Impudent Follower and Romance by the Farm Swing
A village tale follows Carl Mortimer and Rose Stacy as a bold suitor disrupts a garden party. Rose bonds with Carl after a dog leads him to her in distress, then he carries her home and proposes. They marry in autumn, with Carl revealing their meeting began by chance.
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Ana
Sypris
Tesbig
Bone
Dottus
Abe
Equire Stacy's
Tingiire
Tap Aidan
Cari Mortimer
Nate
Earl
Mirsidaio
Carl Morthier
Carl
Armadll
Rone
Ginez
Ilanuace
Stacy
Joalonay
Tove
Mr. Mortimer
Cari
Rose
Malaid
Dean
Rosa
Ros
Mortimer
Musical authorship profits spark theater power split
The article describes rentables in musical authorship with Mar. WB. GUber and a trio led by Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan, and D Oyley Carte sharing profits from operas at the Bavoy and other theaters. Reports estimate income above 200000, while Gilbert allegedly takes 10 percent of weekly gross receipts over a thousand pounds during Pygmalion and related shows at the Lyceum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WB. Guber
Engand
Gilbert
Arthur Sullivan
D’oyley Carte
Bavoy
Thor
Mary Anderson
Trye Agan
Drighe Ain
Pygmalion
Alates
Lyceum
Military Ballooning to be developed at Chatham
Ballooning becomes a distinct feature of the school of military engineering at Chatham England with extensive summer preparations. Officers and sapper students will learn coal and hydrogen gas manufacture telegraphic communication inflation and electric light delivery from balloons transport packing screens and moving gas between positions. Practicable reconnoitering and signaling using balloons seems finally realized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Military Engineering
Chatham
England
Pal Dana to wed Duncan heiress in New York nuptials
Mr. Pal Dana, son of the New York Sun editor, is set to marry the daughter of William B. Duncan, a New York millionaire. The Ducane claim direct descent from a Scottish king featured in Macbeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal Dana
New York Sun
William B. Duncan
New York
Ducane
Skakuporu
Macbeth
Walking Match Korrors at New York Six Days Race
A vivid critique describes the six days walking contest in New York. Spectators crowd the Eden Musee exhibit of horrors while rival walkers deteriorate under strain. The piece contrasts brutal spectacle with religious exhortations and questions sport's moral bounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eden Museo
Swan
Fitzgerald
Eden Musee
Charles Rowell
Apolel
Npon Theno
Beau
Madison Xigquare Garden
The Test of Friendship and Dakota Justice Reforms
A Beecher sermon on Galatians praises Grant's magnanimity and moral restraint amid Conkling conflict. The talk discusses friendship, criticism, and the ideal of total depravity as a guide to true companionship. Also reported is Dakota Territory legislation creating two additional associate justices and six judicial districts with details on district compositions and annual terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
Christ
Grant
Conkling
Gen. Grant
Mr. Conkling
Nadia
Mulon
Aldo
Abie
Lis
Folkanra
Tru
Dakota
House
Raymond
Territory of
Bronkings, Singshar
Beadle
Deitel
Hamlin
Codington
Clark
Day
Sale Brown
Hand, Hyde, Hughes, Sally
Edmunds
Fustlk
McPherson
Potter
Campbell
Roberta
Walworth
Sisketon and
Wappaton
Bowman, Villard
Billing, Drow, Mackenzie
Alfred
Buford
Flannery
Walker
Moniailie
Williams, Stark, Hatinger
Morton
Mercer
McLean
Stevens
Renville
Winn
Bottineau
McHenry
Sheridan
Burnigh
Emmons
Macintosh
Logan
Kidder
Wells
Dexna
Rolette
Destruction of Pekin Summer Palace by Allied Forces
A graphic 1860 account describes the looting and razing of the Pekin Summer Palace by allied English and French troops. The writer notes vast treasures burned or seized, priceless furniture and mirrors, and the palace’s magnificence contrasted with its deliberate destruction, deeming the act demoralizing for an army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin Summer Palace
Pekin
Gordon
Summer Palace
Far East
Fune
Windsor
Mont Wanton
Gimbled Luggage Smashers and the Ventriloquist’s Box
A Boston depot incident exposes harsh baggage handlers who “smash” trunks and threaten a fare. Conductor identifies the traveler as Blitz, a ventriloquist, whose automaton "Bobby" occupies the box, revealing the human owner’s travel debt and the awkward resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
610 Colony
Boston
Vemina
Signor
Blitz
Hoy
Bobby
Miss Rebecca Wright Hero of Winchester War Pension Tale
The article recounts Rebecca Wright a Quaker girl who aided Union General Sheridan during the Winchester campaign of September 1864. Her information from rebel officers helped thwart Early’s raid, earning Sheridan’s gratitude and a pension later debated by Simon Cameron. Wright's fate after the war includes a treasury clerkship and later marriage, with enduring loyalty to the Union amid local ostracism.
