Jane McCrea Memorial recalls colonial fighting in 1777
The Fort Edward New York unveiling of a Jane McCrea memorial recalls her murder by Indians allied with Burgoyne, a事件 that spurred American resolve during the Burgoyne campaign and Saratoga era. The article notes McCrea as a New Jersey native and details Burgoyne’s 1777 plan, the battles at Bennington and Saratoga, and the St Leger expedition, ending with the DAR memorial description and inscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Edward
N. Y
Jane McCrea
New England
Canada
Burgoyne
Lake Champlain
Hudson
St. Leger
Oswego
Mohawk Valley
Albany
Highlands
Sir Henry Clinton
New York
Ticonderoga
St. Clair
Schuyler
Jane M’crea
America
New Jersey
Miss McCrea
Davy Jones
McCrea
Bennington
Stark
Saratoga
Gen. Gates
Gen. Schuyler
Fort Schuyler
Stanwix
Rome
Herkimer
Arnold St. Leger
Daughters of the American Revolution
The Purple Martin as Mosquito Eater
A New Yorker favors promoting purple martins and other mosquito eating birds over petroleum to control mosquitoes. Petroleum harms foliage water and odor, while birds like swallows and nighthawks reduce bites. Long Island salt meadows illustrate how birds protect homes along Merrick road and bay shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great South Bay
Long Island
Merrick Road
Great Highway
Snakes in Manila Homes Stir Fearful Night Encounters
An American woman returning from the Philippines recounts her year in Manila where house snakes replace cats. She describes a rattling scramble overhead as a snake swallows a rat on a bamboo floor, startling Chinese boys and becoming a normal household nuisance for Americans in Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines
England's First Regatta in 1775 Described
The 1775 English regatta by Lady Mary Wortley Montague introduced Venice style water displays. A procession of city barges gathered at a temporary octagon for revelry lasting into the next day. Seven participants perished on the return voyage, noted as evidence of crowd sobriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Mary Wortley Montague
Venice
Coyotes in Oregon Boost Bounty Payouts and Records
In Oregon coyote hunting proves lucrative with $100000 in bounty warrants issued last month. A Harney county hunter earned $1106 for a score of 490 coyotes and 63 wildcats, underscoring the species abundant and profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Harney County
Mistakes of Authors and their Geography Errors
A New York Press critique catalogs numerous authors who mix dates places and historical facts. Thackeray Trollope Dickens Zola and others are cited for erroneous geography astronomy and chronology to illustrate literary license gone awry.
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Orance
Thackeray
Newcomes
Glenlioat
Creasy
Theodoric
Battle of
Chalons
Anthony Trollope
Andy Scott
Andy
Dickens
Charles’ Wain
Zola
Lourdes
Wilkie Collins
Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines
Naseby
Macaulay
Temple Bar
Campbell
Eric
Ramsey
America
Shakespeare
Guttenburg
Rome
John
Bohemia
Europe
Henry
Burke
St. Louis
Massachusetts
Fairfaxes
Supreme Court of
California
House of Representatives
Alcaldi
New York Press
Curious Clergy Advertising Draws Crowds Across Parishes
A London era column notes inventive church publicity. Rev J H Scott at Spitalfields offered free tobacco and tea at Christ Church Hall drawing 200 attendees for a Sunday service. A Barrow Methodist rector invites workmen to chapel, prompting ten minutes of hard labor and new parishioners. Lord Rupert Cecil publicizes bicycle club uniforms at Hatfield church, and St James Chapel Royal hosts dinner hour services with attire themed crowds.
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Itish Parsons
J. H. Scott
Spitalfields
Christ Church Hall
Scott
Barrow
Rupert Cecil
Marquis of Salisbury
Hatfield Church
St. James’ Chapel Royal
James Brown Potter
Hates Visiting Cards In New York Tale From Press
A New York Press anecdote follows a rustic visitor who insults the city’s courtesy by demanding to see his friend Mr. Franklin without a card. The encounter with a bellboy shows streetwise grit and quick temper as the visitor is refused entry until Franklin arranges a meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Franklin
Mr. Franklin
New York Press
Fear of Leprosy Europe Alarmed at the Outlook
European concern over rising leprosy cases prompts calls for sanatoriums in France and warnings on spread from Brittany to Nice. Germany already operates a leper hospital after reforms, while Britain, Portugal, and Spain report scattered cases and uneven containment.
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Europe
Germany
France
Norway
Western
French Academy of Medicine
Berlin
Besnier
M. Castre
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Brittany
Nice
Alpes-Maritimes
Orient
Sisters of Charity
Russia
Memel
Great Britain
Portugal
Spain
Alicante
Philippines
Jalon
Parcent
Orba
Peruna touted as cure for female catarrh and pains
A testimonial from Miss Bessie Kelley of Valley City North Dakota attributes full relief from months of pelvic and stomach issues to three weeks on Peruna. The ad argues catarrh of female organs causes many ailments and claims Peruna cures it, urging others to consult Dr Hartman if results are not prompt.
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Aeeborea
Aneen
Bessie Kelley
Young Woman’s Club
Valley City
North Dakota
First Street
Peruna
Bessie Kellog
North
United States
Christopher Fliedmann
Adam
N. Y
Christopher Fuehmann
Hartman
Dr. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Sick Voter’s Rights In Victoria
In Victoria a sick voter may record a vote by post after the returning officer furnishes a ballot paper to the local postmaster. The voter fills it in in the presence of a policeman who must not view the name written, and then posts it.
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Victoria
Non-Resistance Tale From Confucius and Cash Woes
A brief compares Confucius praise of non resistance with a practical twist about lending money. The dialogue notes a conflict between ideal virtue and personal finance, highlighting a gap between doctrine and real world need.
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Confucius
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Notre Dame
Indiana
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Conservatory of Music
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