Wide Variety of Odd Happenings and Scattered News
A jumble of items notes a Grass Valley coup meeting by imitators, a private postal card from a lady in Duque, a Maine islander living in a dry goods box and a hogshead, a Napoleonic auction on Grand Island, Saratoga fashion, and various notes from Europe and beyond including cholera rumors, a London railway injury case, and a peculiar umbrella return in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Grass Vally
du Duque
Maine
Moosehead Lake
Napoleon J
Nica
Saratoga
Tr Hox
Joan Burau
Duchy of Lancaster
England
France
Germany
London
Middlesex
Maunier IH
Ricnamsey
Fitchburg
Mass
Martford
Stone
Falmouth
Marthivs Vineyard
Janesville
Brooklyn
Mary Frances Wade
Kalbileisch
Starris
North Adams
Hanna
Nelly
Adan
Arthur Bynes
Heirs Sought for Amsterdam Widow Case Hinting at Past Murder
A North German paper calls heirs of Catharine Speling and her daughter Dorothy, murdered in Amsterdam in 1852, to claim estate shares. Names include Sophia Terensburg Otto Kelenner Anna Derfling Maria Derfling and Joseph Deviing who emigrated to the U S since 1864. estate valued at about 150000 dollars with diamonds and bonds. The tale recounts a 1853 placard disappearance, a secret house discovery, and a skeleton found between two houses, suggesting a long hidden crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Germany
Amsterdam
Catharine Speling
Dorothy
Amaterdam
Sophia ’Tcrensburg
Otto Kelenner
Anna Derfling
Maria Derfling
Joseph Deviing
United States
Ernest Belger
Harlan Street
Two Women Murdered In Escape Gone Wrong
A killer fled through narrow gaps between houses but failed to gain footing and died trapped in a walled alley. The bodies of two women were found murdered, with the assassin dead in a makeshift tomb beneath a patch of blue sky visible above high walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Custer’s Yellowstone Campaign Report on Indian Attacks
Gen Custer recounts July 4 and August clashes with Sioux near Tongue River and the Big Horn. He details the ambush, dismounted fighting, fire attacks on tall grass, and a four hour battle ending in a retreat of Indian forces before August 11 skirmishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer
Yellowstone
Tongue River
Indias
Garry Owen
Survivors of shipwreck recount Kanaka isolation tale
A New Haven Palladium correspondent relays details of two Kanakas stranded for over five years on Starbuck Island near Atu. They subsisted on coconuts after wreck in December 1870, were rescued February 16, 1873, and aided by missionaries before returning toward Rarotonga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland Harbor
Tahiti
Rarotonga
Norris
Argus
New Zealand
Chafe
Guano Works
Starbuck Island
Savarra Island
Chase
Atu
Mr. Chate
Auckland
Edith
Wayte
Mr. Chase
Buying a Horse Wisely by Symmetry and Test
The essay by Rev. WW. H. Murray advises buyers to choose horses by proportion and suitable work, not by showy traits. It urges testing movement under working conditions, checking draft or road performance, and driving the horse oneself to reveal faults in temper and structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WW. H. Murray
Farmers Diary Suggests Simple Farm Record Keeping
A short piece extols the ease and long term value of keeping a diary of weather and farm work. It recommends two minutes daily for entries and an annual abstract copied in a pen titled for the purpose. It also offers a light aside on amusing domestic advice about drawn swords.
