The Mine That Ate The World Of Our Moorland
A boy narrator enters a mining village at Pendragon with his aunt and cousin Annis. He befriends a bold local youth, visits a wild moor and the looming mine. Annis reveals fear of the mine’s dark fate, and the pair plan to descend inside with candles and lifting gear as they explore the shaft and damp tunnels. The scene ends with the mine’s moaning in the enclosed depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Garrett's
Pendragon
Min
Nanly
Annie
India
Father
Naples
Hugh
Mulnes
Jong Ghaing
Sungar
Atage
Aldg Fallerica
Chapter VL A youth seeks sea life and a path to Madeline
A fourteen year old narrator recalls his uncle and aunt’s frugal care and his wish to join the sea life. His dream to reach Madeline shapes his fate as he starts work as an under-clerk while the looming shipyard life haunts his nights and colors his days.
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Madeline
Alunster
Gant
Hugh
Imine
Arfrat T
Sue Aline
Munster
Grison Sean
Nine
Appalachian Highlands Clay Eaters and One Room Cabins Spark Debate
The piece describes Southern highlanders in the Appalachian belt living in one room cabins lighted by door or hearth. It notes the prevalence of poverty and low educational access among 2,000,000 highlanders across 104 counties in Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, and Virginia, with six thousand children in school and 400,000 having no education. It highlights the clay-eating habit as a lowest civilization form, detailing how clay is gathered, consumed in small lumps, and alleged health effects, including aged appearance and lack of ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Mountains
Appalachian Belt
Home Mission Societies
Tennessee
North Carolina
Kentucky
Georgia
Virginia
Ulster
Ireland
Carolina
America
Des Moines River boundary shifts Iowa Missouri land join
The Des Moines River border shifts with high water as parts of Missouri are washed away, giving Des Moines and Keokuk vicinity land that now lies in Iowa. A statue dedication in Clermont honors Col Henderson with remarks from Larrabee and unveiling by Larrabee's daughter. A fatal barn accident near Robins kills 16 year old Glenn Bonebreak. Rail assessors report 56.4 million earnings, state real estate value up about 50 million, Judge Shiras to retire.
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Mlood Adda
Des Moines
Mississippi
Keokul
Ookwk
Tee County
Miaaouri
Lowa
Iowa
Missouri
Robins
Abe Bonebreak
Glenn
Ane
Barninge
Lawn Railwayn
State Board
Mt. Flomil
Bucharian County
Belilgo
Burlington
Davenport
Dolliver
Jim Schmidt
Mortman
Waterloo
Solonia
Joseph Chaisler
Ilinois
Warren Willl
Monroe-Marion
Marshalltown
State University
Benson
Maeller Lumber Yards
Goldfield
Cornell Bluffs
Dubuque
John Thorson
Mra
F. F. Luther
Grand Junction
Luther
George Harlesty
Keokuk
Seldon McNamee
Mias Beapie
Simon Wilson
McNamee
Frigate Constitution Receives First US Copper Plate
A century ago the frigate Constitution lay at the Washington navy yard awaiting replating with the first sheet copper produced in the United States Malll professor of chemistry Mantua announced a method to preserve fresh meat for six months by oxydating it The island of St Lucia was acquired by Great Britain.
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Constitution
Washington Navy Yard
United States
Malll
Mantua
St. Lucia
Great Britain
Free negro colonies and Cuban famine raise tensions
Seventy five years ago the American Colonization Society advertised free Negroes to settle in Liberia. Henry Clay, then Secretary of State, faced criticism and explained entanglements as endorsements for friends. The island of Cuba faced famine due to widespread drought destroying crops.
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American Colonization Society
Ienry Clay
Cuba
Fifty Years Ago Army Strength and Czar Invasion
Fifty years ago the regular army of the United States numbered 10 000 men. The Czar of Russia ordered an invasion of the Danubian provinces.
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United States
Czar
Russia
Danubian
Vicksburg Siege Forty Years Past Reports
Forty years ago Gen Pemberton fed garrison at Vicksburg on fourteen ounces a day with mule Leah as fresh meat. Sherman built defenses between Haines' Bluff and the Big Black to deter Johnston from Grant's rear. Grant’s mine under Fort Till exploded at 4 p.m. breaching forts and prompting a close combat. Twenty thousand arms moved to Cincinnati for defense. Wisconsin troops sent to Dodge County amid U.S. death officer shootings. Earthworks began in Baltimore for defense against Gen Leo's force.
