Old Canada the violent elephant terrorizes Forepaugh show
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts Romeo known as Old Canada a fierce elephant in Forepaughs menagerie. After an attempted pairing with Lallah Rookh Romeo killed a keeper and damaged property. He was haltered bound and subjected after hours of torture to force submission by his trainers.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Romeo
Hatboro
Connersville
Ind
Lallah Rookh
Forepaugh
Mr. Forepaugh
Sim
Ife
Guy
Sunken Lake in Cascade Mountains Stuns Explorers
Sunken Lake lies in the Cascade Mountains about 75 miles northeast of Jacksonville Oregon. The walls rise two thousand feet steep to the water with no beach, its depth and exact length and breadth are uncertain, and no living man is said to have reached the water's edge. The lake sits silent and mysterious in the mountains, seemingly scooped out by genies.
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Sunken Lake
Cascade Mountains
Jacksonville
Oregon
Anecdote of Clay Adams and Gallatin at Ghent paintings
A Charleston editor recalls a 1838 Lexington barbecue honoring Robert Hayne. Mr Clay tells an anecdote about a Ghent painting swap with Adams and Gallatin, wagering paintings in a game of ecards and All Fours, a tale never before printed.
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South Carolina
Lexington
Robert Y. Hayne
Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston
Mr. Clay
Ashland
Mr. Adams
Adams
Mr. Gallatin
Virgin Mary
Clay
Philadelphia Home of Anna Dickinson Described by Mrs Stanton
Mrs Stanton writes from Philadelphia where she met Miss Anthony at Anna Dickinsons home on Locust Street. The eight story brick house is well furnished with engravings books and statuary. Anna is away but her family hosts, highlighting Napolean and Shakespeare as patron saints and the mothers witty remarks about Annas world of fame.
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Mrs. Stanton
Philadelphia
Miss Anthony
Anna Dickinson
Locust Street
Adalina Grimke
Anna
Napoleon
Shakspeare
Cate
Silver Nugget Donated to Pope Reflects Foundry Tale
A 16 inch silver bar weighing 266 pounds is presented by a California donor to Pope Pius XI. The piece, said to be forged from coast mines, was created at a Brannan Street foundry and inscribed to the pope’s family. The act is likened to Cromwell’s Ironsides and a call to “melt them into coin, and let them go about doing good.”
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California
Brannan and
Seventh Streets
Montgomery Street
Cromwell
Twelve Apostles
Brig sails for Cuba with mixed crew and Cuban Junta cargo
The brig has departed with fifty American and thirty Cuban crew members. It carries 107 cases of arms 900 cases of cart ridges 25 cases of ammunition and 340 kegs of powder. Chartered and loaded by the Cuban Junta it aims to land in Cuba under protection of a steamer that left two weeks earlier.
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New York Commercial Advertiser
Cuba
Fremont and wife occupy Washington apartments for Senate rail vote
General Fremont and his wife have taken furnished rooms in Washington to oversee the Memphis and Pisco railroad project, planning to reside there during the Senate debate on the bill. The move signals close attention to the railroad legislation's progress and potential impact on national interests.
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Gen. Fremont
Eimter
Washington
Senate
Memphis
Silk-worm eggs shipped from Japan to France for trials
The Chicago Evening Post reports two tons of silk-worm eggs in transit from Yokohama to Lyons by steamer and rail, arriving in good condition in Chicago. Eggs rest on cardboard on shelves in boxes, temperature controlled with stoves, and reboarded on a Blue Line refrigerator car for New York.
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Chicago Evening Post
Yokohama
Japan
Lyons
France
San Francisco
New York
Havre
Blue Line
Irance
Old Oxford sycamore hosts owl family for sixty one years
On Oxford road near Burlington New Jersey a hollow sycamore tree has housed an owl family since 1807. The tree sheltered the birds through tampering and arson attempts by locals and visitors, with the farm owner protecting them. The owls greet their benefactor each evening and have become a noted local curiosity for ornithologists.
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New York Evening Post
Oxford Road
Burlington
N. J
John D. Parrish
Oxford Farm
Sycamore
A Good Character and Courageous Seamen Highlight Local News
A moral on character frames a lesson for youth stressing that wealth without integrity brings misfortune and happiness relies on virtue. Seven sailors refused a seaworthy ship in Quebec, later perished aboard Edna near Ireland, while Skiddaw returned home safely. A Racine barber incident shows school pressures influencing style. A giant trout from Lake Bilger weighs twenty six pounds, with past catches larger. Help others to ease your own burden, and keep faith with steady character.
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Quebec
Edna
Montreal
Ireland
The Narrative of Mr Dickson and His Church
A speaker recalls giving money to a church over three years and being named brudder Dickson then Mr. Dickson by parishioners. After a period of poverty he gave nothing and was called the nigger Dixon before leaving the church. The tale ends with the customer satisfied by the explanation.
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Dickeson
Brudder Dickson
Mr. Dickson
Scotish Double Man At James VI Court
A historical note from Rerum Scotiarum Historia tells of a two bodied man at James VI's Scottish court. The upper and lower parts shared sensations differently and both heads learned music and languages while ruling together. The creature died at twenty eight, one body dying days before the other.
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Rerum Scotiarum
James Jel
Scotland
Philadelphia Breaks Up Predatory Band Known as Forty Thieves
Philadelphia authorities dismantle a predatory group calling itself the Forty Thieves. Their alleged queen was the preacher’s daughter from Germantown Penn who previously served as a missionary to India.
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Philadelphia
Germantown
Penn
India
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