Bloody battles in Peru a naval clash sinks three ships
A Lima cable reports a fierce sea fight off Iquique as Chilean vessels Esmeralda and Covadonga collide with Peru's ironclad Independencia. All three were sunk with heavy loss of life. details on survivors or exact figures remain unclear. The battle follows prior hostilities and notes updated armaments and ship specifications.
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Loxpoy
Lima
Peru
Esmeralda
Covadorga
Independencia
Iquique
de Spatch
Platea
Congress
Lue Esmeralda
Sue
Sie
Numacia
Ehen
Valveraiso
Lou
Bolivia
Union
Pilcomayo
Magallanes
Zulu Leaders Battle Near British Camp
May advices from Cape Town report King Cetewaye intercepting Chief Matyona on the way to surrender. A bloody fight followed in which Chief Maiyona was killed. Zulus raided Nataand killed many natives and captured cattle. Sickness among British troops rises.
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Cape Town
Cape Vincent
Cetewaye
Matyona
Maiyona
Nata
Mt Etna erupts spreading ash over Messina and Calabria
Eruption of Mount Etna grows in scale with ash showers reaching Messina and Reggio Calabria. Lava streams threaten Santa Maria de Licadia and Palermo as craters eject fire and thunderous blasts follow. Several strong earthquakes shake the area while lava flow measures about seventy metres wide and six kilometres long. Disastrous floods follow in northern Italy.
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Messina
Mount Etna
Reggio
Calabria
Lue Mountain
Santa Maria de Licadia
Palermo
Italy
Rome
Ocean Disaster Threatens Loss of Schooner and Crew
The schooner William Thompson, missing since April 2 after a bank trip, is feared lost with fourteen crew members. Master Christian Olsen and a Swede-Danish crew vanish, leaving seven widows and twelve orphans. The vessel, 20 years old, was owned by Messia Cunningham & Thompson, valued at 80208, insured for 4657 plus 1500 on outfits.
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Guloverstrer
Masc
Wiliam Thompson
Sue
Aweke
Christian Olsen
Dennis Theining
Quarles Anderson
Samuel Mordai
Christian Johnson
Andrew Hanson
John P. Johnson
Martin Johnson
Messia, Cunningham & Thompson
Gloucester Mutual
Faithless Barber and Maid Vanish After Ticketed Departure
Oscar Ziegart and Katy Dougherty, both missing since Sunday afternoon, are suspected of eloping. Katy had moved her trunk for a sea side departure while Ziegart, seeking funds to open a shop, is believed to have fled with her. His wife fears the worst as a savings deposit he concealed in her name was withdrawn, leaving destitute conditions in his wake.
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Oscar Ziegurt
Adams House
Katy Dougherty
Katy
Sle
Oscar Cegart
Leipsic
Oscar
Doughert
New York
Ziegart
Zeigart
Secret marriage of Kirk Boott under dispute details
Report notes corrections to press about Kirk Boott secretly marrying in September. It states the bride was Miss Helen Francis Miley not a widow, Pa Boott’s will lacks for his eight year old child, and Boott’s wealth was uncertain.
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Kirk Boott
Helen Francis Miley
Mr. Boo
Represented as a highly respectable business man
The text describes a person who, until illness struck, was an actively engaged businessman and is portrayed as combining high respectability with refinement in character.
Shocking Fire At Washington House In Haghstown Md
A fire at the Washington House in Haghstown Maryland at about 2 AM trapped more than sixty guests on the lower floor and forced dramatic escapes. Two bodies were recovered and eighteen people suffered severe injuries including L Troxell, B Suivels, Patterson, Burgess, Cushing, Gray, Sands, Hanicha, Shannon, Eckstine, Jenkins and others as firefighting efforts fought the blaze through four-story brick structure with unknown origin.
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Haghstown
Washington House
Ped
Mike Pe
L. Troxell
Cumberland
B. Suivels
Shedy Grove
Patterson
F. Burgess
Baltimore
Poisoned Brook Kills Five Children in Vermont Mystery
A Vermont village reports a tainted brook after animal carcasses polluted the water near Newark. Ten miles away, seven children die and twenty seven are poisoned. officials fear seventeen more may die as the water causes widespread illness. A farmer is expected to be arrested amid great community uproar.
