The Dispatch Office Address and Establishment Details
The article lists publication logistics for The Dispatch established in February 1846, showing volume and issue details, postal entry in November 1867, and office locations at Fifth Avenue and Diamond Street with advertising and newsroom references in New York City. It provides addresses for Business Office and News Rooms and Publishing House.
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Pitttsburg Postofice
Business Ofice
Fifth Avenue
Diamond Street
Enaters
Tribune Building
New York
Portage Free in the United States Daily Distribution Rates
A garbled ad note outlines various subscription options for Portage Free in the United States Daily, listing daily and weekly rates for different editions including Sunday, with figures like one month ninety and weekly at Deents per week. The broken text mentions Carter Location delay and weekly distribution terms.
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Portage Free
United States
Diratoh
Interarcn
Evenrriey Dan Dukraten
Neo
Disraton
Imonth
Carter Losraton
Gourley Strong, Denniston and Morrow Re-elected Ticket
Pittsburg voters endorsed the city ticket with Gourley for Mayor Denniston for Treasurer and Morrow for Controller without opposition. Denniston and Morrow praised as honest capable public officers, while Gourley is a longtime councilman respected for intelligence and integrity. Bailey to oppose Gourley, canvass will determine impact of party balance.
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Gourley
Denniston
Morrow
Bailey
Gourfey
The League Backs Down in Player Ownership Fight
A court refused a preliminary injunction against John Ward and the Brotherhood leaders, signaling resistance to older leagues claiming ownership of players. The ruling hints players are their own property and challenges contracts that treat players as merchandise, suggesting a potential improvement in players’ public position and status.
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John Ward
Brotherhood Players
Debate on Aberdeen mob violence in Senate stalls progress
The Senate debate over the Aberdeen and Barnwell outrages reveals both sides conceding some points while failing to address core issues. Senators acknowledge mob violence harms individual rights, but argue over constitutional power and the best path for civilizing the South. The piece notes the South must choose between mob rule and rule of law, with reforms dependent on protecting rights and inviting investment.
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Senate
Aberdeen
George
Spooner
Motions
Barnwell County
South
Georgie
Alabama
Mrs Parnell's Circumstances Sparks Prompt Action
The article questions reports that Mrs. Parnell, mother of Charles Stewart Parnell, is destitute. It notes possible plunder or false relief claims and urges Ireland’s friends to ensure guardianship if needed and to prevent malfeasance while ready to aid their leader’s family.
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Friends of Ireland
Marbles Debate Roils Boston Youth Opinion
A Boston wise man declares marbles ruin youth and juvenile depravity follows. The remark frames marble playing as a moral concern and signals a public debate over games and propriety.
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Boston
Marbles
Bostonian warns marbles harm health morals and growth
The Bostonian authority argues playing marbles harms health and morals by cramping vital organs and bad posture. It cites forward head posture, risk of injury from collisions, nervous over excitation, and even swallowed marbles causing digestive issues, yet notes marbles will remain popular.
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Bostonian Authority
England's Coal Price Change Could Reshape Global Iron Trade
Article notes a surge in English coal costs from 6s to 10s per ton, threatening English iron supremacy. It argues Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania coal could lower production costs, potentially making Pittsburg the world manufacturing center and shifting global iron and coal markets. It cites a 30,000 ton Western Pennsylvania coke sale to Belgium as a key indicator.
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England
Europe
London and Northwestern Railway
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Birmingham
Belgium
Home Made Dramas for Us and the American Stage
The piece notes a shift in American theater toward native drama and playwrights. It praises New York managers and impresarios for embracing American works and actors, highlighting rising dividends and bank accounts for American writers as audiences favor homegrown language, life, and scenery over imported European models. The author predicts further conversion of managers and a growing domestic drama scene.
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New York
London
Paris
J. M. Hill
Palmer
Pisin
Goodby
McKeesport Road Purchase Spurs Railroad Rivalry
The purchase of the McKeesport and Ballevernon road gives the Pennsylvania Railroad entry to McKeesport and positions it against the Baltimore and Ohio and Pittsburgh, McKeesport and Yougheningy lines. The move benefits McKeesport but raises attention to Pennsylvania corporate law limiting competing railroad lines.
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Tur
McKeesport
Ballevernon
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Youghingheny
Pennsylvania
Coroner's verdict questions murder accusations in Kulften case
In Trenton the coroner's verdict leaves unclear who killed the deceased woman as relatives faced suspicions. Officials arresting the husband and cousin may see the danger of accusing without proof. Rail rate competition and a Montana Senate claim are also noted amid political rhetoric.
