Amusement notes on performers and fashion gossip
The piece reports Henry Sevixa's proposed $2,500 nightly terms rejected, imports of Sara Bernhardt style dolls to theater productions, Vienna soprano Miss Kenroce's success, and fashion items from Paris including gowns and accessories. It mentions Duchess of something and Patti in Edinburgh area, with general social observations of theater life and elopement rumors surrounding a visiting performer.
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Henry Sevixa
Sara Bernhardt
Miss Kenroce
Vienna
Ang Ieee Loviszaa
Paris
Cincinnati Gazette
England
Mme
Edinboro
Noyes and the Oneida Community Move to Canada
The article recounts discord within the Oneida movement, a lapse in loyalty to leader John Noyes, and a panic that led to his flight. Noyes, aged 69, remained in Canada near Niagara Falls with a legal wife and younger companions as the community reorganized under financial managers.
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Mears
Syracuse
Noyes
Canada
Clifton
Niagara Falls
H. A. Noyes
Oyes
The Easy Wife
A light verse about marrying a wife who laughs at fate and keeps home calm. The speaker urges choosing a partner who lets things run, laughs, and cares little for money or show. A playful contrast between domestic harmony and rowdy sessions ends with the value of a cheerful, untroublesome spouse.
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Jack
Fate
Impudent Puppy Sparks Farmyard Romance at Millingtons
Sue Mil lington wanders the country farm where an outdoor life leads her to a dashing young Col Hanley son who calls himself Rolla. After a bull scare and a comic chase, he aids Sue then meets her father at tea. The match grows as Sue jokes that he is an impudent puppy.
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Sue
Mrs. Mellington
Reading
Mamma
Ada
Col. Hanley
Radstock
Cieahanes
Rolla
Rolland
Farmer Hawes
Dryard
Rella
Pappy
Africa
Papa
Circe
Roland Hanley
Leadville
Gote
Bill Nye
Denver Tribune
Ingersoll Excerpts Stir Debate On Oratory And Latin Prescriptions
The piece recalls Ingersoll's Indianapolis speech origin and suggests its improvised nature. It argues preparation yields better work, cites a Peoria Journal anecdote, and notes an effort to shift doctors from Latin to plain English in prescriptions. It also critiques Latin in medicine and the risk of misreading drug names.
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Ingersoll
Indianapolis
Soldiers’ Monument
Peoria
Cincinnati
Blaine
Bob
E. C. Ingersoll
R. H. Whiting
Burnett House
John T. Harper
Peoria Journal
Farmer’s wage case ends with offbeat biblical offset
A hired man sued for $32 wages in Justice Alley but the farmer claimed an offset citing biblical disputes. He recounted arguments over Daniel and the lion, Jonah, Samson, and Noah to explain losses and delays causing the dispute. The court reserved its decision for 24 hours. Louis of Bavaria now cherishes Bismarck though other German rulers dislike the Iron Chancellor for erasing their petty courts.
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Justice Alley
Daniel
Jonah
Samson
Israel
Red Sea
Elijah
Noah
Detroit Free Press
Eing
Louis
Bavaria
Bismarck
What Sorts of Invalids Had Better Go to Colorado
Letter from Colorado Springs, Col describes Colorado climate as beneficial for many ailments. It cites relief for bronchitis asthma nervous debility and insomnia while warning advanced consumption Bright’s disease and organic brain or heart disease may worsen. notes no fat people and jokes about the Prince of Wales.
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Manitou
Cheyenne
Prince of Wales
Beau Brummel
Bright
Colorado Springs
Col
Prodigal Son Reimagined in Frontier Oddities
A long frame narrative retells the prodigal tale with wild frontier imagery and comic misadventure. The denouement features an elaborate land purchase and a clash with family, law, and ore riches, as Bill Nye critiques urban and northern manners.
The Plight of the Carver at Table
A New York Times opinion piece lampoons the burden of carving at family meals. The author notes tired hosts facing tough joints, awkward serving, and the futile effort to satisfy all guests, urging decisive portions over endless catering.
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Everbody
New York Times
Salad talk on a gritty path scene
Dialogue fragments depict friends at a dining setting with mentions of grit and gravel in a rough path. The lines include quoted speech about the salad and a playful mishearing, creating a vivid but incomplete vignette. No clear event or人物 names emerge from the OCR fragment.
Hungarian Engineer Attempts Suicide In Hotel Lockout
A Temesvar resident and devoted Bacchus admirer bought a pistol, locked himself in a hotel room, and shot himself in the chest. He survived with only a skin scorched. the bullet had lodged in his waistcoat watch-pocket, proving he failed to load the weapon. He then left Temesvar seeking a quieter end at home.
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Temesvar
Bacchus
Sens Hiity
London Telegraph
First life boat design of 1784 by Lukin in London
The article notes that in 1784 coach-builder Mr Lukin designed an early life boat in London aiming for an unsinkable craft. He added cork outside above water and water tight compartments inside to limit water ingress and keep buoyancy, with an iron keel for stability. It laments that no boat using Lukin’s plan was built on the coast. The White House plans a tile shipment from Stoke on Trent England.
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Lukin
London
Clermont Courier Advertising Rates
Legal and transient advertisements priced at 1.00 per square ten lines for first insertion and 0.50 for each subsequent insertion. Yearly discounts offered. Business cards over six lines cost 64.00 per year.
General Grant Endorses Republicans in Warren Speech
General Grant presided at a Republican meeting in Warren Ohio on September 28 delivering a concise defense of the party. He argues Republicans pursue universal liberty, equal protection, duty to pay debts, internal improvements, and oppose Democratic sectionalism. He warns against a “solid South” and urges defeating the Democrats to sustain national unity.
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Warren
Ohio
Senator Conkling
General Grant
Grant
Cokanmaea
Pat Llama U
Manus
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Seovenas
Thane
Seakpaane
Steenan
Union Pall Sindene i. Agai
Blican Party
Feeenpor Sen
Yee
Ku-Kinzia
Rocking Stones Once Thought Druids Powers Now Explained
A Chambers Journal note discusses rocking stones found across the British Isles and worldwide. It explains ancient beliefs that stones rocked due to virtue or guilt, later dismissed as natural phenomena explained by science. The piece also notes rapid destruction of forests with 1,250,000 cords cut, prompting potential export duties to curb demand.
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British Isles
Great Britain
Mason
Snowdon
Chambers’ Journal
Montreal Board of Trade
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