A Heroine at Lydenberg in the Transvaal War
In December 1880 in Lydenberg Transvaal Lt Walter Long and 66 officers and men held Fort Mary against 700 Boers. Mrs Mary Long, wife of the young commander, shared every danger and helped defend the fort with sandbags, tending the wounded and even operating a improvised gun. After 84 days the fort fell to peace terms, and Mrs Long was hailed for her bravery alongside her husband and the garrison.
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Lydenberg
Transvaal
Pretoria
Walter Long
Ninety-fourth
Heutenant
Anstruther
Goodby
Long
Lone
Leutenant
Bronkhurst Spruit
Royal Engineers
Army Service Corps
Valvey
Army m Medical Department
Vnta
Mrs. Long
Dronkhorst Spraft
Fort Mary
Muller
Sle
Victoria
Canust
Father Walsh
Dietrick Muller
Lieutenant Long
Parsons
Lalugsnek
Majuba Lill
England
Hnes
Baker
Sixtieth Rifles
Piet Steyne
Legend Explains Notched Aprons Of Blacksmiths
A report from Manual Training High School recounts James Yule sharing an Indianapolis News tale about why blacksmiths notch their aprons. The legend says a king honored smiths for tools and armor, while a tailor mocked the blacksmith, who then lost status at table. The tailor cut the smiths apron edge, giving rise to the notched apron tradition.
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Manual Training High
James Yule
Indianapolis News
Rembrandt Steele
America
England
Germany
France
Spain
Mexico
Order of Publication for Caroline County Partition Suit
In Equity in the Circuit Court for Caroline County a decree seeks sale of Julia A. Foster’s estate to partition among heirs including John W. Foster Martha Johnson Elijah Hubbard Annie Williams Charles Camper Seldon Sharp Martha Sharp Claring Sharp Hattie Sharp Bowman Sharp Gertrude Camper Susan Camper Mary Camper and William Camper. Notice ordered to be published weekly for four weeks and served on absent defendants to appear by April 4. True copy on file.
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James L. Payne
John W. Foster
Martha Johnson
John Johnson
Elijah Hubbard
Rebecca Hubbard
Annie Williams
Charles Camper
Seldon Sharp
Martha Sharp
Claring Sharp
Hattie Sharp
Bowman Sharp
Gertrude Camper
Susan Camper
Mary Camper
William Camper
Caroline County
Maryland
Julia A. Foster
Caralinae
Bethlehem
Dover Bridge
Luharty
Elias W. Willisunson
Julian A. Foster
John Foster
Jula A. Foster
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Marthe Johnson
Talbot County
Eliah Hubbard
Baltimore
Mary
Alberta Sharp
Maaryland
Clarrie Sharp
Norman Sharp
Juha A. Foster
Anla Foster
Orler
Circuit Court
Equity
Chas. W. Hobbs
Chas. W. Lobbs
California and the rise of American railroading
A Harper’s article notes California’s early stake in steamboats and railroads, arguing the state helped invent long distance railroading and reshaped continental transport. It contends California fostered a vast transcontinental system, challenging older methods and guiding national railroad development.
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California
United States
Indeel
Harper’s
Omaha Man Describes Railroad Fare Skim Scheme
A town resident recounts a scheme with a friend to ride from Omaha to Kansas City on a ticket to the first station. The trick involved splitting a punched through-ticket so both could pass the conductor. They shared the fare savings, each gaining over two dollars.
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Omaha
Kanbas City
Kansas City
Qkansas City Times
The Kansas Cow and Shared Wit Across Papers
A column excerpt praises the Kansas cow as versatile property feeding families and markets, a debt payer, and provider of milk butter and beef, and notes her steady value as cattle prices rise or fall. It contrasts this with a closing joke from witty exchanges about sharp men and rascality and a toast to overdone steak.
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Kansas
Douglas Kan
Tribune
Emigration Office Red Tape Sparks Comic Interview
A London Telegraph excerpt mocks bureaucratic delays in an emigration office. A father seeks tickets for his family and, when asked for ages and professions, ajar with a seven month old boy, finally answers that the infant is a bachelor, highlighting the absurdities of official processing and the humor in the circumlocution office.
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London Telegraph
The Lumberman and the Forest Chaplain
The Atlantic essayist Rollin Lynde Hartt applauds the lumberman’s rough wit yet notes a heart of decency. He recalls fugitives once hidden in forests and praises sheriffs bringing law and chivalry, while warning of harsh implications for those who face kindness as folly.
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Rollin Lynde Hartt
Atlantic
Burgess
Helfer
Temptation Point Inspires Attleboro Chapel Tale
In a Mount Hermon address Mr Moody called a wooded rise Temptation point. A trustee asked why, and Moody replied that someday someone might build a chapel there. The line circulated and a stone chapel has since been erected at Attleboro San Francisco Argonaut.
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Mount Hermon
San Francisco
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W Wilmott Dixon
P. H. Got, W.H. Denny
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W.H. Anderson
H. C. Hobbs
W.R. Peters
M.L. Blanchard
W.S. Lord
I. T. Baker
J. Culver, E. W. Ingram
Wye
Denton
Hobbs
Hickman, Blanchard
Greenwood
Ellendale
Milton
Lewes
Queenstown
William M. Conn
Queenstown, MD
WH. Hopps & CO
Baltimore, MD
THE
NEW York
Baltimore Street
Baltimore, Maryland
John K. Calloway
East
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J. W. Wheatley
Dover ST
Easton, MD
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Ludwig Bush
Gerts
Weaver Carpenter
Columbia
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Exston
Wheeler & Wilson
James T. Cooper
Undertaker
Dentow, MA
Cooper
Main Street
T. W. Smith
Ridgely, Md
Tank
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J. H. Medford
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NneEelo Dover, Delaware
Joan T. Carter, Jr
Denton, Md
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Greensboro, Md
Alex. Noble
Preston, Md
T. H. Evans & Company
Light Street
Droney
Tapan
Oscar Clark
Ridgely
Rickards
E. H. Roe
Queen Anne, Md
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Pacast
W. J.D. Lucas
A. T. Reichman
Third Street
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GEO. K. McGaw & CO
N. Charles Street
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D. AL. Maulsdale
McGaw & Co
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Alexander I. Robertson
Susie
Jones
Frank H. Jones
Alexander H. Robertson
Charles W. Lobbs
Cuarles W. Hobbs
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Orphans’ Court
Harvey BE. Cooper
James A. Smith
W. George Smith
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West
Marcel
Joan A Sigler
Thomas L. Day
Register of Wills
Chicago
Walter
Detroit Free Press
Lumberman
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