England in Egypt select veteran officers for Egyptian service
A London thought-piece surveys the lineup of British officers slated for Egypt led by Sir Garnet Wolseley, with Evelyn Wood and others, highlighting their long service records from India Crimea Ashantee to Zulu campaigns and noting Wolseley as the youngest general officer and a beacon to the nation.
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Egypt
Garnet Wolseley
England
Atlantic
Europe
Frederick Roberts
Wolseley
Evelyn Wood
London Times
Sir Garnet Wolseley
Dublin
Twenty-fifth Regiment
Baying
William II
Eightieth
Burmah
Woilsdey
India
Lord Clyde
Licknow
Khoorsleyd Muntel
Hope Grant
Wolseley Ann
China
Penn
Wiseley
Canada
Boston
Cuparder
Riel
Fort Garry
Monoba
Ashantes
Ganet
King of Assantee
Garnet Wolsele
Lord Chelmeford
South Africa
Ksaushwana
Jatal
Chelusfer
Campain
Ulundi
Bath
St. Michael and St. George
Imself
Evelyn Wood, V
K. Co. B
Brew
Sebastopol
Redan
Adianinatioy
Despathes
Seronge
Ashantee
Woda
Ninetieth
Invuseion
Kambula Hill
Cape
Thahe
Laing
Majerbo
John Milter Adve
Old Fort
Alma
Balaklava
Inkermann
Soth Africa
Archibald Alison
Crimea
Bebastopol
Undr
Clyde
Lucknow
Oeley
Amoaful
Cardsan
Cumiassie
Curry Lowe
Tabernaya
Hugh Rose
Seventeenth Lancers
G. H
Willis
Inkermanna
Gladstones Egypt policy sparks debate in Commons
In a speech on Egyptian affairs after the Alexandria bombardment, Mr. Gladstone denies war with Egypt and defends government actions. Critics at Westminster and in Liverpool question motives, labeling the bombardment punitive and defensive, while noting discord with his Midlothian stance and public reaction.
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House of Commons
Alexandria
Gladstone
Egypt
Dones
Nuva- Ting
Tremarkabie
Greece
Navarino
France
England
Russia
Turkey
Liverpool Courier
Westminster
Mr. Gladstone
Snowe
Wilfrid Lawson
Gourley
Joseph Cowen
Saya Mr. Gladstone
Miscounted marriage dispute with Austin woman and servant
Mrs McCabb of Austin rebukes her colored cook Matilda Snowball accusing her of having a male visitor in the kitchen. The cook denies claims and asserts the visitor is Mrs McCabb’s husband, exposing a marital dispute in household rumors.
Yakoot in New York Describes Yakoot Life and Lore
A Yakoot man named Brakhim, visiting New York, discusses Yakoot origins, family life, language, and customs. He explains semi nomadic existence along the Lena with tents and ice windows, monogamy, dairy-based diet, and their views on religion, education, and modernization.
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New York
United States
Lena
de Long
Mr. Brakhim
Brakhim
Hoe
Rivera
San Francisco
Siberia
Pacific
Ural Mountains
Kakhtag
Tcheraishevsky
Russia
Rakhtag
Voltor
Immortality of the soul becomes political issue in Tennessee
Letter from gubernatorial candidate H. F. Fercuson, published by The Memphis Herald, disputes charges of denying God and immortality. He argues the Bible teaches no immortal soul, cites resurrection as key, condemns Plato, notes religion should not affect Tennessee politics, and criticizes enemies and the Dyersburg Gazette editor.
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Tennessee
The
Memphis
Thomas Neal
Paul
Christ
Judea
Tate
Plato
State of
Lregrotvbert
Jefferson
Dyersburg
East Douglas genius crafts alphabet violins and odd instruments
Worcester Gazette notes Dr Harris in Lincoln House displays unconventional violins carved from wood blocks. The maker creates full sets for each letter of the musical scale and adds two key controls, plus walking sticks from alder. A clarinet is shown. the craftsman favors birch and maple and travels for woods.
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Worcester
Harris
Lincoln House
East Douglas
Farmer’s Joy: Newborn Daughter Sparks Prosperity Tale
In rural Newbury port a respected farmer, long discontent, learns he is now a father. He quips that “another mouth to feed” worsens his luck, but since the girl’s arrival his holdings have expanded to a wife, daughter, nineteen pigs, a dog and three pups, cat and three kittens, cow and calf, transforming his outlook.
