Widow Finds Love and Loss in a Protective Household
A sewing girl becomes a housekeeper for a farmer and his brood, falls for the master, is compelled to marry him to stay. After a joyous but tragic life, the master dies, leaving her a widow and mother to Bertie and Mayne’s brood, finding purpose in family and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wilmont
Bertie
Odell
Kitty
Mr. Odell
Baltimore
Richmond
Hannah
Willie
Aunt Hannah
Kit
Uncle Mel
St. Christopher
Mayne
One
Hanna
Elgar
Edgar
Stet
WN. F. Mercury
A Clever Convict and the Paralyzed Chair Scam
A Dartmouth prison case describes Henry Phillips who feigned paralysis to win early release. A warder watched him wheel away a charitable chair, only to see Phillips stroll into Manchester station upright, admitting there was never a malady. The swindle ends with the chair misused and the warder baffled by the ruse. In a separate note, John Engel swindles Tobin by selling a horse thought safe but found incapacitated, leading to a mocked trial in Yorkville police court and a compromise over the $30.
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Harris
Dartmouth
Henry Phillips
Phillips
Home Office
Manchester
Henry
Manchester Guardian
John Engel
John
Michael Tobin
Yorkville
Tobin
Indianapolis students nearly trigger deadly prank on bearer
A group of medical students in Indianapolis duped a man into carrying a bag believed to contain a body. He learned the bag hid a living student and, upon crossing a canal, threw the bag into the water to avoid a dangerous joke. Companions stopped a real tragedy by acting quickly.
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Indianapolis
Meeker family returns to Greeley after captivity joy
Citizens welcome Mrs Meeker Josephine and Mrs Price with a grand homecoming in Greeley. Resolutions rename Main street to Meeker Avenue and commission an oil portrait of Father Meeker for the town hall. Mrs Price seeks housing and help as she recuperates with her two children.
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Greeley
Meeker
Father Meeker
Adams
Harry Caldwell
Washington
Los Pinos
White River
Billy Arlington
Barnum Hall
Greeley Tribune
Price
Arlington
Denver
N.C. Meeker
Bishop Colenso Defends Cetshwayo Amid Zulu Deposition Clash
In a letter to England Bishop Colenso denounces the deposition of Zulu King Cetshwayo and argues loyalty persisted among indunas and people. He describes alleged mistreatment by English forces during the king's capture and notes episodes over rum, weed, and trader interference. He also suggests John Dunn’s chieftainship merits broader discussion in England.
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Colenso
Cetgwayo
England
Bartle Frere
Lord Gifford
Cetywayo
Port Dunford
Ulundi
John Dunn
Native Rulers of Zululand in British Vision
A discourse argues for uniting Zululand under a single native ruler with Cetywayo restored after a few months under a British resident. It notes potential disorder as Zulus modernize and mentions Divizulu, Cetywayo’s son, as a future factor, with a Bishop’s letter quoted from the New York World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zululand
Cetywayo
Divizulu
Donetsua
N. Y. World
A Bride's iRoom as a Fairy Chamber in Blue
Kate Heath describes a bride’s small room packed with blue ribbon decor and thrifted furnishings. A woven willow basket bed, blue lambrequins, Nottingham lace, canary in a tailed cage, inexpensive blue fan walls, and odd touches like clay pipes and pigs tails create a whimsical, light hearted interior described by a Sacramento Onion reader.
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Canary
Kate Heath
Sacramento Onion
Polar expedition notes from the Dawn and Jeannette in 1879 Arctic ice
Captain Kelly of the Dawn reports ice conditions and movements near Herald Island and Wrangel Land as the Jeannette escapes being shut in. Sightings by Captain Barnes confirm the Jeannette’s location and probable arrival near Wrangel Land as October opened.
