Grand Exhibition at Fair Grounds Planned by Gen Singleton
Gen Singleton, new owner, remodels the club house and display halls at the Fair Grounds for a fall exhibition. Improvements include a redesigned club house with private rooms, expanded upper apartments, new furniture, and a terrace around a miniature lake. The Main Exhibition Wall, a Greek cross building, will host numerous booths, a central grotto with geological specimens, and a secure layout for exhibitors. The track and stabling will be upgraded, grounds painted, and the entire site prepared to attract business leaders, merchants, and horsemen for a large, permanent exposition in Quincy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nemodel
Brighton
Lenebecker
Singleton
United States
Isil
Quincy
Iidt
Southern papers cheer Centennial hopes for national unity
Democratic papers in the South forecast healing of postwar tensions amid centennial festivities. The Nashville Press and Herald says General Joseph E. Johnston will be Master of Ceremonies at Philadelphia's Fourth of July Centennial, predicting the jubilee will blot remaining war animosities. The Rupertist Constitutionalist also notes Democratic optimism about the Philadelphia Centennial Committee and related arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bouthern
Nashville
Tenn
Press and Herald
Joseph E. Johnston
Philadelphia
Rupests
Philadelphia Centennial Commistee
Bas Ghosen de G0
Gamer
Centennial vows bury old North South animosities
The text recalls Charles Francis Adams and Gen. Joseph E. Johnston as key orators and ceremonial figures at the Philadelphia Centennial. It notes Colonel Lamar as a ringseldler of the Rebellion and predicts that lingering North South feuds will be forgotten, seen as revenges condemned by Heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Francis Adams
Joseph E. Johnston
Lamar
Manassas
The Egyptian Harem Visited by a Lady in Cairo
A letter from Cairo dated April 5 describes a visitor’s account of entering the Viceroy’s harem with Mile. Harts as interpreter. The narrator meets the Viceroy’s elder daughter, shares coffee and pipes, and observes wives and slaves, noting dress, jewelry, and the lavish garden while expressing cautious fascination and a planned return visit.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mile. Harts
Lasro Nil
Poulf
Mather
Alexandria
France
Kaste Nile
Paris Green and Plant Safety in Arsenic Experiments
Dr William McMar tle of the Washington Agricultural Department reports experiments testing whether Paris green and arsenic compounds absorbed by peas affect health. Plants showed growth reduction proportional to poison amount, but chemical tests found no arsenic in plants after growth. Safe levels are far below practical field application.
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Wm. McMartle
Agricultural Department
Washington
English clerical wages compared to U S levels
An official inquiry notes clerical pay in England far below U S standards. A bottom rung clerk in banks, law, insurance, or railroads earns about 30 pounds yearly, around $445, while after 20 to 25 years few rise above 350 pounds, about $1984, with limited wage growth over time. The London and North Western Railway figure is introduced but truncated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London and North- Westing Railway
Ius
English wages and living costs contrasted with American cities
The text notes English wages at ninety five over three hundred pounds and argues low rents and cheapness in Hing central London offset the shortage. It also cites vacation norms with two weeks for young clerks and a month for veterans, comparing to American practices.
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London
New York
Treasury robbery and its shadow on Washington
Special Correspondence from Washington describes a sweeping Treasury robbery mystery with claims of gangsters, curious visitors, and the infamous Jeff Davis gold. It recalls past thefts, inspector general lore, and dramatic anecdotes about the Treasury cash rooms, guards, and the era’s public distrust. The piece also details a long running Kentucky land case, Blackwell v. Orr, spanning over six decades with numerous delays, appeals, and eminent lawyers. It highlights the complexity of property claims, transfers, and champerty concerns, suggesting the suit may outlive current generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-Ocean
Treasury
Chicago
Adams Express Company
Jeff Davis
Jeff
Sisty
Clark County
Clark Court of Common Pleas
Bath
Joseph Blackwell
Bath County
Licking River
Slate Creek
Alexander Orr
Jacob, Myner
John Cockey Owings
Juel Harris
Wm. Marshall
John Fowler
Josep Blackwell
Lowe
Champerty
Blackwell
Court of Appeals
Marshall
Howler
Gen
Thomas Fletcher
Robert MM. Bradley
Lancaster
James Simpson
Kenar Farrows
Rt. Apperson
Robert Wickliffe
John L. Huston
B. J. Peters
R Hos. Turner
Kentucky
Garrett Davis
Owingasville
Frankfort
Court of Common Pleas
Lively Digressions on Humor and Truth in 19th Century Satire
The text discusses humor’s reliance on dramatic contrast and the audiences’ complicity in illusion, citing Mark Twain, Artemus Ward, and Charles Lamb. It notes how staged delusions, like Ward’s moon, survive through shared belief and the illusion of verisimilitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Artemus Ward
London
Artemus
Charles Lamb
Not enough honesty to sustain honest business
The narrator argues that if everybody lied, business would halt, comparing the situation to a negro minstrel who falls through successive skylights, implying endless instability and the collapse of any firm footing for even the strongest intellect. The passage emphasizes pervasive falsehood eroding trust and stability.
