Mutiny in India and the fall of Allahabad
A first person reminiscence recalls the Indian Mutiny's brutal onset with Colonel Pratt murdered at his bungalow and Allahabad seized. Pooniah, Boden Singh and the escaped officer concealment, the mess massacre, and the faithful promise kept by a wife reveal the depth of loyalties and betrayals as the mutiny spreads toward Delhi and Lucknow.
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India
Pratt
Delhi
Allahabad
Granges
Hiseubiien
Sahib
Boden Singh
Allah
Baden Singh
Pooniah
Nick
Hindoo
Mussulman
John Lawrence
Agra
England
Bocen Singh
Sir John Lawrence
Jubbulpore
Lincoln's Law Partner William Herndon Recalls Lincoln
William H. Herndon, Lincoln's former partner, toured Chicago and recounted reminiscences of the great lawyer at the Lincoln Memorial Collection. He recalled Lincoln's temper on entering the office, his odd fee habit with Billy, and his courtship losses including Ann Rutledge. Herndon, now near retirement, farms six miles north of Springfield.
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Chicago Tribune
Lincoln
William H. Herndon
Illinois
Billy
Ann Rutledge
South
Curious Alaskan Seals Show Color Change And Playful Behavior
Observers describe female seals drying from blue gray to white under sun, then fading to ochre and gray as seasons progress. Bachelor seals are highly restless and energetic, secreting happiness and lack of aggression until they mature. Pups and yearlings enjoy rock play by the waterline, pushing each other off rocks as surf rolls in.
Infidelity Grounds Divorce Talk in Local Cartoon
A humorous exchange notes Riley and Rafferty debating divorce on adultery grounds. The cartoon caption mocks marital strife with dialect. Meanwhile a Charleston cotton factor, William B. Smith, is described as worth $2,000,000, noted as the state's richest man.
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Riley—Shapin
Religon
Mary Ann
Rafferty
Riley
Chicago
William B. Smith
Cotton
Charleston
D. C
Is life worth living well asks good people
A Columbus Dispatch reflection quotes a worker building a home for others a widow finding happiness in deeds and those aiding fellow humans. The piece frames the question as Is life worth living and suggests the answer lies in living well through service and care.
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Columbus Dispatch
The Secret of a Locket in Christmas Courtship
In a nostalgic Forum tale Kitty recalls a teen romance shaped by Julia Somers. Louis Daintre vows a future with Rose but Julia secretly courts him with a diamond locket signal. Rose marries John Horton after heartbreak, while Julia later marries a wealthy older man and a child enters the scene.
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Rose
Louis
England
Julia
Captain Daintre
China
John
Rosebud
George
Mamma
Rosie
Wade
Kate Woopbridge Michakelis
Love and Forgiveness in Rose and Louis Tale
A narrator recalls Rose and Louis in a long, interwoven family saga. Julia’s dying letter and a hidden locket bind past loves, betrayals, forgiveness, and a Christmas wedding foretold by a child, with Rose guiding family healing and shared memories.
Proverbs About Snow From the Boston Journal
Proverbial observations on snow outline expected weather and farming outcomes. Dry snow predicts a light period, while large flakes signal thaw. Snow timing by January and March hints at crop prospects. heavy snowfall is tied to healthy crops and a rich year for farmers.
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The
Boston Journal
Some of Them Work in Washington Cabinet Hours
A Memphis Avalanche correspondent writes from Washington that government workers including cabinet members and the President put in long hours. He notes lights burning late at cabinet officers homes and in Treasury offices, with staffers taking work home and scientists willing to work for small salaries out of love for their fields.
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Memphis Avalanche
Washington
Col. Lamont
Treasury
Kentucky Boys Then and Now Compared by Uncle Grip
From Spirit of the Times Uncle Grip notes a Lexington contrast between fifty years ago and now. He recalls meeting in Kentucky jeans and cowhide boots with farm talk and neighborly help, versus today’s youths chatting about breech-loading guns dogs pedigrees horses and trotting stock, with fashion as a marker of change.
