Desperate Retreat to Fort Cox Ends in Hard-Won Relieve
Ronald Mervyn and the burghers push toward the last settlement as Kaffir forces besiege Fort Cox. After night march and vigilant scouting, a relief column under Colonel Somerset engages the enemy in a brutal wood battle. Reports from King Williamstown reveal rising odds, with frontier settlers abandoning farms and a growing coalition forming against the authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald
Roland
Armstrong
Mr. Armstrong
Fort Cox
Aentry
Ash
Ninety-first
Fort
Somerset
Cape Mounted Rifles
Twentyman
Ronald Ried
Cox
Captain Twentyman
Daniels
Lieutenant Daniels
Mackinnon
Williamstown
Grahamstown
Beaufort
T’slambies
Tam
Kreli
London
Kat River
Pexample
Shiloh
White
Hare
King Williamstown
Ronald Mervyn
Armstrongs
England
Cisco A
Satan
McKeesport and Duquesne Street Railway Chartered
Governor grants a charter to the McKeesport and Duquesne Street Railway Company with capital stock of 15000 dollars. The line starts in McKeesport at Fifth avenue Riverton street, crosses the Monongahela River into Mifflin township, following the river two miles to the riverward terminus, with E P Douglass of McKeesport named president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKeesport
E. P. Douglass
Rail Line Announces Sunday Excursion to Millwood
The Lvania Railroad will run trains to Millwood on Sunday week 18 and 25 leaving Pittsburg at M and stopping at all intermediate stations. Trains depart camp on return at 10 Pp at. for Pittsburg and intermediate stations. Excursion tickets will be offered.
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Thelvania Railroad Company
Millwood
Pittsburg
Pitesburg
Wilkinsburg
Aspin Wall Land Co Plan Of Lots Near Paburg
Plans laid out by the Aspin Wall Land Co adjoining Paburg attract buyers with low prices and easy terms. Agents Bee W. A. Herron & Sons advertise 80 Fourth Ave, Tu ws as the contact point for details and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aspinwall Land Co
Paburg
Stirac
W. A. Herron & Sons, Agts
Impressive Scenes of Desolation and Labrador Cruise
A correspondence from August 1 recounts a Labrador coast voyage from Cha teau Bay to Hudson's Strait. Captain Deschamps describes Belle Isle and Indian Harbor, iceberg danger, and a spectacular iceberg breakup under Northern Lights, with vivid observations of Esquimaux settlements and fishing practices along Hamilton Inlet and Indian Island.
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Sornia
Chateau Bay
Atlantic
Labrador
Hudson's Strait
Hudson's Bay
Cape Wolstenholme
Grim Belle Isle
Quiripon Island
Belle Isle
Marguerite
Roberval
New France
Deschamps
Vaughn
Man
St. Louis Sound
Alexis River
Harbor
St. Michael’s Bay
Hawk
Seal Islands
Roun Hill Island
Ponda
Hamilton Inlet
Esquimaux
Aes
Indian Harbor
Indian Island
Esquimaut
Hamilton
Minnesota's Scheffer law begins two-month test in alcohol crime
A Minnesota experiment makes drunkenness a crime with a third offense punishable by 30 days in prison. From June to July 1888, municipal court arrests fell from 484 to 446, with supporters attributing the drop to the Scheffer law while opponents note enforcement limits and evasion through false names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Druskeuries
St. Paul
Minnesota
Maine
Name Court
Scheffer
Burr
Trusses Made to Order on Penn Avenue
Advertisement announces custom hernia trusses available on Penn Avenue near Ninth Street with Saturday hours and contact through the store, Artificial Los Mrce Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pi Ron
Penn Avenue
Saturn Artificial Los Mrce. Co
Ninth Street
A Pleasant Outing Along Pittsburg and Lake Erie Route
A travelogue describes the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line from Pittsburg to Youngstown through Western Pennsylvania with views of the Ohio River, Phillipsburg, Beaver and Mahoning Valleys. The writer recalls meeting Mr. P. V. Birmingham and notes a long-ago illness with chronic nasal congestion, headaches, ringing in ears, nosebleeds, and failed relief from medicines and doctors.
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Pittsburg
Lake Erie
Youngstown
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Phillipsburg
Beaver
Mahoning
P. V. Birmingham
Bir
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Agewend
Mervyn
Seeae
Blunt
Kabhousie
Fle
Jon Kees
Trestan
Cape
Jim Smith
Roland Mr
Gongom
Comissariat
Menzies
Beiskamma River
Nots Kaffir
Iseppae Ier
India
More Cara
Ridgeview Camp
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pitsburg College of Shorthand
Liberty Streets
Pally
Page
Sporter
See
J. T. Porter
Irena City Beer
Feweninin &Vilcoss
Wilds OF
Edgar L. Wakeman
Bateer Windy
Bosting Harbor
Lake Melville
Goose Bay
Seven Islands Bay
St. Lawrence
Rigoulette
Udion Bay Company
Epcar L
Wakeman
Lake George
Depaatch
Brackneaps
Rep
Rover
Massachusetts
Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation
Boston
W. E. Hamnett
Smithfield Street
N. B
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Bell
P. ¥. Birminggham
Sixth Avenue
T Sixth Ave
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