Battles of Lexington and Concord Narrative Recalled
A vivid reminiscence of the April morning 119 years ago describing the alarm, militia muster, and engagements from Old North Bridge to Concord and Lexington. Minutemen from Chelmsford and Billerica join Major Brooks and Colonel Thompson. Lord Percy’s relief attempt reaches Charlestown as the retreat ends.
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Middlesex
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Concord
Mecca
Bedford
Chelmsford
John Brooks
William Thompson
Billerica
East Sudbury
Bedford Road
Merriam’s Corner
Tavern Remains Mark Concord Visit in Revolutionary Tale
A historic tavern in Concord is cited as a fixed landmark for visitors to the town, linked to the April 19, 1775 events when Major Pitcairn reportedly stirred brandy with a bloody finger and boasted of stirring Yankee blood before night.
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Major Pitcairn
Concord
Tragedy in Turkey Amid Armenian Persecutions
London Leiter reports Armenian villagers killed and a priest’s daughter slain as Kurds pursue escapees toward Russian territory. A brother is captured, wounded, and jailed by Turkish authorities after a desperate mountain stand.
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Herfev
London
Leiter
Artistic conceit spawns canal boat trolley bill
A Detroit Tribune note recalls an artist 11 mere caprice who drew a canal boat powered by a trolley. Albany lawmakers then funded a $20,000 experiment. The artist, J. F. Burns, remains at work while a politician nears wealth, and the tale warns of growing canalboat power.
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Albany
J. F. Burns
Detroit Tribune
Egg attack on shops after six sparks riot in Liverpool
Handbills circulated in the district calling for 5000 rotten eggs to be thrown at shops open after 6 pm on Thursdays. The following Thursday a large crowd gathered at a draper's shop in County Road and pelted it with eggs, witnessed in County Liverpool.
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County Road
Liverpool
Liverpool Mercury
Judge by Appearances Says City Beggar Philosopher
A one legged street beggar on a downtown warehouse steps argues that appearances mislead benevolence. He notes a wealthy seeming passerby may be stingy while a well dressed woman may be uncharitable. He adds a cynical passerby drops a coin, proving appearances deceive. New York World.
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Dsit
Cross Street
New York World
Schoolmaster’s harsh correction inspires a blunt note
In London Tit-Bits a schoolmaster orders a pupil to write to his parents about how much he learns. The boy, distressed, drafts a letter stating he is very stupid yet learns much, detailing meals and dormitories in a satirical critique of the school. The master then lets the misbehavior slide, having been overuse of leniency.
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London
Labby’s View on Astor and American Wealth in England
Labby praises Astor for funding a well edited magazine and newspaper in London Truth, while criticizing the idea of an American spending to support hereditary legislators and to advocate enlarging Britain’s empire. He welcomes large New York property owners following Astor’s example.
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Labby
Astor
New York
England
London
Arab Passenger Missing Aboard Santiago After Suspected Jump Overboard
Proceedings reveal Pedro Bishora an Arab passenger disappeared Thursday aboard the steamer Santiago after a period of odd behavior and fears of self harm reported by Solomon Sopher the Jewish evangelist traveling with him. Bishora last seen at dinner and a search failed to locate him.
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Santiago
Pedro Bishora
Stuttgart
Bishora
Nassau
Solomon Sopher
Key West
Sopher
Purser Howe
Bishara
Honolulu
Banco Kirkhoff
Kirkhoff
New York Herald
Advertising Swindle Traps Local Woman for Home Work
A Troy woman answered a home work ad promising 30 to 75 dollars weekly. She bought stock totaling 30 dollars and spent more on ads. An agent took stock and vanished, leaving the remaining stock worthless. The Troy Times reports the scam and losses.
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Troy
N. Y
Times
Bullfighting Reachers Easter Monday in Bayonne France
The Easter Monday event at Bayonne featured bulls killed in an 80 called sport of the Spanish arena. Five bulls died as English visitors from Biarritz attended, many leaving in disgust after the first animal was killed, prompting letters to London papers criticizing the barbarity.
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France
Bayonne
Biarritz
Gladstone
London
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Old North Bridge
Lincoln
Fiske
Pitcairn
Boston
Lord Percy
Charlestown
Essex County
Wright
Old Hill Burying Ground
Lexington Road
Wright Tavern
Turkey
Bik
Nason and
Summer
Maynard
Bowker's
Planet, Jr
King of the Cornfield
Morgan
Stubtts
Canada
Rosendale
Mount Vernon
Ublic
Acton
Maynad
Sion
Boxboro
Litleton
Hartford Cycle Co
The
Eagie Bicycle Mfg Co
League Chainless Safeties
Smith Finney
Avent
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
H.p.n.dahl
Naylor’s
Nason Street
Lewis L. Hawes
Tuttle
Concord, Mass
Hubbard Street
Corning
W. A. Littlefield
West Acton, Mass
Maynard, Mass
Parker & Morse
Tia
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