Shanghaiing Sailor Tales and a Marrowed Arkansas Execution
A piece on sailors being drugged and hustled into lurid dives ends with a stark report from Marion Arkansas where four colored militiamen William Porter Monroe Allen Hector Acton and William Reese were executed by court martial for gang rape. The firing squad conducted in view of the militia and local community elicited cries and a chilling atmosphere. The article lists the victims Mrs Reeves Mrs Watson Mrs Galloway Mrs McGee and Miss Swepson. Memphis Post January 21.
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William Porter
Monroe Allen
Hector Acton
William Reese
Marion
Crittenden County
Arkansas
Gregory
Mra. J. Reeves
Jas, Watson
Mra. Galloway
Mra. McGee
Sweptson
Memphis Post
Elephant tricks visitors with water shower in Paris park
A Paris elephant at the Jardin des Plantes amazed spectators by hiding underwater except for the tip of his trunk and splashing water on watchers, then rising with a playful display. The piece also notes experiments by Francis H. Smith of Baltimore drying potatoes to preserve them longer for year-round use.
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Jardin Des Plantes
Paris
Daten
Francis H. Smith
Baltimore
Western candor and odd ironies lampooned in strange incidents
A Western correspondent recalls a church sermon interrupted by a rifleman declaring Paul the Apostle should take his death if he cannot do better, a New Orleans flood tale of bootless guests, reflections on ninety years of life, a failed operatic debut ending in a crowd’s hiss then applause, Napoleon as a skating survivor, and a Boston jewel heist with $2000 stolen.
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Paul
Apostle
Tragic Death As Man Hit By Locomotive In Lock Haven
A man calling himself De Lacey was struck and killed by a locomotive in Lock Haven around four o clock Tuesday morning. He had been sleeping on a pile of warm ashes on the railroad track.
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de Lacey
Lock Haven
German Captain Killed At Gettysburg Stirs Cincinnati Widow
The Cincinnati widow waits six years for news of her husband, a German immigrant captain in the Union Army, who died at Gettysburg after asking to return home. She pleads for officers to watch the train and keep vigil at the crossing, hoping for his arrival.
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Toledo
Cincinnati
Gettysburg
Lee
Pennsylvania
Benedek Assailed Over 1866 Satowa Campaign Iberian Debate
New volumes on the Adétirat staff records reveal Field Marshal Benedek pleaded with Emperor Francis Joseph to seek peace with Prussia before the Satowa battle. The Emperor refused and Benedek warned of catastrophe. Benedek, described as a hypochondriac, faces harsh scrutiny.
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Adétirat
Benedek
Francis Joseph
Satowa
Prussia
Benedok
Night lamp kerosene use dangers to health
The article warns that dim kerosene lamp burning releases unconsumed vapors and smoke that irritate the throat lungs and can cause headaches dizziness and nausea. It urges readers to consider safer night lighting practices to avoid poisoning.
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Democrat
Unseen clash at city concert as organ shifts tones
A Philharmonic Journal tale recalls a Music Mall concert where the organist suddenly shifted from loud to soft. A lady nearby, chatting with her daughter, reacted aloud with a humorous miscue as the audience laughed at the unintended vocal remark about the loud performance.
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Amusixe Coxceny
Philharmonic Journal
Hutter
Fulton County Prospects for Washington City to Lake Erie Rail
Citizens form a survey committee to recruit engineers to examine the Washington city to Lake Erie railroad route from the Maryland line to Fulton County's northern border. Pay to be provided by voluntary subscriptions.
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Fulton County
Washington City
Lake Erie
Corps of Engineers
Maryland Line
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Reading
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J. A. Barrett & Co., Proprietors
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H. Birch & Bro
A. B. Light
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William Wells
Moore Hall
North Eighth Street
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Uholes Wines
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Adler
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Kexder & CO
Bainy
North Third Street
Philadelphia
Kasia Bookstore
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PENN
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Miltimore
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North Sixth Street
Ind and
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Militia
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Ecole Militaire
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Boston
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Lyons
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Junction
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Reading Librarompany
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