Lexington and Concord Dawned as Patriots Die for Freedom
Detailing the April 18 1775 to April 9 1775 Lexington and Concord events. British troops advanced from Boston to seize stores, Revere Dawes and Prescott warned Patriots, fighting left seven dead and nine wounded on Lexington Green and in Concord, Jonas Parker Isaac Mazney Robert Monroe and others among the fallen. Adams and Hancock fled toward Woburn as the town mourned. The piece honors the village heroes, their faith, and their fight for liberty. It also includes a cultural note on tomato cultivation in a separate editorial segment.
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Warren
Committee of Safety
Cambridge
Grenadiery
Flower
Boston
Col. Smith
West Cambridge
Concord
Lord Percy
Percy
Gage
Wiliam Dawes
Roxbury
Lexington
Paul Revere
Charlestown
Revere
Somerset
Charles River
Charlestown Neck
Medford
Smith
Adams
Hancock
Dawes
Samuel L’rescott
Son of
Liberty
Tilin Lincoln
Acton
Minutemen
Jonas Clark
Wancock
Lexington Common
John Parker
Woburn
Pitcairn
Piteair
Parker
10Th Light Infantry
Jonas Parker
Isaac Mazney
Robert Monroe
Louisburg
Jonathan Harrington
Caleb Harrington
Samuel Hadley
John Brown
Asahel Porter
Greece
Rome
Ilim
England
Martin Luther
Paul of
Tarsus
Augustine
Calvin
New England
Massachusetts
Columbus
Toward Export of Ore and Return of Iron Pigs
A Philadelphia North American letter laments trade trends from 1846 tariff effects. It notes long shipments of stone to England for cups and plates, warns of plans to export iron ore to be smelted with English coal and shipped back as pigs, and imagines wheat returning as flour. The writer cites Secretary Cobb and fears backward progress in U S industry.
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England
Cobb
Ailadelphia North American
Riot in Marseilles as father influences mob to seize daughter
In La Salle county Marseilles a riot followed a marriage against the father's will. The father aided loafers with liquor to enter Funk's house and take the daughter. The rioters caused damage to furniture, several were arrested and await trial for the crime.
Largest Church in Europe at St Petersburg Begun 1771
The article notes a vast church in St. Petersburg with walls of Polish marble and silver pillars. a weather covering wooden box is a curiosity. It also reports New York commissioners choosing Binghamton for the State Inebriate Asylum with various aid offers and land deals. Don Fermin Ferrer wed Martha Winterbottom. Archbishop Hughes officiated. A broad plea extols newspapers as essential family education.
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Europe
St. Petersburg
New York
Binghampton
Troy
Albany
Newburgh
Don Fermin Ferrer
Nicaragua
Martha EE. Winterbottom
Ohio
Ann
Stephenson
Archbishop Hughes
Witty Inflation Paragraph on Daily Purchases
A suggestive paragraph notes daily spending with four glasses daily at ten cents each totaling weekly and yearly costs. It lists items such as flour, boots, butter, beef, clothes, silk dress, coal, and children’s toys with combined totals around $145.60. The piece uses humorous inflation to illustrate household expenses and value.
Word wire ties to weave and web in language history
The origin of the term wire is linked to the same family as weave woof and web. Trench notes the word denotes a person engaged in the web and woof reflecting indoor, wifely labors common when the language formed.
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Trench
Arrival of Black Warrior from Havana and British arrests
New York June 4 The Black Warrior has arrived from Havana with dates to the 30th British officers who boarded American vessels at Sagua la Grande have been arrested and sent to Jamaica Sugar markets steady The Reliance reports being boarded on the 24th between Saliskey Banks and Cuba coast by a British steamer boat The officer demanded latitude and longitude and ordered boarding without questioning Grotto’s captain driven from deck by Marines amid reports of further similar incidents
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Havana
New York
Sagua la Grande
Jamaica
Herald
Reliance
Saliskey Banks
Cuba
Dunlevy
Quip on Hearts and a Dutch Toast at Punker Hill
A fragment from an exchange remarks a divine out West urges girls to avoid marriage and claims one may be swayed, though the client is nearly seventy. It compares ladies to watches in beauty yet hard to regulate once set. A Dutch toast honors heroes at Punker Hill, who sit, plead, and tie, with drinking done standing.