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Newburyport
Rocco
New Beaford steam whaleboat built for Arctic service
A Beaford boat builder completes a twenty nine by seven by three foot steam whaleboat with white oak frame cedar planking and twelve feet of double boarding. It features a center engine and boiler, side water tight compartments and a screw propeller entering at the hull center. A second vessel is planned for San Francisco and Bristol R.L Herre shoffs will install the steam gear.
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Beaford
Arctic Ocean
San Francisco
Herreshoffs
Bristol R.L
Faro Gambling as a Menace in New York and Boston
The article profiles faro as a widespread gambling evil in major cities, detailing the game mechanics, dealer roles, and bank advantage. It describes ornate to seedy venues across New York, Boston, and mining camps, noting profits, capital scales, and the law's weak enforcement. It contrasts European decline with American persistence and cites specific states and cities where bans exist or flounder.
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London
Paris
Boston
New York
Buck the Tiger
Far West
Dupes
Speedtnifta
Faro
Aon
Chambers
Fulton
Wall Street
Bowe
Europe
Tos Hezard
France
Padadelphia
Missouri
Mosquito Siege Aboard the Swedenborg Off Cape May
Captain J W Anderson of the British bark Emanuel Swedenborg recounts a 3 PM attack by a vast cloud of mosquitoes off Cape May on a Spain-bound iron cargo voyage. Crew fought swarms on deck and aloft for hours, sleeping ashore in the rigging, until a light breeze broke the siege near Delaware.
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Jersey
J. W. Anderson
Emmanuel Swedenborg
Swedenborg
Philadelphia
Spain
Cape May
Delaware
Consignees
Luenxily
Curious Old Nuisance Cases in Court Records
A lawyer extols the entertainment value of historic court files revealing quirky episodes. Examples include obstructing travel by alluring shop windows and State v Linkham where overlong hymn singing disturbed a religious service, yet eccentric vocalization spared conviction.
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Washington Street
North Carolina
Va. Linkham
Linkham
Lumber Drives Prosper In Northern Maine River Awakening
Heavy rains feed Penobscot waters boosting multiple log drives. The West Branch drive heads toward the upper lakes and the East Branch logs have reached Penobscot boom. Mattawamkeag drives totaling about 27 million feet arrived, with a third drive soon to depart Ox Bow. The Gulf drive of 11 million feet under CFP Palmer and master driver Michael Burke arrived in record time. Drummond's 4 million logs arrived from Pleasant River. about 1.5 million remain at Ebemepund.
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Bangor
Maine
Penobscot
Upper Lakes
Penobscot Boom
Nooion
CFP
Palmer
Michael Burke
Brownville
Katahdin
Captain Arrow’s Key West Chicken Scheme Story
Bangor Whig recounts Captain Arrow of Lalesboro telling a tale from his trading days at Key West. He bought twenty dozen chickens along the coast paying four dollars per dozen and played a guessing game with a hotel landlord to pick out the smallest fowls. The hotelier urged more picks until the captain bought the entire lot at a loss of about twenty dollars, then switched to a new sale method.
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Faro
Bangor Whig
Arrow
Lalesboro
Key West
Tampa Bay
Dog with the Toothache in Augusta Me
A Augusta Maine dog suffers neuralgia of the law and a surgeon artist owner extracts a row of decayed teeth after discovering the cause. The dog held its mouth open and remained quiet during the extraction, a tale deemed true despite disbelief.
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Augusta
Heat of Sun Mirrors Could Melt Metal, Carver Claims
A Washington Post report profiles William Calver of Washington DC who patents a system of dozens of small flat mirrors to focus sunlight onto a single point. He demonstrates rapid heating melting zinc and cooking food, asserting over 4000 degrees heat and potential to power mines, engines, and large scale industrial tasks.
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Calver
Tve
Mr. Carver
Carver
Culver
United States
Strangers Now and Electric Rails Highlight Hartford Tales
A Middletown young lady recalls a sleigh ride with two Hartford men where hands in her muff sparked blushes and then a chilly withdrawal. Ireland and Britain discuss early electric rail ideas with proposals near Portrush, Bushmills, and London lines, noting Lombardy similarities and Parliament delays.
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Hartford Times
Middletown
Hartford
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Yakovtsk
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Friena
Yakootek
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Aytojon
Faro Banks
Washington Post
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Haan Progress
William Calver
Laa Durin
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Clendon
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Portrush
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