Capture of a Sea-Serpent at Nahant Legend
A vivid Nahant scene describes fishermen and spectators spotting a sea serpent near Egg Rock. Captain Scupper leads a whale boat crew to harpoon the creature, a dramatic showdown ending with the alleged kill and debates over prize shares and public excitement.
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Tront
Abser
Aspermaceti and Harpoons That Would Give x Grampus
Abner
Scupper
Cao
Beaker Hill
Nahant
Winga
Snoring In All Its Varieties
A playful roomful of sleeping adults provokes a vivid orchestra of snores. Descriptions range from a bulllike roar to a grasshopper’s harp, with notes of liquor and fumes, ending as a sleeper regains control and mutters a prayer before Dozing again.
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Bashaa
Andro
Phil
Anecdote of a stranger and a sickly sheep tale
A traveller overhears farmers trading tough cattle tales at a coast tavern. They recall a neighbor with a sickly sheep left to pasture and later brought in, debating how much tallow the sheep produced. After many guesses the stranger asks the final question and cryptically replies no great amount of tallow.
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jMr
van Buren
van Barren
White House
Bia
Hydrophobia Death of Delaney Butcher Lorerine D TVenbroeck
A Delaney butcher Lorerine D TVenbroeck died after hydrophobia contracted from a house puppy bite last August. He showed early thumb pain and red streaks before spasms and foaming at the mouth led to death, leaving a wife and two children.
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Lorerine D. Tvenbroeck
Delaney
Be‘sex Street
Beauty and Crime Trial at Poughkeepsie Ends in Employer Acquittal
A six day trial before a Justice of the Peace in Poughkeepsie drew much interest. A young woman accused of stealing fur caps and capes claimed she acted at her employer’s request. The defendant swore to the employer and was exposed after vigorous defense by Megara, R D Davis, and A L Jordan, leading to the employer’s acquittal.
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Poughkeepsie
Megara
R.D. Davis
A. L. Jordan
Market Report from New York and Rhode Island Trade Data
The New York markets show about 200 pounds sold at 6 7 percent in buying sugar, groceries stock small with arrivals needed to move business. Cotton sells fairly with rising prices, some advances to 4 cents. Corn Exchange steady, flour dull, rye 18 worth 120 cents a bushel, cors 125 to 185. Packets to Liverpool and Havre detained, good bills at 9 premium, money stocks weak against higher prices. Rhode Island money market notes a tightening, with travel and possession stories illustrating higher risk.
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T'ne Manger
Liverpool
Havre
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Swallow’s Cave
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Serpet
Simon Swipes
Lynn
Samuel Wick
Nantucket
Iso
Joel Carey
Habad
State Street
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Scupser
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Nashville Banner
Fanmone Ai Nmi
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Pawtweket Chronicle
Gatien
Perifeet
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