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Island Poxn
Newark
Mome
Carpenter
Aldrich Justine
Te Mawer
Deaths in cider drinking case shock Northbridge
A Northbridge family of six becomes gravely ill or dies after heavy cider consumption. The father and mother, sons aged 35 and 31, drank 40 to 50 barrels since last fall. The mother died six weeks ago, the youngest son died three weeks ago, the oldest son died after his physician gave him up. The father suffers delirium tremens and nightly visions, possibly from alcohol abuse. No other cause is found.
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HsrpGk
Northbridge
Archbishop Purcell's Trouble and Catholic Fund Drive
New York May 29 Archibishop Purcell of Cincinnati and his secretary viewed the money market then returned to the cardinal's residence. He has received substantial pledges from many prominent Catholics and bankers. hundreds of thousands of dollars are offered to relieve his financial troubles and settle the church's stigma. The plan seeks fifty percent as a settlement basis with Mabilines counted to 2 open-ended total.
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New York
Purcell
Cincinnati
Father Callahan
Wall Street
Eugene Kelly
James Lynch
Hoguet
Aviogs Bank
United States
Catholic Church
John Cardinal McCloskey
James Gibbons
John J. Williams
John Loughin
B. J. McQuaid
M. A. Corriga
PP. T. O'Reilly
J. LD. Wenger
Bishop McNierney
Bishhop O'Connor
John Ireland
Thomas F
P. N. Lynch
Thomas A. Becker
P. de Goesbriand
Ministerial Fraud Ends in Scandal for Steadman
Dover Maine May 29 A young man named M Steadman posed as a winnower and speaker for a Baptist society and claimed to be married. He traveled east for his wife and a dispatch claimed his wife was killed. He returned for the funeral then wed another local woman. It later emerged his sermons were written by Rev Dr Storrs and his wife’s death a sham. He left Bath and moved west after being dismissed by the church. An Observer letter from Petitcodiac N G alleges he left with four wives and two children and links a Providence wife, proving he was not a minister.
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Dover
M. Steadman
Baptist Society
Ruth
Storrs
Bath
Observer
Petiticodiac
N. G
Steadman
Providence
Benold
Adam
Vane
Lennox
Samuel Johnson
North Andover
Trean
John G. Whittier
Theodore D. Weld
Whittier
Weld
Lolis
Amsterdam
Wendell Phillips
America
Sln
Solita Y Evangelist
Athway
Hoston
Such & Marman
Wiederlay Cromwell
Hampden
England
France
Anne
London
Congreve
Woreherley
York
George Psalmanazar
Tropics
Formosa
Pacific
China
Europe
Psalmanazar
The Lats Divorces List What New Yorkers Say of the Matter
A New York report discusses many Massachusetts divorces among old puritan stock rather than recent immigrant families. Names listed include Shayer, Stone, Parsons, Horton, Taylor, Henderton, West, Hergey, Foster, Torrey, Higgins, Webb, and others of original stock. What does this mean?
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New York
Massachusetts
Boston
Old Bay State
Boston Woman in New York Police Court Case
Mrs Anderson a Boston niece of Rev Dr Anderson and wife of a wealthy Boston businessman was arrested at the Grand Union Hotel in Manhattan. She claimed marital issues and religious disputes influenced her troubles and sought to separate from her Catholic husband with her ten year old son. Mrs Gardner hoped to commit her to an asylum but tears swayed Judge Kilbreth to release her.
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New York
Anderson
Anderton
Thiecy
Funeral rites for William Lloyd Garrison in Roxbury
The Liberator founder William Lloyd Garrison is honored at First Church Roxbury with Wendell Phillips and others attending. Offertories, wreaths, a colored quartet, and moving tributes mark the funeral, praising his lifelong fight against slavery and urging continued reform. The service culminates with burial at Forest Hills cemetery.
