Spies in War Could Honor Brave Deeds
Discussion on whether espionage in war is honorable cites Nathan Hale as a brave example. The article contrasts Hale's valor with Vattel and Napoleon on spy ethics, notes French suspicions, and recalls Hale's execution after being captured in New York. It highlights moral courage versus battlefield risk and credits America with early court martial trials for spies.
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Nathan Hale
Connecticut
Washington
Low Island
Hale
Washiorton
New York
William Howe
Vattel
Mayence
Peries
Napoleon
Legion of Honor
America
De Quinceys Deference and the Buffalo Herd Report
The piece notes De Quinceys deference amid indigestion and a servant tipped with awe as he requests a diagonal cut of mutton. It also describes Manitoba’s buffalo herd en route to C J Jones’s Kansas ranch, with Ben son’s Northwest Territory stock and crossbreeding dikkers. The stars article discusses visibility of about 4000 stars from Earth and factors limiting sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Quincey
Pittsburg Buletin
Manitoba
Winnipeg
C. J. Jones
Garden City
Kaw
Mr. Jones
Warden Benson
Northwest Territory
Jones
Chicago
Inneapolis
Brandy Cigarettes Cause A Dizzy Reporter In Chicago Rotunda
A Boston man touts brandy cigarettes at the Grand Pacific rotunda, claiming they intoxicate less than liquor and offer quick relief from nerves. A reporter samples one, feelings spike to dizziness as onlookers react, per Chicago Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Grand Pacific
Nan
Rotunda
Chicago Tribune
Eels On the Willamette Rocks In Odd Swarms
The Oregon City Courier reports a novel sight as eels swarm on Willamette River rocks. Fishermen note their poor response to water contact yet alert noses, with up to a hundred bushels seen clinging by mouth suckers. They ascend rocks to migrate upstream, and salt drawn sources sold bait to Columbia fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willamette Fells
Columbia
Santiam
Cascade Mountains
Willamette
Oregon City Courier
Sheridan's War Horse Ride Told In Play Preview
Detroit Free Press notes a scene in Bronson Howard's Shenandoah featuring General Philip Sheridan's war horse. The horse Winchester is preserved on Governor's Island, with a taxidermist mounting the hide to resemble a ready ride. The mounted hide, with Sheridan’s signed history, describes Winchester as spirited yet loyal, bold under fire, and proud, dying in 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Bronson Howard
Winchester
Detroit Free Press
Customer Service Attitudes in English and French Shops
Olive Logan critiques London and French shop practices as she contrasts British civility with French indifference. She notes London traders expect customers to know what they want, while French counters display wares to tempt purchases. The piece also mentions English co operatives offering wholesale prices despite some rudeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Co-Operative
Olive Logan
Boston Transcript
Entirely New Court at Berlin Installs New Rulers
A New York Sun report notes Berlin’s court is entirely rebuilt with newcomers chosen by the emperor and empress. The old circle of supporters has vanished and observers say the regime now bears no trace of the late emperor and empress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
New York Sun
Ile CO
Nai
A Roth
Warren St
New York City
Death on the Theatre Through the Ages and Ancient Plays
The article surveys real stage deaths from ancient to modern times, recounting Julius Caesar and Passion plays in Sweden, actors like Wellington and Foote, and tragedies in Liverpool and Norwich. It notes the eerie link between last words and death, and mentions stage accidents, including Kean, plus a discussion on choosing Indian corn as a national flower and Jefferson's Capitol columns resembling maize stalks in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius Cesar
Sweden
John II
Lengis
Lou
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Celene
Patterson
Norwich Theatrical Company
Duke
Palner
Joseph Surface
Liverpool
Whitfield
Baron Steinford
Cumming
Jane Shore
Maria Linley
Bath
Rrnstadt
Mme
Linsky
Dublin
Edmund Kean
Covent Garden
Charles
London Standard
Commonwealth
United States
Thomas Jefferson
National Capitol
Washington
Supreme Court
Law Library
Jefferson
Philadelphia Rer
Equine Sore Throat and Diphtheria Compared
In the St Louis Globe Democrat, the piece draws a comparison between equine sore throat and human diphtheria. It notes that quinsy in a horse mirrors human cases, with inflammation followed by yellow spots similar to diphtheria lesions, illustrating striking parallels in symptoms between species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cheaters Never Prosper At Exposition Coin Box
A Pioneer Press Listener note recalls a gullible coin box at an exposition where 120 one cent pieces were slipped through by a faulty device. The article argues the incident shows the universal urge to get something for nothing and underscores the old saying that cheaters never prosper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Press
A Doctor's Delicate Charity in a Colorado Town
