Lostard Found After Decades of Search by Portland Uncle
A Portland man recovered his lost niece, born 1852 in Medford Massachusetts, after years of searching from East Boston to Chelsea and Somerville. The auntless girl was adopted by a Baptist minister in Middleboro and later married, with the uncle finally tracing her via county records and a school matron. The reunion moved many in East Boston and drew attention from a Globe reporter.
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The
Portland Advertiser
Munjoy Hill
Medford
Mass
Boston
Eastport
Charlestown
Navy Yard
Chelsea
East Boston
Portland
Somerville
Suifol
Florence Street
Baptist Book Rooms
Middleboro
GLOBE
J. L Brewster
Meridian Street
East
Squelched Spirits in Kansas City Seances Stop at Apollinaris Water Preventive
Stage partner Stuart Robson orders cessation of nightly seances after performances, fearing spiritualism harms the Robson and Crane company. Crane concedes but doubts danger. investigations show small parlor gatherings with table lifts and rappings led by Miss Nellie Boyd and others, including Miss Alicia Robson.
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Stuart Robson
Crane
Kansas City Times
Coates House
Mr. Crane
Robson
Rob
Times
Robson and Crane
Kansas City
Agnes Proctor
Alice Robson
Boyd
Myers
Lipman
Burbeck
Chelemen
Ardmore Love Tragedy Ends In Grief At Fern Cottage
A weary narrator recounts meeting Evangeline Orton in Ardmore, their starry courtship, a betrayal revealed by a dying man, and Evangeline’s death from a broken heart. He returns years later to Fern Cottage to learn she is gone, and prays to reunite in an afterlife without parting.
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Ardmore
Evangeline Orton
Lam Ying
Fern Cottage
Tee
Evangeline
Hyde Estates Ex Governor Arny to sue in own name
Ex Governor Arny plans to sue in his own name over Hyde Association of New York money in the Bank of England. The association delays a discovery suit until new trustees are chosen, while Arny seeks participants with full genealogies by June 1. He heads to Santa Fe, plans Liverpool-bound voyage, and will ship Indian curios and Aztec pottery to English museums free. Summer boarders ads seek addresses for Boston Daily Globe.
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Arny
Hyde Association of
New York
Bank of England
Great Britain
America
Amy
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Liverpool
Tragic Baltimore Shell Explosion Kills Six
A deadly accident at Fort McHenry area in Baltimore on May 11 kills six men, injures two, as condemned shells are exploded to extract powder. Bush Farble Steinman Shannon Hamlin Shannon and two unknown workers perished or were injured. an inquest is planned. Police warnings prior to blast went unheeded.
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Baltimore
David R. Shannon & Co
Fort McHenry
Bush
Farble
Steinman
Shannon
Hamlin
Clarke
A Hair Raising Horseback Ride Through Oil Country
In May of 1865 an American woman recounts a perilous horseback journey from Tankville to Tarr City amid oil boom chaos. After awaiting a companion, she becomes lost in a pine forest, hearing phantom sounds and fearing danger, then struggles through darkness toward a distant light and a rough Oil Centre, finally finding her way home with help from her husband and locals.
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Oil Dorado
Pennsylvania
Tankville
Tarr City
Keystone
John
Jaden
Oleum Centre
Suntown
Seiley Briar
Jees
Hawthorne Letters on Fire Incident at Hawthorn Lodger
A letter from Julian Hawthorne of 9 Queens Road St John’s Wood dated April 27 offers to answer questions through the columns. He identifies Sam Hawthorn the lodger and states his wife and two sons were burned, with only one seriously injured, the fire confined to the upper story and the damage not great.
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Sam
Hawthorn
Julian Hawthorne
Queen's Road
St. John's Wood
Quida's Self-Defence and the Moths Critique
The author defends the novel Moths against critics, arguing that modern English society glimpsed in the work reflects real excesses. She asserts Lady Dolly’s notoriety is sustained by high society, while scandals are tolerated among the wealthy and connected. The piece condemns prevailing license and displays as a social malady.
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London
Dolly
Essenwcy
Belgravia
Faubourg
Corneille
Paris
Trouville
Nice
Tabitha
A Loafer's Life The Prince of Wales Busy Yet Idle
The Prince of Wales keeps an active schedule while appearing to do little. He attended Modjeska's debut and the Royal Academy banquet with Bret Harte praising him. He visited Newmarket to view American trotters, returned with the princes from Portsmouth, saw Pirates of Penzance, dined at Marlboro House with cabinet members, held a levee at St James's Palace, met US minister J. W. Foster, and plans to attend Mme Albani's Lohengrin and Miss Ward's L Aventuriere with a cathedral cornerstone ceremony to follow.
