Irish National Republican Convention Calls Illinois Support
The Illinois State Committee urges Irish Americans to back a July 4 convention at Farwell Hall Chicago. It warns that Irish voters must align with American interests, oppose British influence, and pledge support to the United States in war, praising the Republicans who defended the Union.
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Irish National Republican Association
Farwell Hall
Chicago
Illinois
United States
America
Commonwealth
Great Britain
Beauregard
Bert Sumpter
Enghand Laugched
Fran
Alabama
New York World
Sumner
Chandler
Republican Party
New York City
Irish Americans Rally for Government Duty at Convention
A historical notice records leaders urging unity among Irish American citizens in the United States. They pledge steadfast support for the adopted country under its government, despite potential prejudice. Names of organizers and signatories are listed, including Dunne and O Reilly, plus numerous captains and residents.
The Glass Eye Quackery Tale of a Bold Trickster
A man with a glass eye recounts how a so called celebrated oculist and aurist, who also once worked as a butcher, offered a cure with a vegetal acid. The physician removed the eye by request, while the patient kept the real eye free, vowing to return once it could see again.
Curious Detection of a Crime by Science
In Prussia a gold shipment on a railway was found to be stole n from some boxes and sand used to replace weight. Professor Ehrenberg examined sand from every station along the route and matched sand to a specific station. Investigations traced the thief among workers at that station.
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Prussia
Ehrenberg
Academy of Sciences At
Berlin
Lightning strikes Paterson hall injuring dancers on floor
Monday night Military Hall in Paterson New Jersey faced a severe lightning strike during a dance. The bolt followed gas pipes and rain-water pipes, overturned a long bench of girls scattering them across the floor, stunning them briefly and causing widespread alarm. One man suffered hair burned off his head and the building sustained notable damage. In unrelated notes, Rossini’s unpublished music was sold for $30,000 to Mouchotte, with autograph stanzas selling for about $200 each.
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Military Hall
Paterson
N. J
Rossini
Mme. Rossini
M. Mouchotte
Photographers Exhibition Showcases Sea View with Birds
In Boston a photographers exhibition features a sea view with a flock of birds on the wing from an English camera celebrated as a wonderful triumph of instantaneous photographing. In Nevada on opening night an actress’s enthusiastic dinner ends with her throwing an $80 silver brick.
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Boston
Nevada
How to Prevent Moths in Furniture
This guide explains two furniture moths, one white fly and a dark moth, and how they infest sofas and chairs. It advises moving new furniture away from walls, thorough weekly cleaning, airing under seats, and blasting with a whisk to disrupt nests. Alcohol can kill larvae. camphor and patchouli deter moths during non infestation periods.
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Dovne
Lima Beans Cultivation Tips From The American Agriculturist
Readers are urged to grow Lima beans, noting soil, planting time, and staking. Plant five to six seeds around each pole, then thin to four per pole, and train vines as they climb. Early June is safe, with care to keep ground clean and prune excessive growth. Also reported is a case of pig poisoning from rhubarb leaves after market selling.
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Lima
Comparative Prices of 12 Years and Local News Tangle
A compilation of disparate items notes violence against Black residents in Lexington Georgia and Philadelphia police brutality, a Newberg servant girl fending off a burglar with hot water, and a gas explosion in Cincinnati. Additional items report Jean Dollfus funding worker sick relief, Queen Isabella’s Paris mass for liberty, Mrs. Elihu Washburne’s Paris debut, Kentucky peach trees, Rockford lighting costs, and social notes on Belle Boyd, Indianapolis mayor threats, and political candidacies.
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Jean Dollfus
Mulhausen
France
Isabella
Paris
Elihu B. Washburne
Galena
Ill
Madame Montholon
Illinois
Kentucky
Rockford
Elihu Washburne
Belle Boyd
Macauley
Indianapolis
Tommy Looter and the Nun Dead Letter Joke
A humorous tale about Tommy Looter who tells a punning riddle at a party. He shares a crude joke comparing nuns and dead letters and believes it funny, but the crowd reacts coolly. After drinks he concedes the joke may not land, yet he continues to perform the conundrum only when confident in his wording.
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Tommy Looter
Tommy
Tom
Raffin
Brlet Buchorie Spie Vitae River Incident
A fragment describes Brlet Buchorie and Spie vitae where the gentlemen, on the riverbank, attempt to remove a hat after dropping it into the water while trying to exit. The scene mentions Indy by Ha side and a cane. The text is fragmented and lacks clear dates or outcomes.
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Indy
Fool-Killer Wanted At Indiana Paper For Curious Readers
An Indiana paper declares it seeks a fool-killer to handle several types of troublesome readers. Targets include the inquisitive who ask about circulation, the generous schemer seeking praise, the spiteful critic, the puff-seeker, the meddling editor, the manuscript hoarder, the candidate query, and the hawker of fake contracts. The editorial note promises to “use up” other miscellaneous fools as they appear.
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Indiana
Foreign Cable Plans Remain Barred by U S Authority
The piece argues the French Transatlantic telegraph project faces U.S. legal obstacles and cannot occupy U S shores. It notes the Newfoundly Company, run by Americans, was told by Attorney General Hoar that even Maine state consent cannot permit such a cable along the coast. The author calls out foreign adventurers and rebels as enemies to the United States who should not be allowed access.
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Roxbury
Massachusetts
United States
Zens
Attordé
Hoar
Maine
Moi
Fragmented historical notes on politics and society surface
A garbled mix of references to an Irish church establishment vote, unrest in Cairo democracy, interracial marriage scandal, a Buffalo politician’s unpaid vote, a Kentucky newspaper’s croquet remark, old Georgia ads, and William H. Seward related reminiscences.
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Buffalo Boots
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New York
Twenty-third Street
Georgia
William H. Sewar
Milledgeville
McCormick
Ti Lee
Ginia
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