Tallest living man from Alcocer visits Spanish king
A 26 year old from Alcocer, Augustin Luengo Capila, stands nine feet two and one fifth inches tall and has recently met the King of Spain. The piece notes other world events including Montreal smallpox tolls, German horse export repeal, a cruel Shrewsbury fowls case, and a Bucharest museum robbery involving a golden hen group dug at Petrosa.
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Alcocer
Augustin Luengo Capila
Spain
National Museum of
Bucharest
Golden Chef
Petrosa
Converted Actress Debate Sparks Herald Retort and Analogy
The New York Herald defends the term converted for Mrs. Lowery against a critic’s reproach, arguing no insinuation against the theater. It cites that corn becomes whisky without condemning the grain, illustrating the point with wry clarity.
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New York Herald
Countess von Hoyos Shines In Jewelry At Washington Reception
The Countess von Hoyos, wife of the Austrian envoy, wore an aigrette of diamonds and a pearl necklace with matching brooches at a Washington reception. In Parliament, the woman suffrage bill saw 152 in favor and 187 against, a 35 vote margin, with Disraeli and Liberals like Fawcett Bright and Playfair backing the measure. The English Society for the Attainment of Woman Suffrage has pressed Parliament for nine years, leafleting sessions, while English women appear poised to gain rights before American sisters.
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Washington
Countess von Hoyos
Bertha
House of Commons
Disraeli
Henry Fawcett
Jacob Bright
Lyon Playfair
English Society For
Detroit News
Capt
E. B. Ward
Wayne Circuit
Capt. Ward
Jay Cooke
Capt. I. B. Ward
Detroit
Ward
Lafayette Avenue
Captain Ward
Ohio
Winslow
Boston
Sedalia
Missouri
Vermont
San Francisco
Queen Victoria
St. Petersburg
New York
I would rather walk with God in the dark than alone
A reflective poem on faith amid uncertainty. The speaker trusts God to guide each step and blesses hidden futures. Joy may come as a surprise, and Marah may temper the path. The heart prefers companionship with God over certainty or ease, choosing faith over sight.
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God
Good Old Times Turns Real Again for Piper
A tale of Peter Piper waking to a medieval world of bands of robbers and armored lords, where his modern comforts vanish and he must barter for safety. He faces hazards from Jack Muggins and the Lord of Mortier, then awakens to find himself back in 1876.
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Peter Piper
Piper
Old Piper
Hamilton
Jack Muggins
Jim Muggins
Long Lance
Jack
Robin Hood
Knight Templars
Jack Muggvins
Baron Pound of
John
Richard
France
Long Jim
Rascal
Lord of
Mortier
Churl
Sanger Calms Theater Fire Panic With Steady Speech
In Sanger's Amphitheater New York City a false alarm caused panic until George Sanger spoke to the crowd. He reassured patrons that there is no danger and warned against panic, noting past tragedies from trampling. He claimed the theater can clear in two and a half minutes and urged calm as the show continued. The piece adds a note from Deutsche Zeitung about England pressuring the Khedive to buy Tunis and Tripoli for 100,000,000 francs.
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Axpd
James C. Wingard
Mr. Wingard
New Orleans
Texas
Jefferson City Tribune
Phil E. Chappell
Dallas
New York
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Robert Toombs
Georgia
United States
Washington
Daniel Marcy
New Hampshire
Marcy
Lincoln
Phil Sheridan
Brooklyn Argus
Jeff Davis
Memphis
Jefferson
National Republican
House of Representatives
Springfield
North
Davis
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Sanger
New York City
George Sanger
Cincinnati
Deutsche Zeitung
England
Tunis
Tripoli
Porte
The Making of a Gentleman in Faith and Virtue
A compact discourse on what defines a true gentleman beyond attire and birth. It argues character over clothes, citing Sir Philip Sidney at Zutphen and St Paul’s exhortations, and praising Noah as a model of virtuous leadership and demeanor.
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Brashear
New Iberia
River Teche
Louisiana
Sir Philip Sidney
Zutphen
St. Paul
Isaac Barlow
Noah
Postmistress Oconomowoc ousted for being a woman
Miss Edwards, noted as efficient postmistress of Oconomowoc, is removed from her position and replaced by a male appointee described as a wire pulling, avaricious old pill in breeches.
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Tus Times
Janesville
Wisconsin
Edwards
Oconomowoc
The Wilkes Booth Name Controversy Sealed
The New York Tribune reports that initial denials by the clerk of the Ways and Means Committee about naming a child John Wilkes Booth have proven unreliable. Subsequent witnesses support the earlier claim, challenging the father's denial and prompting renewed inquiries into the historical rumor.
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Booth
John Wilkes Booth
Atlanta
Washington
the Tribune
Abraham
Lincoln
House of Representatives
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Committee of Ways
Hambleton
Democratic Party
Wilkes Booth
The
New York Tribune
House Committee of Ways and Means
Diplomacy Boost Necessary Not Decline in Consuls
The piece argues against cutting diplomatic and consular funds as a mistake harming commerce. It notes that Europe aims to expand consular networks to aid trade and warns reducing the service would hinder mercantile growth. It cites that current appropriations are lower now than under the past twenty years.
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Congress
New York Graphic
England
Man Dies After Mouse Enters Mouth At Inquest
London Standard reports an inquest in South London into an accidental death. A mouse crawled from a worker’s sleeve into a man’s open mouth, gnawed inside his throat and chest, and he died in horror after swallowing it. Witnesses and medical testimony supported the verdict of accidental death.
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London Standard
London
Aman
Iowa
Jake
Cincinnati
Exchange
Chicago
Providence Press
Whittlesey
Northampton
Clermont Courier Ad Rates and Legal Notices
The Clermont Courier lists ad rates for legal and transient advertisements at $1.00 per square for the first insertion and $0.50 for each subsequent insertion ten lines per square. A yearly discount is offered for frequent advertisers. Business cards up to six lines cost $6.00 per year.
Butterfly Poem by Flora Marcian
Poem celebrates the butterfly as a heavenly, amber winged courier. It climbs from a cocoon to rise in June sunlight, praising its transformation and the nectar of flowers as a divine sustenance. The speaker names the butterfly Psyche and urges gentle, respectful reverence for its life.
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Psyche
Butterfly
Fragmented News Bits and Quips From Early Times
A collage of anecdotes and observations spans marriage, forgeries, census quirks, jail suicides, boxing mishaps, royal gifts for cabbies, and nautical cable ruptures. Notable notes include Winslow’s wartime chaplain past, the Vermont husband mystery, and a Direct Cable Company dispute over deliberate ruptures in London.
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Direct Cable
London Times
Lushington
London
Woman in Buffalo Fined for Slander of Teacher
A Buffalo woman must pay $2,000 or serve one year in jail after a slander case involving a local school teacher. The case emphasizes penalties for damaging a teacher's reputation.
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Buffalo
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