Santa Anna Leaves Capital Amid Texas War Costs
The article notes Santa Anna obtaining leave of absence to retire from Manga de Claro and mourn his wife. It reports no sign of preparations against Texas and no progress on the Chambers' $4,000,000 war vote, as Santa Anna’s temporary retirement signals a weakened bid against the Lone Star Republic.
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Texas
United States
Santa An
Manga de Claro
Havana
Santa Anna
Republic of “ the Lone Star
Tragic Buffalo Flood Claims Wife and Three Children
A Buffalo storm tale recounts Mr. Smith losing his wife and three children when floodwaters struck their fourth street home near Black Rock track above Wilkerson's Furnace. He saved himself by candlelit improvisation, then the house toppled and he fought to cling to his child until rescue.
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Buffalo
Daily Times
Ossified Man of Dublin Skeleton Impresses Visitors
A Christian Advocate writer notes the Dublin Museum displays a remarkable ossified man’s skeleton known as Clark. Falling asleep outdoors while perspiring, he contracted a cold that sparked gradual ossification over years until death, with joints fused, skin and organs remaining, and a broken aperture used to feed him.
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Dublin
Christian Advocate
Clark
Fixed Meals and Hunger Rules for Different Lifestyles
The text discusses how meal timing should fit life pace and activity. It notes five hour gaps between meals for regular activity, longer when idle, shorter for active work, with adjustments for bedtime and growth, emphasizing feeding to real need rather than crying or habit. It mentions infants and children needing frequent nourishment and cautions against late suppers delaying breakfast.
Morning breakfast habit and health notes in 19th century
The text advises morning nourishment before leaving, warns against entering fever rooms hungry, and recommends light breakfasts for travelers and students. It discusses consumption as more common than in the past, blaming fashion and tight dress, then praises the home as a source of happiness and shelter from worry.
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Europe
Unfortunate Affray and Other 1845 News Bits
Report of Fielding Sudduth and Jesse Cockrum in a district dispute ending with Sudduth shooting Cockrum in the back. Sudduth jailed awaiting trial. Also notes an New York earthquake on the 22d, a Mississippi planters’ cotton factory offer in Vicksburg, Prussia prize for German history, Baptist church stats, St Augustine’s age, Beverly Massachusetts morality, and a Boston temperance cup gift to J B Gough.
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Fielding Sudduth
Jesse Cockrum
Sudduth
Green
Mountaineer
New York
Warren County
Miss
Vicksburg
Prussia
Germany
Baptists
United States
St. Augustine
Virginia
Beverly
Massachusetts
Union
Baltimore Sun
J.B. Gough
Boston
Young Lakes’ Total Abs
Rum casks to temperance and curious notices
A column of varied items reports Mr Joseph P Webster of Bangor turning rum casks toward temperance, a new work The Afflicted Man's Companion, tips on beets and warts cures, counterfeit British sovereigns in London, a jail break in Maryland, a Kingston bugging ad, betting stake liability, gold found under a Warsaw chapel, Indian Rubber for toothache, a joke about a smart woman, Uncle Sam on coat-turners, fossil remains in New Jersey, and Odd Fellows philosophy.
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Joseph P. Webster
Bangor
London
Maryland
Kingston Whig
James Crane
Kingston
New York
Warsaw
Vistula
Prague
Taglioni
Sam
New Jersey
Abraham Ayres
Independence
Warren County
Death of Rev Matthew HOLSENBAKE Senior 84 in Richmond
Obituary notes the death of Rev Matthew Holsenbake Senior in Richmond on October 24 after a short illness. It commends his piety and ministerial labors, describes private and public virtues, laments the loss to church and society, and honors his faith and hope in the Saviour.
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Richmond County
Matthew Holsenbake
Augusta Market Cotton Declines as Liverpool Reports Heavy Trade
The Augusta Market notes a cotton price drop especially for lower qualities. Liverpool trading via the Hibernia reaches Boston with heavier tones and stock levels in Liverpool and American ports rising. Prices quoted 3 to 5 cents. principal sales 4 to 5 cents. Bagging sales slow. groceries show dull business as planters stay for elections.
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Liverpool
Hibernia
Boston
Subscriptions Paid Up to July 20 1845
A record listing payments to the Washingtonian showing names and places of subscribers as of July 20 1845. Augusta Rev C 8 Dod J P Eve James Hulbert Pine Log W Lawson Danville Joel Freeman.
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Washingtonian
Augusta
Dod
J. P. Eve
James Hulbert
Pine Log
W.lawson
Danieleville
Joel Freeman
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