Arabi Bey and the 1882 Alexandria Bombardment
A detailed account of Arabi Bey leading Egyptian resistance to British rule in 1882, the reorganization of the army, rising Arab and Mahdist support, European tension in Alexandria, the British bombardment under Admiral Seymour, and the resulting fires, massacres, and chaos as foreign influence clashed with native forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Association
Ngland
Egypt
Evergreen Isle
Nile
Delta
Britain
Arabi Bey
Khedive
War Department
Alexandria
Bey
Seymour
Cairo
England
Desert
Arabi
United States
Alexandra
Lord Beresford
Fort Marabout
Paris
Bowery Tale of the Countess and the Duke of Duffer
A Bowery youth recalls a tale of the countess renouncing him for a millionaire backed by a fake record. He plots to win her back, while recounting encounters with Double Chin Joe and Crippled Mike. A Treasury Bond plot in Mott Street ends with a humorous sting and a cobbled rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mott Street
Bowery
Baxter Street
Double Chin Joe
Feller
New York
Bowery Savings Bank
Mike
Duffer
Mulberry Bend
Cully
Brooklyn
Treasury
Treas
Wall Street
Sam
Napoleon
Night time telephone mischief and a boy's bold swing
A Louisville Courier-Journal note recounts a 2 am telephone exchange call where a caller hiccups and clashes over numbers then a carriage office steps in. A Chicago Tribune item shows Johnny defending a lookalike sister with a swift street fight. Truth notes illustrate stuttering husband and his temper in domestic humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firsh Street
Louisville Courier-Journal
Johnny
Chicago Tribune
Masons quit jobs over hod carrier issue in new building
Dialogue from Roxbury Gazette and Chicago Post features terse exchanges about work under a hod carrier. The piece notes a poster design query and a vestal virgin remark from the Women’s Gallery, with a New York presa cartoonish reference to a gladiatorial champion and a collapsed land boom at Dugout City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muzbee
Jizroe
Roxbury Gazette
New York
Easterner
Dugout City
Westerner
New York Weekly
Personal dispute spills into street confrontation
A fragmentary report notes a heated exchange between a mother and son in Philadelphia, with police involvement indicated but details unclear. The terse dialogue suggests an ongoing family conflict and attempted removal of a domestic issue from public view.
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M. Quad
Connect
Detroit Free Press
Mamie
Darling
Chicago Post
Jamés
Philadelphia
COX
Pozzoni
Ing
Cleuniy
Scovill
Deuggists
Mary A. Whery
Madison St
Fort Wayne
Ind
Fort Wayne, Ind
W. McKinnie, Proprietor
Calhoun and
Wayne Streets
Calhoun St
Geo, C. Siemen
M. D
Indianapolis
Denison
Indiana
Deer Park
Alleghenies
O. R. RE
George D. Deshields
Cumberland
E. L. Craw
Calhoun Street
C. B. Fitch
Reliable Companies
Bass Block
Clifton House
Monroe Street
Wabash Ave
Palmer
GEO. Cummings Hotel CO
Geo. Cummings
Chicago
Time “Fables
Pennsylvania Station
East Board
Bnet
N.Y
Boston
Cleveland Mail
Eastern Express
Benvena
Tuocal Ee
Deparr
A. W. Johnston
F. Horner
Cleveland
O. M. OC
He Ory
Ft. Wayne, Gincixwall
Louisville
Lake Erie
Western Railroads
Caretag
Gonnetagalia
New Castile
Rushville
Canada
Korth
Fort
Philley
Ft. W
C. and
L. Railroad
F Daly
H C Parker
Indianapond
Derart WN. Y
Boston Limited
Mailand Express
Kan
City and
Toledo
St. Louis Express
City Cannon Ball
Fast Limited Mail
St. Louis Limited
R. Gu. Thom
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Grand Rapids
Richmond
Cincinnati
Grand Rapide
Suyday
Findlay, Fort Wayne& Western Railroad
Hagilan
Cloverdale
Ottawa
Findlay
P.M
Ans
P. Mw
Fort Way
C. H
D. Findlay
A.M
P. M
Webash
A. Hattersley & Sons
E. Main ST
J. B. Monning
B. Monnin
Alfred Grindle
Bass
Robacher,Dyer
East Main Street
Bricot Home
Bnch
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