Wanton torture case shocks Shrewsbury village life
A farmer in Shrewsbury was convicted for cutting out a hen’s crop while alive. The bird survived to reveal the act, and the motive cited was to prove theft of a wheat bag by a neighbor. He paid a fine of shillings. A disturbing report follows on vaccination opposition in Montreal and related mortality figures alongside a note on German horses export law.
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Shrewsbury
England
Bismarck
Germany
Good Old Times Ends as Piper Wakes in 1876
A fragmented tale follows Old Peter Piper who longs for old times but awakens to find himself in 1876. He clashes with marauders in a strange, transformed world where nobles seize his horse and demand money, ending with his rueful awakening.
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Peter Piper
Piper
Old Piper
Squire
Hamilton
Jack
Jim Muggins
Long Lance
Robin Hood
Knight Templars
Jack Magazina
Baron Pound
John
Richard
France
Jack Muggins
Long Jim
Rascal
Lord of Morner
Mortier
Lord of
Old Probts Winter Residence on Mount Washington
Descriptive visit to the Mount Washington Signal Service held in August, portraying Old Probts winter residence, the wind battered station, crew at work, and the rugged alpine atmosphere. The piece ends with a Springfield Missouri arrest report for J. F. Harding's assassination case.
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Old Probt
Mount Washington
Telegraph
Washington
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Springfield
W. H. Phelps
Missouri
J. F. Harding
St. Louis
Fatal House Fire Claims Heindle Family Near Homowaville
News reports a blaze at the George Heindle dwelling near Homowayville in Bureau County NL. Mr Heindle his wife and two children died in the flames. a nineteen year old daughter escaped by jumping from a second story window.
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George Heindle
Homowayville
Bureau County
Indiana items span trials to family notices across state
Fort Wayne jury acquits Gabriel Fair after a twenty three hour deliberation in a murder case. Tangled local reports describe thefts, deaths, legacies, and farming notes from Indianapolis to Mishawaka including a centenarian in Wayne county, a professor couple’s golden wedding, a girl sewing for the government, and a baby found in a bridge timber.
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Fort Wayne
Gabriel Fair
Robert Dolin
Fair
Colin
Aa. S. Kense
South Bend
Herald
Robinson
S. & St. Louis
Greencastle
Elizabeth Smelser
Wayne County
Boston Township
S. K. Hoshour
Indianapolis
Stockberger
Mishawaka
Jeffersonville
Nellie Holden
Nick Best
Foundry
Johnson & Webster
New Albany
Germany
Waldron
C., L. and C
Lafayette
Dunham
Washington Counrty
John L. Tanner
West
Ohio Street
Indianapolis Evening News
Gibson County
John Bingham
Vanderburgh County
Richmond
Thomas Shields
Columbus
Fragmented Atlas of Humors and Histories
A collage of quips and anecdotes spans topics from Brigham Young and mortgage myths to a Chinese prisoner’s suicide in Stockton and the lion versus tiger riddle. It notes reform efforts, arrests in New York, health cautions, a tiny steam engine, Iowa family humor, Cincinnati whimsy, and a California petition against anti gambling law.
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Stockton
California
HovGutTen
Whrys Low
Boston
Sedalia
Missouri
Vermont
San Francisco
Queen Victoria
St. Petersburg
New York
Iowa
Jake
Cincinnati
Exchange
Chicago
Por
Denton
St. Paul
Minn
America
Asia
Clergy Salaries Highlight New York Protestant Leaders
The article notes Dr Morean Dix earns $15,000 annually, the highest clerical salary in New York among Protestants. It also states Drs Chapin and John Hall receive $10,000 each, matching the amounts earned by Dr Storrs and Dr Budington.
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Morean Dix
New York
Chapin
John Hall
Storrs
Budington
Amber pinioned butterfly and Psyche of summer
Poetic tribute by Flora Marcian laments the butterfly's ascent from cocoon to radiant wing, praising its celestial journey. The piece frames the butterfly as a divine messenger and preacher of immortality, rising from dust to light.
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Psyche
Butterfly
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National Museum of
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Petrosa
Auy
Mu-Cum
Brashear
New Thern
Teche
Louisians
James CL Wingard
House of Commons
Disraeli
Henry Fawcett
Jacob Bright
Lyon Playfair
English Society For
Good
PE Steen
Grean Marah
Marah
Lord Chase
Ami
God
Darth
E. A. Read
Christian Union
Indiana
Pencil
Brigham Young
Tally
Flora Marcian
Earth
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