Haunted Buck Island cabin tale of Christmas Eve revelry
A Danbury reporter recounts a Buck Island tale of a double cabin used by deserters during a conscription era Christmas Eve gathering. Residents, spies, and a beardless youth brew danger as musket fire erupts, a couple dies in a hidden grave, and the old cabin remains as a legend of music and ghostly dances on Christmas nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Buck Island
Red Fox
Moore’s Knob
Greenboro
Stophie Darlness
Home Guard
Ben Johnnet
Scabin
Foretold deaths linked by unexplained signs in Newark
Two recent Newark incidents are described as linked by subtle connections between the known and unknown. A friend learned of her dying friend Miss Runyon after finding her name on a music page, while James Roberts died shortly after a Washington family friend dreamed of his illness. A passenger notes a similar premonition regarding a sick son, and a lady in the South sensed her son’s death before reaching him. The piece discusses impressionability as a possible explanation, with supernatural possibility noted. It also contrasts with a long vacation avoidance by Rev. Dr. Charles F. Deane, praising his work ethic and urging clergy to balance duties with rest.
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Howe Dey
Confederacy
Dan
Newark
Runyon
Miss Runyon
James Roberts
Washington
Mr. Roberts
New York
Charles F. Deane
Church of the Strangers
Holy Land
Deems
Aedona
Auctioneer J Crute in Neal late of Graves' Warehouse Danville Va
Auctioneer J Crute promotes an auction associated with Neal and the late John Taylor of Graves' Warehouse Danville Virginia. The fragment references individuals and a likely estate sale context without full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.P. Hannah
J. D. Paylor
Winston
Samuel M. Jessup
Westhield
Stokes
C. S. Matlock
Cabell
Danville
J. Crute
Neal
Graves’ Warehouse
Danville, Va
John Taylor
Malarial Disease Remedies Mentioned in 19th Century Ads
An 19th century periodical cites eminent doctor Walton praising Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic as superior to cod liver oil for preventing malarial diseases. It also notes Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar aiding lung health and a Bangor reader insured for 5000 after healing claims. It mentions Hop Bitters as a universal remedy for many ailments and health accusations against a Portland murder suspect.
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H. R. Walton
Annapolis
Colden
Bangor
C. N. Crittenton
New York
New England
Pike
Portland
Oregon
Baltimore American
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Sentinel
Nereidabeth City
Elizabeth City
Spriently Journal
C. Wiley Grandy
Sallinea
Tyson & Jones
Carthage, N. C
Hannah’s Warehouse
Hannah
Anyuanr
Hinshaw & Bynum
Fourth Street
Winston, N. C
Sentinel Ite
North Carolina
Stetson
Bay State Boots and Shoes
JAS. A
Leach & CO
Thomasville Shoes
J. & P. Coats
Star Brand
M. W. Norfleet
Pearce
Piedmont
J. R. Pierce
M. W. Norfleet & CO
Alfred Webster
Rockingham Co
Ass’t
Salem, N. C
Sle Ho Palaste
Athera
Furman
Board of Agriculture
News- Observer
Henry Ward Beecher
Detroit Free Press
Cavarrn
Chicago
America
J.T. Marshall Pleasant Will
N. C
Southern Press Association
Chatanooga
L. Thornton
Warrenton
Boston
Roberts College
Constantinople
Maine
Gilead
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