Cradle of Liberty Building in Boston History
The Fanueil family aided liberty history in Boston. A 1738 funeral saw three thousand mourning gloves. In 1742 Peter Farrell built a city hall and market here, called the cradle of liberty after gatherings by Lore of Liberty. Burned in 1761, rebuilt, expanded in 1805, altered in 1899, market space now fills a whole square.
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A. W. Macy
Fanueil
Boston
France
Peter Farnell
Mey
Kimballton Construction Co. promotes wells and culverts
An item from Newe Telegraph ads highlights Kimballton Construction Co offering services for wells curbing culvert pipes and sand gravel and cement. The brief fragment mentions results and the company’s reach in local construction supply.
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Kimballton Construction CO
Newe-Telegraph
The
City and Rock Island Railway Time Tables Shown
A fragmentary timetable lists eastbound and local trains with departure times from Blyer and Des Moines branches. Entries include Flyer and Local services with times such as 9:07 am and 8:42 am, and a Sunday schedule noting a 11:30 am train departure and 1:55 pm arrival.
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Blyer
Boca
Neon
Beave
Miscaeeveeseyereee Libs PD
Northbound and Southbound Time Table Extract
Rail timetable fragment lists northbound departures from West Atlantic to Kimballton and Elk Horn with times, and southbound returns from Kimballton and West Atlantic with morning and evening slots. Contains misread letters and inconsistent spacing but shows travel windows, station names, and rough times.
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Weat Atlantic
Elk Horn
Kimballtonm
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East Atlantic
West Atlantic
Princess Rival Slain by Moorish Slave in Desert Tragedy
Paris reports a strange Tangier romance where Princess Sherfia, wife of Gaoud, presides over the murder of her rival Toma. A French service sergeant's wife lured to the harem, Toma was stabbed and discarded, as Sherfia claims she acted to preserve her dignity and power, with a grisly crimson result in the desert.
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Paris
Tangier
Abesher
Sherfig
Aoyl
Caid Gaoud
Toma
Tirailleurs
Sherfia
Sherila
Gaound
Abdellah
Aged Woman Torn by Dogs at Prince Ruffo Villa
In Rome, near Prince Ruffo's villa on the Flaminian way, a starving beggar woman collapsed at the gate. Guards and retainers, alerted by screams, found her mauled by two mastiffs released earlier that night, the scene marked by horror and tragedy.
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Rome
Prince Ruffo
Warlier
Boy tempted by devil on hot gridiron on Brooklyn Bridge
A nine year old boy, Charles Moffit of 86 Catherine Street, Albany, succumbs to temptation after his mother warns him against leaving the neighborhood. He takes papers to a newsdealer, then travels toward the Brooklyn Bridge to see trains to Coney Island. A train passes as he clutches a 69 cent bundle that falls to the tracks and he snaps at the chance to recover them.
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New York
Charles Moffit
Catherine Street
Charles
Chambers Street
Brooklyn Bridge
Coney Island
Manhattan
Boy Survives Near-Death on Third Rail
An 11 year old boy named Charles touched a third rail on a Brooklyn track and was hurled into the air. He fell between rails, recovered, and walked to a police room with only minor shock. He delivered papers, refused further danger, and returned home. His mother learned the tale through family.
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Charles
Schnitzler
Bridge
Manhattan Tower
Dr. Orr
Hudson Street Hospital
Orr
Catherine
South Streets
Mary
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the Cradle OF Liberty
Wopyright
Joseph B. Bowles
el and Cement
Rock Island
Sunda
Zsau
Audubon
AN & S
HON Peewee
Kimballton
Bik Horn
Eave
Kimbaliton
Bike Horm
M. Hast Atlantic
B. UN
Willsca
Devil
Sess
Copenhagen
Frederick VIII
Hamburg
Uyawerevan Irees Association
Frederick VII
Denmart
Germany
Christian
Louise
Wankon
Norway
Alexandrina
Dagmar
Thyra
Ingeborg
Guard of Honor
Royal Foot Guards
the News
Telegraph
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