Warned Away in Kentucky Mountain Cabin
In a Kentucky mountaintop cove John Hungerford and family face a threat after a neighbor warns of danger from the Oldhams and Bassetts. The hunter-foreman calmly plans defense, hiding wife and help in a scheme to repel a mob with musket and buckshot. The stranger agrees to assist but will fire only if necessary.
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John Hungerford
Kentucky Mountains
Hungerford
John
Sarah
Mary
Sartin
Bassett
Jim
Oldhams
Brissetts
Tilly
Night of the Hungerford Assault Ends in Deaths and Mercy
A narrator recounts a violent confrontation at John Hungerford's home after a planned assault by about twenty intruders. Hungerford and his wife defend themselves. four or five attackers reach the shed, and gunfire follows. Hungerford, his wife, and two attackers die. three others wounded, while townsfolk seek mercy and a doctor is distant.
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Hungerford
John Hungerford
Rod
Quad
Detroit Free Press
Germany's Gretna Green on Heligo Island Wedding Knot
Berlin Leler reports Heligoland, a small island off Germany, acts as a Gretna Green for couples seeking quick nuptials. Up to July more than twenty couples wed there, with one publication on a Sunday and paperwork sometimes waived. costs run at least two hundred marks, split with the officiating clergyman.
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Helizoland
Heligoland
Berlin
Leller
Women inspectors guard customs and curb smuggling risk
A Troy Times item describes female customs inspectors at the Sub-Treasury cash window collecting their pay and dubbed protectors against smugglers. It notes their nonchalant boldness, public role, and ability to reveal concealed goods, including a twenty five pound petticoat and a bustled face. A Kentucky report mentions a rustic finding a keg with 2700 dollars in Franklin.
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Bazon
Shakespeare
Troy Times
Price guide for rare old books in a broker’s list
A Brooklyn dealer in rare books quotes prices for first editions and notable works. He cites Milton Paradise Lost at 75 dollars, Gibbon's Town at 750, Robins on Crusoe at 35, and other sought titles from Shakespeare to Dickens with prices ranging from 25 to 300 dollars. The reporter leaves with partial lists and questions about ideographic mythological works.
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Sebastian Brant
Brooklyn
Gibbon
William Coombe
Percy
Tieclman Keiver
George Chapman
Charles Dickens
Lablache Mistaken Hat Gaffe Delights Italian Court
The singer M. Lablache visiting Naples forgot which hat he wore and which he carried. The king, Humbert I, laughed as Lablache misidentified his own headwear. The quip ended with Lablache noting two hats too many for a man who has lost his head.
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M. Lablache
Naples
Humbert
Lablache
Pall Mall Gazette
Allcock's Porous Plasters Endorsed for Chest Colds and Pains
In White Plains on April 19, 1886 a letter cites extensive use of Allcock's Porous Plasters as chest protectors against coughs and colds and as remedies for pains in the side back and chest. The note adds a light aside about love and reason.
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White Plains
N.Y
Allcock
All- Cock
AL. Cock
Special Offer for The Youths Companion Subscription
Boston readers are warned of a yearly special offer. New subscribers paying 1.75 now receive The Companion free through January 1, 1589 and a full year from that date. The deal includes four holiday numbers Thanksgiving Christmas New Year and Easter illustrated weekly supplements and the Annual Premium List with 500 illustrations.
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Yourth's Companion
Boston
Mass
Regulation of kidneys and healthful use of bitters urged
An editorial urges proper regulation of kidney health amid rising renal disease. It praises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for aiding digestion, bowels, and malaria prevention, notes the convenience and abuse of telephones, and mentions Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache drops as quick cures.
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Hale
Pike
Prosperous Northern Settlements in Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana
Milnois Central railroad will issue a new pamphlet about November 1 describing prosperous northern settlements in Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. It lists Jackson Tennessee Holly Springs West Point Yazoo City Terry Brookhaven Kentwood Roseland Colony Hammond Crowley Jennings Lake Arthur Welch Iowa Lake Charles and Vinton. It promises letters from northern families and dates of two monthly Land Excursions south from Illinois Central lines. Copies mailed free from Manchester Iowa to J F Merry General Western Passenger Agent.
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Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Milnois Central Railroad
Jackson
Holly Springs
West Point
Yazoo City
Terry
Brookhaven
Kentwood
Roseland Colony
Hammond
Crowley
Jennings
Lake Arthur
Welch
Iowa
Lake Charles
Vinton
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Dakota
Manchester
J. F. Merry
General Western
9 25 10 02 435 47 5 36
A compact numeric sequence appears as the readable item in this fragment. It offers no explicit event, people, or place information beyond the digits. The record preserves the numbers as a standalone item for archival or cataloging purposes.
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Civil Service Gazette
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FORD
Valley Railway
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