Appleby Captain’s Escape Through Deep Forest Pursuit
John Ireton narrates a night flight from an ambush deep in the Cherokee country. Ephraim Yeates leads the group including Margery and Richard toward the French Broad while fending off danger, then nurses the fevered Dick back to health during a five day march through wildwood toward Mecklenburg.
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Margery
Appleby Hundred
Shadrach
Meshach
Abednego
Jehu
Nimshi
John
Yeates
Margeny
Broken Mountain
Ephraim Yeates
Gineral
Tuckaseye
Jeanne
Jack
Mecklenburg
Jennifer
Richard
Ancanapla
Wildwood
Just Try Running for Color and Bright Eyes
New York Sun extols daily mile runs for girls as the best way to gain color in cheeks and sparkle in eyes. It says brisk outdoor running, starting with yards to a mile, builds health, elasticity, and grace, with a two minute rest between half miles.
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New York Sun
Two of a Kind
In Chicago a would-be humorist quips that a martyr need not fear Lightning if he can see it coming, while a solemn observer adds a grave note about a bullet. The remark frames a humorous yet tense moment among locals in a cityish news snippet.
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Ephraim
Yeates
Pendes von Nikng
Margery
Richard
Ephraim Yeates
Ling
Hari
Richiard
Elijah
Cap
John
Jordan
Elen
Watauga
Ana
Jennifer
Hussars
Cap'n
God
Chicago
Marty
Silver laden man flaunts pounds of silver on train
A Brooklyn elevated train passenger notes a man carrying extensive silver items. He displays a silver watch, knife, cigar case, cigarette case, mounted holder, match safe, nose glasses, scissors, stamp box, key ring, and rings. The observer bets the man keeps more silver at home. An aside claims eggs that float are bad, then jokes about lightness.
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New York Sun
Brooklyn
Thirty-sixth Street
Gambling Passion from the New Orleans River Gambler Tale
A Louisiana narrator recalls Mississippi river gamblers and a brutal poker loss that ends with a captain losing his barrel and the boat. The tale highlights reckless betting and the grim fate of a man who bets his trunk and clothes.
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New York Globe
Saratoga
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Gulf
Bill
Those Sweet Jewesses from The New York Sun
Enrique Acuna praises the beauty and virtue of Jewish women while noting Christians increasingly marry Jewish women and the impact on religious prejudice. He cites Chateau Briand and argues Jewish dames challenge race and religious biases with their spiritual beauty and character.
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New York Sun
Chateaubriand
Jesus Christ
America
Enrique Acuna
New York
Marriage in India Shows Early Girl Marriages
A census review reveals over 250000 girls five years old or younger were married, with more than 2 million aged five to ten and nearly 7 million between ten and fifteen. Many were betrothed as children or in the womb, and widows among the youngest are implied.
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India
Domed Pi Harry A Armstrong’s Suspenseful Mine Romance
Marta Sherman, rescued from a collapsed Virginia mine by John Northrup during a railroad survey, marries him after a tense rescue. The tale follows abandoned shafts, hidden treasures, and a union forged beneath danger as the railroad finally opens the mines and frees the cargo of old wealth.
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John Northrup
Northrup
Chicago
Marta Sherman
Virginia
Sherman
Marta
John
Ball of the Beasts Recall Shows Paris Sea Society
A Paris social sensation from June 1885 at the Hotel Monaco featured the Princess of Sagan in a peacock costume leading a bizarre animal themed ball with guests in tiger, owl, bat, crow, duck costumes. Prizes for originals went to a donkey and lobster outfits as charity events followed, the park damaged next day and many children left in tears.
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Paris
Monaco
Princess of Sagan
Count Louis de Perigord
Samille Groskowski
Society
New York
Newport
Talleyrand
Juno
Monsieur de Buffon
Baron Seilliere
Montbard
Baroness de Rothschild
Comtesse de Chevighee
Baroness de Salignac Fenelon
Marquis de Barbentane
Mme
Michel Ephrussi
Comtesse de Gontant
Vicomtesse de Lousac
Henry Schneider
Mme. de Moninet
Fog Affects Eyes In Boston Port Fog Season
Boston Transcript reports many steamship officers in port suffer a new fog eye inflammation from peering through dense coastal fog. Sailors say they are forced to chew fog on nearly every voyage to Boston this summer, with Captain Higgins and the United States Fruit Company’s Admiral Sampson among those affected after trips from Jamaican ports. The condition strains eyesight amid heat and near blackout conditions at sea.
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Boston Transcript
Boston
Higgins
United States Fruit Company
Admiral Sampson
Long Wharf
World Merchant Vessels Flagged in English Flag Count
English flag floats on 11 365 merchant vessels showing England’s reach. Global total of flagged merchant ships listed at 29 756, reflecting wide maritime presence and national registry.
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Appleby
Y Francie Lynde
Ireton
Ppuraim Yeates
Harry A. Armstrong
W.R
Great Britain
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