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Philip H. Sheris Lan
Winchester
Fort Loudon
Milroy
Judge Pendleton
Mason
Slidell
England
Rebecca Wright
Sheridan
Early
Simon
Martinsburg
Thomas Buchanan
Ley
John Rawlina
Kerahaw
Richmond I
Atieady
Crook
Cook
Rachel Wright
Rebecca
Main Street
Friends’ Meeting
Darkey
Util Naing
Kershaw
Front Royal
Rebecca Weight
Lynn
Fair Valley
Erronmatanio
For Griest
Griest
P. H. Shartoan
Misa Wright
Hr Nobler
Robert J. Houston
Miss Wright
James van Ormer
Hariolt
Petsion
Fin
Mr. Cameron
Washington
Houston
Taft
Cameron
Treasury
Bonsall
Rising Sun
Cecil County
Mr. Bonsall
Mra Bonsall
Grand Army Post
Philadelphia
Sbe
Virginia
Mabrosiad Yale
Sheridan Wis
Detroit’s Eloping Coachman Baron Nerville Unmasked
The so called Baron Nerville a Detroit coachman who eloped with C Z Whit s daughter is Charles W Petry once living in Newark in 1883 He married the daughter of Charles Tolle in Perry and later more unions surfaced He was found to have wives in Schenectady Paterson Peterboro and Toronto and faced bigamy charges He escaped custody via jailer s wife and now a Newark wife plans to testify in Detroit
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Detroit
Baron Nerville
Detrait
C. Z. Whit
Charles W. Petry
Newark
Charles Tolle
Littleton Avenue
Perry Wet Whysays
Prudential
Savanion Company
Deene Iit
Nowholt
Toronto
Rolllagger
Whitney
Nerville
Mise Rolle
High peace a Ranaia and Russia death rate crisis
A correspondent reports Russia suffers the highest death rate in Europe due to rural underprovision and famine. Infant mortality is catastrophic with over 60 percent dying before age five and nearly two million children perish yearly. Military prospects are grim with only a fraction reaching service age and many unfit due to poor stature and weak bodies. In Warren County, William Sherman, once the heaviest man, died after years of weight loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rssia
Europe
Ify
Russia
Amy
William Sherman
Warren County
Gleny Falls
Sherman
Lake George
Glenn Falla
Sherman Hote Om Ke Georg
Land-Poor Real Estate Crises and Notable Falls
A tale of wealth and ruin through real estate schemes and heavy mortgages. John J. Dean, Samuel Ruggles, and a 600 to 250 pound transformation illustrate how ambition in land driven by leverage ends in bankruptcy. The report notes Wyoming and Montana incidents and local troubles with gangs and legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Dean
Auriom
Popa
Dean
Harlem
Samuel 3. Ruggles
Union
Clarendon Howse
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Ward
Korrors
Chin Sorenior
John B. ‘Tolman
Mass
Young
Men’s Christian Association
Thomas L. Kane
Presbyterian Hospital
Nick
Adam Rockwood
Uptown
Maas
Tue- Jong
Hiamarck Waa
Berlin
von Moltke
Enrionshy
Mommsen
College of
Virchow
Momuen
Gottingen
Samuel D. Ferguson
Liberia
Biscopal House of Bishops
Caps Palmas
Africa
Maria Taglioni
Marsailles
France
Stockholm
Sweden
Karsten
Marie
Viennas Theater
Gilbert de Voisins
Princesa Marguerite Trowhotzkay
Celia Thatcher
New Hampshire
Nieiste
Shoals
Celia
Ranaia
Paymanteg Whippla
Todgod
Glendive
Mont Bhouitt Taylor
Tanda
Bola Gang
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