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Arctic Ocean
San Francisco
Kelly
Dawn
Behring Strait
Pacific
Strait
Newcastle
Icy Cape
Point Barrow
Herald Island
Wrangel Land
New York Herald
King Theebau's Expected Heir
Palace in Mandalay prepares for confinement of Queen Soo-pyah-lat as astrologers predict a royal son heir. Cradle costs about 100000 dollars, with gold, jewels, and a wind-up mechanism by Italian engineers. English upbringing planned, despite royal distaste for Europeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Theebau
Mandalay
Burmah
Theebau
Pongees
Poonaks
Baydin Sayas
Theoban
Upper
York
Archduchess Marie Christine Arrival Prep in Spain
Preparations are under way for the Archduchess Marie Christine to be received at railway stations on the route to Madrid. A large military display will be staged at Irun by the army occupying the provinces under General Quesada. The cortes will suspend sittings for ten days during the marriage festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Christine
Madrid
Irun
General Quesada
E Cortes
Colorado's Canyon Shielded By Ancient Ruins And Rivers
Maj Powell describes Colorado as a plateau two thirds high with 4000 to 8000 feet elevations. Snowmelt feeds swift rivers carving Grand Canyon scale canyons while ancient stone ruins cling to cliff ledges. The rivers are older than the valleys, and geology records unfold as storms reshape vast rock channels.
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Colorado
Powell Ceney
Mt. Washington
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
California
Nevada
Louisville
San Francisco Chronicle
Tyranny in Kagalnik Inspires Gloom in Russia
Berlin correspondence reports brutal acts by Burgomaster Stepan Klatjewitsch Puschkarento in Kagalnik Southern Russia. An elderly man, Philip Kabalischenko, was tortured for unpaid taxes, bound to a post, doused with water, and kept on the pillory overnight. His daughter was flogged trying to help him, and he died weeks later. Other residents faced 100 and 40 cane strokes, pillory confinement, and masked humiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
St. Petersburg
Kagalnik
Philip Kabaltschenko
Kabalischenko
Christ
Detemi
Prson
Stepan Klatjewitsch Puschkarento
Wolkowaki
Voroschenko
Malyawtschenko
Kybko
Lysenko
Fisenko
Kornej Swellitschuy
Berlin
London Standard
Napoleon's Parents and the Bonaparte Heritage
The article describes the Bonaparte clan as pure Italian in origin with Corsican roots. It portrays Letizia Ramolino Bonaparte as a stern, influential matriarch who shaped Napoleon's character, contrasting her with Josephine and Maria Louise. It credits her vigilance in childhood, economy in old age, and unwavering devotion during Europe’s upheavals.
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Napoleon
Bonapartes
Corsica
Ajaccio
Bonaparte
Mene Ter
Letizia Ramolino
Europe
Josephine Beauharnais
Maria Louisa
Continent
Carlo Bonaparte
Corsican Legacy and British Political Tensions
Harper's Magazine notes Corsica's fall to French arms, Napoleon's lineage, and Elise’s St Cyr schooling, then a Corsican mother's eight years amid turmoil before escaping to Marseilles. Separately Hartington and Bright denounce military rule in Britain while Russia rumors and Gambetta attacks threaten foreign inclinations.
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Napoleon
Louis
Brienne
Autun
Elise
Royal Institution
St. Cyr
St Helena
Corsica
Marseilles
Harper's Magazine
Marquis of Hartington
John Bright
Russia
England
Gambetta
Paris
Wilson Oscillating Shuttle Machines to be Made in England
Report from Europe states W G Wilson plans to manufacture the Wilson Oscillating Shuttle Sewing Machine in England for Europe. Wellington Works at Oldham, run by Bradbury & Co. Limited, will exclusively produce Wilson machines in addition to Singer Howe Wheeler & Wilson and Wellington models for the American market. Interview with Sheldon confirms the move is needed due to Grand Crossing works’ limited capacity.
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W. G. Wilson
Europe
England
Wellington Works
Oldham
London
Bradbury & Co. (Limited
Howe
Wheeler & Wilson
Wellington
Sheldon
Wilson Sewing Machine Company
Lagie
Grand Crossing
Wilson
Cured Piecemeal Remedy Promises Free Guide
An old advertisement claims a simple vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous debility. The proponent offers free mailed recipes with preparation directions in multiple languages to any reader who requests with a stamped return. Funded by W W Sherar of 149 Powers Block Rochester N Y.
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East India
W. W. Sherar
Powers Block
Rochester N.Y. Cow
Recei
Summer Remedies and Medicines Advertised in 19th Century Prose
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart-Weed and Dr. Sellers' Liver Pills as cures for diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera morbus, fever, and liver torpor. It claims pain relief for kidneys and lists prices in a period druggist context. It also urges immediate use for coughs and colds with Dr Sellers' Cough Syrup and notes bottle prices.
