Queen of Italy fan painting by Italian artist
A view of a mag nificent fan painted on kid leather depicts Queen of Italy surrounded by the Graces and allegorical figures with Italy crowning her. CotoxnEL MuLiicaN’s widow named Pension Agent at Chicago. Confederate prisoner released for exchange. he returned despite advice. Calaveras County cave boulders poised to fall, held by fissure for centuries.
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Tae
Italy
Cotoxnel Muliican
Chicago
Regulus
Washington
Calaveras County
California
Bank President Convicted for Embezzlement in Erie County
Trial revealed a private wire in a bank back closet used by the president and cashier to send depositors money to a Chicago speculator in hundred thousand dollar sums. The scheme resembles confidence trickery with funds moved secretly to a back room. The president faces penitentiary time.
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Erie County Savings Bank
Chicago
Ex-Minister Comments On South American Trade Myths
Ex-Minister William Wiltirms of Warsaw notes Americans do not own Rio tramways and gas works. English investors dominate in South America. He cites English youth expanding to successful enterprise, and urges Americans to recognize a rich field of trade just below them. He also relates a comic tale of Emerson relics and a golf of cricket memories. The Colorado desert features salt and borax fields amid mud springs and greasewood, with Capt. Battista Avisa the first European to map the area in 1774 and 60,000 miners crossing Yuma in 1847-50. Chief Cabezon died at 140 years old two years earlier.
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William Wiiltirsms
Warsaw
Indiana
Montevideo
Uruguay
Osborn
Brazil
Rio
South America
Colorado Desert
Battista Avisa
Sonora
California
Mexico
Yuma
Cabezon
Parson Newman In Japan Pleases Officials With Titles
In Japan Parson Newman sought admission to the criminal court and found success by displaying his many religious, official, and masonic titles. Officials hurried to greet him, explaining that his evident prestige opened doors none could otherwise open. Meanwhile Miss St Pierre in Tennessee owns thousands of mining acres and has ventures near Chattanooga valued at about 1.3 million dollars to organize. Miss Elizabeth Garrett inherited one third of John W Garratt's 34 million dollars.
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Parson Newman
Japan
Criminal Court
Tuhene
Tennessee
St. Pierre
Chattanooga
Elizabeth Garrett
John W. Garratt
Mer. Capen
Mme. de Struve
Washington
Women and politics in 19th century discourse headline
The piece surveys how leading women influence finance and public life, cites Mark Hopkins widow managing a fortune, and recounts humorously how clergymen, diplomats, and a Bavarian king react to women’s public roles. It contrasts ambition with tradition and notes reactions of Hamlin and Mme de Struve.
Muskrat Trap by Charles H Starr of Preston Ohio
Charles H Starr of Preston Ohio describes a simple float trap for muskrats using a barrel with end holes and a top hatch. A board strip frames the ends to keep water out, and a 6 by 6 inch square opening allows rats to enter baited with produce. The trap remains set, requires minimal checks, and can be moved easily.
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Charles H. Starr
Preston
Hamilton County
Ohio
The Kind of Parents He Wanted
A child misinterprets a North Pole tale and wishes his parents were Esquimaux. Mrs Peterby reflects on cleanliness as the boy quips that such parents would suit him. The tale nods to a future great American statesman like Sunset Cox.
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Esqui-boy
Sunset Cox
Texas Biftings
Whittier Poem Echoes in Independent Review
The poem by John G Whittier in the Independent laments altered landscapes from industrial change. It contrasts ancient forests and natural grandeur with modern beams and trestles, while celebrating endurance, solitude, and the resilient human spirit amid time and change.
Widow Leake and Old Watson in a Georgia town
In a North Georgia setting, detective Romer chases a elusive robber with help from Harkness and reports of a widow Mrs Leake. Owning his curiosity, Romer socializes widely, while Old Watson dotes on Mrs Leake, claiming she favors Romer yet hints of a marriage chance for a poor wood chopper.
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Harkness
Watson
Romer
North
Georgia
Leake
Andit DuPree
North Georgia Railroad
Rascal
Jim
Junius
Judge Green
Mrs. Leake
Court House
Moore
Leake 8
Rumor
Widow's widow love trap ends in caper arrest
Romer, a jealous detective, pressures his suspicions about Captain Harkness and Fannie Leake. Through a web of deceit the trio use romance and manipulation to uncover a scheme. Captain Harkness reveals himself as Sam Bowie and, with Watson, exposes Captain DuPree and wife along with stolen money and papers.
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Romer
Harkness
Fan
Capt. Harkness
Watson
Hunter
Missus Leake
Tom
Atlanta
Inter Gwinnett
Sam
Tam
Bat
Fannie
Old Watson
DuPree
Samuel Bowie
Mr. Romer
Why is a sneeze like Niagara conundrum
A Western paper cites a riddle about why a sneeze resembles Niagara with no sure solution. The note from Lowell Citizen hints that blasts of sneeze cannot be stopped by artificial means. It also mentions blight affecting children and plants during frosty nights.
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Niagara
Lowell
Grant's Insightful View of Grant and Sherman
The excerpt from Reminiscences of General Grant, narrated by General James Harrison Wilson and reprinted in Century, contrasts Grant and Sherman. It notes Grant’s calm, calculating nature, and Sherman's boastful claim about superiority, highlighting distinct temperaments and leadership approaches in Civil War campaigns.
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Grant
James Harrison Wilson
Sherman
Gaylesville
Alabama
Hood
Atlanta
Tennessee
Virginia
Wilson
Gen
Elkins Cold Night Misadventure in Newark
Statesman Stephen B. Elkins, visiting Newark, is mistaken for an escaped lunatic after a midnight doorbell incident. In a windy November night he slips from a hotel room, roams the street in a night robe, and is escorted to the station by a policeman before reuniting with his friend Joe as a crisp bill settles the matter.
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Stephen B. Elkins
Newark
Dorsey
Washington
Ting-A-Ling
Mr. Elkins
Western Union
Orten
Joe
Steve
The Man Milliner Defining a Fashionable Role
A London Standard piece surveys the man milliner as a blend of masculine decision and feminine grace. It describes his dreamlike calm, delicate appearance, and meticulous craft while noting how interaction with customers shapes his gendered artistry and how he stands apart from female milliners.
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Sidney Smith
Chaucer
Max
Custmers
London Standard
The Dalai Lama’s Secretive Ritual at Poto La Shrine
A London Times account describes the Dalai Lama as a child installed at Poto La where a nursing mother, barred from sacred space, visits nearby. The infant’s silence, voice trained to deep maturity, and a ritual blessing from the platform amid colorful priestly robes illustrate a ritual of reverence with rank awaiting close contact and a brief audience.
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Dalai Lama
Poto la
Shyo
London
Matrimonial Felicity and a Hilarious Stage Robbery
A quarrelsome couple ends with the wife seeking peace from the justice of the peace as she jokes about divorce. An embarrassed actor on stage interrupts a robbery scene shouting a line about gagging the safe and blowing open the night clerk, in comic Texas slang.
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Emerson
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Mark Hopkin
Great Barrington
Jay Gould
Maine
Hannibal Hamlin
Hamlin
Lipwic
Bavaria
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Atlantic Monthly
Holmes
Alton Bay
Sandwich Dome
Mad
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Vale
Naples
Beyon
Titan
Donona
Les
Endurates
John G. Whittier
Thomas Colquitt
Ilking
Breeze
Elkins
New York
the Man
Jeremiah Pomstock
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