Railroad Disaster Romance From Prospect for Hracton 1819
A fragmentary retelling centers on a dying engineer in Wortland New Mexico recounting a perilous nighttime rail journey. The tale blends eyewitness drama with references to historic figures Peter Stuyvesant Pocahontas and John Smith as the narrator hints at broader colonial narratives amid the wreck and pursuit along the Lake Shore track.
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Plamen
Dijon
Jongur
Hracton
Wortland
Grafting Differs For Grapevines And Bee Hives
The article discusses grafting methods for grapevines using wax stocks or old roots, including underground clone insertion and whip grafting. It also covers beekeeping techniques for preventing queen loss during swarm migrations and cautions about swarming and hive management.
How to Breathe Revealed by Leading Physician
A physician explains a deep breathing technique to improve breathing. The method involves expanding the chest fully, elevating the shoulders, holding the breath briefly, then expelling air forcefully through the nose with the mouth closed. He advises several repetitions daily to increase vitality and relieve alleged chest trouble.
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Liyludolphn
Tanga
Hidden Fortunes Found After Couple's Death
In Portchester New York Elisha Sanda a modest bookkeeper and his wife left a startling legacy. A 1841 cash stash of $30,000 was sewed in an old petticoat along with bank books showing full savings deposits and $100,000 in bonds. The widow's estate included real estate on Sevenith Avenue Elmard Cherry streets and the Bowery plus a farm. The bulk of the property goes to four nephews.
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Elisha Sanda
Portchester
N.Y
Sanda
New York
Savings Bank
New York City
Elmard Cherry Streets
Bowery
Grain Market Warnings On Speculation Lessons
The grain market history serves as a warning against speculation with only about two percent of large numbers of speculators ending in prosperity. It urges readers to heed this fact and consider caution in trading and investment approaches.
Lord Cairns Dies After Brief Illness at Bournemouth
Lord Cairns, long a prominent figure and lord chancellor, died at Bournemouth after a sudden decline. He had suffered health concerns for some time and was under care of Dr Kuhl, with homeopathic treatment by Mr Nankivol. He was noted for Sunday school work and evangelistic support linked to his son in law Neville Sherbrooke and Canon Eliot at Mary’s Arinity.
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Lady Cairns
Lindisfarne
Bournemouth
Kuhl
Lord Sairns
Lord Selborne
Lord Cairns
Holy Trinity Church
Roy
Neville Sherbrooke
Canon Eliot
Marys Arinity
Kournemouth
London
A Fighting Family and Generals in a Storied Line
A fragmentary account traces a fighting lineage from a French captain executed at sea escaping aboard a foreign vessel to a son who served Napoleon and fought at Waterloo with five wounds. The narrative then notes a father general honored at Solferino and the eighty six year old patriarch enjoying health while praising his son’s traditions, sourced to James's Gazette.
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Negrior
San Domingo
Ponson du Terrail
Nogrier
Porteugal
Napoleon
Waterloo
Faubourg St. Antoine
Punishment of Fatailiers in Fourteenth Century Trade
The fourteenth century records show vigorous punishment of fraud in trade as enforced by city communes. Cases in the Rembranda note scrutiny over false data and deceitful wares, including pots of bad metal sold as legitimate items and potters exposed for sale on festival days. Penalties ranged from pillory to burning, with vivid images of public shaming for deceitful traders and protected by local magistrates beyond fixed wages.
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Aleyn la
West Chepu
Bullets and Biscuit in a St Louis Case
A dramatic account from a St Louis paper describes a young woman, Mrs Sweete, who shot her husband only weeks after marriage. The dialogue ponders motive with a grim line about a bullet lodging in the stomach, suggesting the husband taunted her about her burdensome biscuits and hangers.
National Banks and the Decline of the System
A historical analysis notes the rapid growth of national banks now near three thousand, with debt reduction projected to end the system in about nineteen years. It explains bond calls, bank holdings, and the rise of many banks with small capitals, detailing the shift in the nation’s financial backbone.
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Washington
Dato
Hanks
South American hammocks offer health and comfort advantages
Traveler in the Lancet extols the hammock as a sanitary, adaptable sleeping option. The South American hammock, woven from tia palm fibers, supports movement and weight with elasticity, preventing falls. It suits bedridden patients, avoids dampness, and could replace beds or water-beds in hospitals.
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South America
Lhasa
Hos Pitula
British Guinea
An Old Engineer's New Terror
A Chicago Herald quote recounts an engineer describing the danger of double-track bridges. He explains the bridge can settle under locomotive weight at high speed and fears two locomotives hitting a bridge from opposite ends simultaneously. The anecdote leads him to resign from the Central and become a single-track engineer.
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Central
Chicago Herald
How Pope Leo Looks in Early Vatican Portraits
The article analyzes Pope Leo XIII’s condition and bearing, noting his emaciated yet expressive features and enduring vitality. It discusses his health improving since Vatican life, his decisive yet cautious policy, and the reshaping of the Sacred College with stronger foreign influence under his leadership.
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Homo Yottor
San Franciseo Chronicle
Toco
Homo Ptopli
Sacred College
Vatican
Lave bin Sb
Holy See
Ageli
Russia at the Gates of Herat Key to India
The article argues that control of Herat and its surrounding district is the strategic key to India. It outlines a path for Russian and British forces around Herat, emphasizing fertile land, resources, and rail-like routes that would enable an army to threaten India from multiple directions, with the Afghan barrier and terrain shaping the campaign.
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Russia
Charles Marvin
Heras
Herat
India
Purrali
Rocha
Caspian
Honea
England
Avennes
Candahar
Afghanistan
Gen Custer and Rosser Reunite Across Battlefield Bonds
A vivid anecdote from Boots and Saddles recounts Generals Custer and Rosser reuniting near Fort Rice as the Seventh Cavalry guarded Northern Pacific engineers. The two former classmates shared wartime tales from Virginia to Shenandoah, recalling captures of each other’s baggage and camaraderie amid shifting fortunes of war.
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Woat Point
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Willey
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