Joubert's Irish Adviser Aylward and the 1867 Rising
Alfred Aylward, an Irishman linked to the Fenian uprising of 1867, is profiled as the Boers’ strategic adviser to Joubert in the Transvaal. The account traces his life from Ireland and Garibaldi to alleged plots, failed assassination attempts, exile, and later influence on Boer irregular warfare.
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New York
Transvaal
Alfred Aylward
Joubert
Aylward
Thomas Krennan
Third Avenue
Ireland
Fancy
Howery
Dultin
Garibaldi
Dublin
Butterstown
Lord Golf
Gegear
Lora Golf
Aylwar
Pegov
Kingstown
Lord Goff
John Kirwin
Wen
Kirwin
Derdrum
Mirwin
Stepaside
Glencullen
Kray
Bray
Tallagh
Halpine
Eeemye
Lord Mayo
Gard
Liver
Ussell
Liverpool
Manchester
Kelly
Deasey
Russia
Cape
N. B
Agers
Owell
A Mean Trick by Assafetida Prank(es) at Charles Street Boarding House
A pair of girls in a Charles Street boarding house drug a unsuspecting maiden with tincture of assafetida in wine to mimic onions. The prank scares the would-be suitor Charles Augustus, who pretends illness as the scene unfolds. The victim confronts the pranksters and vows never to associate with them again.
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Charles Street
Charles Augustus
Charlies Augustus
Godfrey
Charles
Thespis
Garrick
Aboan
Oroonoko
Tarrytown
House of Mercy
Episcopal Sisters of Mercy
West Eighty-sixth Street
Houghton
New York
St. Barbara's
Mulberry Street
David Armstrong
Eliza
Mahone
Virginia
Richmond
Unon
Strik
Deaf Operator Reads Telegraph Messages by Feeling
An American Telegraph Company worker in Washington, unable to hear, achieved first-class status by sending and receiving dispatches through the sense of touch. He placed his leg against the instrument table and read the jatrine vibrations, translating the sensations into text.
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American Telegraph Company
Washington
Rhode Islander meets General Hancock on Washington trip
An Ashaway correspondent recalls a Rhode Island man aboard a Washington inauguration trip. After seating near a portly stranger and declaring his Republican leanings, he exchanges words with General Hancock via an acquaintance. Hancock grins and says he shakes hands for the brother’s sake.
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Providence Journal
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
General Hancock
Sam
Stage Make-Up Across Masters and Methods in Theatre
A historical survey of theatrical makeup detailing approaches from Mme Ristori to W H Crane and O Neill. It traces techniques using burnt cork, French paste, and German grease paints, comparing methods, practicality, stage lighting, and evolving artistry in transforming actors for age, character, and nationality.
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Billy Emerson
Mme
Adelaide Ristori
Mme. Ristori
Elizabeth
England
Madame Ristori
W. H. Crane
Crane
Eccles
O'Neill
Richelieu
Farmer Alien
Mr. O'Neill
Miss Prescott
Mme, Ristori
Paris
Theatre Francais
Arnould Ferron
Perruquier
Mile
Mars
Fadetie
Mr. Kadelburg
Mr. Kadeburg
Tor
Old Mail-Coach Driver Seely Claims Bret Harte Link
William Hitchcock Seely, a New York truck driver and claimants to be Bret Harte’s Yuba Bill, recounts a life spanning Missouri birth, Indian captivity, Fremont and Mexican War service, a mail coach career from Fort Leavenworth to San Francisco, and time with Jim Fisk before turning to trucking, mining, and scouting for the Union army. He recalls a brutal family tragedy and seeks future action in the Transvaal.
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The
Plains
New York
Bret Harte
William Hitchcock Seely
Hudson Street
James Fisk
Fort Leavenworth
San Francisco
Topeka
Carsyn
Thomas
Jim Fisk
Jim Visk
Fisk
Seely
Transvaal
Senator Fair Chases Train In Wyoming Run for Transit
Senator Fair, a Nevada millionaire, dashed after a departing train as it pulled away 500 yards from the telegraph office. He leaped onto the foot-board when the engine stopped, finally boarding the sleeper amid amused spectators. The episode highlighted his wealth versus the ordinary traveler's misfortunes.
