Death of Lincoln A Nation Mourns In April Storm
Noah Brooks recalls April 14 1865 when Lincoln declined a theater outing for public solace then faced dawn news of the president’s assassination. Washington awoke in tears flags lowered bells tolled and rain fell as grief spread through streets, offices, and homes.
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Capital
White House
Lincoln
Grant
Burlington
General
Ford
Washington
Schuyler Collas
California
San Francisco
Sacramento
Mr. Lincoln
Colfax
McA
New York Avenue
State Department
Wade Hampton
Virginia
Andy Johnson
Mr. Gardner
Mr. Brooks
Priam
Mr. Seward
Johnson
Pele
Noah Brooks
Century
Borrowing Trouble and the Burden on Pastors
Clergymen at a ministerial gathering discuss how parishioners borrow trouble and worry about imagined futures. A tale from a servant crying over a hypothetical baby risk illustrates the challenge of comforting those who dwell on unlikely fears.
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Boohoo
Boohoohoo
New York Herald
Broom Handles Show A Major Wood Industry
An article highlights broom handle production as a large industry driven by hardwood handles from beech birch maple and ash. It notes supply constraints and waste in eastern states, four Amsterdam factories processing up to 1,200 brooms daily, and the drying process for green turned handles to prevent loosening. Southern Lumberman.
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Amsterdam
M. C
Southern Lumberman
Process for alumina from clay bricks and ammonium salts
Describes a method to extract alumina from clay using ammonium sulfate and potassium sulfate, forming hollow bricks baked at 270 degrees. Ammonium sulfate converts to acid ammonium activate and ammoniacal gas, reacting with alumina and clay to form double aluminum and potassium sulfate. Iron removed by recrystallization, silica used for cement, and alumina precipitated with distilled ammonia.
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Heibling
Evarts’s long sentences amuse telegraphers and criminals
The anecdote notes El-Senator Evarts habit of lengthy yet lucid sentences. The press teased his style and he replied with a twinkling remark that two groups oppose long sentences: telegraph operators and criminals.
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El-Senator
Evarts
Then He Went Home Mr Stalate Memorabilia Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue recalls a late 19th century moment as two speakers reminisce about shared memories from 1894 and a possible new year ahead, framed by a sentimental exchange and a soft, reflective mood.
Bessemer the Man Behind the Great Steel Change
The Boston Commercial Bulletin recounts Henry Bessemer as the modest inventor of the Bessemer process who faced neglect from Britain’s government and industry. It notes his early art work, the stamping patent with movable date, and how his steelmaking breakthrough transformed prices and industrial growth despite limited recognition.
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Denmark Hill
England
Britain
Sheffield
Woolwich
Bessemer Steel
Sir Henry
Bessemer
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Henry Bessemer
Anthony Bessemer
Hertfordshire
Royal Academy
Young Bessemer
Stamp
Somerset House
Stamp Department
Sir Henry Bessemer
Great Britain
Boston Commercial Bulletin
Ancient glass bowls unearthed in Nineveh date cedar to seventh century B C
Layard cites two intact glass bowls found in a Nineveh chamber with inscriptions naming Sargon king of Assyria. The relic, dating to the late seventh century B C, is the oldest known transparent glass specimen, paralleling earlier finds at the northwest palace and the famed Alexandria glass works.
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Tyre
Alexandria
Layard
Nineveh
Babylon
Northwest
British Museum
Sargon
Assyria
Craon
Boston Herald
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Pope
John Bull
Sarsaparilla
Webster’s International
Grand Educated
U.S. Gov’ Printing Office
U-5
Supreme Court
Hon
Brewer
U.S Supreme Court
G.& C. Merriam Co., Publishers
Springfield
Mass
U.S. A
Frazer Axle
W. Jarvis
Water Street
Atstlmt & Langley
Second St
Warren, Pa
T. O. Slater & Co
General Hardware
Wiard
Carroll
Gurney
Water St
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