Life of hardships. A Providence boy deserts from French Army
A Providence boy Henry Herron deserted three times from the French Army. His father Simon Herion, a U S citizen from Wanskuck Mills, and his Swiss mother, seek help from the Secretary of State to obtain release. Henry faced harsh Algeria posts, underground dungeons, and a chain gang sentence of fifteen years. John Herron, younger brother, escaped more narrowly and reached home awaiting further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Herion
Ian
Wanskuck
United States
Confederacy
Tench
Henry
John
Algeria
Henry Herron
Secretary of State
Provdence News
Fireball Tales and Farmer Business Sense
A physician witnesses a fireball drift across the earth then vanish in forked lightning. In Donegal a similar apparition leaves a ground mark then reappears across a stream, finally burying in peat. An Irish ghost story aside, farmers are urged to treat business forms as simple tools, learned like any trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripe
Glendowan
Donegal
Society For Psychical Research
Quartcriy Journal
Ameteorological Society
Cornhill Magazine
Osion Glade
Pennington Man Praises Parker's Tonic For Digestive Relief
H L Titus of Pennington New Jersey credits Parker's Tonic with alleviating long standing bowels ailments and severe diarrhea. The report notes prior physicians and domestic remedies failed, while the tonic proved a complete remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axuere
Parker
H. L. Titus
Pennington, N. J
Extraordinary village Lasgird near Teheran described as an Ark of mud
A London News correspondent recounts Lasgird a remarkable fortified village near Teheran built of mud with double galleries circling a center for grain and livestock. It features internal access only danger from outer edges and a single four foot entrance. The villagers cite Noahs son Last and liken the village to an Ark amid ongoing raids and insufficient government defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Lasgird
Las
Noah
Afghanistan
Colosseum
Rome
Moe
Hsuran
Soudan
Ird
Peter Lunsden
Lasgi
London News
Unitarian Church Loans and 19th Century Notices
The piece notes Unitarians pushing for a Church Building Loan Fund and church leaders in Pittsburg opposing Sunday funerals. It mentions Hackensack New Jersey's old Church on the Green of the Reformed Dutch Communion, organized 1686 with 33 members. It covers Episcopal Italian missions in New York, Massachusetts night schools under public system, and Yale College 1885 vacation changes. It cites Ira D Sankey funding a New Castle library from Gospel Songs profits, plus a summer poem snippet and Parker’s teetotaler claim amidst tobacco ad language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittston
Pitttsburgh Park
New Jersey
Tribune
Hurst
American Methodist Church
Alexander I
Bulgaria
Massachusets
Yale College
Ira D. Sankey
Mondy
New Castle
Sankey
United Presbyterian
Pungent Paragraphs and Transatlantic Snippets
A collage of humorous quotes and light verse from U S papers and comic skits. Snippets cover politics with party majorities, demagogues, and class banter, plus casual silliness about love and modern life from newspapers like Chicago Times and Washington Post. The tone mimics late 19th century humor columns.
Unclear Ancient Ad Promises Free Remedy via Letter
Fragmentary OCR text advertises a free medical recipe claimed to cure youth indiscretions and nervous weakness. It mentions a missionary in South America, a self addressed envelope, and claims of a great remedy with dubious health promises. The readable parts are seasonsing and poorly legible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Bey
Joseph T. Inman
Dew York
Lidaéwly
Tattooing in Polynesia and a Dakota pudding duel
A historic piece reviews Polynesian tattooing, detailing the comb method, use of coal soot, and sacred taboos. chiefs are exempt and the practice shifts from religious to social symbolism. A winded anecdote from American Antiquarian and a Dakota tale tease colonial curiosity about ritual and humor.
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Joel We. Keltey
Belete
Silo
Stinrom
Astor
Rev. S. P. Lewis
Eighth Street
Parker's
Barber Brey
Mark Twain
Etroit Free Press
New York and
Kin
Philadelphia
Allegheny
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Cago Times
Washington Post
George
Smith
F. Sun
Banbury
London American Register
Angelina
Boston Courier
Ceylon
Bret al ‘Mien
Acta
Dakota
Chicago
Drake Ameceins
Pitty Gehta
Marriandy
CALA
Batt
North Carling
Cing
Hlackwelys
Durham
Pay
Cincinnati 5
Louisvile
Fra
Epee Oes Sas
Rabho Ouwatsek
She O Lo
Cinansat
Tone
Ieprest
Poiacee
Knoxvill Atlan
Sataabah
Stisonville
Shange
Louteville
East Pines
St. WY
New York
Union Depots
Bocas
Ohio & Mississippi R’y
A.C. Goodrich
Wet
Pass’r Ag’t
Kansas City, Mo
W. W. Peabody
W. P.shattuc
Paul Alecson
Stbottom
Massachusetts St
P. Claiceson
Van
Besi
Croquet, &C
N. Y
Broadway
American Expressee
Richmond
Tucker
Rumfer
McCabe & CO
Bayecins
Auare
The
U. S
Udrass DA. Ward Eco
Lovialana, Mo
B. Parnham
MaSsaChuseTts, St
Merchants’ Bank
Howard Russell
N. W
Massachusetts
Warren Streets
Mull & Zoon
Douglas
Lamberson
Furman CO
Remington & Sons
Sporting Arms & Ammunition
Lamberson & CO
State Street
Ill
Iilson
DR. Himoer
Hinoss
P. Lreas
Wallace
M. M
Republic
Kanamayo
Homon
White Rock
Kang
Mys
Photographes
F. F Mottner
Stuaro
Massachusetta Street
Bay State
Lawrence
W. Fluke & Son
Wil
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