Old Ironsides Retired After Historic Service at Navy Yard
The celebrated frigate Constitution has been decommissioned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Her ensign lowered before officers, she joins the Rotten Row relics with the Susquehanna and Ticonderoga. This feature recounts her 1812 battles, famed resistance against the Guerriere and Java, and the enduring legacy that shaped American naval pride.
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New York Sun
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Susquéhanna
Ticonderoga
United States Navy
United States
Constellation
Hart's
Boston
Constitution Wharf
Ironsides
James Nichol Sonu
Guy Elevon
Constitution
Bay of Fundy
Hull
Lot Snd
Marbiehead
Stewart
Gin
Falconn
Levant
Annapolis
Newport
Jackson
Hercules
Mediterranean
Charlestown Navy Yard
Eliott
Elliott
Freeman
Panellil Hall
Desperate Plan To Capture Lincoln Revealed In War Tale
Historian professor recounts a Morgan led scheme to disguise Union soldiers and raid Washington to seize President Lincoln and possibly hold him for ransom or exchange. The narrative blends Civil War battlefield lore with Morgan’s bold revenge and a mystery about mine ghostly disturbances reported by miners.
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Louis Republican
John A. Morgan
White House
Lincoln
A.J. Ferguson
Morgan
Louisville Legion
Fifth Kentucky Regiment
Biue
John H. Morgan
Cain
Brandon
Louisville & Nashville
Cynthiana
Kentucky
Capitol
Moran
John Morgan
Napoleon
Wellington
Loo
Washington
West Virginia
West Virgina
Indiana
Bedbugs and their antidotal lore in the Dallue Herald
A writer claims bedbugs yield quinine-like antidotes to malaria and rheumatism. He describes extracting quinine from mosquitoes and using calomel and corrosive sublimate as remedies, arguing biting insects convey medicinal juices that counteract rheumatism, and asserts household use of these compounds.
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Meticus
Dallue Herald
Mad Conductor Fails to Find Missing Brakeman Gregg
The la Crosse division conductor loses a brakeman named Gregg after the eastbound freight passes New Lisbon. The crew searches two hours then backs the train to port. Gregg appears with a girl, is chased by the conductor who borrows a shotgun and follows toward the Lemonweir river, subsisting on love and a basket. The conductor is furious at Portage and raises his voice.
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Great Britain
Boston
Jiull
New York
de Ling
Hull
Ola Tronsides
William Bainbridge
Brazil
Bainbridge
Veek
la Crosse
New Lisbon
Gregs
Gregg
Lemonweir
Portage
Woolai
Lé Coohi
Yaas
Atlanta Constitution
Papa
Ghosts Reported Haunting Zeile Mine Night Shift
Amador Dispatch notes that miners in Jackson report nightly visits by ghosts or spirits at the Zeile mine. Several workers on the night shift vouched for the phenomena, referencing a past incident involving a miner by the Dams of Betallick from months earlier.
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Amador
Jackson
Zeile
Betallick
In Hard Luck in France on a Tourist Drive
A Detroit Free Press reader recounts a chaotic French carriage ride from Boulogne. Language gaps with the driver lead to misdirections through country lanes to a chateau and an awkward encounter with two French ladies, ending with a return to Boulogne and a joke about French hangings.
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Detroit Free Press
France
Boulogne
Yaas
Sata
A Lark on a Guatemalan Wedding Adventure
An American traveler recounts attending a Guatemalan wedding with Juan Gonzales. He endures funerallike ceremonies, a chaotic breakfast, and wedding revelry spanning two days, including babies, cigars, a dramatic rescue, and a surprise family moment revealing the bride’s father is the host. The tale blends cultural missteps, humor, and vivid local color.
Bric a Brac Plumber's Riches and Holiday Whimsy
A humorous collage of comic verses and quips from period papers. A Plumber’s bill sparks royal mortgage humor while satirical jabs at bigamy, Christmas cheer, flirtation, and holiday gift intrigues fill the page with light verse and cartoonish scenes.
Coat on the Arm Man and a Grand Swiss Organ
An essay contrasts the coat on the arm fashion in cold weather with a dismissive view of it. It mentions a Swiss organ built by Abbe Volger near Weingarten with 66666 pipes and over 100 ranks of mixtures, noted for a delicate, snowflake like tone and ornate case though limited as a real organ.
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Jerry
Zitthe Rock Ark
Gazette
Saul
Fefe Politica
Ewe’s Ear Horn Draws Curious Attention on Indiana Farm
A four year old ewe on a Lafayette area farm developed a remarkable horn from a lump in its ear. The horn grew to about six inches, forcing the farmer to cut the ear to prevent eye injury. The bizarre ear remains on display, drawing visitors and curiosity.
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Lafayette
Ind
Austin Firemen Surplus Photo Joke Provokes Laughs
In Austin Texas a San Antonio visitor remarked on a photograph of the capitol ruins noting no firemen appeared. The artist replied that the firemen had not arrived yet, turning the moment into light local humor about the fire department’s efforts.
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Austin
San Antonio
Capitol
Warning to Cigar Smokers at London Station
A London railway station incident reports a toy balloon tethered to a boy’s band touched by a lit cigar. The balloon exploded, causing a man to lose his beard moustache eyebrows and burn facial skin. The event highlights dangers of smoking near floating items.
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London
Blind man’s nose judges Russian notes value
The New York Sun quotes Mr Sala suggesting a blind man could gauge Russian currency by scent with a good nose. He notes a 100-rouble note would allegedly carry the scent of a fashionable perfume as one moves downward.
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New York Sun
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London Times
England
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Java
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Hoston
Charles Stewart
Pictou
Levious
Wendell Holmes
President Lincoln
Wilson
Hima
Jabez Dierdun
Dierdun
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English
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GAY
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Tropics
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Waving
Gonzales
la Senorita Trinidad
Miss Trinity
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Mothe
Ismail
Manuel
Vienna
Neue Froie Presse Cives
V. Mikulicz
Ré.t
du Rioaly Palace
Ané
San Francisco Post
Nevada
Georges Seeley
Carson City
George
Chrishmas
Brooklyn Eagle
Chicago
Michael Strogoff
L Oss
Steppes
Chicago Times
Dirkenspeidel
New York Herald
Connecticut
Philadelphia Press
Bear Papa
Ludwig Holty
Denver Tribune
Israel
Europe
Ditatory
Texas
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