The Scilly Isles hanging and the admiral’s fate
A two year old wreck off Scilly recalls a 18th century incident recounted by Rev George Woodley. A seaman warned the admiral of navigation danger and was hanged for mutiny after a request for a psalm before execution. The tale contrasts Admiral Shovel with potential mercy and a famed posthumous rumor about the admiral.
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Scilly Islands
Sir Cloudéeley
George Woodley
Association
Scilly
Shovel
French newspapers and their scanty news coverage described
In the February issue of Lippincott's Magazine, Lacey H. Hooper analyzes Parisian press, noting its unusual lack of news, sparse telegrams, and indifference to non France topics. Foreign items are rare, often copied from English or Belgian papers, revealing a barren information culture.
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Lippincott’s
Lacey H. Hooper
Paris
France
Schiller
Fateful Escape Plot Fails at Trim Gallows
In 1787 an Irish prisoner named Kelly faced execution at Trim. He secretly prepared a blanket harness with a hook to guillotine his death, hoping the rope would compress and end his life swiftly. The plan failed as weight stretched the strips and caused deadly pain, leaving him to hang until death.
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Kelly
Trim
Ireland
Peter An
Thrilling Accident Smashes Coal Car In Pittsburgh District
A coal car on the Castle Shannon line derailed while starting from a incline near Clinton iron works. The car slid down the plane, scattering coal over an acre, damaging a window and narrowly missing bystanders. Officer Cochran was struck by a coal lump and had a pistol discharged in his pocket but survived uninjured.
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Saya
Pittsburgh
Castle Shannon ‘Company
Clinton Iron Works
Jove
Cosl
Crispin
M. Cochran
Carson Street
Cochran
Giant sea monster slain near Agde in France
In Agde fishermen battled a legendary creature that tore nets and dragged boats. After hours a rescue vessel helped Michel Hirailles and his son bring the beast to the surface and kill it. Post mortem showed the creature had eaten a donkey and two tunny fish.
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Agde
France
Walton
Michel Hirailles
Michel
Queen’s maids of honor and peerage eligibility rules
The queen’s maids of honor must be granddaughters of peers not below an earl, a sine qua non of eligibility. They receive $2,000 yearly, and upon marriage the queen gifts $5,000. Esch is on duty about two. Consort’s death and the time of it are noted with remarks on their aging. many ladies stay on past fifty.
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Esch
Russian vapor baths shape life of peasants and proverb contrasts
The article notes Russians use vapor baths as a spiritual cleansing before Sunday service and describe methods in ovens or homes. It contrasts harsh heat with cold snow rites, cites a proverb about health versus danger, and comments on peasant cleanliness and superstition.
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United
Tates
Plucky Nevada Woman Foils Burglar With Revolver
A Eureka resident awoke to a burglar ransacking her room. She remained still, seized a revolver under her pillow, and ordered the intruder to surrender. The burglar handed over bracelets a gold chain and earrings, then left. The woman informed her husband and described the encounter.
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Nevada
Eureka
The Difference in Style Between Men and Women
A comic contrast shows women flaunt new clothes in public, basking in joy as other shoppers admire them. Men, by stark contrast, delay wearing new outfits until dark, skulk through streets, avoid crowds, and hide behind barrels to seem unfashionable.
Famine death tolls across districts prompt relief estimates
Trustworthy statistics report massive starvation in 1877 across Bellary Cydarab and Kurnaul districts with tens of thousands dying monthly. In Madras February deaths reached 105 175 and Bombay losses exceed 165 000. Aggregate projections suggest up to 8 million could perish before relief arrives.
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Tadia
Bellary
Cydarab
Kurnaul
Madras
Fragmented 19th Century Notes on Society and Customs
Vignette style observations cover alcohol use in France, social norms in Russia, a Philadelphia debt tally, a gold fetter bracelet worn by a donor and the mutual control within courtship, plus poetic verses about knitting maidens and silent social codes.
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France
Philadelphia
Cat
Widgelo
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