Gordon's Capture and Gordon's Retreat at Shendy
Telegram reports General Gordon captured by El Mahdi forces after his retreat from Khartoum. Deserters left Kandaka garrison. Gordon guarded at El Mahdi headquarters. Stewart's boat reached Berber with unclear fate for others. London indicates Khartoum fallen and Gordon a prisoner.
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Gordon
Dongola
Khedive
Shendy
Khartoum
Stewart
Nile
el Mahdi
London
the Times
Prince of Wales
Khartown
Burned in Effigy Over Manito ba Arrest Riot
Manitoba riot erupts as 35 000 residents burn Attorney General Miller in effigy after a jail flogging incident. Crowds demand McCormick and Miller accountability as police and troops disperse the unrest amid threats of further action.
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Manitoba
Uhe
Michipiecoton
Winnipeg
Man
Miller
John McCormick
Dalkota
Judge Miller
McCormick
Goverment
Norquay
St. Vincent
Minn
Toreka
Kas
Wichita
Santa Fe Railroad
Soccorro
N. M
Nottawa
Mich
Grand Rapids & Indiana
Mendon
Sturgis
William Green
George Kuhn
Omaha
Neb
Union Pacific
Charles Wilson
Dan Mahlon
Derrigorr
Sault Ste. Marie
Ontario
Toronto Police
Michipicoton
Ont
Rnot
Garfield memorial window completed at Williams College
The Garfield memorial window at Williams College cost 3645 dollars to finish. Other items note Vassar College graduates, Hygienic Congress education critique, Five Points Mission meals and funds, Columbia president Barnard cane rush, Scotland church progress, American Board of Missions finances, a sermon on cheapness, and a Lucas County school pump ruling on public property rights.
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Garfield
Williams College
B. Sanborn
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie
Five Points Mission
New York
Tribune
Barnard
Columbia
N. Y
Scottish Church Review
Church of Scotland
American Board of Missions
Columbus
Boston
Chicago Times
Lucas County
Iowa
Wit and Wisdom From The Times
A collage of quips and anecdotes from various papers reflect humor and social commentary. Tales include a Indiana schoolteacher arrest case verdict on insanity, a glove in a pocket riddle, moral ascent proverbs, color jokes about urban life, and a doctor bill punchline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Chicago Tribune
Indy
Ella Wheeler
N. Y. Tribune
Crimsonbeak
Yonkers Slalesman
Irrigation manure and farm practices cited in 19th century papers
A compilation of agricultural notes from several papers discusses manure as essential to soil fertility, substitutes like corn fodder with clover, and the value of soot as a fertilizer. It also shares DIY sewing, hair brush cleaning, hog cholera remedies, and farm education debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Times
Cleveland
Albany Journal
Chicago
Boston Post
A Habit That Grows In Lazy Boys At School
A Youth's Companion excerpt depicts a Georgia school scene with Betsy Wiggins Heneritter Bangs Mandy Grizzle and Asa as a student who bears blame for others missed words. The sketch argues laziness leads to lingering responsibility and life failure, showing how a habit formed in youth follows into adulthood and hampers opportunities.
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Georgia
Pine Woods
Betsy Wiggins
Heneritter Bangs
Mandy Grizzle
Dot
Asa
Allen
Heneritter Bangs Hern
Mandy Grizzle Hern
Betsy
Heneritter
Mandy
Shelter for Stock And the Need for Proper Protection
Farmers with large corn fields should build windproof sheds or rely on belts of evergreens to protect livestock from winter storms. Sheds should be south facing and near feeding areas. consider close boarding and roofing, with storage for fodder above if space allows. Cheaper options include horizontal logs or thatched roofs, but trees provide best shelter for stock health.
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National Live Stock Journal
Trying for a Good Many Ears to a Stalk and Getting None
A farmer argues against breeding corn for multiple ears per stalk. He cites trials with mammoth and evergreen varieties, noting yields of 80 bushels per acre with single ears and low value for stalks with many ears. He urges one ear per stalk and adequate plant spacing for larger ears.
Gossip and coins meet in a New York miner tale
A Western gold miner from Nevada and Montana sells a fifty-ounce bar for 900 English sovereigns at the Miners Arms in New York, then sails home to Cornwall. The note cites a Penzance native and twenty-six years of mining as background for the transfer reported by the New York Tribune.
