Balloon adventure ends with two boys rescued from a wayward ascent
Paul and Walter join Monsieur Le Clerc for a balloon ride that climbs to 600 feet then breaks free. They struggle to control the gas via a valve cord, sling a twine tether, and later hook into branches to avoid a deadly fall. After a night aloft they are saved by search parties and hailed as local heroes.
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Walter
Paul
Monsieur le Clerc
le Clerc
Mr. le Clerc
Earth
Eeee
Harper
Relics of War Marks a Lumber Mill's Sharp Remnant
A Civil War era timber salvage story describes logs from Antietam battlefield bearing embedded cannon balls and buckshot. Cornelius Smith's contract to saw the logs reveals danger as missiles are struck during cutting. A shed fragment and grape shot left polished marks on the logs, sparking when struck by the saw.
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Cornelius Smith
Antietam
Dead March in Saul Triggers Absence Letters to Professor
A Scotch professor recalls students missing lectures to hear the Dead March in Saul. Notes reveal excuses ranging from casual interest to studying the solemn measure, with instances of late attendance and even students joining a music class to practice during lectures.
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Saul
Sam
San
Sant
Woriaguna
Fas
Sab
Earnest Gordon as Soldier and Philanthropist
After Gordon's death English papers recount anecdotes of his life. He taught vagabond London youths, washed a poor boy in a stable trough, and chose integrity over polite diplomacy with native princes. He cared for hospital patients and a tormented man with a fan. His single minded purpose defined his power.
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Gordon
China
London
Colonel Gordon
Jefferson Davis's Escape Retold in Civil War Anecdote
A Boston Herald correspondent recalls General Sherman at Dartmouth College in 1866 or 1867 and Lincoln’s quip about Davis’s escape. Lincoln compared himself to a temperate bishop offered a drink, suggesting if Davis fled unseen, Lincoln would count it fortunate.
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New Hampshire
Boston Herald
Sherman
Dartmouth College
President Lincoln
Davis
Richmond
Hampton Roads
Lincoln
Grant Impresses Boston Herald Correspondent In Talks
The Boston Herald correspondent recalls Grant as a thoroughly knowledgeable, modest, and risk daring leader who balanced decisive action with restraint. The piece also recounts Captain Parselle stories of storm waves and a dramatic rescue at the Eddystone lighthouse.
Cotton stock controlled by three firms in US
Report states that three firms, two based in New York and one in New Orleans, effectively control the entire stock of cotton in the United States, a claim cited in the article.
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New York
New Orleans
United States
Walker Blaine to Wed Buckhannon Woman
Gossip places Walker Blaine son of James G Blaine to marry a young woman living in Buckhannon West Virginia. The item notes the romance but provides no confirmed details or dates.
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Walker Blaine
James G. Blaine
Buckhannon, W. Va
Cabbage Plant Push At Massachusetts College
Seventy five thousand cabbage plants are being pushed forward at the Massachusetts Kassenburnk College as part of the college agricultural program.
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Massachusetts Kassenburnk College
End of Civil War Era Reflected in Washington Posture
After Lee s surrender and parole, Union forces man the capital while Grant and Sherman command nearby. Davis is held at Fortress Monroe and Stanton wields power as War Secretary. Mentions of Grant and Rawlins playing billiards and civilians nearby evoke a tranquil postwar scene.
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Lee
Grant
Sherman
Washington City
Jefferson Davis
Fortress Monroe
Edwin M. Stanton
Rawlins
National Hotel
The Increase of Celibacy in New England and New York
A 19th century essay notes a rise in bachelor status across New England and New York as marriages decline. It cites Connecticut towns with half of men ages twenty one to thirty unmarried, and says foreign population affects this trend. Bachelors delay marriage to pursue wealth and luxuries, while clubs provide social rewards and indulgences only available to single men.
