Solace the brand tobacco born from a Wall Street shop tale
John Anderson built a fortune from Solace fine cut chewing tobacco after a small Wall Street shop near Broadway drew in General Winfield Scott and other notable visitors. The tale recalls how Scott urged a special packing method, the brand's rise during the Mexican War, and Williams the translator naming Solace. Scott advised Anderson to resist whisky and avoid fashionable society.
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New York Sun. Oy
John Anderson
Solace
Anderson
Wall Street
Broadway
Winfield Scott
Monroe
Mr. Williams
Eugene Sue
Park Benjamin
Anerson
Edwards Lester
England
Fops
Gen. Scott
Mr. Anderson
Col. Monroe
Scott
Andereson
India
General Scott
Mexico
Commissionary Department
Hir
Efe
Wiliams
Williams
New York
Pine Street
John
Garfield’s Reluctance for Conflicts of Men
An extract from E V Smailey in Century Magazine details James A. Garfield’s selective political path. It notes his refusals to enter the Senate race in 1872, decline of Ohio governor bids, and preference for the House and intellectual work over executive duties. He voiced disdain for conflicts of persons, not ideas, and warned that office duties could distract from his constructive aims.
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E. V. Smailey
Century Magazine
Garfield
Senate
Ohio
House of Representatives
Columbus
Congress
Peoria
Vienna Ring theater disaster toll rises to twenty three more victims
The Vienna Ring theater catastrophe adds twenty three bodies to the death toll. Remains of about 690 to 700 victims will be placed in metal coffins for interment with minimal ceremony. A monument may mark the site at the V Friedhof, and rumors say the Ringstrasse graves inspire a curse on the location. Catholic Protestant Greek and Jewish communities share in the mourning at Central Friedhof.
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Ring Theater
Vienna
V Friedhof
Ee Wegen
VLU Ye V
Rwytt
Ringstrasse
Robert Blum
God
Janner
Freidhof
Changes of a Century Chronicle of Inventions and Milestones
A historical survey highlights major 18th and 19th century innovations from steam propulsion to gas lighting, railroads, photography, vulcanized rubber, and sewing machines. It notes figures like Fulton and Daguerre, with anecdotes such as Thomas Schofield at 91 renewing his newspaper subscription. The piece ends with an unclear query about Babe Siu dabns.
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Fulton
Sirius
Great Western
London
Waltham
Mass
United States
Daguerre
Elias Howe
India
Thomas Schofield
Babe Siu Dabns
Life Sentence For Winslow Murderer Henry Brenton
Reports detail Henry Brenton’s life sentence after killing George Morton at Winslow Pike county last August. The column also notes Supreme Court ruling dogs hold property value and local rail developments affecting farms and timber supplies.
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Henry Brenton
George Morton
Winslow
Pike County
Supreme Court
Chicago and Atlantic Railroad
Wabash
William Schumacher
Fort Wayne
William Felds
Toby Carter
Jacob Fry
Utica
Carter
Frank Winter
Richmond
American Humane Society
New York
Wabash, St
England
New Orleans
Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan
Elkhart
Niles
Mich
Brush Eletric Light Company
Lafayette
Ford
Vanderbilt 200 His Two Boys and the Looming Will
The piece cautions that Vanderbilt faces a paralytic stroke risk and ongoing delays in his palace project. It notes lawsuits from Rochester men, questions of Will fakery, and that William IX and Cornelius each inherited two million while Frederick remains estranged for marrying outside.
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Vanderbilt
Wall Street
Rochester
William
William IX
Cornelius
Frederick
Oldest pensioner in United States\\
Elizabeth Cretzer of Baltimore County Maryland is believed to be the nation's oldest pensioner at 108. Widow of John Cretzer a Maryland militia veteran of the war of 1812 she can still walk and manage her affairs. Pension check delivered at her carriage by Major Adreon.
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Baltimore
Maryland
United States
Elizabeth Cretzer
Baltimore County
York Road
John Cretzer
Perry
Major Adreon
Calvert Street
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