Confederate Vets consider moving memorial day date
The Registers notes Confederate veterans weigh changing memorial day from April 26 to May 30 Northern Decoration Day. Gov Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia backs the move using May 30 as a national holiday. Mr William M Sarcent uncovers old documents including a charter to Capt John Mason as New Hampshire proprietor previously denied.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Virginia
William M. Sarcent
Portland
Charles L
John Mason
New Hampshire
Fourth generation physician trace from Maine to Providence
Dr. Epward Axsort of Winterport Maine now resides in Providence KR L and represents a fourth generation of doctors. His great grandfather Dr Ware practiced in Dighton Massachusetts, his grandfather Harvard graduate in 1803, and his father Dr Charles Abbott who died in 1879 served as surgeon of the Twenty sixth Maine Volunteers. He and his son both graduated from the University of New York.
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Epward Axsort
Winterport
Providence
KR L
Ware
Dighton
Mass
Harvard
Charles Abbott
Maine Volunteers
University of New York
Yale Benefactor Not A Graduate Yet Loyal Friend
S B Currienpen of Brooklyn donated 50 000 to Yale for a professorship and 100 000 for a library, though not a Yale graduate. He was a close friend of President Porter in youth and has long supported Yale. His daughter was born near the library site.
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S. B. Currienpen
Brooklyn
Yale
University
Porter
Chittenden
New Haven
Households and marches of public figures in a stormy era
The Brooklyn Times profiles Henry George's wife as a devoted home body supporting him through lean years. A Marlborough street parent doubles as slippers’ provider until a five year old seeks higher pay, prompting caution about labor and names. The New York State Woman Suffrage Association faces internal strife with critics likening the circus to the union’s divisions. The Chicago Inter Ocean notes common confusions between cyclone and tornado and defines a tornado as a violent, whirling wind.
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Henry George
Brooklyn Times
George
Marlborough Street
Boston Herald
Mademoiselle
New York State Woman Suffrage Association
New York
Chicago
Missouri Tornado History Highlights Major Storms Since 1880s
The article notes Missouri leads in frequent tornadoes and cyclones, with April as peak season. It recalls the 1880 Marshfield water-spout disaster killing many, the 1882 Brownsville outbreak, and the 1885 Pleasant Hill event, along with broader damage across Missouri and neighboring states driven by the Missouri River system.
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Missouri
John P. Finley
United States Signal Corps
United States
Ohio
Kansas
Iowa
Indiana
Illinois
Georgia
Wisconsin
Marshfield
Brownsville
Pleasant Hill
Nevada
Arkansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Missouri River
Faith and overwork warn against pride and distraction
The excerpt argues that a steady routine strengthens faith and avoids overwork which can weaken mind and body. It warns that restlessness and irritability signal danger, urges avoiding pride as the root of many mistakes, and prescribes focusing on the nearest task to maintain balance and life.
Pigs Trained to Perform by Gluttony Principle
A New York Journal note recounts Tony Grice the clown training pigs by exploiting their appetite. He discovers a pig’s favorite dish, withholds it to force performance, and uses rewards to reinforce steps, ending with the pig performing for its preferred meal. A humorous exchange about breaking with Harkaway's daughter follows unrelatedly.
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Tony Grice
NM. Y. Journal
The Silent Partner in Fame and Life
A Boston Courier essay notes that silent partners back behind great figures shape success. It cites Beecher and other leaders, praising wives and companions who provide care, judgment, and stability while remaining unseen by the public.
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Detroit Journal
Beecher
Disraeli
Gladstone
Carlyle
Grant
The Sense of Humor Across Human Life
The essay argues humor as a vital social glue and personal resilience. It cites George Eliot on jokes, a grandmother’s wedding counsel to "Feed your husband and amuse him," and likens humor to a sixth sense. Lacking humor dulls life while cultivated humor eases misfortune and deepens bonds among diverse people.
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George Eliot
Jim
Walter Raleigh's last night in the Tower with a toast and warning
The Boston Courier recounts Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower of London calm before beheading, sharing a pipe and wine with a warder. A late playful episode leads to sober reflection as Raleigh refuses a reckless night and accepts his fate with restraint.
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Tower of London
Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter
Varlet
Prithee
Boston Courier
Dank bungalows in India upheld for European travelers
The article explains dank bungalows as government run postings in India providing lodging for Europeans. They operate like hotels but with greater meal freedom, strict room turnover, and a fixed daily rate of one rupee. Servants and caste roles structure service duties in these establishments.
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India
The Decline of the Man-About-Town
A New York correspondence notes how rounders and men-about-town age rapidly after youth. They appear suave and healthy yet shrink to worn, gray, bald figures by middle age, serving as a troubling but unhelpful example to younger men.
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New York
Correspondence Argonaut
Popular Fallacy on Women and Fashion's Cold Weather
A Dostow Courier piece argues against the idea that women are weaker than men. It contrasts in heated rooms and on cold streets how men protect themselves with layers while women endure with style. The essay asserts equal health at the start makes women no more fragile, and that fashion does not prove delicacy.
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Ulster
Dostow
Editor’s Shootout Stirs Territorial Editorials
The piece mocks a Huron Dakota editor who attempted to fire on a subscriber, shooting his hand. It ridicules his failure to act decisively and calls for reforms by suggesting editors shoot a legislator to “wipe out this stain.” The spoof tone targets editors and press culture in the Territory.
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Huron
Dakota
Press Association
Fstelline Bell
He Will Never Get Her at the Circus
A playful dialogue between a couple at the circus centers on age and elephants. The man jokes that elephants live to 200 years, contrasting memory with certainty in a light, ironic tone.
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Detroit Free Press
Dakota’s Dakotism and the magnifying gaze of pioneers
A reflective piece satirizes Dakota settlers as they overestimate grandeur and permanence. It notes Dakotans’ sensitivity to being laughed at, mocks frontier exaggeration from hotels to newspapers, and contrasts hopeful promises with tough reality as settlers eye vast, productive lands along the Red River and beyond.
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Miles Standish
Longfellow
Dakota
Eyclone
Turtle River
Winsors
United States
The Lady Killer of To Day in New York Society
A New York correspondent sketches the old type of society man who has shifted from a flamboyant ladies man to a restrained, exclusive figure. He now favors a single club, drives heavy horses, avoids theatres, and beams with a natural ease while snubbing outsiders, yet can still influence entertainments and reputations with a single word.
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New York
San Francisco
Argonaw
John Roach Rules for Business From a Michigan Tradesman
The late John Roach is praised for breadth of understanding and enterprise. He advocated six rules: keep promises and appointments, satisfy customers, lend money rather than lend your note, avoid endorsing others notes, avoid troublesome unsatisfiable partners, and pay bills promptly with honesty at all times.
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John Roach
Michigan
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