The Fall of Kare Fort and Siege of Erzurum, 1877
Russian forces under General Loris Melikoff broke the Turkish line at Fort Chanli and allied forts, capturing Kare fortress with 300 cannons. Turkish losses were around 5,000 killed or wounded and 10,000 taken prisoner while Russians suffered about 2,700. General Melikoff directed operations and entered the city Sunday morning.
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New York
Ae An
Walla
Grahbe
Moscow ‘Grenadiers
Die Vision
Hafiz
Gahip
Chanli
Westermt
Ofv
Suvwark
Cane
Rigade
Ceaptain Kwadmicki
Thirty-ninth
Obiatiit
Kira
de We Forte
Pacha
Chicheck
Ardshani
Moscow
Loris Melikoff
The Barna Tree Plant Description
The passage describes a banana tree as a succulent plant filled with water. It claims a height of about ten to twelve feet with a smooth leaf canopy at the top. The garbled text mentions a tree with a dozen leaves and a crown, plus various measurements and odd spellings, reflecting OCR damage rather than clear details.
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Tipece
Angie Bench
Last Voyage Ended With Death On Lake Titicaca
An account of an expedition led by Tiver recounts a brutal setback in the June voyage up the Maniore river where sudden flood and wreckage ruined supplies and nearly submerged the party. The leader endured hardships across Bolivia and Peru, reaching Hobomb near the Bolivia Peru border by August. He died at dawn on September 25 after a final, peaceful moment with his companion Dr Heath, following a long, starved journey.
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Theni
Egert
Secort
Beni
Pars
Canpolican
Ilobomb
Bolivia
Peru
Ion
Ivon
Heath
Lake Titicaca
Reminiscence of Senator Morton Visit to Virginia City
A Cincinnati Commercial reminiscence recalls Senator Morton’s California trip and Virginia City outing. The party visited the Consolidated Virginia mine where only the Senator declined the shaft ride for his ailing wife. Ladies wore improvised male attire including overcoats and pantaloons to endure the heat in the mine.
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Senator Morton
Cincinnati
California
Virginia City
Virginia
Pou
Mackey
Benator
Morton
Aes Ac
Fishermen's cache of stray pickerel astonishes town
A seaside upbringing led a boy to collect several pickerel found scattered over three quarters of a mile near a farm house. A farm worker and maid also gathered fish in the same manner, drying and smoking them as reported by the Rondeau News correspondent. Three people total collected the fish amid a unique scene.
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Rondeau News
Icelandic Women in Rooms of Hardship and Grace
In Iceland both sexes share cramped spaces with limited cleanliness yet cheerful contentment. Young women display striking beauty with long Dutch plaits and blue eyes, wearing Danish-influenced dress. Festival bodices shine with silver braid, velvet, and silver devices. On wet cold days a shawl serves as a mantilla to protect against frequent storms.
Siamese Twing in an Oyster Bed
A steamer clerk brings a remarkable oyster to the city from the Chesapake area. The fragment describes two distinct parts in the shell and notes unusual observations from the Chesapeake oyster fishery.
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Maggie
Eastern Shore Steamboat Company
Baltimore
Operator's Joke Telegram Led to $187.50 Bill
A Denver telegraph operator sent a prank telegram to Emperor Napoleon via Omaha and Chicago. The bill for ten words from Denver to Paris totaled $187.50, charged to Governor Gilpin. The prank, carried through the chain, resulted in the unnamed operator paying the sum. the incident is preserved in the Omaha office.
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Denver
Colorado
Omaha
Italy
France
Napoleon
Garden of the Tuileries
Paris
Gilpin
Bohemia
Chicago
New York
Billy Woodward
Louisville
Dream Prediction Of Neighbor's Death In Mine
In Virginia Nevada Enterprise a tale recalls a man who dreamed his neighbor dying from a mining accident and, days later, the neighbor was found dead on his doorstep from the same cause. The account notes coincidences between dream and real events.
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Virginia
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