Ben Franklin Views on the Boston Tea Party and British Policy
A compendium extract cites Franklin in London writing to Boston patriots including Samuel Adams and John Hancock. It discusses his moderation, opposition to destroying private property, and hopes for compensation before further coercion. The text recounts other 1811 and 1810 anecdotes of British military actions and acts of valor, including rescue and discipline, as context.
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Franklin
England
Lfe
Boston
London
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
New York Public
Lesbos
Gencribura
Lord Dartmouth
America
Hue
Europe
Hige
Grc
Parsons
Bang C.a
Thomas Cushing
Ll Adams
John Hincock
Wham Llulps
Daniel Webster Remembered As Agriculturist In Last Days
An aged Marshfield farmer recalls Daniel Webster in his final days praising his farm, stock, and love of the acres. The statesman reviews two by two the livestock, bids a final farewell to his possessions, and sighs as he steps inside, never speaking again.
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Europe
Montauraul
Bancel
Daniel Webster
Marshfield
Mass
Webster
Chicago Chronicle
Bee Sting Cure For Gout Goes Too Far
A London World critique notes a daily paper story about an amateur beekeeper who provokes bees to sting him as a gout treatment. The piece mocks sensational cures and laments the shift from earnest reporting to entertaining rumors and sensational remedies.
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London World
The Roll of Honor of the New York Police
Hon Theodore Roosevelt writes of October 1895 medals for gallantry. He notes a patrolman awarded for stopping a run away horse and saving lives, later promoted to roundsman in charge of the bicycle squad. Three others receive honorable mention for similar acts, including stopping a run away horse rescuing a man from drowning and arresting an armed insane man.
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Miniac
Theoodore Roosevelt
New York Police
Roosevelt
End of the Atmosphere and a Turtle Talk
The piece notes the atmosphere's possible upper limit around 50 to 38 miles while mentioning meteors at 100 miles. It then recounts a North Carolina street scene where a ventriloquist makes a turtle seem to speak to a man, prompting the man to abandon the turtle rather than believe the illusion.
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Philadelphia Times
North Carolina
Darky
Rochester Post Express
Buying on Credit Prompts Clerk to Print Bill Copies
In a Pick Me Up vignette a clerk asks about happiness without money and the reply favors buying on credit. The clerk proposes printing about 100 copies of Jimson's bill to save time and money when he pays.
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Jimson
Wew
Tuims & Brothin Lumbin
Tunis’ Mills
Talbot County
Baltimore Tailor Offers Custom Suits and Garments
An invitation from a Baltimore tailor promotes custom clothing rather than ready made. The ad highlights suits at 15 dollars, stylish overcoats also at 15, trousers at 5, and higher values upon request. Newcomers from the country are welcome. It also lists several attorneys and a bicycle repairer with notices of court practice in nearby Maryland counties.
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Baltimore
Local place names spark brief grid of towns
Oxford Trappe Funston Chapel Cordova Queen Anne Ridgely Greensboro Goldsboro Kenderson Maisdel Sloudters Startley Kenton Clayton form a chain of referenced locales in an OCR snippet.
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Oxford
Trappe
Funston
Chapel
Cordova
Queen Anne
Ridgely
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Kenderson
Maisdel
Sloudters
Startley
Kenton
Clayton
Local Builder Thomas Carmine Advertises Services
Thomas Carmine contractor and builder based in Ridgely Maryland advertises contracts taken in Caroline and adjoining counties. Thirty three years experience. Plans and specifications cheerfully furnished with references from Caroline Talbot and Dorchester counties.
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Ridgely
Maryland
Caroline
Talbot
Dorchester
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