Stephen B Elkins a life of business and health in New York
A New York special outlines Stephen B Elkins born 46 years earlier, a wealthy railroad and mining organizer with homes on West 58th Street and a Deer Park cottage. It portrays his health as superb, his life simple yet busy, his wife a notable social figure, and his son and family ties shaping his West Virginia ventures. It notes his political club affiliations, frugal living, and prolific reading in a private library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Deer Park
Stephen B. Elkins
Elaine
Washington Building
West Fifty Eighth Street
Aon
Eer
Ife
Stephlin B. Eleins
Mr. Dans
Steve
Davis
West Virginia
Belle
Mr. Elkins
Seminlew
Hoth
Dickins’ eTorts
Stephen DR. Dlkins
Con.sert
Baltimore
Washington
Ecuws
Wikins
Peys
Yani
Ar. Elkins
Union League
Republican
J. P. Larsen
Notable Washington Jests and Civil War Echoes
A collection of light anecdotes and tall tales from the capital and beyond. Col Nat Crutchfield teases and is teased about size at a social call. Generals Sherman and actor Joe Jefferson share a hotel parlor tale of saving a life. Napoleon III interacts with New York society, and a New Year joke silences customs clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gen. Sherman
Jefferson
Fifth Avenue
William Tecumseh Sherman
Joe Jefferson
Joe
Joo
New York Evening Sar
Blunder at Court Causes Comic Hat Mix Up
A palace visitor mistaken Sam Makai for a valet greets him with hat duty. A household member explains Sam is the king's cousin. The visitor apologizes, and Sam accepts the compliment, ending in a humorous exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Makai
Sam
Ling
Bam
Honolulu Daily Bulletin
Three Chunks of Wisdom in a Judge’s Christmas Note
A judge notes that a bad boy may improve by Christmas and a happy boy with a new sled often hurts himself. He observes that the brightest things fade quickly, and that there are no enduring roots to the Christmas tree.
Digging for Gold in the Boundless Wealth of Surface Diggings
In Hawkins Bar Tuolumne County Cal on December 13 a writer recalls 1862 digging methods and the chance finds that revealed rich gold. He notes expertise varies by mining type, with gold often hidden in soil layers until erosion or chance discovery exposes it. A man near Columbia unearthed a $10,000 nugget while digging under a tree, illustrating how accidents reveal fortunes. He cites instances at Chambers Bar Tuolumne and the Mariposa trail where luck and local conditions uncovered riches, while cautious surveyors and professors later misread or failed to see promising ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkins Bar
Tuolumne County
Cal
Astecani
Rei Aman Jong
Columbia
Tuolumne
Sol de
Chambers Bar
Mariposa Trail
Rawhide Ranch
Irays
Prention MvLrorp
Death of Lord Lyons Former British Minister to Washington
New York announces the death of Lord Lyons born 1817 at Lymington. He served Britain as minister to Tuscany Paris and Washington, guiding policy through American Civil War and Franco Prussian era. He died after paralysis in London and is buried Catholic or possibly Anglican.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Lyons
New York
Lord Lyons
Washington
Black Sea
Baron Lyons
Lymington
Christ Church College, Oxford
Athens
Dresden
Florence
Tuscany
America
France
Americans
Lincoln
Seward
Lyons
Prince of Wales
Paris
Napoleon III
Lord Lytton
London
Stray jokes and a barber name in a garbled column
A string of quips from various papers mocks ethnic names and oddities. A New York barber named Tahk Tahk is joked about by Lorristown Derahi. Other snippets refer to a Pole near Binghamton, a nose-talking Pittsburgh barber, incendiary fires in a North Carolina town, and a curious exchange over a holey stocking at a Harlem shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tahk Tahk
Lorristown
Pittsburg
Burlington Free Press
North Carolina
Fawo
Norristown Herald
Boil the Ice to Prevent Hidden Disease Warning
A collection of quirky exchanges and jokes including a misfit ice infection warning from the Philadelphia Telegraph about boiling ice. The item shifts to humorous domestic scenes and a final quip about Santa Claus and a gift horse, ending with a boy’s remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Telegraph
A Severe Test of Love and Breach of Promise
A brief dialogue quotes a man George and a woman as he muses that his love has cooled and he will never claim her. She replies that such a breach of promise would be a trial for her, illustrating a past or rumored engagement doubt in a New York Sun style vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saltonstairs
8. N. Dyer, Jr
Saltonstall
Custom House
Boston Transcript
Iitories
York
Pacific Coast
Capoiorn
Exchanse
New York
Norristown Uerald
George
New York Sun
Why He Gobbica Magistrate Gobbles on Turkey Talk
A playful Epoch excerpt shows a magistrate questioning a tramp about disorderly conduct. The tramp defends his gobbling appetite stating he has had turkey meals three times daily for over two weeks. The exchange lands in humorous legal banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gobbica
Turkey
Jay Gould Autograph Sells for £100 in London
London news notes that Jay Gould's autograph sold for £100 at a sale last week, ending with a £500 check. The report reflects the era's money values and interest in the famous financier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day Gould
Jay Gould
London
Life
Also Mentioned on This Page
James G. Blaine
Chicago News
Nat Crutchfield
Carlisle
Yankeeland
Hir
Dayton
Tuillenes
Dlessington
Tuilleries
Gorehouse
Ixensington
Count D'Orsay
Petit Caporal
Larry Jerome
Menry Bergh
Mr Jerome
Iere
New York Evening Sun
Espoke
Blanche
Lillian
Jones
Lire
Omaha Dame
Jane
Omaha
Santa Claus
Jimmy
Dudze
Ace
Dudge
Ath-lo-phoros
Williamsport
Ind
Dee
CNIS
North Warren
P. Ang
Cheestother Lfssler
Glade
Vich
Sheffield
G. R. Wood
Denet House
Tedger
Estuanteo
Reed Bros
Warren, Pa
H. Morris
Newark
Atk
S Morck
Glade Township
Werren
Qott C. Lessler
W Holmes
Broadway
Flexsie
Bucklew
A. W. Morck
John Berbigier
Erie
H. F. Andrews
D. J. McMillin
H F. Andrews & Co
D. J. McMinnix
Garland, Pa
J. M. Thorburn & CO
John Street
Thorburn
L. G. Noyes
Warren
A. Ruhlman
S. Lott
Wyman & Davis
Woolford
Ruhiman’s
E. Bartsch
Water St
Diammond Block
Phy Frhor & Co
Mercbents
Association
Thea
John Anderson
J.B. Arnold
Chas. Davis
FR. E. Ross
Eline
Ian Ach
Philadelps Mare
A. H. Dower
Eacquirer
Edenton
W. G
Mason & Hamlin
Pirchpsera
Mason & Hamlin Organ
East
Union Square
New Fore
Ire
Lawrence HE
Selroth
Poe
Hesselroth
Tesselroth
Selrota
Chicago Ave
Chicago
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!