Washington Capital portrait of General Grant lifestyle
A Washington interview portrays General Grant as rising late and smoking frequently, with his secretary handling papers and the President largely governed by talk. The piece questions his gossip-driven governance, long hours of social activity, and his durability for a second term amid public ignorance and harsh judgments of Washington society.
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Washington
General Grant
United States
Gen. Grant
White House
Revue Britannique
Grant
Richardson
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Court of Claims
Gossip Column Bits Reflect Quips and Local Wit
A collage of humorous vignettes and social quips from a late 19th century paper, noting fashion fads. newspaper ads. anecdotes about Miss Partington. stray proverbs. a Mississippian aged eighty in prime of life. church humor. and a joke about a student, a clergyman, and a bedlam of letters. Includes a Parisian nephew’s book note and a tepid bit on Long Branch as summer capital.
Wang Chin and Ah Quong Face Mule Theft in Pioche
In Pioche a Chinaman named Wang Chin, famed for a lemon color, six shooter, and calm defiance, confronts Jim Culley after Culley accuses Ah Quong of stealing a mule. Wang Chin asserts ownership with quiet force, signaling tension between miners and immigrant labor in a rough Western town.
Mongolian Man Kills for a Mule in Western Camp
In a rough frontier camp a Chinese worker Wang Chin kills a Caucasian by gunfire over a mule dispute. The incident elevates Wang Chin among miners, who see it as a display of racial equality. The camp grieves Culley and reflects on a chilling frontier morality.
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Pennsylvania
U.S
Rendell
Randell
McClintock & CO
Mendville
Jolin G. Grindley
Prospect Valley
Dakota
Little Missouri River
Little Missouri
Montana
Belle Fourche
Reynold
Wyoming
Black Hills
Bage
Inyan Kara
Amd
Forsyth
Professor Donaldson
Floral Valley
Wang
Mr. Culley
Wang Chin
Copernicus
Galileo
Ife
Culley
Cully
Madame Jerome Bonapart in Baltimore’s narrow street tale
A Baltimore street scene shows Madame Jerome Bonapart, widow of Jerome Bonaparte, as a frail old woman aided by an attendant. The piece recalls her sixty-year history from a famed marriage to Napoleon’s intrigues, and notes civic curiosity and memory of Bonaparte connections amid a column of varied anecdotes and quotes.
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Baltimore
Madame Jerome Bonapart
Jerome Bonaparte
Westphalia
Miss Patterson
Napoleon
Bonapart
Madane Patterson-Bonapart
Jerome
Wandering Quaker in New York Provokes Comic Bedlam
A portly Quaker traveler arrives in New York with a light bag and ignores vociferous taxi calls. A gaunt crowd wheels around him as they seek his hotel, yet he remains unmoved, prompting a driver to finally claim a fare with the Deaf and Dumb Asylum joke. Also notes include English dining quirks, horse rolling for health, and political quips about Grant, Georgia, and Beecher.
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Passina Straney
Mrs. Tilton
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Nicholas Hotel
Nicholas
Ierridge
Kerridge
Winsur ‘House
Astok Frouga
Broevport House
Metropolitan Hotel
Broadway
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
New Fever and Ague Cure Claims Universal Relief
Physicians and chemists tout a preparation that cures fever and ague without quinine or arsenic. The remedy allegedly purifies blood liver and spleen and prevents chills from returning, even after years of illness. Sold by J. P. Wells & Co. in Warren Pennsylvania. 43 ts