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Trenton
N. J
Contested election cases test party fighting strengths
In the House today the fighting qualities of the two parties will be tested by contested election cases. Previous conflicts were skirmishes, but today’s battle is expected to be a pitched contest with Mr Dalsall leading the Republicans to show whose generalship secures victory, a matter of local Pittsburg interest and national import.
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Dalsall
Pittsburg
Free Bridge Question Roils City Convention Resolutions
The bridge issue dominated last night's City Convention Resolutions Committee meeting. While the presentation seemed untimely the subject invites both prudent policy and political support from advocates and opponents alike.
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Committee On Resolutions
Nellie Bly Arrival Sparks Continental Silence In Press
The flurry of attention in New York papers contrasts with a quiet nationwide reception as Nellie Bly's arrival and its large- turnout advertisement generate notable but restrained excitement across the country.
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New York
Nellie Bly
Brice Residency Asserted In Lima Amid Canvas Debates
The document cites proofs that Mr Brice lived in Lima and planned to build a residence there in spring, asserting he would move with his family. It notes the claim counters prior denials and frames the matter as post facto vindication in a political canvass. It also mentions Topeka Water Company’s sale and Prohibition politics as background.
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Ohio
Brice
Lima
Lawsuits Frame Discipline as Teacher Fault in Schools
Some suits against school teachers aim to bias the public view that discipline rests solely on teachers and has no bearing on scholars or students.
Guns and politics mix in a wary national debate
The piece critiques a 110 ton gun and costly ships as impractical after European demonstrations. It links political corruption in the West Virginia election to a call for a new breed of officials. It notes a New York court view on baseball players owning themselves and comments on Stewart Paine lineage and Irish-Americans concerning older family fortunes.
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New York
Europe
People of Prominence in Military and Society
Report favors placing General John C Fremont on the retired list with Major General rank. Pittsburg visitors named including William Addison and George T Oliver at Fifth Avenue. Abdul Hamid, 43, lives under heavy guard when visiting the mosque. Empress of Austria famed for hunting and beauty, but mourns Prince Rudolph's death. Margaret Fuller once a schoolmistress and now a Marchioness, noted for intellectual force. Henry Stropparn, 65, a noted younger poet, connected to Poe and Stoddard's ventures.
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Horse Committee
John C. Fremont
Abdul Hamid
Austria
England
Prince Rudolph
Lfe
Margaret Fuller
Longfellow
Rirowanp
Henry Stropparn
Mr. Stedman
Mr. Didjer
Nelly Bly Discussion Sparked by Traveling Race Tale
In a Manchester car on Saturday night two women heatedly debated Nelly Bly and her world encircling journey told in opposite directions by rail and water. Anecdotes mention Miss Cora Tanner acting at the Grand Opera House and her husband Colonel Linn’s Brooklyn theater income.
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Manchester
Nelly Bly
Misa Cora Tanner
Grand Opera House
London
Harris’ Theater
Miss Tanner
Darber
Colonel Linn
Brooklyn
Chinese Student Returns After Global Mining Tour
New York January 22 A Chinese student Y T Woo travels homeward after studying in America England and across Europe. Recruited by the Chinese government in 1872 he trained at Fair Haven Hartford Columbia London and South Kensington gaining mining engineering expertise. He plans a two week visit in New England then six months with Imaris Mining in Sonora Mexico before returning to China via San Francisco. He stays at the Brevoort House.
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New York
Servia
Liverpool
Y. T. Woo
America
Fair Haven
Hartford
School of Mines
Columbia College
Woo
Conl
Kaiping
China
England
Royal School of Mines
South Kensington
London
Wales
Norway
Sweden
France
Spain
New England
Mexico
Imaris Mining Company
Sonora
San Francisco
Tientsin
Brevoort House
White House reception for Congress and Judiciary
The January 22 Washington reception at the White House drew a good crowd of ladies and gentlemen in evening dress. The East Room and corridors showcased palms ferns and roses while the Marine Band played popular tunes. The President was assisted by Mrs. Harrison and cabinet wives. Mrs. Blaine and Mrs. Proctor were not present.
