Lincoln frees innocent man in Bowron Yount case
Franklin W. Smith, founder of Bowron Yount Men’s Christian society, faced imprisonment after a court martial verdict. President Lincoln reviewed the evidence, set aside the sentence, and ordered a halt to execution. Sumner pressed for justice. Lincoln’s ruling sparked Bos ton gratitude and his subsequent assassination days later.
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G Fortress
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Christan
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Lincoln
Smith
Louis XVI
France
Boston Globe
Mr. Smith
Welles
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Navy Department
Caer
Hla Hawer
Maj
Len Porley Poors
Feo O'Trick
Sumner
White House
White
Nasby—Petroleum
Boston Hardware Firm Fights Navy Contract Scandal Trial
In Civil War Boston, Franklin W. Smith and his brother Benjamin head Smith Brom Co. sellers to the Navy faced probes into inflated contracts and leaks in wartime procurement. Arrests, Fort Warren detention, and a high profile court martial followed as supporters urged Lincoln to move cases to federal courts.
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Charles Sumner
Smith
Boston
Benjamin H. Smith
Smith Brom & Co
Federal Street
Franklin W. Smith
Daniel W. Gooch
Congress
Old
Fifth District
Smith Bros. & Co
Navy Department
Smith Brothers
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Fox
Alexander H. Rice
Mr. Smith
Weiss
Bankers
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New York
Massachusetts
Sumner
United States
Lincoln's Faith and an Odd Necklace Tale
In a Century account, General Howard recalls Lincoln's declared faith that God would grant victory if the nation did right. A Dublin anecdote follows about a woman selling a supposed Marie Antoinette necklace, later bought by two dealers and ending with Lord Rosebery presenting it to the Countess of Crewe. The page ends with a note on gas engine safety and oxygen cylinders in Germany.
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Gen. C
Howard
White House
Washington
Congress
W. H.C
Pendeen
Dublin
Marie Antoinette
Lord Rosebery
Countess of Crewe
John Bull Magazine
Detective Sheridan and the Man with the Camera Eyes
In Mulberry Street the renowned Detective William P. Sheridan is famed as the Man with the Camera Eyes. A resident boasts he can name and trace any soldier from a vast army by the faces in Sheridan’s tagged photos. The piece notes criminals adapt by changing names, while Sheridan’s memory records hundreds of thousands of men for justice in New York.
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New York
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Rusela
Ani
William P. Sheridan
Mulberry Street
William
Grim
Hawk
Hen
Brad
Fan
Ker
Rick
Mr. Townsend
Stamp Signature and Hastily Signed Letters
An old correspondence fragment discusses a letter marked with a robber stamp and notes a signature missing because the writer was pulled away by urgent business. It comments on daily crises, haste, and the necessity of handling numerous proofs, suggesting disruption in office duties.
Doctor Lee Sends Big Turkey to Oldtime Fiend
A young reader questions the turkey origin, and others recall Dr. Lee mailed it. A cryptic exchange ties the turkey to a Bible edition connected to Dr. Lear. The scene ends with the joke that God wrote the Bible, but their copy claims Dr. Lee authored it.
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Doctor Lee
James W. Lee
Dr. Lee
Dr. Ler
Turkey
Be Happy and Normal: A Short Philosophical Note
A compact aphorism argues that happiness comes from good habits and spiritual balance. It suggests that unhappy individuals are abnormal and that natural forces favor those who rise above difficulties, framing happiness as a combination of discipline and inner outlook.
Kishoregame School Football Row Sparks Expulsions
Kishoregame school football team refused to play for a foreign-made cup. As a result, twelve head scholars are expelled, signaling a clash of pride and sport. The rift shows how global goods touch local school life and discipline.
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India
Kishoregame
Calcutta Statesman
Found the Cause After Six Years of Misery
John A Enders of Robertson Avenue Pen Argyl Pa endured six years of back pain headaches and spouts miseries. A specialist said kidneys were fine yet symptoms persisted. He then used Doses Kidney Pike and reports relief with fewer kidney troubles and more regular function. Box price 9 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Puatajo New York.
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John A. Enders
Robertson Avenue
Pen
Arayl
Rio
Enders
Etter Flett
Foster Milburn Co
Puatajo, N.Y
Respect for wealth and old remedies in a chaotic issue
A collage of brief items touches on humility before wealth from The Interpreter, a Cuticura testimonial by J H Henderson of Hopkinton NC, an Irish organist in Maryland, a memory gag about an absent employer and a quirky office boy.
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Moutha
J. H. Henderson
Hopkinton, N. C
Cleveland grocer cites Postum aiding health and nerves
A Cleveland grocer reports that stopping coffee and using Postum Food Coffee improved his nervousness appetite and store performance. He advises others with nervous or stomach troubles to switch to Postum and notes his own two year improvement since starting the beverage.
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Cleveland
Wellville
Poe
Protector and ward in a sketch dialogue
A fragmentary exchange centers on a young man named Jimimie Howie shaw acting as a protector against danger. The dialogue hints at kidnapping fears and a detective’s role in guarding a young person.
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Nurtet
Jimimie Howie Shaw
Advertisement Convince You Stay Convinced By Reading Sewepaper
A fragmented ad urges readers to trust an advertisement from a manufacturer offering “enace ied” goods and suggests visiting a dealer called Vettor. A clerk hints at a claimed cost of 900 and warns to insist on receiving what you pay for, implying caution regarding sales pitches.
Fragmented Tradeoff of Music and Medicine Ads
A jumble of clipped phrases shows modern life themes from music and instruments to quack cures and patent medicines. The text sunders music claims, a mock sermon, cereal trademarks, and health ads with names like Castoria and Allen's Foot-Ease. It reflects a noisy era of sensational health pitches and consumer curiosities.
Inventor Predicts Global Sleep Aid Tablets
A garbled Harper's Weekly excerpt quips that future tablets will halt alarm clocks and let people choose wake times, imagining a world where morning routines are powered by pills. The fragment parodies tech optimism and mentions a bellboy and a hotel scene amid noisy debate on progress.
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Promised Help for Women
Thousands of American women suffer daily from female troubles and seek relief. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised as a standard remedy for displacements, inflammation, fibroid tumors, irregularities, pains, backache, and nervous prostration, with Mrs Pinkham inviting sick women to write for advice.
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A& & Boon
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