Haunted Brig Frances Haunts Crew at Prime Street Wharf
Captain Hial H Thomas recounts the Frances a 580 ton West India trader stuck for days at Prime Street wharf while a new crew fled after a ghostly forecastle tale. Russian Finn and two Danes join two Liverpool cockneys as mutiny rumors spread and the ship remains becalmed awaiting a New York crew.
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Thomas
Thurnsay
New York
Is the Moon Revengeful
A letter discusses tides and lunar influence, explaining spring and neap tides and how the sun moon and earth interact. It cites Harper’s Weekly suggesting tides could gradually slow Earth's rotation, warning of a potential future state.
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Harper's Weekly
Gas Supersonic Heat Transforms Creighton Plant Scene
A Creighton plant near Pittsburg heats glass and residences with natural gas. Gas at 1200 feet in a five inch bore released a nitrogen blast at 250 psi, flowing steadily after three years. The process yields no coal or wood, minimal smoke, and furnace temperatures controlled by clockwork and thumb-screws.
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YeltGer
Creighton
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Platelass Company
Gruny
Marriage of Two Old Generals
Gen W S Harney aged 84 and Gen E W Leavenworth aged 81 both married in recent weeks. Harney wed Mary E St Cer aged 61, housekeeper for the general and sister of his first wife. Leavenworth married Harriet Ball aged, of Bergen Point New Jersey.
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U. S. Army
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E. W. Leavenworth
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Harriet Ball
Bergen Point
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Murder Verdict in Murray Trial at Centreville
In Centreville on November 17 the jury found Murray guilty of murder in the second degree at 9:45 AM. Defense moved for a new trial over alleged newly discovered evidence, then withdrew the motion. Murray was sentenced to five years at the penitentiary.
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Deares
Centreville
Murray
Ssrs Gae
Express Office Robbed in Galveston Texas
A Bryan Texas dispatch reports the Texas Express Co office in Galveston was entered between two and three o'clock yesterday morning. The thieves forced the door and safe with duplicate keys and absconded with 10850 dollars. About 10000 dollars was consigned to Clark Bryan and Howell bankers.
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Clark, Bryan & Howell
President honors Captain T W Churchill with gold watch
Washington reports the President, via the State Department, awarded Captain T. W. Churchill of the Canadian ship Jessie Burrill a gold watch and chain for humane救 services in aiding the crew of the American brig Jennie Morton after a February 9 incident.
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Department of State
T. W. Churchill
Jessie Burrill
Jennie Morton
Ova
Potruasy
Wage Cuts Hit Somerset Iron Workers
The Old Colony and Mount Hope Iron Companies of Somerset posted notices reducing all workers wages by ten percent effective December 1. The announcement appeared in River Masa on November 17.
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Masa
Old Colony
Mount Hope
Somerset
Proposed Wage Reduction Hits Cumberland Coal Region
Notices posted across the Cumberland coal fields announce a wage cut from fifty to forty cents per ton effective December 1. In Washington, Richard Beall of Rockville Md reports to police he was robbed of a promissory note and $22. Cholera deaths in Paris total 44 yesterday with four hospital deaths in the 12 hours to noon. A heavy frost accompanies improving cholera reports in Paris. Subscribe for Tax Cant.
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Cumberland Coal Region
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Washinstox
D. C
Richard Beall
Rockville
Owen House
Paris
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