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Washington
Congress
Judiciary
White House
Supreme Court
Senate
House
Marine Band
Harrison
Blaine
Proctor
Colonel Hart
Bradford County
Portland
Ao Orec O Peton Calomel Hare
George Moffat
Philadelphia
Thompson Street
Moffat
Nawton
N. C
Keep House
Catawba
Grover Cleveland
Treasury
Nellie Bly Engagement Rumor Ties Dr Frank Ingram
Friends of Dr. Frank Ingram claim from reliable sources that he is betrothed to Nellie Bly the globe trotter. Ingram, a New York physician, examined Bly during her asylum case and testified to her sanity, their acquaintance growing from that encounter.
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Logansport
Cincinnat! Enquirer
Frank Ingram
New York City
Nellie Bly
Globe-Trotter
Ingram
Miss Bly
The Best Pennsylvania Paper Praise by California Journal
From the Sacramento Evening Bee the piece lauds The Pittsburg Dispatch as among the brightest papers in the Union and the best in Pennsylvania noting Pittsburg’s activity and a columnist’s remark about the cost of raising a girl.
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Pittsburg
Deaths of a Day Mrs Sarah Bainbridge Hayes
Mrs Sarah Bainbridge Hayes widow of Captain Thomas Hayes and last surviving child of Commodore Bainbridge died at her son in law’s residence 72 West Twelfth Street in New York She lived 87 years and was connected to the early U S Navy her father Commodore Bainbridge commanded the Constitution in battle against the Guerriere.
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New York
Sarah Bainbridge Hayes
Commodore Bainbridge
Constitution
Galerre de Waro
West Twelfth Street
Copiain
Thomas Gest
United States
Mer Uacutte
Petonyiranta
Solness
St. Heyes
Katieston
Major William Gordon Dies Suddenly in Ashville
Special telegram from New Castle Pennsylvania reports Major William Gordon died suddenly of heart disease in Ashville North Carolina while his family wintered in the South. Gordon was a prominent Democrat and well known across the state. The remains will be brought to New Castle for interment.
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New Caste
William Gordon
Ashville
N.C
Obituary Notes for Rev Lyman N Freeman and Others
Rev Lyman N Freeman died at 11 15 last night after an influenza illness. Born May 28 1808 in Essex Vermont he was a longtime pastor and a civic figure. The notice lists Peter Conley and others as prominent local residents from Illinois and Indiana with brief biographical mentions.
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Lyman
N. Freeman
Katawazoo
Janusry
Lyman N. Freeman
Esser
Chittenden County
Old Love Letters and Barbara Delight Sewickley Arts
The Tuesday Night Club and Sewickley Valley Club staged Old Love Letters by Bronson Howard and Harbara by Jerome K. Jerome at Sewickley theatre. Amateur actors Frew Harding Morgan Burgwin and others drew praise for natural dialogue, clever staging, and refined make up with cordial pre performance dinner at Park Pisco Hotel. The Park Pisco Hotel committee hosted the visiting troupe and Mrs J B Oliver lent scenery and furniture.
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Sewickley
Edward Warburton
Will Frow
Miorence Brownies
Julia Harding
Julia Morgan
Arter
Burgwin
Park Pisco
Committee of the Valley Club
J. B. Oliver
Miss Dickson
Nella Brown Delights Audience at University Hall
Miss Nella Brown greeted a lively crowd at University Hall last evening. The talented elocutionist held the audience’s interest throughout the program, delivering graceful, varied renditions that conveyed a broad range of human emotion.
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Nella Brown
University Hall
Seay
Social and society notes from the city social scene
A collection of society items lists a German dance at Mrs Mark Watsons, a tea for Miss Maud M Byers guest Misa Baldwin, a Second annual reception of the First Battalion Hibernian Rifles at Imperial Hall next Friday, a corrected Dispatch note on Miss Sophie Wetzel to wed Mr Justus Molert on February 13, a Allegheny marriage of AwNiz Marks to Charles Byron Strom, Rev Dr J B Sutherland officiating, a theater party from the East End for Mrs Harry Kennedy, a Salvation Army rally at Homestead February 3 led by Marshal Booth, a Damon and Pythias benefit at Odd Fellows Hall February 8 for Castle Shannon Council 27 Jr C U A M with Mr George S Gallupe and Miss Clara Davies starring, a testimonial to A P Krethand of the West Penn Railroad planned next Thursday, and rumors of a ten year service celebration at headquarters.
