Kellogg era Louisiana Legislature echoes in chaos and race
A New Orleans chamber scene reports a volatile session in Kellogg era Louisiana with black clerks and spectators, a white speaker pro tempore, resignations, threats, and Gov Kellogg mediating to avert a total breakdown as agitators argue over contested election returns and quorum.
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New York Times
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Eshear
Mahin
New England
Yorke
Vor
Kellogg
Ile
Malu
Gov. Kellogg
Demas
Negro Demas
Ocene
Louisiana
Detroit Women Reject Sleigh Ride Across Bricks
A fragment from the Toledo Democrat notes Detroit ladies avoid sleigh riding as bricks cannot be large enough to keep their feet worn, implying a humorous or satirical take on winter travel and footwear. The odd phrasing preserves period voice and local color.
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Detroit
Toledo Democrat
Franklin the printer and Madcap Ben in birthday jests
A humorous reminiscence blends Ben Franklin’s birthday with a printer’s lore. The piece spoofily imagines Franklin’s daily routines and temperance, then shifts to a modern riff on his successor, a lively romp about a Connecticut village, a circus, and a boy’s misadventure spiced with family banter.
Little boy flees on horse after hat mishap in Galesville
A five year old in Galesville dodges pursuers after dropping his hat while a man invited him to ride. The child makes a beeline for home as police and the horse and buggy await the owner to call.
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Galesville
Charlie Ross
Frezeae
Late Lord Broughard Pleads Jury Cause with Tickle Speech
The eccentric Lord Broughard once famed for gallantry pleads a jury case before Hor se his client a female defender named Tickle. He opens with Tick le my client the defendant ey Lord provoking amused laughter among the audience and prompting a witty retort about who can do the tickling better.
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Lord Broughard
Tickle
Swiss Boatman Links Suicide to Accidental Hanging
A Swiss boatman restrained a would be suicide in Lake Geneva by pulling him from the water. An hour later he found the same man hanging from a tree and did not intervene, claiming he thought the gallows rope had merely hung the man from the tree. The magistrate ordered the boatman to explain his inaction.
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Committee On Elections
Liz
Hahn
William ‘Thompson
Atlantic
Valencia
Cormer
Ben
Connecticut
J. W. Dusenberry
Browsenburg
Drowe
Althor
Lake
Ge ‘Neva
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