African Romance and Colonial Ties in Boston and Benin
A fragment from a longer tale recalls early Boston society and the fate of Telega the Ginny Black. It covers church discourse against slavery, the fate of a captive, and Telega’s voyage from Piscataqua to Bristol, his escape from danger, and a dramatic marriage in a Benin village ending with his return home after colonial authorities decide to send him back.
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Wilson
Williams
Piscataqua
Smyth
Ginny
Boston
Telega
Ginny Black
Piscataguay
Congo
Cotton
Winthrop
Dudley
Ham
John Cotton
Massachusetts
Bay
Bristol
England
Straits of Gibraltar
Salle
Benin
John Wilson
Thomas Dudley
John Winthrop
Europe
America
Charles
Not a Captious Man in Black Civic Night Encounter
A Detroit Free Press report describes a Beaubien Street incident where a Black man asks how to handle a husband living with his wife. The policeman advises eviction, the man resists, and Williams is tossed from the house after a scuffle. The mayor is suggested to address the domestic dispute.
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Beaubien Street
Detroit Free Press
Williams
Texas
Capshus
Just a Man in a Room with Board Tale
A landlady offers a second floor front room to a man responding to a room with board ad. The man emphasizes a businesslike, not refined, occupant who wants fair light and proximity to the city center. He reveals she charges less if he is “a man” rather than a refined gentleman who never pays.
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Sun
Boston
Dewn
Drop
Dudley
John Xk
John Williams
Winthrop
John Cotton
Cotton
West
Babylon
King of Kings
Marah
Jesus
Wilson
Dark horse phrase traced to 19th century literature
An English paper notes that the term dark horse as used for an unexpected candidate appears in Thackeray's The Adventures of Philip and Beaconsfield's The Young Duke, both employing the modern sense of a candidate who shows up late in the race.
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Dark Horse
Thackeray
Philip,” and
Beaconsfield
Duke
Rare Purpura Hemorrhagia Death In Philadelphia
A Philadelphian died from a rare disease called purpura hemorrhagia or hemorrhage of the veins. Autopsy showed the body nearly empty of blood and small holes worn in the veins, a finding that puzzled physicians.
Pity the Men of Burmah in a Heavenly Place for Women
A humorous note on Burmah where women reportedly choose husbands and readily obtain divorces to remarry, reflecting a satirical view of gender roles and marriage in that country.
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Burmah
MatNe Embraces Australian Voting System Change
MatNe abandons old voting method and prepares to speak under the Australian system at the next public engagement. The shift signals updates to electoral practices and participant expectations.
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MatNe
Language of chickens and their calls in farm life
The article explores how hens and chicks communicate through varied calls from feeding to danger. It notes the hen’s warning voice when a chick is touched, the alarm for predators, and the social chatter within a flock. It also cites Simeon Pease Cheney and Ole Bull for musical notes and adds a historical aside on the Talabharam ceremony of Travancore.
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Madame
Gilbert White
Simeon Pease Cheney
Maharahah honors proceed with coins for Brahmins
The ceremony featured a royal gift of gold coins laid on a scale, with the Mahara jah rising in the air as Vedic hymns were chanted. Volleys fired, the band played, troops presented arms, and the Mahara jah worshiped at the shrine before going to the palace. Officials then distributed coins from the gates to about 15 000 Brahmins.
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London News
Courage Born of Duty and a Mother's Call at Alma
The Rev. J. C. Young notes a maternal influence shaping bravery in a youth at Alma. An 18 year old steel in battle after a sergeant major steadies him. A shouted reminder of Duty and his mother spurred him to press forward amid guns.
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Mitchert
Lord Nelson
J. C. Young
Alma
Tagain
Laddie
Plead for the Sparrows
The Chicago Herald laments the sparrow as a practical urban bird. It mocks the songbirds displaced by city life and contrasts metropolitan existence with country nature, urging to let the sparrow live.
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Board of Trade Buildit
State Street
Chicago Herald
Work a Blessing and the Curse of Easy Labor
The text argues that constant labor sustains virtue while idleness breeds vice. It cites tropical regions where abundance leads to ignorance and deprives people of ambition, suggesting that easy food sources curb motivation and future provisioning. The author contrasts favorable lands with the palm’s fruit as a curse to progress.
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Garden of Eden
Bank Bills in Her Stockings Case Recounts Blood Poisoning
A Cincinnati woman named Mrs Greene kept paper money in her stockings for safekeeping. Swelling in her limbs led to a physician diagnosing blood poisoning from infected bank notes. She was thought to be near death but is slowly recovering. The tale warns that old bank bills carry disease and contagion.
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Ome
The
Tory
Edward Everett Hale
London
Fernando Po
Philip
Velena
Pluto
Enna
Elder Cotton
Travancore
Alleppey
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