Gambetta's Rise and Bid for France's Future Power
London Times surveys M Gambetta as a modern democratic force shaping France and Europe. It traces his ascent from obscurity to leading Republican politics, notes overwhelming public interest in him, and discusses how constitutional reform could curb his dominance while allowing a potential six year term to realize his influence.
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M. Gambetta
M Gambetta
Liberto
France
Versailles
Chamber of Deputies
M. Thiers
Pecunse Laose
Toses
Prince Lismarck
M. Gandelta
Bismarck
Garbetta
Thes
Iaraelitus
M. 40
Ledsepe
Marquis de Barthelemy
Legitimists
Orienachs
Republieans
Chauece
Vbs
Taliot
Han M. de Laveeps
Gouu
Hailot
Lim
Bik
Belleville
Nasional Defence
Tim Digtator
Gambetta
Weber
Alured
Congress
United States
Partibus
Prison Horrors Ex-convict Reveals Michigan Penitentiary Brutality
A former inmate recounts brutal flogging and abuse at Jackson Michigan Penitentiary. He describes heated irons, severe beatings, denial of medical care, and squalid conditions under wardens and subordinate officers. He says many floggings occurred for minor faults and medical neglect was routine.
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Michigan Penitentiary
Charles Reade
Qail
Proctor
Flo
A Spanish Heroine Rescues Family From Robbery
In La Carolina Spain thirteen year old Caramita daughter of a farmer, aided by her mother, foiled a band of robbers seeking a $1500 cattle sale loot. The girl used her father’s buckshot gun to shoot a robber crawling through a door hole, saving her mother and money. Police captured five men including the dead robber. the girl’s act made her neighborhood hero.
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St. Louis
la Carolina
Spain
Fueras
Caramita
Caranna
Sue
Hhis
Avun
Caralnta
Nades
Lerse F
Carolina
Unparalleled crime in Nuremberg assizes man tortured daughter
George Ulnert a 32 year old day laborer was tried for indecent assault and a brutal murder of his seven year old daughter. He attacked her in August and September, wounded her with a knife, and left her to die in the wood. The child died the next night after enduring extreme torment. The trial noted his indifference, alcohol use, and his wife’s lack of testimony. He was sentenced to death after ten years of imprisonment.
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Nuremburg
Germany
George Ulnert
Tim To & Wood
Ile Tatver
Ulherr
Treat
Itefawer
The Perkinses at Home Wedding Reception for Melvina Reuben
Abigail Perkins writes from Boston to Melvina Swabbe revealing family tensions after her wedding to Reuben. She rails at Melvina for travel and expense, recounts Christmas with hospital-bound father and whiskey episodes, mocks gifts, notes cash on hand and bar income, and hints at a forthcoming wedd ing reception in a front room to be held next Wednesday.
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Melvina
Reuben
Parson Dodge
Sea of Galilee
More
Mrs. More
Pilate
Abigail Perkins
Boston
P.S
Octoroon Woods Trials and Acquittal Fight with Henry Clay
A Chicago reporter recalls Louis Octavius Woods, a Kentuckian described as an octoroon, who killed a white man in Winchester, Kentucky in 1843 in self defense. Henry Clay defended him, and the jury acquitted Woods amid slave-state hostility. Woods later lived quietly in Chicago, keeping a low profile after the famous case.
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Chicaro Journil
Thorn
Louis Octavius Woods
Birch
Dinch
Henry Clay
South
Clark Street
Woods
William Kurmerson
Winchester
Clark County
Charles Tanks
Enry Clay
Clay
Nane
Lawless County Terror in Darke Ohio
The Cincinnati Commercial reports Darke County near Greenville is plagued by organized lawlessness. In Palestine villagers faced a masked gang that shot Guyer dead, while residents fear cooperation with authorities. Subsequent threats and kidnappings drive fear as lawyers for Guyer seek evidence amid anonymous warnings. Locals contemplate decisive action against the outlaws.
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Cincinnati Commercial
Darke
Greenville
Palestine
Vilage
Guyer
Stalestite
Pateway
Peaiesline
Vitireos
Wwn
Hin
Mayenvy
Barney
Germany's Christmas in the German Homeland Traditions
A nostalgic portrait of German Christmas customs in family life, from Advent preparations to Kris Kringle visits, tree lighting, and quiet festive rejoicing. It emphasizes home-centered celebrations, moral reminders, and the enduring significance of Christmas in German households across the holiday season.
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Ons Place
Kris Kringle
Germany
Teuon
Strange Reunion of Brothers Separated by Slavery
At the Palmer- Singleton wedding in Shady Side Presbyterian Church two brothers long separated by slavery were unexpectedly reunited. Each had endured decades apart after being sold in Kentucky and split to Texas and Virginia, later finding freedom in the North. Their joyful recognition amid guests from the South and West formed a dramatic, touching moment.
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Patesburg Telegraph
Shady Side Presbyterian Church
Theky
Kentucky
Uius
Alwort
Luheir Ives
Joi
Ue Ower
Steve
Rights to Unknown Valuables in Waste Paper
A Belbi Ohio paper mill girl found two fifty dollar bills among waste and sued for recovery after the proprietor kept them. The State Supreme Court affirmed lower court rulings, holding that buying waste paper does not transfer rights to hidden valuables found inside it.
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Belbi
Ohio
State Supreme Court
An Argument for Whiskey in Minnesota News
A Minnesota paper notes within a year eight Indians in the vicinity have died from liquor use. It mentions reformers who advocate suppressing whiskey sales to Indians.
