Deserters reprieved at Harper's Ferry amid somber parade
A Civil War scene at Bolivar Heights unfolds with a firing squad and marching troops as two deserters await execution. A telegraph dispatch to President Lincoln orders reprieve, altering the outcome. The author reports Generals Sheridan and Stevenson and the tense delay, noting a hidden hope that the sentence would be commuted.
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Bolivar Heights
St Hand
Stevenson
Harper’s Ferry
Rat
Saat
Cen
Ac Ond
Sheridan
WashingTton
D. C
Job Stevenson
Harper's Verry
A. Linco
Gen. Stevenson
Here
Baltimore
Begig
Washington
Harper's Ferry
Notable Society Notes and Public Figures Highlights
Lily Langtry pays off most of her father's Jer sey debts. Mrs. John Jacob Astor wears plain dress with heavy ruby and diamond earrings. Garrison heirs gain 50000 from Life of Garrison sale. J P Morgan to fund St George's church project costing 200000 in New York. Michigan Governor Alger declines re election. Two English ladies freed by Greek brigands return home after 2500 ransom. Hatton quotes on Dyackshere and tail myths. An American missionary bent on conversion faces a retort about coat buttons. British cabinet salaries listed. Belle Cushman Eaton, elocutionist and Charlotte Cushman kin, dies in Boston. Wendell Phillips memorial service features reading by Miss Eaton. Dr. Humphrey Sandwith recounts a humorous election anecdote from Marylebone.
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West Kensington
Marathon
Joseph Hatton
Borneo
Listner
Belle Cushman Eaton
Charlotte Cushman
Boston
Tremont Temple
Wendell Phillips
William Warren
Reverend Thomas Thomas A Fayetteville 114 Years Old
The centenarian minister Rev. Thomas Thomas of Fayetteville Arkansas is reported at age 114 and poses the question Why will ye die to his audience, reflecting on mortality and faith.
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Thomas Thomas
Fayetteville, Ark
Boston Transcript
Digestive Impact Of Liquors Tea And Coffee Professed
Dr W Roberts notes that liquors tea coffee and cocoa slow chemical digestion but boost gland and muscle action. Distilled spirits retard saliva and peptic digestion only slightly when used sparingly. Wines hinder salivary digestion and peptic digestion but stimulate stomach glands and muscles. Tea paralyzes saliva even in small amounts and strong tea tannin harms digestion. Coffee and cocoa are detrimental in excess. Warner’s Tippecana is praised for aiding digestion in a dyspeptic patient.
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W. Roberts
England
T.T. Seals
Bellaire
Ohio
Warner
Tippecan
Market Reports Highlight Grain and Livestock Prices
The report lists prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, flaxseed and bran with various grade distinctions. It also shows fat and dairy prices for butter, cheese, eggs, pork, lard, and meat futures, alongside cash and futures quotes from Milwaukee and Curacao, reflecting market activity for grains, feeds, and dairy products.
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Dees
Kapolis
Milwaukee
Red Star Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
The ad extols Red Star Cough Cure as the easy remedy for colds and hare catching. It prices the medicine at twenty five cents and claims simple purchase requirements for relief.
Burial of Louis Riel Quietly Carried Out
Louis Riel’s remains were removed from the police barracks and buried in a vault beneath the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Pere Andre oversaw the ceremony with tight secrecy to avoid demonstrations. The plain black coffin bore the inscription L. R., 1885 and the burial was conducted with few attendees.
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Louis Riel
Riel
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Pere Andre
Winnipeg
L. R
Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as a universal cough cure and notes it appears in druggists. It contrasts the product with other remedies and references a health claim concerningомин Gen Fremont and a Minnesota resident praising Brown's Iron Bitters for weakness and limb pain.
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Warner
Henderson
Washington Ave
Minneapolis
Minn
Brown
Minneapolis Man Killed by Railroad Motor
John Rollin of Minneapolis was ground to death when struck by a railroad motor. The incident occurred near the tracks with authorities called to the scene.
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John Rollin
Minneapolis
A Fact Worth Remembering
A severe cold or cough may be cured by Allen's Lung Balsam per directions. It is sold at drugstores and is harmless for delicate individuals and children. The Duluth coal receipts this season total 650050 tons.
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Allen
The Youths Companion Subscription Offer and Testimony
The Youths Companion offers free delivery to January 1 1886 and a full year from that date to January 1887 for 1.7, boasting nearly 350 000 subscribers. A testimonial praises Athlophoros for rheumatism and neuralgia with Mrs. Orville Stone of Englewood Kansas claiming relief.
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Your' S Companion
Orville Stone
Englewood
Kan
Saskatchewan Fife Wheat in car lots
Warranted genuine sample and price list available. W J Arn NeTHy, sole originator, Minneapolis, invites inquiries for Saskatchewan Fife Wheat offered in car lots with sample and price details.
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Saskatchewan
W. J. Arn Nethy
Minneapolis
Advertising claims for tonics and shoe stiffeners in early catalog
An array of patent medicine and hardware ads touts Allen's Iron Tonic with J P Allen St Paul signature, Piso's Cure for Consumption as opium free, and Lyon's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners promising savings from boot wear.
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Allen
J.P. Allen
St. Paul, Minn
Lyon
Grand Union Hotel Ad Near Grand Central Depot
Advertisement notes Grand Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot in New York City with 600 elegant rooms and rates from $1 per day. Promises travelers $3 carriage hire and baggage transfer savings, offering European style accommodations for arriving passengers.
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Grand Union Hotel
N. Y
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baltimore Telegraph Office
War Department
Harper’s Peace
Department
Hart Ferry
Lincoln
New York
Wheeling
Cumberland
Martinburg
Buffalo
Chicago
Huzza
James Franklin Firts
Lily Langtry
Island of
Jersey
John Jacob Astor
Garrison
J. Pierrepont Morgan
St. George’s Church
Alger
Michigan
Boston Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Treasury
Exchequer
Ireland
Privy Council
India
Admiralty
Board of Trade
Humphrey Sandwith
Kars
Marylebone
Market Reports
Facts For Families
Gen
Fremont
Duluth
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