Old Time Middies Were Fighters as Well as Sailors
A historical look contrasts the old midshipman with today’s naval cadet. Twelve year olds like Farragut and Porter once commanded boats and even ships as prize masters, armed with dirks, while modern midshipmen pursue advanced mathematics, metallurgy, and engineering. The piece traces the evolution from apprentice sailors to technically proficient officers in the U.S. Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farragut
Porter
Goldsborough
Naval Academy
Annapolis
United States Navy
Barbary States
Santiago
Powell
New York Press
Blood and Fire In ParisHeadline
A French editor, seeking sensational news, learns only of a bleeding nose in Place de la Concorde and a Montmartre chimney fire. He posts a placard reading Blood and Fire In Paris, emphasizing dramatic, though limited, events.
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Place de la Concorde
Montmartre
Paris
Hurry and Cunning Apprentices of Dispatch and Skill
A compact epigraph attributed to Colton on haste and craft, noting that speed and wit alone do not earn true mastery.
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Colton
Dealing In Stocks Advice From Leslie's
This article warns investors to buy with knowledge and caution. It contrasts fortunes from luck with steady gains from informed purchases and advises avoiding quick riches schemes. It promotes valuing real stock value over flashy certificates and suggests safer dividend stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Leslie's
Eagles in Combat Across Maryland Farmlands
An observer recalls a dramatic clash between two eastern shore eagles high in the air then descending to a furrowed field. In a brutal struggle they fought beak and talon until life ended for both, their claws fused so deeply that their legs had to be severed to separate them.
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Maryland
New York Sun
Marrying Early To Escape Smallpox Scars
The excerpt recalls how smallpox left many with pitted faces and blind beggars, driving parents to marry off daughters early to secure matrimony. It cites Walter Gilbey’s Recollections of Seventy Years in the Nineteenth Century as a source.
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Legion
Gilbey
Life and conduct amid a noisy world and distant birds
The text offers a moral view about valuing life and avoiding harm by thoughts or actions. It shifts to a travel note describing the hornbill, its loud call likened to a locomotive and donkey, and mentions Brown's speech and a lively crowd reacting to a leader's remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Africa
Fragmentary clipping preserves limited news text
Readable fragments show a local item in progress with vague wording and missing names places and actions making full report impossible to determine.
Fragmentary note on law, faces, and corruption
A fragmented text mentions pictures without talk and a tinkling cymbal. It references Bacon and suggests corrupt men and laws, with unclear context about a company and its status. The wording is cryptic and not fully coherent.
Conventions of Many Years Held in Baltimore
The piece traces Baltimore as the birthplace and frequent stage for historic Democratic national conventions from 1835 to 1872, noting figures like Van Buren, Polk, Tyler, Pierce, and the split factions. It highlights the two thirds rule, dark horse nominations, and the city’s role as a persistent but costly convention venue.
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Altimore
Jackson
Baltimore
van Buren
Calhoun
Clay
Annexation
Texas
Polk
Bancroft
Navy
Naval Academy
Benjamin F. Butler
New York
Silas Wright
Tyler
Free Soil
Luck
Pierce
Cincinnati
Charleston
Richmond
Wash
Washington
Amendment Seeks Widow Pension For Mrs Harlan
Representative Swager Shirley of Kentucky will offer an amendment to the legislative budget to grant Mrs Harlan widow relief equal to one year's salary of the late Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. The salary at his death was 12500 dollars and rose to 14500 on Jan 1.
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Swager Shirley
Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States
Harlan
John Marshall Harlan
Shirley
David J. Brewer
Senate
Rayner
Maryland
Schley
Evans
Vatican to Change Papal Cipher After 200 Years
The Vatican will replace its secret telegraph cipher after 200 years following publication of the original cipher telegrams and their translations in Marquis Crispolti’s book. The change comes despite past secrecy and legal futility over unauthorized disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Paris
Mer. Montagnini
Marquis Crispolti
Berlin
Cathedral a War Chest in Russian Cathedrals
The Christian Herald notes St Isaac's cathedral in St Petersburg as a war chest for Russia with marble pillars and malachite columns. estimates the structure at 24 million roubles or about 12 million dollars and suggests its jewels within could fund defense for months.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
St. Isaac’s
St Tsaac
Christian Herald
Modest Lord Tersehel After Address
Lord Tersehel delivered an address before a large audience and was later asked for a digest by a reporter. The reporter admitted a boxing match drew his attention, and the noble lord remained modest about the reaction to his speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Tersehel
Tlerd Iterschel
London
Fragmentary Pension Clause Scratches Across Oblivion
Fragmented OCR text hints at archaic language about wills and states. Readable portions mention ready made phrases and potery style, suggesting a literary or legal discussion. Names, dates, and clear facts are absent in the legible fragments.
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Eagles
Brown
Bos
Thea
City
Democratic Party
Shirley and
Pope
F. Fredrickson
Summit ST
F.F. Fluke
Chehalis County Fair
G. C. Girard
Aberdeen Avenue
Hoquiam
Aberdeen Printing Company
Aberdeen Printing Company, Inc
E. Wishkah ST
The
Herald Printery
Aberdeen
Humboldt Saloon
Fred Hewitt
Cigare
F Street
City Messenger CO
Victor Ericsson
Grays Harbor Trunk
Wishkah Street
W. Heron ST
Broadway Pharmacy
Aberdeen Printing Co
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