The Nile Floods and Delta Forts in Egypt Campaigns
Advices from Egypt describe the Nile inundation beginning in the Delta as floodwaters rise along major canals like Behera and Mahmoudieh. The text details headworks at the Delta’s barrage, canal depths, and potential for controlled flooding to protect or devastate lands, with emphasis on strategic water management and the role of forts and barrages in the campaign context.
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Egypt
Sir Garnet Wolseley
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Ismailiya Canal
Mediterranean
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Menutiyeh
Waiting Warriors The Camps of Egyptian British Armies
Pall Mall Gazette describes daily life before battle in Egyptian camps with mixed European and Oriental dress, including tarboosh fezs and bub ling water pipes. It contrasts orderly British routine with the colorful, crowded Egyptian group tents and a lively storytelling scene among Sendao youths.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Sendao
Soldierly Egypt: French traveler hails mixed army discipline
A French traveler recently observed the Egyptian army and its diverse ranks including Copts, Berbers, Nubians, Western Christians, Turks, Abyssinians, and Sudanese. He notes they are admirably trained, drilled, and disciplined under American and other foreign officers, making the Egyptian soldier appear finer than any other.
Water famine threat along Suez Canal dangers noted
Port Said Ismailiya and Suez face potential water disruptions as Arab control withers along the canal, risking displacement for residents if the fresh water supply via M. de Lesseps’s ancient routes dries up. The article details the 100 mile sweet water canal from Zagazig to Port Said and the reliance on gravity-fed pipes to Ismailiya and Port Said.
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Ismailiya
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Zagazig
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Wadi Towler
Sava Bir
Yatur
Mediterranean
Menphis
Egpyt
M. de Lenseps
Zagazie
Araui
Egypt
Timsah
M. de Lesceps
Hindu in Arms Significance of Indian Contingent in Egypt
The arrival of Indian troops to the front marks a pivotal moment in the Egyptian crisis. The push for foreign service began under Lord Beaconsfield, with Hindu regiments eager to join Egypt operation, while Nepal Gurkhas are highlighted for their historic hostility to Muslims. The piece notes internal Hindu Muslim tensions in British India and warns of Arab agents’ efforts to stir sectarian sentiment, which ultimately failed.
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Malta
India
Egypt
British India
Nepal
All India
Boglisa
Madrid
Russia
Germany
Suez Canal
Spain
Greeks Seek English Link as Turkish Crisis Grows
Athens notes alarming Constantinople rumors of Syrian vilayet despatches and possible Christian attacks, while Britain aims to push Egypt operations. Greeks favor closer Anglo Greek cooperation, hoping to influence the Egyptian settlement and potentially expand borders if Turkey weakens.
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Athens
Constantinople
Porte
Turkey
England
Greece
Civilized Cruelty to a Prisoner in Cairo Crisis
Reports from Alexandria describe a spy tortured with thumb screws and ordered shot after capture. Updates cover Tel el-Ketur fortifications, Ismailiya losses, Wolseley’s 11,000-man force, and ongoing signaling attempts by Arabi Pasha amid drought in Spain and England’s long war record.
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Alexandria
Arabi Pasha
Tel el-Ketur
Ismailiya
Wolseley
Perishing Palace Canonchet Villa Built by Kate Sprague
A New York Sun piece recounts Canonchet the Rhode Island villa of Kate Chase Sprague, later bought by William Sprague, cost soared toward a million despite modest aims. It details towers, frescoes, Moorish rooms, a grand staircase, costly mantels, and lavish furniture, with plans for a political salon and eventual sale to Francis D. Moulton.
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Canonchet
New York Sun
Canonohet
Kate Chase- Spracue
Newport
Atwood Robinson
Rhode Island
Jeremiah P. Robinson
Brooklyn
William Sprague
Mr. Sprague
Narragansett
Salmon P. Chase
Kate
Kate Chase
Sprague
Nee
Boston
White House
Chase
United States
Amasa
Francis D. Moulton
Checkers and chess notes from Cambridgeport headquarters
Charles F Barker reports from Boston on August 29 1882. Communications directed to Barker at Cambridgeport and chess and checker players HQ at Pemberton Square. Position No 962 Black white White to move and win. Position No 963. Bristol game 1486 by L M Stearns.
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Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Maia
Chess and Checker Players
Pemberton Square
O. H. Richmond
Black
Solution of Position No 959 and 960 endgame note
Extract mentions two chess endgame positions and a game between J Ricolson and John Barker of Imogene. It records scores 26.2 23.15. 9 24047 with 17 to 16.19 and 16 21.17 percent. No further context or dates provided.
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Ayrshire
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Reid
J. P.glasgow Herald
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Imogene
Isaiah Barker
Liverpool
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Oston
Mass
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Beatty
Washington
N.J
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Augusta
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Liverpool Draught Match Set To Start In September
Liverpool begins on Tuesday September 19 with a £50 stake. Contestants include William Beattie, winner of the Liverpool tournament first prize, and James Smith of Spennywood noted for his craft with draughts. £6 a side is staked to settle the final number of games. A Liverpool correspondent notes an American draught player, J Hill of Providence Rhode Island, recently visited and posted scores with local players, including Beattie and Hill.
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James Smith
Spennywood
Martins
Hull
England
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R. I
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Hiscolin
R. D. Petterson
T. Walter
Eccentric Debauch at a Beach Pond Funeral
A New York Sun report describes Elder William Slocum in a forest cabin near Beach Pond on the Connecticut Rhode Island border, where his August funeral rite became a drunken riot led by the officiant and attended by about 200 men. The scene included whiskey, fires, fights, and improvised revelry, with attendees throwing hay and cheering as chaos reigned. Beach Pond Race Day in Voluntown marks a century old Connecticut Rhode Island backwoods celebration featuring drunkenness, horse trading, and makeshift spectacles.
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New York
Sno
William Slocum
Slocum
Rhode Island
India
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Siocum
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Deadwood
Sunday sojourn to Coney Island by boat only
The passage describes a wise man who visits Coney Island on a Sunday without going ashore. He travels by boat, stays on deck at the wharf, enjoying sea breeze while others toil in sun, dust, and clam chowder. He returns refreshed, often securing space on the boat away from crowds.
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New York Graphic
Coney Island
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for Consumption Relief
On first symptoms of debility loss of appetite pallor chilly sensations followed by night sweats and cough prompt relief should be sought. Consumption is a scrofulous lung disease and the product is advertised as a superior nutritive and blood purifier for weak lungs spitting blood and related affections. Sold by druggists. Treatise available for two stamps from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo NY.
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Dr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
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