Legends of Cape Cod Outwits Officials on island murder tale
Osterville residents recount Hannah Screecher’s Island legends of a murdered captive and buried gold tied to Captain Kidd. A warden and convict Phillips expose a Cotuit bluff treasure tale, then a jailbreak caper by shifting blame and escaping authorities.
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Osterville
Cane Cod
Cape Cod
Hannah Screecher
Hannah
John
Atlantic Ocean
Ostervillians
Annah
Ann
Captain Kidd
Cotait
Frederick Robinson
Massachusetts State Prison
John Phillips
Baddanis
Phillips
Cotuit Bluffs
Cotuit
Pepdwich
Cape Division
Old Colony Railroad
Sentinel
Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Cleveland 1886
President Grover Cleveland proclaims Thursday November 26 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. He urges assembly for worship, gratitude for a free government, prosperity, and aid to the poor, with the seal of the United States in Washington dated November 1, 1886.
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Washinetter
D. C
Cleveland
United States
Grover Greyeiene
Washington
United States of America
Grover Cleveland
T. F. Bayard
Proclamation on Spain Cuba Porto Rico trade treaty 1866
President Grover Cleveland proclaims suspension of foreign discriminating duties on Spanish vessels and goods from Cuba Porto Rico under a Spain United States agreement. The memorandum outlines equalization of tonnage and impost duties and aims for a permanent commercial relation. Secretary Bayard is noted. the proclamation dates October 27 1866.
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Washington
United States OF America
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Grover Cleveland
T. F. Bayard
Madrid
A. D
Wealthy Drexel Sisters Live Quiet Country Charity Life
Philadelphia October 31. Three heiresses of the late Francis A Drexel inherit about 12 million split among Elizabeth Katherine and Louisa Drexel. They live at 1503 Walnut Street and a Torresdale estate tending farms and horses while directing large charitable programs. They employ a staff, fund clothing rents and provisions for hundreds, and plan a boys protectory under Catholic oversight near Eddington on the Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Francis A. Drexel
Drexel, Morgan & Co
New York
Drexel, Harjes & Co
Paris
Drexel & Co
Elizabeth Drexel
Katherine
Louisa
Walnut Street
Europe
Torresdale
Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware
Torresdale Station
Mr. Drexel
Washington
James Bradley
Drexel
Radley
Huidekoper
University of Pennsylvania Horse Hospital
Eden Hall
Drexel Sisters
House of the Good Shepherd
Archbishop Ryan
Father Horstman
St. Jon's Orphan Asylum
Christian Fathers
Chicago Fire Claims Two Dead and $250000 Loss
A four story basement building at 106 107 109 Madison street in Chicago burned after 4 15 this morning. The blaze swept rapidly through gambling dens and caused a wild stampede as patrons fled with valuables and paraphernalia. Firemen fought the flames for an hour, two men died A C Papineaux and Gus Burgmeyer and several were injured including William Cornell Michael McGovern and James Hume. The total losses are estimated at 250000. A second short item notes an ad for a deafness remedy.
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Chicago
Madison Street
A.C. Papineaux
Gus Burgmeyer
William Cornell
Michael McGovern
Edell
Corn James Hume
Illiam Darby
Pullen
A Cunarder Wrecked Pavonia Strikes Off Duxbury
The Canard steamship Pavonia under Captain Woolfenden ran aground on High Pine Ledge near Plymouth Massachusetts while en route from Liverpool to Boston with about 550 aboard. After four days of heavy easterly weather the vessel struck a rock ledge off the Massachusetts coast, was damaged severely but avoided total loss. passengers were transferred to tugs and the ship was moved toward Boston harbor for temporary repairs, with hopes to reach New York for full repairs.
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Pavonia
Woolfender
Liverpool
Boston
High Pine Ledge
Duxbury
Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay
Woolfenden
Massachusetts
Nahant
Calf Island
Paneela Woolfenden
Boston Harbor
Punch
Bea
Atlantic
Loston
Assengers
Fort Warren
Pettock’s
New York
New England
Case School of Applied Science Destroyed by Fire
The Case School of Applied Science at the East End, a four story sandstone building opened about a year ago, was destroyed by fire after an explosion in the chemical laboratory. The insured value is about $75,000 with total costs around $200,000. extensive physiological and chemical apparatus and geological collections were housed there. 60 students attended, funded by Leonard Case.
