Night Flood Drowns Richmond Streets in Unprecedented Tide
The James River flood swamps Richmond after midnight, rising to second stories in many homes. In Rockets and near Main Street crews rescue families as debris and timber sweep the city. Police and citizens improvise boats and lines of communication while the water overruns streets, injuring property and displacing residents.
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Richmond
Virginia
Mein Street
Beata
Niagara
James River
Main
Fifteenth
Shocker Creek
Cary
Franklin
Lower
Steamboat Breaks Loose In Richmond Flood
The Isaac Bell of the Old Dominion line broke loose from moorings as a flood swept Richmond. The vessel drifted down Main Street nearly capsizing, then found an anchorage near Yeungling's James River Brewery. Water flooded the riverfront, wreckers removed goods, Mayo's Bridge spans failed, and Manchester Belle Isle trestle washed away isolating sections of the city.
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New York
Com 8
Isaac Bell
Old Dominion Line
Yeungling
James River
Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio
Mayo
Manchester
Belle Isle
A French Bride's Mansion Described in Paris Letter
A Paris letter details a newly married Marquise mansion with rose velvet bed chamber and silver chiselling, Venetian lace bed-curtains, and rose satin outer drapes bearing silver arms. A private parlor features white poult des sire and heavy lace. a reliquary and a golden lamp burn in Russian fashion. The entire decoration is said to cost the yearly income of 5,000 Paris workers.
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Paris
From Penury to Plenty Crowes alias Golinsky Wins California Court Case
The California Supreme Court, after over a year, ruled in favor of Crowes alias Golinsky, a woman aged about fifty five to sixty, in a dispute over about thirty thousand dollars worth of property. She had sold all jewelry and spare clothes to pay her counsel and begged for bread prior to the decision, collapsing faintly on learning the outcome while en route to borrow money for a few days.
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California Supreme Court
Crowes
Golinsky
Illinois college president indicted for arson at watch factory
The president of an Illinois college has been indicted on arson charges after investigators accuse him of setting a fire at a watch factory. The indictment outlines intent to destroy property and jeopardize the factory's operations, with authorities pursuing further charges.
The Green Flag of the Prophet Threatens a World War
A long discussion on the feared Flag of the Prophet prophesies a global anti Christian crusade. It traces green banners from Mohammed to Mecca and cites Koranic exhortations about sword, heaven, and vengeance, warning of fanaticism should the emblem ever unfurl.
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Russia
Turkey
Stamboul
Mussalmans
India
Arabia
Egypt
Catharine
France
Scotland
Mohammed
Mecca
Paradise
The Green Flag and the Prophet’s Banner in Islam
A Chambers’s Journal piece discusses Mohamad’s portrayal of paradise for martyrs and the strategic value of the Green Flag. It describes the flag as green silk with a crescent, horse-hair plume, and Qur’anic inscriptions, noting its custody at St. Sophia in Constantinople under Muhammedan leadership.
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Mohammed
Paradise
Mosque of
St. Sophia
Constantinople
Chambers
Indigenous fishing methods on Van Couver Island shores
The article describes native fishing on Van Couver Island using a lath like paddle with iron spikes to stun small fish resembling herrings, many victims landing in canoes for bait. It notes herring and spawn consumption, spawning collection from fir branches, and catches of halibut, rock cod, oysters, clams, mussels, razor fish and other shellfish forming rustic meals.
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van Couver’s Island
Semon
Siwash
Chambers” Journal
Bible Gifts Move Russian Soldiers to Gratitude
The British and Foreign Bible Society reports over 60,000 Bibles bought by Russian troops as they crossed the truth. An agent notes the eagerness and reverence of Cossacks and others, with even commanding officers distributing New Testaments to soldiers.
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East
British and Foreign Bible Society
Philadelphia Press
Wedding in Athol Sees Seventeen Year Old Bride
A wedding in Athol Massachusetts features a seventeen year old bride and a groom with multiple previous marriages. The elderly groom was seventy six years old and had been married four times before.
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Athol
Mass
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James
Elie Eae
van Couver
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