Battle at Lafontaine Looms Large in Wabash County History
The Wabash Plaindealer recalls the 1812 battle near Lafontaine where Col. Campbell’s force of dragoons infantry and scouts clashed with Miami warriors. Captain Pierce fell early, and 8 U.S. soldiers died with 42 wounded. The article notes the effort to memorialize the site and names local figures tied to the conflict while detailing strategic moves and the fate of chiefs Meshingomesia and Charley.
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Wabash
Wabash Valley
United States
Liberty Township
Charles Sailors
Elijah Hackleman
A. P. Ferry
Will Morse
Heid
Tefortine
Grant County
Meshingomasia
Dillon
Indina
Lafontaine
Piqua
Mississinewa
Harrison
John B. Campbell
19Th Regiment
United States Army
Kentucky Dragoons
Col.Simrall
James W. Ball
Butler
Pittsburgh Blues
Alexander
Pennsylvania
Franklington
Ohio
Col
Campbell
Richardville
Silver Heels
Godfrey
Pierce
Elter
Camp I
Trotter
Simgall
Blasor McDowell
Matic
Pasian
Eenemy
Markie
Dieutenant Vaitz
Otter
Johnson
Keneky Light Dragoons
Hnson
Sitnrall
Elmore
Young
Slaith
Lretter
Ohio Volunteers
Itz
Markle
Hackleman
Nel Campbell
Little Turtle
Little Thunderer
Tecumseh
Waltz Township
Waltz
Eel River
Charley
Meshingomesia
Indiana
Grant
Miami
Signs of Spring The Boston Transcript Adopts Humorous Spring Guide
The piece contrasts spring signs from shabby overcoats to market chatter on seeds, home improvements, and Easter fashion. It mocks suburban and urban anxieties while lampooning phrases about renovations, allergies, and rent increases, ending with Swiftian satire on Yahoos and Houyhnhnms.
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Boston Transcript
Secon
Snow Out West in Minnesota Snow Tale
A Detroit Free Press report recalls a Union Depot scene where a Minnesotan boisterously defends eastwestern bravado about snow. He retells seventeenth century like depth, claiming fourteen feet on surface and thirty feet on ground after a ninety eight hour flurry, noting twenty six days before the snow settled. He jokes about loneliness as he recounts bringing home a second wife and nine children.
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Minnesota
Union Depot
Bostonn Globe
Madame
Michigan
New
Egypt
Bridget
Dombey and Son
Bradlaugh
Elise
Henri
Boston
Nycum
New York
Argo
Golden Youth
G. Y
Martha
Uncle Morse
Houston
Texas
Darkey
Calveston
Galveston Avenue
Mose
Blucher
Wellington
Waterlow
For and About Women: Fashion, Society, and Scripts
A collage of late 19th century social notes on women fashion taste and behavior. Mentions dress fabrics bonnets and evening wear, plus quotes from Ingersoll and others, reflecting cultural attitudes and humorous observations about women, marriage and society.
Eclectic Ballad Snippets From a bygone Era
A collage of humorous verse and social jests features oddities and wordplay about actors, criminals, editors, and everyday scenes. The piece moves through humorous vignettes and biting observations, noting slang, quirks, and curiosities across various locales and times.
Europe's Rich City Frankfort on the Main
Frankfort on the Main, population about 100000, reputedly the richest city its size. Wealth is widely distributed but many poor residents exist. It is a major global banking center with Rothschilds influential here. The city has grown in trade and manufacturing since German unification and is noted for conventions and high expenses for visitors.
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
Germany
Europe
German Empire
Frankfort
Prussia
von. Falkenstein
Auburn-Haired Women Capture Fashion in 20th Century Tones
Auburn haired women gain fashion attention with reddish gold tresses praised by poets and artists. Bleached bonds are passé while brunettes may darken or gray via dyeing, yet the yellow haired or bleached blonde lack the inherent clear complexion. Red hair can be simulated with switches and dyes, but natural auburn remains prized.
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Prince of Wales
Island
Swift
Australia
Ceylon
New Guinea
Londo
Kate Field
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Boston
John Brown
Zack
Love
Naomi
Diderot
Bernhardt
Michigan
Ballantine
Justice Bradley
Frelinghuysen
Newark
N. J
Binghampton Republican
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Ana Wells
Calvin Wells
Philadelphia Press
Robert W. Cook
Yale College
Putnam
Boton
Rossas
Ingersoll Creed and The Bible and Bob
A Burlington Hawkeye reader notes a tract with epigrammatic lines from Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll praising hard work and faith. The writer admires the creed, selecting lines such as lone st industry equals pious idleness and faith without works is dead, while asserting the Bible said the same long before.
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Bob
Burlington Hawkeye
Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Liea
Woman Suffrage in France with Alexander Dumas
A discussion on granting women the vote in France features quotes from Alexander Dumas arguing for women voters and the progression of suffrage from novelty to duty. The piece cites how prominent women might lead by example and emphasizes legal, civic participation and representation by women through elected delegates.
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France
Alexander Dumas
Chamber of Deputies
Engineer's Heroic Act Saves Child On Rail Line
Albert Rikel, an engineer on the New York and Greenwood Lake Railway, stopped a westward bound train at Bloomfield New Jersey to pull a two year old boy Stanley McDowell from the track. The father, Charles E. McDowell, presented the engineer with 200 dollars for the act. The report also notes 1882 pension appropriations totaling 68,282,306 dollars as the government’s largest single grant.
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New York Tribune
New York and
Greenwood Lake
Bloomfield
N. J
Bellevue Avenue
Albert Rikel
Stanley McDowell
Charles E. McDowell
McDowell Brothers & Co
Courtlandt Street
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Tippecanoe
Dean Swift
Houyhahms
Africa
Benin
Abyssinia
Hubsh
Constantinople
Hanno
Miss Bird
Japan
Yezo
Borneo
Philippine Islands
Terra del Fuego
South America
Asiatic Archipelago
Detroit Free Press
Ingerso
Smith
L. Corinthians
Servetus
Coronel
Moses
Luke
Ingersol
Creser
God
Jsocoslties
Abbot
Arabell Murphy
Winifred
Tommy Brown
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