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Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876 · Vershire, Vermont
A detailed account of the Vermont Copper Mining Company's large-scale operation at Vershire, describing the roasting, smelting, and human and environmental costs of the copper industry there.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 18, 1876 · England
A fragment of commentary on a Victorian utopian health scheme, imagining a city called 'Hygeia' where government control of housing and habits could push death rates down and life expectancy to fantastical extremes.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 20, 1873 · St. Louis, Missouri
A federal judge blocks a state official from seizing and selling the Missouri Pacific Railroad over a disputed multimillion-dollar lien, a small but telling episode in the era's railroad-versus-state finance wars.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 10, 1873 · St. Louis, Missouri
A behind-the-scenes look at a proposed river-shipping monopoly that would have combined dozens of steamers on the Mississippi under one company.
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · April 10, 1870 · Rome, Italy
An editorial denouncing foreign newspaper correspondents in Rome for spreading falsehoods about the Pope and the Vatican Council, reporting that several are to be expelled — a small window into the press war surrounding the First Vatican Council.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 13, 1873 · Indian Territory
A brief dispatch on Arapaho warriors reported to have left their reservation, most of whom were persuaded to return — a small entry in the long record of federal Indian agency reports.
The Cairo Bulletin · July 18, 1873 · Washington, District of Columbia
Cabinet-level news from Washington, including Secretary Delano's departure for Ohio and the appointment of a commissioner to investigate an Indian massacre near Rawlins, Wyoming Territory.
La CróNica · March 5, 1873 · Venice, Italy
A serialized historical romance recounts the exiled Portuguese princess María, widow of King Sebastian, and the mysterious stranger who appears claiming to be her dead husband returned from hiding — only to be seized by agents of Venice's dreaded Council of Ten.
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · June 16, 1872
An 1872 essay argues that true civilization is not a matter of art, learning, or luxury, but of Christian charity and gentleness — a striking period meditation on culture versus character.
The Morning Star And Catholic Messenger · June 16, 1872 · France
A fragment of a serialized French novel recounts the panic of conscription during the Napoleonic wars, including young men mutilating themselves to escape the draft and mothers urging their sons to defy the gendarmes.
The Evening Bulletin · June 23, 1900 · London, England
Playwright W. S. Gilbert goes to court to stop an American actress from changing the staging of his comic opera 'Pygmalion and Galatea' in London.
The Evening Bulletin · June 23, 1900 · Taku, China
A German gunboat captain reported dead in earlier dispatches from the Taku forts bombardment turns out to be alive and well.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 13, 1885 · Barre, Vermont
A heavy snow load collapsed the roof of the Barre town hall onto the second floor before dawn, in an accident residents said had been foretold by cracking timbers days earlier.
San Antonio Daily Light · March 22, 1895 · St. John's, Newfoundland
A dispatch on Britain's plan to send an official to fund Newfoundland's fishermen after local banks and merchants failed to do so, revealing the colony's financial crisis of the mid-1890s.
Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · April 21, 1895 · Havana, Cuba
A Spanish diplomat casts doubt on an American steamer captain's account of an incident at sea, in a small diplomatic sparring match tied to the Cuban crisis.
Omaha Daily Bee 187?-1922 · February 21, 1915 · Auburn, Kansas
An elderly hermit in Kansas dug up his life savings from hiding and donated it on the spot to fund the education of Kansas children.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 25, 1876 · Goshen, Connecticut
A letter correcting the record about a statue-unveiling speech for Ethan Allen, tracing the Allen family's roots in Connecticut before their move to Vermont — a small genealogical dispute that opens a window onto the founding of Vermont's most famous family.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 18, 1876 · Charlotte, Vermont
A Vermont farmer-scientist's report to the State Board of Agriculture on ergot, the mysterious fungus destroying grain and grass crops and sickening livestock — a glimpse of 19th-century agricultural science grappling with plant disease before modern mycology existed.
Burlington Weekly Free Press · February 11, 1876 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Fifty sleighs of firewood, donated by farmers from St. Jerome and led by a beloved parish priest, rolled into Montreal to be distributed among the city's poor — a forgotten act of rural charity during a hard Canadian winter.
Southern Christian Advocate · September 14, 1878 · Lenoir, North Carolina
A Methodist correspondent tours the gold-mining hills of western North Carolina and reports on a District Conference at Lenoir, including a censure of the state's delegation and news of the still-ruined Davenport Female College.
