Bushnell's Turtle Submarine Built 1775 That Nearly Sunk British Ships
The Turtle devised by Daniel Bushnell of Saybrook Connecticut was a seven and a half foot long submarine with a lead ballast system a submerged magazine a clockwork firing device and underwater screws. Trials near New York in 1776 showed mixed success with Eagle and later attempts failing amid operator inexperience and lack of funding.
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Bushnell
Mater WITNOTTE DAVINE
Lim
New York
Admira Stowe
New York bay
Narrows
Eagle
Exen Lee
Ile hind
Lee
Turis
Lushuell
Leen
Governors Island
pweiling
Navy
The Opal Serpent Mystery in London Theater
A London mystery tale centers on an opal serpent brooch that sparks crime and romance between Paul and Sylvia. A gifted but flawed detective confesses he is no genius, as readers follow the elusive secret through suspenseful twists and a dramatic finale.
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London
Dickens
Paul
Sylvia
Emperor’s Attic and Imperial Palace Tale Revealed
The article describes a winter palace on the Neva linked to Empress Catherine II and notes its four story brown facade. It highlights famed rooms including Nicholas I’s death chamber, its austere attic bedstead, and a scene suggesting possible self administered poisoning after the Crimean War, with the room preserved as left.
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Europe
Neva
Catherine II
Nicholas bath
St George’s hall
Nicholas I
Gate encounter at cemetery ends in standoff bowing
Two men at a cemetery gate each refused to yield. The elder should go first, but the younger, noting the elder's seniority, smiled and suggested he pass first, prompting a quiet moment of stalemate before any action.
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Sourire
Run and Unrun and the Canal Health Hype
A garbled montage notes misfired family roles and a canal health push. It cites jokes from New York World and Chicago News about domestic life and a bill collector. It links malaria fears among canal workers to Electric Bitters as a cure all, selling the remedy at Pears Modern Pharmacy for 60 cents.
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Papanis Canal
Guar ‘anteod
Pearra
Value of the Spirit of Compromise In Wedded Life
A meditation on marriage as union and unity through compromise. It argues differences in tastes and habits require tolerance, apology, and mutual respect to achieve harmony. Includes quoted lines on self surrender, individuality, and the generous act of yielding for harmony. The Carthaginian torture anecdote follows, illustrating discomfort from rigidity, contrasted with a humorous remark about a tight bathing suit.
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heaven
Los Angeles Times
Old Disease Discovery Stirs London Doctors
In London the Telegraph reports doctors have identified another new disease as Mrs. Chipps laments, wishing researchers would first cure her long-standing rheumatism while Mr. Chipps peeks up from his papers.
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Mr. Chipps
Engagement Breaks Over Lost Love and Money
A dialogue fragment shows a judgmental tone as two lovers discuss breaking their engagement due to mutual disappointment in love and financial expectations.
He Told Her and Meg Gendorfer Blatter Dialogue
A fragmentary exchange features Meg Gendorfer Blatter urging Karl to write to his father to double his dowry, while a female voice expresses a longing to understand how to make him very happy.
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Karl
Meggendorfer Blatter
Auto Race Tragedy at Brunot's Island Claims One Life
Two other drivers injured as Rex Reinersten dies from a fractured skull after his car overturns when a tire dislodges at the 50 mile derby. Walter Christy of New York sustains arm and scalp injuries and internal concerns as the wreck explodes and debris strikes spectator-guardian Farnel at the Pittsburgh track.
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Pittsburg
Brunot's Island track
Rex Reinersten
Walter Christy
New York city
Minola
Long Island
Clarence Bastion
Rienersten
Frank Fainel
St. John's hospital
Allegheny
Remersten
Reinersten
Bastion
Christy
grand stand
Farnel
City Treasurers Office Faces Defalcations
A New York accounting firm reports defalcations totaling 39,945 dollars from 1888 to 1894 in Syracuse New York city treasurer records. The study notes receipts given while payments were made and later entries kept, with some bills credited and funds stolen. Because a rubber stamp was used for receipts, the responsible individuals may not be reachable.