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Minnesota
Thousands of Armed Robbers on the Macedonian Fronts
A Pall Mall Gazette report describes 8000 brigand insurgents led by Axelus and Lodosi near Greveta Anasselitza and Astoria in Macedonia. They wield long-range Gras rifles, levy large ransoms, and threaten both Turks and Christians, causing panic and mass relocations to Constantinople via Salonica.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Semf
Axelus
Lodosi
Thessaly
Greece
1Elon
Volo
Macrinitza
Constantinople
Statista
Clasoura
Salouica
Statisia
Sissabla
Head Downward for Ten Hours
A young man named Adams riding along the railroad between here and Columbia fell into a deep culvert after a fast gallop failed to stop at a missing barrier. The horse pitched forward, plunging Adams several feet, leaving him injured and the horse unhurt. Local residents engaged aid and staff from nearby towns assisted in care.
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Houston Telegram
Adams
Here
Columbia
Ile Sale
Awful Boston Brunette Sparks Dallas Public Scene
Major John Doran a railroad contractor from Carroll Missouri stopped a veiled woman on Main Street near the post office claiming she was his wife. He pleaded affection and offered to forgive infidelity if she returned home to their five children, prompting her to reveal herself and threaten blackmail. The tale traces a long elopement involving theft, arrests, and moves across Iowa Missouri and California, ending with descriptions of two spouses and a large broken family.
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Dallas
Tex
Herald
John Doran
Carroll, Mo
Main Street
Ruvie
Murphy Street
Doran
Major Doran
Boureioiu
John Alien
California
Denver
Missouri
Dewison
Lailas
Lina Huth
Bosion
Coasting recollections end in costly debris
John Sanscript recalls youth by coasting on Sycamore street but the sled careens after hitting ice and collides with a lamp post. He crashes through a grocery window, scatters goods, and is hauled to the station on charges of property destruction. Grocer and boy tally bills totaling $109.78 for the mishap and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Mre. Sanscript
Joan
Sanscript
Orleans
Joba
Bhankman
Burying a Chinese Mason in Virginia City
A Chinese funeral in Virginia City drew an American brass band leading the procession. The hearse carried Clinamen with rank badges, a Chinese band rode in a covered wagon with players on tiddles guitars drums ayrobas and gongs, followed by a wagon of roast pig and other provisions for the grave. Thousands scattered peper chains pierced with crescent holes along the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City Enterprise
Masonic Order
China
Pocession
Clinamen
Lefe
Siripa
Peper
Strange Blindness and Wounded Veterans Reported
In Tarboro North Carolina Boutherner details a case of three Howard children on Ocracoke Island who go blind at sunset and recover at sunrise. The youngest is three and oldest ten, all light complexioned with blue eyes. A Pall Mall Gazette note describes a Moreau veteran of Bapaume returning home with a metallic mock eye nose and dental prosthesis after shell injuries.
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Tarboro
N. C
Boutherner
James Howard
Ocracoke Island
Pall Mall Gazette
Moreau
Bapaume
Vai di
Bizarre cider mishap and oddball notices from Norwich
A Norwich man bursts bottles of cider against a local law causing five to explode. The tale features a corkscrew mishap near a pitcher, spectators, and a stray bottle mishap. The collection also includes odd items: a Reno Gazette satire on legislators, a Pittsburg funeral jealousy scene, a famed violin priced at $8500, a keno scam, grave digging in advance, and assorted snips on UK royalty and Lincoln letters.
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Norwich, Conn
Norwich
Ora le
Tie Cortis
Luc
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le Himeself
Indena
Mibg
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Lave
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Ile Pation
Juster
Luan M. Tuiera
Europe
Odus
Moore
M.‘Tiners
Republic
M. Thiers Bisself
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M. Caimou
Seine
M.gombella
Wade
W. Gambetta
Beyvarns
Wen
Mibiere
Atseau
Detroit
Murphy
Backus’ House
Jackson
Lance
Lewis
Perkinses
Little Dodd
Loré
Father
Massachusetts
Tuas
Abe
Johnny
Jonapy
Jolmey
Jane
Watson Dodge
Goore
Liamoun
Grace
Ives
Eliza
Johnny Barker
Dane Downs
Tom and Jerry
Chicago
Bethlehem
Jana
Miss Tiny
Santa Claus
Papa
Mamma
Mal
Ser Cousin
Sycamore Street
Clocionatl
John Sanscript
Ae Spats Street
Mulberry Street
Jobo
Lien
Sonny
Bill
Sled
Reno Gazette
Gazette
San's
Miselimeuus
Pittsburg
Fintsbury
Wilhelmi
Cincinnat
Enquirer
Man
Wilhelms
Jacobson
Thomas
Wilhelm
Raphael
Murillo
Virginia City Chronicle
Jack Magee
Noice
Mayes
Magee
Manitowee
Kewaunee
Patiin
Jack Brost
Manyersons
Hamiee
Albert Edward
Wales
London
Prince of Wales
Bardland
Brecon Suire
England
Earl of Beaconsfield
Putti
Bridgend
Abe Lincoln
Bloomington
Pantagraph
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago & Alton Road
Superinetendent
Alton Road
Springfield
R. P. Morgan
A. Railozu
DEA
Sam
Triz
A. Lincoln
Agen
Old Mother Hubbard
Philadelphia
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