The Headsman of Paris and a Jesuit Prince
A New York Times profile traces Paris headsman Heinrich Heindrich and successor Roch, detailing their grim rituals and quirks. It then shifts to Thomas Sherman’s dramatic turn from Washington society to the Jesuit novitiate, with his father General Sherman and mother Mrs. Sherman facing a family rupture over his vow.
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New York Times
M. Heinrich
Henri Sanson
Paris
M. Heindrich
St. Ambroise
Heindrich
Verger
Roch
Jocose
Bonhomme
Alvert
M. Deibler
Dijon
Amour de L’art
M Deibler
Algeria
Mile Rasenauf
Bourreau
Deibler
Agous
Tim
Sherman
Georgetown College
Cincinnati
Washington
Thomas
Gen. Sherman
Frederick
Woodstock
England
Ariest
English introverted etiquette as shown in a London link
A Cleveland Leader editor relays a London to Dublin journey where an English businessman fails to introduce an American guest to his wife or partners. The anecdote highlights a custom of never introducing strangers, even after long acquaintance.
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Edwin A.cowles
Cleveland Leader
London
Queenstown
Dublin
England
Sadie Accon
Noth
State reports historic school house and spending totals
The New York State superintendent notes seventy log school houses remain in use and records a total expenditure of 13,466,367.97 dollars on state schools for the previous year.
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New York
Concord grape origin tale told at nearby meeting
A recent gathering near Hawthorne’s Wayside heard E. W. Bull of Concord recount the Concord grape’s creation. He described selecting a hardy native seedling found in 1843 and, after sowing in 1849, ripening a single bunch by September, leading to a Massachusetts vineyard and a surge of country grape seedlings.
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Concord
E.W. Bull
Massachusetts
Europe
Horse's Ear for Music Tames Wild Horse in Hymn Patience
A New Orleans Picayune told of a revivalist preacher M. C. in southern Indiana whose horse refused to be shoed. At a smith shop the minister sang lively camp meeting songs while the smith nailed on the shoes, claiming he could sing religion into the horse as the nails were set.
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New Orleans Picayune
M. C
Indiana
White Buck Death Duel in Owl Mountains Tale
An elderly Boston memory tells of Fanny Kemble and a bucolic charioteer. A rare white black-tail deer with twenty four points, hunted near Owl Mountains, outwits the hunter until a cedar tree ambush ends in a dramatic fall and a desperate knife defense.
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Owl Mountains
John
Cameron in Public Life Remains Active at Long Branch
The Philadelphia Times notes Simon Cameron, visiting Long Branch, discusses events from twenty five and fifty years ago with candid earnestness. He alters his summer routine avoiding Bedford Springs, preferring variety at watering places, while hardly mentioning politics and pursuing life’s fullest experiences.
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Philadelphia Times
Bedford Springs
The Riches and Guard Duty After Richmond Fall
General Breckinridge orders midnight move to Washington Georgia and assigns a guard of fifty for transporting a treasure trove from Richmond. The wealth, later counted as $500000 to $600000 in specie, mostly gold, is moved by wagon under tight surveillance with detailed guard rotations and inspections. A later audit notes $108000 to $110000 in silver paid to troops as arrears.
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Duke
Richmond
Washington
Heophilus Steele
Treasury
John B. Cole
Savannah River
Feminine Vanity Up In Maine Lewiston Contest
In Lewiston Maine two mill girls compete for the palm of beauty. Both are red cheeked and buxom. One is married. After a long prelude and dressing, mill hands judge the contest. Attractive smiles and tears mark the moment as verdicts are cast.
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Lewiston
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Fanny Kemble
Jehu
Tremne
Simon Cameron
Long Branch
Battle of
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