New York Markets Report Food and commodity prices
The New York market shows flour subdued with varied grades, wheat in active demand across several No 1 and No 2 types, rye firm, corn advancing with multiple grade quotes, oats easing, eggs steady, pork steady to moderate, lard dull, butter unsettled, and whisky firmer with bid and ask levels.
Baltimore Market Prices Report
Flour firm with no change. Wheat western values mix lower and active with November at 138 percent, December 148, January 146 1/4. Corn higher with western mix, November 58, December 59 1/2 to 60, January 59 1/2. Oats active West and Pennsylvania quotes. Butter steady at 25 to 28. Eggs 20. Linseed oil 76 to 77. Petroleum unchanged. Coffee Rio cargo 14 3/4 to 19 1/4. Sugar steady, A soft 10 1/4 to 10 3/4. Whisky steady at 1 12 1/4 to 1 13.
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Baltimore
Penn
Lvania
Etroleum
Rio Cargo
Cincinnati Market Prices Fall Within Mixed Range
Cincinnati market report from November 18 shows flour steady, wheat firm, corn in good demand at 46 to 47, oats firm, rye strong at 81 to 83, barley dull at 90, pork steady at 1100, lard lower at 67 to 75, hogs higher with various grades, whisky demand active, butter mostly steady with dairy and western reserve levels, lard oil firm at 89, receipts 10 038 and shipments 312.
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New York
Ohio
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Choice Dairy
Prime Western Reserve
Do Central Ohio
November grain prices show mixed activity and steady oats
Nov 18 market notes show flour demand quiet with limited inquiries and varied bids and asks for different flour grades. Corn remains less active with mixed prices, oats hold steady with some rejection and mixed lots, while new western mixes appear with modest movement.
Wheat and grain prices at Toledo Market report
Toledo market notes wheat bids show No 1 white Michigan 126 and amber Michigan 127 for spot, No 2 red winter 127 spot and 128 futures, No 2 amber Illinois 232. Corn steady to weak with mixed bids around 44 cents, new 43, spot 44. Oats at 38 and Clover seed prime around 5 15.
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Toledo
Illinois
Chicago Markets Report Slips Close to Winter Prices
Chicago markets show flour steady, wheat active but lower with No 2 red winter around 120 122 and December futures at 1 16 January at 1 15 Corn weak with cash 4114 and December at 397 40 Oats in good demand and higher with cash 3314 and December 32 Rye and barley steady Pork unsettled and generally lower with cash 1000 and November around 990 95 December 995 1000 January 10 174g Lard down with December 6 70 671 2 cash and January 6 92 14 69 January bulk meats steady
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Chicago
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American Enterprise
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Philadelphia Market
Cleveland
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Tutt’s
Tutt
I. Guy Lewis
Fulton, Ark
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Ontiat
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Fore Wayne
P. W. Ziegler & Co
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Gert
Selene
Allothers
E&ghours
Home Publishing Company
Mansfield
Office of Store
Americasa Watch
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Address Agents’ Publishing Co
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Anchor
Ing Go
Dou & Bot
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Pittsburg
Cobarare
James Bown
BON
Gun Works
Medicine Loth CO
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Arch Lts
London Needle
4Th Ave
New Wenn
Popham
Peter D. Swoyer
M. D. Fritztown
T. Popham & CO
Philadelhia
TD. Langell
Saitoa Bs
Ad. Fer Etroulass
Pisa
the Earl OF Mayfield
Earl OF Mayfield
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
T. B. Peterson & Brothers, A
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Fort Wayne
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Powdre&s
David ¥. Youtz
Baltimore, Md
Dandelion
Kendall
Office of
U. S. Marshal
Western Dist
Ta Kalamazoo
B. J. Kendall
Enosburgh Falls
Express
John Parker
B. J. Kendall & Co
Vermont
Myer Bros. & Co
T. Felix Uraud
Gourand
Bond Street
New Aud
Uki
Baltimore and "Hio Railroad
Ghicees
Alida Seneeeeeef
Syracuse
Milford Junction
Bevesea
Seta
Deshler
Garrett
Bellaire
Columbus
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C. H. Hudson
T. W. and W. Railway
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