Daring Russian Fleet Passes through Dardanelles to Constantinople
In Thesme Bay on July 8, 1770, Captain Elphinstone of the Russian frigate Yekaterina leads a bold dash through the Dardanelles to reach Constantinople. He defies outdated defenses, survives a near miss from a Turkish battery, and fires up his crew with a toast to Old England as the fleet presses toward the capital.
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Vladimir
Asia Minor
Elphinstone
Yekaterina
Black Sea
Gregory Gregorievitch Orloff
Catherine U
Peter III
Thesme Bay
Padishah
Orloff
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Anatolian
Tenedos
Agamemnon
Troy
Mount Olympus
Dugdale
Xerxes
Hellespont Bridge
Europe
Miltiades
Cymon
Lysander
Darius
Scythia
Sestos
Abydos
Leander
Byron
Lieut
Gallipoli
Marryatt
Johnny
Sea of
Marmora
Prince’s Islands
Moscow
Allah
Capt
Nikolai
Old England
Admiral Farragut
Cassells Magazine
Colorado
New Orleans
George Eliot
New England
A bashful chemist and a lost shoe at the Chicago Opera
A shy young man studying chemistry in Chicago is teased by a pork-purveyor father and endures a painful defeat at the opera. He removes a tight gaiter for relief, but a stray shoe is swept away by an aisle, mocked by spectators, and the couple departs amid laughter and scorn. The tale ends with playful jests from St. Louis papers and a wary note on the youth’s fate.
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Chicago
Jane
Isaac Newton
Richard
Bunyan
St. Louis
N. Y
Sedalia
Boston
Tommy Beales
Tommy
Alaska
S. S
Michigan
New York
Buffalo Express
Kentucky
Free Press
New York Herald
Buffalo Courier
Illinois
Paul Leonard
St. Scholastique
Ont
New York State
Montgomery
Ala
Varieties and gossip from the era on fashion and folly
A collage ofquirky items from a period page includes witty maxims on fashion and manners, odd anecdotes about marriages and suitors, and notes on social trends. It cites Georgia dog control, New Orleans horticulture, and Washington society chatter alongside travels of Stanley and other notable glimpses into public life.
The Fox and the Crow Fable With Moral Paraphrase
A crow carries cheese to a tree and a fox flatters it into singing. The fox escapes with the cheese while the crow is mocked for its past readings. The piece notes several morals about papers imitation and art. It also states New York City Catholic churches are worth 11 250 000 dollars.
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Mora
N. Y. World
New York City
Stanley on the River and a Brush with the Bumbireh
The report recounts Stanley’s relentless drive to reach the sea, his clashes with hostile tribes including the Bumbireh, and a dramatic standoff in which he narrowly survives after a tense negotiation and volley of arrows. It notes Kalulu’s death and mentions Boston telegrams confirming companion losses.
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Europe
Stanley
England
Bumbireh
Kalulu
Paris
Boston Journal
Coolness Under Fire and Passages From Two Sides
An ink ermann account recounts a sergeant in war saluting a wounded comrade while a round-shot erupts, with Lord Raglan praising the feat. The piece then notes a Waterloo veteran’s stoic bearing and a hospital anecdote about Lord Fitzroy Somerset. Additional items include a notice by the Illinois House about Dr. McFarland’s education talk and a Bristow quip on liberty amid potato bean humor.
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Inkermann
Lord Raglan
Strangways
Sang Froid
Waterloo
Prince of Orange
Fitzroy Somerset
Chambers
Weather-boot style described with waterproof kid and cork leather soles
A writer notes a new English weather boot for women made of water proof kid with elastic side straps and a water proof lining. The cork centered sole, leather uppers, and a loop top aid donning while preventing water entry. Boots with india rubber failed long ago due to foot strain. fit at the heel is vital for comfortable walking.
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Virginia
Victor Emmanuel
Worcester Press
West¢ Jersey Press
Gail Hamilton
Jennie June
Fashionable Spring Dressmaking Trends and Lacework
Watteau backs revive for Princess dresses and new grenadines in India colors. Moonstones and cat's-eye jewels are in vogue, knitted petticoats rise in favor, and capotes with tulle caps appear. Lace work, jabots, and crimped crepe lisse cuffs outline the season's bold, delicate styles.
A Home Made Telephone Demonstrated by Prof Barrett
A recent Nature report describes Prof Barrett’s lecture on a cheap home made telephone. He instructs using a wooden tooth powder box with a hole in the lid and bottom a tin disc on the outside, a small magnet and coil on a silk reel, and wire to connect two units. Conversation reportedly possible at about 100 yards.
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Prof. Barrett
Barrett
Dr Pierce and Allen's Lung Balsam Adverts Reflect Habit Over Truth
The text critiques lingering beliefs in advertised medicines while promoting Allen's Lung Balsam as a proven remedy for consumption and lung diseases. It contrasts public credulity with medical endorsements and urges readers to trust the Balsam’s merits as tested by the medical faculty.
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Dr. Pierce
Allen
Mow
Neptune Coffee Ad From Cleveland Grocers
One pound packages of Neptune Coffee roasted but ungound. Sold by wholesale and principal retail grocers. Prepared by Joan H. Govse & Co. Cleveland Ohio. No coffee like it for the money and it never fails to give satisfaction.
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Neptune
Joan H. Govse & Co
Cleveland
Ohio
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N. Y. Tribune
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Black Hills
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Washington
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Washington Star
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Henry
N. Y. Herald
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Baltimore
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Shoemaker
United States
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Burlington Hawk-Eye
Boston Transcript
Henry M. Stanley
Mr. Stanley
Marseilles
Geographical Society
Africa
America
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the Crow
Switzerland
Illinois House of Representatives
McFarland
Fashion Notes
Mt. Vesuvius
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Graefenberg Marshalls Catholicon
Graefenberg Co
Reade St
Durang
Helphenstine & Bentley
Washington, D. C
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Simpson & Co
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Milwaukee
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Lewisville, Kr
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Satative
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FOWLE
H. D. Fowle & CO
Montreal
American Book Exchange
Simmons
Lewis G. Wunder
Master Street
Philadelphia
Telegraph and Messenger
Macon
J. H. Zeilin & CO
Philadelphia, PA
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Wilder
A. B. Wilbur
Central Land Wars
Iowa Bar, Land Company
Randolph Street
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
J. B. Calhoun
Betsey Bobbet
New Hook Keay
Josiah Allens
Samantha
Ee. Narra7blishing CO
Artis Rd
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CGA
Jackson & CO
Petersburg
M. BE. Williams
Owaha, Neb
E. E. Praty
Jackson St
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Elocutionisi’s
Journal 4
Jesse Haney & CO
Nassau St
Hershey School of Musical Art
Hershey Music Hall
Lydia Nash
Elizabeth
Pond
Pound
Pond’s
Pond’s Extract Company
Maiden Lane
Agenta
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Augusta
Pat
Campbelltown, Steuben Co
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Missouri
J. Allen Gardner
Superiorst
Meyer & Bartcher
G. Klaus
Woodlams Ave
Sampie Watch and Chain
C. M. Linington
J. H. Burrosy
Benton
Maia
Jay Bannsey
Detroit
Mich
Owen & & Son
Wood St
F. Keppy
Farnacs
Bridgeport
Erie
A. Coulter & CO
Chicag
Daniel F. Beatty
Washington,n.j
Madison & Chicage
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