Hope Howell and General Washington Save Father
Hope Howell travels through a cold night to seek Gen Washington after her father Albert Howell is arrested as a suspected traitor. A mysterious benefactor aids her, escorting her across a river and delivering her to safety. Washington clears Albert Howell of treason, revealing a hidden traitor in camp. Hope's faith and courage are celebrated.
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Hope
Te Wen
Morristown
Gen. Washington
Washington
Air
Hope Howell Defends Grandfather Amid 1779 Morristown Alarm
In Morristown New Jersey during the winter of 1779 11 year old Hope Howell tends a feeble grandfather while the American troops under General Washington camp nearby. The household fears the arrest of Hope’s father Albert Howell as a suspected traitor and hopes for his vindication and return to the American cause.
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Hope
Howell
Albert Howell
Gen. Washington
New Jersey
Morristown
George Washington
Hops Howell
Washington
Washington Gifts to Patty and Polly Becomes Family Folklore
The 1780 letter from George Washington to Samuel Taft shows the future president sending each daughter Patty and Polly a piece of chintz and a guineas after praising their modest looks. Washington asks Patty to confirm delivery by writing back to the President in New York. The Taft family preserves the letter and the homestead in Uxbridge as a historic keepsake.
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George Washington
Washington
Philadelphia
Uxbridge
Mass
Samuel Taft
Mr. Taft
Artford
Mrs. Washington
Dandridge
Patty
Polly
United States
New York
Ambassador Bassompierre and the mule
The marshal de Bassompierre, once an envoy for Henry IV, recalled riding into Madrid on a splendid mule sent by the Spanish king. The king joked that it was an odd sight, but Bassompierre replied that he represented the royal majesty.
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Marshal de Bassompierre
Henry IV
Spain
Madrid
Bassompierre
Spurgeon laid to rest in unprecedented UK funeral turnout
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was buried at Norwood cemetery after a vast interdenominational procession. Tens of thousands gathered, with 25 000 to 30 000 crowds surrounding the tabernacle and route to the grave, as prayers and hymns marked the solemn ceremony.
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Loxvox
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Norwood Cemetery
United Kingdom
Tabernacle
Great Tabernacle
James Spurgeon
Pierson
John Wan
Mayor Wyman of Allegheny Guilty of Extortion
The jury found Mayor James G. Wyman guilty on the first and second counts of the indictment in an extortion case. He turned pale and was supported by friends as the verdict was read, and faces up to a $500 fine and one year’s imprisonment on each count, with removal from office ordered by the court.
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Wyman
Allegheny
Pirranmon
James G. Wyman
Alleghen
Aosest
Mutual Protection Association Forms to Run Businesses
The National Organization of Negroes in Little Rock announces a mutual protection group filing articles for a stock company with 2,600,000 capital in 100000 shares of 2 dollars each. Led by prominent local colored men, the association aims to be national and admit members from any state to establish and operate race owned business houses.
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National Organisation of Negroes
Little Rock
Ark
Ent
Two Miners Held for Manslaughter in Girl's Death
Caroline Gardner a 15 year old resident of Federal Station near Pierspman Pa died after two miners Thomas and James Skidmore chased her and she collapsed in convulsions. The coroner ordered the men held for manslaughter.
Lincoln's Birthday Observed Across Cities In 1890s
The piece details Lincoln's 83rd birthday being widely observed, with banks and offices closed or half-day schedules in Chicago and Illinois. It also covers multiple commemorations in Chicago, New York, Boston, and Philadelphia featuring speeches by notable figures and club dinners honoring Abraham Lincoln.
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Lincoln
Board of Trade
the Stock Exchange
Cmicaco
Marquette Club
Washburne
Shelby M. Callum
Abraham Lincoln
Mission of America
Henry D. Easterbrook
Benjamin Butterworth
Our Party
Jonathan P. Dollivar
Iowa
Hon
John & Bunnells
Charles A. Boutelle
Maine
Davis
Moses P. Handy
Farwell
George H. Thomas Post
A. B
Robert G. Ingersoll
Incoln Council of the National Union
Central Music Hall
William P. McCabe
Congress
John H. Bryant
Mayor Wastiburne
Emil G. Hirsch
New York
Union League Club of
Brooklyn
John
Wise
John C. Burroughs
W. H. Hepburn
United States
Z. P. Pangbrrn
Butler Club
Young's
Gen. Butler
Pritapetrura
Pennsylvania Club
Miller
Taft
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Gazzman
C. Stuart Patterson
Law School
University of Pennsylvania
Typhus Raging in New York Among Russian Emigrants
New York health officials report fifty eight typhus cases among recently arrived Russian Hebrews, many from the steamship Massilia, with patients moved to hospital and lodgings disinfected. Eleven more cases follow, sparking fears of a major outbreak though not yet epidemic.
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Izty
New York
North Branch Island
Cyrus Edson
Masaillia
Massillia
James G Fair Jr dies in San Francisco at 28
James Q Fair Jr eldest son of ex Senator Fair died suddenly from heart failure in San Francisco on Friday morning after returning from an eastern trip. He was born in Virginia Nevada and was 28 years old. He spent the prior day with his father at the Lick House and collapsed after reading in his room. Physicians could not save him.
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James G. Fair, Jr
Senator Fair
San Francisco
James Q. Fair, Jr
Fair
Young Fair
East
Lick House
Virginia
Nev
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