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Maud M. Byers
Misa Baldwin
Detroit
Hibernian Rifles
Imperial Hall
Sophie Wetzel
Justus Molert
Awniz Marks
Allegheny Avenue
Allegheny
Charles Byron Strom
Worthington
Kan
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Eighteenth Street
Southside
Damon and Pythias
Castle Shannon Council
George 8
Gallupe
Clara Davies
A. P. KreThand
West Penn Railroad
Air
Archbishop of Canterbury Becomes Publican in London Clubhouse
A London letter reports the Archbishop of Canterbury accepts a license to run a church clubhouse for visiting country parsons. Lord Salisbury backs the move noting the Crown, including Queen Victoria, also operates licensed bars across royal houses. The piece recalls royal servants’ drinking allowances and Prince Albert’s curb on excess.
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Boston
Canterbury
All England
London
Church House
Lord Salisbury
Prince Albert
Buckingham Palace
Windsor
Osborne
Balmoral
Carnegie Leads New Coal Region Railroad Plan
Greensburg January 3 Engineers survey a proposed railroad to tap northern county coal fields. The line would start at Milltown near Turtle Creek run down Thompson Creek past Murrysville then return up Turtle Creek to John Stark farm before crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad at Penn station and entering southern coal fields. Andrew Carnegie is believed to head the company and the project will not affect the Turtle Creek Valley road now under construction.
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Greensburg
Milltown
Turtle Creek
Thompson Creek
Murrysville
John Stark
Pennsylvania Railroad
Penn Station
Cest
Andrew Carnegie
Turtle Creek Valley
Return of Rudolph Aronson Comic Opera at Grand Next Week
The Rudolph Aronson Comic Opera Company resumes at the Grand next week with two operas Nadjy and The Drum Major. Casts include Pauline Hall Georgie Denaln Eva Davenport Kate Uart Grace Golden Florence Beil James Powers Edwin Stevens John Brand Chas Campbell A. W. Maflin Ellis Ryse and others ensuring the same artists appear in both works in different roles.
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Rudolph Aronson
Nadjy
Pauline Hall
Georgie Denaln
Eva Davenport
Kate Uart
Grace Golden
Florence Beil
James Powers
Edwin Stevens
John Brand
Chas, Campbell
A. W. Maflin
Ellis Ryse
Senate confirms several diplomatic and consular nominations
Washington January 28 the Senate confirmed Richard pamper hae of Wisconsin as Consul General at the o Jotun F and Winter of Illinois as Consul at Mashela. Lewis Gottschalk of California named Consul at Stuttgart and Jacob Yous of Arkansas named Marshal for the Western of Arkansas.
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Washington
Senate Today
Richard Pamper
Wisconsin
O Jotun
Winter
Illinois
Mashela
Lewis Gottschalk
California
Stuttgart
Jacob Yous
Arkansas
Hearing on Montana Senatorial Election Proceedings
Washington January 2 The Senate Committees on Privileges and Elections began proceedings on the Montana senatorial contest. A coalition of Senators argues for further action to cut down the contest, with hearings planned to determine the outcome.
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Washington
Senate
Lay
Montana
Or & L Messrs
The Stroller's Stories and Odd Observations
The Stroller reports two Chicago men pursuing a scheme tied to a yearly magazine with a $3 subscription offering coupon checks for groceries and goods, urging subscribers to use designated vendors. It notes electrical expert A Hnerp P Brown in New York predicting dangers of high voltage and the stance on overhead versus underground lines. Captain George C Hamilton of Warren meets General Hastings about Cambria county primaries, signaling the Ebensburg Monday event may settle the friendly campaign.
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Chicago
Roger O'Mara
Hanerp P. Beows
New York
Hotel Duquesne
Buffalo
Mr. Brown
San
Brown
Aptain
George C. Hamilton
Warren
General Hastings
Cambria County
Ebensburg
Remarkable Prophecy of a Talking Machine
A Washington Star piece recalls Commodore Maury’s 1840s jest about recording speech by speaking into a trumpet on wax cylinder. Dr Goode found Maury’s letter describing a phonograph like device, predicting a future where letters and orders could be spoken and read from a cylinder.
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Commodore Maury
Washington Star
G. Brown Goode
National Museum
London
New York
Naval Observatory
Prof. Goode
K. D. Easton
Columbia Phonograph Company
M. DaGuerre
Giant from Barnum's circus to wed Hyde Park woman
James Gilbert, formerly a Barnum's giant and now a private watchman, will marry Hyde Park resident Williams on February 1. Their romance began seven weeks ago and faced a hurdle when her mother initially forbade contact. A steam trombone will accompany the wedding ceremony.
