Phantom Train Haunts Dixville Notch Tale
In fall 1881 a party travels to Dixville Notch and encounters a rumored phantom train seen high on the rocks. Locals in Dix House tell a tale of a dissipation linked couple and a sick mother, with witnesses of a ghostly locomotive and a crying young woman. The legend grows through years of sightings and a subsequent inquiry by a Canadian father seeking his daughter.
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Mary R. P. Hatch
Dixville Notth
White Mountains
Colebrook
Dixville
Miss Alden
Charlie
Mr. Ackley
Dix House
Hezekiah Winters
Cohos
Mary
Miss Higgins
Dick Henderson
Mr. Fellows
Widder Storm
Israel
Dixville Woods
Jim Gallgher
Jim
Chiny
The
Phenix
Canady
Anonymous Notary to Receive Statue in Hungary
Emperor Francis Joseph funds a statue honoring Hungarian worthies in Hungary. The subject is the anonymous notary of King Bela who authored the Chronicle of Hungary, an unknown figure celebrated in a large series of commemorations.
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Hungary
Francis Joseph
Bela
Berlin scientist undertakes full history of animals
Herr Schultze of the Berlin Academy of Sciences is preparing a comprehensive work describing all animals that exist now or have existed in historic times. The Academy grants him $7,000 to cover expenses for the undertaking.
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Herr Schultze
Berlin Academy of Sciences
Academy
Competitor Crew to Face Court Martial in Havana
Five Competitor prisoners Alfred Laborde William Gildea Ona Melton Charles Barnett and William Leavitt are to be tried by court martial Monday next in Havana after a previous naval sentence of death. The case centers on arms landing for insurrection and the rights under the Cushing protocol. American officials argue for fair trial protections while Spain maintains armed men are excluded from the protocol.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Springer
Havana
Alfred Laborde
William Gildea
Ona Melton
Charles Barnett
William Leavitt
Madrid
Weyler
Blanco
Hannis Taylor
Spain
Associated Press
On the Brink in Anglo French Tensions
The Daly News editorials on London and Paris note renewed fears of war with France and Britain. Reports from Lagos show French troops evacuating Sakie, risking a clash with British forces in the hinterland. The Nile campaign’s abandonment sparks sharp criticism of government hesitancy and ‘moral influenza’ in the press.
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London
Daly News
Jit
Great Britain
Frar
Lagos
Africa
Sakie
McCallum
West Africa
Nile
Morning Post
Gordon
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