Farragut the Hero of Mobile Bay and His Early Rise
A portrait of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut from birth July 5 1801 at Campbell's Station Tennessee through his youth in Washington Chester and Newport to his naval rise. It covers his service on the Essex and later the Hartford, the Mobile Bay victory, honors and death in 1875.
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David Glasgow Farragut
Mobile Bay
Admiral David Glasgow Farragut
Campbell's Station
Knoxville
Tenn
Minorca
Commodore Porter
New Orleans
Farragut
Httle
David
Navy
Washington
Admiral Farragut
Chester
United States
Capt. Porter
Essex
Newport
R. I
Cape Horn
Norfolk Navy Yard
Norfolk
Hudson
Gulf
Porter
Hartford
Mississippi
New York
Union League Club of
Brooklyn
Octarara
Metacomet
Richmond
Port
Royal
Lackawanna
Seminole
Monongahela
Kennebec
Ossipee
Itasca
Oneida
Galena
Tennessee
Watson
Admiral Watson
Manilla
Buchanan
Merrimac
Morgan
Gaines
Trafalgar
Nelson
Manila
Dewey
Congress
Lincoln
Europe
King Leopold II and the Belgian succession crisis
The article outlines Leopold II of Belgium facing rising political unrest since 1865 and notes his popularity and philanthropy. It details succession issues after his death with no living son, the deaths of relatives, and the line of heirs including the Comte de Flandre and Prince Albert, amid European royal sympathy.
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Leopold II of
Belgium
Leopold I
Brussels
Congo Free State
International Association
Congo River
Leopold
Marie of
Austria
Duke of Brabant
Comte de Flandre
Albert
Prince Baldwin
Europe
Mystical Blue Grotto Echoes Found Elsewhere in Minnesota
A sea cave analogy describes a Blue Grotto like cavern in a Minnesota lake. A swimmer enters the flooded lime stone cavern and sees green and blue water with a silver gleam on submerged limbs, comparing it to Capri's famed site.
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Capri
Minnesota
Life belts from india rubber balloons and whipcord
M Janet of Bauvais explains a pocket life buoy made from four toy balloons tied to whipcord. The balloons should be half full to ride waves better and the belt can be carried easily and inflated when needed.
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M. Janet
Bauvais
Treasure Ship Haunts Corpus Christi Bay Legends
The Gulf coast tale recalls a wreck off Mustang Island where a swift ship carried cannon and treasure. A pirate pursuit led to a dramatic battle as the Senada fled into Corpus Christi Bay, crew abandoning ship after losing masts and sinking treasure below deck.
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Corpus Christi Bay
Texas
Mustang Island
Pass Cabhallo
Corpus Christi
The Legend of Senada the Galleon Treasure
A aging tale centers on Tomas Vasquez, a rich, secretive man linked to treasure legends near Mustang Island and Galveston. He claimed a Spanish galleon Senada sank after ferrying gold to Spain, with Lafitte the pirate linked to the era, while Vasquez supposedly witnessed the wreck and kept his distance from risking more treasure.
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Vasquez
Mustang Island
Juan Perez
San Antonio
Senor Perez
Revolutionary Party
Rio Grande
Tomas Vasquez
Senor
Tomas
Old
Mexico
Texas
Lafitte
Vidal
Ran
Matamoras
Senada
Galveston Island
Spain
Venezuela
Tomaso Vasquez
Boston Crime of Childish Bravado Sparks Debate
A Boston reader recounts a 12 year old on a Cambridge to Boston train who praised a theater work as not educational like Shakespeare and The Christian and warned it offhand. The piece notes the city’s tolerance toward young agitators and their future roles in anti imperialist circles.
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Boston
Buffalo
Tistener
Cambridge
Secret Service
Zionistic Movement Prompts Jewish Exodus Plans
The article reports a growing Zionist movement led by Dr. Herzl in Vienna with Rabbi Moheleth and Max Nordau among supporters. It describes efforts to purchase Palestine from the Ottoman Empire and establish a Jewish government, with leaders across Europe urging emigration to a homeland. American reaction is mixed, with some sympathy but no mass departure.