A taciturn Colorado physician tends a poor aged parson. After recovery the minister asks for the bill. The doctor opens his pocketbook and gives the minister's wife a ten dollar bill as payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
America
Deal for coal leads to a quarter-ton gift
A Boston suburban coal dealer refuses a small order then, moved by a poor mother’s plight, orders a quarter ton of coal sent to her home as credit. The clerk notes the amount and the merchant insists the rule allows no less. The owner calmly approves the delivery to ease the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John
Aleady
A Successful Inventor and Other Varying Tales
A late 19th century note highlights Hiram Marim of New York as a prosperous inventor who earned about five million from earlier ordnance work and electric lighting patents. It mentions Maxim’s small one barreled mitrailleur as a theory-heavy failure and notes Thurlow Mansion near London. A Georgia brother’s bishop request humor ends with Lincoln Journal's punchline about a preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Marim
New York
Wits
Gland
Macxim Ma
United States
Thurlow
London
Lord Thurlow
Sune Aa Ane
Navy Journa
Alexandria
Georgia
Lincoln Journal
Important Collection Builds Rich Art Documentation
The Luxembourg collections curator in Paris, Etienne Arago, compiles sketches, models, sales notes, critiques, photographs, and autograph letters from artists. This method creates a documentary trail around each artwork, aiding art historians and writers with detailed provenance and context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luxembourg
Paris
Etienne Arago
New York Times
Wealth Measured by Wives and Dogs, Says Drake’s Magazine
In somats of Africa a man’s wealth is judged by the number of his wives, with sixty wives marking bonanza status. In this country wealth is judged by dogs owned, eight dogs signifying poverty and inability to school tax, wife washing to supplement income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Drake's Magazine
Stock Closeout At Baltimore House To Sell At Cost
Proprietor announces immediate stock clearance at prime cost to cash buyers. inventory includes dress goods, ladies and gentlemen’s clothing, cassimeres, woolens, boots and shoes, and Christmas items, with sale ending by February first. viewing available. highest cash price paid for trade. store and dwelling to be rented or sold after stock sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James H Coolbourn Wholesale Merchant in Eggs and More
James H Coolbourn a wholesale merchant dealing in eggs poultry game livestock lists business contacts across multiple states. The entry notes addresses in Philadelphia and Denton and references several partners and patrons including P W Downes J M Wooters Eli Saulebury Goslin Bros Evitts Molbrook and the National Bank of the Northern Liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Coolbourn
Coulbourn & Moyer
Wholesale Commission
North Front St
Philadelphia
P. W. Downes
Denton National Bank
J. H R. Godwin
Millaboro
Del
L. H. Gadd
Caroling County
Dukes & Hocker
Millville
J. M. Wooters
Cordova
John A. Nottingham
Capeville
Eli Saulebury
Dover
Goslin, Bros. & Lone
Federalsburg
Q. Parker
Eden
Kilgore & Bro
Merchants
Slab
H. T. Nuttle & Bro
Andersontown
E. Harley
East Salem
Richard T. Carter
Denton
Peter Orth
Mariette
Evitts & Molbrook
Maryland
George A. Hurn
Stony Brook
the National Bank of the Northern Liberties
Vine Sts
Philu
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin
Epiror
South Pole
Professor E
Wy Sfaar
San Francisco Chronicle
Death and the
Scott
Royal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
N. Y
Dhyey
Ou Lange's Cubec
Wagner
Pratr St
Eastern Shore House
Baltimore City
Front St
Best Mate
Econom
OFM
Agme Hall
Cheh
South
New London
Oehm
Acme
Cvs
Delia
Baltimore ST
Baltimer
George
Tomn, Bld
Lucas
Ely
K.a. Emony
F. W. Neavitt
Emory & Nisavitt, —General
South Street
Delaware and Chesape Ratnway
Ms A.M
Orth. Il
Pas. P.M
Oxford
Trappe
Easton
Chapel
Queen Anne
Ridgely
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Henderson
Aurydel
Slaughters
Hartley
Kenton
Clayton
Sours
Mail
RM. Alm
Aes
Delaware
P T
Third Haven
Joppa
Ida
Exston
Double Silks
Travers
Cambridge
Oyster Shell Point
Medford’s
Dover Bridge
Howard B. Ensign
Press
Light St
M. Finn
Avent
Jackson
Wilmington
Bainbridge Lime
Richard Nichols
T. M. Cooper
F J.willoughby
Hillsborough
J. B. Mayer
Arch St
Philo
Elon S. Hobbs
Melvin
Elon 5
HOBBS
Denton, Md
Bec
Washington, D. C
Thomas Will
Fayette and St. Paul Sts
Laltimare, Md
Abe
Shorey's
W. Balto
Baltisre
Enat Baltinore St. Baaltimone, Mb
Imreinta
Miscor £ Co
N.Y
Tani
Brook, Denton
WW. Fisher &Co. General Commission Merchants
Camden St
Hurst, Purnell & Co
W. K. Carson & Co
Fisher, Caulk & Co
S National Bank
OFI
Science
Europe
Eclectic
The
W. E. Gladsone
Alfred Tennyson
Hurley
Tyndall
W. H. Matlock
J. Norman Lockyer
W. B. Carpenter
E. B. Tyler
Max Muller
Owen
Henry Taine
E. A. Freeman
James Anthony Fronde
Thomas Hughes
Abedwear C. Swinburne
Mrs. Oliphant
William Black
Cardinal Newman
Cardinal Manning
Miss Thackeray
Thoms Hardy
Robert Buchanan
Himsnil
E. K. Pelton
Publistien
Bond Street
B. C. Silverthorn
J. 5. Johnson & CO
South St
Baltimore, Md
Francis Kelly & CO
Market St
J. IM. van Gesel
H. L. Meredith
Henry Irwin
Fagland Medim Journal
Wales
H. HW
Bridgeport
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