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Scranton
James Gilbert
Barnum’s Circus
Hyde Park
Williams
Salvation Army
Kempinski Freed From Siberian Banishment
Dispatch from January 2 1900 reports Hermann Kempinski released by the Russian government after attorney J B Klein argued he was a naturalized American citizen. Kempinski had been banished to a Siberian prison near St Petersburg while claiming Hessian army ties and prior emigration to America.
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Cong
J. B. Klein
Hermann Kempinski
Rusaia
Kempinaki
Mra
Kemprvent
Cal Shorn
St. Petersburg
America
Hia
Siberia
Klein
Kempinak
Frost ruins expectations for strawberry crop in Charlestown
The January frost damaged the strawberry crop killing all developing flowers and leaving only undeveloped fruit on the bushes. Fruit supply now relies on the remaining undeveloped stages, ending prospects of a large harvest.
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Charlestos
Letter to the Editor condemns snobbery toward women counter workers
A Washington PA letter criticizes Sallie Joy White for snobbery against store counter clerks labeled as ladies. The writer defends working women, argues “ladies” include cultured, diligent earners, and calls for respect for those employed in first class stores. Washington January 2.
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Dispatch
Sallie Joy White
Alessady
Leistre
America
Jarley Wax-works Entertainment Programme Availability
A reader asks about a regularly arranged programme for Mrs Jarley's wax-work show based on Dickens and where it can be obtained. The inquiry is dated January 2 from Allegheny.
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Dispatch
Jariey
Dickens
Jarley
Information Wanted for Railway Postal Examination
To the editor of The Dimpaten a reader asks who the proper person is to apply to and what the examination consists of for entering the railway postal service.
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The
Dimpaten
THE DRESSED BEEF INQUIRY INVESTIGATIONS RESUME
The Yeat committee resumed sessions in Washington examining dressed beef industry questions. Witnesses include J H Dutcher of New York Central who testified the railroad used its own stock cars and that palace cars caused more bruising. Officials Hayden and Thomson discussed end of the trons and mileage payments as the industry grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WastincrTos
Yeat
J. H. Dutcher
New York Central Railroad
Central
John Harriott
Baltimore and Ohio
H. J. Hayden
New York Central
Frank Thomson
Pennsylvania
Hayden
Frank Thompson
Pennsylvania Road
Trunk Line Association
Chicago
Golden Wedding Celebrated by Rev and Mrs Dame in Portsmouth
Special telegram from Suanos reports Rev. and Mrs. Charles Dame of Portsmouth Maine celebrated their golden wedding today at their son Prof. S. P. Dame's residence. A large gathering of relatives from across the country attended. Rev. Dame has preached for 62 years and is noted as a Maine clergyman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suanos
Charles Dame
Portsmouth
S. P. Dame
Danie
Maine
Gubernatorial Race Signals in Early Pennsylvania News
Multiple papers assess ex Governor Pattison as a key Democratic candidate and speculate on Republican choice. The Lawrence County delegates bolster Pattison’s standing while Wiekesname endorses a Pattison led ticket. rumors suggest a Cleveland rematch if Pattison or Black decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guerxencore
Quay
Pattison
Waarrel Mirror
Pennsylvania
Hon. C. W. Stone
WasuIneton Sar
Wallace
Randall-Hill
Black
Cleveland
Willis L. Scott
Scranton
Adelphia
Curious Condensations From West Virginia to New Haven
A garbled cornucopia of notes reports Maple molasses being manufactured in interior West Virginia counties, a hunter in North Conway NH claiming another bear kill, Upshur County WV farmer discovering a guinea nest with 387 eggs, a cement land purchase near Williamsport WV, and a Greenfield Indiana marriage. Other items include odd animal finds, a grip epidemic theory, a carptene ingestion tale, Oklahoma Negro emigration appeal, St Helena as political prison, a demented hermit post flood, and various stray regional curiosities and local happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior
West Virginia
Orrin Heath
North Conway
N. H
Upshur County
Allentown
Springtown
Warren County
Wilbur Ramsey
Minnie
James L. Mitchell
Greenfield
Ind
West
Lebanon
Conn
Oklahoma
Congo
St. Helena
England
Youth and Age in a Ragged Chronology
A collage of era punch lines and quips from newspapers and humor pages. The snippets cover stage banter and gossip, party mischief, amateur acting, and a brief meditation on youth versus age with comic tone. Names and places appear in fragmentary form, highlighting light satire.
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Ireland
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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William H. Wood
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Tacoma
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Erick and
Belson
Joan Johnsons
Tersans
Itren
Paul Paulsens
Swann Swanton
Andrew Andersons
Georgia
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