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J. PF. Wells & Co
Warren, Pa
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Morris & King
B.F. Morris
J. H. King, JR
Warren, Warren CO
Warn St
Canvan Hoven
Eacontere
Batray
Lesa
Tieen Unkirk, Allegileny Valley
Ile
Titusvill
Pleasant Valle
Nortinvald Yraine
P. Ralpim
Jamestown
Falconer
B.eilayer
G. A. Geure
Nove
Lake
Shore Road
Dankiils
Pennsylvania Rail Road
Philadelphia & Erie B
Philadelphia and Erie Hult Road
Erie Mail
Eria
Warren Aucoaip
Warren
Corry
Erie
Gaion
Wirren
Union
Exile
Fevineton
Ol Creek
Allegheny River
M.S. BR. W
Covington
W. Warren
M.S. i
U. C
A. H.R. Ow
Gorry
Irvington
Ana West Curey
Kane
Mal
WM. A. Baldwin
VV Anren
Savings Bank
Warren County
Pore Machange
L F. Watson
B Nesmitn
A J. Haszeltine
L. F. Warsos
O. H. Huxter
P. Farconer
M. B. Dunmax Pe
A. Kirberger
Jas. Chank, JR
GB. Nesmiva
E.G. Woon. Irhel
Bank
Nesmith & Hertzel’s
New Block
Water Street
Youngsville
Penn's
W. D. Kinnear
Fairmount
Snehi Ag
Ag’t. Farmers
Somers
Lac Ho
Rohn G. Grindley
W. G. Steadman
CS. Morrey’s Drug Store
Johnson Louse
Gurkound, Pa
B. B. Stewart
Puverian
Suxyxor
Post Once
East Street
Lutheran Church
Carver & CO
Sutherland, Noyes & Co
1St Nation Bank
R C. Sloan
Iiberty Street
Seeficire & Hooker
G G. McDlay
J. Partridge
Second Street
Burgess
New Brick
Brock
D. J. Lodges
Pence
Messner & Trushel
Tlm
Fohrson & Lind
Selors At Law
Change
S. P, Johnson
Johnson
W. M. Linpser
eRpil Insmoor & Reeves
Attorneys At Law
Witter Street
Scofield
Dua's
Diesmoor
F. D. Reeves
OWN & Stone
First National Jak
BR. Browd
W. Stone
Cofield & Slookrer
Liberty Street
G. W. Bcofield
Ball
Shaffer Block
Hooker
Carver House
Pilark & Noyes
Warren, Ps
Johnson's Exchange
R. Clark
a. H. N@YEB
Yilbur & Allen
Fred Morck
Scotloh
W. Wilbur
T. Allen, Gare & Byles
Taw
Offee
Spring Street
Postoffice
Titusville
Crewford
Vinungo
Forest
Liew & Thompson
Contral Block
Tidiouto
Allen
G. G. Thompson
Rown & Scinur
Attorneys
Waterstreet
Bennon
C, Lesser
Third Street
Josh Billings
Boston Corbett
Wilkes Booth
England
Scotland
Julia
Louisville
Mississippi
Commodore Vanderbilt
Blinkers
Connecticut
New Haven County
Stark County Tnd
Gen. Lee
Edward Lee Childs
Paris
General Lee
Jeffersonville
Missouri
Bow
Augusta
Georgia
New Orleans
Long Branch
Deteer
Terre Tlaute Express
Spitzer
Jura Berry
Carson
Nev
Maing
Reverend Gentleman
Tim
Geo. Ball's
Ayer
J.C. Ayer & CO
Lowell
Mass
Sitalles
A. A. Hayes
M.D
Massachusetts
Buckingham
FR. P. Hall, & CO
Nashua
N.E
Rently
Levarr
Warehremn 4
Manufactus Rexs
Hotel Anc
Fi & A. Fett
A. Wise
Keystone Block
Cruit
Wise's Cheap Clothing Store
Tom
Myron Waters
H. RB. Crowell
P. Jonnson
N Parmas
M. Wirens
F. Huyax
HA Jamieson
J. R. Ciarx
Thew
Estiut Wader
Orphan's Court
Janes B. Foster
David Foster
James L. Stuart
John D. Semat
Walter Semin
John D. Mead
Samuel Trask
Deceasudt
Mary A. Vaneps
Lester B. Tyrrell
David O. Tyrrell
Aled
Garrett Denis
IL. E. Brown
Eli MH. Dunn
Ted
F. A. Butterfield
Rant Green
Snyder & Wood
Tata and Woop
Third St
Methodist Church
Smethport
IL D
Ault and
C. Cornforth
Ault & Cornforth
O. BE. Laven
Black Hells
G. A. Custer
Department of Dakota
Brooklyn
Confucius
St. Louis Republican
Ah Quong
California
Koopsmanehop
San Francisco
Pacific Road
Ballance
Sierras
Promontory Point
Wong Chin
Mokelmane
Michigan Bluff
White Pine
John
Nunes
Pioche
Quong
al Quong
Chen
James Cullen
Hiro
Jim Cullen
Jim Colley
Committee of Safety
Ah Quang
James Culley
Spollator
Lis
Jacob
Tlineis
Republican Party
Lincoln
Ourself
Party of Truth and Honor
Illinois
Chalmers
Switzerland
Free Church of Scotland
Danbury
Bullock
Executive Department
The
Washington Star
Henry Ward Beecher
White Mountains
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