Great Canal plans spark rivalry between Manchester and Liverpool
Historic scheme to connect inland cities via a major ship canal advances amid celebrations. Crowds along the waterway greet the first procession of boats, with 40,000 shareholders watching as works and jetties rise along the canal route. Officials claim the inland seaport will transform trade, though Liverpool fears competition and price pressures.
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Lit ‘Etpmal
Manchester
Bugisad
Mersey
Oland
Noetty
Dritala
Varpunl
Cottow
Liverpool
Torino
Opec
Lancashire
Gorest
Popal
Hotilia
Cevehiel
Willlan
Saltport
Weston
Ruscorn
Innervale
WU. Foyton
Ile Hakeross
Adamson
Loader Wii- Tis
Weaby
Sant Aqueduet
Aqueduet
Sevan
Nye Home Again The Amusing Trip To England
A humorous reminiscence by Hospar W. Nye on a London to Southampton voyage in a tweed shooting suit and porpoise skin boots. He recounts evading customs, the guard and compartment hijinks, meeting emigrants, and paying heavy duties after declaring goods. A wry portrait of transatlantic travel in 1894.
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Hospar W. Nye
Germany
Great Britain
America
Southampton
England
North
Caroling
North Carolina
Merhtime
London
Gorduroys
Brome Eamer
Mitchell
Gladstone
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Prady
South Hutchins
Kon
The Customs Duty Dilemma and a $57 Offer
A speaker rails against harsh customs rulings that limit what a traveler may carry, arguing personal dignity, station, and decades of travel ethics. He refuses to rely on further remittances, urging Congress to find other means to fund public needs while he honors a $57 offering to Mr. Carlisle and rejects feeble fiscal habits.
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Custom House
United States of America
America
Ilbarty
Europe
Mr. Carliste
Capitol
Alaska
Dakota
S Recktess
Republic
War's Bravest Dreds The Story Of Captain George Walker
A fragment from a serialized Civil War memoir describes Captain George Walker of Carter's Second East Tennessee Regiment. It portrays his daring scouting, capture in the Chattanooga campaign, his brutal imprisonment in Atlanta, and his strength as a prisoner with a heavy iron ball chained to his ankle while fellow prisoners recount his bold conduct and loyalty to the Confederate cause.
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Wilnen Prema Syndicate
A. J. Calhoun
Cavalry
George Walker
Carter
Atlanta
Walker
Somerset
Georgia Central Railroad
Confederacy
Dick Robinson
Kentucky
Daring Confederate Escapees and Civil War Courage
The article recounts Confederate prisoners like Walker at Libby and Kupp at Richmond executing bold escapes with help from trusted comrades. It highlights Owens of the First Kentucky's heroic night ride to relay Union relief, portraying nerve, strategy, and minimal emphasis on graphic detail.
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North Killiny
Kupp
Rovs
Richmond
Turner
Kepp
Major Turner
Kepp Tung
Waal
Kapp
Happ
Carey Street
Granoe P. Stuart
Edward Dawn
Mil Springs
Kentucky
Joe” Johnson
North Carolina
James Owens
Ninth Corps
Kainville
East Tennessee
Longstreet
Chattasooga
Missionary Ridge
Sherman
Burnside
Janus Owens
Wheeler
Wharton
Margas
Owens
Untitled Civil War Reminiscence Mentions Kit Carson and Texicans
A fragmented reminiscence recalls Civil War era figures and battles with Kit Carson cited as a notable figure. The narrative references Union and Confederate forces, frontier life, and distant engagements along rivers and mountains, with mentions of bravery and personal loss amid chaotic combat.
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Maree
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Mode Wheel
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Suez Canal
Amsterdam Canal
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Erie
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Thad
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Broadway
East River Bridge
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George P. Singer
Edward Dawe
Libby
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Catala
Reading
Barks County
Ruppla Libby
Gettysburg
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Cartier
Rae
Wolher
WM Steel
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Pailwey
Voemther
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Buff
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Cole Brown
Maleria
Knoxville
Mountalas
Texas
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