Grim tale of a family murder and a haunted lodging
An Edinburgh memory recounts the Shaw tragedy where William Shaw imprisoned his daughter Catherine. Crises arise from love, threats, and a fatal knife wound. Neighbors hear her cries then find her dying. Shaw is hanged in Leith Walk. Other tales include jealous inn misdeeds, murders, and downtrodden fates, framed as cautionary relics of a brutal era.
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John Lawson
Robert
Srither
London
James Morison
Odlera
Willian Shaw
Lis
Tate
Leith Walk
William Shaw
Catherine Shaw
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Edinburgh
France
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Richard Perry
John
Harrison
Lisbon
Dover
England
York
Newcastle
Harris
Morgan
Atyie
Morganus
Babb 'Atory
Snc
Gatherine
Disease panic and scarlet fever Q&A in old press
A fragmentary historical piece recounts sensational claims of plague in the Volga region and a long 19th century style interview on scarlet fever. It mixes sensational narrative with medical Q&A about transmission, incubation, and prevention, plus a vivid, unrelated courtroom style diversion.
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Anstrign
Volga
Kuasin
Astrakhan
Moscow
Andria
Germany
Ching
Europe
Dawn of the Moon through a Rochester observer account
A Rochester journalist recounts moon observations from Prat Swift using a 36-diameter telescope revealing a blinding dawn, cratered seas, and volcanic cones. The moon shows desolation with lava flows and radiant rims as dawn advances, painting a stark, lifeless lunar landscape.
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Swift
Jared
Liva
Noah
Old Country Murder Tale From Aton Inn
An antiquated narrative recalls a winter night in a small country inn where two gentlemen lodgers and a servant entangle in a murder plot. A clergyman later records the servant’s confession and the master’s suspicious fate, echoing Shaw’s Edinburgh tale from 1791.
Mortality in Cities in 1878 Sees Data From Health Officer Minor
A discussion of a table on urban mortality in 1878 cites Health Officer Minor. Cincinnati’s population is doubtfully low. Chicago’s inflated population around 450,000 skews totals. St Louis data are incomplete, leaving healthfulness unclear.
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Union
Minor
Cincinnati
Police
Chicago
Cook
Louis
Bryant’s Health Secrets from Early Life Exercise
Mr Bigelow praised Bryant for enduring health through a routine of rising early, two hours of gymnastic exercise, a light milk and cereal breakfast, moderate dinners, and minimal alcohol, tea, coffee, or tobacco. He slept by 10 pm and rose by 6 am, attributing his vigor to these habits. Ida Twewis, famed as the Grace Darling of America, is named keeper of Lime Rocks lighthouse with a $750 yearly salary, succeeding her late father’s wife, kept by the family with a raised salary to aid Thu’a benefit.
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New York
Fordyce Barker
Sydenhant
Barker
Taylor
Trou
Murchisay
Thnay
Brother Gardner
Chhengisud
Ina Verlag
de Lime-bilneman
Bradder Philbrick Gladstone
Jan
Barrison
Sarunpay
Hilla
Palmer
Snparanntatel Preachers’ Aid Society
Methodiat Episcopal Church
Ing
Conference of Yard Church
Ambler
Tate Officaiis
Mae AtsEtrop
Ies
T. Moore
Columbisville
Lapeer
Ofiera
McElroy
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Wehr
Houss
Atfsits
Washtenaw
Billa
Melinek
Sawyer
Hamilton
Constantine
Miller
May
Sherman
Wexford County
Ringwell
Ludiv
Elkin
Sir. Multharp
Mhaiming
McNabb
Universi
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LessTe
Huston
Childs
Brown
Jalamazoo
Mr. Bell
Chamberlain
Mer. Huntor
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Ferguson
Turck
Moulton
Petoskey
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Kert
Muskegon
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Howitt
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Dil
McComrick
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Suandina
Moore
Willk
Millilton
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Bowen
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Goebel
Detroit
Come Point
Lake St. Claire
D Moultan
Tngham County
W. ‘Goong & Cox
Janoch
Consnt
Chamberlung
Par Aon
Libary Association of
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Word
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Willet
Jacksott
Ionia
Mr. Griffas
Straits of Mackinaw
Marquette Harbor
Rct
Bryant
Mr. Bigelow
Ida Twewis
Grace Darling
America
Lime Rocks
Sea Bort
Thu
United States
Burnside
Tdla
Saya
Mng
Tie Light
Chinese Review Describes Colorful Military Review
A Shanghai Courier correspondent witnessed a Chinese review where men in red and blue uniforms paraded in thermoks. Soldiers flaunted bright serviet flags as a crimson standard was waved. a horn signaled the advance and mounted cavalry. A performer mocked battle with acrobatic stunts, then the crowd dispersed as the square formed and the grotesque display ended.
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Shanghai Courier
Eversboily
Ani
Pantientes
Tragic Gas Poisoning Fatal to Nebraska Boys
In Lingoln Nebraska a family tragedy left Rachel Browwell and her three sons, ages 17, 13, and 11, affected by a gas leak. After lights out a soft coal stove was closed tightly and gas filled the room. Henry and James, the two oldest, died despite doctors efforts while the youngest boy, sleeping near a bank, perished from the gas that entered through the wall.
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Lingoln
Neb
Rachel Browwell
Henry
James
The Terrible Gurrate Execution in Madrid Described
A lurid account portrays a public Madrid execution with the crowd's morbid fascination. It details the condemned in a yellow gown, the iron collar and screw device, and the dramatic moment when the handkerchief hides the face as the life ends.
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Madrid
Hainging
Ferdinan VII
Cervantes
Bravatto Oreouy
Judas Iscariot
Booth's duel scene ends anticlimactically in Rochester
The Louisville Courier Journal recounts an older Booth stage story in which the actor playing Richmond, warned by colleagues and urged by Booth to improvise, faced Booth with an enormous sword. Booth pretended to be surprised, Richmond warned him, and the death scene reportedly fell flat, leaving Booth disappointed by the outcome.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Booth
Richard
Rochester
Richmond
Richmondy
Richelieus
Political crisis deepens over Southern state rights doctrine
Amid tense debate in Washington, Democrats and Northern allies approve a shared platform endorsing extreme state rights. The speakers warn the Union faces renewed conflict, with Southern fire and federal authority clashing over citizenship, taxation, and pouvoirs. The piece blends party maneuvering with fear of a possible new civil strain.
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Tambay
Wallace
Wrbhington
Cincinnati
Iasnea
Ita
Democrats
Hansa
Gmtelven
Rithbold
United ‘States
Jawa
South Caroliate
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Irginis
Senate of the United Si
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Alorgan
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