He Unmasks the Blue Pencil Fiend at News Club
L. Ormsby Jr reflects on the Blue Pencil Fiend, the editor’s ruthless editorials that erase, alter, and critique reporter copy. He argues editors shape prose, preserving some parts while destroying others, and cites famous writers grappling with censored drafts.
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L. Ormsby
Jun
New York Press Club
Alre Jouref
Grant
Urepes
Speare
Nygmiai
Fead
Pani Bot
Putin
John Mott
Paradise Lost
Wakeé Field
Fielding
Tom Jones
John Swinton
Carl Marx
Carl
Miltons
Fieldings
Goldsmiths
Samuel J. Tilden
John Kelly
Commodore Stockton’s Dueling Feats and Irish Massacres
Reminiscences recount Stockton’s Gibraltar duel with a British officer aboard the Erie and a later sea fight. The piece places his actions in a broader view of 19th century American dueling culture, noting Decatur’s death and the Irish massacre at a Connaught location, with casualties including Corcoran and Flannery and a bereaved widow.
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Stockton
Boston
Commodore
Bropher
Gibraltar
Zere
Erie
Comba
Tugtead
Joan
Eustessailmaut
Maimer
Navy
Washington
Decatur
Barron
Bainbridge
Eliot
Massacre at Clogher described in Irish tragedy
An Irish massacre report from Dublin recalls a grim encounter at Clogher. A process server with three policemen approached a hamlet of four cottages where thirty residents, mostly women and children, gathered at their firesides. A young girl pleaded for safety and the return of carried papers, stating they only wanted to be left alone for another year.
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Clogher
Joseph Corcoran
Brian Flanner
Hugh Reilly
Dermot Dutt
Michael Casey
Patrick Flaherty
Mrs. Sharkey
Flannery
Corcoran
Dors
Janette Viece
Ciareta Lorris
Dale
Ervey
Byrne
Ana Wottnaang
Ireland
Dublin
Nedtor
Don Cameron
Miler
Ping
War Wyck
Grover
Johson
Virginia
Senator Conkling
Morrill and
Bayard
Senator Fumunds
Senator Pendleton
Senator Jones
Colorado
Senator Plumo
Sgaldiers
New Orleans
Hooker
Kelley
Lookout Mountain
Kelsey
Welly
Missouri
Ife
Aldog Hells
Lever
Piocane
Cedar block pavement considered best for Detroit
Detroit discusses cedar block pavement noting its durability and resistance to rot. Officials argue cedar blocks offer a softer surface, easier maintenance, and long lifespan compared with pine or stone alternatives.
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Detroit News
Detroit
Alighigau
Nnrather
Las Ioef
Vesc
Polatis
Pullig
President Garfield and White House stables report
The article lists horses and carriages of President Garfield and Vice President Arthur, detailing the White House stable, various ministers and congressmen with their mounts, and a long digression on wartime soldier Kelley’s exploits and fate.
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Chicago
Inter Ocean
Garfield
Mr. Hayes
Fremort
Kr. Hayes
White House
Arthur
Fourteenth Street
Capitol
Evarts
New York
Attorner Crewernal
Wiodine
Hunt
Sean
Edward Tho Aie
Will Caryn
Senor
Don Vigg
MM. Outrey
Waite Meeps
Aiterunies
Amily
Tragic Mass Drowning in Oklahoma? Family in Well
Gazette reports at Stover, Dallas county, a well tragedy where Mrs. Nutt drowned her five children by pushing them under water and then died by hanging herself in the well. The husband, arriving at dusk, learned of the deaths and left for relatives. doctors later declared Mrs. Nutt insane.
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Littles Rock
Ark
the Gazette
Stover
Dallas County
Nutt
Calhoun County
Clemons
Dr. Holderness
Chambersville
Roberson
Uprising of Christians in Koritsa Macedonia
Christians in Koritsa Macedonia rise against Turkish rule over taxation and abuse. Fighting reported with casualties. Christians claim victory and control in the area.
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Sophia
Koritscha
Macedonia
Fortune Teller Predicts Massive Elgin Disaster
St Charles May 11 A fortune teller named Mother Howard warns that 300 people will perish this season as they gather at the Elgin opera house in a predicted calamity.
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St. Charles
Mother Howard
Elgin
Opera House
The dog that will follow any body
A brief humorous note describes a dog that loyally follows any person, but avoids mischief or hostility when confronted with a cad or a harsh remark.
Teaching Him the Business
A Poydras street merchant speaks to his clerk asking if all goats from last winter remain unsold. The clerk replies three goats are left, illustrating a quirky 19th century New Orleans trading scene.
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New Orleans
Herman
Poydras Street
Empress Usiria Visits New Orleans Riding School
The Empress Usiria, recently from England, enjoys fox hunting at Combermere Abbey and dominates the riding ring. She trains two hours daily, prefers horses to social events, and maintains a strict schedule from dawn to early morning rides.
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Oasis
England
Tom Kelley Remarkable Union Scout and Spy in Civil War
A Buffalo Express account honors Tom Kelley of the Second Michigan Infantry as an extraordinary private soldier. Descriptions note his prodigious arm span, extreme flexibility, keen hearing, and sharp memory. His feats lead to roles as a scout and spy with deployments to Richmond and Vicksburg, including a covert sermon delivery.
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Tom Kelley
Buffalo Express
Second Michigan Infantry
Tom
Richmond
Vicksburg
Trump Merce by Josh Billings Abridged
A fragmented excerpt resembling a 19th century humor piece by Josh Billings offers quips on enthusiasm aging courting and social folly. The text imitates his style with aphorisms about self knowledge and readiness for adulthood while lampooning eager folly and public performance.
Uncle Mose Versus The Light Speed Renter
In Galveston Uncle Mose rents shanties and taunts tenant Gabe Snodgrass over unpaid rent. Mose claims Gabe can travel faster than light, citing a back-door escape to Houston fifty miles away as proof, while the punchline undercuts the boast with humor about tardy rent.
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Galveston
Mose
Galveston Avenue
Jim
Jess
Gabe
Houston
Gabe Snodgrass
Henry Ward Beecher Remains Vital and Devoted Leader
The aged preacher Henry Ward Beecher is described as vigorous with white hair and a ruddy face. At nearly seventy, his vitality and courage seem to sustain a lengthy ministry, as his congregation in Brooklyn stays loyal and his friends honor him.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Education of the moral nature of man
The education of the moral nature of man is not only necessary, but the grand necessity. If the intellect runs to waste without education, much more the moral nature, which, like the earth without cultivation, will only yield thorns and thistles.
Sassyest Man I Met Faces Henpecked Absence
A fragment notes a public character described as the sassyest man and a hen pecked husband when away from home. The brief line hints at domestic strain tied to travel or separation.
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