Notable Land Deals and Oddities Across Nations
Wilson Wapping Hall of New Haven buys the Antonio Ortiz grant in New Mexico totaling 163000 acres. Robert Garrett orders a marble statue of George Peabody for his Baltimore mansion. An organ boy in London is fined 40 shillings. a woman pays it. A trunk sale in Washington reveals a George Washington coffin plate. A St Louis man struck by lightning reports electric shocks. Copenhagen flea market ends with tearful old market women. Frederick Stimson of Dedham writes American Statute Law under the pen name J S of Dale. Tur duck evolutions in western birds fascinate observers. A Lincoln constable fights a prisoner’s escape endangering him with a club.
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Wilson Wapping Hall
New Haven
Conn
Antonio Ortiz
San Miguel County
New Mexico
Waddingham
Duke of Westminster
Robert Garrett
Story
London
George Peabody
Garrett Mansion
Baltimore
St. Louis
FredErick Stimson
Dale
Dedham
Mags
Boston
Mr. Stimson
J. S. of Dale
Cat causes chaos on voyage with litter in berth
A gentleman at his club farewell then on a steamship awoke to find black objects crawling on him. He blamed the crew and woke his wife who discovered the ship's cat had deposited a litter of kittens in his berth, sparking alarm and lights.
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New York Times
Tragic hotel death shocks Newark guests
Mrs Repeca Buruiny, guest at Deer Park Hotel in Newark Delaware, died after deliberately abusing a tub faucet to drown herself. She was nearly 85 and demented, and a struggle indicated by clothing preceded her fatal suffocation.
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Repeca Buruiny
Deer Park
Newark
Delaware
Reports on George's delivery and plate skills
A New York Sun clipping quotes a woman praising her son George for his wonderful delivery seen at college and a husband noting he can throw the ball over the plate at will. The brief exchange highlights strong expectations and favorable reports surrounding George's abilities.
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George
New York Sun
The Gospel of Dogs An Odd Train Conversation
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt recounts a Syracuse to Utica rail journey where a dog loving couple and a volatile stranger trigger a near manslaughter scene. A man boasts of buying dogs, threatens violence, and is later committed to an asylum after an alarming outburst, while the narrator survives with caution.
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Syracuse
Bob Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
St. Augustine le Claire
Charlemagne
Mr. Kennellthorpe
Utica
Origins and mechanics of earthquakes across Europe and Alps
The piece explains earthquake causes from underground caverns collapsing to volcanic reservoirs emptying and crustal cooling. It notes frequent tremors in limestone regions like Carniola and warns that large fractures could yield catastrophic shocks. It outlines Alpine crustal crumpling and relief by sudden rock snaps near the Four Cantons Lake area.
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Alps
Archibald Geike
Carniola
Iselia
Four Cantons
Co-Operative Farming Gains Ground In Minnesota Experiment
A Minneapolis Tribune summary describes a Pioneer Co operative Company project in Crow Wing County on 250 acres purchased by Minneapolis Knights of Labor. Six families left the city for farming, finding health and frugal living, proving cooperative farming feasible and capable of higher profits than independent work, with potential expansion and civil living standards.
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The
Tribune of
Minneapolis
Talking Across the Border and a Mother's Death Hope
A Western city widow dies leaving a lame boy to charity. After her funeral the child falls ill and hears a whispered dialogue with his mother in heaven. The two voices comfort him as caregivers realize the need for kindness. By tomorrow the boy returns home, saying “Bimeby” has come.
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Mamma
Harry
Keep It Dark Cattle, Trunk Pranks Highlight Barn-Tour Tale
A Chicago Herald humor piece recalls a Keep It Dark touring company trunk mix up in a West Virginia town. The baggage man hides the trunk in a dark corner, insisting he followed instructions, prompting a comedic confrontation before the show.
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Tremont Mouse
West Virginia
Jask
Chicago Herald
Thackeray on Dickens and Vanity Fair influence
Thackeray praises Dickens and notes how David Copperfield and Vanity Fair influence each other. He laments a loss of his own inspiration while urging uplift from Dickens style and noting the public gain from simplified prose. The writer reflects on literary influence and personal doubt.
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Dickens
O. A
David Copperfield
Vanity Fair
Thackeray
Scrivner’s Magazine
Bonaparte as a Statesman in Napoleon Era
John C. Ropes argues Napoleon Bonaparte was not only a warrior but the era’s premier reforming statesman. He credits him with rapid legal code creation, administrative reforms, and nationwide improvements though denying philanthropy as motive.
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Austerlita
Presburg
Napoleon
Paris
Germany
Austerlitz
Jena
John C. Ropes
Scribner’s Magazine
Speaking of Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Jones
In the exchange Jangle notes that Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Jones resemble each other. Mrs. Fangle agrees they look alike and questions if one can tell them apart. The remark turns on Mrs. Jones' bonnet costing four times as much as Mrs. Robinson's.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Dickens
High Court of Chancery
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Mrs. Robinson
Mrs. Jones
Jangle
Mrs. Fangle
Boone and Callaway sisters freed by Boone’s chase
In July 1771 at Boonesborough a canoe raid by five Shawnee warriors carried Betsy Callaway Frances Callaway and Jemima to Shawnee towns. Boone, Callaway and three other men pursued on foot, guiding by torn dress scraps and footprints. After dawn they sprang the Indians and rescued the girls, revealing their courage and skilled tracking. The event culminated in Kentucky’s first wedding, Samuel Henderson to Betsy Callaway, with Boone assisting in the ceremony. Frances Callaway later married Capt. John Holder.
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Kentucky
Boone
John Mason Brown
Harper's Magazine
Boonesborough
Ohio
Betsy
Frances
Richard Callaway
Jemima
Loone
Callaway
Betsy Callaway
John Floyd
Fincastle
William Preston
Col. Boone
Samuel Henderson
Tincastle
Frances Callaway
John Holder
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the Register
New Harmony, Indiana
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Hyde Park
Washington
George Washington
Copenhagen
Old City
Lincoln
Neb
Martin van Buren
Emira
N. Y
Hiram Gray
New York
Millard Fillmore
Francis Granger
Harrison
Ontario
Congress
Henry A. Foster
Rome
Elmira
Richard P. Marvin
Jamestown
Amasa J. Parker
Albany
Ben Perley Poore
Massachusetts
Indian Hill Farm
Major Poore
Bonaparte
Charles Buxton
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