Lyon suspects in Salonica murders and Paris pony craze
May 17 to 18 reports detail McKee and Maguire in St Louis jail. Eleven convicted for Salonica murders with six executed in a public square watched by a harbor crew from French and German warships. Narrative then shifts to the Paris pony fashion craze and a Newark chalice gifted to Archbishop Purcell, valued at four thousand dollars, featuring diamonds and amethyst engravings. A double murder in Johannisburg Illinois ends with a gunman on the run after killing a constable and threatening others, with lynching expected if captured.
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McKee
Maguire
St. Louis
Salonica
Purcell
Cincinnati
Newark
N. J
Advertiser
Peter
Paul
the Virgin
Associated Press
Nashville
Illinois
Johannisburg
Fritz Grendeman
Welking
Grendeman
Washingtons old church in Alexandria preserves historic worship
The 1765 church in Alexandria Virginia consecrated in 1778 features thick 22 inch walls with bricks from England. Ivy covers two sides and an ancient ivy lined churchyard holds quaint epitaphs. Washingtons pew and a marble tablet honor him, with a Lee memorial nearby and a preserved Masonic Lodge room linked to Washington.
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Alexandria
Virginia
Washington
England
George Washington
R. E. Lee
Masonic Lodge
King
Antietam
Diplomats Reach Partial Consensus on Turkish Question
Representatives from Germany Austria and Russia show a unified stance toward the Turkish issue. They appear to have arrived at a pacific policy approach, signaling a move away from potential confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Austria
Russia
Mrs. Hercules Defies Governor Tryon in Norwalk
Barbara Bidlack, famed as Mrs. Hercules, confronts British General Tryon in Norwalk during his 1779 invasion. She serves him a hot dinner threat, traps him with a boiling kettle, and ejects him from her doorway, then the house is burned after his departure.
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Tryon
Connecticut
Fairfield
Norwalk
Kingsbridge
Horseneck
East Haven
North America
Barbara Bidlack
Knox
Hercules
Haven
Brier Creek
Eden Crane
Barbara
Tryen
Lion reclassified as weaker than tiger say scientists
Professor Samuel Houghton argues in Nature that lion fore limbs are 699 percent and hind limbs 659 percent of tiger strength. He claims five men can hold a lion, nine needed for a tiger, noting tigers kill lions in arenas. Dr Livingstone also dismisses the lion as a symbol of power.
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Samuel Houghton
Martial
Livingstone
England
Centenary notices and exhibitions across continents
The article surveys religious and educational efforts linked to Furman University and Baptists, Universalist and Episcopal actions, and a sweeping history of international exhibitions from 1851 onward, highlighting their influence on industry, art, and civil progress. It also describes Schroeder’s proposal for an airship lantern display to illuminate Philadelphia during the Centennial.
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New York Graphic
Prince Albert
Wellington
South Kensington Museum
Europe
Ireland
Cork
Dublin
Paris
Manchester
New York
Amsterdam
Haarlem
Holland
Florence
Naples
Brussels
Rome
Havre
London
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Moscow
Alexander Gardens
Vienna
America
Delicate Bounds of Astronomical Calculation
A essay explains how tiny angular measurements are in astronomy. It cites a French authority and an English defender to illustrate that a second equals a hair’s breadth at vast distances, challenging readers to gauge the reliability of astronomers.
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Jlome
Local rascal Jimmy BuLaANenard arrested for theft
A man known as Jimmy BuLaANenard, who posed as Charlie Ross and was praised in his New England village, has been arrested on a theft charge. The case centers on his deception and alleged stealing.
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Jimmy Bulaanenard
New England
Charlie Ross
Victoria Declared Empress of India by British Parliament
The Royal Titles bill passes in Parliament declaring Queen Victoria Empress of India in a ceremony signaling imperial stature. A broad sweep of items follows including legal verdicts and foreign affairs notes, with cultural and religious commentary threaded through.