Memoirs of Grouchy passim on Waterloo and Napoleon
A review discusses the Paris published memoirs of Grouchy and Napoleon at Waterloo. It questions Grouchy’s excuses, notes many officers’ caution toward Paris, and recounts dispatch failures and missteps. The piece analyzes leadership, strategy, and betrayals, with vivid anecdotes from QuatreBras to Waterloo.
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Napoleon
O'Meara
St. Helena
Waterloo
Grouchy
Paris
Bourmont
Wellington
Kis Grace
Duke of Brunswick
Byron
Childe Harold
Political figures and facts from New York Times analysis
The piece weighs Democratic hopes for a 1870s era victory and a possible Electoral College majority after last year’s gains in twenty three of thirty seven states and a large House majority. It contrasts Republican resilience, Democratic fractures, and the undecided loyalties of former Republican defectors. It notes divisive finance policy and the third term issue as key flashpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Colorado
House of ‘Representatives
Republican Party
Democratic Party
United States Senate
Women wage gaps spark debate on training and equity
The New York Herald argues women are paid less due to crowded, undertrained labor pools and market pressures. It cites schooling, training, and entry prices in teaching, clerical, and factory roles, noting high salaries after proper training and warning of low pay in poorly trained work. Endorses education in normal schools and practical skills as path to better pay.
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New York
New England
Massachusetts
Granger’s Wedding Delayed By Roadside Duel Of Whips
A story from the Shedly Courant recounts a Granger’s plan to wed, but an in-road dispute with a neighbor led to a duel using old “cutting Jackets” and a welter of injuries. The wedding is now set for today after two weeks’ delay and healing.
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Granger
Pomona
Louisville
Shedly
Grace widow origins and legal roots of marriage terms
Sadge Turpit explains that grass widow is a barbarism and grace widow denotes a widow by grace rather than by death. The term traces to Catholic authority in early Europe with Vatican decrees and French law phrases translating to widow of grace. He argues modern marriage law stems from the Roman Church and notes French as the court vernacular.
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Sadge Turpit
Fiat Lux” Society
Cratia
Pace
Turpie
Sheriff Ramsey Killed by Horse Thief in Kansas
Desperate fight near Stockton, Kansas, between Ellis County Sheriff Alexander Ramsey and a horse thief ends with both men dead. Ramsey, 28, shot three times as he and deputy Frank Sheppard pursued thieves with twenty ponies. A second thief escaped. Ramsey dies about an hour after injury. Ramsey had long hunted outlaws and killed several before, beloved by locals. Authorities pursue the fugitive, described as Stanley, six feet tall with dark features.
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Kansas
Kansas City Journal of Commerce
Stockton
Rooks County
Kan
Alexander Ramsey
Ellis County
Ramsey
Frank Sheppherd
Hays City
Rooks
Mr. Ramsey
Namscy
Suepoerd
Stanley
Nebraska
Missouri
Prairies
Paris History of the Civil War Receives Laurels from Critics
Arsene Hausanye praises Count de Paris history of the American Civil War in America and Europe calling it truthful and restrained. He lauds vivid scenes such as Washington arrival and Arlington to Fairfax Court House views, noting fine painterly description and careful narration with philosophical touches.
