Washington secrets and counterfeiting era revealed at Treasury HQs
An 1870s Washington visit exposes Secret Service officers examining a room of counterfeiting trophies and tools. Officials describe nationwide surveillance, autographed notes, and the “King of Counterfeiters” Brockway group as well as arrests, bonds, and dramatic busts.
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Washington
Washington Cor
Boston
Treasury Building
Secret Service
Knight
Massachusetts
Corps of
United States
Nat
William E. Broc
Doyle
Charles E. Seth
Brockway
Smith
Illinois
Treasury Department
Hamilton
R. A. White & Co
Chicago
Cl Ulrich
Germany
George White
National Bank of
Jamas Ballard
Ingenious but ill fated rope railway ruse near Crewe
Mr George Adams of Wolverhampton attempted a free rail journey by tying ropes to a carriage axles and suspending himself, hanging from the moving express to Crewe. He endured severe discomfort and was later jailed by a magistrate who deemed the punishment insufficient, noting the danger and fear of the rope slipping.
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George Adams
Wolverhampton
England
Adams
Liverpool
Macing the Rattler
Crewe
Desperate Soldier Ends Own Suffering by Comrade Shot
Milwaukee Sentinel recounts a Civil War incident by Henry J. Savage of the Soldiers Home. A wounded soldier, begging for death, is assisted by a New York lieutenant who shoots him, then a direct hit from a cannonball ends the scene as the drama unfolds on the field.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Henry J. Savage
Delware
Weber
Lrench
Sumner
Antietam
Fortress Monroe
Alabama
New York
Othes
Lim
Pope Leo's Coronation Celebrated in Sistine Chapel
The sixth anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s coronation was marked by a grand procession and pontifical ceremony in the Sistine Chapel Rome. Dignitaries diplomats and military representatives attended as the pope blessed the congregation and granted an audience to Cardinal Jacobini. A separate note mentions Columbia College admitting a female astronomy student despite its coeducation policy, highlighting her background from Wells College.
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Sistine Chapel
Rome
Leo XIV
Diplomatic Corps
Knights of Malta
Palestine
Prince Cresche
Gen
Caccia
Michael Angelo
Holy See
Camerieri Segreto di Spada Cappa
Pope
Cardinal Jacobini
Columbia College
Wellesle Colle
Citadel
Vanderbilt Beer Garden Site Faces Nonrenewal of Lease
Vanderbilt homestead on Staten Island has served as a beer garden for years. W. H. Vanderbilt has notified the tenant that the lease will not be renewed. A large charitable institute is planned on the site as a Commodore Vanderbilt memorial. An enterprising land agent hawks a corner lot for 20 and advance payment but is declined after a prominent local insists on avoiding a “Jones” double.
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Vanderbilt
Staten Island
W.H. Vanderbilt
Commodore Vanderbilt
Jones
Binghamton
New York
Bobby
Guadalajara
Mexico
Jefferson Davis
Mississippi House of Representatives
Sargent
Prentiss
Davis
George S. Pierce
Methodist Church South
Atlanta
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
Brown
Amy
Siarasada
Narrow Escape of a Cunarder from a 1867 wreck scare
A Boston Journal letter recalls the China Cunard voyage in 1867 with an Atlantic tormenting voyage to Liverpool. A steerage passenger warned the ship, steering it away from Irish rocks after a loud cry of help. Captain Hockley, blamed in London papers, vanished from the ocean shores as the crew saved the vessel eight miles off course.
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China
Cunard Line
Liverpool
Atlantic
Fastnet Light
Ireland
San Francisco
Hockley
Boston Journal
Early American East Indiamen opened trade for the United States
Rear Admiral G. H. Preble recounts Elias H. Derby of Salem as the pioneer who launched American commerce with Asia. Derby sent the Grand Turk to the Cape, reached Canton by 1787 with tea and silks, and paved a path for multiple ships to enter China and India, later expanding to Russia and Mocha trade.
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India
China
Elias H. Derby
Salem
Johnathan Ingersoll
Cape of Good Hope
Isle of France
Canton
Batavia
New England
America
Boston
New York
Derby
Astrea
Russia
Surat
Calcutta
Bombay
Siam
G. H. Preble
United States
New American Fowls in England and Orchard Notes
A contemporary describes Wryandottes as small white fowls with black face and saddle, hardy layers with buff pink eggs. Gooseberries flourish in poor soil and may become a key crop. rotation trials advise alternating cereals, clover, peas, and roots for soil health.
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England
Plymouth Rock
New York
Garfield
Jackmann
Bennett
New Yorker
Beecher Plans Long Awaited Trip to England
Henry Ward Beecher prepares to travel to England for the first time in two decades, enabling a long awaited visit abroad. The excursion marks a notable return to the country after twenty years.
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Henry Ward Beecher Oisoon
England
Various Household Hints and Niggling Recipes from Chambers
A Chambers's Journal note shares practical household tips to rid homes of rats using tar and release, plus child cough aids, burns liniment, lemon flax cough remedy, and basket linings. It offers two ribbon tidies for a sofa, describing materials and trimming for decorative finishes.
Sorghum Fodder Compared With Corn For Cattle
A. B. Allen notes sorghum yields similar fodder weight to sweet corn grown in same soil and management. Cattle prefer corn to sorghum stalks unless hungry. sorghum stalks tougher to chew and digest but sorghum may be better for molasses and sugar. Amber cane performs best, in latitude 39 degrees planted late April heads in July with a second, smaller growth later.
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Minnesota
A. B. Allen
N. Y
Breaking Steers Teaches Boys About Calves and Yokes
An orange county farmer extols making boys break young calves to a yoke as a healthy exercise. Start with well matched spring calves, feed griddle cakes, and train them to walk by your side. Teach backs and turns with gentle taps to develop useful team work for farm tasks.
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Orange County
Gee
Objection to Wire Fences Dwindling in Town Debate
The Germantown Telegraph notes that opposition to barbed wire fences is fading as reported injuries decline and exaggeration recedes. It argues barbs cause little harm, compares risks to stone walls or holes, and predicts the fence's value will rise despite fashion shifts.
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Germantown
Lent Fashion Trends Spell Out Violet and Foxy Lilies
The piece notes soft grays and violet tones as Lent colors with artificial violets perfumed to mimic real blooms. It describes lavish floral hats featuring long stems and clusters on both hat and throat, and mentions a nun’s cloth costume paired with a black fox fur and a large Lenten Lily cluster for contrast.
Fragmented Readings Highlight Global Tensions and Local Notables
The excerpt reports Col. Albert G. Browne Jr on naval power and Chilean strength threatening the US Pacific, plus a note on English luminous harness and night visibility. It then surveys coal and iron riches in West Virginia and Kentucky, Britain’s coal output, longevity in Scotland, and a footnote on Renfrew railway and a French Revolution link.
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New York
Albert G. Browne, Jr
Chili
South Africa
Pacific
United States
Avery
Panama
Cape Horn
England
Allaghm Mountains
West Virgin
Kentucky
Tennessee
Great Britain
Scotland
Renfrew
Skillful Surgical Operation at City Hospital
Friday last Dr Thorndike and house surgeons performed a major cancer surgery on a man in City Hospital. The mouth cancer was advanced and would likely have been fatal. surgeons removed the lower jaw tongue floor of mouth neck glands and skin to create a bridge for an artificial mouth. The patient Edward ae ae is recovering and the operation is deemed satisfactory.
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Ryste T ' x
Althirtyspears
Third National Bank of New York
Ulrich
Secret Service
Thorndike
Edwar Ae Ae
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N. Y. Tribune
Chambers
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