Wealthy Turkey Seeks Funds From Sultan Jewels
A collection of disparate 19th century clippings includes Turkey raising 10 million dollars from Sultan jewelry, liquor bans in Pennsylvania, and Pittsburg scrap iron for sale. It also notes quotes on communism, Bank of England notes, a New York arrest for domestic assault, and various cultural excerpts.
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Turkey
Pennsylvania
Pensylvania
Pittsburg
Bank of England
Kerron
New York
Williams
Indiana
Stanford Doud
Doud
Tom Darcy and Ellen a Second Chance at Life
A factory foreman Tom Darcy overcomes drink and ruin with his wife Ellen. He returns to work, earns forgiveness, and leads a restored life, proving the power of unity and perseverance against hardship. The tale contrasts hard labor and domestic renewal with a public public health debate and social friction.
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Tom Darcy
Tom
Scott ¥Alls Manufacturing Company
Peter
Tom Carey
Peter Tindar
Ellen Goss
Mrs. Tindar
Betsy
Greg
Ellen
Saul
Tarsus
Mr. Scott
Ellen Darcy
Nellie
The Griefful Sexton and the Funeral Silence
A Worcester sexton, longtime public functionary, is seen by a stranger on church steps during a funeral. When asked who died and what ails them, the sexton solemnly answers that there is no complaint and that everybody is entirely satisfied.
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Worcester Press
Curious encounter hints at local politics
A traveler in a rural Holly Springs Mississippi precinct stops a curly headed boy on a gate post. The boy says his father is below the cow shed burying their dog Towzer who, the farmer quips, killed himself barking at candidates for Assessor. The traveler moves on.
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Bob
Holly Springs
Miss
Grant’s Wilderness victory shows true force behind numbers
The piece rebuts claims Grant failed with 130,000 at the Wilderness. It states Grant never had that many present for duty, noting 98,019 on the eve and 72,278 for Lee and Longstreet’s addends. It argues Lee behind works, Grant’s assaults costly yet superior overall.
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Chicago Tribune
Grant
Lee
Badou
Longstreet
The Loop of Yuma's Mountain Railway
A railroad feature near Yuma Arizona on the Southern Pacific Railroad is described as The Loop the first loop of its kind in railway engineering. Engineers faced grade limits while climbing a summit and used a long winding loop around the mountain. Colonel Grey devised the circular loop passing through a short tunnel and then rising to the same direction, creating a view from the rear platform above the tunnel.
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Yuma
Arizona
Southern Pacific Railroad
Grey
One Cossack Killed and the Logic of Retaliation
The London Examiner notes that the phrase one Cossack killed is a straightforward military dynamic. The advance guard of a Cossack reconnaissance is two Cossacks ahead, and if one is killed or wounded, the surviving comrade rides back to the column head. The column advances if superior in force, or the enemy falls back if weaker, with no engagement if balanced.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Republic
Civie
Shakespeare
Garrick
Johnson
Lamb
Coleridge
Hazlitt
Booth
Sir Charles Grandison
Betty
School For Scandal
Boston
New England Theater Reforms Association
Theater Reform Association
The
New York Tribune
London Examiner
50 Year Old War Department Clerk Becomes Printing Apprentice
A 50 year old former War Department clerk, with over twenty five years in service, was discharged and searched for work. He applied to a printer’s ad and became an apprentice earning about $3 a week. He plans to finish in three years and gain independence with a trade, expressing sympathy for others discharged from government service.
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War Department
Secret Society Link Suspected in Uprising Says Philadelphia Ledger
The New York letter in the Philadelphia Ledger argues police believe the International Society, known for Paris unrest, funds and orchestrates Western riots in the United States. It notes exiles after the Paris war have kept covert ties and points to Berlin Socialists funding strikes as supporting evidence. The piece claims New England lacks Internationalists, hence no uprisings there.
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New York
Philadelphia Ledger
International Society
Paris
United States
Berlin
New England
Austrian life insurance word jokes flank burglary warning
The Norwich Bulletin quotes a German phrase lebensversicherungsgesellschaft praising its length as a warning to potential victims during an insurance agent’s call. The joke notes its length can let a victim hide behind a barn rather than answer.
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Lebensversicherungsgesellschaft
Norwich Bulletin
Seed vitality and crop yields under soil treatment compared
Scientists argue that plant and animal life respond similarly to soil care. They claim grain can deteriorate under poor feeding yet improve when moved to richer soil, citing corn grown thirty years on one farm increasing in production and value.
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Maey
Port Townsend Man Resists Lynching After Fatal Shooting
CoolNESS and courage saved Henry F Sutton from lynching after he shot and killed a man in Port Townsend Oregon He returned to the saloon to collect money reloaded his weapons and threatened to kill anyone who opposed him He boarded a sailboat on the river and sailed toward British waters in a calm gesture
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Henry F. Sutton
Port Townsend
Oregon
Thermopyle Pass Width At Spartan Stand
The passage known as Thermopylae is five miles long and fifty yards wide at its narrowest point where Leonidas and his 300 Spartans perished.
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Thermopyle
Leonidas
Town Folks Plan Tragic Christmas Farm Visit
A couple and their large family visit a cousin on a distant farm and in a grim twist plan to kill him and his wife when they return to the city for Christmas. The story portrays a doomed trip born from affection that sours into violence.
A Nut for the Strikers Railroadsentitled to profits in strike turmoil
The piece argues railroad companies are the sole beneficiaries amid strike upheaval. It claims they suffer no losses while others falter, citing idle trains and damages. It warns the state bears costs from property destruction and may recoup them from workers’ wages.
Democrats blame Republicans for House act in Ohio platform
Washington correspondent notes Ohio Democrats frame their platform to place sole responsibility on Republicans for a House action. He claims ninety-seven Democrats cast votes against and only thirteen opposing, with several Republicans among them. no Democrats in the Senate voted against the bill.
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Washington
Cincinnati Gazette
Ohio
Senate
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