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Uncle Grip
Lexington
Kentucky
Jack
Sam Anderson
Col. Thompkins
England
Maj. Jane
Tommy
Saratoga
Hindoo
Col. Clay
Gen. Smith
Willie
Ashland Park
Maryland Leads Nation in Canned Goods Output
Maryland fuels a Southern business boom by employing 60,000 in canning. The state ships 50,000,000 oyster cans annually, with Hartford County producing 20,000,000 tomato cans and 12,000,000 corn cans each year. A firm in Frederick City cans 2,500,000 corn per season.
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Maryland
Hartford County
Frederick City
Conviction of Persian Murderers follows British inquiry
The St James Gazette recounts the 1850s Persian murder of English telegraph inspector Sergeant Collins. He was killed by robbers after a gunfight. The prince governor H R H Zil es Sultan ordered the robbers beheaded in public. A tablet in Julfa records Collins’s death.
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St. Jame’s
Shiraz
Collins
Sahib
Persia
Teheran
Peak Wees
Mirza Hassan Ali Khan
H. R. H. Zil-es-Sultan
Fnding
Heaven
Farrash-bashi
Julfa
Lincoln as a Military Hero in Political Discourse
The passage recalls Lincoln's stance on military reputation during a debate in 1848. He ridicules attempts to spin Gen. Cass and frontier service for political gain, insisting he is not a hero to be wheeled out for rhetoric and noting his own minimal combat compared with mosquitoes and hunger.
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Nicolay
Hay
Cass
Great Britain
Speaker
Stillman
Gen. Cass
Hull
Althouh
New York Plum Pudding Ads and European Style Dishes
A piece notes a New York made yet marketed as English plum pudding. It highlights fashionable tables with blanched almonds, a rumored onion hint for boiled quail, Boston style hash of lamb or mutton with milk, and kidneys stewed with champagne as a luxury breakfast among epicures.
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New York
Boston
Letter from Terence Powderly on temperance reform
General Master Powderly writes to a Brooklyn Good Templar secretary praising temperance work. He argues liquor is the greatest curse, causes most working-class ills, and that both cheap and costly drinks enslave drinkers, urging total abolition to strengthen future generations.
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Orkman Powderly
Templar
Brooklyn
Sacred Cause of Temperance
Markets Report from Multiple Produce Centers
Markets across Curiaco Minnxearouis St Paul and Minneapolis area show grain bids with wheat to 77 78 cents over No 1 hard and Northern grades. Corn ranges 30 40 cents, oats 26 28 cents, rye 45 66 cents, barley 45 52 cents. farm staples include flax seed 83 cents and clover seed around 4 dollars. Hog and pork prices around 11 50 for pork and 4 20 dressed hogs. butter eggs and cheese move modestly in late session.
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St. Paul
Congressman's Southern Tour Highlighted by Industry Growth
Congressman William D. Kelley reports in the Baltimore Manufacturers' Record on southern progress and contrasts current industrial expansion with postwar conditions. He notes remarkable improvement and cites striking facts about the region's development. Herr von Mohle, ex-German consul at St. Petersburg, becomes master of ceremonies at the Japanese court as the emperor adopts Prussian etiquette.
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William D. Kelley
South
Baltimore Manufacturers’ Record
Herr von Mohle
St. Petersburg
Japan
Lan caster Man Praises St Jacobs Oil For Injuries
Mr. Butcher of Lancaster Pennsylvania endorses St Jacobs Oil as an effective remedy for swellings bruises and burns citing personal experience with the product.
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Butcher
Lancaster
St. Jacobs
Two Banks to Open at Duluth by Syndicate Power
A powerful syndicate plans to open two banks simultaneously in Duluth. Details on entities and dates are not specified in the readable text. The move signals a coordinated expansion in the city’s financial sector with potential market impact locally.
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Duluth
Baltimore Father Praises Red Star Cough Cure
A Baltimore publisher reports his six month old child recovered from a severe cold after being given Red Star Cough Cure with no morphia. The anecdote appears in Every Saturday, attributed to T. J. Wentworth.
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Baltimore, Md
T. J. Wentworth
Lord Randolph Churchill resigns from cabinet over policy
The Times notes Lord Randolph Churchill quits his cabinet post amid a dispute with the admiralty and war office over costs and home legislative measures during financial strain. Dexter E Fay is arrested in Cincinnati and to be taken to Milwaukee for robbery charges after pepper-blind attack on jeweler Charles H Upmeyer. Ernest Schilling, Victoria Morosini's husband, who joined the Marines at Brooklyn Navy Yard, is moved to Norfolk barracks, having enlisted under the name Gallagher.
