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Notable Figures and Peculiar Anecdotes From diverse notes
A braid of brief items mentions Whittaker the colored cadet turned teacher in Sumter DC, James Fraiser excused from jury duty near 75, and Lafayette handshakes. It notes crop prospects in Georgia, Senator Davis in Minnesota, and a German dancer lampooned as shepherd. Also covered are Phelps real estate, Goulds, a London sale, and Queen Natalie’s health and life riddles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whittaker
West Point
Mitre Academy
Sumter
D. C
James Fraiser
Philadelphia
Lafayette
Atlanta
Senator Davis
Minnesota
Waukesha
Parnell
W. J. Vaderwikelsteinn
Australia
Melbourne
Henry M. Stanley
Dr. Nansen
Emin Pasha
Phelps
Washington
Pope
Jay Gould
St. Louis
Abraham Gould
Missouri Itic Railway
Gould
Teigham Court
Streatham
London
New Orleans
Charlotte Robinson
Wales
Francis Kerman
Utica
United States
Aaron Burr
Rufus Kii i
New York
Haries E. Dudley
William L. Marey
Albany
Natalie of
Servia
Lady Granby
Duchess of Rutland
Belle Bilton
Lord Dunlo
Aldershot
Chantants
Belle
Amsterdam
Holand