Vidocq Escapes From Brest Galley Through Bold Disguise
A fugitive named Vidocq endures Brest galley life then escapes by disguising as a sailor. He passes guards with a wig and sailor’s dress, survives by wit and luck, and leads a daring mutiny aboard a Dutch brig before being pardoned and made an officer.
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Vidorg
Dunkirk
Brie
Vidoog
Dousi
Ash
Brest
Vailey
Vidtorg
Videeq
Lachique
Lechique
Vidoeg
Videeg
Cannes
Deval
Orient
Cocarde
Duval
D Tval
Bagne
Ao Orient
Capoes
Augustus Deval
Martinien
Liss
Viderg
Louis
St. Malo
Quimper
Lucre
Frances
New Forest
Maxes
Nantes
Athet City
Wax
Idocy
Cholet
la Vendee
Vidoca
Sceaux
Vidocq's perilous escape and shifting loyalties unfold
The narrative follows Vidocq hunted by gendarmes and recaptured as a galley slave in Doual. He feigns innocence to gain transfer and joins a group of honest citizens, only to find they are highway robbers. A ruse reveals a thief, saving Vidocq, who then flees to Lyons and Arras before a masked ball exposes his disguise.
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Doual
Turak
Toujon
Bagne
Brest
Society of Villains
Cit
Vidocq
Sporsman
Videeg
Brotherhood
Roman
Victorg
Vidorg
Hoe
Joseph d'Ossolles
D'Ossolles
Vidocg
Lyons
Arran
Eheim
Vidocq the Galley Slave Turned Spy and Police Hero
The tale follows Vidocq from escape artist and pirate ally to acting galley slave turned sergeant, then master tailor in Paris. After betrayals and arrests he offers his services to the police chief, proposing a pivotal turn as a spy who can infiltrate slums and outsmart criminals.
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Vidoeg
M. Henry
Vidocq
Cause of
Law
Bas
Henry
Vidocq The Great Felon Catcher Of Paris
An account traces Eugène Vidocq’s life from criminal turned police hero. He led daring captures in Paris, including Watrin and St Germain plots, and rose to head the Guard of Safety. His later years saw fame on stage in London before a quiet Parisian retirement and a dramatic will turning to his landlady.
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Vidocq
Galleys
Vidoog
Watrin
Vid
M. Henry
St. Germain
St. German
Sampson Brass
Father Foxey
Perineiple
Annette
Vidocy
Luckiess Sexton
Vidoeg
Guard of Safety
Paris
St Maude
Toondon
Cosmorams
Whidoey
Brest
Fileschi
Paparonie
Raoul
Damuela
A Toad Fights a Snake in Forest Tale
An eyewitness tale from William Cooper recounts a toad chasing a two foot snake in Mexico. The toad leaps, drops into the snake, and the snake swallows the toad before the toad breaks free. Indians reportedly regard such sights as not uncommon.
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New York
William Cooper
Mexico
Ving
Mr. Toad
German immigrant Ernest Omson seeks brother in Cleveland
The Department of Charities transported Ernest Omson a young German immigrant to Cleveland after eight months in America. He speaks English, German, French, Russian, Latin, and Greek, and says his father was a German army officer. After moving from Baltimore he worked on an oyster boat and at Benz Bros brick works earning 85 cents weekly with board. He plans to join his elder brother in a Cleveland wholesale drug business.
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Ernest Omson
Cleveland
Department of Charities
Chiefict
America
Omann
Baltimore
Benz Bros
Local column disputes union stands over trade paper
The local trades paper report claimed a dispute with the Labor Tribune, which denies any involvement and says the issue was between the other paper and the union. An ad promotes Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills for liver health and relief from bilious distress.
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Labor Tribune
Tribune
German Church Yard Remains and German School Echoes in Pittsburgh
The piece recalls the First German Evangelical Church complex at Smithfield Street and Sixth Avenue in 1852 and its 1875 demolition. It notes old churchyards attached for burial, later moved to cemeteries, and describes the adjacent graveyard’s layout and a wall. It profiles teachers G Manns Sr and Jr and George Neuffer, German English schools housed in basement rooms, and reflects on the enduring legacy of German language education in American schools.
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First Presbyterian Church
Wood Street
Trinity Episcopal
Sixth Avenue
Pittsburg
Allegheny City
Eee Peeees
Smithfield Street
Strawberry Alley
Miltenberger’s Alley
Ruoff
Avenue
Herr G. Manns
George Neuffer
Grant Street Baptist Church
United States
T. Kropstock
Germany
They Believe In Christ And Heal The Sick At Dowie Meetings
OmAnA July 11. Evangelists Mr and Mrs Dowie preach at First Baptist Church with crowds growing to 75 80 daily. They claim Christ heals the sick not self possessed powers like Mrs Hine. Mrs Dowie recounts Melbourne healing scenes and cites Jesus words to the palsied man as proof of divine healing.
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Omana
Dowies
Christ
Mrs. Finn
Melbourne
Australia
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Imls
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Vidoeq
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Chevalier
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Livry
Frits
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Gost
Vaujours
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Aitee
Farz
Lepres
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G. Bergegren
Penn Incline
Westinghouse Company
Arch Street
Mr. C
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Dru
Dra, Copeland & Bisi
McMunn
DOE
Liebig Company
Justus von Liebig
Liemios
Pyoner Oited
London
Whittier
Ander
Penn Avenue
Von
Ceenee
Sanden Rothic
K- Lake
M. B.C
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Patel
Wood
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P Son
Imamond
Markel
Chichester
RED Cross Diamond
Alwars Rellatts
Jiamond
Sadioue
F.C. Fowler
Moodus
Conmoclus pSawk
Wilcox
Phila
Nerve Beas Co
Detlalo, YY
Joseph Fleming de Sue
Tz Market St
Lios Drug CO
Shetfink
JUS. Fleming
Dre.c. West
Kate
Mall Propa
Emil G. Stucky
Pea Ave
Fulton St
Pittsulna
Ea Acta
Wnau
Cate
Dé Ae
Pistsbara
Furnir
Glass Amd
Chinawa
Timwane
Wolff & Randolph
Mbot-Risso
J. T. Sincie
Callery Junction
Batier County
Slagle
I. Ant
Burgeou
Jon Fleming & Son
Sanday
JA. Burgoon
Ohio Street
Ceronio
Grganic IC
Peru
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