Hand to Hand Battle With a Cherokee Killer
A 1843 encounter along Etwah river in Bartow county features Major Jobe Seaborn recalling a hand to hand fight with the giant Cherokee George Took Known as Unakayabwah He battles with tomahawk held high a daring rescue of a missionary daughter and the capture of the foe ending with Took later linked to a family murder and capture after a dramatic pursuit The narrator recalls witnessing the execution of a man hanged in Cages county in 1835.
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Jobe Seaborn
Georgia
Caroline
Etwah River
Bartow County
George Took
Unakayabwah
Saccom
Thia
Blu
Bruno
Wedloek
North Carolina
Paulding
Cages County
Death of Cora Nupp Remains in Sabbath School Resolve
East Mahoning Sabbath School passes resolutions mourning the death of Cora Nupp. They express submission to God’s will, readiness for the Son of Man’s return, and sympathy for the family. Also includes testimonials and advertisements for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Electric Bitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Mahoning
Euma J. Ruffner
Clara Farnsworth
A Scrap of Paper Saves Her Life Story
A frail woman in final stages of consumption was revived by Dr King’s New Discovery after a scrap of paper led to a trial bottle. She gained strength, reached 140 pounds, and praised the remedy, with offers for free trial bottles at Hildebrand’s Drug Store. The Hooker Nurseries seeks honest men to sell their fast selling specialties with free outfits and steady pay.
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Dr. King
W.H. Cole
Druggint
Fort Smith
Hildebrand's
Hooker Nurseries
Rochester N. Y
Food for New York From Global Sources Explains Supply Chain
A Good Housekeeping article details how New York City daily sustains itself with meat fish vegetables and dairy from distant farms and imports. It notes weekly beef slaughter of about ten thousand head and that much produce travels by wagon and refrigerator car to Gansevoort market. Milk profits and egg pricing are discussed along with transport roles of railroads and peddlers.
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New York
Boston
Gloucester
Kalamazoo
Mich
Gansevoort
Holland
Germany
Why We Don’t Leap in 1900
An 1900 leap year explanation notes the 365 day year with 11 minutes borrowed annually to align the calendar. Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory XII adjust this by skipping triple leap years in centurial years and adding one every fourth year. Over 400 years the balance yields only a one day discrepancy in 1866.
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Julius Caesar
Gregory XII
Ceesar
Pope Gregory
Boston
Among the Dutch Boers Travelogue Sketch of Boer Life
A traveler notes Boer farm life in the Orange Free State with a focus on customs, greetings, hospitality, pace of ponies, and local beliefs. Observations include handshakes, coffee rituals, and statements about storms, horses, and the English. The piece also mentions herb lore and quack doctors among the Dici and Bushmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange Free State
London
Japie de Villiers
Vilje
Ces
Boers and Their Ways in the Transvaal
A Victorian travelogue excerpt contrasts Boer life with a focus on mobility during treks, lodging, family life, music, and shopping habits. It notes feasts, dancing, religious practices, and a blunt view of manners, with warnings to travelers about beds and sleeping arrangements in rural homes.
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Sein
Free State
Transvaal
St. James
Marys Potent in New York Press Circles
Five women named Mary dominate New York journalism roles including Miss Mary L. Booth editor of Harper's Bazar Mary Mapes Dodge editor of St. Nicholas Mary J. Lamb editor of The Magazine of American History Mary Erle Dallas of The New York Ledger and Mary E. Bryan of George Monroe's Fashion Bazar cited by William H. Ballou in The Journalist.
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New York
Mary L. Booth
Harper's Bazar
Mary Mapes Dodge
St. Nicholas
Mary J. Lamb
The
Magazine of American History
Mary Erle Dallas
New York Ledger
Mary E. Bryan
George Monroe
Fashion Bazar
William H. Ballou
Journalist
Volapak Language Endorsed by World Scholars
The Louis Globe Democrat notes Volapak as a superior language system with ten years of proven testing. It claims no imitation has gained traction, worldwide adoption, and endorsement by leading philologists, making it a simple, regular, and scientific study offering insight into English idioms.
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Volapak
Louis Globe-Democrat
Lebel gun balls in warfare thrill Medical Science
Scientific American reports on Lebel rifle ammunition noting its smaller 8 millimeter ball travels 570 meters per second, exceeds prior 450 mps, and remains in body for up to 1200 meters. Its maillechort coating increases hardness and reduces bone damage, easing treatment in battle.
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Scientific American
Pathos and wit in a cab owner’s portrait
The piece praises Mr. Brough’s cab owner portrayal in Retiring and reflects on his observant, restless nature. It notes his minimal reading yet keen casual interest in all he encounters, suggesting his omnipresence in towns with news depots and a sudden disappearance on rare occasions.
Fragmented 19th century miscellany and oddities
A jumbled miscellany notes curious tales and quotes. References include King Ja Ja of West Africa with many wives, Irish kinfolk inheritance, Newland widow statistics, a Turkish bath for horses in New York, Chinese heaven and earth numerology, a petrified fish found near Winchester Ohio, an armed pelting accident in Tennessee, Coleridge and Doddridge quotes, wealth estimates of U.S. citizens, France and cremation legality, African hardwood in iron contact, and a Decatur Georgia hawk incident.
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Ja-Ja
West Africa
Pittsburg
Ireland
Newland
New York
Winchester
Tennemoe Peat
Neao
Coleridge
Doddridge
France
Haly
Conniea Authocisies
Sear Iba
Orn
Ernest Erprised
Mattie Farnest
Decatur
Marcellus
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Indiana
Hen
Geoge W. Hood
Hetrick 'N Drug Store
Philadelphia
W L. Stewart
Stewart & Clark
Philadelphis
Assibal
K. Sloa
Bixth Street
LAT Ier & Wilson
Johen N
Attonney-At-Lapb
Todiana
Philadelphia Street
Proses Sutton
South Sixth Street
S M. Jaceb
Seventh
Cel Cunningham
Ore
Juni
Ixslow & CaLinotew
Puoxsutawney
Wnty
Taylor
Maliroid Juni
Daniel Ramey
Anet-Atla
Washington, D.C
Washington
Elkeshere
Frueecutes
Eorge W. fOo
N. Attornef
Odiene
Poiledelphis
Hetrick
BELL
Atiorneysate
PENNA
Todd Building
Philadelphia Bt
Pierce
Atiorney-At-Law
Omee
D. Os
D.’ Storney-At- Law
Sb Poaiene
Stochul
LAW
A. W.taylo
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Gecunles
Ae &. Porter
Philadelhis Street
Wadson & Telford
Atlaw
Harry White
J. L Mazlett
Price
Sixth Street
Logee
G. W. Simpson
Rew's
Njantase
Pee. T. Miller
Odipe
Reidden
North Sixth St
Nourdoure Marth of Gompera' Hotel
Charles Courens
Gaede
Maya
Clements
Gicod
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Pastim
Paul
Pixth Atrests
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Church of England
Hall
F. J. Sheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F.J. Sheney & Co
Bey
T. BE. Hildebrand
Martin White
Ney
Brough
Lionel Brough
Liverpool
Phillis Hill
Arus
Whentielt
Mmanbay
J.C. Meromb
David ER
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