Deaths and trials stalk 1849 era justice amid epidemics
Long column recounts executions for murder and arson across multiple states, notes deaths of Major Whistler and Mormon emigration, details political and social unrest, weathered by incidents from a Rochester circus tragedy to steamboat explosions and tax on windows.
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Fio
Ues
Vender
Balimore
Tena Cooper
Wood
New York
Baldwin
St. Louis
Letitia Blaisdell
Amherst
N. H
Washington Coude
Inver
Phe
Bara Didley
Flivehall
Negro Shaner
Battila
Lexington
Henry Yellman
Alex
Jones
the Seafield
United States
Chloroform Advances Highlighted at Medical Convention
The American Medical Convention in Boston heard Dr. Nathan R. Smith report major surgical advances from anesthetics. He noted chloroform as a powerful agent with millions treated and very few fatalities, urging cautious use and proper air mixing, while praising its safety in skilled hands.
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Boston
Nathan R. Smith
Maryland
Simpson
Medel
Matt
New York
Temperance resolution and world war news in brief
At Springfield Mass the New England Conference discusses temperance and tobacco abstinence. Reports from Academie des Sciences note health effects of tobacco. The New York Tribune summarizes Europe’s wars including Brescia Genoa Hungary and Prussia. Despatches outline Franklin search expeditions and a Richmond kidnapping case involving enslaved people found in boxes.
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New England
Springfield
Mass
Academie Des Sciences
Pasher
M. Carbannal
N Y Tribune
Europe
Luly
Brescia
Genoa
Spain
Denmark
Germany
Hungary
Panchnet
Wallachia
Gem
Oanter
Transylvania
Prussia
L'rance
Richmond
Adams’ Express
Philadelphia
B. Williamson
Buttonwood Street
S. A. Smith
Smith
Fredericksburg
Patriot-leaning speech by Gov. Neill S. Brown quoted
The Tennessee governor in accepting the Whig nomination speaks against sectional fanaticism and a return to Union preservation. He asserts no pledges on the slavery question in new territories, defends Southern rights, and favors a compromise that preserves the Union even amid war.
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Neill S. Brown
Tennessee
Union
Abell
Ele
South
Bunker Hill
Saratoga
Vorktown
Bio Grende
Fle
Southern Flour Improvements Spark Domestic Milling Rise
The South sees new flour mills in Georgia and Alabama turning Leathern grain into merchantable flour for home use. Mobile City Mills can produce about six hundred barrels weekly using Alabama and New Orleans wheat, with plans for Augusta mills leveraging Cherokee region grain to reduce Northern imports. The Georgia Railroad expands trade, boosting Cherokee wheat and local prosperity as inland waterways and railways improve market access.
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Georgian
Alabama
Mobile City
Messrs. Anderson & Co
New Orleans
Georgia
Augusta
Georgia Railroad
Union
Tennessee
Seaboard
Atlantic
Mississippi
Genrain
Fountain Gorges
Cherokee
Baltimore American
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George W. Whistler
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Te East
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Civita Vecchia
Novara
Austria
France
Cagna Vecchia
Faust
Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
Oahu
Sieks
Maj. Dovalsen
Berlin
Major Donelson
Mr Polk
Pittsburgh
Dickson
Henan
Siuq
Boyd
Albany
Buffalo
Dale
Rochester
N. Y
Welch, Delevan & Nathan’s
Advertiser
William H. Crowell
George Ives
Mr. Ives
Salem
Chugrey
Chagrey
Baltupore
Bright
Andrew
Punt
California
Panama
San Francisco
Cincinnati
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Uiey
Westmoreland County
Pottisville
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Taylor
Ashtabula
Ohio
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Louis Reveille
Uli
England
Wales
Constitution
Salt Lake Valley
Evan Jones
Galuna
Joe Smith
Haip
York
Worerster
Warwick
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Tlinois
Shefield
Gall of Science
Shefkekh
Capt. Jones
Louisiana
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Tudhana
Aetternich
Sines
Prince Aletternich
Creat Bristain
Ilanging
Neve Liarmpothe
New Hampshire
Daniel Davis Farmer
Mount Veron
Dudley
Letiva Blaisdell
Angus
C. Adams
Stephentown
Rensselaer County
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Sir John Franklin
W.a
Washington
Arctic
Cape Labrador
Davis’ Straits
Bhering’s Straits
Cress
Stroudsburg
Monroe Co
Monroe Democrat
Crass
Daniel Guin
Qin
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Lang Leland Ratroad
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Dour Parig
Thompson
Longr Island
Babylon
Bedford
New York Paper
Lynn
Lyon
Sir John Oliver
Oliver
Ranior
Mount Airy
Hyer and Sullivan
Dinine B. B. Meeker
Maysville
Gene Duman
Minnesota Territory
Licking River
Green View
Paujuier County
John A. Lee
Gerris Smith
Peterboro
Madison
Mr. Smith
New York City
Isaac T. Hopper
Daniel C. Emon
Willan Kee Meys
George O. Evans
John Cochrane
Turkey
London Times
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London
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