Pilgrim Ship Disaster Lies Debunked by Aden Arrival
A reported sinking of a steamer carrying 953 Mohammedan pilgrims from Singapore bound for Jiddah proved false as the vessel arrived safely at Aden. Meanwhile an English Midland railway accident killed seven and injured twenty. In Ireland peasants arm and drill amid Fenian reports.
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Singapore
Jiddah
Arabia
Mecca
Midland Railroad
England
Ireland
Aden
Prominent Pittsburgh pork packer fails with $160000 liabilities
A report lists Reese Owens of Pittsburgh as failed with liabilities of 160000. It also notes a series of distant incidents including Balbo’s 6th inst hanging in New York for murdering his wife and other varied events across the country.
Duel Ends Fatally in South Carolina
A deadly duel in South Carolina saw Cash, son of Col Cash who previously killed Col Shannon, kill opponent Mr. Blair, editor of the Camden Journal, at twenty paces after والص warrants. Separately, Mrs Webster Gunnells in Georgia poisoned lemonade with morphia, two die, three children die, no motive given. Gen William Butler dies at 93 in Kentucky. North Carolina rain harms crops. Florida oranges expected prolific. A jail breakout in Texas results in two deaths as deputies fire on fleeing prisoners.
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South Carolina
Cash
Col Cash
Col. Shannon
Blair
Camden Journal
Auericus
Webster Gunnells
North Carolina
Florida
Larelo
Tex
Appointment of H J Crouch and G W Rosevelt as Consuls
The President appointed H J Crouch of Pennsylvania consul at St Helena and G W Rosevelt of Pennsylvania consul at Matanzas. Washington reports a US rent will be kept in Spanish waters to sue that no outrage is offered to American merchant vessels.
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H. J. Crouch
Pennsylvania
St. Helena
G. W. Rosevelt
Matanzas
Washington
United States
Miscellaneous Gleanings and Notices of the Day
A garbled m ix of items notes a Dead Letter Office letter from Pittsburgh with parlor match heads and powder, a religious riot in Toronto between Orangemen and Catholics with injuries, vast mail statistics, Hayes at a soldiers reunion in Columbus, immigrants en route to Manitoba, a libel suit threat against papers by Vice Presidential candidate English, discussions on the Washington monument’s foundation, St Julien and Maud S. as turf king and queen with a mile record, fires in Sherlock's Mills and Ware and a failed venture of Joe Sir Maox ending in suicide with a mournful quote on managerial obituary.
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Pittsburgh
Toronto
United States
Hayes
Washington
Columbus
Ohio
Montreal
Manitoba
English
Indianapolis Sentinel
Washington Monument
St. Julien
Maud S
Rochester
St Sherlock's Mille
N. Y
Los
Bushwick
New York City
Otis Company
Ware
Mass
Completion of the Most Marvelous Forty Day Fast
Dr. Tanner ends a forty day abstinence at noon on Saturday August 7 amid cheers from about 1 000 in hall and onlookers outside. He eats milk, Georgia watermelon and steak in stages, weighs 213 pounds after losing 36 pounds, and displays swift recovery with continued meals and rest. An affidavit by seventy observers details vital signs and liver changes observed under a microscope.
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Tanner
Weglean
New York Papers
Georgia
Ming
Dr. Tanner
Dr. Gunn
Pr. Tanner
Gunn
Two Rough Characters Fight on a Galveston Corner
The Galveston News reports a midnight quarrel on a Galveston street between two notorious men. A bystander watched, claimed police incompetence, and avoided injury as the pair assaulted a third party. The victim vows to seek legal authority to arrest them.
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Galveston
Galveston Island
Ain
Jimmy
Rufian
Galveston News
Garibaldi a Divisive Figure in Italy Says Home Letter
A Home Letter notes Garibaldi divides Italy, backed by Victor Emmanuel and Cavour while railing against the House of Savoy. It cites his urging Red Republicans to press unredeemed Italy under Austrian rule, and the government suppressing his letter as public sentiment weak toward the fallen hero.
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Garibaldi
Victor Emmanuel
Cavour
Italy
Austria
House of Savoy
United States
Baptism At Raleigh Penitentiary Observed By Convicts
A Raleigh NC eyewitness describes two groups among inmates preparing for baptism in a quarry within the stockade. Convicts stood around a crystal pool at water level while guards kept watch above. The ceremony began in silence as ministers spoke.
