events caused chimneys to topple and minor damage, while John Winthrop describes bricks flying from a Cambridge chimney top thirty-two feet high. Since 1755, only minor tremors have occurred in the district.
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New England
Massachusetts
Newburs
Mass
Matthias Plant
Newbury
South Carolina
Boston
John Winthrop
Cambridge
N.S. Shaler
Scribners Maeagazine
The Stevens Battery Fort of 1841 to 1875
Commodore Stevens led a costly iron clad project in New Jersey, funded by himself and Congress. The Stevens iron clad steam battery, begun 1854, measured 420 by 52 by 28 feet, with ten boilers and armored sides. After funds ran short, New Jersey sold the vessel in 1875 for junk, despite its potential value.
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Commodore Stevens
New Jersey
Congress
Robert L
Commodore Edwin A. Stevens
Hoboken
Stevens
Gen. McClellan
Meanest Man on Record Highlights Regional Boasts
The piece catalogues three stingy men in Georgia and compares boasts to New Hampshire and New York. One refuses to drink unless from another's well, another forces kin to write a small hand to save ink, and a third halts his clock to avoid wear on machinery. The Union cites an Aranchester item about a man billing his father's estate administrator for time lost attending a funeral.
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Georgia
New Hampshire
Empire State
South
Bill
Aranchester Union
Four Temperaments and Philanthropic Rothschilds Noted
A long discussion outlines the phlegmatic temperament with humor and detail, contrasting the four temperaments and noting behavior, dress, and habits. It then profiles Adolphe de Rothschild in Paris, praising his cats, art collection, philanthropy, and social life, including Mme. de Rothschild and Adelina Patti connections.
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Adolphe de Rothschild
Paris
Marie de Rothschild
Lamy
Lambert
Mme. de Rothschild
Mme. de Rothsehild
Mme
Adolphe
Willy de Rothsehild
Adelina Patti
Nancy Rien
I Barbiere
Rose Caron
Legislative Quip from Texas Siftings Headline
A stranger at an Austin stationer asks for laws passed by the last Texas Legislature. The clerk replies that those laws are not yet published but notes they stock Schenck's Handbook on Poker pocket flasks and many other legislative items.
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Texas
Austin
Schenck
Texas Siftings
How Fiction Becomes History in War Narrative
Washington Letter recounts Col. Scott of the War Records Office who debunks myths by citing exact official reports. He notes many officers, including a Western Senator and a prominent Confederate contingent, seek or dispute facts about battles like Bull Run and Monitor versus Merrimac.
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Washington
New York Sun
Col. Scott
War Records Office
Admiral Porter
Lincoln
Richmond
Duff Crreen
Bull Run
Bob Scott
Cumberland Valley
Centreville
Monitor
Merrimac
Walls Church
South
Care of the Hands in Good Housekeeping Advice
Practical tips for hand care including washing after gardening, drying thoroughly, wearing gloves, and treatments for red hands, chapped skin, and nail maintenance. Notes on nails, powders, and remedies for roughness and small conditions, from Good Housekeeping.
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England
Turner
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Joserh Parker
London
Henry Ward Beecher
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Beecher
Grex
Grongk A. Sherman
Ingersoll
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W. D. Kreney
Pennsylvania
National House
Samuel J. Randall
Judge Kelley
Thenre
Alexandria
New York
Albany
Alexander Dumas
Pressense
Adam
Eden
MM. Dumas
Baltimore and Ohio
John W. Davis
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Chicago
Tremont House
Saxe
Bryant
Homer
Nome Life
Clay
Cruger
Detroit Free Press
Legislative Requirements
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