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Palestine
Edward A. Steiner
Woman’s Home Companion
Theodore Herl
Vienna
Herzl
Rabbi Moheleth
Russia
Germany
Berlin
Leipsic
Frankfurt
Rome
Europe
Max Nordau
Paris
Marseilles
Boulogne
América
United States
Ipecac Market Cornered by Scarcity and Substitutes
The New York Tribune notes ipecac root prices rose from about $1.25 to $4.25 an ounce as supply dwindles and major stock is held by U S dealers. Carthagena or New Granada root is discussed as a possible substitute but differs in alkaloids cephaeline versus emetine, with experts undecided on its active principle. Laborintensive digging and rubber cultivation shifts explain output decline.
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New York Tribune
New Granada
Rio
Riospecac
Ipecac
Sea Bottom Temperatures Across Ocean Depths
The article notes deep-sea temperatures are largely below 40 F with over 90 percent of the sea floor cooler than that. Only 3 percent fall below 30 F, while depths beyond 100 fathoms show almost no annual temperature variation. Surface water suggests 75 to 87 percent of the ocean remains above 40 F seasonally.
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Sir John Murray
Labrador
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The Pot and the Kettle Exchange
A playful exchange between Prof. Gray and Prof. Sage notes the date as the 20th and queries the month, published by Albany Press and Knickerbocker. The humor plays on forgetfulness and calendar basics in a lightweight dialogue snippet.
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Prof
Gray
Prof. Sage
Albany Press and Knickerbocker
Our Budget of Fun and June Proposal Jokes
A humorous verse set recounts affection and a tale of a suitor who offers his heart but is declined as the woman reveals she cannot cook. The light verse plays with romantic tropes and domestic expectations in a bygone style.
Church Bella Attraction Draws with The Belles
A light exchange centers on a church scene where one character asks what draws people to church and the reply focuses on the belles, hinting at social appeal and charm within the setting.
The Educated Thief Courtroom Exchange
The police justice convicts a petty thief who claims to be an embodied protest. The judge sentences him to 60 days in jail, remarking he will not be robbing during that period and calling the next case.
One Woman's Wisdom
A man reveals he proposed to the woman he loves but she rejects him. He warns that he will leave her, and she coldly replies that marrying him would ruin both, with a sharp line about wringing his heart versus wringing his shirts in future years. He then exits, laments his hopeless case, and wanders away smoking.
Census Worker Promises Optimistic Report Aid
A dialogue reveals a plan to spin a report favorably without outright lying. One speaker notes prior experience as a census enumerator in Chicago, indicating a method to shape wording while avoiding falsehoods. The exchange focuses on maximizing positivity.
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Chicago
SPCA Agent Visits in Ill Winded Exchange
A dialogue shows an SPCA agent leaving a residence after visiting the speaker’s mother-in-law. The exchange reveals concern and clarifies the purpose of the visit, implying issues of animal welfare or household welfare prompting the alert.
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Flagler
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Naghby
Is Mr Goodheart Paying Attention To Your Daughter
A brief dialogue reveals a social mix up where Mr Goodheart has married the daughter, sparking amused speculation about romance and engagement among the observers. The exchange underscores community gossip and unexpected nuptials in a lighthearted tone.
Weather Bureau skeptic clashes in guessing contest
Dialogue shows Dilson, a Weather Bureau employee, wary of participating in a guessing contest called by Pilson, fearing disqualification as a professional. The exchange hints at rules barring professionals from such contests.
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Pilson
Dilson
Weather Bureau
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the Dewey
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Louis Philippe of
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Gulf of Mexico
Saya
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Pass Corporisti
Zionistic Movement
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Jetsam
Church Bella
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