Brave Grisell Cochrane Intervenes to Save Father
In 1685 Grisell Cochrane, daughter of Sir John Cochrane, disguises herself as a servant and intercepts the royal post to seize the murder warrant. She frees her father from death by destroying papers and fleeing to Edinburgh, after which his sentence is pardoned.
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Cochranes
Scotland
William Cochrane
Baron Cochrane
Earl of
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Earl of Argyle
Edinburgh
Tolbooth
Sir John Cochrane
Grisell
Th Council
Borders
Tweed
Berwick
London
Bedford
Durham
Jane
Belford
Miss Cochrane
Einburgh
Grisell Cochrane
Reader asserts Grant and Lee did not surrender sword or meet by apple tree
A Milwaukee reader writes the Richmond Dispatch correction to the Daily News account of Lee's surrender. He asserts Grant did not demand Lee's sword and was courteous, introducing Lee to staff, and notes two meetings at Appomattox April 9 and 10 1865. He denies an apple tree tale as fabrication.
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Milwaukee News
Daily News
Richmond Dispatch
Lee
Grant
Marshall
Pemberton
Vicksburg
Richmond
City Point
Babcock
William McKee Dunn
Appomattox Courthouse
Slippery Tales Of Northern Whale Yields From Old Hunters
The Nantucket Mirror recounts anecdotes from early whaling days about giant bowheads and polar whales. It notes ships like the Junior and the Superior reported large yields, but stresses variability in blubber thickness and oil, with some stories likely unproven while others seem credible.
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Nantucket Mirror
Great Northern
Polar
New
Yankee Enterprise
Junior
New Bedford
Tinkham
Arctic
Honolulu
S. C. Damon
Sag Harbor
Roys
Behring’s Straits
Atlantic Ocean
Lip Reading at Warsaw Institute for Deaf Mutes
The April issue notes the Warsaw Institute trains pupils to read lips and speak after four years, claiming it yields high mastery and good job prospects. It praises instruction, technical training, and successful placement of graduates, arguing lip reading reduces dependence on sign language and equality with others.
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Warsaw
Poland
The Value of Truth and Fiction in Life
A reflective piece argues that truth should be spoken with tact and life should be cherished as a duty. It extols fiction’s power when it carries truth and asserts literature shapes character, memory, and inspiration, urging actions to brighten a dark world and make sunlight.
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Geret
The Power of Religion and Character Formation
A meditation on virtue and labor stressing duties over wealth, the shaping effect of surroundings, and the supernatural element in revelation. It warns that delaying religion hardens the heart, strengthens worldly temptations, and can ruin the soul.
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God
Oddities and notices from the era of talk and text
A collage of buoyant items notes oneida illegal voting arrests and a Paris tulip gift from Holland, local curiosities, poems, football and shooting quips, and a comparative peek at French and German armies with troop counts and structure.
End of Notorious Evansville Poison Case Baffles City
A German farmer Leger, jailed in Warrick County, was convicted of poisoning the Evansville neighbor’s cistern and died in prison days later. Experts debated hydro cyanic acid poisoning, arsenic absence in the stomach, and possible wife involvement. The verdict was death by unknown means.
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Evansville
Ind
Leger
Warrick County
Frederick Cook
Leyer
Lyer
Supreme Court
Achilles
Lever
Master Kitsune and Inari in Japanese Pantheon
A semi grotesque figure, Master Kitsune, is central to Japanese belief as a sly priest guiding mortals to misfortune under Inari the rice god. Shrines with red Torii and carved foxes mark his presence across towns. Hachiman the war god is honored in August, with temple figures and bustling bazaars as crowds fill the streets.
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Kitsune
Monsieur Fox
Inari
Tate-mina-no-Mikoto
Mikaclo
Christ
Hachiman
Nineteen Years in a Cavern Discovery Near Eure
A young woman found near Point Anthon, Eure, after nineteen years confined by her parents in a cavern. She subsisted on vegetables and bread scraps, with nails grown long and curved, flesh pierced, speech lost, and terrible groans. Authorities began an investigation into the case.
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Point Anthon
Eure
Sherman plans business careers for his sons in St Louis
Gen Sherman, speaking to intimates, says his sons will not be soldiers with his consent and are being steered toward business careers in St Louis. The statement reflects his private views on family, defense, and future plans for the Sherman brood.
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Sherman
St. Louis
Ohio sixty second general assembly sessions summary
A detailed timeline of April 17 to April 20 actions in the sixty second general assembly includes Senate confirmations, town hall authorizations, jail and prison codification committee work, and multiple House bills. Notable items: Buckland appointed trustee, Portmouth railroad depot purchase proposed, tax levy for a Hamilton County tunnel, voter registration, and road safety measures. Adjournments occur after various votes and bill introductions.
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Senate
Schenck
Cleveland
House
General Buckland
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Jefferson Township
Richland County
Belleville
Canafield Township
Portsmouth
Hamilton County
Miami and Erie Canal
Michell Avenue
Yeas
Spring Grove Avenue
Board of Education
Columbia Township
Lorain County
Cuyahoga County
Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce
Cincinnati
Wisconsin Lumber Shortage Forecast Shrinks Log Crop Across Rivers
The Mississippi Valley Lumberman warns of a large log shortage, with 100 million feet banked on the Mississippi and Rum rivers and similar cuts unlikely on St. Croix Chippewa and Black River. Lower river yields, limited railroad mill supply, and very low water due to mild weather threaten widespread shortages and drive difficulties.
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Mississippi
Wisconsin
Black River
Mississippi River
Rum
St. Croix River
Chippewa
M. Black River
Northern Pacific
Milwaukee and St. Paul
Ancient finds and modern coins headline Olympia dig
German excavations at Olympia uncover a draped female bust and three fragments possibly by Alcamenes. Verona coins and a vast terra cotta vase near Bologna hold bronzes and tools. A rich royal tomb near Palestine reveals bronze tripods, gilded furniture, and solid gold within a historic burial.
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Olympia
Alcamenes
Phydius
Academy
Verona
San Francesco
Bologna
Schliggmann
Palestine
Ohio
W. P
Lake Regillus
Lion
Clermont Courier Ad Rates Announced for Classifieds
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at $1 per 4 square ten lines for first insertion and 50 cents for each further insertion. Yearly ads receive liberal reductions, and business cards up to six lines cost $6.00 annually.
The Springtime Dismay of Universal Liniments
A satirical poem ridicules overhyped patent medicines of the era. Lines reference Bolus Anti-bilious Dope Dr Gastric's Castor Philogaster's Vermifuge and Ginsengrooter's Liver Pills amid spring imagery. The piece lampoons medicinal quackery as nature itself appears smeared by cures and tonics.
Mutual Life of New Assets In York And Cleveland
The record lists assets and insurance figures across multiple locales including York and Cleveland Ohio with figures such as 78 830 1947 for Mutual Life assets in New York and a fireGuaranty in Bangor Maine 540 800 and residence protection in Cleveland Ohio detailing fire insurance coverage.
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Mutual Life of New
York
Bangor
Maine
Clevelanda
Ohio
New York
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