Ghostly Warning Precedes Louisburg Expedition Tale
In March 1745 Gloucester men seek aid from Peggy Wesson as three youths trick a fortune teller with a silver coin. The Louisburg expedition sails from Boston on April’s end, while pirate birds and misfortune plague the crew, including Martin Sanders who dies after a cannon mishap and Job Ayers losing an arm. The siege proceeds amid cold, mud, and constant search for fresh rations.
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Ralreid
Gloucester
Penry
Lonistang
Martin Sanders
Peggy
Job Ayers
Tom Goodwin
Goody Wesson
Sie
Ayers
Goodwin
Mart Sanders
Lend
Louisburg
Borton
Cape Breton
Sunflore
Witch Shoot and Silver Sleeve Link Tale
A tale from a Gloucester forest recounts a shot crow and a supposed witch Peg Wesson injured by a loaded fowling piece. Martin Sanders uses silver sleeve buttons to reload, the crow falls, Peg Wesson is hurt, and a silver link is preserved as proof. The story ends with Peg Wesson's death and the eerie belief of forebears.
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Seuss
Sanders
Isamely
Goodwin
Martin Sanders
Amialar
Thwcrow
Per Weston
Loninbury
Gloucester
Peg Wesson
Bunders
Pex
Peyey
Sarah G. Duley
Nation encampment aborts command reform in 1880s event
The Detroit Free Press notes the Grand Army of the Republic meeting in Washington where Ohio delegates push to abolish the practice of appointing commanders by rank. The nomination of A G Weissert of Wisconsin for commander in chief is approved by acclamation amid prior debate.
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Aura Army
Wasmixerox
Ohio
Makiur
Gener A. G. Wolsnort
Wisconsin
N Nmber
A. Heart
P. Lincoln
Department of the Potomac
Weinsart
Awg
Weissert
Canton
Milwanites
Eighth
Wissconsin Infantry
Op Chico
Arkansas
Noakville
Grand Army
Repes
Wolcott
Mil
R. H. Warfield
San Francisco
Ayres
Ores Jeen Penaral
W.G. Weyl
Ray
Delamar R. Kansna
Boston
Minaatt
Napoleon
Detroit Free Press
Castoria Recalls Across Generations in Old Rhyme
A fragmentary recall of a familiar line about Castoria used for infants and children. The quirky verse traces a mother child journey from sickness to growth and fondly invokes Castoria in each stage. This ad-like snippet hints at early 20th century marketing.
Fractured plan outlines low cost home elevation scheme
An unclear draft describes elevating a house at a low cost by adding four rooms on the ground floor and a second floor loft. It mentions bedroom space on the ground floor for illness, cost concerns, and references to a telecomm plan and utilities with scattered names and locations.
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Che Holman
Lmck
Hind Sital
Fragmented description of a hall and rooms in a house
The text outlines a hall area with a living rope, storage spaces for china and a chine closet passage to the kitchen. It mentions a dining room, dining alcove, and a front second floor bedroom that could become a sitting room. It notes four bedrooms on the second floor and a bathroom.
Amateur electrician's odd heating idea from Boston article
A Boston amateur electrician experiments with electric heating using a battery fan motor and series lamps on 110 volt current. He notes the lamp heat exceeds the air heated and imagines scaling for broader artificial warming, per the Herald report.
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Boston
Aiscove
Herald
How Fortune Was Started and Odd Tales From the City
An 19th century slice recalls fortunes born from cholera era crisis in New York. A young New Englander leverages epidemic fear to amass wealth through burial work, then becomes a rich man. Other items humorously critique language habits and offer tips for earthworm gathering from a back barn.
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Crilwet
Wwe
J. Corbett
Pigiliowe
Witien
Jim Corbett
Abe
Corbett
San Francisco
Mia Ollie Gatco
Duke
Ollie
California
Amsterdam
N. Y
Ple Wil
Mia Lule
Jim
Colbert
Salt Lake City
Duncan McDonald
Mixa Lake
Lappy Paleto
Ollie Lake
New York World
New England
Itu
Astm
New York
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