Prrrsnura Man’s Joy Over Affectionate Wife And Practical Tips
A Prrrsnura man cherishes a wife who kisses him goodbye as he feeds the chickens. The page offers homemaking tips on garlic odor in milk using wood charcoal, potato storage fumes, fruit-tree ornamentals, tomato stuffing, dyeing garments, and butter dairy temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakken Starrip
Burker
Melon Misadventure on a Boston Market Day
Brown, a friend of Brown, buys two watermelons for a Sunday dinner. The basket slips, melons roll, and Brown dodges, slips, and struggles to balance them. A bystander assists but one melon falls into a tub of eyes, another slides away, and Brown ends the trip with only one melon, missing the train and returning home fruitless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Orun
Boston
Plucky Woman Fends Off Burglar in Augusta
Mrs. Henry R. Christian at a boardinghouse in Augusta Georgia facing a burglar who hid in her daughter's room. She shouted for help fought the intruder and pursued him to a window where he fled dropping a pocketbook with fifty dollars lost to the thief. Police later captured the waiter Scott who matched the burglar's tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry R. Christian
Augusta
Georgia
Alvs
Bernard
Christia
Ife
Scott
Christian
Destructive Patent Medicines and Insurance Promises
A column mix of warnings about potent medicines labeled as remedies, including Vineaan Bre and Dr Wankur's Visnaar, claims about temperance tonics, and insurance pitches from National Life Insurance and Penn Mutual. Mentions Wm Clark cure anecdote, Pierces Golden Medical Discovery, Frank Miller's Harness Oil, and Dr Hervick remedies with agent testimonials. The piece interleaves health fraud cautions, life insurance pitches, and commercial ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wankur
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Munich
Cranes Lamont
Liverpool
London and Northwestern Railway Company
Kirtle Bridge
Caledonian Railway Company
Lamont
Liverpool Assizes
Ausorp
Board
Gladstone
Greenwich
Pall Mall Gazette
Zurich
Switzerland
New York
Willard A. Pearce
Owen & Tunt
Maiden Lane
Pearce
Stranger Than Vietion
Gien
Sitting Bull
New Haven Palladium
Woodbury
Conn
Jim
Maria
Bridget
John Augustus
Mikia
Femkins
Thomas
Mila
James
B. Janens
Farmers’ Diaries
Parm
Twin Mountains House
New Hampshire
Henry Ward Beecher
Hutchinson
Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Roy
Hudson
Joseph Farewell
Rockland
Franc M. Braga
Bangor
Pope Bros. Munching
Zu, Iit
Oas
Fee
Excelsior Manu
St.louis, Tio
Ant
Eureka Portable Table Co
St. Louis
Domestic Sewing Machine Co
Whittier
Cuanrns
H. A. Elskin
Aritist
Kendall Building
Chicago
Great Attic and Pacific Tea Co
Fulton St
N.Y
Atl
Undeveloped
West
H. Readle
Utah
M Seissions
Puelfe
National Publishing CO
St. Louie
H. Goodrich
Peter Purtey
B. Howland
Valley Pun.Go
N. Orleans
State de
Contektinal
Wkona
Editiea
Agenis W
Purtiettinvafree, J. Worth
Bt. Louis
Parry Davis
National Life Insurance Connery
Americ
M.A. Rollins
Jay Cooke
Congress
Capital
Philadelphia
Warwick
Womens Rights
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Home Office
Jas. Iredell, Jr
Wentdust
Cincinnati
Wm. Clark
Frankfort Mills
Waldo Co
Ezra ‘Treat
Upton Treat
A. A. Merrill
Mr. Clark
Dokneon
Frank Miller
Joan J. Antus
Br. Tayne
Ann
Winston
Curtis & Periclne
Mgviersk Deoauena
Curtis & Brown, Proprietora
Fulton Street
Curtis & Tnown
All Diuyzgists
Hosslatter
Mahira Hostutter
Shattemberger
Peerless
Wringer
Davis
India
Mission House
Ruy
Charles Narding
Sholapore
Indi
J.n.warris &Co
Western
New
New Mesa
Cece Estes Serene Secu
Percy
FLO Fames
Leece
Data Co Cceecaceeetennas
Shicago
New Orleans
Atock-Acr
Fair Grounds
Arther Bowarret
Aio
Hale Boos
R. Wilson Carr
Ballimore
J.C. Pugh
Pailimore
Oli
Dabney Bail
Baltimore
M. E. Ceniermneo
Enya
Craven & Co
Druppirte
Gordonsville
Sam’16
McFadden
Murfreesboro
Tenncrece
Clements , CO
Commerce St
Radway
Remi
Coley
al Daten
Apway
Witis
Rapwar
CMA
He &Ats
Uilne
DR. Radway
Dili
Burnie
Geal & CO
Warren St. N.Y
Blair & Cou
Amp
Reed Brothers
Pittsburgh
Eepen Y Wall
Trenton
New Jersey
Misses Hunt
Axe
Aarts Cure
Willson
Cad
Nature
J. W. Willson
John St
New Yorke
Wagnens
LEWIS
Washington Ave
Moatapeul
Enpente My Co
MAC. Lucy & Co
Columbus, C
Wantag
Circular Caldwell & LL & CO
Imperial Real Gin
America
H. Shufeldt
Adress
W. E. Gump
Sux Building
American Farmers
Patrons of Husbandry Jr
Newark City
N. H
Sedgeberr
Pennesville
Ohio
Jtetter
Ian Gol
AL Ells & CO
Charlotte
Mich
oCeltherpex
Mere Irene
Asin Tietr
G. Stingon & Go
Portland
Matug
Unk
Cuantns St
Longent
Waite
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