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Dana
New England
Middle States
Connecticut
New York
Suspension of Old Age in The Medical and Surgical Reporter
A April 11 article argues that aging results from slow accumulation of cancerous matter throughout the body. It urges dietary limits on calcium forming foods, favors fruit and young meat, condemns regular spring water, and recommends cistern water with phosphate acid to better dissolve and remove earthy salts.
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Medical and Surgical Reporter
Ocean of Wealth Yet Empty Home at Stanford Mansion
The New York Commercial Advertiser describes the Stanford house in San Francisco as a mausoleum where visitors seldom enter and the family suffers. The mistress wanders in distress while the master is despondent. Portraits of a dead boy fill the halls, including eight Bonnat pieces valued between 30 000 and 40 000 dollars.
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New York
Leland Stanford
San Francisco
Bonnat
Paris
Telegraph rates in England after August first set at a cent per word
Telegraph messages in England will be charged one cent per word from August, with addresses included in the count but signatures excluded. The note adds that England remains free from the monopolies seen in the United States.
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England
United States
Wolseley Storms the Motee Mahal in Lucknow Assault
Captain Garnet Wolseley led a daring storm of the Mess House and then the Motee Mahal at Lucknow against heavy fire. He advanced after the drawbridge failed, planted the British flag, and rescued wounded Private Andrews. Sir Colin Campbell later commended his courage despite lacking direct orders.
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Mazil
Lucknow
Happy Palace
Peel
Sir Colin
Garnet Wolseley
Wolseley
Myat-toon
Colin
Bengal Artillery
Frederick Roberts
I.’. Roberts, Bart
V. C
Colin Campbell
Motee- Mahal
Motee-Mahal
Wolseey
Andrews
Crimea
Woolseley
Con
indad-Rodrigo
V. U
United Service Magazine
Pro Tem Chairman Feud Sparks House Laughs
In the Chicago House a pro tem, Dave Linegar, vies with a reporter over parliamentary moves. Amid shouting and heckling the Speaker calls for order as Linegar barks out a clash over procedure. The scene ends with laughter and relief for Haines.
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Dave Linegar
Illinois
Chicago
Haines
Linegar
Speaker
Lineguar
Chicago Herald
Miscellaneous world notes and figures
A collection of brief curiosities and figures. Items include 32 000 fish soldiers in the English army a promising North Carolina tree for papermaking Levi P Morton to resume banking in New York State of Maine rapid Pacific crossing 29 days salary of the Governor General of Canada 50 000 brand Lincoln’s largest legal fee 5 000 sewing machines price 13 in Georgetown population 15 000 land area 15 000 square miles pneumonia in Massachusetts since 1857 outpacing population young lawyer versus young widow quip partnership of lcusts every 221 years crowding jobbers during depression Irving netted 150 000 Connecticut imports 75 000 honey annually.
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North Carolina
Levi P. Morton
New York
France
State of
Maine
Pacific
Canada
Abraham Lincoln
Georgetown
British Guiana
San Diego County
California
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Book notice questions malaria diagnosis and a cure
A reader critiques a 19th century anonymous book alleging malaria is a medical pretense used by superficial physicians. The summary traces warned diagnoses from travel to springs, costs, and a claim that Warner's Safe Cure cured cases once deemed incurable, with references to Arthur and a Wall Street banker. European crop notes follow with England rainfall and Russia harvests.
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Wall Street
Kright
Schmidt
Warner
Arthur
Gen. Christiansen
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Heaven
Earth
One Million Bottles of St Jacobs Oil Sold Regionwide
A Times-Democrat reporter surveyed New Orleans and surrounding areas interviewing druggists storekeepers and transport firms to gauge trade volume over two years. More than 1 200 000 bottles of St Jacobs Oil were sold locally outrunning all other similar remedies.
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New Orveans
Times-Democrat
St. Jacobs
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India
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Wisconsin
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Grand Cent
N. Y
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Sumter Co
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J. C. Ayer & Co
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