Brave Girl in Schuyler House Plots and Escape
In 1781 British forces attempt to seize General Schuyler near Albany. A Dutch laborer warns of the trap, Schuyler barricades his family, and Indians plunder the hall. A brave daughter retrieves the baby, an Indian tomahawk grazes the stair rail, and the invaders flee when Schuyler signals for help. The home remains with a dented stair rail as a memory.
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Clinton
Washington
New York
Schuyler
Albany
John Walter Meyer
Schuyler House
St. Nicholas
International rifle match loss and wartime upheavals span globe
United States team lost the Wimbledon international rifle match by 45 points to Britain. Cholera ravages Egypt. 128 corpses found in the Daphne wreck near Glasgow. Rev. Mackanochie faces ecclesiastical deprivation. France vows vengeance yet denies war with Annam. Georgia justice Crawford dead. Gen Ord ill with yellow fever aboard City of Washington. Canal feasibility affirmed by Gen Stone. Coal cars wrecked off Elizabeth docks. Monro building fire causes near 300000 loss. Cuban patriots rally in New York to aid independence effort.
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Mackanochie
France
Annam
Martin Jd. Crawford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Monro Publication
Vandewater Street
New York
Cuba
Sugar Tales From Clover Tubes And Bee Harvests
The text explains each clover head holds about sixty flower tubes with sugar portions not over one five hundredth of a grain. To obtain a grain of sugar, 500 clover tubes must yield. With 7000 grains per pound, honey contains three fourths dry sugar, so each pound of honey equates to 2,500,000 clover tubes sucked by bees.
Lost purse ad in Liverpool Mercury seeks return of sixpence
A late Liverpool Mercury advertisement states I lost my purse containing two guineas and a sixpence. The finder may keep the gold if he returns the sixpence, the amount of damages from Midland Railway for a broken leg. The silver piece cost £210, George Amesbury.
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The
Liverpool Mercury
Midland Railway
George Amesbury
New Guinea Size Compared to British Isles and France
The article notes that New Guinea equals the combined area of the British Islands and France, highlighting its vast geographic scale and global significance in size comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
British Islands
France
Rifle Match Opens as Americans Lead British at Wimbledon
London reports the American team leading Britain 1078 to 1070 after the opening day at Wimbledon with scores tallied across 200 500 and 600 yard ranges. The match continues today as cholera concerns persist in Egypt and other overseas postings spark government activity.
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London
Wimbledon
Egypt
House of Commons
Campbell Bannerman
Admiralty
Mauritius
Madagascar
Shipping on Fire at Harbeck Dock Brooklyn
Fire engulfs a Brooklyn dock after a spark from an engine ignites jute from Calcutta on the Lawrence E. Delap. Flames spread to Perse verance and Col. Adams, trapping and injuring firemen and dock workers. Loss exceeds $500,000. several rescuers badly burned.
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Harbeck’s
Brooklyn
Lawrence E. Delap
Calcutta
Delap
Perseverance
Col. Adams
McNamara
McDonald
McDougall
Marriage of Sir Charles Wolseley and Anita Murphy
Sir Charles Michael Wolseley wed Miss Anita Theresa Murphy in a yesterday ceremony. The report notes other items including diplomatic releases, political delays in Pennsylvania, a cholera report in Cairo, an mobbing of the American consul at Laredo, and a deadly furnace explosion in Kutztown with multiple injuries.
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Charles Michael Wolseley
Anita Theresa Murphy
D. T. Murphy
San Francisco
Tamatave
Dryad
Charles Bradlaugh
House of Commons
Mr. Bradlaugh
Swainman
Nashville
Tenn
Polk
London
Cairo
Sir Evelyn Wood
England
Khedive
Laredo
Mexico
Kutztown
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Frank Waltman
Solomon Waltman
Henry Waltman
Morris Good
Engineer Marstella
Washington Notes recounts from frontier to telegraph strikes
The acting comiranor of the currency authorizes First National Bank of Havre de Grace to begin with 690000, circular requires official numbers for documented vessels and assigns signal letters to sea going ships over one hundred tons. News from Livingstone to Yellowstone reports Chief Justice Waite injured, Garfield’s shooting and Grant rumors trigger nationwide telegraph strike with 15000 members leaving work. Postmaster circular sets October 1 postage cut,.
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Firt National Bank
Havre de Grace
Maryland
Treasury Department
Department
Livingstone
M. T
Yellowstone
Waite
Sherman
Fort Snelling
General Sherman
Quips and quips a collection of humorous notes
A compact collage of brief wits and social asides from various papers. It riffs on postage costs, Balaklava veterans, room at the top ambitions, goose flesh health lore, hair fashion, editor intrigues, child fashion, piano lessons, stove holders and neighborly sarcasm.
Among the Turkomans They Loaf and Plunder
A writer describes Turkomans as idle wanderers who crowd hosts with eatables and demand food, accusing them of gluttony and predatory behavior. The narrator notes deliberate intrusion, half glass arrack rituals, and constant pestering as they seek remedies and attention.
Jail in Naples Idaho Is a Deep Hole in the Ground
The town of Naples Idaho on the Oregon Short Line runs a jail described as a deep hole in the ground with guards threatening to shoot any prisoner peeking above the edge. The Surgeon General in 1862 authorized use of Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine by Dr Worthington for bowel ailments in the Army, sold for 25 and 50 cents.
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Naples
Idaho
The
8. P. Moore
Richmond
Worthington
O. S.A
Warren
Kenneth Rayner
U. S. Treasury
Charles A. Vogeler
Ry Altimore
Delicate Summer Silk Underwear Arrives in Ladies Lines
Lightweight tints and summer silhouettes announced in ladies fine silk underwear collection. The line highlights airy fabrics and subtle colorways designed for warm weather.
Remarkable interview on Brights disease cure claims
Rochester readers hear Dr Henson recount near death and recovery from Brights disease. Warner’s Safe Cure is praised as a life saving remedy, with experts like Dr Lattimore confirming kidney involvement and dramatic recovery cases.
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Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
J. B. Henson
Erica
Henson
Bright
Warner
Everett
Sumner
Chase
Wilson
Carpenter
Bishops Haven
Peck
New Orleans Medical College
America
8. A. Lattimore
Prince Street
Clearing up a 19th century medical and immigration note
Dr. H L Battle Jr asserts Brown's Iron Bitters are popular in this section and satisfy, while a Restriction act has issued 7 350 certificates to Chinese leaving San Francisco, reflecting historical attitudes and policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanter
H. L. Battle, Jr
San Francisco
Emporia Couple Reports Miracle Cure With Pierce Remedies
W E Huestis of Emporia Kansas says his wife was bedridden for four months after seven years of illness. After starting Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription she could sit up in a week and walk in three weeks. Sold by druggists.
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W.E. Huestis
Emporia
Kansas
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Stone
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C. C. V. Okenberg
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E. W. Holbrook & Co
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Memphis
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Mother Swan
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Anamosa
Iowa
J. G. McGuire
Mensmann
Oswell, Hazard Proprietors
John Howard Payne
R. V. Piercer
M. D
Buffalo
N. E. Harmon
M. E. Church
Elsah
Ill
Wamp’s Dispensably Medical Association
M. L. Noble
Santa Clara
Santa Clara Co
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IDEC
Altman
Famphiet & Taylor Co
Mansfield
Rina
Frazer’s
Fulton Street
S. B. Collins
la Porte
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Douglass Bros
North Seventh Street
Penn
Phthelphia
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington, Vt
Wells, Richardson & Coc
Hagan
Magnolia
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