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Miners’ Arms
Front Street
New York
Nevada
Montana
Penzance
Cornwall
N. Y. Tribune
Furniture Woods in Demand as Woods Return to Favor
A Scientific American note explains how mahogany and cherry, once dominant, are regaining favor alongside black walnut and hickory. The piece highlights contrasts with coco bolo and calls out the rising use of cherry and hickory in fine furniture, carvers, and interior finishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tropics
Scientific American
Promptness and the perils of being late
A Cleveland Leader reflection on punctuality argues that habitual lateness wastes time for self and others. The piece links timely habits to courtesy, duty, and religious consideration, noting delays disrupt daily life from mail to trains and meetings and hinder success.
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Cleveland
Paper Mache Smile: Girl Falls for Journalist
A Mraposttys girl drawn to a journalist calls him the papier mache in a fleeting note shared with Oil City Derrick, reflecting a quaint romance snippet from the town.
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Amy
Adolphus
Jim
Mildred
Oil City
Boston
Mraposttys
Hop Bitters Tales of Cures and Miracles Across Years
A chorus of testimonials from Dublin and Malden praising Hop Bitters for cures of liver pain headaches neuralgia female trouble and kidney and urinary complaints. Statements claim dramatic weight regain renewed appetite and lasting health after multiple bottles with no doctors’ relief. Several letters attribute lives saved and miracles witnessed.
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RE. Fitzpatrick
Dublin
Malden
Mass
Boston
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Boston Journal of Chemistry
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Euclid
Mr. Gladstone
Duchess of Sutherland
Wilfrid Lawson
Cardinal Manning
W.M. HauLy
Lee
Brooklyn
Yonkers Statesman
Furniture Woods
Ohio
Toledo
Buffalo
Beeves
Pittsburg
H. Beeves
Phil
Brown
Langcuares
Charles A. Vogeler &O
A. Vogeler & CO
Baltimore
U.S. A
David Kennedy
Rondout
Springfield
Davia Kennedy
Lyman Crawford
Radway
Price Presey
Rapwayw & No
Warren Street
AUP Publios
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U.S
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Granare
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Cpe
United States
Canada
Intixteen Pages
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Jatghes
Uly
Lisher Wat
Found Interact An
Jorge
Tax Poverny
Randolph Street
Paillard’s
M. J. Paillard & CO
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New York City
Fe. Wilson
Welson Bros
Easton
Thomas Brown
Standolph St
Lord Pigs
Wil Arkage Veth L. Aeb L
Mith
R.r.teieg’h College
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Ar Dov, Mich
Abner Graves
Dow City
Lowa
E FE
USA
Erve Bott Bros Uggists
Owego, In
Ason & Hamelin Organ and Piano CO
Tremont Street
East 14Th St
Wabash Ave
Rvubens
Angelo
Raphael
Cambridge
A. W. McCormick & Son
E. D. Slack
Minneapolis
Redwood
Paul Red Wing
Ews Albert Lea
Steven
Madi
Terson TY
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Tally && Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific R’y
Blue Island
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Joliet
Seneca
Peoria
Ottawa
la Salle
Genes
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Pullman
Missouri River
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Kankakee
West
Newport News
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Indianapolis
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Newark
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Philadelphia
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Lesave
Washington
Wheeling
Beilaire Fee Eeeves
Reses Barnesville
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GMD
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P. M
Janesville
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Ohio River
Lake Erie
Cleveland & Marietta
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Huron Branch
City
Fremont
L. E
Clyde
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Bellevue, N. 2 Co
Monroeville
Wellington
W.&c. RR
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Junction
Valley
Canal
Dover
P.R.R
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New Comerstown
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Point Tases
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N.Y. RR
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Yoledo
Oak Harbor
Akron
Oak Har
Norwalk
Creston
Waltun
Huron Bran
Wwnene Milan Setae
W. Vries
Huron
Ets
Eevee
Warner
Ewe
Seers
Macksburg
Tee
Dexter
Caldwell
Kimbolton
New Comerstown Tt
Edeee Navarre
Orrville
Sce
Bellevue
Valley Railway
Independence
Everett
AEC
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Uniontown
Greentown
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Gate
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Mae
P. Mipe Ma
Fast Akron
Hat Cence
AICO
TRV
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Idepecee A. m
P. Ma
James E. Turk
Kile
Pe. al
T. M. Palmer
Monticello
Fla
J. Dennison
M.D
DeWitt
Johnson & CO
WM. Hasselpach
Sandusky, U
Business College
N.Y
Union Pub. Co
Newark, N. J
der. John
Woodbury
N. Pearl
Albany
Valentixk Bros
Wis
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