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Arsene Hausanye
New York Tribune
Comte de Paris
Count of
Paris
America
Europe
McClellan
Washington
Meissonier
Arlington
Fairfax Court House
Gen. Lee
Mauntain
Pork and Beans as New England Sunday Dish
The Cincinnati Commercial notes that pork and beans defined New England orthodoxy on Sundays, supported by Calvin and Knox, resisting German philosophy and Unitarianism. As the dish retreats to rural farms and crossroads, the old creed wanes with it.
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Cincinnati
New England
Calvin
John Knox
Cross Roads
Theatregoers Roared Fire Alarm Turns Alarums
A staged cry of fire caused a panic at the theater as the promoter announced an algeretto of diamonds and ordered searches at doors. Police directed exits. flames burst through at curtain call, destroying the building in under thirty minutes with no fatalities.
Alphabet of biblical clues unsettles readers with archaic notes
An odd alphabet quiz prompts readers to match letters with biblical figures places and events. The list cites Esther Daniel Mary David Paul Peter and others, though many entries appear garbled or misprinted with wrong spellings and misreferenced chapters.
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Esther
Daniel
Juodres
David
Paul
John
Samuel
Genesis
Isaiah
Aml
Calossians
Pope congratulates bishop on anti Freemasonry pamphlet
The Pope writes to the Bishop of Orleans praising his pamphlet against Freemasonry as timely and useful. He condemns Masonic liberty and promotes Catholic order, calling readers to reject libertine ideas of conscience worship and press freedom. The pontificate cites 29th year of Pius IX and grants apostolic benediction.
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Orleans
Prius IX
Global fires and disasters loom in early reports
Elizabethtown Kentucky suffered a fire destroying fourteen houses with total losses around 25 000 dollars and insurance 2000. A fire in Russia eliminated the town of Marshant on the right bank of the Tins River, population 20 000. In Canada swine plague called black tooth spreads with large die offs. In Toronto a block burned Tuesday causing estimated losses near 150 000 dollars. Illinois Central and Chicago Alton St Louis Railroads plan to pool their earnings. In Lee Massachusetts a boiler blast at Smiths mill killed two and wounded fourteen, damages about 29000 dollars. Other items note a Utah governor appointment, a watch found with initials, market notes from Muirk Line Fotoreas, a Berlin banquet for Carl Behurz, and local police reports of thefts and train incidents.
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Elizabethtown
Canadas
Illinois Central
Chicago, Alton & St. Louis
Toronto
Marshant
Russia
Henry Boehm
Newark Methodist Episcopal Conference
Secretary of the Interior
Gov. Axtell
Utah Territory
New Mexico
Gedding
Geo. W. Emery
Utah
Axtell
Smith
Lee
Mass
Mat Owens
United States
Marshal Root
Iowa
Keokuk
Mike Johnson
Great Britain
London
Berlin
Carl Behurz
Thompson
Schurz
Germany
Americas
Galesburg
Fowler
Chicago
Col. Carr
Marshal Fowler
Sergt. Johnson
Sixth Precinct
Kirksville
Glenwood
Uncle Sam
John Crawley
St. Louis
Ben. Ambler
Crawley
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Gen. Singleton
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Epred
Corbyn
Paris Green
Spinner
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Duiny
Hhis
Treasury Police
Asaoon
Treasurer's Bureau
Tullock
Mr. Tullock
Edwina
Gen. Spinner
Marsial Anouoay
Brunswick
Nassau
Marshal Ney
Quatre-Bras
Borsus
Jerome
de Brea
Barriere d'Stalie
Perorait
Palaverer
Dizcouracur
Duke of Berry
Tuillerica
Pito
Fishaulton Girard
Gourmont
Bluchner
Antwerp
Titie
Blacher
Castlereagh
Ligoy
Wares
Rsin
Imperis
Old Blucher
Bulon
Girard
Grouch
Duke of
Ligny
Marechal de Granchy
Marquis de Granchy
Minnie Sherman-Fitch
Jeweder
Granger Swain
The
Indianapolis News
Elis County
Tazewell County
Holyoke
Brooklyn Eagle
Emile Devrient
Vienua
Francis
Pope and the Freemasons
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