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Punker Hill
Unfortunate Affray in Lawrence Ends with Jenkins Shot
Special correspondence from Lawrence Kansas reports a violent clash over a contested claim near Lane's enclosure. Jenkins, a prominent free state figure, was fatally shot by Gen James H Lane as tensions fueled by border violence and pending land disputes intensified. An armed confrontation left Lane wounded and heightened fears of lynching as authorities detained both sides' supporters while awaiting official testimony. Crayon.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Lawrence
K. T
Gains Jenkins
Pennsylvania
Illinois
James H. Lane
Jenkins
Free State
Lane
Ile
American
Kansas City
Nain Lane
Lang
Jeakins
Mia
Sheriff Jones
Lecompton
Jones
Sherif Sam Walker
Linn County
Missouri
Kansas
Leavenworth
Denver
Robinson
Chippewas and Sioux Mediation Pass Through St Anthony
At last accounts the Chippewas and Sioux in Minnesota were mediating new hostilities against each other. Four hundred of the former passed through St. Anthony on the 1st in pursuit of their fees.
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Minnesota
St. Anthony
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N. H. van Vorhes
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Priuia Saecret
Lot L. Smiti
R. DE Steiguer, JR
Smith & de& Steiguer
Athens
Athens Co
L. Jewett
Jamett
Head of Stairs
J. M. Dana
Norton’s
Athens County
Washington
Meigs and Vinton Geantics
R. E. Constable
KR. A. Constable
Constable
E. S. Walker’s Picture Gallery
Pickering & Carney’s Block
Tork
Nogec
Ram Stewart
C. We
C. H. Grosvenor
Meigs
S.S. Knowles, Bny
Norton's
Court Street
J.T. Stanley
Atesens County
Athens Lodge
Stedman
N.G
J. FP
Manos. Seety
S. S. Knowles
Good Insurance
Vps
Norton
Remengtos House
Front Street
Steamboat Landing
Omsk
T. W. Sparrow
Atilens
Stimson
W. D. Bartlett
Ainstre
Oppe
H. K. Bieh
Athens, Ohio
Wm McGill
A.C
H. T. Brown
Wwit
Perkins & Baker
Pickering & Johnson
Pickering & «Atley's
Asautt
J. Balla
SONS
College Square
It. W. Carley
Queensware
W. W. Love
Odo
Ehrenreich Buchwald
Atuens
Sdurs
TSS
TATES
Huis
Athen
Respvete
Miss W
Tuipion
Mias Williams
J. KB. Haase
Chillicothe
S. Howard
Ohio University
Pee J. G. Blair
Dd. Mauler
Ohlo
Bec
Sam
Imray
JA. Stonebraker & CO
Wiglesale
BANK
Oho
Cincinnati
Adv’s
RE. R. Greents
Charl
Creenus
Manfred
Drageists
Main Street
Cincinnati, O
I. Hyo
James Erwin
Spaie
Strepina Aee, Co
IYRME
Belog
Custacas Houses
Thames Mooveramn
Isu Eelmneson & Son
P. E
Walnut Street
Evan's Patent Seal Press
H. Ros
VENOR
Lye
Pullan, Hatfield & Brown
Columbia
Walnup & Vine
1 & C.reakirt
Second Street
Walnut & Vine
Tatas
Haymond, Roberts . Co
Miaim Street
Thig City
Tillird Street
J. Watson
Patrice Crow
LN Groceries & Produce N. BE
West Court
John Streets
Omwier
Haynes
AMD
Bcs
West 4Th Street
Ee Bebydt
LEE & Leavitt
Walnut St
Norcross
Culp
James Bradford & CO
Manufacturirs
Hoca
Anker Brad le Duateuigo Ciaotrets
Demaeltrons
Winster Paris
West Side
Bet
Hestel
Abd
Tony
Fulbott
Rom Banncroft
Pullapele
Leliagion
Inde
Mee
John Woodworth
Supreme Court of New York
Miami University
Jackson
James McFarland
Spaulding & Rogers’ Circus
Roberts
McFarland
Ce SR
Iron
New Orleans
Jance Committee
Trigm
New Oxne Ass
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Vigilance Committee
J. X. Dugean
1 “ Army
The
Picayune
Delta
Onder
Waterman
Generet Lewis
Mittee
Bette
Americats’ Party
Canal Street
Comunit
Tee
Recorder
Christy
Recorders
Lafayette Square
Turro
Lumides
V Committee
New Qatxans
Charles
H. M. Summers
Board of Aldermen
Col. Forno
Col
Jacques Ap
Jacques
A.T. Turner
B. Munters
Associated Press
Pasglae
Turner
Grg
Sion
Gerard Stith
Ong
Portsmouth
Fre Alley
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