Hard Times in a Prosperous Era Prompt Tyler's Insight
Baxter Springs editor urges perspective on economic lull. He notes 200,000 in New York jobless and widespread unease, yet highlights hopeful crops, steady industrial sectors, and rising national wealth during downturns. Cites Youths' Companion on lack of serious wounds and a rebound after fear. Discusses Ruskin and Wordsworth on sentence length, London Underground finances, and a St. Louis preacher's view on youth hand-holding.
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New York City
Denis O Halloran Intervenes In Gaol Plot On Moor
Denis O Halloran rides toward a moonlit hill with a gallows scene and a digger. He learns Col Francis Yorke and a woman plot against Yorke’s stepmother as vengeance for family wrongs. O Halloran declares the stepmother should resume digging.
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Yorke
Col
Francis Yorke
Wild Goose Captured Near Barre's Island Cove
South Harpswell correspondent reports Edward H. Moody seized a large wild goose resting at the water’s edge in Barre's Island Cove. The bird beat Moody with furious wings but he held on, bringing the live prize home as proof of a remarkable capture for friends.
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Maine
South Harpswell
Edward H. Moody
Barre
Island Cove
Mr. Moody
Kennebec Jourpal
Oldest Princeton Graduate
Dr James Curtis Hepburn of Orange New Jersey may attend Princeton commencement this June his seventy sixth anniversary of graduation from the college He graduated in 1832 earned medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1836 and has just passed his ninety third birthday Among 1287 Princeton alumni from 1832 to 1862 only 151 of the oldest classes remain represented by living graduates The classes of 1833 1836 1837 and 1838 have no survivors Of these 161 graduates eight are listed as business men
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Princeton
James Curtis Hepburn
Orange
N. J
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University
Weather Lore Prompts Storm Warning Tales
A playful exchange notes ring around the moon signals a coming storm. Another jests that a ring around a girl's finger means the same, reflecting lighthearted superstition about weather signs and romance.
Like Mamma. Mother You Must Not Try to Monopolize
Yonkers Statesman notes a dialogue between a mother and daughter about conversation control and marriage plans. The excerpt presents social pressures on Ethel to wait until marriage, reflecting era norms in Yonkers.
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Mamma
Ethel
Yonkers
Accomplices in Fare Card Ruse On New York Car
A group of women boarded a New York streetcar and paid a single fare with a half dollar. The conductor indicated the four who rode together and then pointed to the two on the opposite side, asking if those ladies were implicated. The scene captures a curious exchange over who counted as riders and who was responsible for the fares in what appears to be a social mischief.
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London
Marching Record Claimed by English Battery unit
A report states an English battery of mountain quays to Egypt allegedly set a record by marching 33 miles in ten hours and a quarter with a single rest of one and a half hours.
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Egypt
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