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rCheyenne
Senator Fair
Wyoming
Heath
Nevada
Pair
From Madison Avenue to the Morgue in a Sad Downfall
A long history of Miss Elizabeth J Armstrong unfolds from a fashionable New York boarding school owner to a degraded outcast. Once patronized by elites, she declined after dissipation, ending in Bellevue Hospital with a fractured skull and death, then buried at St Michael's Cemetery Astoria.
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New York Mercury
Astoria
St. Michael's Church
Madison Avenue
Elizabeth J. Armstrong
United States
Europe
Antipodes
New York Tribune
Gramercy Park
Anthon Callender
Dr. Houghton
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
Twentyninth Street
Fifth Avenue
Ber
Strong
New York
Presbyterian Hospital
First Avenue
Blackwell's Island
Houghton
Iris
Twenty-first Street
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
St. Michael's
Dublin
Miss Armstrongs Opened School and Downfall Explains
The article recounts Miss Armstrong of Madison Avenue reopening MISS ARMSTRONGS ENGLISH AND FRENCH BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL for young ladies, her charity work, and a dramatic decline linked to heavy drinking. It traces reputational collapse, assaults on moral standing, and eventual departure from New York society, ending with her presumed reform attempts and retirement.
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Armstrong
East Twenty-thirt Street
Misa Armstrong
New York
Statem Island
Westfield
Mile
Fioure Bringue
Ordranaux
Columbia College
Frederick J. Hungerford
West Fourteenth Street
Miss Armstrong
Madison Avenue
N. C. Bishop
Brandt
Fifth Avenue
Two Arizona vaqueros lasso and kill large cinnamon bear
George Cornell and Gus Richardson guided cattle near Mineral Park Mohave county when they spotted a cinnamon bear blocking the road. They roped the animal and used rocks and a pocket knife to subdue and kill it after a brutal struggle, the bear dying with a cross-eyed glance.
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Arizona
George Cornell
Gus Richardson
Camp Wood
Yavapai County
Mineral Park
Mohave County
Anvil Rock
Gus
Bruin
Cornell
Brain
George
Amusing Kiss Caught by Melbourne Camera Obscura
In Melbourne a young couple momentarily alone before the dome camera obscura. They exchanged a kiss as they stepped toward the viewing area, drawing shrieks of laughter when the camera, unseen by them, captured the clerly romantic moment from the crowded exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Australian Chronicle
Camera Obscura
Exhibition Building
Melbourne
Swain
Oddities and Barbs From A Noisy Night Column
A collage of humorous vignettes and an altercation between Jim Webster and Uncle Mose, with quips on religion, street scenes, a smallpox misheard, a barber who breathes through his ears, and a comic court moment. The piece blends caricature, cartoons, and rapid-fire anecdotes from various cities and papers, preserving a lively old timey tone.
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Galveston
Jim Webster
Mose
Jim
Moses
Bob Ingersoll
King Emanuel Lumm
Eleventh Avenue
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Vitzparnek
Patrick Loran
General Rourke
A Reid
Doran
Italy
Aviward
Jaiklin Castle
Clarendon Street
George Colley
His Brother
O’ Neill
San Francisco Examiner
Madame Kistori
Marie Jrescott
Kiler
Theo
Panchon
Springfield
Weill
Six Nations
Ita
Fremont
Platte River
River Mountain
Kansas
Sutter's Fort
Sacramento
Mexico
Zach
Buena Vista
Scott
Arimstrong
Lexington Avenue
Queenstown
Miss Arm
Pennsylvania
Pottsville
Schuylkil
James Ryan
St. Clair
Ryan
Cork
Bau
Pine Forest
Jackerson
Owen
Dr. Carpenter
John T. Carpenter
Fox Brothers
Centre Street
Court
Jack
Jemima
Seventh Street
Free Press
Menslen
Milwaukee
Wis
Carpenter
Judge McArthur
Maney
Matt
Senator Mahone
Washington Gazette
Metropolitan
Zola
Lot
Altoona Sup
Dr. Tanner
Minas
Manuel Fagundes de Souza
Moody and Sankey
San Francisco Post
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