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Pemberton
Vicksburg
Miss
Mule Leah
W.C. Sherman
Haines’ Hint
Big Black
Victims of Cholera Mark Thirty Years Past Across Cities
A thirty year look back notes deaths from cholera in Cincinnati and Portsmouth Ohio Washington D C Transville Indiana Wheeling West Virginia and Memphis and Nashville Tennessee. It recalls Susan B Anthony voting prosecutions and election costs in Canandaigua N Y while Spain reverses a Porto Rican emancipation pledge and slaves are called to Cuban planters. The Juniata searches for the Arctic ship Poja ria and Turkish Egyptian treaty pledges troops. Louisiana planters face heavy debt from before the Civil War with many large plantations mortgaged.
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Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Ohio
Washington
D. C
Transville
Ind
Wheeling
W. Va
Memphis
Nashville
Tenn
Canandaigua
N. Y
Susann B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
Spain
New York
Turkey
Egypt
Louisiana
Twenty Years Ago Foreign Mediation in Tonquin Dispute
A summary of 19th century events notes England offered to mediate between France and China over Tonquin, the Madison levee near Alton Illinois failed submerging country lands, East St. Louis faced flood threats, Irish-American delegates led by Alexander Sullivan pressed President Arthur to curb pauper immigration, Sheridan’s presidential boom started at Minneapolis, and Sherman announced retirement from the U.S. Army after attaining his desired notoriety.
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England
France
China
Tonquin
Madison Levee
Alton
Ill
Ecountry
East St. Louis
Alexander Sullivan
William Tecumseh Sherman
United States Army
Monument to Haymarket Riot Victim Unveiled at Waldheim
A monument to an executed Haymarket riot figure was unveiled at Waldheim cemetery before 8,000 spectators. The Chicago world’s fair ferris wheel opened with 2,000 onlookers as Gen. Nelson A. Miles praised it as one of the world’s wonders. The British battleship Victoria sank near Tripoli with Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon among 400 dead. Lizzie Worden was acquitted in the Navy Bedford case over her father’s murder. McKinley visited the fair but was blocked by crowds seeking handshakes before the next President. Bank failures followed in San Francisco and San Bernardino with others closing in Minneapolis and Niagara Falls.
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Chicago
Haymarket
Waldheim
Nelson A. Miles
Andress
Victoria
Tripoli
George Tryon
Lixzie Worden
Navy Bedford
Maes
Wiliam McKinley
Ohio
Savings Bank of
Ban Francisco
National Bank of San Bernardino
Cub
State Bank of Minneapolis, Minn
Cataract Bank of Niagara
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Robert Buchanan
Tani
Litle
Annis
Tom Penridduck
Annié
Cnrihna
Lind
Mustari
Cress
John Rudd
Rea
Tie
Destiny
Stedruth
Southern
Highlanders
D. B. Henderson
Clermont
Victor Dolliver
Larrabee
Atine
Gol. Henterson
Trwoulth Lowa Veteran Association
Vielen Larrabee
Lincoln Monument
Col. Henderson
Rhind
Senator Welliver
Shirase
Oliver P. Shiras
United States District Court For
Northern District of
Erie
Albin
Marshalltown Gun Club
Ottumwa Schoola
I. EB. Miner
Bussey Miller
W. R. Hearst
Dea’ Moines
George Landgraf
Odebolt
People’s Department Store
J. A. Strongalet
Sarlom
Fayette County Good Roads Association
G. B. van Laun
Lee P. Sel
Phivatea
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Humboldt
Pottawattamie County
Dix
Hartenbower
Ely Bartlett
Marshall County
Bartlett
Herburg Peterson
John
Norway
J. GC Warwood
Clarion
Ile
Rene
Wright County Monitor
St. Bernard's Hospital
Lormiesa
E, DB. Reynolds
Rock Island
Molina
J. Garnett
Justice Schroeder
Garnett
Moline
Gertie Wright
Hving
Western
Roy Silver
George Potter
Silver
Potter
Western Iowan Interurban Tollway Company
Ivor Witt
Iowa Telephone Company
Ottumwa
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