Quirks and quips from a bustling early column
A collage of playful observations and mishaps from urban life. Notes on authorship accuracy, fashion flings, airships, and aviation mishaps mix with jokes about cats, coal shortages, marriage vows, and a New York minister’s view on drinking trends among genders.
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New York
Calhoun and Tyler Seek Texas Annexation Plot in Washington
A tangled scene unfolds around John Calhoun and President Tyler’s circle as discussions of annexing Texas surface. Nicholas Trist narrates political intrigue involving England, Mexico, and a baroness amid Washington’s Elmhurst estate and a night of shifting loyalties among Calhoun, Tyler, and Elizabeth.
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Nicholas Trist
Hinchet
John Soalboun
Tyler
Esbinet
de. Ward
Calhoun
Texas
England
Mexico
Vor
Pakenham
Nicholag
Nicholne
Eliabeth
John Calhoun
Elizabeth Churchill Courtship in the White House Era
A narrator recalls an early 19th century romance with Elizabeth Churchill. He seeks her hand, faces her father Daniel Churchill, and attends a political reception at the White House where President Tyler presides. The scene blends personal longing with social duty as the couple's prospects unfold.
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Old Elmhurst
Elizabeth
Daniel Churchill
Medias Res
Daniel Churchil
Dan Churchill
Big East
Pageans
Gautiers Cafe
White House
Tyler
Overzealous Im Care
A captain in quarantine at Auckland during fever years ago gave his colored servant orders to care for valuable carrier pigeons The servant replied he had taken great care because the birds were clipped wings to prevent flight, implying they were copied or kept from escaping
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Auckland
New Zealand
Cure That Cold Today
Thousands suffer colds and feel prostrated. remedy claimed at a local store with a bottle exchange. Advertisement warns about relief from grippe and fever and promises medical advice by mail from Manyon's on Jefferson Street, Philadelphia.
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Anyon
Manyon
Jefferson Streets
Two World Famous Grandmothers Visit America
The Rochester Post Express notes two grandmothers of stage fame visiting the country Mme Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry Both actresses remain active beyond typical retirement with Bernhardt as energetic as a younger woman and Terry lecturing on Shakespeare Her portraits and voice are praised alongside remarks on Beatrice Portia Rosaline and other heroines of the plays A grocery scene delivers a humorous aside about eggs and aging plus a wry aphorism on how thoughts outlive years and how others perceive aging
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Rochester Post Express
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Ellen Terry
Henry Irving
England
Miss Terry
Portis
Beatrice
Voila
Rosaland
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Supreme Court
Hoboken
N. J
Monsieur
Mr. Tyler
Emerson Hough III
Tiagnus
G. Kettner
Richard
Dona Lucrezia
Boon
Daniel Courehill
Washington
Maryland
Elmhurst
Rilo Grande
Helena von Ritz
Elizabeth Churchill
Tretty
Betty
Jennings
Hetty
Post
Postum Cerest Company
Tat
Battie Creek
Mick