Lincoln's Three Loves in a Frank G Carpenter Tale
The article recounts Abraham Lincoln's loves Anne Rutledge Mary Owens and Mary Todd with a focus on courts and engagements. It notes Rutledge died young and influenced his mood during storms and references Ward Lamon and Lincoln's later engagement to Todd in Springfield. Also mentions other presidents and their early romantic misfires.
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Lincoln
Anne Rutledge
Salem
Ward Lamon
Incoln
Mary Owens
Mary Todd
Lexi N
Illinois
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Sprigfield
Globe Hotel
Why He was Nicknamed Latch Key Ward
New York letters recount Raymond Ward known as Latch Key Ward and the Great Ward. A hotel burglary tale explains the nickname after Ward seized a latch key during a hot night in the St James hotel and used it to confront a thief, who surrendered under threat of the improvised weapon.
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New York
Ward
Raymond Ward
Mr. Ward
St. James
Daughters of Burns Found in Moffat Widow at 97
A Pall Mall Gazette report notes Helen Armstrong born around 1788 in Moffat died on 13th of last month aged 97 or 98. She was an illegitimate daughter of poet Burns, well known locally, with a strong resemblance to Burns and a long service life at the Buccleuch Arms Inn Thornhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson
Williamsburg
Inamorata
Rebecca Burwell
John Page
Parton
Miss Burwell
James Madison
William Floyd
Continental Congress
Miss Floyd
Pall Mall Gazette
Moffat
Burns
Helen Armstrong
Nelly Husley
Helen
Buccleuch Arms Inn
Thornhill
Glendinning
Consent From a V. Farmer Averts Note Default
An Illinois farmer named Mr. V. agrees to marry off one of his four daughters to get rid of a looming debt. The suitor B. confronts the old man, who offers consent in exchange for marrying a daughter and settling a $100 note. The plan proceeds with a lively wedding.
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Washington Irving
Washington
Tyler
Jonel Cary
Denby
Warwick County
Virginia
Cary
Colonel Cary
Major Washington
Yorktown
Wash
Phillipee
New York
Philli
Mr. V
Illinois
Young B
Old V.’s
Indianapolis Sentinel
Patrick Ford rails at British rule in Ireland in Irish World
Ford argues the defeat of home rule shows Britain will keep coercive rule in Ireland. He urges Parnell and allies to block Parliament and employ forceful measures if England uses coercion, warning peaceful means depend on English resistance and national pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Ford
Ireland
England
Parnell
Butler Discusses Pension Vetoes And Fraud Statute
General Butler commented on recent presidential pension vetoes and noted the 1878 law authorizing prepayment of pensions via special acts. He suggested the president may be unaware of the statute and its history of fraud findings. The act allows suspending payments upon evidence of fraud until Congress decides repeal.
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B. F. Butler
Eveland
Congress
Commissioner of Pensions
Favorite Prescription Promises Restored Beauty and Health
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr. Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a cure for female nervous debility and chronic weakness claiming it restores beauty and health. The passage lists product benefits and praises its value to women. It then shifts to political notices naming nominees and officials including Douglas W Taylor Portland surveyor general of Oregon Lewis Williams Missouri commissioner of the District of Alaska James E Jouett Commodore John H Russell and others.
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Dr. Pierce
Senate
Douglas W. Taylor
Portland, Or
Oregon
Lewis Williams
Missouri
Dr Pierce claims cure for consumption via Golden Medical Discovery
To Consumptives Reader, the Creator afflicts one third of mankind with a disease with no remedy. Dr. R V Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has cured hundreds of consumption cases, making men living today healthy when physicians deemed them incurable. Send 10 cents for his book on consumption and related affections. Address World's Dispensary, 663 Main Street, Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. V. Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Main Street
Buffalo
Restoration of Ex President Arthur’s Health Expected
The article notes renewed hope as expectations rise for a complete restoration of ex President Arthur’s health following recent medical attention and developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Perry Davis Paw KiLner Promotes Summer Health
A column notes fruit in season is wholesome yet unripe or spoiled fruit causes illness such as colic cramps and summer complaint. It declares Perry Davis Paw Kilner a sovereign remedy for these and other evils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Davis Paw KiLner
Powderly Denies Candidacy Amid Reader Testimony
A Wisconsin reader A M Sanderson from Brandon reports using McCaine's St Paul Chemical to cure a back crick and knee and hand stiffness. He says after three days he was well and shared it with a neighbor whose hips improved after one application. By Druggists.
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A. M. Sanderson
Brandon
Wis
Spohn & Co. Assignment in Encinal Texas
H Spohn and Co merchants and ranchers of Encinal Texas have assigned liabilities 72000 assets 170000. Stricture of the urethra cured by new improved methods. Book references and terms sent for 10 cents in stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association 663 Main Street Buffalo NY. There are eighty gambling houses in Pittsburg doing a yearly business of 1000000.
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H. Spohn & Co
Encinal, Tex
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Pittsan
Various Patent Medicines and Disasters Mentioned in Flickering Items
Brief array of patent medicines including Allen’s Iron Tonic and Brown’s Iron Bitters praised for digestion and nervous ailments, plus Piso’s Remedy for catarrh. Notices of a lightning fire at Micha Young’s Oshawa property insured for $1,000, a Keystone Kansas tornado wrecking Presbyterian church, and Pittsburgh elevator construction at 850 feet per minute. Also references to Hall’s Hair Renewer and Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners with other assorted commercial claims and sales notices.
Unclear Handwritten Item Sparks Business Note
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Hanscom with seven years and a 50 cent figure, plus reference to Cole and an attendance issue at Sesuainle. No clear event or outcome is identifiable from the readable portion.
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Hanscom
Cole
Sesuainle
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Lincoln’s
Frank G. Carpenter
Carp
Lppincott’s Magazine
Boston
Cor
Powderly
Allen
J. P. Allen
St. Paul
Minn
Micha Young
Oshawa
Chicago
Hall
Ayer
Presbyterian
Keystone
Cak
Sarah Halvorson
Minneapolis
Brown
Pittsburg
Lyon
Mensman
CasweLu, Hazee Co
Proprietors
Aron Estore
Oia
Mitchell
Brown Chemical CO
Baltimore
Michinall
Perry Davis
Neap
Pensions & Ee
Ease Ee Claims
M. Sites & Co
Lafayette
Frazer
Ery
Pestese
Joseph We Llotts
STEEL
Paris
Mark O
Sommes
Evengland Conservatory OF Music
Mass
Woodward & Company
Corn Exchange
Hood
C. A. M. Hyppanos
North Chili
C.I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Maza
A. J. Tower S
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