Giants in History and Legend Compare Ancient Giants to Modern Skepticism
The article surveys myths and supposed fossils about giants from biblical, mythological, and historical records. It notes examples from Scandinavia and Greece, references to Adam and Og, and debunks oversized bones as misinterpretations or animal remains. It argues humanity has not degenerated and emphasizes careful examination of giant claims.
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Yankee Robinson
Antzeus
Hercules
Ossa
Pelion
Heaven
Jupiter
Mount
Zina
Adam
Arctic
Antarctic
Bashan
England
Noah
Abraham
Moses
Pomponius Mela
India
Father Khetel
Tentuboch
Marius
Alexander Bertrand
Globe
Herodotus
Perseus
The Old Flag and Its Rattlesnake Emblem in American Spirit
The essay recalls the rattlesnake flag from the Bon Homme Richard and Culpeper minute men, praising its symbolism of liberty and warning against reviving the flag. It notes Audubon once favored a wild turkey emblem but dismisses it as unsuitable for modern times. The gray bird remains established as a national symbol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culpepper County
Virginia
Randolph
Audubon
Turkey
Rain After a Dry July Day Brightens Parched Land
Five o clock in the evening on July 27 brings a heavy cloud and a welcome shower after a burning day. The rain washes dust from the fields as leaves brighten and cattle panting in pastures find relief while the sky darkens and distant thunder murmurs.
August Election Schedule by State and Office
General elections are held this month with state officers and Congress in Alabama Texas on the first Monday. Kentucky for Congress. Missouri for Governor and Supreme Court. Iowa for the new Constitution and county officers. On the first Tuesday Tennessee votes for Governor and Congress. On the second Thursday North Carolina votes for Congress.
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Alabama
Texas
Congress
Kentucky
Missouri
Supreme Court
Iowa
Tennesse
Congres
North Carolina
The Value of Cultivating the Beautiful in Life
An essay urging education in beauty, arguing it enriches mind and heart. It praises nature and art as essential, notes beauty’s divine origin, and links refined taste to happiness, refined homes, and moral character. It contends both poor and rich benefit, with luxury of taste aiding unselfish joy.
Celestial Show as Venus and Jupiter Appear
The report notes Venus and Jupiter visible in the night sky near midday with Venus rising from behind trees at 12:30 and Jupiter following at 2:00, described as extraordinarily brilliant as they chase across the heavens. It also mentions Dr. Franklin lying in an unmarked grave beneath a flag-stone hidden by a brick wall, with a telegraph pole marking the spot.
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Venus
Jupiter
Suame
Dr. Franklin
Counterfeit One Dollar Bills Circulate Plainly Passable
Counterfeit one dollar notes have begun circulating appearing grayish and highly convincing. About half of passers by are counterfeit and mimic genuine bills closely. Authorities warn to refuse such notes.
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Loox Suarp
Eternity and the Unending Life of God
A devotional meditation on eternity contrasting earthly fading beauty with the perpetual, unchanging life of the Almighty. The text extols time’s failure to touch the divine, describing eternity as endless, undecaying, and eternally blessed. It emphasizes divine permanence, inexhaustible love, and unceasing harmony in heaven.
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Earth
Bourne
God
Affection as Strength Within Family Bonds
The author urges embracing warm emotions over distant dignity and urges parents to teach children to love, cherish fraternal ties, and value affection. He warns against treating affection as weakness and promotes binding families with strong, heartfelt bonds through daily acts of love.
Duel over slander ends in aborted challenge
Raelf of Kansas and Brown of the Herald of Freedom arranged a duel after a slander dispute. They prepared with cow hides as weapons but could not agree on where strikes were allowed. They returned without an honor fight, with no clear indication of further pursuit.
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Raelf
Kansas
New York
Brown
Herald of Freedom
The Hour of Death Comes for All
The passage speaks of the approaching end and the inevitability of death. It reflects on the warmth of life turning cold and motionless, the pale countenance, the silenced voice, and the irrevocable doom we all face as dust to dust.
Massive 8000 Pound Copper Lump From Cliff Mine
Detroit reports the largest lump of nearly pure copper mined to date weighing eight thousand pounds. It stems from the Cliff Mine and is part of a winter discovery mass said to total at least two hundred tons of the same metal.
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Detroit
Cliff
Salem church sparrs on discipline over wayward brother
A Salem church faced a disciplinary action as a wayward brother neared excommunication. A public meeting outside the church resolved not to readmit him unless he returned in as good condition as when delivered to the church.
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Salem
Bloody affray near Evansville involves white mob and Black colony
Monday's Evansville Journal reports a Friday night attack near six miles from town by 40 to 50 masked whites on a Black colony. Combatants used bowie knives and clubs. several were wounded, with Joseph Glass shot in the head and Alexander Maddux badly cut. Glass reportedly died. others injured.
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Vanpersuraa
Evansville
Alexander Maddux
Joseph Glass
Glass
Maddux
Revolutionary Cannon Ball Accident in Norfolk Salute
In Norfolk Virginia on July 2 an old Revolutionary War cannon was cleaned and fired for Independence Day. The vent was cleared and a small charge ignited, blasting a door panel and scattering a six pound cannon ball across the street.
