Lunatic Abducts Officer in Lancaster Asylum Caper
A parish officer transported a man to the Lancaster asylum under court order. The lunatic learned of the detention, persuaded the keeper, and swapped places with the officer, shaving the latter’s head and placing him in a straight waistcoat while the lunatic returned home with the order, leaving townsfolk stunned at the mistaken detention.
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Virginia Know Nothing Letter Warns Against Abolition Ties
A Virginia Know Nothing writer to the New York Herald warns that abolitionist influence in Massachusetts and the North threatens the Know Nothing movement. He argues Know Nothingism must stay clear of abolitionism, lest it be driven apart along sectional lines.
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New York Herald
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Pins
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New England Colleges and Judge Loring Controversy
The Massachusetts Legislature faces a petition to remove Suffolk County Probate Judge Edward Loring, noted for enforcing laws during the Boston riots. Harvard Law School appoints him as a permanent professor, triggering opposition nationwide. Critics label the move abolitionist influence and fear it signals a shift away from traditional Massachusetts education.
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Massachusetts
Edward Loring
Suffolk
United States
Boston
Loring
Law School
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Fnn
North
Henry Wilson
United States Senate
Constitution
Nee
The Paper Trade and Global Production Volumes
A historical note on paper production growth from 40 years ago to modern machines, claiming a single day output of 60 000 sheets per set of machines and a world-encircling volume if yearly outputs were combined. It compares U S Britain France and export shares and hints at usury law debates.
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Nori
Noticy
Ordary
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United Statics
France
Britain
United States
England
Scien
Dying Words of Napoleon and Josephine Across the Stormy Night
An account recounts Napoleon’s final hours and Josephine’s fading image as the storm rages. Montholon notes fragments of phrases linking France and the army to Josephine. The narrative contrasts a placid face with a violent gale and a dramatic Isle of Elba reference. A Chicago dispatch then describes a brutal winter in 19th century America with snowbound trains and drifting blizzards over miles of tracks.
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Josephine
Montholon
France
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Elba
Franca
John C. Abbott
Using up the Turks in war effort and resources
A Constantinople correspondent for the London Times argues Turkish military power is exhausted by war. He notes Omar Pasha's remnant army sent to the Crimea, claims Turkish forces are depleted since 1854, and says ministries lack will or funds while Western powers steer policy.
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Novel concert between a mouse and a canary bird
Reading from a Bolson Traveller item dated January 31 describes a strange nocturnal duet heard through a wall. A mouse mimicked a young canary, then a canary’s song grew clear until a rat chorus interrupted the performance. Breckenridge declines appointment due to his wife’s illness.
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