John Gilpin in Boston Tale of a Family Ride and Flight
A comic adaptation of John Gilpin set in modern Boston. It follows a family leaving England and facing misadventures in Scollay Square and Roxbury, depicting the father’s impulsive plan, the mother’s care, and the children’s antics as they travel by streetcar and cope with hardship. The piece blends humor with a portrait of urban life and family dynamics.
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Ohio
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Genesta
Puritan
Susquehanna
Welling
Lancaster
Fulton
Philadelphia
Benjamin West
Wolfe
Engand
West
George III
John Trumbull
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Trumbull
Warren
Montgomery
Montcalm
Fraser
Saratoga
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Philadelpia
Christ
Pennsylvania Hospital
Death
Academy of Fine Arts
Greenwich Hospital
London
Lord Nelson
Pennsylvania
Union
Oliver Evans
Red Clay
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
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Burr
Longfellow
Irving
Milton
Shakespeare
Scott
Byron
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Bowdoin
Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Cambridge
George Washington
Bunker Hill
A Boston Car Ride Through a Winter Rainy Day
The narrator recalls a family outing by car along Cornhill and Washington in Boston, with stopbacks in Dover and Kneeland streets. Bill, aging and limping, endures rain and a stalled car as the journey weaves through old city locales while seeking worms for bait.
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Bill
Cornhill Street
Scollay
Boylston Street
William
Kneeland Street
Castle Street
Chapman Ha Tank Ann Ff
Five Cent Fare and a Grief Toured on a Streetcar
A vignette recalls a man chasing angleworms and a five cent fare that becomes a symbol for a life of loss. He reflects on a ruined car journey, marble buildings, and a voyage haunted by decades of rain and sorrow as he sits on a marble step and laments the cost of a fleeting pleasure ride.
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Summer Street
Grarson
Whist Problem No 19 and Correspondents Notes
A whist problem is analyzed showing a coup with no fixed rule, Z and A play through multiple tricks, and the solution aligns with the game state. Correspondents discuss leads, American whist authorities, and a forthcoming political note from across the Susquehanna including Fulton’s birthplace and Camden era maritime history.
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Nsw
D. H. Vincent
Cavendish
Statue pedestal rise sparks Liberty debate over city plans
A fragment mentions tensions over a new Liberty statue pedestal and opposition to a Grant monument while noting $76,000 raised so far. It references Manhattan Beach closing Saturday and includes names such as Townsend and Gorer Arrep.
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Ger
Grant
Manhattan Beach
Gorer Arrep Townsend
Juvenile Marriage Blocked by Parent and Detectives
A story from St Louis outlines a Kansas City preacher marrying William Talbot and Jennie Campbell after Talbot’s father objected to the youths youth. Police and a Chicago detective intervened while a license was pursued across Missouri and into Kansas. The groom’s father relented after the marriage took place under the preacher’s protection.
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St. Louis
J. H. Campbell
Oakwood Boulevard
Chicago
M. 8. Talbot
Jennie Campbell
Willie Aalbot
Baliwick
Talbot
Miss Campbell
Kansas City
Kansas
Probate
Wyandotte
Warner Explains Provisions of Compromise Silver Bill
Interview with Representative Warner outlines three methods to fix silver bullion values for certificates. Senator Call, Representative Dunn, and Representative Kleiner comment on silver coin usage and the Bland act, exposing views of the party on the silver dollar and monetary policy.
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Wasu Hine Ton
the Post Today
Warner
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
London
Call
Florida
Dunn
Arkansas
Kleiner
Indiana
Congress Faces a Lively Session on Key Issues
Representative McMillan of Tennessee predicts a lively new Congress with debate likely over the silver question, land grant forfeiture, interstate commerce, and tariffs. Civil service reform is discussed among Democrats, but major changes may rest with the President. Also notes William Talmadge estate inheritance in England worth 1.5 million.
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United States
Cooper
New England
Delaware and Hudson
Long Island Sound
Massachusetts Bay
Spanish West Indies
England
Aaron
Pacific
Canada
Mexico
New York
Brazil
Euro
Asia
Saratoga
General Carr
Carr
Roswell P. Flower
St. Lawrence River
Flower
Hubert O. Thompson
Edward Cooper
Chester A. Arthur
Arthur
Lincoln
Cassell
General Butler
Blaine
Ohio
Robert Lincoln
William M. Evarts
Washington
McMillan
Tennessee
Civil Service Board
Congress
Duel Ends in Knife Fatalities Near Nashville
John Peters and James Hunt, nearby farmers, resolved a long quarrel with a pocket knife duel. Hunt was killed and Peters fatally wounded. Both men were single.
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John Peters
James Hunt
Hunt
Peters
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