True History of Coal-Oil Johnny Steele's Wild Rise and Fall
The piece recounts Johnny Steele known as Coal-Oil Johnny born near Rouseville, adopted by Widow McClintock, inheriting about $300,000 at her death, then squandering much on drunken sprees in Philadelphia and lavish hotel buys. After divorcing, he returns to labor, moves west, and claims a simpler life on a small farm, with mixed fortunes and a recent relocation to the West.
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Chestnut Street
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Khedive Egypt as Speculator in Railways Real Estate
A late Orient review portrays the Khedive as a vast speculative magnate. He dominates private ventures, owning Cairo and Alexandria real estate, building hotels and opera houses, running steamers and railroads, and operating large sugar and cotton enterprises. His empire spans ships, sugar factories, plantations, and port activity along the Nile. He is depicted as master of many enterprises, often to the detriment of personal oversight and efficiency.
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Egypt
Cave
England
Paris
London
Lfe
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Nubia
Soudan
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Seer Gates i Fosuay
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Dr. Field
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Alexandria
Jim Fisk
Constantinople
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Memento of a Georgia Cyclone Plank Enters Tree Block
A Talbot County gentleman preserves a pine block with a plank driven in by last spring’s cyclone. The plank about an inch thick and six inches wide entered the tree as if iron, with depths of three to four inches. The remarkable memento will be sent to the Signal Service Bureau to illustrate the storm’s power.
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American Tonnage Rises as Steam Navigation Grows
American tonnage shows a slight increase with inland and ocean totals at 4,854,732 tons. Since 1872 the rise amounts to 416,000 tons, and since the war tonnage has grown, signaling a shift toward steam navigation over sail. In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, 423 steam vessels were built totaling 62,459 tons, including twenty iron steamers of over 1,000 tons each totaling 63,121 tons.
Chess tale from Dorset coach on a dark night
A London Spectator note recalls a remarkable chess anecdote involving a boy called Care and his brother, with mentions of Dr Pears of Hepton. The event, described as taking place on a Dorset coach at night without a board, highlights a superior mind praised by a Brooklyn figure for a man who beat his wife during a spree.
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London: Spectator
Jamen
Pears
Katie Blossom Finds a Fairy Tea Party Friend
Katie laments missing a party of her cousins then foreshadows a wish to play. She befriends Mr Brown in the woods, hosts a solo tea with dolls Arabella and George Washington, and learns he will host a grand tea party where the dolls become hers. The tale ends with Katie growing into a kind, happy girl guided by Mr Brown.
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Cousin Lily
Arthur
Katie Blossom
Mamie Richards
Mrs. Blossom
Mrs. Smith
Lilly
Lulu
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Brookyt
Xou
Arabella
George Washington
Mr. Brown
Willig Saunders
Maaic
Denar
Pany
Abs. Smith
Stone House
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Sydney Lee
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Varieyt and Humor From a 19th Century Page
A collage of pithy lines and anecdotes from Alta California and the era, including quips on men setting examples, rail travel wealth, fashion notes, a trained canary, aging elephants in Boston, a Rhode Island reform school report, Wall Street reflection, and a dramatic rescue tale from Parker City. The item blends humor with curious vignettes about money, animals, and social observations.
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Courter J Journal
Lloyd Clark
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New York
Women's Board of Visitors
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Correctional Institutions
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Reform School
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Wall Street
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G. B. Grivnell
Richard Schell
James Wi. Banker
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Chicago Journal
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