Prince of Wales Arrives in Philadelphia and Tours City
A detailed chronicle of the Prince of Wales visit from Philadelphia to New York and beyond. The royal party's activities include dinners at Castle Garden, a Battery review, City Hall ceremonies, a grand ball at the Academy, church services at Trinity, and visits to public institutions. Tens of thousands line the streets. receptions, portraits, and shopping at Brady's, Barnum's, and Ball Black & Co are noted amid civic ceremonies and a West Point stop.
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Paron Ax
Wayne
Hip Wray
New-York
Prince of Wales
Philadelphia
Prince
Kortwright
Gen. Bruce
Twelfth Street
Opath
New York
Harriet Lane
Battery
Gen. Scott
Amboy
Castle Garden
City Hall
Fifth Avenue
New York University
Woman’s Library
Astor Library
Cooper Institute
Free Academy
Central Park
Mayor Wood
Bloomingdale Road
Desf and Dumb Institution
Fort Washington
Two Hundred and Fifteenth Street
Harlem River
High Bridge
East River
Twenty Second
North River
Academy
Brady
Barnum’s Museum
Ball, Black & Co
Broadway
Prince and Suite
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Trinity Church
Dr. Vinton
Queen Victoria
Prince-Consort
England
West Point
Gen
Scott
Cozzena
Daniel Drew
Albany
Seward
Boston
Harvesting in Wisconsin Leads to Quirky Rural Encounter
A visitor recounts a Wisconsin trip amid harvests, knocking on doors at B and R homes with no answers until a passerby reveals the town's rush to wheat fields. He learns locals and a schoolmate are away in the fields, with chatter about the harvest replacing social calls.
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Walworth
Squire R
Squire
Freekan
Harvest Travelers Misadventure at Closed Hotel
A traveler, carrying a carpet bag, finds a hotel closed during harvest. With heat rising after five miles, he tries to hire a boy, who declines. Seeking shelter, he checks a boarding school for young ladies, gains two nights’ rent, then leaves, vowing not to return during harvest season.
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Vermont
Days of the Week Traced to Northern Idols in Berlin Exhibit
A Berlin museum hall on Northern antiquaries showcases idol depictions that gave names to our week. Sun god for Sunday holds a burning wheel. Moon’s dot for Monday wields the moon. Tuisco for Tuesday appears in animal skin. Woden’s Saxon valor links to Wednesday. Thor sits with twelve stars for Thursday. Frigs holds a sword and bow for Friday. Seater’s wan, long-haired figure with a water pail marks Saturday, all reflecting ancient worship and imagery.
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Tuisco
Woden
Thor
Frigs
Seater
Vermont sculptor Vernon Mead works on Ethan Allen statue
Vernon Mead, a Tux native with early snow models, has carved a marble Green Mountain Girl statuette for a New Orleans buyer and is now engaged on a colossal fourteen foot Ethan Allen statue ordered by the Vermont Legislature in Vermont marble.
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Vernon
Mead
Longworth
Cincinnati
Vermont
Hei
Ethan Allen
Death of Bridge of Weir resident Robert Martin aged 91
An obituary notes the death of Robert Martin feuar of Bridge of Weir aged 91. Born in Closeburn Dumfriesshire in 1770 he worked as a farm servant and cotton mill hand before moving to New Lanark and later Bridge of Weir. He knew Robert Burns and attended a 1792 wedding with the poet. At a centenary gathering he was honoured for living alongside the Burns era and shared stories and songs.
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Robert Martin
Feuar
Bridge of Weir
Kilbarchan
Dumfriesshire
Closeburn
Galloway
New Lanark
Robert Burns
Burns
Laigh
Morton
Nithsdale
Martin
Woman with stolen silk train found by New York officer
A New York police officer encountered a well dressed woman on the streets in the evening. He helped her adjust her dress after discovering her extended train was actually a stolen silk piece valued at 90 dollars, taken moments earlier from a store.
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New York
Fragmentary quip captures sidney smith scene
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a conversation about a stick and travel, featuring Sidney Smith and an unnamed interlocutor. The text is garbled and hard to parse but hints at a humorous or satirical exchange and regards the stick as a provocation or joke.
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Sidney Smith
Cantide Earth Loke Wes Feels Shocking Surface
A brief fragment reports a slight seismic disturbance felt across Cantide and surrounding areas, described as a weak but unusual ground movement. No injuries or damages are mentioned. Local authorities advise residents to monitor updates and stay safe.
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Cantide
The
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