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Syracuse
N. Y
New York
Held On Murder Charge at East Cleveland Hall
Mrs Charlotte Philips was arraigned before Justice William Brown on a murder charge in East Cleveland over her husband J. J. Phillips’s death from about a week earlier. She posted 7500 bond with William P. Francis as surety while remaining in an invalid carriage with medical staff nearby. Strap-Hanger Fined in London. Mortimer Burgess was fined after refusing to exit a railroad compartment when no seat was available, raising questions about passenger rights and police arrest powers over strap-hangers in trains and subways.
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Cleveland
Charlotte Philips
east Cleveland
William Brown
J. J. Phillips
William P. Francis
Phillips
London
Mortimer Burgess
Plague Deaths Rise in Frisco and San Francisco
Two more bubonic plague deaths occurred in Frisco and three additional cases were verified, not counting Berkeley fatalities. Officials note the death percentage is still below half, compared with the standard plague mortality of about eighty percent.
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Frisco
San Francisco
Berkeley
Britt Outmatched As Gans Wins Light Weight Title Fight
In San Francisco on September 10 Joe Gans defeated Jimmy Britt by decision after five rapid rounds. A left body blow blocked by Gans shattered Britt’s wrist in the fourth round, ending his run for the world title. Britt fought on through the fifth round but offered little offense or defense as doctors diagnosed a fracture dislocation of the wrist. Referee Welch awarded the decision to Gans to the crowd of about 14,000 at the recreation park.
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Gans
San Francisco
Joe Gans
Jimmy Britt
Britt
Welch
lfe
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
American League Athletics 0 Boston 0 in 13 innings darkness. New York 10 Washington 6 in first game. New York 2 Washington 0 in second game. National League Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 5. New York 10 Boston 0 in first game. Boston 1 New York 0 in second game seven innings. Tri State Williamsport 4 Willamington 1. Trenton 5 Harrisburg 1 Johnstown 3 Lancaster 1. Lancaster 2 Johnstown 0 24 Altoona 2 Reading 0. Reading Wins In Atlantic League. Elizabeth New Jersey Sept 10 After five hours directors award Reading pennant Forfeited Reading vs Easton game decyzion to Reading, increasing wins by one.
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Athletics
Boston
New York
Washington
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Williamsport
Willamington
Trenton
Harrisburg
Johnstown
Lancaster
Altoona
Reading
Elizabeth
N. J
Easton
Shipped a Dead Man and a Living Son Mixup
A Dor-Fancetown mother learns her son John Wallace died in Tacoma only to discover the wrong body was shipped east. The live son remains alive and well. police face decisions on handling the misidentified corpse. In St Paul, railroad chief Stickney warns two cent rates could ruin the Chicago Great Western. In Paterson, a burglar loses a finger and part of his arm after a sword attack by a local politician.
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Wilkes-Barre
Freday
J. C. Wallace
Dor- Fancetown
Tacoma
Wash
John
Wallace
St. Paul
Minn
A. B. Stickney
Chicago Great Western railroad
Minnesota
Chicago Great Western
railway commission
Paterson
N. J
Colin McLear
St Joseph's hospital
George Huerst
Passaic
Stamps Lift Her Mortgage in Pittsburg
Pennsylvanian Mrs Samuel Long living near Washington shipped five and a half barrels of canceled postage stamps to a Worcester dealer and will receive 1200 dollars to pay off her home mortgage. In Philadelphia William Ganley was arrested for stealing a side of beef from a Reading railroad refrigerator car. Isaac Happersett, veteran conductor on the B and G railroad, died of apoplexy as his train left Baltimore.
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Pittsburg
Samuel Long
Washingon
Worcester
Mass
William Ganley
Philadelphia
Reading railroad
Isaac Happersett
B. & G. raiload
Baltimore
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Saybrook
Conn
Peer
Yale
tie
Wilhout
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
HANOVER, PA
FREDERICK
Columbia
J. R. WOOD
Mgr
GEO. W. BOYD
FERGUS HUME
BY PARKER
Peeker
Meeker
Peckem
Chicago News
Many
Piay
Seth
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
Atlantic City
Cape May
Anglesea
Wilwood
Holly Beach
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Avalon
Peermont
Stone Harbor
Rehoboth, Del
seashore
GEORGE W. BOYD
J.R. WOOD
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