Ireland’s Troubles Woes and Political Strife Rise This Winter
Dublin reports endure hunger as potato crops fail across Galway Kerry Tipperary Donegal Sligo Cork with 600000 tenants at risk and 200000 four pounders most vulnerable. Leaders clash, Par n ell is invoked, aids sought, and a wider reform including land reform looms as England weighs policy shifts.
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Healy
Killarney
Ireland
Maine
Dillon
Harrington
Redmond
Parnellites
English magistrate vents on Irish landlords at Cork races
A leading resident magistrate, visiting Cork for the races, expressed that landlords in Ireland had become a nuisance. Although born in England and educated there, after a brief Irish residence he had grown to identify with the Irish people and criticized landlords as never satisfied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
Post
Curran
Knox
Donegal
Londonderry
Dillonites
Redmonites
Healyites
Dillon
Redmond
Healy
Joe Chamberlain
Cardinal Logue
Irish National Federation
Heaven
Ireland
England
Scotland
Wales
Balfour
Cork
Washing faster with FELS-NAPTHA soap
An advertisement claims half a day’s washing can be done in 50 minutes using FELS NAPTHA soap with cold or lukewarm water. Directions on the wrapper promise convincing results. FRELS & CO., Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frels & CO
Philadelphia
Governors Day entertainment for fleet officers planned
Thousands visited warships in Boston harbor as inspection hours stretched from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. crowds crowded every wharf and floats briefly risked submersion. Governor to greet Admiral Sicard on Wednesday with luncheon and salute.
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Massachusetts
New York
Admiral Sicard
Boston
Algonquin Club
Navy Yard
Joseph Jefferson Entertains Convicts at Charlestown Prison
The famed actor performed for eight hundred inmates and guards at the Massachusetts State prison in Charlestown. He avoided preaching and aimed to entertain, delivering a temperance message through stories including Rip Van Winkle and a tale of temptation overcome in Australia. The audience, all male convicts, reacted with deep emotion and respect to the performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jefferson
Massachusetts
Charlestown
Professor Townsend
Boston University
Ward
William Trilon
J. W. F. Barnes
J. W. Perkins
Wolcott
Bridges
Jefferson
Post
Rip van Winkle
Australia
Bob Acres
Rip van
Charlestown Prison
Arrest in Haley assault death tied to Boston Quincy case
Inspector McKay arrested George Lafayette in East Milton on suspicion linked to the Boston Haley assault and death. Earlier suspect Robert Thompson was released after proving he was not in Boston Tuesday night. Funeral services for Haley were held at East Milton with a large turnout and railway delegation present.
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Quincy
James P. Haley
Boston
McKay
East
Milton
George Lafayette
Robert Thompson
Haley
South Braintree
Albany
Old Colony
City Square
Hancock Street
Braintree
Weymouth
East Milton
Quincy & Boston Street Railway
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Aunt Polly Graves Dying Keeps Secret of Lead Mine
Binghamton news reports Aunt Polly Graves of the Cornstalks on Pott's Hill near Bainbridge near death. She claims lineage from the tribe and recalls the old Paint Valley hunting grounds while her secret lead mine mouth location remains undisclosed until her passing. Her age is given as over 100 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
Polly Graves
Point Valley
Pott’s Hill
Bainbridge
Paint Valley
Aunt Polly Graves
New Orleans Struggles With Quarantine as Deaths Rise
In New Orleans on October 17 deaths reached five by evening amid ongoing quar antine protests. Violations of Board of Health rules spread as guards dwindle and inmates slip from infected houses, fueling debate over the feasibility of continued cordons and the fever’s containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Board of Health
Mary Donovan Arrested After Leg Is Found Broken
Mary Donovan a 36 year old resident of 13 Bow Street Charlestown was arrested by Division 15 police last night. She was found to have a broken right leg upon entering the station and was treated by Dr Duff before being taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Donovan
Bow Street
Charlestown
Division 15
Duff
Massachusetts General Hospital
Descriptions of Gettysburg Battle at High Water Mark Tablet
A Boston to Gettysburg touring group features a battle description at the high water mark tablet by Captain Long. The nine day trip cost includes all expenses, with itinerary by D N Bell tourist agent at 6 Washington Street Boston.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Gettysburg
Luray
Washington
Boston
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Dublin
Galway
Kerry
Tipperary
Sligo
Are
Charles Stewart Parnell
Salisbury
Massa
Chusetts
Acmred
Library of Universal
History Club
Meissonier
de Neuville
Dore
Transvaal
Crete
Alaska
Klondike
U.S
Yukon River
Sevcond
E. Benjamin Andrews
Brown University
Library of Universal History
Cleveland
M. W. Stryker
Hamilton College
Herodotus
Franklin
McKinsey
Cabinet
Victoria
Paul Krueger
Gen. Weyler
Nansen
Explorer
Jordan, Marsh & CO
Bell
New England
Wm. CG
Gelloe, Oe
Pickett
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