Pirates Escape as Ship Venus Pursues in Chesapeake Bay
A Virginia coast chase unfolds as the pirate sloop Dancing Molly, crewed by a wife and two daughters, slips from Governor Cameron’s blockade and joins Admiral Skagg’s fleet in neutral waters. Onlookers cheer the women’s daring maneuvers despite cannon fire.
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Virginia
Victoria
Molly
Skagg
Jast
Shere
Skaggs
Philadelphia Times
Miner survives fatal head wound after skull removal
John Harris, a miner at Gold Hill, was struck by a falling tool that cleaved his skull. Surgeons removed thirteen fragments from a sixty inch skull area. Despite weeks of recovery he later improved, travelled to England, and was deemed miraculously recovered by Gay's Hospital specialists.
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John Harria
Harris
Manson
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England
Gay's Hospital
London
Bangs and hair styles stir public opinion and moral tone
A controversial, rambling regional piece mocks bangs on girls and hair styling as moral indicators, contrasts with boys, and tosses in diverse statistics from Chicago opium use to Philadelphia Sunday papers and Galveston growth. It cites Evangeline and Mrs. Van Cott as examples, then lists varied city data and trends from 1882.
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Asagan
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