Athlone Diary Reveals Irish Famine Hardship and Relief
James Redpath reports in Athlone on famine conditions, street poverty, and beggars as he tours the town. He details Cottier homes, turf shortages, and the contrast between Duchess of Marlborough and Mansion House relief funds, noting three committees' coordinated effort and the Land League's charitable role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cromwell
Oliver
Episcopal Church
Old Town
Athlone
Athol
Police Gazette
America
Father Pyne
Gilbert Haven
St. Peter's
Drum
Clisis
Shine’s
Mahoney
Duchess of Marlborough
Mansion House Fund
Ireland
Dublin
Mansion House Committee
Land League
Castle Fund
Mansion House
Parnell
Land League Fund
Thirteen at Table and the Dinner Death Superstition
The Cincinnati Gazette reports on thirteen at dinner and the supposed death omen. The Whitehall Review recounts Dr Zacharie hosting thirteen guests at Brook Street, Dr Fairbank dying next day after dining, with bold notes from the New York Post and Mr White law Reid on prior thirteen occurrences and health outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gazette
Whitehall Review
Fairbank
Zacharie
Brook Street
Mr. Dutton
Eaton
Morrel Mackenzie
Alfred Meadows
Alfred Cooper
Puleston
M. P
Heather- Bigg
Blumenthal
Cassala
Cassala, Jr
Dr. Fairbank
Heather-Bigg
Whitelaw Reid
Washington
Reid
Tribune
Reed
the Gazette
The Night Fire Alarm Bells Should Be Minimized
A long reflective piece argues bells for Easter and history, noting bells from Moscow to St Paul and Notre Dame, but urges reducing loud night alarms to ease fear and nervous strain. It cites poets and writers, warns thieves exploit signals, and asks fire departments to adopt quieter systems while preserving safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lateran
John XIII
Moscow
Russia
Nicholas
Kremlin
China
Pekin
Dagon
Rangoor
St. Paul's
London
Oxford
Paris
Vienna
Notré-Dame
Inontreal
Canada
Edgar Poe
Terrible Vengeance Over a Grave Robbery Mystery
A gravely ill South Bend man named Gordon Truesdale confesses to desecrating the grave of Sarah Platts. He admits stealing the head, severing the corpse, and a grisly poisoning linked to corpse matter that accelerated his death. The ordeal ends with a decomposed body finally buried amid a fetid stench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
Cincinnati Enquirer
Sarah Platts
Fred Auer
Gordon Truesdale
Truesdale
Platts
Fred Aur
Dr. Botts
van Ness Avenue
San Francisco
Scott
General Joe Wheeler on the South Future and national politics
In Cincinnati for the Cincinnati Southern Railroad opening General Joe Wheeler of Alabama discusses northern emigration to the South praising mutual prosperity and peace. He weighs Democratic candidates, notes Grant’s weakness in the South and cites Hancock Pendleton Thurman and Bayard, mentions Longstreet and McLaws, and considers a Seymour Hendricks ticket with potential electoral-paths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Joe Wheeler
Alabama
Enquirer
South
the Inquirer
Wheeler
Grant
Democratic Party
Keeler
ColonelLaws
McLaws
Longstreet
Greeley
Baltimore
General Wheeler
Bayard
Hancock
Pendleton
Thurman
Porter
Tilden
Papey
Lye
Atlanta
Lincoln
Kentucky
Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
New York State
New York
Narragansett Pier
Bishop
Seymour
Erg Dgeter
Hendricks
Maine
House of Representatives
Senate
Religion and the Mule in Little Rock Court
Old Isaac Saunders faced trial for embezzling a church mule after failing to preach. A colored defense lawyer claimed the parson had legal advantage, while a church member testified Ike disappointed the congregation and mishandled church property. A mule ride tale and rheumatic excuses followed. Ike was honorably discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Isaac Saunders
Ike
Jes
David
Braham
Creek
Resurrection and Rivalry in Oddities and Anecdotes
A mosaic of caustic humor and reflections on death, faith, and afterlife. The piece mixes meditations on resurrection with comic vignettes about dreams of heaven, a train delay, and a famed fifteen-puzzle gag. It travels through poems, jokes, court quips, and curious trivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter
Bob Ingersoll
Meadville
Oil City
Pere
Egg stamp device to prove freshness in eggs
A western inventor proposes a stamp system for hens that marks each egg with a moving date using an ink pad and electric disk. The mechanism aims to prevent marketmen from selling older eggs by displaying a non deceptive date, with daily automatic date changes to deter cheating.
OUR BELLES ABROAD AND AMERICAN NOBILITY FADS
A London Truth column denounces American ladies who seek noble titles and coronets. It cites women who borrow or claim baroness and countess names for social advantage, noting how some husbands remain bourgeois while wives assume aristocratic pretensions and stage airs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Virginia
Athens
Boston
States
France
Washington
Ile
Loire
Orleans
Mme. la Comtesse
Monde Commensant
Paris pneumatic clock system aims to standardize time supply
A Paris invention uses subterranean tubes and pneumatic pressure to deliver uniform time from the observatory to all clocks. A pneumatic clock company plans to install street and home clocks and charge a small daily subscription, supplying regulated time via air pulses driven by steam engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Solemn Truths From Burlington Hawkeye Reader Letter
A fatherly sermon urges a son to grow wise but prudent warning against vanity. It compares young men to older workers, notes their advantages in appearance and fashion, yet asserts elders still wield influence and income. It ends with an encouragement that merit will be found by those seeking it, like a diamond among pebbles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tsar Koloko
Macbeth
Duncan
Don Juan
Tocsin
Stanton
Seward
Mon
Fayette and Warren
Tennyson
Longfellow
Thomas Moore
Lowell
Hameee
Frank Mahony
Father Prout
Shandon
Lee
Lord Byron
Palestine
Egypt
Beirs
Bede
England
House of the Good Shepherd
Sunday Globe
Asion
T. Browne
Byron
Plutarch
Dells
Georgia
New York
South
Burlington Hawkeye
Wayland
Brown University
Solomon
Monkey with the Whooping Cough at Washington Gardens
A narrative notes J C8 Blackburn’s pet monkey at the Washington botanical gardens in a glass house. The sad ape endures coughs, watches palms and bananas, and greets visitors with gestures as officials reflect on the President and renomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Botanical Gardens
J. C
Blackburn
Kentucky Statesman
Sydney Smith
Bourbon County
Hayes
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Mr. Redpath
James Redpath
New York Tribune
Goldsmith
Trinity College
Edmund Burke
Golby
Shannon
Prince of Wales Hotel
Athrone
Mayo Way
Broadway
County Westmeath
County Roscommon
Roscommon
New England
Mr. Parnell
General Hancock
Surratt
Sam
Sumpter
Montgomery
Ala
Kentiss
Eadh
McCook
Bob Burdette
Ing
Ana
Miss Kinkajou
Bodie (New) Free Press
New York Telegram
Henry Walton
Justice Duffy
Jefferson Market Court
Joseph Young
Kelly
John Dawson
John
White House
New York Sun
Mr. Hayes
Rinati
Scotty
Wiles E Joe
Telegram
Jefferson Market
Nes
Fiftieth Street
Susy Porter
Susy
Johnny
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