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the Times
Lord Randolph Churchill
Admiralty
War Office
Dexter E. Fay
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Charles H. Upmeyer
Ernest Schilling
Victoria Morosini
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Norfolk
Schilling
Gallogley
Hostetter's Almanac 1887 Ready Free From Drugists
The 1887 Hostetter's Medical Annual Almanac is prepared for release by Hostetter & Co. of Pittsburgh and is available free through druggists and country dealers across the United States Mexico and the Western Hemisphere. It claims a long tradition and extensive edition size with calendar astronomical and chronological data. Authorities note a large edition and offer to mail copies on a two cent stamp. The page also mentions a fire at W D Bailey & Co. creamery in Darien Wisconsin and includes various medical testimonials and inquiries about Brown's Iron Bitters and other remedies including Allen's Long Balsam.
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Sterling Medical Annual
Hostetter’s Almanac
United States
Mexico
Hemisphere
Hostetter
Messrs. Hostetter & Co
Pittsburgh
Advertisers Reap Harsh Gains From Ad Claims
A printer’s error aside, readers see praise for Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery with claims of curing lung disease liver ailments and other ills. Irving Woodward of Newport killed at work in a well. Advertisement asks 10 cents for reply and book. Snowstorms in northern France disrupt rail traffic.
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Dr. Pierce
Irving Woodward
Newport, Washington Co
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Nip t in the Bud and Catarrh Remedy Claim
An appeal warns that many diseases begin with nasal catarrh and praises Dr Sage's Catarrh Remedy as pleasant soothing and effective claiming thousands cured All druggists cited. Also notes Donald F Nicholson of the New York Tribune earns six thousand dollars yearly.
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Sage
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the Seal Islands
Forum
Kitty
Mrs. Whitney
Laura Daintre
Dr. Meredith
Dr. Horton
Johnsons
Myers
Louis Daintre
Mr. Daintre
Mrs. Johnson
Julia Somers
John Horton
Jordan Marsh
Woolwich
Europe
Boston Herald
Kentucky Boys
Epicurean Club
Fowderly
W. D. Bailey & Co
Darien
Wis
W. H. Worthington
Berlin
Standard
Prince Bismarck
Hoadly
Minneapolis
Warner
Lecco
Lombardy
Brown
Washburn
Minneapolis & Sault Ste. Marie
Ma’l Lc
Naugatuck
Conn
Caswell, Hazanp & Co
Caswei, Hazagp & Co
PoTter Drug and Chemical Co
Mass
Allen
Phoes Rise
Moody
Soody
du J. Stepeess
Lecacoa
Dr. Marsh
Forest Tree
H. M. Ball
Lone Tree Lake
Minn
Maite Ra A Payne
Mer Ehelltown
Iowa
Keepi Ng
Herrie
Eeeenenip
Cir Seed
Tee J. C. Bryats Co
N. X
Soa Devere Sons
C. M. Sites & Co
Washington, D. C
R. 8
A P. Lacey
Patens
Papa
Palace Bulding
St. Alhariy
Nn. S
Eoemeen
E. Roth & Bro
New Oxford
Penn
Nevery
da. i. Schif
ST. Paul, Minn
Dre Norne
Discase Oe
Horne
Wabash Ave
Chicace
Fon
Wilson Bros
Eaton, Pa
Malta
Anne
Esterbrook Steel
Camden
N. J
John St
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Lil
Josel
Ross
Ohio
N. W.N.Y
Winter Carnival
Hotel Ryan
France
Donald F. Nicholson
Whitelaw Reed
New York Tribune
Hood
Swampscott
C. I. Hood & CO. Apothecaries
Lowell
Tufts
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rochester
Pardef Medicine CO
Jane A. Face
Jefferson Avenue
Dr. Pardee
DE. T. Felix Gouraud
L. A. Payer
Gourand
Bond &I
Simt
Mason & Hamlin Organ and Piano Co
BEV
Foldtowing Machine Co
S. Canal St
Woodward & Company
Corn Exchange
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