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Roxbury
William Lloyd Garrison
Stanibal
Sarah E. Sewall
Joshua B. Smith
Wendell Phillips
Oliver Johnson
Charles L. Mitchell
Robert Kk. Weillecut
Samuel May
Theodore Db. Weld
Samuel E. Sewall
Lewis Hayden
Nellie D. Mitchell
Fannie A. Wahington
William Walker
Lewis A. Fisher
Garrison
Massachusetts Anti Slavery Society
May
Mr. Garrison
Mr. John Howard
Marriage by proxy leads to annulment request in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn on May 29, a request was filed with the bureau of vital statistics to annul Adriance Dessetter’s marriage to Louisa Stahl on grounds it was celebrated by proxy. Dessetter, 61, met Stahl in Holland, emigrated, and could not travel to marry. a Rotterdam-based proxy ceremony occurred May 6, 1877. The wife seeks cancellation, doubting the groom will ever come to New York.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Adriance Dessetter
Louisa Stab
Dessetter
Mies Stahl
Holland
America
Desseller
Pout
Rotterdam
Miss Stahl
Ube
Schneider
Desletter
New York
Two Famous Impostors And An Age Of Truthful Tales
A London court of public opinion recounts the rise and fall of impostors including George Psalmanazar and the Ireland forgeries. Psalmanazar, posing as a Formosan convert, captivates society with a controversial narrative and a celebrated translation. later scrutiny exposes inconsistencies and exposes the imposture. Meanwhile Samuel Ireland's Shakespeare manuscripts spark a public frenzy until critics debunk their authenticity, while William Henry Ireland confesses as the sole author of the forgery, igniting a culture clash over art, deceit, and fame.
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Psalmanazar
Savans
Lils Louuy
Samuel Ireland
London
Shak
George Chalmers
Malone
Samuel Reland
William Henry Ireland
Boston's Sanitary Regulation Costs and Street Cleaning
Boston's board of health oversees extensive street cleaning and waste removal. The annual cleaning budget totals 340000 dollars with 461 workers, 57 ash wagons, 9 sweeping machines, and 12 cesspool wagons organized into four yards. Last year 117635 loads of ashes and 58004 loads of sweepings were collected. swill produced 30000 dollars in revenue.
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Board of Death
West Yard
Charlestown
South Yard
Roxbury
Boston
Board of Health
George W. Workstall
United States
New York
Sir Bevys Derby outsider leads Kisber stable hopes
The Kisber stable horse Sir Bevys, trained by Joseph Hayhoe, has emerged as a prominent Derby contender after a Chester meeting showing. Sir Bevys, a compact, sound colt nearly fifteen hands three inches, had a modest two year old season with a maiden win at Newmarket and notable efforts in races at Fern Hill Ascot and Middle Park Plate day. The report also notes praise for E B Phillips’s appointment as president of the Eastern Railroad Company and an update on the Norman Monarch port arrival carrying arms for Turkey.
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Sir Bevys
Kisber
Bis
Joseph Hayhoe
Chester
Sir Berys
Newmarket
Ascot
Lady Lumsey
Diten Mila Nursery
Sunburo
Carboline hair remedy hailed as wondrous discovery
An 1877 Pittsburg Commercial report extols Carboline a deodorized petroleum-based hair treatment that purportedly arrests hair loss, restores growth, and grays to black. It claims roots reach strength under the scalp, dandruff vanishes after one or two dressings, and color deepens with continued use.
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Nrussia
Pittsburg
James Galagher
Allegheny Cty
Penn
W. H. Brill & CO
Fifth Avenue
Wonderful hair growth claimed by CARBOLINE users
Davneville November 8 1873. Chas Langley Co of San Francisco reports rapid hair regrowth after four weeks of CARBOLINE use noting the head is fully covered with hair and predicting full restoration. Testimonials include James D King notary public and various advocates praising the product’s effects across multiple states and figures.
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Davneville
Chas. Langley & Co
San Francisco
Nirs
Chasee White
Davisville
Cal
James D. King
Notary Public
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Boston Daily Globe
Carboline
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Joseph £. Pond, Jr
North Attheporp
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Oates
Huloyke
Masa
Kennedy & CO
Geo. A. Goodswin & Co
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Doelittle & Smith
Cutler Bros. & Co
Carter
Harris & Hawley
W. Perkins & Co
W. F Phillips & Co
Portland
Talkcott & Co
G. Moses & Co
Hartford
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