Reunion of a Lost Sailor at Captain Dodge’s Polk Street Home
The bark Kalakaua under Captain John Dodge, missing since October 9 1885 after leaving Panama, returns to San Francisco Harbor causing a family scene at 2303 Polk Street. Dodge recalls three months of calms and heat with powder cargo and storms, while recounting humorous courtroom anecdotes from Judge Carter as light relief.
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San Francisco
Polk Street
John Dodge
Panama
Golden Gate
Capt
Dodge
Lone Mountain
Judge Carter's Ways Highlighted by Washington Correspondent
Washington correspondent for the New York Telegram savors Judge Carter of the district of Columbia as a colorful and formidable figure at the bench. The profile notes his vigorous speech, occasional stutter, and sharp courtroom presence shaping notable cases and social scenes around the courthouse.
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Washington
New York Telegram
Sam
Court House
Carter
District of Columbia
A Timely Word For Tender Hearts
A Chicago Journal piece laments attacks on motherhood and female virtue. It defends reverence for mothers, elders, and the sacred bond of family, arguing that public ridicule harms the social order and moral tone of the nation.
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Amber
Chicago Journal
Christmas Night Recalled in Loving Verse
A nostalgic memoir-poem recalls Christmas ten years past when the speaker courted Mary Jane and shared tender tidings. The narrator mentions their three sons born after that time, noting their father was a college friend and their mother Mary.
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Mary Jane
Mary
Oily
New Year's Eve at Valley Lawn
Aileen Harrington, an orphan cousin, finds warmth with her strict grandmother at the old Virginia mansion. Captain Adrian Dulany returns, sparking a romance as Aileen and grandma share a quiet, hopeful New Year by the spinning wheel and pine fire.
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Aileen
Mrs. Harrington
Harrington
Virginia
Mr. Harrington
Connecticut River
New England
Selina Harrington
Norma
Juanus
Judith
Raji
Grant
Felicia
Captain Dulany
Hotspur
Aldmir
Grandma
Beth
Adrian Dulany
Aileen House
Relina
Aileen Jay
Juanita
Adrian
Dulany
A Humongous Figure and a Feared Marshal of DC
Ben Poore recounts the life of Ward H. Lamon a towering Illinois native and Lincoln era U S Marshal who once seized a jail with a small guard and arms his deputies alone then faced Secretary Stanton in a tense confrontation with Lincoln mediating. The episode underscores Lamon’s formidable role and loyalty to the President.
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Ward H. Lamon
Lincoln
Illinois
United States
District of Columbia
Stanton
Ian Washington
Marshal Lamon
Cor
Blair
Silver Springs
Father Bates
Lamon
T Ton
Marshal
Evarts Plays a Joke on Senator Mitchell in Senate
Washington dispatch describes Senator Evarts of New York pranking colleagues on the senate floor. He elicited a dramatic vote moment when Senator Mitchell, mistakenly voting no, realized the trick and laughed along with Evarts during the incident.
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Washington
Indianapolis Journal
Evarts
Statesman
New York
Senate
Senator Mitchell
Oregon
Mitchell
Senator Evarts
New York Statesman
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Mr. Evarts
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