Barbara Frietchie Legend Debated by Historian John Fiske
Historian John Fiske defends Pocahontas and John Smith legend authenticity while debunking Whittier’s Barbara Frietchie myth. The piece traces Frietchie’s life, the contested flag scene, multiple conflicting accounts, and notes Whittier published the poem in good faith from Emma Southworth materials. It surveys Frederick stories, Julia Marlowe’s theory, and Gen Douglass testimony, ending with relics and varied recollections.
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John Fiske
John Smith
John
War Club
Fiske
Barbara Frietchie
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Fredericktown
Maryland
Lancaster
Barbara Hauer
Frederick
John Casher Frietchie
Patrick Street
Canal Creek
Whitttier
Barbara
Whittier
Emma D. E. N. Southworth
Washington
Julia Marlowe
Miss Marlowe
Sien
Mary A. Quantrell
Jess Reno
Gen. Reno
A Cherokee Alphabet by Sequoayah
The Cherokee alphabet, a novel 68-sign system, was created by Sequoayah a full blooded Cherokee. He designed pictorial symbols to express Cherokee sounds and taught the new script to his wife and several Cherokee warriors who learned to read and translate simple sentences.
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Indianapolis News
Sequoayah
Training War Horses in the South African Campaign Remount Camp
The remount department at Stel lenbosch manages incoming and outgoing horses for troops in the South African campaign. Horses and mules travel by the hundreds from ports to reinforce field forces, with cavalry teams and newly formed artillery units. The camp uses kraals to group native, Australian, and Argentine horses, while English horses are kept in cavalry fashion. Rough riders train the Argentines, with seasoned handlers like Mr. King and Professor Galvanie directing breaking methods. Sick lines lie along the river for early care and service.
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South Africa
Stellenbosch
Cape Town
King
Galvanie
Kearsarge Deemed Finest Type Warship by Experts
The battleship Kearsarge, just completed trials with regular officers and crew, is praised as the finest American warship yet added. Marine experts rate her equal to any afloat in armament power and destructive potential, noting she resembles a beautiful yacht in size and grace despite being a floating fortress.
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Kearsage
Céllier’s Weekly
One of Charles Dickens' Martyrs to Barbarity Returns Home
A figure linked to Dickens era revisits his old residence amid reflections on past brutalities and the enduring impact of social cruelty. The visit recalls memory of historical abuses and the era's stark contrasts between wealth and hardship.
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Charles Dickens
Dickens and Langheimer twin legends of crime and punishment
The Philadelphia Times recounts Charles Langheimer a thief branded by kleptomania who served multiple imprisonments in a German prison and a New World penitentiary. Dickens described Langheimer’s despair in 1841. Langheimer begged to die in his old cell after a long life of petty theft and confinement. The account ends noting war indemnities and profits cited from Army and Navy Journal.
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Philadelphia Times
Dickens
Charles Langheimer
Langheimer
Eastern Penitentiary
Cassidy
Egypt's Ancient Gate City Discovery Reported
M Legani pieces together fallen Karnak columns and uncovers Egypt's first gate city of great height dating to the eighteenth dynasty. In Thebes, a second find reveals a large eleventh dynasty tomb in perfect preservation.
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M. Legani
Karnak
Egypt
Thebas
New York Times
Money making in war costs and gains for Germany
The article cites Germany’s war costs about 575 million dollars, including 300 million for expenses and 25 million for pensions, plus 250 million for lost labor. It notes France paid a 1 billion indemnity and lists Alsace Lorraine valued at 320 million along with other gains.
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France
Germany
Alsace
Lorraine
Oldest French psychic record of a returned prisoner
An American visitor uncovers a medieval narrative from the Villeneuve archives describing Hellen de Villeneuve wandering from a Jaffa dungeon to his French home. A sister guides him through a vanishing dawn vision, ending in a miraculous reunion with his parents. The account is hailed as the oldest psychological record in France.
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Riviera
Villeneuve
Palestine
Hellen de Villeneuve
Jaffa
France
Hellen
Rosalie de Villeneuve
Micosalie
Hellion
Rosaille
Famine Area in British India and Native States
Consul W. T. Fee estimates the true famine area in British India and native states at about 300000 square miles with a population of 21000000. Distress already exists or will need relief before the next monsoon, larger than October projections.
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British India
W. T. Fee
Warrior, oldest ironclad, stricken from active service
The British ironclad Warrior, the oldest of her type in the navy, has been removed from active service. Launched in 1860 and completed in 1861, she displaces 9,210 tons and bears four and a half inch iron armor.
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Warrior
Her Majesty’s Navy
Sniping Boers Described As Murder by Noncombatants
The piece argues against the practice of sniping in the South African war, noting it as a forbidden, barbaric form of killing. It recalls Civil War condemnations and a Crimean siege tale of a nobleman who sniped Russians, urging Lord Roberts to halt such shooting of sentries.
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IS. C
Philadelphia
Natal
Sebastopol
Lord Raglan
Raglan
House of Commons
Labouchere
India
Hindustan
Cawnpore
Lucknow
Delhi
Planet of Romance A suspected world between Sun and Mercury
May 28 investigations focus not on the sun but on the space between the sun and Mercury. Julia MacNair Wright reports a long held dream of a half way planet named Planet of Romance by Sir William Ball, once called Vulcan by others. Most astronomers deem the space empty.
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Mercury
Julia MacNair Wright
The
New Lippincott
William Ball
Vulcan
Earth
History of Limoges Porcelain Industry
Limoges, once a flourishing Roman city and a center of early Christianity, is the capital of Haute Vienne 250 miles south of Paris. Known for its celebrated porcelain, kaolin was discovered nearby in 1768, leading to the creation of hard paste ware. Soft paste ware absorbs color differently and has a gentler look, and the famed Haviland china is produced here.
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Limoges
Haute
Vienne
Paris
Philadelphia
South Pole expedition planned with Challenger ties
A lecture in Edinburgh reveals a new Antarctic exploration push likely in the near future. Sir John Murray announced the project, with funding hoped to total between £30,000 and £40,000, backed by Scottish American interests.
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Edinburgh
John Murray
Challenger Fame
Royal Scottish Geographical Society
Amber used for pipe mouths in Turkish tobacco culture
The Chicago Record notes amber, prized for jewelry, is used as pipe mouthpieces in Turkey. It is said to counteract nicotine’s evil effects, reflecting Turkish tobacco affection and a belief in amber’s protective properties for smokers.
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Turkey
Chicago
Century plant in Prospect Park to bloom in June
A century plant in a Prospect Park greenhouse in New York is anticipated to bloom in June. The flowering stem stands about ten feet tall and may reach twenty five feet before blooming. After flowering the plant will die. It was once owned by John Hoey of Long Branch.
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Prospect Park
New York
John Hoey
Long Branch
Baltimore News
Musk Scent Endures at St Sophia Mosque
The Chicago News notes that the mosque of St Sophia in Constantinople retains a musk scent from its tenth century mortar, a scent that has persisted through centuries of rulers and dynasties without renewal.
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Constantinople
St. Sophia
Chicago News
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