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Prince of Wales
New York Herald
Wales
Modjeska
Royal Academy
Bret Harte
Bret
Prince
Newmarket
New York
Princess of Wales
Portsmouth
Albert Victor
George
Mme. Albani
James' Opportunity in Spiritualist Challenge Debated
A district-era offer by William R. Tice and Thomas B. Tice challenges Thomas R. Hazard to prove materialized spirits from Alfred James of Philadelphia. Two months to display a clothed form or forfeit prize money to charity. Conditions specify cabinet setup, three naming parties, and a final seventh decision.
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Alfred James
Brooklyn
William R. Tice
Thomas 8. Tice
Thomas R. Hazard
Rhode Island
Tice Brothers
Philadelphia
James
Hazard
Garties
Oube
William R
Tice
Thomas 8
Forest fires devastate midsize timber regions across several states
Despatches report widespread forest fires in Pennsylvania New Jersey and nearby areas burning millions of feet of timber. Tobyhanna Pocono Mountain Barnegat Atco Cedar Lake Centreville and Cranberry bogs suffer heavy losses with no fatalities yet. 160 acres near College Point also burned. Fires continue.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
1A Island
Tobyhanna
Penn
Pocono Mountain
Scranton
Barnegat
Atco
Cedar Lake
Centreville
Ng Island
College Point
Croly predicts Democratic ticket and crop collapse
The Post interviews D G Croly once a New York Graphic editor, calling his prophecies. He touts his Sherman boom claim for 1877, anticipates a Field nomination by Democrats, doubts Tilden’s odds if nominated, notes Grant’s strength, and foresees a national crop failure in the near future.
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Eee Post
D. G. Croly
New York Graphic
Jay Cooke
Tilden
Hayes
Oracle
Grant
United States
A Daughter Sues for 30000 in Promised Maintenance
Miss Josephine Todd, 28, claims to be the natural daughter of late piano maker Albert Weber. She seeks 30000 under a life maintenance promise from Weber's executors, asserting he supported her and promised ongoing support in his will. Trial set for next week.
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New York
Josephine Todd
Albert Weber
Weber
Boston Daily Globe Ad Request Hints At New Cousin News
A notice invites readers to send their address to the Boston Daily Globe in Boston Massachusetts to learn about an upcoming event that will bring a new cousin to their royal lineage and mentions living in any New England town, with a stamped reply required.
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Newpeat
Boston
London
New England
Boston Daily Globe
Mass
A Strange Adventure On A Night Express
Charley King recalls a midnight journey from King's Cross where a mysterious dining lady appeared in his carriage and vanished. A gold earring, matching another worn by Rose Naughton, then ties past romance to a wreck on a blocked line. The tale ends with a possible spiritual warning and a rekindled romance.
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King’s Cross
Night Mail
Charley King
Peterboro
Jergth
Miss Naughton
Naughton
Rose Naughton
Grantham
Naun
Guton
Rose
PANTALOOWERIE. A London Truth tale of a passenger’s wardrobe mishap
Mr Barnaby Chucker hurries by train to Windsor with a complete change of dress in a carpet bag. He locks a compartment, but a stop leads to a series of comic failures as a jealous guard sharing the carriage exposes his nakedness to fellow travelers. Humiliation ends with police escort at the station.
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Grantham
England
Barnaby Chucker
Paddington
Chucker
Windsor
West End
Mr. Chucker
Barnaby
Mr.Chucker
Maling
Slough
Birmingham
Hanwell
Pines
Sale of medicines and druggists supplies across cities
A long list announces sale through Geo. C. Goodwin & Co and other firms in Boston Albany Portland Hartford Worcester New Haven Providence Burlington and Seattle. The notice invites wholesale and retail druggists nationwide to procure medical goods from many named suppliers.
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Geo
Goodwin & Co
Weeks & Potter, Smith, Doolittle & Smith
Carter, Harris & Hawley
Boston
Mas
United States
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Clara
Miss Orton
Percy
Buacheer
MR. Alton
Evangelin
Hyde Estates
C. A. Goldrick
London Daily News
Sre
Ooghd
Quida
MR. James’ Opportunity
Middle States
Croly
Princess Louise
Artig
Vy Wert
Eristict
da Ville
Car
Cuas
Lanorey ¢ Co
San Francisco
Fee
Euclud
Visville
Cal
Brennedy & Co. Gen’s
Canada
OOR
Second Ave
Wood St
Pittsburgh
Geo. C. Goodwin & Co
Weeks & Potter
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