Hester Hepworth and the Salem Witch Trial Calamity
In excerpts from a 1882 historical tale, Captain Hepworth wrestles with friends and foes in Boston and Salem as his wife Madame Hepworth and daughter Hester endure prison hardship. Goody Herrick and Honest Kenny aid the prisoners while the court advances toward a dreaded examination amid fever, chains, and whispered pleas for mercy.
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Samuel
Orchard Farm
Captain Hepworth
Hepworth
Boston
Jonathan Kenny
Endicott River
John Alden
Inez
Honest Kenny
Madame
Lois
Tittle
Old Horse
Jacobs
Prison Lane
Madame Hepworth
Hester
Salem
Peessar
Samuel Jacobs
Childrn
Goody Herrick
Kenny
Young Jacobs
America
Mister Kenny
Goody
Lassie
Kenney
Cousin Samuel
Joshua
Leried
Sire
Upham
Salem Village
Andover
Bradstreet
Bridget Bishop
Miss Hester
Mester
Lass
Hill Farm
Herrick
Methis
Mr. Parris
Rebecca Nourse
Mira Hester
Cotton Mather
London
Ann Foster
Mr. Kenny
Hoine
Hester Hepworth
Revecca Nourse
Satan
George Burrough
Lepworth
Joseph Putnam
Hester Hepnworth
Wilcheragh
Almour
Acer
Ty Uying
Misa Mester
Dows
Peru
Kevov
Madame Willard
England
Icy misadventure at Clark Johnsons refrigerator
Two Manchester men were locked inside the Clark and Johnson refrigerator on Franklin Street when a worker forgot them inside during a lunch break. With 75 tons of ice and meat surrounding them, they spent about 45 minutes in near freezing conditions before prying open a bolt and forcing the door free.
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Manchester Mirror
Clark & Johnson
Franklin Street
Republican Ticket Sketch for 1884 President Hubbell and Butterworth
A rough design outlines Jay A. Hubbell of Michigan as President and Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio as Vice President. The platform pledges millions for the people and 2 percent, with stray garbled phrases suggesting public policy aims and a reference to Anthony Comte.
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Jay A. Hubbell
Michigan
Benjamin Butterworth
Ohio
Py Anthony Comte
A Grave Mistake In Bristol Thirty Years Ago
Willie Woodhead a fifteen year old boy vanished from Bristol Bucks county and reappeared at his family dinner in Philadelphia in a dramatic tale of mistaken identity and a coroner’s inquest. The father traced the youth through Newark Atlantic City Cincinnati and Baltimore before the body was exhumed and identified as not his son. The article also notes a British tribute to Egyptian valor at Alexandria.
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Willie Woodhead
Philadelphia Times
Baltimore
North Central Avenue
Bia
Bristol
Bucks County
Willa
Wille
Garfield
General Hancock
Willie
William
Dakota
Minnesota
Philadelphia
North Front Street
New York
Blubbverer
Mr. Woodhead
Eilis
Johnstown
Penn
Cincinnati
Woodhead
Gilroy
Newark
Del
Atlantic City
Moon life claim shocks science from a Delaware observer
Delaware astronomer J G Jackson reports a misty vapor over the mare crisium on the moon, suggesting atmospheric activity and possible volcanic craters. He ties the phenomenon to monthly lunar night cycles and predicts further discoveries with major telescopes, noting his long career and a prior congressional bid.
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Delaware
Philadelphia Record
J. G. Jackson
Hockessin
Del
Mare Crisium
Jackson
Thero
Agarim
Mr. Jackson
Congress
Martin
No Whiskey Brown's Iron Bitters Promotes Temperance
An 1831 testimonial from Rev G W Rice praises Brown's Iron Bitters Cin Ohio as a non intoxicating stimulant that can replace liquor and curb whiskey desires. The letter claims the tonic treats dyspepsia indigestion biliousness and weakness and confers speedy relief for overwork rheumatism neuralgia and liver kidney complaints.
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Brown
Brown’s
Clash of four ironclads silences desert forts at Inez
Historic naval action near Inez sees four ironclads deliver a crushing fire upon desert batteries. After more than an hour of shell and shot, the opposing guns fall silent and Sir Beauchamp Seymour notes relief at the decisive turn. Arab sources attribute the standoff to the batteries being manned by Mohammedans.
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London News
Alexandria
Cairo
Beauchamp Seymour
Inez
Very Old Red Hair in Ancient Red Oak Marker
A red oak near Bethel cut from Sam Evans’s farm was found to contain a lock of red hair placed inside a bored hole. The tree shows 216 growth rings excluding sap, suggesting about 240 years since the hair was inserted.
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Owingsville
Sam Evans
Bethel
J. B. Tipton
Daniel Evans
The Broom Brigade Girl and a Muse Parade
An eclectic list praises remarkable women from history and literature. The poem-like plea gathers figures such as Semiramis Elliott and De Staël alongside artists Hjalsrinkham Patti Nilsson Oliphant and Zelda Sequin, to envision a composite “broom brigade girl.”
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New London Day
Socuiss
Broom Brigade
Semiramis
Babylon
Elliot
de Staul
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Old Salem Village
Mrs
Kate Tannatt Woods
Goudy Corey
Daisy
Birm
Wen
Darling
Sena
Madane Hepworth
Bloody Brook
Dotsy
Gooly
Ioan
Cary
Keony
Sarah Houston
Nill Farm
Goudy
Semel
Ruth
Newbury
Manchester
G. W. Rice
The
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