Discovery of Kidd Treasure Hole Spurs Maine Legends
The Boston Post reports a hole near Ebers Point Bangor area may hold a box 12 by 16 inches linked to Captain Kidd treasure. Locals have dug the ground hoping for relics, with a lip and broken key found near the site cited as proof, fueling pirate lore and national fascination.
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Bangor
Boston Post
Kidd
America
South Carolina
Eber’s Point
Maine
Messrs
Woodman
Buzzell
Historii Bose
Captain Kidd
Gold Legends and Maine’s Romantic Treasure Tale
The piece surveys pirate legends across the Atlantic coast from Virginia to Maine and notes Poe’s The Gold Bug as fiction. It highlights a Maine discovery as a key historical contribution to a period of romantic action and hints at a future genre cycle akin to Richard Carvel.
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Kidd
England
Atlantic
Edgar Poe
Vvirginia
New Jersey
Long Island
Boston
Maine
Richard Carvel
Senators Prepare for Retirement as New Congress Opens
A large group of distinguished senators will retire next March as the new Congress begins. Among those leaving are Baker Kansas Butler North Carolina Caffery Louisiana Carter Montana Chilton Texas Kenney Delaware Lindsay Kentucky Pettigrew South Dakota Sharp Idaho Sullivan Mississippi Thurston Nebraska Turley Tennessee Walcott Colorado. Others touted for possible defeat include Chandler New Hampshire Cullom Illinois Nelson Minnesota Bacor Georgia Berry Arkansas Elkins West Virginia Frye Maine Hoar Massachusetts Dolliver Iowa McBride Michigan Martin. Most honored figures in the Senate will exit, with mixed reputations and varied records, including Tom Carter and Butler as rising yet controversial presences and Donelaon tied to Cleveland era loyalties.
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Congress
Senate
Washington
Baker
Kansas
Butler
North Carolina
Caffery
Louisiana
Carter
Montana
Chilton
Texas
Kenney
Delaware
Lindsay
Kentucky
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Sharp
Idaho
Sullivan
Mississippi
Thurston
Nebraska
Turley
Tennessee
Walcott
Colorado
Chandler
New Hampshire
Cullom
Illinois
Nelson
Minnegotd
Bacor
Georgia
Berry
Arkansas
Elkins
West Virginia
Frye
Maine
Hoar
Massachusetts
Dolliver
Iowa
McBride
McMillan
Michigan
Martin
Eight Generations in Homestreet Report
Rev James De Normandie told the Massachusetts Historical Society he had just officiated a christening in the eighth generation from the first white settler, noting the long lineage in Homestreet. The remark highlighted deep ancestral ties and local history.
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Homestreet
James de Normandie
D. D
The
Massachusetts Historical Society
Delicate fabrics from Iloilo arrive in Manchester
A package to Mrs. Margaret Sullivan, mother of Lieut William Sullivan, carried nun’s ceiling woven by natives of Noilo. The roll included two shuttles with bobbins, a Noilo letter dated December 15 details the craft. The cloth costs $2 per unspecified yard and uses banana and pineapple fibers. Shuttles feature dark polished wood and bead guides for smooth operation.
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Philippines
Margaret Sullivan
William Sullivan
Twenty-sixth Regiment
Gays
Manchester
N. H
Noilo
Sullivan
Mr Ayers Not Dead and Saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills
A. E. Ayers of Minneapolis credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with saving his life after doctors gave up on Bright's Disease and Diabetes. He outlines a dramatic recovery after taking the remedy, notes his residence at Bath New York Soldiers and Sailors Home, and urges others to try the pills while praising their life prolonging effects.
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Minneapolis
Minn
A. E. Ayers
Bright
Bath
N. Y
N. Y., Where Mr. Ayers
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
Sirs
Dodd
Salle
A. EB. Ayers
Minnéappolis
Soldiers and Sailors’ Home
Churns Operated by New Pedal Mechanism Described
A new pedal mechanism for churns allows operation by the feet. The upright frame supports a cadence head with springs and a hinged pair of pedals attached to the base to depress the dasher in the cream.
Hails Family Pills Offered as Catarrh Cure
A notice offers a one hundred dollar reward for information leading to curing catarrh with Hail's Family Pills. The ad promises easy relief and urges readers to contact for proof or purchase details.
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Cacey
Hail
Spectacles and odd cures fill a cluttered ad page
An odd collage of fashion notes and patent medicine pitches includes the queen wearing large black rim spectacles for driving and a reading pair with different glasses. Ads tout cures for nervous and physical ailments, rubber goods, and nostrums from Des Moines to Minneapolis, with quips about office boys and aging, all on a single chaotic page.
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Acca
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Prelics of
Aneers
Tom Carter
Donelaon
Grover Cleveland
Famiar
Statehood
Iloilo
MR. Ayers
Rome
J. BR. Aesioes Co
Des Moines
S. Baker
Stax City
Myers
Pancnate
Haim Baines
Sax
Lewe
Remely
J. W.O' Buigs
Third Ave
Minseapolis
Jan
K. W. Grove
Heemaan
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