Forty Years Ago A San Francisco Chronicle Reflection
Sixty years later Prentice Mulford recalls life in 1842 with shaved gentlement and military style facial hair. He contrasts overshoes muskets and rude schooling with modern progress, noting cruelty, poverty, and press limits. He questions nostalgia for the “good old times” and argues today’s world is better though not perfect.
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Prentice Mulford
San Francisco Chronicle
South America
Shington
San Francisco
Sacramento
California
New York
Washington
Connecticut
Long Island
New England
Europe
Good Old Times
Dick Turpin
England
Wealth of southern senators documented by a local writer
A Cincinnati Inquirer dispatch surveys southern senators fortunes. Morgan of Alabama earns about 8000 yearly from law and lives in Selma. Pugh also practices law at about 7000. Garland of Arkansas ~75000 from planting. Walker ~20000. Lamar Mississippi ~25000 real estate plus 8000 law income. George accumulates about 40000 from law and farming. Harris Tennessee ~60000 mainly real estate income in Memphis. Jackson ~100000 fortune with real estate and 10000 law income. Jones Florida ~40000 real estate and 6000 annual law income. Brown Georgia possibly 6 million, while Gibson Louisiana second wealth. Jonas Louisiana ~80000 fortune. law practice 15000–20000 yearly. Maxey Texas ~100000 assets. Coke Texas ~25000. Cockrell Missouri ~60000. West Missouri ~8100 yearly. Wade Hampton prosperous with 8000 income plus Senate pay. Butler South Carolina well paid. Ransom and Vance North Carolina lawyers. Mahone Virginia valued between 500000 and 1000000. Camden West Virginia twice a millionaire status. Kenna WV junior senator modest fortune. Kentucky Beck ~290000. Williams ~25000 less than Beck.
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Cincinnati Inquirer
Washington
South
Morgan
Alabama
Selma
Pugh
Garland
Arkansas
Walker
Lamar
Mississippi
George
Harris
Tennessee
Memphis
Senator Jackson
Jones
Florida
Pensacola
Brown
Georgia
Mason and Dixon
Gibson
Louisiana
Jonas
New Orleans
Maxey
Texas
Paris
Coke
Cockrell
Missouri
Warrensburg
West
Kansas City
Wade Hampton
Utler
South Carolina
Ransom
Vance
N. Carolina
Mr. Mahone
Virginia
Camden
West Virginia
Kenna
Kentucky
Beck
Lexington
Williams
Fortune
Pain Cure Mentioned for Breakbone Fever in Jasper
Traveling salesman Broadman W. Wilson of Baltimore based A G Alford Co. says breakbone fever struck Jasper Florida and found relief only with St Jacobs Oil. He cites endorsements from Ex-Postmaster General James Senator Daniel W Voorhees and many others.
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Jasper
Fla
Broadman
W. Wilson
A. G. Alford & Co
Baltimore
St. Jacobs Oil
James
Daniel W. Voorhees
Tragic Dog Drowning Tale From Iowa Falls Sentinel
A dog named Tray is drowned by his owner who first throws a weighted rope tied to the dog from a wagon bridge. Tray struggles, reaches shore, and the man returns with a larger stone to kill him again. The incident is recounted with moral sentiment in the Yowa Falls Sentinel.
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Yowa Falls
the Sentinel
Iowa Falls
Tray
Rail journey in Peru aboard Hartford officer's letter
A private letter from an officer aboard the Hartford recounts a rail journey along Peru's Oroya line toward Lima. It notes the route’s history, Meiggs's role, perilous conditions, high elevations, tunnels and bridges, and rare views of llamas and Inca ruins. The party returns to Lima after a twelve hour run downhill with brake steam.
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Peru
Hartford
Lima
Amazon
Cerro de Pasca
Oroya
Henry Meiggs
Chicla
Puente del Infernillo
Dante
Dore
Rimac
Texas
New Mexico
Fes
Anglicisms in American Literature
The author argues Americans have inherited English literary delusions shaping views on climate and scenery. He contrasts Italian blue skies with American skies, praising New England light and autumn brightness while noting lingering English influences in taste and diction.
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Atlantic
Great Britain
London
Italy
Venice
Lake Como
New England
Thomson
Cowper
England
Still Waiting for Henry Clay in Cincinnati Sketch
A Cincinnati man, Judge N Banning Norton from Dallas Texas famed for a hair long with a white beard and wide hat, vowed in 1842 he would not cut his hair until Henry Clay won the presidency. The stranger draws attention as a living relic of old Whig fervor.
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Henry Clay
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette
N. Banning Norton
Dallas
Texas
Norton
White House
Weather Report From Pittsburgh Telegraph Summary
Thunder reported as the first weather note appears in the Pittsburgh Telegraph clipping. Content is fragmented with stray references to Boston Star, superior court, and social notes about rich girl and baby themes.
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Pittsburgh Telegraph
Boston Star
Superior Court
Pittsburg
New Bern
N. C
Rev
Boy heroically escapes gator attack during trout hunt
Captain Johnson and a party of hunters confronted a giant alligator in a three foot deep mill pond as Joseph Johnson struggled for life after the reptile seized him by the thigh. The boy, aided by a corn-sack shield, escaped while thirty men dispatched the creature with gigs, harpoons, and knives, severing its head as they hauled it from the water.
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Valdosta
BR. B. Johnson
Clinch County
Joseph
Rebuilding Solomon's Temple Party Heads to Jerusalem
A York Maine stone mason named Durgin leaves Portsmouth by train for Boston to join twelve colleagues bound for Jerusalem to help rebuild the temple. He takes his family and tools, driven by duty. The tale is followed by a testimonial about Ely's Cream Balm by Peter Bruce of Ithaca New York praising its efficacy at 50 cents.
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Solomon’s Temple
Portsmouth
N. H
Times
Durgin
York
Boston
Jerusalem
Ely
Peter Bruce
Ithaca
N. Y
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