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Sadik Beg of Ispahan and the Cat Legend Told
A compact Persian tale from Christian Union recounts Sadik Beg’s rise to power after striking down his wife’s cat in the zenana. The story, framed as a moral about pride and cunning, ends with the wife’s rebuke that he should have killed the cat on the wedding day.
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Sadik Beg
Ispahan
Sadik
Merdek
Lillie K. Barr
Christian Union
Will Blake's Renewal Through Love and Loss Story
Will Blake, a craftsman with a loving but troubled family, moves from harsh home life to shared shelter with Alice, the lodger, after Willie’s death. He finds purpose in work and romance, ends his singlestate, and marries Alice, finding a hopeful future and a daughter.
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Will
Willie
Cholera
Alice
Triple Blessedness London Day of Rest
A tender scene unfolds as a woman asks for freedom but is met with defiance. A bright, merry voice interrupts with Father called, ending in a thankful exclamation of triple blessedness. Set as a London Day of Rest vignette with intimate domestic emotion.
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London
A Miscellany of Oddities and News Briefs from 19th Century
A collage of short items from Boston to Tennessee covers quips on copper coinage, Boston life, a judge in Boston, an advertising warning to circus firms, and a train passenger with twins in a basket. It notes arsfacts about a Malden lightning strike, a silver mine belief in Tennessee, and curious partridge tales amid deathbed cravings.
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Pau Boyron
Ife
Boston _ belle
New York
England
North Carolina
Morristown
Canada
Jones’ Bend
Cumberland River
Tenn
Florida
Boston
Lynch
Boston News
Philadelphia Press
United States Centennial Commission
Paul Boyton crosses the British Channel in life-saving apparatus
Paul Boyton completes a 24 hour continuous water crossing in his life-saving apparatus. Mutilated passenger bodies continue to wash ashore as authorities report the latest maritime and political events across Europe.
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Paul Boyton
British Channel
Wiessinger
Bismarck
Alsosa
Spain
Alert
Discovery
Portsmouth
England
Abredare Iron Company
London
Lord Derby
Duke d’Pasquier
Schiller
International Telegraphic Congress
St. Petersburg
Russia
Great Britain
Burmah
Boston Woman Fires Unloaded Pistol Hits Friend
In Boston a woman named Mrs. Thomas Banford allegedly pointed what she believed to be an unloaded pistol at Miss Bell Whittier. The weapon was loaded and the young lady was instantly killed, escalating tensions among dealers who refused to meet that year’s prices.
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Harrisburg
Elijah
the Raven
Putnam
N. Y
Carrie Maddern
Oakland
Cal
Boston
Thomas Banford
Miss Bell Whittier
Market notes on grains livestock and hogs from New York June 4
Flour prices steady to higher including Winter Extra at 5 70 6 50. Wheat No 2 Chicago Spring eased to 1 07 1 08. Barley 1 30 1 35. Cattle firm at 11 4 13 c for Good to Extra. Hogs Yorkers 7 00 7 20. Pork cash 19 12 19 15. Lard 13 90 14 00. Sheep 4 25 5 0. Other grains mixed with cash and options quotes in Cu riaoko and East Liberty markets.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue
National Temperance Association
Chicago
Wilson
Hiram Price
Iowa
John N. Stearns
New York
Minnesota
Knights Templar
Black Hills
Milwaukee
Northwestern
East Liberty
Grant Declines Third Term Asks Constitutional Amendment
President Grant states he never sought a renomination and opposes self-appointment or self-nomination. He says the issue belongs in a constitutional amendment and praises General Harry White's Pennsylvania State Convention leadership while hoping for harmony and a successful ticket.
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Pennsylvania
Washinncton
Grant
Harry White
Executive Mansion
Washington, D. C
Congress
Republic
U.S. Grant
The Bright Side and the Balance Sheet of Life
This piece extols looking on the bright side and counting what remains rather than losses. It warns against dwelling on wants, notes inevitable setbacks such as frosts and misfortunes, and urges resilience through substitutes, charity, and internal virtue to ensure a favorable final reckoning.
Deathbed Advice From Ethan Allen About Belief
The Washington Chronicle relives an old tale of Ethan Allen, famed for denying Christianity and embracing philosophical ideas. On his dying daughter’s plea he chooses her mother’s teachings over his own, showing a tender, emotional side of the famed skeptic.
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Ethan Allen
Washington Chronicle
Allen
America
Pythagoras
Revolutionary Relics in Albany Library Display
The Andre papers and a facsimile sketch hang near the Albany library entrance with Washington relics at the opposite end. The Washington items were bought by New York State from Mrs. Ella Bassett Washington, widow of Col. Lewis W. Washington, who led John Brown’s Virginia raid in 1859. Col. Washington, a descendant of George Washington’s nephew, inherited one of five swords from the will and received that blade featured in the display.
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Washington
Frederick the Great
New Jersey Journal
Frederick
Senate
Philadelphia
Vanderlyn
Stuart
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Cook
Col. Washington
Lafayette
Owen
Thaddeus Hyatt
Brown
Gen.@ee
Patent Office
New York
James Madison
Hamilton
Sparks
Albany
Florace Binney
J. C. Hamilton
Bushrod Washington
Congress
Bushrod
George Custis Washington
Col. Lewis
United States Army
Wayne
Putnam
B. Lincoln
Steuben
Moultrie
Pinckney
Morgan
Henry Lee
Robert Lee
Wilkinson
Otto Williams
Bancroft
Waynes
Otho Williams
John Brooks
James Wilkinson
Braddock
Lord Fairfax
Virginia
Pittenhouse
Col
Lewis Washington
Andre
Tarrytown
College
New Haven
Ella Bassett Washington
Lewis W. Washington
George Washington
William Augustine Washington
Industrial prospects and labor trends across the era
The piece notes Philadelphia claims it employs at least 60,000 women not counting domestic workers, cites worries over black outflow from Tennessee to the West impacting labor, and mentions Chicago lumber demand and rising hard wood trade. It also discusses narrow gauge railroads offering early returns, iron ore costs in the region, Springfield mass toy makers saving wages, and a fig preparation method to improve market color and flavor.
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Philadelphia
Tennessee
West
Chicago
Mechanicsburg Journal
Chattanooga
Lake Superior
St. Louis
Springfield
Mass
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Co. T. Sweet
Cumberland, Ohio
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Robert McKahan
Lucan Tree P. O
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Wim. M. Siens
Cambridge, Ohio
Kirk House
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Lambert Thomas
Zanesville, Ohio
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Delaware Wharf
Art Gallery
Quaker City
T. O. Mann
Mackey’s Art Gallery
Camerpedge
India
Morton
Starr Hotel
Josefa Morton
Weat Side Public Square
J.C. Ferbrache
Times Building
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Point Pleasant, Oho
J. Woodford
Prise Street
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H. Co. Parker
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Scott & Brown's Drug Store
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Mare
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Court of Claims
Union Pacific Railroad
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National Cemetery
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Philip A. Wadsworth
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Hatch
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Kansas
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Sheridan
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