Misplaced Diamonds Smuggled Jewelry Smuggled From Europe
A sensational seizure at the Custom House follows the discovery of jewelry worth about 12000 in the belongings of Mr. and Mrs. James Graves who arrived on the steamer America. Detectives suspect an attempted import smuggling as stones are found in lining and personal items. Mrs Graves’s bonnet lining and a handbag conceal numerous gems while Captain Chalker and Captain Brockett lead the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LX. Oy
Herald
Special Agents’ Department of the Custom House
James Graves
America
Europe
Graves
United States
Abe
A Bread of Hittens and a Nest of Kittens
A peculiar tale from North Franklin tells of John O. Cooley's cat abandoning a litter to a mother hen. The hen brooded the kittens for two weeks then the brood disappeared. The cat returned nightly to reclaim the litter, while the hen clucked and cared for them until they ran away. Miswritten words imply a failed attempt to hatch porcelain eggs and confusing fragments about kittens dying, with Corky contending the litter would die without intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Cooley
North Franklin
Grandmother of Days Gone By and Her Remedies
An affectionate reminiscence of a grandmother praised for her old fashioned care and homemade cures. The piece recalls her bustling presence, the family rituals at illness and death, and the sense of comfort she provided through knitting, sewing, and practical wisdom learned from generations.
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Ivor Keady
Uae
Elias
Ami
Gio
Grandma
Ina Ludo
Dis
Yinaoer
Milasara Falls
Superstitions and Oddities From 19th Century Paris and News
The article notes French superstition about numbers and Friday travel declines, recounts a Paris dinner where a painter refused seats due to twelve guests, and describes a roadside incident where a driver was invited to join a party. It also reports the steamer Veillance burning near Newburn with 5030 bales of cotton lost and $25,000 damage, and a New York court ruling on tax cases.
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Cabiman
St. James
Friedland Avenue
France
MM. Sareey
Ban
Mundin
Tarby
Hinself
Ratrrei
Newburn
President Arthur Engaged to Miss Tillie Frelinghuasen
In a dramatic social note from Washington, President Arthur is entangled in a betrothal to Miss Tillie Frelinghuasen, with capable allies and observers noting the elegance of his courtship. The piece hints at courtly rituals, tea gatherings, and the political ballast surrounding the engagement, portraying a nation watching a potentially historic union.
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Kir
Rei Weels
Guvex
Protinghousen
Eistas
Theo Aealan
John A. Kasson
Mie
Sarment
Lowa
Congress
Miss Tillie
Arthur
Iis
Garfield
Mr. Arthur
Miss Tillis
Hyson
Hyson. la Would Cegnsidor Ib Sacrilege, Hoth
Aliss Tillie Frelinthausen
Hoa
Ireland
Leney
Sination
Tillie
Davin
Lucy
Adib
Elis Y
Miss
Somerville
The Chris Keyes Gold Mine Mystery Recalled
Long lost tale recounts Chris Keyes a secretive miner who vanished after locating a gold bearing site about thirteen miles north of here A later find suggests a partner may have killed him and hidden his body Over twenty years later a new dig reveals a promising mining region while the public recalls the prospect and the vanished partner’s fate
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Bento
Keyes
Barton
Savezes
Wind
Mearmowhoe
Potth
Shast
Ereev
Uuil
Chris Keyes
Habgdy
Flenay Lava Stee
Alan
Nay Hsave
Bin
A Buffalo's Tail at Stony Mountain Menagerie
Henry Kelly and companions visit Mr Benson's menagerie at Stony Mountain. Kelly teases a buffalo, gets charged and wounded. Thomas Brown grabs the animal by the tail to distract it, then clings on as the bull twists and charges. Brown escapes by leaping the fence with brief, dramatic danger.
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Henry Kelly
Thomas Brown
J. A. Rosy
Stony Mountain
Mr. Ross
Mr. Brown
Mr Kelly
Steinal
Mr. Kelly
Hingolf
Mr. Brow
Thab
Hia Birlacker
Ile
A Yankee Travelers Tale of Bridges and Britain
A fragmented traveler’s tale recounts Joan Raymond as Manechmusen in London and a talk of an Atlantic bridge engineered to join England and America. The piece mixes street conversations, a London tradesman, and a claim of a tubular high‑pressure patent bridge with investors and a cross‑Atlantic dream.
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Joan T. Raymond
Agnan
Abaritloba
Tien
America
Gly
Long Aslan
Malford
Uw York Capital
Alackeyy Hennett
Buck
Atlantic
Liverpeel
Dominiek MaecCathey
A Western Romance of War and Loss Near Mexico Missouri
A Pittsburgh man learns from Missouri of Mrs Wilsons death near Mexico. The tale recalls a Civil War era romance: a Missouri wife widowed when her husband, a northern soldier, was captured by guerrillas and killed. After the war she marries a wealthy neighbor, Wilson, but loses him and suffers with memories of a Lost Cause reunion.
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Pittsburgh
Missouri
Wilson
Mexico
Ledger
Army of the North
Virginia
Lost Cause
Even
Theien
Kaye
Deanne
Abe Pat Wilson
Model Ship Railway and Park Arrests Highlight Law Enforcement
A report details Captain James B. Eads' ship railway concept over the Mexican isthmus and a later account from Mammoth Not Springs in Yellow Stone Park. It covers arrests of three visitors from British nobility for removing specimens, the ensuing legal process, and Superintendent J. E. Carpenter’s ruling that officers acted within authority as fines were imposed. Public sentiment shifts toward stronger enforcement of the park law.
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Pittsnvren
James
Eads
US i Suikelape Signal Company
Charles Clarl
J. J. Threeters
Tmonste
Hale Fron
Mammoth
Yellowstone Park
Th Park
Loibert
Budlong
Park
J. E. Carpenter
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