A WILY DOCTOR THE CAREER OF CHARLES L BLOOD
The piece chronicles Charles L Blood a Boston con man who traveled under many names selling a so called oxygenized air. It details his 1865 Boston operations on Chauncey Street and 119 Harrison Avenue, the scheme’s profits and partners like Humphrey Cummings and Jerome Harris, and his legal troubles including a habeas corpus case in Philadelphia and federal pursuit. It notes Blood’s national reputation and his eventual arrest by state police in Massachusetts.
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Charles L. Blood
Philadelphia
Bean and Innis
Massachusetts
Blood
Louis Blood
Ayer
Mass
Boston
Chauncey Street
Congregational Library
Colton
New York
Hilood
Harrison Avenue
Rogers
Ashland
Land of Spirits
Humphrey Cummings
Wellesley
Cummings
Jerome Harris Yembark
Chauncy Street
Harris
Carvill
Lewiston
J. Harris
C. L. Blood
the Post
United States
Banquo
Portland Press
Willed
Biddeford
Williams & Pulsifer
Ourers
Esoste
Valenciennes
Bretonne
Larguedoc
Mirecourt
D'Alencon
Cluny
Enon
Aditvong
Nw & CO
Broadway
Shays Rebellion Journal Excerpt Highlights 1786 87 War
An extract from Salmon Shaw’s journal, preserved by Dr. Stowe, sheds light on Shays Rebellion in Massachusetts. It records June 1786 insurgence across Bristol, Berkshire, Hampshire, and Worcester counties, leaders Daniel Shays and Adam Wheeler, and Lincoln’s 4000-strong force marching to Worcester and Springfield. It notes the harsh winter march, battles near Springfield, imprisonment, oaths of allegiance, and final disarmament of rebels.
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Springfield
Salmon Shaw
Shay
Stowe
Palmer
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Shaw
Grafton
P. W. Lyman
Belchertown
Bristol
Commonwealth of Mass
Bark Shick
Hampshire
Worcester
Dore
Daniel Shays
Adam Wheeler
Benjamin Lincoln
Hell
Shays
Shepard
Wright
Pellem
Lincoln
Hadly
Great River
Spencer
South Hadley
Amhers
Petersham
Old Hadley
Minot
America
Hadley
Sass
Cannaday
Spead
Allegance
Eells
Rison
Berra
Barre
Oakham
Hardwick
John Boyd
Teacher and Taught Yale costs and student living explained
Mason Young asserts Yale annual expenses for a college student range from 600 to 1100 dollars with an average near 850, far higher than fifty years ago due to money value decline and living standard shifts, citing catalog estimates from 1882-3 and the current year and noting changes in necessary expenses.
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Mason Young
Yale
Howard Crosby
Harvard
New Haven
Young
Barker's American Checker-Player issued by Charles F Barker
The 1883 edition contains 179 pages with 22 openings and 634 variations plus 35 critical positions. It is cloth bound and priced at 75 cents post paid. Includes notes from Mesers Wardwell and Lyman and features positions 1001 and 1002 with commentary from Isaia Barker and CC Jewberr.
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Barker
Mesers
Wardwell
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Puzzle filled pages from East Somerville column
A fragmented local page lists puzzles and wordplay items with names and locations like East Somerville Massachusetts and East Boston. It includes clues for pen names Cyril Deane Jennie May and various word games such as Letter Enigma indicating sections tied to regional addresses and contributors.
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Cyril Deane
East Somerville
Mass
Jennie May
Wyllie Criticism Sparks Debate in Checkers Circles
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune argues over opinions about James Wyllie and accuses rivals of falsity while the Leeds Weekly Draught-Player contains an index and portrait of R Lyons. The piece notes R E Bowen, a noted checker analyst, died after a long illness.
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cEpren
New York
Wyllie
James Wyllie
Cincinnati Commercial Azette
Leeds
R. Lyons
Sunderland
England
Henry Reid
Edinburgh
Scotland
W. & F. Bownas
Park Place
Eng
R. E. Bowen
Word Hunt Promises Prizes for Oscar Wilde Letters
The Globe invites readers to a word hunt themed on Oscar Wilde. Participants must form valid words from letters in Oscar de using Webster’s dictionary, with rules about single-use letters, abbreviations, and proper names. Prizes include books, subscriptions, and a three-cent stamp must accompany each list. Address to W. H. Todd in East Somerville, Mass.
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Oscar Wilde
Oscar de
Russian Empire
LOBE
Weekly
GLOBE
W. H. Todd
Lincoln Street
East Somerville
Mass
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820 Acres
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Chan HL
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Georgia Pacific Railway
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Moreton Farm
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Cincinnati
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Cleveland
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Club
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Jal
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Chathamst
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Astwynzl
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