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Case
Leonard Case
Cleveland
Castle Cham bord walls resemble Paris fortifications
The land of the Castle Cham bord equals 13 750 acres and the park walls mirror Paris fortifications. The city gates close at night locking in the mayor aldermen and entire commune.
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Chambord
Paris
France
The Cost of Marriage Years Ago in 1812 West
Records by Indian Agent Campbell reveal the era's economic toll of marriage and divorce. The magistrate dispensed justice at Ree U Cha0 as Shas time, with figures showing around 100 pounds of four and 200 pounds for related costs.
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Campbell
Puddings with Plums and Home Recipe Puddings
A Boston Globe reader collection presents rich puddings and soups, including five pudding outlines from Grace and Miranda with instructions for tea cakes soaked in milk, suet and currant puddings, potato puddings, cassandra pudding, and rice puddings. Recipes feature ingredients like milk, eggs, sugar, nutmeg, vanilla, and wine, plus stepwise directions for boiling, soaking, and baking.
Dutch Apple Pudding Dough Fragment Recipe
A fragment from a recipe lists one pint pastry flour, half teaspoon salt, half teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cream tartar and butter the size of one Mixwell. Beat light, add two thirds cup of something cut into the mixture, roll half inch thick, then cut into eighths.
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T. C
Colonial Plump Puddings and Custards From Dorchester to Needham
A collage of pudding recipes and sauces from Miranda to Needham and Dorchester. Directions cover Plum and Celatine puddings, date-stamped notes by M. Gibson and A. M. Wy mi, with variations on custards, sauces, and fruit puddings.
Buttered cracker pudding method with raisins
A recipe instruction describes layering buttered crackers and raisins in a pudding pot until half full, then adding four beaten eggs two cups sugar half a grated nutmeg and pouring in milk to cover. Soak overnight and bake four hours. A. W. J. South Boston.
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T. O. Opedale
South
Boston
Bunker Hill
Miranda
A.M. W. Needham
A.M. W
HL. W. Well
Plain Pudding and Bun Pudding Recipes
This fragment lists several dessert and pudding preparations from Mrs A M L Peabody. It includes a cake like mix with eggs sugar milk flour dried apples and spices, boiled rice pudding with bag sauce, Indian pudding with milk molasses and butter, and a bun pudding baked with custard and buttered icing.
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Peabody
A. M
New Music by White Star Smith Co Boston Weekly Selection
New Music White Smith Co Boston offers a weekly choice collection of instrumental and vocal pieces with free postage on receipt of marked price. This week features Mama's Black Baby Boy and Kissat or Papenpene among others, with prices from thirty to sixty cents. Piano selections include Little or Altzes and other waltzes with words, plus Souvenir and a romance piece.
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New Music
White, Smith & Co
Boston
Violet Cameron
H. P. Stevens
Florian Pascal
Ryder
Miike
Archer
Fortune of 150 Million Mosher Estate Heirs Meet
About fifty heirs of the Mosher estate convened to decide who will travel to England to appraise the property left for heirs in America and verify the will. The estate is claimed to exceed a million dollars. a British American agency offers searches, copies of wills, and information at low cost, advertising a book listing 50,000 advertised heirs for 50 cents.
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Curiaco
Mosher
England
America
Stewart Building
New York
Beechers Homecoming After Four Months Abroad
Rev Henry Ward Beecher returns to Brooklyn from England Ireland Scotland and Wales aboard the Etruria. He declines interviews despite reporters on the pier, cites fatigue and requests rest before speaking. Major J B Pond notes warm reception and denies any sermon earnings while abroad. Beecher visits Plymouth Church Sunday Schools and reflects on distant travels and Lord's Day customs.
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New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Etruria
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Paris
Mr. Beecher
J. B. Pond
Mrs. Beecher
United States
Major Pond
London
Reacher
The Wambler Cook Quarrel Over Codfish Croquettes
The proprietor berates a French cook claiming the cook is discharged for failing to provide chicken croquettes. The chef protests and notes no chickens are available, while the proprietor orders codfish croquettes as done by the last cook.
