Headless Peddler and Ghosts on Three Mile Hill Road
Folklore from Great Barrington area recounts headless riders and spectral sightings along Three Mile Hill near Monument Mountain. Tales include a candle at a haunted spot, a headless peddler, a white apparition, and bones unearthed during early road work, with local residents recalling eerie events dating back to the 1820s.
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Great Barrington
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New Marlboro
Three Mile Hill
2 Mountain
William Cullen Bryant
Joseph Laird
Muddy Brook
Barrington
Erastus Turner
Turner
Mix Turner
Tue
Justus Adams
Mark Seeley
van Deusenville
Adams
Seeley
Three Mile Bill
Mystery Photographer Solves Flower on Coffin Enigma
A renowned photographer recalls taking two photos of a young deceased girl. In one frame a flower lay on the coffin lid, later appearing on the coffin in a second negative. The late night revelation of the moving flower unsettles him as he weighs what his eyes and film reveal.
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London Tablet
Lincoln as a Treasury Watchman
James Etter, longtime Winder building day watchman, recalls a 1863 incident when Abraham Lincoln, visiting as president, asked to take his place. Lincoln wore Etter’s badge, waited while Etter fetched Surgeon Barnes, then returned the badge and praised the substitute. Etter says Lincoln proved faithful to duty, earning unique pride as the only policeman relieved by a president.
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Treasury
James Etter
Winder
Bureau
Second Auditor of the Treasury
Seventeenth Street
Barnes
United States
Dr Barnes
Lafayette Square
Abraham Lincoln
Treasury Department
Washington Cor
Pittsburg Dispatch
Amelia Rives-Chanler criticized for fading influence in literary scene
A Nashville American cor expresses that Amelie Rives-Chanler may write less after The Quick and the Dead. Publishers overestimated Herod and Marianne sales, leaving 65 000 copies unsold. Critics say her earlier stories showed genius but were misdirected and in a foreign sounding language.
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Amelia Rives-Chanler
Amelie Rives-Chanler
Lippincott
Marianne
Cor
Nashville American
How Young Abe Lincoln Danced at a Party
A reminiscence from Gen Singleton of Quincy recalls a young Abraham Lincoln at a Springfield gathering. Miss Todd, later Mrs. Lincoln, joined a playful scene as Lincoln said he should dance with her “the worst way.” The exchange ended with Miss Todd answering that it was indeed the worst. Then a Detroit anecdote recalls jurors impasse over a battery case and a juror asking about convicting his own father and brother.
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Abe Lincoln
Gen. Singleton
Quincy
Springfield
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Miss Todd
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Detroit Free Press
Umbrella Request From Young Girl On Woodward
A rain drenched Friday afternoon a girl of about six carried a baldheaded doll into a Woodward avenue shop and asked to borrow an umbrella to carry her doll home. A boy escorted her the two blocks home after the clerk learned she lived nearby.
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Woodward Avenue
Detroit Free
Ancient Marriage Customs in Historical Perspective
The Cleveland Commercial Gazette contrasts Hebrew and Greek views on marriage, notes Sparta’s lax stance and 16 as a customary age for wives, cites Aristotle Homer and Roman dower practices, and traces changes from betrothal to Christian church influence. It surveys affinities, consanguinity, and cousin marriages across eras and laws.
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Cleveland Commercial Gazette
Sparta
Agamemmon
Gregory
Church of England
Cleopatra
Ater
Christ
Father and Son at the Depot Scolding Over Lost Baggage
At a Minneapolis Tribune report, an educational depot scene shows a harsh father doubting his boy who forgot baggage. The boy defends that he obeyed and the coachman Fred confirms the son’s truth while the father remains angry, prompting sympathy from wary passengers.
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John
Fred
Minneapolis Tribune
Holy Lands cited by various faiths in ancient text
The St. Louis Republic notes diverse beliefs designating sacred places as Holy Land. Christians recall Palestine near Jerusalem as sacred birth and life of Jesus, Muslims honor Mecca in Arabia, Buddhists point to India, Greeks revere Elis and Olympia, while Sikhs pilgrimage to Susa-Kara pillar in ancient rites.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Jesus Christ
Jerusalem
Mecca
Arabia
Mohammed
India
Elis
Peloponnesus
Olympius Zeus
Achaia
Greece
Susa-Kara
St. Louis Republic
Value of the Faith Cure
Dr. Thomas B. Hood argues that two thirds of patients visit physicians for ailments curable by strong belief in improvement. He cites nervous diseases and general toning up as fit cases and says improvement often follows a restored outlook, noting a legion of potential faith cure beneficiaries.
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Thomas B. Hood
Legion
Washington Fost
Danger of Carbolic Acid Warns of Injury Risk
Dr Bill Roth of Vienna cautions that carbolic acid used as a disinfectant can cause severe finger injuries to gangrene and even blood poisoning. He notes four observed cases and says strong risks remain, urging only skilled surgical use with professional advice.
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George W. Whitman
Albany
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Roseland
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Augusta
Ohio
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Fox
C. BF. Calhoun
Monmouth
Kansas
Ancient Brick Making and Ceramics Traditions
The article notes that ancient brick making thrived due to abundant labor time patience and a favorable dry warm climate in Egypt Assyria and Babylonia. It cites sun dried birds preserved for over 3,000 years and well preserved adobes in ancient Indian towns and walls.
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Egypt
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India
New York Star
It Should Be Carried On Phrase About Insanity Plea
The Detroit Free Press quotes a plea that every wrongful act is temporary insanity, arguing irrational behavior from a baby, horse, or dog should be understood as insanity and borne with as a defense.
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Detroit Free Press
The Times Seeks Target Circulation Milestone
The Times aims for the target circulation by deserving it and asserts it surpasses in all essentials of a great metropolitan newspaper.
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