Pennsylvania Canal Contracts Move Forward Amid Rumor
Paantenvac Aug 3 Pennsylvania report states two New York firms with contracts to start on the Pennsylvania Canal have entered upon work and are proceeding to fulfill engagements. Rumor of arrests in Pittsburgh proved unfounded. a bank fall near the wagon mill is noted with Mrs Shannon and the horse mentioned in passing.
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Paantenvac
Pennsylvania
Canad
New York
Ctien
Pennsylvania Canal
Pittsburg
Fragmentary 19th Century Notice From Baltimore
An unclear Aug 18 dispatch reports a young man’s death by kicking during a mutual fight and mentions Miss Pérsey Morne of Louisa County Virginia freeing about sixteen slaves. The fragments reference a request to send enslaved people to Barbados and include scattered names and ages with faded context.
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Baltimore
Howard
John Asquith
Lawrence
Pérsey Morne
Louisa
Babetia
Mass literacy debate and a prison murder report
The piece cites Massachusetts showing over three hundred illiterate souls in a city of six hundred thousand and questions national literacy levels. It notes a murder in the Penitentiary with Edmund Johnson stabbed by Thomas Bradley, and defends strict law enforcement amid rising violence in the Commonwealth.
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Massachusetts
Suppes
Connecticut
Ams
Edmund John‘son
Thomas Bradley
Kentucky
Barrimoor August 23 Report of a Fatal Carriage Incident
An August 23 report notes a fatal event from Monday evening involving a carriage, highlighting dangers when attempting to alight from a furiously drawn vehicle. The account mentions Mise Ma attupa Bearrrr, described as the second daughter, in a clipped historical tone.
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Barrimoor
Bearrrr
Tragic Camp Meeting Visit Ends in Fatal Fall
Dr J Brevitt visiting in the country joined a camp meeting last evening at about 6 o clock. On returning a horse frightened and dashed along the road. Miss Brevitt sprang from the carriage and was instantly killed. A young lady companion was seriously injured. The driver sustained minor injuries.
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J. Brevitt
Carey
Pause in Laguayre Business Shapes War Mobilization
From Laguayre reports reach editor Alisanna that trade was halted and only essential goods moved as stores reopened. General Paez moved through Valenciani and Caracas with patrols boosting his force, while Gen Bermudez prepared forces at Cuma pa to counter Paez. A frigate lay at Laguayra guarding British merchants.
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Laguayre
Edirs Alisanna
Laguayra
Paez
Valenciani
Caracas
Bermudez_mas
Cumapa
Geo. Paez
Cusa
Caren
Important Decision in New York Case of Dean
The Oneida Observer reports Charles E. Dean was tried in Washington county for forging a note with his father innaichaw’s name as endorser without consent. The Supreme Court ruled the forged-endorser could testify. Chief Justice Savage sentenced Dean to 10 years in state prison.
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N.Y
Jug
Dean
Charles E. Dean
Washington County
Throop
Anice
Supreme Court
Stevens
Talbott
Savage
Inchaw
Pirates and Ship Skirmish Report from Cana da Island
A Malta paper relays the engagement between the English frigate Sybille under Captain Pechelle and Greek pirates at Cana da Island. The clash left a lieutenant and two midshipmen wounded, 24 sailors hurt, while two of the raiders were killed and the rest disabled. Shore casualties were cited as heavy as the island lay strewn with bodies and muskets. Upon arrival, a strong pirate nest behind breastworks was found, with over 200 armed men prepared to defend the position.
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OO Bott
Cure by whiskey bottle remedy in local hospital tale
A county incident recounts a man bitten by a copper colored snake at a hotel examiners’ site. A whiskey bottle mouth was pressed to the wound for about three quarters of an hour, drawing the poison into the bottle. Observers credited the method with a complete recovery.
New Steam Engine by Mr. Matthew Cluff of Norfolk
The Norfolk Beacon describes a new steam engine by Mr. Matthew Cluff of Norfolk. It dispenses with pistons and valves, directly applying power to the wheel for smooth, equable motion and adaptable to various machinery.
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Matthew Cluff
Norfolk
Engine idea uses steam heated water wheel sponge buckets
A Baltimore Chronicle item outlines an invention using a boiler heated water reservoir and a bucket wheel driven by steam. Aiming for a patent, the proposer describes a moveable plant end inserted into the boiler and a bottom inlet feeding water to drive the wheel, producing rapid propulsion.
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Cluff
Steamboat Babcock Arrives and Vast Engine Trials Described
A steamship named Steamboat Babcock arrives in New York from Newport Rhode Island. The piece discusses the engine, boiler, and design aimed at a future conversion to a sea vessel if needed, noting low wood consumption, waterless explosion risk, and unique steam generation via piston motion and transverse tubes. The column also recounts a letter from an asylum for the deaf and dumb, Jefferson and Adams’ deaths on the national anniversary, and various notes on gold finds in Vermont, plus a dated turtle sighting on a Delaware farm.
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Babcock
New-York
Newport
R. I
Troy Sentinel
Vermont
Newfane
French
Samuel Imam
North Carolina
England Faces Industrial Distress and Calls for Relief
From Livenroar July 22 1830 heavy sorrow over punishing factory hours and rising poverty in the manufacturing districts. Calling for immediate and effective relief to prevent worsening misery, unrest, and possible violence as prices rise and employment declines threaten the nation’s peace and enterprise.
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England
Infant-father slays boy with brutal chair beating in Bromley
A London report describes a grievous case of manslaughter where a father, enraged after a late return from school, locked his six to seven year old son in a room and beat him with a chair. The child suffered a fractured skull and mortal injuries. a surgeon could not save him. The incident occurred near Bromley in Kent as details emerged from the coroner’s warrant.
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London
Sprintystiaref
Stewart Ted
Bromley
Kent
Ivan
Uae
Inquest Opens After Unclear Morning Incident
A mother claimed her child was murdered by rain from a chatty intruder, while doctors noted discoloration from a kick. A coroner held an inquest the following day after two witnesses testified about the mysterious death and the boy’s confinement in Maidstone gaol.
Distress in Ireland and steam navigation plans emerge
Fragmented notes describe famine distress in Ireland with a Kilkenny bakery robbery and a crying woman. Mentions steam packets Cork to Bristol with provisions, Perkins propulsion experiments, and a proposed canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A Balize to Providence letter cites an Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Company contract to cut a navigable Lake to South Sea canal, employing 6000 men.
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Ireland
Kilkenny
Cork
Bristol
Tria
Perkins
Ticable
Auigniic
Pacific
Balize
Honduras
Philadelphia
Columbus
Providence
Arrived Ltd
Col. Beneski
Guatamals
Messrs. Palmer & Co
New York
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Company
Lake Iito
South Sea
Adams County Democratic Republican meeting endorses county ticket
A meeting of citizens from Adams County on August 28 1835 chaired by Geo Kerr and Jacun Leveven recommended to hold township elections September 9 to choose delegates for a county ticket. Delegates meet September 11 at Gettysburg Court House to form a ticket for Congress and state offices, with four standing committees to arrange the campaign and pre election notices.
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Adams
House of B. I
Geo Kerr
Jacun Leveven
Gettysburg
Shippensburg
Yairk
Hanover
Dhe Livain
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Mrc Shannon
Mes
Shannon
Jefferson
George Hunter
Newtown
Delaware County
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