Many World and Local Vignettes in Daily News
Secretary Blaine is laid up with rheumatism. The Emperor of China has measles. Chicago plans free books for public school children. Democratic leaders tally for Governor before Columbus Convention. Bunker Hill anniversary in San Francisco with a national salute ordered. Europe’s peace seen, while Krupp delays big gun orders. Notables include Mrs. Sybil Ticknor the century-old Methodist, fishing bays near Long Island, and ten tons of blue and treck fish shipped. A Chicago officer slain. a jail prayer group. a disguise gag misfired. Canada grants land for Bow River cattle ranch. British capital sees a genuine American mosquito. Greece exploration begins at Assos with museum aid from Boston.
Jenny Lind and Goldschmidt’s Romantic Union in London
Jenny Lind, living near Buckingham Palace in London, married Goldschmidt, a Jew who renounced his faith to wed her. She financed his piano career, valued him highly, and enjoyed private concert prestige. The couple's romance was famous and sparked the joke that he married her for her fortune, a million dollars.
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Jenny Lind
Goldschmidt
London
Buckingham Palace
America
Seven buckshot for head load marked as relief
An Arkansas man recovered after a surgeon removed seven buckshot from his head, described as a load lifted from his mind. The report also notes various dated items from Santa Cruz to Paris, including local ordinances and international trade debates.
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Arkansas
All is vanity beneath the sun in river world
A reflective verse paints life as a procession of beggars and nobles crossing a river bridge. Wealth and poverty mingle in a single crowd, while the mighty river mocks their fate as time flows on. Images of velvet and rags, beauty and decay, drift through city and country as all vanish with the tides.
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West
Brazil
A Judge's rise from humble boy to famed jurist
Bernard Reed, once accused by a powerful man, endures hardship after learning his father’s crime. His mother’s steadfast faith and hard work guide him from a grim youth to a respected New England judge. The tale follows forgiveness, duty, and a son’s effort to redeem a family name.
London telegram on Confederate bond meeting ridiculed in Charlestown paper
The Charlestown South Carolina News ridicules the London telegram about Confederate bond holders and mocks John Bull's belief in the defunct Confederacy. It also mockingly questions the London Times idea of holding the Southern States responsible for an obsolete government.
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London
Charlestown
S. c
John Bull
London Times
Marriage in San Francisco Chinese Aristocracy Bride's Tea Parade
A San Francisco wedding of Mr. Lee You and Miss Ah Chung featured gifts from female and male friends respectively. The groom hosted a banquet for 500 with elaborate Chinese dishes as gongs and firecrackers announced the bride’s entry. Three days of festivities followed before the bride joined her husband at his home.
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San Francisco
Lee You
Miss Ah Chung
Mysterious case of mother and son in attic confinement
A Portsmouth family, Harringtons, hid a son for years in an attic after he went insane at age two. The mother fed and guarded him until her death. On the funeral day neighbors found the man nearly naked and hairy in a dark attic room. He is now at Cranston Insane Asylum.
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Frohn F. Hertz
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County of
van Wert
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A. D
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Table Mountain
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Uthe Desaiter
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Sepa
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New England
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Wheeling
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Glenn’s Run
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Straub
Fritz
Mary
Louisa
Ferena
Albert
Harrington
Portsmouth
R. I
William
Young Harrington
Cranston
Boston Journal
Charles A. Cowles
Democrat and Chronicle Printing Office
An.a
Nature
Herpx
Cowles
Kester
N. Y
Democrat
Willie Worthy
Cumberland Street
Jhink
Shapleigh
Philadelphia
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