Government to dynamite derelicts to clear Atlantic lanes
More than ninety seven derelicts have been reported to U.S. hydrographic offices in New York and Washington within a month as the government plans a three month cruise of the wrecking ship Nina. The Nina carries twenty thousand pounds of gun cotton and aims to sweep the Atlantic seaboard within two hundred miles, restocking if needed. Historical cases like the Marie Celeste and Jannie B. Woolston are cited to illustrate dangers and wrecking methods as authorities warn of heavy weather and crowded shipping lanes.
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New York
Washington
Uncle Sam
Ninaa
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Nina
Sam
Genoa
Siddartha
Jacksonville
Jannie BE. Woolston
Bell
Manantico
David Hunt
Friends
North Carolina
New York Herald
Almost Sublime Poetic Promise From a Working Student
In a letter read aloud, Pa Nuritch praises Jonathan’s potential as a poet while noting his financial strain from helping fellow students. Jonathan modestly cites his recent earnings and ongoing effort to support others, seeing such sacrifice as nearing sublimity.
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Pa Nuritch
Jonathan
George
Divorce rise noted at Sydney synod in Australia
Bishop of Newcastle N. S. W. said divorce has increased appallingly in Australia during the recent Sydney synod. He cited rates per 10 000 of population for several territories and states including United Kingdom 11 Canada 4 New South Wales 268 Victoria 125 Queensland 30 South Australia 28 Western Australia 41 Tasmania 1 New Zealand 116.
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Australia
Newcastle
Sydney
United Kingdom
Canada
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
South ‘Australia
Western ‘Australia
Tasmania
New Zealand
Porter critiques a French artist's talkativeness
General Horace Porter described a French artist as talented and engaging yet overly sympathetic and effusive. He illustrated his point with a brief anecdote about a young girl and her suitor, whose timing in passing the house in a cab changed the girl’s certainty.
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Horace Porter
Cash Godette's Red Sign Harbors a Nashua Nickname
Among prosperous Canadians in Nashua New Hampshire J B Godette earned the sobriquet Cash Godette after twenty years ago opening a small grocery on the Acre He painted a large red sign over the door reading We Buy for Cash and Sell for Cheap The nickname stuck for life.
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Cash” Godette
Tragedy of Ex Presidents Revealed by Corporal Tanner
Corporal Tanner recounts ex President Arthur's distress after March 4 1885 exit from office. Arthur, at Secretary Frelinghuysen's Washington home, breaks down, saying he felt neglected since the noon hour of March 4. The anecdote emphasizes the solitude of former leaders.
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Corporal Tanner
Arthur
Washington
Frelinghuysen
Tanner
New York Times
Herrings by the Million Landed by Local Boats
Six hundred ten million herrings have been landed at Yarmouth and Lowestoft this season by local fishing boats, aided by 1 000 Scots. The catches total 40 000 000 more than last year, valued above £50 000 000. The 1 000 Scotch boats employed 7 000 men, while ashore 6 000 Scotch women prepared and packed the fish.
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Yarmouth
Lowestoft
Scotland
Deeper History of Civil War Uniforms and Heroic Acts
A Chicago Inter Ocean summary notes Captain Samuel Harris of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry, saved by a letter from Mrs. Davis via Jefferson Davis, and a broader discussion of Major Lea’s push to minimal polish in campaign gear. It links wartime valor, abolition of conspicuous uniforms, and the shift to practical, less flashy attire guiding modern armies.
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Samuel Harris
Fifth Michigan Cavalry
Capt
Harris
Dahlgren
Richmond
Westham Road
Jefferson Davis
Brooke
Narragansett Pier
First Uniforms of Gray Disputed by Army Officers
An army officer recalls Gen Robert B Lea asserting he first pushed for army gray uniforms replacing blue at West Point. He notes Lea’s reform began there before the Civil War, influencing campaign colors worn worldwide. The Seventh Regiment of New York reportedly adopted gray first, facing opposition.
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Baltimore
Maryland
National Guard
War Department
Washington
Lee
Lea
Europe
West Point
North
New York
Poston
Army of the South
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Robert B. Lea
Military Academy
Seventh Regiment
New York City
Christmas In the Army recalling a hardtack Christmas
A veteran recalls a bleak Christmas in 1868 at Chattanooga during the Union army reorganization before Atlanta. He describes bitter cold, tents, scarce supplies, and a lack of gifts, contrasting it with later cheer. Senator Foraker of Ohio is noted.
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Chattanooga
Leutenant
Atlanta
Chickamauga
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Bragg
J. C. Johnson
Grant
Army of the Potomac
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Lunatic's Big Pension for Civil War Vet
A pension of 9848 dollars in a lump sum plus 30 dollars monthly has been awarded to a Civil War veteran, now a patient at the government hospital for the insane. The fund covers his maintenance since insanity began, with the monthly payments providing added comforts. The case, the largest by the new Pension Commissioner, arose after the asylum superintendent brought it to authorities. The veteran served in the Twenty first United States Infantry and contracted insanity during service.
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Pensian
Warner
New York Tribune
Insane Asylum
Twenty-first United States Infantry
United States
Reformatory Bill and Iowa News From Des Moines
A Iowa House bill by Representative Bixby seeks a women’s reformatory near Des Moines with a $50,000 appropriation and state board supervision. Other notes include Admir al John Grimes Walker’s Iowa connections, proposed organ removal, and Major Byers recounting a Civil War prison escape before Iowa elites.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
Bixby
Delaware County
General Assembly
Anamosa
Traveling man and telegram riddle from Harvard Tu m Bamboozle
A traveling husband receives a telegram announcing twins and threats to send more by mail. He replies he will return home tonight if more arrive by mail and asks to send to the Dead Letter Office. A bystander notes the joke about his legs being shut off and the shrieks spurring a rapid return home.
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Mall
Harvard
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