Centennial celebration echoing Lexington and Concord
Describes a cold clear morning opening the centennial events with parades, speeches by Emerson and Curtis, and a grand procession through Picton and Lexington. The day featured numerous banners, military displays, and a wreath of memories from Boston to Concord, ending with a ball in Agricultural Hall.
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Perene Us
Texington
Picton
Bala
Burg
Ain Street
Brillant
Harphd Waldo Emerson
James Rusgell Lowell
George William Curtis
Gurtis
Bane
Lexington
Gaston
EB. R. Hoar
Mn Dent
Melty
Ralph Rage
Jeghanie the Rey
Ritoy
Seigh
Boutwell
England
Lowell Road
Otk
Boston
Concord
Thomas M. Stetson
Mr. Westcott
Boylston Club
Charles Hudson
Richard H. Dana, Jr
Bostow
Acton
Mass
Lorin
Manchester
N. E
Maassachusetts
Indian Revolt at the Cheyenne Agency Revealed
Report shows the Cheyenne Agency uprising was premeditated and broader than initial telegrams indicated. Indians surrendered but handed over only worn muskets, staging a calculated effort to unearth weapons and resume war while fearing retribution for the Germain family massacre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yemen
Sis
Germain
Acapulco Massacre reported by U S Navy ship captain
The Navy Department received Capt Queen of the U S steamer Saranac report from Acapulco dated March 27 detailing a violent attack on Protestant worshippers by a group armed with machetes and muskets. Three men and a woman were killed, eleven wounded. Diaz and Henry Morris died amid a chaotic church escape and the incident prompted U S protection measures.
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Navy Department
Queen
United S States
Saranac
Acapulco
Fen Repdrta
Marche
O. Diaz
House of
Diriz
Diszi
Hutchinson
Mexico
Diaz
Plessoans
Henry Morris
Boston
Air
California Hotel
United States
San Francisco
Battle Report Conflicts Over Prisoner Policy In Plains War
April 14 Chicago Tribune dispatch from Leavenworth Kansas describes a battle where four cavalry companies under General Neil suffered six killed and ten wounded. It notes Indian war fever, prisoner handling changes, and congressional funding of 800 000 to support shifted policy and care at frontier agencies amid last year’s Miles campaign.
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Péru
Jogatloni
Tx Cavalry
Neil
Althou Et Pravele
Sys Bts
Miles Hive
Congress
Germain
Drt
Leavenworth
Kan
Chicago
Tr'ibuns
The Art of Dress in Pall Mall Gazette Review
The Pall Mall Gazette reviews M Charles Blanc on dress design noting how dress shape, color, and balance with hair and features create style. It outlines three kinds of toilet and links elegance to subdued repetition, with contrast, novelty, and “pompous elegance” as middle ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pall Mall Gazette
M. Charles Blanc
Charles Blanc
Tennyson
Bishop Revives Foot Washing Ceremony on Good Friday
Dr Bagshawe, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham, revived a Good Friday ceremony commemorating Christ washing the apostles feet. A dozen boys dressed in white with bare legs stood in a row as the Bishop washed and kissed each foot with ceremonial emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagshawe
Nottingham
England
Warning to trespass on land in Indiana County
Bixryong residents in rural districts of Indiana County Pennsylvania publish a card in the papers warning sportsmen a Sensomin that they must keep off the land owned by these parties or face consequences.
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Bixryong
Indiana County
Massachusetts women convict man for abuse in town
Eighteen women in a Massachusetts town conhicted a man for kicking his wife and the job is said to have left him unable to split wood for four weeks. A French critic cites American belles as using frequent toilets in a way that could ruin twenty husbands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
France
Vulcanized Rubber and Its Wide Industrial Uses
The piece describes the process of vulcanizing rubber with sulfur and heat to produce durable sheets mats and coatings. It explains milling rolling cutting and stretching steps, the creation of waterproof fabrics and decorative imitations, and notes the broad applications from valves to jet imitations. It highlights rubber's versatility and the economic efficiency of the vulcanizing method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Cleaning muskets with wax corks and quicksilver
Instructions describe cleaning a musket by sealing the nipple with wax, inserting a cork in the breech, adding quicksilver to form an amalgam with lead, then rolling the barrel to remove lead. The mercury can be reused, as lead remains in the wash leather and mercury is recovered for reuse.
Chilblain treatment with turnips and lard noted
An old remedy instructs slicing two white turnips unpared, simmering with three large spoonfuls of beat lard for two hours, mashing, then spreading on linen and applying to the chilblain at night, attributed to Zachange.
Queen of Sewine Machinen Promises Marita of Wilann Shuttle
The article extols the Wilcon shuttle sewing machine as a landmark invention with a noiseless lock stitch, suitable for all sewing work. It highlights low price, wide household need, and rapid sales with testimonials, noting delivery to railroad stations and a Chicago branch offering catalogues and agents.
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Wilcon
Btate Street
Chicago
New Cure Lauded by California Doctor Vivecar Birens
A New York professor cites medicine as highly uncertain while exposing dubious medical schools. Dr J Walker of California rejected both main methods and found success with nature based herbs. He promotes Vivecar Birens claiming wide adoption and strong cures.
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Maxproat
New York
J. Walker
California
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Hoar
Blaine
Paul le Revere
Frandaon
Ingersoll
Connecticut
Peck
Vermont
Waceno
Singuake
Gisdatone
Psst
Rae Rss
Lexia
America
Reldeim
Xeran Thor
Advan
Sean Fon
Pat Poe
Harrison W. Pratt
Baltimore
New Yorn
Lexington and Concord
Syra
Cheyenne Agency
Ohio
Madras
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