Confederate veterans weigh move to shift memorial day date
The Register reports Confederate veterans discuss changing memorial day from April 26 to May 30 the Northern Decoration Day. Gov. Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia favors the change noting May 30 is a national holiday. Also noted are old documents on John Mason's New Hampshire charter and a Albany lawsuit where a client pays 34 percent of project costs.
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Fitzhugh Lee
Virginia
Winliam M. Sarcent
Portland
Charles IL
John Mason
New Hampshire
Fourth generation physician family traced from Maine to Rhode Island
Dr. Enward Apssort of Providence Rhode Island traces four generations of doctors. His great-grandfather Dr Ware practiced in Dighton Massachusetts. His grandfather graduated Harvard in 1803 and his father Dr Charles Abbott, who died in 1879, served as surgeon of the Twenty sixth Maine Volunteers. His son is also a University of New York graduate.
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Enward Apssort
Winterport
Providence, Rk L
Ware
Dighton
Mass
Harvard
Charles Abbott
Twenty
Maine Volunteers
University of New York
Brooklyn Benefactor Not a Yale Graduate Yet Major Donor
B Currie ex pen of Brooklyn gave Yale University 50 000 for a professorship and now presents 100 000 for a new library. He was a close friend of President Porter in youth and remains interested in Yale. He made his early fortune as a New Haven merchant and his only daughter was born within 200 feet of the forthcoming library site.
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B. Curriexpen
Brooklyn
Yale
Porter
Chittenden
New Haven
Tornado Versus Cyclone Distinction Explained by The Inter Ocean
The Chicago Inter Ocean clarifies that lay readers confuse cyclone and tornado though they differ. A tornado is defined as a violent gust or tempest marked by whirling motion, while the article cautions against indiscriminate use of the terms.
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Chicago
Missouri’s recurring April cyclones mark deadly patterns
The article notes Missouri leads in frequent spring tornadoes and cyclones, with major events in Marshfield 1880, Brownsville 1882, and Pleasant Hill 1885. It cites Lt. Finley and details deaths, destruction, and the Missouri River as primary storm corridors impacting Missouri and neighboring states.
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Missouri
John P. Finley
United States Signal Corps
United States
Ohio
Kansas
Iowa
Indiana
Ilinois
Georgia
Illinois
Wisconsin
Marshield
Brownsville
Pleasant Hill
Marshfield
Nevada
Arkansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Missouri River
Overwork, Pride and the Calm Path of Duty
The essay warns against overwork dulling faith and urges steady effort. It describes restlessness, irritability, and hatred as warning signs, notes pain offers relief in intervals, and argues pride corrupts judgment. The sure path is to do the nearest task before us without pride or complaint.
Pigs Trained by Appetite and Punishment
A New York Journal tale claims pigs learn tricks via hunger and favorites. Clown Tony Grice describes feeding, then withholding the pig’s preferred dish to train steps, with fat rewards and occasional thrashings if the animal resists. The joke exchanges a quip about incompatibility of complexion and furniture.
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Tony Grice
N. Y
The Silent Partner in Public Life and Love
A Boston Courier piece argues that behind every famous man there is a silent partner, usually a devoted wife whose influence sustains success. It cites Beecher, Disraeli, Gladstone, Carlyle, Grant, Logan and Hendricks as examples, praising thoughtful, steady contributions and urging appreciation of private influence.
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Detroit Journal
Beecher
Disraeli
Gladstone
Carlyle
Grant
Garfield
Logan
Hendricks
The Sense of Humor and Its Power in Life
The essay argues humor binds people across differences and eases life’s burdens. It cites Eliot and an old proverb on pleasing a spouse, praising humor as a sixth sense that enriches joy, softens misfortune, and creates a secret bond among those who share it.
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George Eliot
Walter Raleigh Ends Night Before Death in Cell
In a London Tower cell Sir Walter Raleigh calmly smokes a Virginia pipe while facing execution the next day. He shares a tavern like farewell with a warder offering cuspidore and sack then halts the revelry fearing his companion’s fate, choosing to end the mock celebration.
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Tower of London
Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter
Varlet
Prithee
Boston Courier
Dawk Bungalows in India Preserve Colonial Travel Routine
The article describes dank bungalows built by the government for European travelers in India. Managers run rank ordered accommodations with payments of one rupee per day and meals optional. Menial staff include cooks, cleaners, and water-carriers, with caste rules guiding duties.
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India
The Man About Town and His Deterioration
A New York correspondence in the Argonaut reflects on rounders or men about town who age rapidly yet remain socially polished. It notes gray heads, bent bodies, and blase attitudes appearing in men under 30 who resemble 40 or 45 year olds. It argues such decline harms younger men, though without inspiring change.
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New York
Correspondence Argonaut
Popular Fallacy About Women’s Fragility Debunked
A Boston opinion column argues that the belief in women's delicacy is a popu lar fallacy. It contrasts men's and women's clothing and habits on cold days and in social settings, asserting women show equal or greater resilience and health than men.
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Olster
Loston
The Editor and the Gun in Dakota Territory
A Dakota Territory editor attempting to shoot a subscriber shoots himself in the hand, prompting sharp derision about editors and journalism. The piece ridicules the incident, mocks the editor’s actions, and calls for reforms while speculating on consequences for press culture.
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Huron
Dakota
Press Association
Hstelline Bell
He Will Never Get Her
A dialog at the circus features a woman asking if a current elephant is the same one she saw at age two. He dismisses the notion with a wry joke about elephants living to 200 years.
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Detroit Free Press
Dakota character and the comedy of pioneering life
A reflective piece on Dakota as a new, humorous and pathetically earnest frontier. It contrasts Puritan seriousness with Dakotans pride and exaggeration, noting Dakotism, grandiose place names, and the irony of booster claims amid harsh prairie reality. It ends by praising vast arable potential despite inflated self-image.
The Lady Killer of Te Day Reformed Ambitious New Yorker
A San Francisco Argonaut summary notes a former social darling known as a lady killer has transformed into a dignified aloof New Yorker. He now shuns outsiders, limits theater outings, drives heavy carts, and keeps a selective club. He remains influential, able to boost or sink entertainments and reputations with a single remark.
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New York
Sellom
San Francisco
John Roach's Rules for Business from Michigan Tradesman
The late John Roach outlined a practical code of business conduct. Rules include keeping promises and satisfying customers, avoiding unsatisfiable dealings, lending to friends rather than lending notes, avoiding hate endorsements, paying bills promptly, and maintaining honesty and honor at all times.
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John Roach
Bess
Michigan
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