Princesses of the Wampanoag Crown Face Loss on Lake Assawampsett
A Massachusetts tale recalls Teweeleema and Woolonekanuske, last royal Wampanoag heirs, living on Massasoit’s legacy near Lake Assawampsett. With dwindling lands and poverty, they endure discrimination while efforts in Warren memorialize their ancestor Massasoit.
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Aman
Brant
New England
Regis State
Masgasoit
Teweeleema
Woolonekanuske
Lake Assawampsett
Massachusetts
Pilgrim Fathers
Sachem
Massasoit
New Hogland
Lake Asgawamipsett
Tuspaquin
Zerviah Gould Mitchell
Abington
Massasoi
Tiweeleema
Pigless town recalls old farming days in verses
A nostalgic sketch laments the removal of the town pig Cebry and the rural past. It contrasts pig farming with urban drift, recalling pig rearing, pork, and hometown smells, then wanders into poetical questions about journeys and lost childhood in a reflective, old voice.
Noted robber Edward Noyes Hill linked to Bank of England heist
London veteran criminal Edward Noyes Hill recounts the 1860s Bank of England robbery scheme with Austin Bidwell and George Pacini. He explains forged letters, false credits, and missed endorsements that thwarted the plan, his capture, and later release on ticket of leave canceled by the Home Secretary.
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London
Eng
Gen- Uenidh
Bank of England
Austin
George Bidwell
George Macdonnell
Edwin Noyes Hill
Home Secretary
Hill
Noyes
Austin Bidwell
Penman
Berin
Dresden
Bordeaux
Versailles
Lyons
Bidwell
F. A. Warren
Buenos Ayres
South America
Warren
Old scout Parker recalls 1864 Indian raid myth near Silver City
Col Frank J Parker, veteran miner and ex US marshal, returns to Portland recounting changes along the Columbia and clarifying a false tale of an Indian raid near Silver City Idaho. He says his 30 year silence kept the truth from harming fledgling journalism and notes Cascades scenery lost to rail construction.
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Portland
Howard
Owyhee River
Silver City
Col. Parker
Idaho
A Cure for Old Age Macrophagocytosis and Metchnikoff
Dr Metchnikoff of the Pasteur Institute announces a new disease he calls macrophagocytosis, the old age illness. He argues it is curable within a century and tied to intestinal and stomach health. He urges hygiene, moderation, vegetarian diet, country living and restraint from alcohol coffee and tobacco to stay young. The piece notes the tension between scientific claims and everyday pleasures like car races and games.
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Paris
Metchnikoff
Pasteur Institute
Metelnikoff
Savant
Boston Woman Climbs Schreckhorn and Alps Leader in Mountaineering
Miss Marion P Raymond of Boston ascends Schreckhorn twice this season and plans a two month expedition with guides and porters. Her father stays behind, while other Boston climbers, including Dr Freeman and Messrs Allston and Burr, pursue Wetterhorn and Eiger routes with Grindelwald guides. A telescope tracks progress as they near cross paths, with John Farlow joining soon.
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Grindelwald
Marion P. Raymond
Boston
Engeelhorm
Mang Kauty
Raymond
Alps
Contréxeville
Schreckhorn
Mr. Raymond
Miss Raymond
Schwarzegg
John Farlow
Lynch law tale from Padua ends in dreadful revenge
Francesco Vergani, spurned lover from Monselice, returns to Italy after learning Eloise Ferrari, once promised to him, married a Boston man. He tortures her in his wagon, tearing out her tongue. A mob drags him to death behind a galloping horse. the victim is crushed and near death.
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Padua
Italy
Francesco Vergani
Vergani
Eloise Ferrari
Monselice
Here
America
Boston
Vergant
Record-Setting Banana Feat by Farmhand John Lyle
John Lyle of Parnell Missouri, a farmer and stock raiser, reportedly devoured 48 bananas in ten minutes and topped them with a gallon of ice cream and three quarts of water. He once ate half a bushel of peanuts and a recent stunt followed by a plan to eat 24 more bananas, thwarted by closed fruit stands. He weighs 180 pounds after eight to ten hours without eating and turns to beefsteak and liver when fruit is scarce.
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Parnell
John Lyle
Lyle
Dog Howls Trigger Pittston Family Tragedy
In Upper Pittston Mrs John Donks reports her brother George Walton, 47, found dead after sleeping on grass behind the Donks home. Heat likely caused him to rest on a cliff edge, rolling onto a pile of stones below. The family watchdog barked loudly before the incident.
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Pittston
John Donkd
Geor
Walta
Walla
Idrushad
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Allen Ayev
R. 1
Plymouth
Cape Cod
Narragansett
Howard Winslow
Quadequina
Watson’s Hill
Edward Winslow
Winslow
Standish
James
England
Flymouth
Massasort
Narragansetts
Boyland
Wwe
Malin Gnance
Poplar Bluff
Little Rock
Hello
Capa
Ske
Blutt
Cape
Trardeau
Massast
Stassasoits Som
Hung Philie
Walstheim
Johnny
Yale Elysian
Walden Fawest
John B. Lennon
Journeymen Tailors’ Union
United States
Edward Noyes Hill
Old Newgate Prison
Mansion House
New York
Cuba
Old Bailey
Howard Tesra
Sam
Marion Raymond
The
Big Eater
Missourian
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