Kentucky feud tale of the Underwoods and kin
A Detroit Free Press narrator recalls the Underwood feud in Carter and Rowan counties Kentucky. He portrays Jesse Alfred and George Lewis Underwood, their killings, evasion, and the violent clashes with Holbrook partisans amid a long rural war.
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Meron
Alfred Underwood
Carter County
Chappaqua
Kentucky
Jesse Underwood
Owingsville
Bath County
John Robinson
Trumbo
Iowa
John R. Taber
John Martin
Maysville
Cincinnati
Taber
Hillsboro
Morehead
Rowan
Iis
Blair
Martin
Stamper
Wage
Brice
George Lew
Pandi
McCresry
Law Town
Hiram Wonder
Jesse
Aed Ruggles
Carter
Elvin Underwood
George Lewis
George Lewis Underwoold
Title
Rowan County
Besidd
Holbrook
William Underwood
George Underwood
Billy
Free Press
Sharp
Underwood
Merritt's Rescue Ride Celebrated in Verse
The Cincinnati Gazette recounts a gallant siege scene on the prairie with deadly rifle fire and a looming relief. Rescue drums beat as dawn brightens the horizon and Merritt is hailed for bringing aid amid wounded and dying.
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Odto
Merritt
Cincinnati Gazette
The Abuse of Chloral Hydrate and Sleep Disturbance
Dr Richardson in Contemporary Review outlines three classes drawn to chloral hydrate. Some use it for legitimate medical relief, others turn from alcohol as sleeplessness worsens, and a third group consists of highly nervous individuals who rely on chloral for counterfeit repose. He warns the habit worsens cravings and deepens insomnia.
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Richardson
Virtues of onions hailed as universal cure
The Philadelphia Record extols onions as a panacea for many ailments. It notes benefits for tongue and liver issues, colds, lung and digestive health, and claims nightly use reduces offense. An onion juice syrup is cited, though cooked onions are preferred.
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Philadelphia Record
Towboats on French canals speed up barge work
Locomotives used on canal towpaths in France are light and manageable by a single operator. Barges travel about two miles per hour, roughly double the pace of horse-drawn towpaths. Some details about empty vessels and water impact on banks remain unclear.
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France
Wrestling Match Shows Advantage Shift Unlike Conventions
The on floor position in a wrestling match creates a strategic disadvantage for the speaker, contrasting with how a political convention grants the floor to a lead participant.
Advice to Travelers Buoy Dr Bull's Cough Syrup
A brief guidance piece urges travelers to carry Dr Bull's Cough Syrup as the sole remedy believed to stop a plague of coughing. The note frames the product as essential for aboard journeys and public spaces.
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Dr. Bull
Shack
Stilt Race at Arcachon Draws Curious Crowd
In Arcachon on Evrac beach ten tchankas or stilts runners, six men and four women, competed in a striking display. Dressed in wool mantles with berets and camano coverings, they rose five to six feet on stilts, circling the beach as spectators tossed coins. The prize, twenty francs, seemed vast to the players, while audience antics followed the spectacle.
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Arcachon
Evrac
Thankas
Charles
Spain floods cause national calamity and loss of life
The article estimates at least 2,000 drownings and eight million dollars in property losses from Spain's floods. It describes forest losses, towns washed away, and compares the disaster to a bursting dam as foreign observers note the event amid other global observations.
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Spain
Counterfeiting decline as photos aid fake notes
The Detroit Free Press reports photography aids counterfeiters by reproducing fibers and platework, allowing notes to appear almost perfect. Chief Brooks of the Treasury service has rounded up many counterfeiters, but the true experts remain at large. The Bank of England suggests destroying worn notes and issuing fewer new ones to curb fraud.
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Detroit Free Press
Brooks
Treasury Department Service
San Francisco
Boston
Bank of England
Joe Beef’s Montreal lodging house and menagerie profiled
A correspondent describes Joe Beef’s as a notorious Montreal lodging, board and bear-encased venue. Visitors report squalid conditions, dim light, rats, and rotting cleanliness, with a bar featuring a skeleton and bears used in unsettling displays. The piece notes violence and fear around the establishment.
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Montreal
Joe Beef
Joe
Etter
The Listening Oak Poem of Love and Reunion
A lyrical scene under an old oak witnesses love tested and returned. The tree speaks in personifying quips about hearts and certainty, while a couple reunites at twilight. The refrain celebrates a love proven by trial and joy at last.
Items of Interest From The Era
A collage of brief notes on varied topics including meas ures to stop silk worm egg exports in Japan and the spread of bicycle clubs in the U.S. Also references to prison health in New Jersey, a Bucks County vine tall tale, Roman lottery growth, Shakespeare era marriage notes, and France teaching gardening in over 20,000 primary schools.
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Boston Transcript
Steubenville Herald
Syracuse Herald
Sisters of Charity
United States
New Jersey
Strasburg
Thomas Beans
Bucks County
Rome
Galveston News
Shakespeare
Hop College
Michigan
France
Mura Ie
Words of Wisdom Reflections on Moderation and Duty
A compact reflection on moderation duty and self restraint. The text links a mother's care to a child's education and urges hiding faults while promoting virtues. It cautions that when reason opposes a person, the person resists reason and notes actions bear heavenly consequences. The festival of duty is valued above promising expectations.
Uncertain Nationwide Verse Sparked by Secretary Evarts
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a reformulated Mary Mary had a little lamb verse penned by Secretary Evarts. The tongue in cheek mock prose stretches across nations and a blend of historical figures, Queen Victoria, and global wool supplies.
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Mary
National Capital
Detroit Free Press
Evarts
United States of America
Massachusetts
Queen Victoria
Great Britain
Empress of the Indies
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