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Norfolk
Virginia
United States
Sayings of Luther on Original Sin and Self Control
The text recounts Luther comparing original sin to a beard that cannot be shaved away. He urges persistent effort to resist sin. He notes tribulations drive him to seek company with pigs and compares the human heart to a grinding mill that consumes whatever is inside it.
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Luther
Jonas
European sojourns of New York newspaper chiefs families
The chief editors of New York City leading papers are venturing to Europe with their families. Bryant of the Evening Post, Raymond of the Times. Greeley plans an October sail for a year. Bennet’s wife lives in Paris and spends at least $25,000 annually of the Herald income.
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New York City
Europe
Bryant
Evening Post
Raymond
The
Times
Paris
Greeley
Bennet
Herald
June Murders and Crimes Reported in New York
In New York during June six murders nine garrotings six burglaries four perjury and forgery cases eighteen violent assaults nineteen larcenies eleven counterfeitings three cuivides and a riot daily for general amusement were recorded.
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New York
Chinese Sugar Trial Says Cane Juice Granulates Like Sugar Cane
Reports from Louisiana and Washington Illinois confirm Chinese Sugar Cane yields syrup that granulates well and makes high quality sugar. A planter expects 40 000 from 200 acres this August while Belchers refinery in St Louis finds the product superior.
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Louisiana
Messrs. Belchers
St. Louis
Washington, Ill
Signers of the Declaration by Occupation and Nativity
A historical note lists signer occupations such as printers lawyers physicians farmers merchants and others. It details nativity by colony and countries, names Benjamin Franklin Eldridge Gerry Stephen Hopkins and Thomas Stone among the oldest and youngest signers, and mentions rapid railway travel from Chicago to New York and Detroit scenes.
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Massachusetts
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Rhode Island
Maine
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Scotland
South Wales
Benjamin Franklin
Eldrige Gerry
Stephen Hopkins
Thomas Stone
Thomas Jefferson
Harp Cast—Lafayette Jour nal Reports Husband’s Brash Act
John Bromnel, a railway brakeman, returned midnight to find his wife hosting a lodger. He broke a window pane and reached the lodger’s pantaloons to seize a pocketbook, witnessed by his wife and the lodger. Bromney was jailed after a morning complaint.
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Lafayette Journal
John Bromnel
Bromney
Editor Bennett Buys Fort Washington Country Residence
Bennett of the New York Herald has purchased a country home at Fort Washington facing the Hudson. The estate fronts 800 feet, costs $95,000, and will receive $100,000 in European art influenced improvements for an editor's retreat.
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Bennett
The
New York Herald
Fort Washington
Hudson River
Ten Dollar Counterfeit Note Features Noted at Wheeling Bank
A damaged description from Wheeling notes discusses a counterfeit ten dollar bill alleged to be from the Northwestern Bank of Virginia. The note reportedly shows a large ten in the center and a heavy ruling around the title and the words Ten Dollars.
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Bank of Virginia
Wheeling
Mutiny in India Spreads as Delhi Still Falls
General intelligence notes the mutiny expanding in India with twenty three regiments joining rebels but Delhi remains under insurgent control. General Anson dies of cholera and Sir Colin Campbell takes command. Advices from Delhi awaited and overall crisis easing.
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India
Delhi
Anson
Sir Colin Campbell
China
Italy
Spain
House of Commons
Lindsay
Marcy
Lord Palmerston
Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
Niagara
Paris
Mazini
Bengal
Indian disturbances push Minnesota to ten company guard force
Washington reports three more companies ordered to Forts Independence Hamilton Mackinaw and Sault Ste Marie bringing Minnesota's garrison to ten amid Indian disturbances. John C. O'Feel of Pennsylvania named Utah Indian affairs superintendent. Kansas dispatch says tensions may quiet without bloodshed.
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Washington
Forts Independence
Hamilton
Mackinaw
Sault Ste Marie
Minnesota
John C. O’feel
Pennsylvania
Territory
Utah
Kansas
Funeral of murdered policeman Anderson attracts large crowd
New York on July 27 reports a funeral for Anderson the murdered officer drawing many Metropolitan police and firemen to Greenwood Cemetery. The procession stretched about a mile and a half with no disturbance. Earlier that night fires destroyed stables on Court street serving the Brooklyn line to Greenwood, burning seventy horses and large hay and oats stocks.
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New York
Anderson
Metropolitan Police
Greenwood Cemetery
Court Street
Brooklyn
Greenwood
Poisoned wafers panic in Buckeye street district
A man and boy distributed arsenic tainted lozenges to children on Buckeye street near Poplar and Locust. Twelve children fell ill and eight year old John Schuh died. The coroner held an inquest as the case stirred the neighborhood. Later a drunken German known as Rat Peter admitted selling poison wafers he cast onto sidewalks.
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Buckeye Street
Poplar
Locust
John Schuh
Peter
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California
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Weller
Fremont
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