Surprise Masquerade Raid Ends In Police Hold
A man recalls Broadspoon and his crowd planning a surprise party at Jenks home. A masquerade raid leads the narrator to fear burglary, chase downstairs, and a mistaken police arrest before morning release amid broken dishes and damaged silver.
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Lanware
Jenks
Broadspoon
Sarah Jane
Sarah Jané
John
Leon
X. YQ. Society
Braidspoon
Guardian of the Law
Duel Between Lincolnshire Boys Probed at Magistrates
In Lindsey magistrates on March 12 two Lincolnshire boarding school pupils Gerald Maurice Brown and Henry Seagrave faced a curious duel incited by a quarrel over chatter. Seagrave was wounded when Brown's second Dawson loaded his pistol and Seagrave’s weapon burst, injuring Seagrave’s leg. the boys and seconds escorted home with the help of Brown.
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Lindsey
Lincolshire
Gerald Maurice Brown
Henry Seagrave
Lincoln
Gettling
Seagrave
Brown
Dawson
Walter Green
Browm
Beagrave
Pall Mall
London
Avette
President Grant's veto message on currency reform
The President vetoes Senate Bill No. 617 aimed at fixing United States notes and bank reserves. He cites risk of inflation, argues the bill departs from sound finance, and urges gradual return to specie payments with caution against paper currency overissue.
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Senate of Thé
Unitea'Statéss
Senate
United States
Congress
Dusiness
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Treasury
Forty First Congress
Cagea
Unites
Treasury
Theta St
U. S. Grant
Extcorque Mansion
Vast Varied Data Points Highlight 1870s Economic Activity
A compilation notes shifts in oil, iron ore, and wheat production across North America and beyond. Pennsylvania reports 1,176 fewer oil wells, New Jersey mines 670,000 tons of iron ore, and New Mexico sees heavy snow. Reading Pa hosts a machine card factory consuming 120,000 miles of wire annually. Silk exports from China reach 68,000 bales. New Hampshire ships 2,000,000 clothespins to Europe. Distilleries total 68 million gallons of spirits, employing 70,000 and contributing large tax revenue.
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Pennsylvania
Manitoba
Boston
Peabody Trustees
Reading
New Mexico
New Jersey
Omaha
Utah
New ,Hampshire
Souney
New York
Treasury
United States
Denver and
Rio Grande
Workingwomen’s Protective Union
Borm
Ee and
Humorous Anecdotes and Witty Exchanges From New York Court to Palestine
A collection of brief comic snippets and quips from diverse locales including a New York Justice Court wedding interruption, a Yankee schoolmaster’s poetry, Sam Jones in Orange County, and a traveling tale in Palestine. Read as light evidence of frontier humor and social foibles.
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Washington
Potomac
Judice
Xeidolmaster
Toithis
New York
Denly
Sam Jones
Orange County
N. Y
Sam
Palestine
Moses
Jonathan
Children of
Israel
Chicago & Northwestern
Msrs
Madox
Vladamé
John West
Green
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Burt
Lif
Earth
Chambers
Journal
South Carolina
South Carollina
Robert B. Elliott
Elliott
Republican Party
Scott
Mr. Elliott
Mrr
Alfon
Vule
Zinter-Ocean
Wabash
SiDvaberestag
VW. Green
Pine Street
Danbury News
Boston Penby Savings Bank
Ewe
Phunnygrams
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