Notable 19th Century Headlines From a Busy Era
A montage of short items covering political figures, banking troubles, Irish and British crime rates, Cuban policy fears, Mrs. Hayes fashion, Galveston mayoral race, Lincoln’s assassination play bill, German French tensions, Swiss railroad panic, West Point reorganization, Bell’s birthplace, New Orleans politics, the Duke of Aosta’s mood, a Rockport charitable gesture, Devens for Cabinet, a papal succession discussion, a Dauphin money find, a New York panic fire scare, church safety concerns, and a domestic moral verse urging frugality and steady governance.
Foggy River Dream and a Narrow Escape
A narrator recalls a fog bound evening along a broad river and a return to a seaside home. Mrs. Wilson shares a harrowing boat crossing with her son Ned as fog and current push them toward danger. A wrecked hull in the inlet later saves the boy, and the family survives to remember the night by the kitchen fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris
Captain Wilson
Wilson
Ned
Captain Moore
Jim Lewis
Moore’s
Jim
George
Sandy Point
Mrs. Wilson
Squire Greene
The Imperturbable Passenger
A train-boy on an Illinois line harpoons a composed elderly man with a parade of treats and threats. The man remains unmoved, prompting the boy to offer money to his family next door if he dies. The passenger’s calm finally yields when the boy pretends a family move upon death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred College of Cardinals
Manning
London
McCloskey
New York
Danbury
Illinois
Alder Shoots Lift Kitchen Floor In Irish Tenement
A growing common alder in an Irish tenement lifted the earthbound tiles forming the kitchen floor. The tenant let the plant thrive as a curiosity, and it flourished in its unusual growing spot. An old lady joked poetry is best when cooking, noting Cap'n Jinks inspires her as she feeds hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Song Poem Echoes Courtroom Tale From Hartford Courant
A fragmentary verse references a court scene with a commission, a question of legality, and a refrain about settling cases without fighting. Mentions figures Hewitt, Tilden, and a whimsical Gobble-er, set in a courthouse tone with newsroom imagery from the Hartford Courant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Hewitt
Tilden
Hartford Courant
Doctor’s Redemption of a Street Waif Becomes a Life’s Mission
A physician recalls aiding a fourteen year old petty thief, Dick Printle, by taking him from jail into his care. Twelve years later Printle, freed by the doctor’s help, becomes a respected physician with a family, citing the doctor’s smile as a beacon that rekindled his faith in humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheel of Justice
Dick Printle
Printle
Motherell
Boy walks to Boston to prove worth of work ethic
A Methuen Mass boy earns a merchant's trust by walking 25 miles to Boston with a dollar to seek an apprenticeship. The merchant praises the boy, saying he would not trade him for a thousand dollars, as the lad's thrift and resolve pave a successful future in business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gantz
Dauphin
United States Treasury
New York
St. Xavier’s Church
Phrenological Journal
Methuen
Mass
Boston
Pemberton Mills
Lawrence
Massachusetts
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Vau
J. H. Poster
van Wert
BH. L. Wilkinson
Union Block
Newcomer’s Grocery
Georgiaka C. Glenn
Bybician
First Street
Washington
Jeferson
H. G. Davis
Kepler &J
J.K. Woods
Washington Street
Spend House
Bridge
W. Depuy
O. A
DePuy House
G. C. M’gavren
Geo
W. M'Gavren
HH. C. McGavren & Son
Siemen & Gipe
McGavren & Webster
William Smith
A. L. Teubner & Co
Main and
Jackson Jts
B. Steman
J. M. Stutsman
McKim ’S
Washington Streets
Shannon Street
P&b Rail Road Grocery Store
Sholl & Rupert
Cinelamati Commercial
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
The
Republic
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
the Daily Commercial
M. Halstead & CO
Potter’s Building
Cor
Fourth and
Race Streets
England
R. W. Thompson
Exchange Bank
Canandaigua
N. Y
Scotland
Evarts
Schurz
Hayes
Messrs. Nichols and
Ogle
Galveston
Bill
President Lincoln
Ford’s
Germany
France
Paris
Switzerland
J. M. Schofield
Military Department of
West Point
Military Academy of
A. Graham Bell
Edinburg
A. M. Bell
Brantford
Ontario
D. A. Weber
St. Francisville
Republican Party
Aosta
Amadeus I
Spain
Church of St. Philip
Rockport
Devens
Old Bay State
Thompson
Abraham Lincoln
Colonel Ingersoll
Blaine
Troy Times
Cherry James
Cedar
Attorneys AT Law
G. BE. Wells
LAW and Notary Public
Heist’s
Courts of
Co. Glenn
A. J. Porter
Glekn & Porter, Tytorneys AT
Macurdy’s Block
John Darnell
Heist’s Block
J. L. Alexander
G. M. Saltzgaber
Alexander
James M. Barr
J. L. Price
Ira P. Shissler
Price & Shissler
McCurdy’s
Flrst National Bank
W.j. Beers
Jas. Clark & Son
J. B. Brodnix
Jas. W. Evans
Arber
A. P. Linn
van Fert
PENN
Main ST
Joseph Cassel
Swineford & Sons
Grocers
Arcdae
van Wert, Ohio
NEW American
G. C. Graham
South Washington St
American Sewing Machine Company
Madison St
Toledo
Hau
Main Street
E Sholl & Rupert
Bes
Mahan & Clark’s
Cours
Fir
City Mills
A. R. Strother
G. W. Millenbaugh
West Main St
McGuffy
M. H. Tuttle
Comera
Michigan
Grand Rapids and
R. R. Co
W. C. Hughart
Grand Rapids
Matt
Dancer
Stevens
Jonah
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