Fate of a Coquette and Judea Poem in Lady's Book
A serialized tale follows Emma Murray a meek 15 year old girl living with a widowed mother in a city boarding house. Melinda a flirtatious coquette and Jaques Pearson vie for Henry Walton's attention while Emma quietly endures. Henry woos Melinda then Emma, is betrayed, and through a ruse gains wealth and wins Emma as his bride. Elsewhere Whittier's Judea poem celebrates biblical lands and prophetic voices, contrasting sacred sites with modern longing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Murray
Turley
Henry Walton
Jaques Pearson
Anne ‘Turley
Melinda
Anne
Jaques
Alan Vers
Linda
Henry
Emma
Miss Anne
Mr. Pearson
Peereon
Thut
Tousands
Henry Malton
Bold Virginia Major Leads Cavalry Siege of Kentucky
A Virginia militia major named Smith commands a fortified post amid a savage uprising. Captured ladies endure brutal abuse as Indian captors threaten their lives and the story shifts to a gladiatorial arena where a Nazarene fights a Numidian lion, finally killing the beast in a display of courage and resolve.
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Smith
Boon
Virginia
Kentucky River
Seth
Apollo
Nero
Rome
Desert
Luliver
Des Moines War Chief Black Hawk Dies At Seventy Three
A condensed review lists deaths of Black Hawk at his Des Moines camp aged seventy three. The notice aggregates a broad set of 19th century items: weather, politics, fires, theatricals, and oddities. It notes Maryland politics, Boston street paving with wood, a drowned boatman found in New Albany, and a Mineral Point fire causing $12,000 loss. It mentions Georgia banks resuming specie payments, a Merchants' Exchange in St. Louis, and various society curiosities from Boston, New York, and Buffalo, with references to actors, poets, and public events. A mix of brief items and humorous quips rounds out the column.
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Alabama
New York
New York Sun
Jack Frost
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Royal William
Madame Agusta
National Theatre
Boston
Motto Steamboat Tow Damaged on Detroit River Run
A fragment notes the steamboat Motto towing a flat carrier on the Detroit River, with damage reported to freight and tow lines. The text is incomplete but indicates a maritime incident with towing complications and freight damage.
Extracts From Bulwer Never Chase Two Lies
A compact set of maxims on truth and deception. It warns against trusting confidants and warns that flattery often hides ulterior motives. It contrasts appearances with virtue and reflects on human behavior, pride, and honesty.
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Bulwer
Hog health and fattening with coal mixed feed
A Pennsylvanian farmer reports feeding hogs coal from ashes as a daily supplement, starting two quarts per pen and continuing for two years. He claims every hog fattened healthily with no sickness, and advises publishing the method for wider use. He notes neighbors tried the plan with similar success.
Peoria Report Warns of Unfulfilled Hopes for Casualty Hope
The Peoria Register reports the sixth day notes hopes for a toomenil casion fading as sickness in the place remains high. Despite earlier optimism that the illness was abating, authorities warn the area is still very sickly and conditions show no improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Wooden pavements rise and creak in rain soaked streets
A Star report notes wooden pavement blocks lift and creak where carts pass on a rainy day, likening the sound to frogs in a mud puddle as wheels roll over the loosened blocks.
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Judea
Whittier
Bethulia
Godarene
Tabor
Galilee
Kishon
Zebulon
Naphtali
Jabin
Abinoam
Issachar
Bethlehem
Judah
Bethany
God
Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Oliver
J. Jones
Adventures OF
Hon
Joan Hall
the Gatherer
Black Hawk
Des Moines
Y Illinois River
Maryland
Tremont
West Streets
Pope
New Albany
Indiana
Argus
Mineral Point
Wisconsin Territory
Tyrone Power
Georgia
St. Louis
Louisville
Market
Floyd Streets
Rice
Jim Crow
England
Miss Clifton
Sam Slick
3D Infantry
U. S. Army
Grand E’ Core
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Cooper
Sully
Victoria
Quebec
Texas
John C Culbert
Joseph N. Nicholson
Short and Sweet
Lamar
Tam
Squire
Patrick
Cynthian
Windsor
Malden
St. Louis City
Missouri
Boggs
the Bulletin
Patriot
Hawley
Norfolk
Lincoln
Turks Island
North Pole
Captain Rose
van Demon's Land
Julia Short
Niagara Falls
Egypt
Allegany Mountains
Baltimore
Wheeling
N. Y
Boston Express
Perth Amboy
Dartmouth Collegge
Congress
Friends of the Administration
New York City
Messrs. Cambreling
Moore
Edwin Porrest
McKean
Ohio
Dinah
Sambo
Europe
Germantown
Apram
St. Oudierce
Cato the Elder
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