Night on the river boat Flame and a man entombed
A riverboat tale recounts a crewman Benjamin Blower and a stranger hearing of the Flame’s famed race. The narrator recalls a brutal boiler incident in which a man becomes trapped inside a boiler room, endures boiling water, and fends off death with a marlin spike to leak the chamber. Rescue arrives as workmen pry the bulkhead and douse the fire.
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Kingdom Come
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Benjamin
Aatir
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Temperance debates and calamities in a Pittsburgh column
A long readers’ note rants about Murphyism splits within temperance groups, alleges financial crookedness, and recalls court sentences and a deadly Arkansas river voyage. It laments cleanliness, disease, and holiday cheer, weaving scripture reflections and local satire through a bleak year in Pittsburgh.
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Murphy
Murphy the Great
Troy
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Woods
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Murphyites
Tadies Temperance Alliance
Arkansas
Pittsburgh
The Religious Card-Player in a Scottish Church
A private soldier Richard Lee faced Glasgow magistrates for playing cards during divine service. He claimed lack of Bible or Prayer Book, only a pack of cards. He used card imagery to symbolize the Trinity and divine unity, invoking religious reflections with each card shown to the mayor.
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Glasglow
Scotland
Richard
God
Holy Ghost
Hendricks on Revolutions Craft A Grand American Cause
Ex governor Thomas A Hendricks spoke in Indianapolis on revolutions calling the American upheaval pure grand and necessary not a mere struggle against tyranny. He contrasted it with British and French histories saying Spain’s rule in Cuba should end and Americans deserve self government through a republican order.
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Indianapolis
Spain
Cuba
The Approaching Conclave in Papal History
A discussion on the papal election rules and conclave practices, tracing the process from the cardinals entering seclusion to the method of ballots and potential political tensions with Italy and Germany. It contrasts historic conclave secrecy with modern political influence while noting the ongoing Catholic influence in Europe. It then shifts to a biographical fragment about Theodosia Burr and Aaron Burr, highlighting Burr’s education of his daughter and her significance as a highly educated woman of her time, culminating in her early death.
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Burr
Llart
Aaron Burra
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Eves
A Daring Boy's Fate
A Coboconk Ontario tale recalls a boy chasing a deer across ice. The ice breaks, he clings to a rock for hours as his parents and neighbors search vainly, then perishes from exhaustion in view of his despairing family. The report blends moralizing labor and capital reflections with rural wisdom.
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Toronto Muall
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Ile
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