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Raleigh
N. C
Silent Air Recollections in a Convict Conversion
A fragment recalls convicts rising to the upper air with an odd gentleness and a hush like death surrounding them. The tone hints at a surreal, reflective moment amid a suspended, quiet scene.
Trick of Snake Deception Exposed on Alabama Farm
A Montgomery advertiser report recaps how two white men deceived a Black tenant family by claiming snakes infested their farm and that a cure required $100. A landlord exposed the ruse after the family nearly fled, narrowly saving two tenants and $100. The trick reportedly occurred on several county farms.
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Montgomery
Ala
Advertiser
Peter Francisco Revolutionary Giant Described in Virginia Journal
A Virginia journalist recalls Peter Francisco, towering and powerful, 6 feet 1 inch, 260 pounds, famed for a five foot blade. He joined the Continental Army at 16, fought at Stony Point, Brandywine, Monmouth, Cowpens, Camden, Guilford, and more, earning a bayonet wound and a reputation for fearless prowess.
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Peter Francisco
Virginia
Buckingham
Stony Point
Maj. Gibbon
Brandywine
Monmouth
Gen. Greene
True Nourishment of Life by James Martineau
The passage argues that mere years and routine are not life. Real vitality comes from knowledge truth love beauty goodness faith and the inner experiences that awaken humanity. It lists mirth tears music prayer doubt death hardship struggle anxiety and trust as the true nourishment of our natural being.
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Jamea Martineau
Paper Bags Advance in Price in Chicago Market
Paper bag prices rise as of July 1 with common print rag up forty cents per 100 pounds in Chicago. Country mixed rag holds at 2.65 per 100 pounds, up half a cent per pound from thirty days prior. Market analysts cite stock scarcity from a boom era as the cause, warning of further increases if rag prices force paper manufacture cuts.
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Chicago
Boston baked beans and New England's favorite dish
A Boston Herald piece extols baked beans as a longtime New England staple cherished by colonists and residents of Boston. It contrasts local mastery with limited popularity elsewhere, notes Friday night soaking and Saturday or Sunday baking, and highlights Boston’s bean bakery in brick ovens feeding restaurants and households with 200 barrels weekly consumption and 450 pots baked per night. It also mentions profits and a unique dedicated bean bakery in the city.
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Boston
New England
New
New York
Boston Bean Bakery
Alcyone central sun claim debated by astronomers
Mr R A Prac ter notes how errors persist in public thought about Alcyone as the universe center while experts deem the theory feeble. He cites Herschel and Mahler to show drift evidence is unreliable and finds audiences prefer belief over rejection, illustrating how error dominates minds.
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Milky Way
Pleiades
Mahler
Taurus
Alcyone
Indianapolis
Bessel
Madler
Chest Development and Singing as Disease Prevention in St Petersburg
Dr Vasilieff argues that over twenty five years no singer died of consumption in St Petersburg while the disease is a leading killer there. He uses this to claim singing exercise may prevent consumption, yet the cause and effect are not conclusively proven. The piece notes competing hypotheses about whether singers avoid consumption or consumptives cannot sing.
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St. Petersburg
Vasilieff
Army Recruiter Turns Down Moral Applicant In St Louis
A man enters a cavalry recruiting office on Pine Street seeking an officer’s post and a pure company with no drinking or tobacco. The sergeant jokes there is no such unit and explains vacancies would be found only by the Adjutant General in Washington. The scene ends with the man leaving, presumed to join the Salvation Army instead.
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Belleville
Til
Austria
Lord Gifford
England
Ireland
Springfield Southern Railway
Waverly
Ohio
Lakeland
Minn
Bender
Dodge County
Neb
Labette County
Kansas
Cherryvale
Texas
Moberly
Col
Grernon
Victoria
Arizona
New Mexico
Bismarck
Northern Pacific
Portland
Ore
Outy
Washington
St. Louis
Thas
Necret
Army of Occupation
Ia ‘Teane
Mexico
Cavalry
Pine Street
Salvation Army
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Masher Mashed at Bellville Depot Encounter
A stylish Bellville woman travels to Cincinnati and, after shopping, is approached by a dapper lothario who volunteers to carry her grip. He escorts her toward the depot while she answers guardedly. At the depot she relents with a dime, promising to repay fifteen cents later, as amused bystanders watch.
