Veterans Corner Tribute to General Grant in Chicago
The China Press Club shared a lengthy tribute to General Ulysses S Grant written by John McGovern, praising his leadership, union service, and impact on Chicago. It recalls Grant’s funeral, public mourning, and the city’s devotion, noting Mahone of Virginia’s remarks and a reflection on Grant’s legacy and influence on American progress.
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China Press Club
John McGovern
Press Lab
Chicago
Lincoln
Garfield
Grant
Lvne
Union
Suni
Congress
Mount McGregor
Pemberton
Vicksburg
Ant
Inuilt Rdinand Peck
Seu Howard
Hugh Lee
Gem
Thomas
Wilam Mahone
Virginia
Tin Chamberlain's
Man Historical Society of
Maxeach
Federal
West Virginia
Tate
Texas
Yorke
Thomas Ald
Ornor
Lincoln, Watterson, and the Birth of Freedom in Contested Times
A ceremonial address by Colonel Watterson honors Lincoln and the Civil War era, arguing for emancipation as God’s will and reflecting on Lincoln’s assassination as fate’s intervention. The tribute includes a blunt note about appointing a colored regiment leader and ends with a reverent yet pointed closing remark.
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Henry Watterson
Lincoln
Abraham
Aeschylus Shakespeare
Watterson
Grover Cleveland
Stanton
Carl Schurz
Theodore Roosevelt
Jacop Freeze
New Jersey
Julius Caesar
Lincoln Portraits and Napoleon Notes In Headlines
A Chicago Rec ord piece discusses a bas relief of Lincoln by H. H. Zoaring with a photograph from Brand studio on Lake Street. It recounts Lincoln’s beard choice, the 1871 fire, and preservation of negatives before Brand’s studio loss. Also notes Sloane’s Life of Napoleon and Bonaparte’s voyage return, with Corsican memories and St Helena.
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Lincoln
Chicago Record
H. H. Zoaring
Chicago
Brand
Lake Street
Lincoln-Douglas
Candida
Tremont
Studi
Phi
Abe
Rapher
Auparce
Corste
Sloane
Napoleon
Egypt
Africa
Sicily
Nelson
Sardinia
Bonaparte
Ajaccio
St. Helena
Notable Q and A Jokes From Irish Car Driver Wager
A humorous clipping recalls an Irish car driver who, asked any question without pause, delivered a brilliant refusal to think first. The scene, involving Mrs. Dennis and a doctor’s wager, unfolds with exchanges about daily beer, a family quarrel over timing, and a lighthearted take on political differences between congress and parliament.
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Pat
St. al
Chance for Him Now and Other Bits on the Piassa
A collage of clipped chatter and comic vignettes from urban life. Snatches reference tug at politics and social scenes with lines about cotton prices rail against value shrinkage, authority, and appetite for office. Humorous exchanges touch on manners and daily misadventures in street life.
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Clint
Fragmented musings and citrus snippets from a late 19th century page
A jumbled collection of quips and byplay mentions of married life pretense, a piano moment, a child’s lily white paw, and a humorous vignette about an artist who drew a pie. The excerpt ricochets through social bits and light dialogue across papers like the Des Moines Leader and Puck style humor.
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Des Moines
Angeles Couple Embarks On World Trip With No Money
W T Williams Jr and his bride depart Los Angeles for a world journey with no luggage funds or food. The groom, son of a district attorney, wagered $5000 that his wife could travel the globe earning money en route within two years. They start from the hotel amid cheering crowds, visiting San Francisco and Seattle before heading toward the Orient.
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Angeles
W. T. Willams, Jr
Los Angeles
Mr. Williams
W. T. Williams
City Hills
San Francisco
Seattle
Orient
The Ripening of the Wine and Its Fermentation
The narrative details wine fermentation from meat stock to wine, describing rapid changes in October 158, with turbidity, gas release, and rising temperatures. It notes abundant casks along Lake Geneva, incidents of suffocation deaths among workers, and the process of drawing off clear wine from wood for serving in Swiss towns and wine shops.
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Lake Geneva
Villeneuve
Terland
Montreal Secret Service Eyes Big Smuggling Arrest
U S secret service operatives in Montreal target a major Chinaman smuggling ring moving hundreds of men into the United States. Over the past four months authorities estimate about 300 Chinamen crossed the lines at multiple points. The case, led by a identified leader, hinges on newly uncovered transport methods and a planned arrest within days.
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Mapeters
Secre
Montreal
Can
Canada
United States
Washington
Secret Service
Why They Came Late.
A husband in a hat and overcoat approves, while his wife hurries to finish getting dressed. She assures him she will be ready in half an hour after tucking in her dress sleeves to prevent mussing.
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Gurando
Kuen
Burst New Woman at the club in London Fun
A witty London society note describes two women at a club where one teases the other for neglecting social duties. The other replies she must visit her husband at home, highlighting flirtatious, playful tone in a metropolitan social scene.
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London
Inno Form Promises Remedies and Travel Deals
Fragmentary ad style text advertising Hostetters Stomach Bitters and other remedies for kidney and digestive issues. Also mentions a joke about parasites in Paris and a low rate excursion to Boston via Nickel Plate road with sleeping car service and agents in Chicago and Des Moines.
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Yempiah
Boston
Nickel Plate Road
Palace
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Mle
Sierra
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Thad
Adam
Halen
Amy
Mary Metord
Sumner
Tom Ax
Ameri
Detroit Tribune
Flyum
Columbus Avenue
Burke
Kittish
Ping
Miss Hiland
and the World Toys
Birmingham
India
Arizona
Saratoga
Viel
Isco
Paris
Felight
Horace Seely
Fourth Street
Dee ‘Moines
MN Carle & Sons
New
Startford Bicycles
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