Emperor of Brazil Frees Interview With Literary Ladies
A New York Herald correspondent reports four American women linked to the Centennial sought an interview with Dom Pedro in Chicago. Mrs. Willing led the party, but only two were press reps, others were curious visitors. A misstep about Valparaiso caused a diplomatic pause, and Mrs. Willing steered the group away.
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Queen Victoria
India
A. C. Dawes
Jefferson City
Prince of Wales
George IV
Frances Anne Jones
Liverpool
General Moultrie
Fort Sullivan
Charleston News and Courier
Palmetto Guards
Spurgeon
Moody
Mother of
Moses
New York Sun
Brazil
Grant
Dom Pedro
Alcantara
Rubenstein
New York
Coney Island Road
Baltimore
Carlos Gomez
Senor Gomez
Philadelphia
The
Chronique Des Arts
Dom Gueranger
Peter
Rome
Ostrianum
Linus
Cletus
Ostrian
Cornelia
Christ
Tertullian
Marcion
Optat de Mileve
Ennodius
Pavia
St. Damascus
Vatican Basilica
Furcus Dionysius Philocalus
Imperial
Vienna
Alexander VII
St. Peter
Beruni
Vatican
Pius IX
Pudens
Sedes Gestatoria
Hercules
New York Herald
Chicago
Willing
Women’s Temperance Union
Valparaiso
Chili
Willing Rose
The Geography of the Future and Oceanic Reversal
The piece speculates on massive global change with southern oceans draining to form new land, northern continents sinking, and new Gulf streams reshaping the Mississippi Valley. It cites calculations and evidence from oceanic deposits as basis for these scenarios. Boston Advertiser notes a patent for a grain-handling machine reducing elevator dependence.
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Central Asia
Europe
North America
Atlantic
Lake Superior
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi
Boston Advertiser
Advertising rates for Clermont Courier
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square for first insertion ten lines, 0.50 for each additional insertion. A yearly discount applies to ads. Business ecards up to six lines cost 86.00 per year.
Cortes and the Saintly Eyes in a Hellbound Flame
A dramatic poetic fragment from Atlantic Monthly presents a tortured speaker facing the consequences of betrayal. He confronts a gate as hellish shadows hold still while a pure gaze offers a saintly response and a plea for a joyous place to dwell.
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Hell
Cortes
Atlantic Monthly
Poison Tea Case in Niagara Falls Village
The wife of a prominent merchant became ill after supper in Niagara Falls village. Dr. Rice diagnosed poisoning from tea made with water boiled with a cigar stub, placed on the stove by the husband. The tea was refused by others due to a foul taste. The patient survived after a severe ordeal.
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Niagara Falls
Rice
Odds and Ends Mosaic of Proverbs and Notices
A collage of quips and verses touches on time, ritual fruit names, and moral maxims. It cites Lord Mayor fines over cattle on uncleaned trains, praises labor, recalls Maine mischief, and muses on truth and virtue through brief passages and poems.
May queen crowning in Killingly described with odd attire
The Norwich Bulletin recalls a charming May queen ceremony in Killingly Connecticut noting a queen wearing waterproofs and rubbers with pork in red flannel. It reflects on speech delivery and mentions Presbyterians selling 143000 copies of a new hymnal in the past eighteen months.
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Norwich
Killingly
Presbyterians
Mutiny Aboard British Steamer Crocus Ends in Shipboard Chaos
The Crocus carried eight hundred fifty Chinese laborers to San Francisco. a mutiny broke out two days from Hong Kong led by ringleaders among the passengers. The captain fired over their heads and used heated pokers and water to force discipline. He later took on extra crew in Yokohama.
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Crocus
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Piet Canton
Yokohama
Crete
Aes
California
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George Herbert
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Baptists of
South Carolina
Furman University
Beirut
Syria
Jessup
Yale
Pennsylvania Bible Society
Universalist Church
Stoughton
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St. Mark’s Church
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St. Jerome
St. Augustine
St. Ambrose
American Tract Society
Wm. Strong
Schroeder
Philadelphia Times
W. F. Schroeder
Sunday World
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Cc. H. Woodman
Paradise
Virgil
Ovid
Buffington
Maine
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Celeste M. A. Winslow
Red Cloud
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