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Bellville
Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton
Cincinnati
Fifth Street
Cincinnati Paper
Washingtons Mules and Royal Gift at Mount Vernon
Before 1783 few mules existed in the colonies and farmers distrusted them next to horses. Washington aimed to stock Mount Vernon with mules, receiving from Spain two jennets, the Royal Gift and Knight of Malta. Cross breeding with his mares produced the notable jack Compound, combining traits from both originals.
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Washington
Mount Vernon
Spain
Malta
Origin of improved mules in the United States
The text notes that stables bred superb mules, boosting national interest in mule breeding. It states that these improved animals became common, tracing their origin to Knight of Malta and Royal Gift lines. Generations remain in Virginia after over eighty years, with evident benefits visible across Southern cultivated acres.
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United States
Knight of Malta
Virginia
Ventilation Remedy From Plain Air Exchange
An 19th century discussion explains that carbonic acid gas from breathing settles on room floors and that effective ventilation requires intake of fresh air from outside and floor or near floor outlets connected to a heated flue. It argues for underslab or floor-level outlets and chimneys to lift and expel stale air, with open fires aiding upward air flow.
What Rattlesnakes Are Good For
Thompson Capper of Liverpool recently imported rattlesnakes and extracted venom for homeopathic remedies. A device captured the snake, then chloroform numbed it while the venom glands were pressed to collect drops. Twenty drops per snake was typical. the venom is straw colored, thick, acid, and soluble in glycerine or water. Toxic tests showed a linnet died within three minutes after a half drop.
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Thompson & Capper
Liverpool
Alligator Reaches Shore With Victim After Suwannee River Chase
In Benton on the Suwannee River a young man named Mixion was taken by an alligator while bathing. The creature surfaced with Mixion in its jaws, then submerged multiple times as companions urged gunfire. After a series of movements the alligator vanished with its burden, body parts unseen. The Lake City Reporter notes the animal likely headed to its lair nearby.
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Mixion
Suwannee
Benton
Lake City
Fla
The Ghost to Hamlet
Fragmentary OCR text presents a theatrical or literary fragment with misread lines about ghosts, kings, and politics. Readable portions suggest a dialogue or quotation centered on Shakespearean themes and stage references.
Mortality and oddities in Indiana frontier towns
The piece reports high child mortality in Madison, population figures for Soura Beso, a Terre Haute bicycle journey of Frank Ross, prison construction bids, a 90 year old Crawford county magistrate death, spotted fever scare at Whiteland, and tax reassessment cuts. It also notes a mule in Delphi, a restaurant fire victim in Terre Haute, an assignment by Vincennes grocer Baker, Cass county pioneer celebration, and other local events including Masonic Temple delays and a Havre vice consul appointment.
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Madison
Soura Beso
St. Joseph County
Frank Ross
Terre Haute
Ann Arbor
Mich
Jeffersonville State Prison
Joan Boning
Cuas. F. Baker
Vincennes
J. ©. Weisert
Cass County
Horace P. Biddle
Supreme Court
Delphi
Auton Lysroor
Richmond
France
United States
Bridgeland
Havre
B. FP
Havens
Shelburn
Sullivan County
Willie
John Gouldy
Sullivan
Sidney
Women’s Rights in Africa A Bolonda View of Female Supremacy
The Bolonda in Africa favor female sovereignty, with women presiding over councils, husbands moving to wives’ villages, and mothers owning children after divorce. Men need permission to contract, and wives may initiate divorce. many see African examples supporting women’s rights in the United States, while Delaware臀 contraption and high piles of practice looms in the background.
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Africa
Central Africa
Bolonda
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Clarkville
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Hillsdale
EH. Thompson
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J. M. Aleston
Richard Moore
Clinton
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State Board of Education
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Washtenaw
Archibald McDonnell
Bay
Peter White
Marquette
William Faxon
H. J. Benkes
James S. Upton
Germain H. Maxon
Hiram B. Beck
Jerome Eddy
Wildman Milla
William R. Marsh
James Dempsey
Tennessee
Judge Wright
Hon. F. Wilson
Washington Notes
Joe Sir Maox
Maine
Moore
New England City
Boson Herald
Indiana News
Appison Windiams
Crawford County
Whiteland
Franklin County
Indiana State Board of Equalization
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Colorado
Missoni
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Wabash
Mr. Ferry
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