Calamity on the Island of Galena Warship Letters
An officer aboard the United States Ship Galena describes the devastation after a major island disaster. He reports ten thousand killed or wounded among eighty thousand inhabitants, widespread ruin, and extensive care for the wounded in hospital tents manned by Allied ships and relief committees. He recalls slow rescue work, abandoned dead searches, and horrific scenes including a woman who died in childbirth under ruins. He notes Greek and Turkish natives largely inactive and remarks that the pasha objects to displaying flags over hospital tents.
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United States
Galena
Boston
Ohio
Essox County
Smyrna
Pest
Amateurs vs Editors in Publishing Reproaches
The piece argues amateurs unfairly attack editors after rejection. It condemns letters of remonstrance and anger, calling such acts poor taste and self serving. It urges amateurs to circulate work elsewhere or fling it away if rejected.
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Tinsley
A Magazine
First American Railroad in Asia Opens in Yeso Japan
The first American railroad in Asia reaches 23 miles to Yeso within a year of order for construction. Trains run daily at a profit from Otanunai Harbor to Pavoni coal fields via Sapporo. Cost per mile $20,000 including rolling stock and terminals. English line Tokyo to Yokohama cost about $200,000 per mile. Joseph M. Crawford led the project with American staff.
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Asia
Yeso
Japan
Otanunai Harbor
Lapporo
Pavoni
Tokio
Yokohama
Joseph M. Crawford
Italian priest backs singing over speech in parliamentary oratory
An Italian priest suggests replacing speaking with singing in parliamentary oratory. If adopted by traveling troupes it would lead to more gesticulating and less singing on stage.
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Peta
One Vaccination Too Many in Detroit Saloon Saga
A Detroit Free Press tale reports a middle aged man at City Hall seeking the Chief of Police over a supposed smallpox scare. The man recounts being vaccinated multiple times at different venues for two shillings and beer, only to learn he had not been vaccinated at all, prompting further confusion and accusations.
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Detroit Free Press
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Detroit
Vance
der Sherman Bapers
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der Gommott Council
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Poard
Dot
The Frenchman s Foe in Tunisia Rival Tribes Face French Advance
The Kroumir and Rabka tribes in Tunisia oppose a French land and sea campaign. The Kroumir command 16000 matchlock fighters and the Rabka 10000 faltering troops. Italy’s influence and Bismarck backed radicals threaten to pull Humbert into a wider Mediterranean clash. Paris papers hint at annexation beyond chastising insubordination.
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Bey
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Russia
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M. St. Hilaire
Paris
Bis Cloud
Europe
Mediterranean
The Jolly Reporter and the Counsellor Gill
A Boston journalist known as Counsellor Gill eyed humor as a reporting style. At a Bunker Hill commemorative dinner he claimed his father fought for Britain, triggering renewed fervor before the crowd.
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W. F. Gill
Boston
Boston Post
Bunker Hill
Gill
Wy7tford
Carter's Little Liver Pills Advertise Quick Liver Relief
If you are tired of large old fashioned pills and purge routines try Carter's Little Liver Pills. They claim quick relief from biliousness headache constipation and liver troubles with smaller pills and a lower price. Forty in a vial one a dose. Sold by Emmert Burrell.
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Carter
Emmert & Burrell
Forney References Gray’s Buried Poetry in Burlington Lecture
Col. John W. Forney spoke at a Burlington New Jersey lecture and cited Gray's body of poetry as written in a country churchyard. The Rochester Express notes the remark during the event.
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Burlington, N. J
John W. Forney
Humorous Excerpts From a London Truth Wedding Piece
A column humorously reflects on wedding fashions and bride behavior, noting the move from sentimental tears to practical smiles. It blends anecdotes about fashion, etiquette, and brief quips about notable historical and literary references, ending with a ship voyage anecdote.
The Virtuous Voter Bribery Tale From Lyme
An ex-State Committee Chairman tells of a Lyme Republican voter with $20, later paid $20 more by a Democrat to stay away from the polls. He took the money and planned to vote Democratic if he came, then changed plan seeking to deposit $40, but said both parties had grown corrupt and he would stay away.
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Connecticut
Lymes
Essex Savings Bank
Springfield
Washington Monument Plan Moves Forward in Virginia
Congress appropriated 30000 dollars for a Washington birthplace monument in Virginia. Secretary Blaine approved Howe and Dodd to prepare drawings and cost estimates. If funds suffice, the design will be accepted and supervised by the State Department with Howe touring the site soon.
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Washington Monument
George Washington
Virginia
Evarts
State Department
Department
Messrs
Howe
Graphic
Great American inventions list highlights key innovations
A catalog of fifteen pivotal American inventions with global impact is presented. Items include the cotton gin, planing machine, glass mower and reaper, rotary printing press, steam navigation, hot air engine, sewing machine, Indian rubber industry, horse shoe production, sand blast carving, gauge lathe, grain elevator, large scale artificial ice, electric magnet, and the telephone.
Largest steam engine cylinder cast in New York
The Morgan Iron Works in New York City recently cast what is said to be the largest steam engine cylinder in the world. It measures 18 feet long and 9 feet 2 inches in diameter, weighing about 90,000 pounds of gun metal. It will fit a 14 foot piston stroke and has a thinnest part of 1 and a half inches. The cast will cool in ten days for use on a new iron steamboat in the New York and Boston trade, 320 feet long, larger than the Bristol and Providence.
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Morgan Iron Works
New York City
New York
Boston
Bristol
Providence
Man sells finger to surgeon for transfer to patient
A Cleveland man sold a finger to a surgeon to be transferred to a wealthy patient's incomplete hand for $100. Half the price was paid on amputation, the remaining half is tied up in a lawsuit as the other owner demands its return. The case questions whether a judge can order the current owner to have the finger cut off.
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Cleveland
I Wasn’t Drowned Aboard The Ship Of Misunderstanding
A man explains in comic fashion that a Toledo rumor claimed he drowned, prompting his lodge to praise him. He admits he is not dead but fears returning to reveal the truth after attempting to break the news multiple times.
Advertising Claim for Thomas Eclectric Oil
A promotion urges readers to seek immediate relief from ailments including rheumatism neuralgia and asthma by using Thomas Eclectric Oil claiming rapid results and urging prompt action if other treatments have failed.
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Thomas
Court records discuss a 1829 scold case of Ann Royal
A Washington court in 1829 tried Ann Royal for being a common scold, fining her 10 and ordering security for good behavior. The piece notes the historical oddity of such prosecutions and cites cadet R E Lee promoted in 1829. A brief joke about a Michigan avenue hall closes the excerpt.
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Ann Royal
Washington
Cranch
Royal
R. E. Lee
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