Betty Flippins's Awful News in Lichendell
A narrator heads to Lichendell for a planned May Queen honor with Thisbe Hopkins. A veiled young woman boards the train, is escorted away, and a furious uncle suspects elopement with Betty Flippins watching from a carriage window as news of the flight spreads through town.
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Lichendell
Thisbe Hopkins
Thisbe
Blankbury
Rascal
Betty Flippins
Betty
Dunderhead
Thisbe Crowns Joy With Floral Diadem At Grove
The scene opens with Thisbe crowned in flowers and seated on a throne, her joy shadowed by care. Euphrasia arrives with her husband Augustus Wagcott, and the new visitor greets the man who helped on the train journey. Nic. Codgers loses his place as Thisbe accepts old friends in a royal mood with playful courtship and gossip from the ledger.
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Lichendell
Thisbe
Betty Flippin
Solomon
Nic. Codgers
Thistle
Euphrasia
Augustus Wagcott
Thisbe Hopkins
Gus
Festus Pilcrew
Nic
N. JY. Ledger
Locomotive Raised From River Mud Near Havre de Grace
A large freight engine trapped in Bush River mud beneath the drawbridge on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore line was raised after a week of work. Divers dug beneath the mud to place heavy chains connected to four scows, water pumped out to tighten the pull, and repeated tide-assisted lifts brought the engine to the surface. The engine, now on a float with minor damage, will be towed to shore for temporary track work and repairs in Wilmington. The operation cost about $1,000.
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Bush River
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
Hiavre-de-Grace
Wilmington
Philadelphia
A Week's Trance Case Attracts Medical Attention
A young woman Miss Annie on Lower Madison street fell into a prolonged trance lasting a week. She awoke initially on Sunday, showed partial recovery, and by the visit of a Courier-Journalist with Dr Porter regained full faculties gradually. Doctors deem the case remarkable with uncertain cause, noting two similar instances.
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Annie
Madison Street
R. H. Porter
Porter
Ninth Street
Broadway
Louisville Courier-Journal
Umbrella Trade Expands in Paris and France
The article details fifty years of growth in France's umbrella industry, noting Paris' rise from 115 makers in 1830 to 408 in recent years, with 1,508 workers and £520,000 in output. National value reaches nearly £1,200,000, and exports total £120,000, led by silk and cotton products. Turkey is the main buyer.
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France
Paris
Lyons
Bordeaux
Turkey
St. James
French Recruits Under the Law and Draft Rules
The article explains annual recruiting in France and Algeria, detailing lists of young men who turn twenty, averaging 300,000 recruits per year for France and proportional figures for colonies. It discusses erasing foreigners and those with judicial penalties, proposing disciplinary corps abroad for the latter, then lotteries to determine army entry amid a 500,000 strong permanent force with 130,000 officers.
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Marines
Land Army
France
Algeria
The Rolling Hoop Trade Propels seasonal toy sales
A Maidenlane toy merchant explains hoop making origins in Granville Corners Massachusetts and Philadelphia. Plain hoops cost ten cents with Granville volume, while Philadelphia bells and chimes raise price to twenty five or fifty cents for fancier models. Hoops peak April to May but weather shifts demand. total annual trade nears 1.2 million hoops.
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Maidenlane
Granville Corners
Mass
Philadelphia
Granville
I. F Sun
Old Stock Inspector Turns Courtroom Jest in Athens
An elderly witness with failing sight identifies a signature in a case for Col Thurmond. After glasses are provided, he proclaims the document his, then greets the judge as the son of the signer. He departs, leaving the court in laughter while returning the spectacles to the owners.
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Thurmond
Athens
Colonel Thurmond
Walal
Col. Thurmond
Waal
Jedge
Nath Hutchin
Kate
Butler and Massachusetts Republicans in a heated clash
The piece argues Massachusetts Republicans harshly vilify Governor Butler while praising his reform efforts, noting their past praise for his Civil War and Radical stances. It contends Butler stands as governor despite opposition, promises vigorous reform, and predicts continued political spectacle in Massachusetts.
Brownlow Doorkeeper and Rebel Democratic Claims Debated
The Amerie: Register argues that Parson Brownlow’s sons and the Doorkeeper are misrepresented by Ohio Republicans and other papers. It insists the Doorkeeper Brownlow is not a soldier or son of the Parson, cites Confederate memories, and warns against inflating his role or political use in the upcoming Democratic House.
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Butler
Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Faneuil Hall
Bunker Hill Monument
Kaaba
Mecca
Church of the Sepulcher
Jerusalem
Republican Party
Clarence
Tewksbury
Abraham
Dutch Gap
Petersburg
New Orleans
South
Old Commonwealth
Queen Victoria
London
Tewksbury Almshouse
St. Louis
Columbus
Ohio
Parson Brownlow
Brownlow
United States
Leonidas Chesar Houk
James P
John B. Brownlow
Army of the Cumberland
Tennessee
Gillem
John H. Morgan
Greenville
East
Pivotal State analysis shifts Presidential election odds
The Boston Post reviews the Inter Ocean projection of pivotal states for the upcoming election. It lists Republican and Democratic totals, flags Ohio and New York as split points, and notes Indiana as essential for either side. California Virginia and Nevada loom as doubts, while Pennsylvania's legislature enacts a liquor treatment law.
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Inter Ocean
Colorado
Connecticut
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wisconsin
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Missouri
Mississippi
New Jersey
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
West Virginia
California
Indiana
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Virginia
Mahone
Aleady
Dorsey
Boston Post
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Puss
Margaret Eytinge
Mr. Talmage
Williamsport
Massachusetts Republicanism
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