Amagansett Summer Scene Features Sherman and McKinley Followers
Amagansett hosts visitors linked to the 1900 era political figures as Secretary Sherman and McKinley supporters mingle with locals. The piece notes Amagansett social life, the presence of Jacy Cleveland, and contrasts Sherman’s plain living with McKinley admirers enjoying Lake Champlain and coastal leisure, including the fashion and social chatter of the time.
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Sherman
Ture Ki
McKinley
Lake Champlain
Hanna
New York
Amagansett
Jacy Cleveland
Elrole
Deaf mute man sprayed Paris green on clothes in bid to torment him
A middle aged deaf mute man in Williamsburg, Joan Ditmar, faced police after being found with Paris green on his clothes. He claimed he never swallowed poison, but used the substance nightly to torment himself and others. A stomach pump was used but no poison remained. He was released after the explanation.
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New York
Bedford Avenue
North Ninth Street
Williamsburg
Budford Avenue
Joan Ditmar
Paris
Ditmar
Riedel
Eastern District Hospital
Dick Tighe
Heaven
Tighe
Bushwick Creek
Stintéon Riedel
Paris Green
Newly Married Wife Grumbles Ice Quality in Baltimore Herald
A Baltimore Herald quip depicts a newly married housewife telling a vendor she will seek ice elsewhere. She laments the ice is far less cold than that of her mother, noting the poor quality and prompting travel to a different supplier.
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Baltimore Herald
Brave Boys and the Hessian in the Brandywine Barn
In October 1777 two Quaker brothers defend their barn from a sleeping Hessian captain. They seize his sword and pistols, force him to the Continental camp, and are honored by Colonel and Hessian guards during a camp dinner. The captured weapons end up in an old Brandywine mansion.
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Brandywine
Point Lookout
Tyne
Birmingham Meeting House
David
Ezra
England
Your Tran
Eam
Poitiers
King George's Camp
Cope
Esra
Soldi
Permition
Davel
Bera
Vans
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le Tae
Sineagans
Tett
Jaye
Mouday
Champlain
McKinsey
Sandy
Long Island
Washdington
Witt
Erastus
Secreaang
Rosue
Colt Reston
Onsym
Secre
Jary
Wome
Jona
Cache
Fay
Amagan
Reine
Ines
Mr. Henpeck
Misa
Mr. Merpeck
Bufferer
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