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Boston Weekly Globe

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1884

Page

8

Blaine's Birthplace and Ancestry in Brownsville Visit

A travel narrative from Brownsville Pennsylvania details James G Blaine birth site West Brownsville, the Monongahela River, and the Blaine Gillespie and Neal Gillespie lineages. It traces frontier roads, early ferries, whiskey rebellion links, and the family’s Scotch Irish roots shaping Blaine’s upbringing and legacy.

Brownsville Penn James Gillespie Blaine Pennsylvania Baltimore Pittsburg Connellsville Baltimore & Ohio Rairoad Coke Fields Pennsylvania Railroad Monongahela River Browns Ville Greensburg Ohio River Cumberland Valley Carlisle Harrisburg Great General New England Kentucky Alleghany Mountains Monongahela Ohio Burgoyne United States Fitzhugh Lee George TH. Thomas Potomac Mr. Blaine New York Canada Montreal Niagara Virginia Winchester Forks of the Ohio Franklin Washington Cumberland Maryland Wills Creek Braddock Tisburg Monhongahela River Frederick Cumland Uniontown Oho Wheeling Beaford Mississippi Louisiana Bedford Blaine New West Mononahela Jaslington Greensboro Old Westmoreland County Pennyslvania West Galbraith Lyon Gillespie General Sherman Maria Jioyle Miss Boyle Susan Gillespie James Gillespie Neal Gillespie Maria Boyle James G. Blaine Sierman Gillespies Blaie

Blaine Family Origins and Catholic Hostility Revealed

George Alfred Townsend presents a portrait of James G. Blaine’s ancestry tracing Irish emigration in 1798, a family banker in Pennsylvania, and a strained Protestant Catholic lineage marked by a priest’s certificate denying Catholic ties. The narrative links Blaines’ thrift, Yankee spouse influence, and regional sectarian tensions shaping public perception.

Washington County Ephraim L. Blaine K. L E. L. Blaine BE. L. Blaine Blaine Nes George Alfred Townsend

Townsend Plans Tour Of Birthplaces And Letters

Mr Townsend will visit Grover Cleveland's birthplace and send The Globe interesting letters about his boyhood and early struggles and family, to be announced later.

Townsend Grover Cleveland GLOBE

Hungarian Lovers Unite After Long Sea Crossing

Nicol Petroffski, 23, from southern Hungary, crossed from Bremen to America and sent money to his sweetheart Marie Taselellugh. She journeyed from Hungary to Bremen, then to New York, arriving alone and learning little English. After a nine mile trek to Reading, their reunion occurred in a work camp, followed by marriage the next day. The couple now run a boarding shanty with five boarders and plan to buy a farm.

Reading Penn Nicol Petroffski Bremen Hungary Senhuylkill Valley America Marie Taselellugh Hew New York Castle Garden Wang Gang Nicol Aud Marie Marie Jiarie

Walking In Her Sleep Ends With Restored Calm On Causeway

Sergeant Kane and Patrolman Doherty encountered a somnambulist on Causeway Street at 1 80 Saturday morning. A gauzy robe de nocturne revealed a sleeping woman walking toward Warren Bridge to find her missing child. She was escorted home to the West End.

Ewing Maria Blaine Ephraim L. Blaine Kentucky Blaine Walker Elizabethtown Brownsville Pittsburg Monongahela River James G. Blaine Kane Division 15 Doherty Causeway Street Lowell Guardians of the Peace Warren Bridge West End

Essex checker champion claims title in Haverhill matches

W F Larkin of Haverton declares claim to be Essex county checker champion after contests with leading players and announces plans for a championship series of at least twenty five games. Wyllie toured New Haven playing exhibitions, totaling 142 games with 121 wins, 1 loss, and 20 draws, with H C Smith notching the sole win.

Checker News Norice Haverhill Vielity Baringeen Essex County W. F. Larkin Havertill Wyllie New Haven Conn H. C. Smith

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