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Weekly Leader Fragments on Spirits and Scandals
A compact survey of era gossip and incidents including liquor adulteration claims, a horse race note featuring Dexter and General Grant, society sketches, and varied reports from New York to California. It references a Countess, a theatre bid in Cairo, and military correspondence between Kilpatrick and Forrest, all in one brisk column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
Dexter
Heldibbons
Bonner
Grant
Derwentwater
Shorncliffe
Hexam
Paris
Cairo
Mdlle Scheider
Pacific Railroad
Arata
Mi Mento
Humbolt
Pomeroy
Orater
Iron Mountain Sailhoad
Satok
Hasrenee Norte
York Herald
Il Tele
New York
J—a M. C—e
Forrest
Tam
Poltreon
Traly, &c
Joupsox Ki
Patrick
Washington
Kilpatrick
Lave
B. F
Teher
Fort Pillow
Poltroon
J. Kiepareier
Massachusetts
Gen. Kilpatrick
B.F. m