Presidents Ages When They Took the Office and Tyler
A historical review notes the ages of Presidents at ascending to the presidency with figures for Grant Pierce Garfield Polk Harrison Taylor and others. It details Tyler as the oldest living ex president and recounts the political clashes within the Whig party the Webster Ashburton treaty and Texas admission to the Union. It then discusses Millard Fillmore and the turbulent tenure including slavery debates and cabinet divisions, Lincoln Johnson and the impeachment era, and Arthur’s presidency amid party splits.
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Lincoln
Grant
Roosevelt
Pierce
Garfield
Polk
Harrison
Tip“Tyler
Monroe
John Adamsson
Buchanan
Eland
Ecanoe
Tyler Too
United States
Bistee
Ding
William and Mary College
Atota
Jackson
Old Hickory
Virginia
Arrison
Jer
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Great Britain
Texas
Union
Marly the elephant endures painful drugged foot surgery
The elephant known as Marly required removal of large portions of both hind feet to save her life. After morphine failed to render unconsciousness, surgeons used chisels and a hand saw to remove diseased flesh while the animal thrived on rum flavored with water and saccharine. Her loyalty to a late keeper influenced her past and present cooperation with foot procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marly
Zoological Gardens
Schaeff
Frick
Marty
Elephant House
Emperor William and Crown Prince in German succession tale
The piece discusses royal dependence in Prussia with Frederick and William recounting how the crown prince’s fate mirrors a farmer’s son in the sovereign’s house. It notes Anton von Werner’s Versailles scene study and the emperor’s reaction to the prince’s leg in the sketch. A stray fragment mentions bystanders and a boy found dead or injured after an incident.
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Frederick
Germany
Prussia
Gustav Freitag
William
Anton von Werner
Versailles
Bismarck
Notable Civil Leadership through Seventeen Years of War
A discussion notes the impact of war on American civil government, highlighting eleven of the twenty four Presidents emerging from its ranks and many officials such as Governors, Senators, Representatives, Cabinet ministers, ambassadors, and judges. It emphasizes a historically reluctant resort to war by a people who never sought conflict.
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Insu
Mexico
Spain
United States
Congress
Elephants Suffer in Gruesome Surgery and Lost Keeper Bond
The account details a wounded elephant named Marty forced to lie on her back as surgeons remove badly infected hind feet with chisels and band saws. She mourns her keeper for fifteen years, refusing to accept others, and finally grows hostile to the garden staff after his death.
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Marty
Recovery Brings Back Old Cheer
Sentence fragments indicate a person has recovered her old good humor and is described as feeling well again. No additional context or names are provided in the readable text.
Odd Colony of Chinese Farmers on Long Island
A Scribner’s Magazine report describes a Chinese farming community near Long Island City and Steinway Silk Mills. It details paper-covered huts, gourds, and Chinese agricultural methods as farmers till fields within sight of Manhattan landmarks like the Waldorf Astoria parade ground.
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Long Island
34Th Street
Long Island City
Steinway Silk Mills
New York
China
Waldorf-Astoria
Scribner’s Magazine
Earliest Harvard graduate Rev Joseph W Cross celebrates 93rd birthday
Rev Joseph Warren Cross, oldest living Harvard College alumnus, turned 93 at his Worcester home. Born 1808 in Bridgewater, he graduated 1828 and later served as pastor in West Boylston. He taught divinity studied at Andover and was active in public life including 1852 constitutional convention and 1873 legislature.
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Harvara University
Joseph Warren Coss
Harvard College
Worcester
Mass
Cross
Harvard
Bridgewater
Pitt Clark
Newton
Mary J. Danforth
Chatham Academy
Divinity School
Andover
First Congregational Church
West Boylston
Old University
Henry Bates Stoddard Elected Grand Master of Knights Templar
Henry Bates Stoddard, a Texas cotton broker and former Confederate captain, was elected grand master of the Grand Encampment of the United States Knights Templar at the Louisville convention. Born in 1840 in Essex County New York, he has lived in Texas since age 21 and served as brigadier general in the Texas Volunteer Guard from 1885 to 1893. He assisted in yellow fever relief in Texas and Houston and is esteemed by his fellow knights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Tenn
Congress
Burt
Douglas
Lincoln
Johnson
Chase
Republican Party
Arthur
Garfield
Roscoe Conkling
James G Blaine
Blaine
Conkling
Henry Bates Stoddard
United States Knights Templar
Louisville
New York
Essex County
Texas
Bryan
Stoudardly
Jackson
Miss
Texas Volunteer Guard
Stoddard
Stricker
Nveston
Knights
Uncle William's Birth Time in Big Freshet Tale
A reader asks how old Uncle William is and he answers he was born during the great freshet. The dialogue hints at a distant birth in a flood era, preserving a folkloric feel of rural speech.
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William
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Cayuga County
N. Y
Buffo
Housevelt
Clay
Calhoun
Hayne
Stelephone
Katie
Emily
ODD Colony
Joseph W. Cross
Rev. Cross
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