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Wambler
Market Report of Apples Butter and Goods in Hobson Market
A dated commercial market report reviews weekly Apple prices with heavy stock and firm demand for various varieties. Butter and dairy rates show dull activity, with high receipts and steady quotations. Coal Corn Coffee Eggs and Fish show mixed movements, with prices largely steady despite weather and supply levels.
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Toston
Glenn
King
Baldwin
Hubbardstons
Harvey
Cape God
Northern Creamery
Este
Western Creamery
Isetray
Franklin County
Foert
Vermont
Axsek
Northern
Western
Liverpool
New York
Iiss
Soarmonts
Wester
Lehigh
Rio
Maracaibo
Jamaica
Hayt
Coat Rica
Guatemala
Ent
Apa Cape
Aroostoo County
Vermont, s @250; featern
Ee Akerel
Bay
Shore
Nova Scotia
Maniuma
Mickle
Nemerane
Live Stock Markets Brighton and Watertown Arrivals Week Ending
Arrivals of stock at Brighton and Watertown for the week ending Friday October 29 show totals: Western cattle 1990, eastern cattle 2347, Northern 691, total 2785. Western sheep and lambs 3300, sheep and lambs 25, Northern sheep cling 0247, total 712. swine 32354. veals 71%. horses 364. Beef cattle prices per hundred pounds dressed weight range 400 to 725. Western cattle per hundred live weight prices listed by quality. Hides and tallow prices per pound for Brighton and country hides, calves’ skin, and lambskins shown.
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Brichton
Watertown
Brighton
Gloucester Fish Market Report For Week Ending Today
Gloucester port market data shows little price change with continued large shipments nationwide. Mackerel fetched the season’s high prices. Bay of St Lawrence catch was well below average. total arrivals included 0 Western, 1 Georges, 2 Grand Banks, 58 Quero, 2 Brown’s Bank, 16 Bay of Lawrence, 2 Barnstable, 1 Ipswich. Prices cover cod, haddock, hake, halibut, pollock, and herring across fresh and salt markets with various box and barrel quantities and oil products also listed.
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Gloucester
Bay of St. Law
Georges
Grand Banks
Quero
Brown's Bank
Bay of Lawrence
Barnstable Bay
Ipswich Bay
Iern Shore
Kenehcy
Haddock
Hake
Grand Bank
Georges Bonel
Scotia
New Shore Herrig
Baer
Block Island
New York Market Summary for Flour Cotton and Grains
New York market notes show flour and meal steady while cotton futures slipped then firm on demand. Wheat and corn futures mixed with active spot demand, no red winter wheat. oats and buckwheat firmer, soy and sugar values listed. Provision markets firmer moderately with pork at $20.10 to $20.75 and dressed hogs firmer.
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Bates
Jeuchry
Duluth
Sariey
Canada
South America
Bage Marne
Bond and Stock Prices at 2.30 p LAND STOCKS
Bond and stock quotations show bids and asks for multiple issues. Listings include Arch Ists, At&Pacta, Old & olony, Ruth prt, MexCenTs, and others with various coupons, yields, and ex-dividend notes. Ex-dividends and fractional prices appear for several entries.
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Baileo
Bia
Boston Lad
Eastern
F&p
At&Pacta
R&mn
Old & Olony
Ruth Prt
Barowell
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Moll Pitcher
Carrie
M Agron
Buzzard’s Bay
T. F. Bayrarn
E. P. Murraca
Fairchild of the Treasury
Customs
The
Three Sisters
Mrs Benefactions
Boston Bay
Case School of Applied Science
Globe
Girone
Ths Grove
Tuk Grove
B. F. G. Brighton
Grace
Boston Globe
T. C. Hopedale
M. M. Gibson Street
Dorchester
Puddina
Lowell. HL. W
A.B. Ny
Reading
MES. A. M. L
A. M. L. Peabody
Beecher
Britain
St Louis
Sultana
Valencia
Citron
Choice
Orimary
Saints
Buenos Ayres
Grande
Montevideo
Hebron
Virginia
Jersey
Formosas
Japans
Hyson
Younc Hyson
Hoston Markets
Brighton and Watertown
Markpets
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