A Hero's Deeds The First Blow Of The Minute Men
A detailed 19th century account of Acton Captain Davis leading nearly fifty men on April 19, 1775, in the Concord fight. The narrative traces the alarm from a rider near Nashoba Brook to the bridge at Concord, Davis’s calm leadership, and the deaths of Davis Abner Hosmer and James Hayward, ending with memorials and a granite monument honoring Acton’s revolutionary heroes.
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Middlesex County
Mass
Concord
Joseph Robbins
Acton
Nashoba Brook
Captain Robbins
Old North Bridge
Massachusetts
Davis
French
John Swift
John
Davie
Pounkatasset Hill
Gage
Punkatasset
Europe
Emerson
Bancroft
Abner Hosmer
James Hayward
Lexington
Hayward
Hosner
Commonwealth
Old Bridge
Minute Man
Leonidas
Teil
Winkelried
Slavery Still Extant Among Seminoles
The Atlanta Constitution reports from the Florida Everglades that Tustenuggee, chief of a waning Seminole band, reasserts that enslaved people remain with the Indians. He claims Negroes are not free, then, after drinking, returns to the swamps with his enslaved companion. A sewing machine incident echoes resistance to white modernization.
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Tlanta
Tustenuggee
Everglades
Florida
Tustenugcee
Horned German Immigrant Attracts Crowd At Castle Garden
Leopard Daen, a 45 year old German gardener, arrived with wife and child aboard the Waesland from Antwerp. He displays two hornlike growths on his forehead, developed since age 20, puzzling him about their origin. Daen lingers amid a crowd, torn between pursuing farming in the West and becoming a dime museum attraction.
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New York Herald
Castle Garden
Leopard Daen
Antwerp
Rotunda
Daen
Caen
Urinary diseases warned against and Hop Bitters praised
An advertisement-style notice urges readers not to fear urinary diseases and claims Hop Bitters will prevent and cure even severe or worsened conditions caused by other so called cures with bold assurance.
Hairpin Guilty of First Degree Murder in Manchester
In Manchester a hairpin is described as having killed a woman by driving more than two inches into her brain. The sensational case follows a woman who slept and woke to find a corpse, with medical examination confirming the fatal injury. The blurred note also advertises a medical treatise by Dr. R. V. Pierce on self treatment.
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Manchester
England
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Spensary
N. St. Street
ST. Louis
Sagulee
Iniita
Pervons
Nota Ten
Butts
North St. St. St. Louis
Jane Mame Ey
Ots Harris Remedy CO
MIG Chemists
Market
Stn Streets
Cowly
Famine in Labrador Strains Settlers Await Aid
Montreal reports Labrador settlers face appalling winter hunger with several deaths. If sea routes fail to open in 1918, scores may starve. Winter shortages stem from violent fall storms that blocked fishermen from preparing stores. Also a health ad, and a Girls for General Housework notice at 19 Wainfleet Street.
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Montreal
Labrador
Winter Street
Vickery
Augusta Me
American Checker Player announces new volume and notes
The notice for editor C. F. Barker announces the forthcoming American Checker Player volume with 22 openings and 534 variations, plus 35 crit positions. It lists pricing at 75 cents and details mail orders to Cambridgeport Massachusetts, with updates on multiple players and games including Barker, Miles Merry, and others.
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Messrs. Wardell and
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Smiths Play In English Draughts Match At Spennymoor
In April issue of the English Draught Player two games between J Smith and T Smith of Spennymoor are presented. The moves include sequences ending with Beak and Bee and a concluding line noting W. wins. The text also contains the solution to Position No 935 by R E Bowen and a final line quoting She only moves to win.
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J. Smith
T. Smith
Spennymoor
R. E. Bowen
Checker and chess room to open at Mr Sawyer's Worcester store
Correspondence from North Brookfield Mass notes Mr Sawyer plans to fit up a room in his Main Street Worcester store to host checker and chess players. He invites lovers of the games to visit, with Worcester players promising strong showings.
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Irwin
California
P. P. Cain
New York
George Oak
Oak
Cain
Wyllie
Dan
States
Guelph
Ont
Thorold
Danbury
Conn
Schaefer
Clore
Benedict
Bigelow
Earl, Sr
Earl, Jr
Murray
Providence
R. E. Bowen
Millbury
Mass
Bowen
A. Mathews
Schenectady
N. Y
Clute
Robinson
Dr. Clute
Mathews
Allothers
North Brookfield
Checker
Sawyer
Worcester
F. B. Sawyer
Main Street
D. Dickinson
Grist Mill Enigmas and Answers From Across The Nation
A Boston notices section presents the Grist Mill with communications to W H Todd inviting contributions and solutions. It lists multiple enigma puzzles and wordplay items with clues and answers across numbers and themes, including references to New York City and Manayunk with various archaic terms and types of puzzles.
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W. HH. Todd
Harrison Avenue
Boston
Mass
Websterian word list contest demands strict old rules
A 1582 style notice lays out alphabetic vertical word lists with single-use letters and no proper names. It requires every list to be sent with a three cent stamp by June first, subscribers only, and mailed to W. H. Topp in Boston. Obituaries note several Cambridge and East Boston deaths with ages.
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W. H. Topp
Harrison Avenue
Boston
Mass
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Isaiah Barker
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Laird and Lady
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Aurora
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Globe
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Miller
Cambridge
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Meckenna
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Dreeversold
Ington
Lincoln
Garfeld
Arthur
Rideout & CO
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Aijinnie AZ
Koto
Northaford Card Works
Northford
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Jones & Co
Masse
Emerg Ence Nts
BM mM
Llupton
Parkark Place
Wee Oteest
Ava
YSU
Ixtra
Canton Printing CO
Northford Conn
L. ¥. Marsines
Keeton
Palatine
Alver
Yoursel
Charles E
Jamavuew
Acenta
Sellanta
Domestic Scale CO
Wysdt
Fox
Unzonville
N.Y
N. del. Ave
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Star Novelty Co
New Haven
Conw
Spencer
Oizhannast É
Musa
Henry W. Longfellow
F. Underwood
B. B. Russell
Cornhill
Aus
Daniel & Beatty
Washington
Nason & CO
Nassau St
Rush Wilson
Fall River
Clark
Wiscoy
London
Weeks & Potter
Gen. Dodges
Gen. Sherman
Worthington & CO
Hartford
Lancaster Lancaster Watch Lancaster Watch Co
Penna
Baptist Pir
Ey T
Stevens Bros
Star Publishing Co
Coon
F.W. Austin
Fair Haven
L. Jones & Co
Nassau
Erenet- Seversrenreemrer
Sesso
Winslow & Co
Meriden
Crown Prig.Co
Starcard Vo
Star Printing Co
Geo. 1
Rit & Co
Potter & Co
Montonese
Bouquet
Goookluck
H.pardee
Fair Havent
A. Brainard
Higganum
McWill
Henry St
Kalsa
Aveais
Perkmwal Srebreetd
Donald CO
Golarce House
Es Fishmen
NEA
Cheater Co
Evnepeay
H. G. Root
Pearl St
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Canada
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Chatham St
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