Harry Vanderbilt Helped Lincoln Ward Off Reelection Doubts
The obituary notes Harry Vanderbilt, nephew of Commodore Vanderbilt, died in New York at an old age. Friend B J Jayne claims Vanderbilt quietly raised about 300000 in campaign funds in 1864 to aid Abraham Lincoln, enabling a crucial reelection effort. Vanderbilt served as appointment clerk in the Treasury and coordinated money from Boston Philadelphia New York and other cities. He never boasted of the feat, according to Jayne.
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Harry Vanderbilt
Commodore Vanderbilt
New York City
Vanderbilt
B. J. Jayne
Abraham Lincoln
Jayne
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Salmon P. ‘Chase
Lincoln
Treasury
Grant
National Committee
Henry J. Raymond
E. D. Morgan
New York
Con
Mr. Vanderbilt
Boston
Philadelphia
Union
Treasury Department
Mr. Jayne
E. J. Edwards
Beecher Confesses He Forgot His July Fourth Lecture
Yale Law professor Prof. Johnson T. Platt recalls Henry Ward Beecher missing his three o clock start in San Francisco as Beecher admitted reading reports of the Sullivan-Rran fight in Mississippi on the way to the lecturing venue. The tale ends with Beecher’s gleeful quip and the professor admitting his own pre dawn newspaper read.
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San Francisco
Henry Ward Beecher
Beecher
Johnson T. Platt
Yale Law School
Yale
Divinity School
Professor Platt
Lyman Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Fessor
Brooklyn
Mississippi
Samoan Harbor Tale of Tutuila and Mission to Power
The article recounts 1899 Samoa disputes between Mataafa and Malietoa, the involvement of the United States Germany and England, and the cession of Upolu Savaii Tutuila and Manua. It highlights Pago Pago harbor as a strategic U.S. naval asset and describes Samoan hospitality housing and building practices with cultural detail.
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Mataafa
Malietoa
Samoa
Eugene D. Park, Jr
Yeoman
U.S. N
Los Angeles Times
United States
Germany
England
Tumua
Tutuila
Upolu
Apia
Savaii
Tonga
Manua
Neptune
South Sea
Pago-Pago
Pacific Fleet
Pago- Pago
Pacific
Tweed Buys Greenwich Farm At Tweed Price In 1865
The notorious Boss Tweed bought a Greenwich Connecticut farm in 1865, paying $55 000 for twenty acres. He negotiated mockingly with merchant Fred Mead, offering a “Tweed price” that stunned the broker before delivering a cashier’s check at the ticket window.
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Wiliam M. Tweed
Tweed
New York City
New York
Greenwich
Conn
Fredgerick Men
Mr. Mead
Mead
Cure for Sleeping Sickness Cold Cure Ward Details
A flow treatment named the cold cure uses a hospital ward refrigerator room painted white with no carpet and minimal furnishings. The patient sits for hours in a ward kept 10 to 20 degrees below freezing. the 12 by 9 foot ram, double wooden walls, and cotton insulation describe the cold chamber.
Birds Return to Same Nests Say British Naturalists
A Kent England observer records a swallow returning to a previous nest in April 1909 and identified by a ring. Over 2,000 British birds were ringed last year and twice that many more will be tagged this year to study migratory habits.
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England
Africa
High Halden
Kent
The Summer Girl Engagement Offer
A humorous dialogue about engagements with a millionaire versus a younger man with about 300 dollars in his pocket. The exchange contrasts luxury with modest means and hints at social expectations during a summer visit.
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Claim
A patient recalls a severe fall and paralysis diagnosed by doctors but credits Doan's Kidney Pills with a permanent cure. The testimonial urges readers to remember the brand and notes the product is sold by dealers for 50 cents per bottle from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo.
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Dean
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Quaint Table Manners in Backwoods Vacation Tale
Jerome S. McWade recalls summer trips to a backwoods village meeting quaint locals like old Boucher the village church janitor. He recounts lunch with a cold lobster and a mayonnaise sauce where Boucher tasted it and said dont choose none.
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Jerome S. McWade
Duluth
Boucher
Old Boucher
Try This This Summer Coca Cola Advertisement
Try This This Summer The next time you are hot tired or thirsty step up to a soda fountain and get Coca Cola It will cool you off relieve fatigue and quench your thirst Delcious refreshing and wholesome Send to Coca Cola Co Atlanta Ga for the free booklet The Truth About Coca Cola Also send 20 stamp for the Coca Cola Baseball Record Book 1910 containing Casey At The Bat records schedules and more.
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Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Coca-Cola
Coca- Cola
Coca-Cola Baseball
Casey
A Divorce Lawyer Seeks Fitting Letter Heads
A refined man with a silk hat requests a design for 10 000 letter heads. He asks for a Patrick Henry cut in the upper left corner and the famous line Give me liberty or give me death in distinct letters, explaining he is a divorce lawyer.
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Patrick Henry
Lippincott’s
One Side Enough Senator Smith Cites Irish Justice
A Washingtonian anecdote quotes Senator William Alden Smith recounting a Michigan justice of the peace who refused to hear both sides. During a trial the defense lawyer prepared to present their side, but the judge halted, saying he did not want both sides argued as it confuses the court.
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William Alden Smith
Michigan
Washingtonian
I See Men as Trustees Walking
A late in life solicitor turned priest misread the Bible lesson, uttering I see men as trustees walking, in a church sermon. The anecdote highlights his clerical tenure and the humor arising from legal abbreviations.
Woman weighs crossing choices on mud and understanding
A woman faces a dilemma about crossing muddy ground and how her level of understanding may influence her actions. The observation notes that avoidance depends on her perceived comprehension of the situation.
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