Morton at Home A Smile Worth a Fortune
A Dispatch correspondent profiles Vice President Morton at his Rhinecliff farm and Washington residence. It notes his enduring smile, vast wealth from banking and trade, Paris diplomacy prowess, and active social life. His 500 acre Ellerslie stock farm, 80 South Down sheep, 8 horses, and steady mail load frame a portrait of a powerful, charitable, and tireless public figure.
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Correstoxdence
TIE Dispatch
Wasnixcox
Morton
Senate
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Washington
Boston
Shoreham
Morton & Grinnell
New York
of Morton, Bliss & Co
London
France
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Eee
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Rhinecliff
Ellerslie
Eversil
Maine
Youn
Saoseel
Capitol
Ashington
Wanamaker
Vice President Morton's Furnished Mansion and Shoreham Bar Controversy
A detailed tour describes Vice President Morton's Washington mansion as a grand 110 foot parlor suite with a fossil foyer, Mexican onyx fireplace, and Bonnat portraits of Morton and his wife. The study shows his Paris connections and art collection, while the Shoreham Hotel bar license dispute is explained as misreported with Morton denying influence. The flats, named The Shoreham, house prominent figures and are a sound investment, given yearly leases.
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Morton
White House
Bonnatand
Liorney
Ofurope
Gambetta
Blaine
Lincoln
Press— Grevy
Shoreham Hotel
Washington
Mts
Gond
Senator Farwell
Speaker Reed
Representative Cannon
American Episcopal Church
Paris
Shoreham
New England
Frank G. Canpenteee
Tokyo circulating library preface outlines reading limits
A Tokio correspondent reports on an English catalogue issued last year for a circulating library. The preface describes book retention rules and reading periods for English and Japanese works, noting five day limits for smaller volumes and around ten days for others. It also mentions labeling on books and volume counts.
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Tokio
Butter Thief Receives Harsh Sentence in Utica Court
A Utica judge, famed for grocery knowledge, presided over a butter theft case. The defendant admitted sampling all stock before stealing a firkin. The judge, reacting to the admission, pronounced twelve months with a quip about depravity and wish for harsher labor.
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Utica
NYE AT LOUISVILLE A Roman Holiday in a Sleeper
A narrator describes a February evening trip to Louisville Kentucky with a train to Cincinnati. He notes the grand Louisville depot, dining options, and a humorous scene at the lunch counter as riders discuss prices and meals, illustrating social quirks aboard the rail line.
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Louisville
Cincinnati
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Louisville in the early prorat era and odd Kentucky notes
An antiquated reminiscence sketches Louisville’s birth at Beargrass Creek, Henry Watterson’s visit, local commerce, and a Kentucky speech by Governor Hyott. The piece mixes humorous asides with vivid portraits of early Louisville life and odd regional characters.
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Louisville
Bullitt
Louis XVI
Louisville St
Galt House
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
Mr. Knott
Duluth
Littleland Hominy Center
Agai
Hyott
Unlikely Kentucky Execution Draws Big Crowd
Monroe Wilkinson’s killing at a picnic leads to a public hanging amid a hillside amphitheater crowd nearly ten thousand strong. Reporters Euclid Cooksey and Morningstar cover the event as sheriffs aid, prayers are offered, and a dynamo song becomes the night’s odd signature.
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Monroe Wilkinson
Sheriiff
Boston Lawyer's Hallucination Turns Faces Silent
A famed Boston attorney, worn by overwork, reports a rare delusion where every person he meets appears to have their back turned. He recounts theater experiences and odd court observations, including a judge and a clergyman affected by the illusion. The piece also notes Citizen Train's Sunday Parker House reception and its curious spectacle.
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Dispatch
Boston
PhD
Scek
Adroit
Ponsioes
George Francis Train
Parker House
Citizen Train
Ann
Tne
Ices
Eskes
Ablo Bates
Greenland Ice Cap and Mars Poles Draw Earth Connection
The Brooklyn Standard notes a theory by B E Peal of Assam suggesting Greenland is capped by a vast ice sheet. It parallels Mars polar caps and Antarctic icebergs, arguing a similar anomalous alignment and dynamic for Earth’s poles. The piece discusses ice floes near the south pole and suggests patterns may illuminate planetary ice behavior.
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Brooklyn Standard
E. Peal
Assam
India
Greenland
Mars
Antarctic
South Pole
North Pole
Pilleasen
Fragmentary note about a medicine or treatment request
A garbled OCR fragment mentions medicine, remedies, and a sick head. The readable terms imply a health or treatment inquiry but no clear names, places, or events are present.
The Troubled Lover in Lazarus and the Nazarene
Lazarus and Jesus form a secret bond begun over a temple carving that astonishes the priests. Lazarus supports Jesus amid growing fame and danger, yet the pair exchange only quiet, charged exchanges as Jesus rises to influence despite opposition from the Sanhedrin.
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Lazarus
Temple
Jesus
Nazareth
Nazarene
Sid Lazarus
Lasaros
Leranus
Temple Rae
The
Jems
Judea
Lazarus in Gethsemane Amid Courtship and Danger
Lazarus lies unconscious in Olivet heat after a strain of forbidden romance with Zahara. Amos, a friend, finds him near the garden named Gethsemane and questions who aided his entry as Lazarus recovers and prepares to face looming peril.
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Lasurus
Zahara
Anoas
Lasarus
Annas
Judes
Lazarus
Lagurus
Simon the Leper
Olivet
Lasgarus
Amos
Cerone
Watt
Arden A
Eastus Lazarus
Anos
Lassras
Lazarae
Iasarus
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Zebara
Heaven
Earth
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Herbert D. Ward
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