Dashing Confederate raid foiled by Portland leaders
Portland Mayor Jacob McLellan and Collector Jedediah Jewett led a quick pursuit after the Confederate raiders seized the revenue cutter Caleb Cushing in June 1863. With two steamers and local volunteers, they chased from Hussey’s Sound, the Cushing exploded when fire reached her magazine, and Read and his men were captured and sent to Fort Warren.
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Portland
Mayrs
City Hall
Jedediah Jewett
Jacob McLellan
McLellan
United States Revenue
Caleb Cushing
Charles W. Read
Mississippi
Annapolis
Portland Harbor
Archer
Southport
Monhegan
Tacony
Read
Cushing
Jewett
Confederacy
Dudley Davenport
Lieut
Davenport
Hussey’s Sound
Seguin
Chesapeake
New York
Forest City
Boston
Seventeenth United States Infantry
N. Prime
Maine Volunteers
Henry Warren
State
Waldron
Park Street
Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
Messrs
Relic Hunter's Firelit War Shells Mystery
A Civil War era tale follows Frank Morley, a devoted shell collector, who stacks unexploded shells in a woods brush heap. Fire from camp turns the heap into a hazard, destroying his prized collection and revealing the shells burst where they lay.
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Frank Morley
Mr. Habburton
Uncle Sam
Frank
Forgotten Romance Echoes in Moonlit Memory
A playful reminiscence recounts a 20 year old exchange where John declares love to Jane beneath a moonlit night while she teases him about his nose. The dialogue hints at enduring affection mixed with humor and a touch of vanity.
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Jane
Jennie
John
Testing White Lead for Pure Paint Quality
An 1830s style guide explains mixing linseed oil with White Lead and testing any pigments by burning a pea sized sample to verify purity. It warns against cheaper remedies and promotes National Lead's free blowpipe test kit and booklet featuring the Dutch Box Painter as a purity guarantor.
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National Lead
s*Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
French Legion Soldier Wounded in Morocco Action
Near Settat Morocco a French Foreign Legion soldier was hit by a Moorish bullet and collapsed. Despite the grim scene the corporal ordered two days’ arrest after the wounded man, Haaren, asked for his lint, as they carried him to a doctor through a volley of bullets.
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Settat
Morocco
French Foreign Legion
Haaren
Contentment and the inveterate joker in hiring decisions
A dialogue between a genial partner and a crusty senior reveals how a candidate’s joking nature can hinder employment. The crusty partner fears the new hire will mock the boss, while the other defends him as capable. The passage ends with a reflection that contentment comes from a calm acceptance of one’s lot.
Coffee Eyes Show Slow Poisoning From Coffee
A Oswego Mont woman reports gradual eye disease linked to coffee. After switching to Postum Food Coffee for months her eye pain and fainting lines vanish, and she notes improved nursing baby health. A friend also improves dyspepsia and headaches after using Postum. There’s a Reason.
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Oswego
Mont
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Sunny San Bernardino Kidney Cure Letter
Lionel M. Heath of 158 Highth Street writes from Sunny San Bernardino that after fifteen years of back pains frequent urinary issues dropsy and rheumatic aches he found relief with Dean's Kidney Pills. He claims a thorough cure five years ago and twice publicly endorses the product sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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San Bernardino
Lionel M. Heath
Highth Street
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Train stop prompts frail trust in a boy in Charlottesville
An elderly man on a northbound day coach in Charlottesville asks a young colored boy about family, studies, prayers, and Sunday school. He offers five cents for apples, testing the boy’s reliability as a trusted errand runner.
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Charlottesville
Yassuh
Success Magazine
Cure at City Mission Improves With Cuticura Treatment
A young woman with scabies incipient paresis rheumatism and sores came to a city mission. After seven weeks with little progress a Cuticura Soap Resolvent and Ointment regimen led to rapid improvement. Within five weeks she could seek a position and recovered health. Laura Jane Bates New York date March 11 1907.
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Laura Jane Bates
Fifth Ave
New York
N. Y
Mar. 11
Concerning the Old Man Learns a Lesson at School
A boy returns from school seeking help with his lesson prompting a cautious lesson. The old man warns that a little learning can be dangerous and advises patience and guidance.
A Gardening Nation in Sweden Promotes School Planting
Sweden fosters a yearly gift of trees or shrubs to every pupil and requires parishes to allocate land for school gardens. Many horticultural societies employ gardeners to educate the public in fruit and vegetable culture, boosting natural resources and nationwide garden knowledge.
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Sweden
This is an age of steel says after-dinner speaker
An after dinner speaker quips that this is an age of steel and the chairman asks reporters to spell the last word. The text also promotes Castoria as a safe infant remedy with the phrase In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Allen's Foot-Ease and Garfield Tea Adverts
A compact page of old advertisements promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for foot relief and Garfield Tea for liver and stomach health. The burst of quotes from Semplon and De La Ramee adds literary flair, while Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup targets teething infants. Brooklyn samples and moral quotes round out the page.
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Garfield Tea
Garfield Tea Co
Brooklyn
N. Y
Prisoner Uses Ten Dollar Allowance for Press Clippings
A jailed man known for shady town dealings received ten dollars monthly from a friend. He revealed the funds financed subscriptions to two press clipping bureaus, explaining he wanted to know what everyone was saying about him during his legal troubles.
Rockefeller Cure Digestive Remedy Offered By Battle Creek Specialist
A Battle Creek specialist promotes a digestives remedy called the Rockefeller Cure to treat stomach disorders. The formula blends Cardiol essence Pepsin and ginger syrup with instructions to take after meals, with druggists confirming its efficacy and safety.
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Battle Creek
Boy essay on clergymen amuses bishop at New York dinner
Bishop Potter read a Coopers town schoolboy's essay on Clergymen during an ecclesiastical dinner in New York. The piece humorously states there are three kinds of clergymen bishops, rectors and curates, and contrasts their duties and stature in a comic way.
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Potter
New York
Cooperstown
The Poet's Error in Muse and Bacchus Debate
A poet's dedication to the muses draws praise from a friend while a critic notes a flaw. The friend defends the poet as devoted to the muses, and the critic quips that the poet mistakes Bacchus for one of the muses.
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Bacchus
Perfumery and Soap Goods Wholesale Prices
Advertising copy notes wholesale prices for perfumery and toilet soaps including 1 oz and 8 oz bottles and premium Monaco goods. Encourages mail orders and catalogs from 483 Fulton St Brook- lyn with catalog available. Also mentions growth in exports of cars carriages and automobiles.
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Catlogue
As Co
Fulton St
Brook 2
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Western
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Alberta
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Carters
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Marcel
Howard Supply CO
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Syracuse
Johnson CO
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Tector
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