Widow Greene Declares Intent to Quit This World
A distressed widow laments earthly life and fears public scrutiny as she contemplates leaving for Barkhampstead with gossip and judgment surrounding her plan. The piece depicts social pressures, religious sermons, and neighborhood prying while the narrator longs for privacy and peace.
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Tim
Greene
Hilt
Onj
Widder Greeno ‘Houk
Jerusalem
Lo Bey
Nathan Strong
Ainner
Widder Greene
The Captivity and Escape of Mrs Kelly Among Sioux Indians
In 1877 Mrs Mary Kelly was captured with her young niece Mary during a raid by Sioux and their allies. She endured torture, isolation, and near death while aiding a plan to reach Fort Sully. Her resilience and diplomacy, aided by Jumping Bear, led to rescue, reunion with her husband, and later recognition by Congress and a Patent Office appointment.
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Fanny Kelly
Ger
Kelly
Mary
Noole
Sven
Darling
Washington
Athach Beth Christian
Ottawa
Fort Sully
Mrs. Kelly
Jumping Bear
Mandant
Ciest
Congress
Patent Office
New York World
Russian Thieves and the Policing in Towns
The article laments crime in Russia where thieves flourish and police fail to protect. It notes cloaks vanish from carriages, dogs unchained vanish, shopkeepers hide valuables, and hosts risk stolen horses without many sober servants. Police demand high fees for investigations, with influential individuals able to recover losses quickly.
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Russia
Droschky
Tim
Matt Gassen
Monument to David Williams challenged by new Fox trial tale
The piece questions a Schoharie County monument to David Williams one of the 1780 Maj. Andre captors and recounts a told tale that Williams Paulding and Van Wart may have been mere free booters, contrasting heroic legend with alleged misdeeds while noting enduring praise. It also advertises health and baking products amid the main text.
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New York World
Schoharie County
David Williams
Maj
Andre
New York
Benedict Arnold
Clinton
Williams
Paulding
van Wart
Tarrytown
Schoharie
America
Dave Williams
Rome
van Waxt
Time Essay Delights Woolwich Examiners
A Woolwich examiner’s delight is a schoolboy essay on Time. The piece humorously notes time’s value for livelihood and the invention of a long candle by Alfred the Great. It jokes about telling time, making clocks, and the pace of life for men and boys.
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Woolwich
Alfred the Great
Savings Bank Failures in New York 1871 77
Eighteen savings banks in New York City failed from November 1871 to September 1877 and none have fully wound up. The Third Avenue Bank faces losses not exceeding 25 percent of deposits on 1.5 million dollars. The Guardian has paid 95 cents on the dollar. total deposits across the eighteen institutions reached 9 million dollars with 39,691 depositors.
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New York
New York City
Third Avenue Bank
The
Guardian
Death of a Wonderful Mother in Lebanon Jeustic
The death of Mrs. Milton Barr is reported after a recent birth of four children. Both she and all four infants have died, eliciting national sympathy and hopes they may rest in peace together.
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Milton Barr
Spirit Land
Lebanon
Book of Wonders offered free by Boston publishers
A curious promotional notice invites readers to obtain a strange book titled THE BOOK OF WONDERS containing wonders of heavens and earth, natural and supernatural. Publishers F Gurason & Co offer the volume free to all who request it by postal card from 738 Washington Street, Boston.
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F. Gurason & Co
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
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Trx
Pioneer Tobacco Company
Jones
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N. Y
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the Great Regulator
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Simmons
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Georgia
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Vustico
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Newark
Courier
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Davis
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Craddock &C0
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Niswspape Union
Fifth Ave
Keep
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Mercer St
N.Y
Re .Osgood
James R. Osgood & CO
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Club of Ten
Dally
Club of Thirty
Commercial Advertiser
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Broadway
Jackson's
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Jackson
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Samlantha
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Pacific
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Maine
Thug & CQ
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Mooleluand «& CO
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GRO. B. Well
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Bostos Weekly
Banscript
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Ariel
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O. Acents
Wilson Sewing Machine
CheaNay
Seltzer
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Thomson
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Whitney
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