Engaged at the theater proves costly for Mr Daffodil
Mr. Daffodil flatters himself with social calls in town but met with laughter and rebuffs as the ladies joke about engagement. After a string of rejections and a damaging mix up a white card reading Engaged is found on his coat. Rexford reveals the prank and the misread label causes the social setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Daffodil
Hugh Rexford
Mr. David Daffodil
Rexford
Hugh
David Duffudil
Miss Mixcell
Lady Jane Grey
Queen Elizabeth
Morris
Gen
Mac Jones
Lissette
Corinne
Sophronia
Mrs. Mac. Jones
Westville Couple’s Long History and 33 Daughters
A New York Times piece recalls Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mott of Westville Hempstead. Their long history begins with Julia Ann adopted by Mrs. Dooley on Barren Island in 1807, then identifying her as the Harney family’s missing daughter after a dramatic reunion. The tale notes Gibbs the pirate, a missing Swedish child thief, and the couple’s 33 daughters, all daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Westville
Hempstead
Henry Mott
Barren Island
Nicholas Dooley
New York City
Boston
Peter Harney
Henrietta
Julia Ann
Cortlandt Street
Old Couple Noted For Large Family And Generations
An obituary style note highlights an elderly couple with many grandchildren and great grandchildren, reflecting on a long family lineage and broad kinship across generations.
Melikoff presses reforms to free press and court review
Count Loris Melikoff orders swift examination of political cases since 1873 and aims to release about 1200 students and many thousands more by return to families. He pursues broader liberalization, including press freedom under Dr Abaza replacing Grigoroeff as censor, promising liberal support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loris Melikoff
Supreme Executive Commission
Melikoff
Grigoreiff
Aba
Presidents Sleep in Washingtons Bed at Mount Vernon
A historical note recalls that Presidents and their wives have slept in George and Mary Washingtons bed at Mount Vernon. The custodian says it is common for Presidents to do this, with Lincoln Grant Johnson Buchanan Pierce Fillmore and Tyler among those who have stayed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Hayes
Mount Vernon
George and
Mary Washington
Vernon
Lincoln
Grant
Johnson
Buchanan
Pierce
Filmore
Tyler
Washington
President Fierce
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Joseph Verey
Othed
Helen Forest Graves
Gen. Melikoff
Fiaravwvare
Fieadquarters
O. Bo
South Side
Sullivan
Indiana
Saly J.F. Hoke
Oliver
Richmond, Hamilton
Pittsburg
Grandidefour
Hoosier
Champion
Reaper & Mower
Brown Cultivators
Studebaker Farm Wagon
Gilpin
Casaday Sulkey PrOw
Climax Corn Planter
J. F. Hoke
Ind
McEneney
Esd
J.T. Warren
W. Second ST
Cincinnati
James Ross
Cass
Baltimore
James Boss
J. T. Ringgold
la Fafayette
Jas
W. S. Lingle
Des Moines
State Leader CO
Iowa
Watseka
Jas Boss
M. H. Peters
Times
Wausau
Wis
Mark H. Barnum
Torch of Liberty
Commercial Row
Sullivan Or
Terre Haute
J. P. Stratton
AND
Webby
Sol. Goodman
Fifth, South
Sid Main Street
A Arnold
Nichols,shepard & CO
Bittle Cresk Mich
Nichols, Shepard & CO
Battle Creek
Mich
West Washington Street
Indianapolis
West
Howe
Howe Machine CO
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