Cloak room chatter and ghost stories in old politics
The piece paints Capitol cloak rooms as lively social hubs where leaders tell stories about Lincoln Grant and Hayes. It recounts a new ghost tale from Martinsville, a medical hoax on consumption, and various curiosities about famous figures and odd curiosities from the era.
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Capitol
Etateamen
Iwat Congress
Abraham Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Lincoln
Evarte
Wayland
Devens
Thompson
Key
Matory
Schurz
Sherman
McCrary
Charles Sumner
Morton
Gen. Sherman
Army
Wheeler
Congress
Gankling
Himeself
England
Blaine
Conkling
Gen. Butler
Butler
Raw Diet Theory Sparks Health Debate
A German physician advocates eating all food raw, arguing cooking destroys nutritive value and cures illness. He claims vegetarians and meat eaters are equally misguided and that uncooked foods like oysters and fruit improve health, with gout and digestion sufferers benefiting quickly.
Mystery Savings in Germany Daughter Trust Reveals Secret Son
A Ridgewood New Jersey wife kept a secret illegitimate son in Germany. After her death her husband learned a savings account existed but could not withdraw funds since the money was in the name of his wife's sister and held in trust for the hidden son. The revelation spanned sixteen years of marriage.
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Martineville
Wheeling
Stephen Templeton
Martinsville
Templeton
Frank
Martinsville Court
St. Louis Rep
John Elder
Margaret Husband
Pitt
Mr. Fox
Don Cossacks
Vengeance
Death
William Devil
John Ghost
England
Mr. B. Ginning
Ife
Sechet
Ridgewood
N. J
Germany
America
Barber buyer pays for a single hair in Vienna tale
A poor girl in Vienna sells her hair to a barber for eight florins until a wealthy chief offers one hundred florins for a single lock. He buys the hair and gives the girl his card. A second item notes Russian women doctors gaining official equal status in medical practice after wartime service.
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Vienna
Turkey
The King of Tramps Appears in Danbury
A ragged wanderer named John Wilson was arrested in Danbury after officers found him wrapped in two hundred pounds of clothing and junk. Inside pockets lay rusty hardware, soil, and odd items, plus $147 in worn greenbacks from 1861, while the tale of early rising and a field thief named Marie Bauer runs alongside.
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Danbury
John Wilson
Searehra
New Haven Palladium
Deutsche Reichsbote
Marie Bauer
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