Vast array of 19th century curios and calamities
The patchwork column lists daily life notes from Beaton free baths drawing thousands, a Hartford balloon voyage to Stratford NH, Loomis rebuilding after mobs, Beecher's Brooklyn aid to Portland, an Illinois inventor digging potatoes, and a Bealk family becoming $1.5 million heirs. It reports emigration counts, Chinese labor on rails, a poisoning attempt, covington gunplay, a New Hampshire grieving husband, a large California lion attack, a Bethany birth trio, a Kalama man’s near-death accident, racial park ban in Savannah, a Philadelphia child burn case, a Schoharie cave rumor, Annapolis Bay drowning, hydrophobia in Emma Barth, changes at Niagara Falls, and Portland fire hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Stratford
N. H
Loomis
Oagide County
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
N. Y
Portland
Oquawka
Illinois
Greenport
L. 1
Germany
Bealk
New Hampshire
David Smith
Lebanon
Tenn
California
San Francisco
John Michaels
Bethany
Taylor
Kalamazoo
Mich
Savannah Board of Aldermen
Philadelphia Criminal Court
Elizabeth Wilson
Iit
Schoharie County
Annapolis Bay
Classens
Remarriage and tragedy span generations in a strange tale
Obadiah Browne and his first wife Cora Browne renew an old bond after multiple marriages. A Shirley Massachusetts boy dies in a sand bank accident, buried alive by fellow students. In Nashville a cave yields thirteen skeletons with a copper hatchet and gold bands. the cave owner remains secretive to continue exploration. Lindeley defies rumors of leaving for Canada, awaiting trial in September. Salt Lake Vidette details Brigham Young’s tithe laws. Thirwall confesses to killing James Houseman in Cookstown, describing a brutal, staged murder with his wife and son involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaven
Obadiah, Browne
Cora Browne
St New Haven
Shirley
Massachusetts
Nashville
Albion
N. Y
Lindeley
Lindsley
Canada
Shelby
Criminal Court
Thirwall
James Houseman
Cookstown
Houseman
Jim
Uncle Tom's Cabin reaches Boston in 1843 edition and obits
The 314th Uncle Tom's Cabin issue arrives in Boston. A bareback rider James Ronixsos drowns near Boston while rowing a skiff. George A Mirchett of Turner Me and his son drown while attempting a rescue at sea. Han nibbal death noted with Robert M Douglas at Georgetown. Various notes on Meade medal, Peabody family generosity, and tax issues involving performers and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
James Ronixsos
Mar
Geonce Brvece
New York
Jesnit’s College
Georgetown
D. C
Robert M. Douglas
Hannibal
Promiscuous Families and Notable Notices Across the Nation
The column lists various public figures and events from journals and political circles. It mentions Prof J Russell Lowell and Rev R T Lowell, Mrs Mary Lowell Putnam as writers, Sterazs H Beanen's New York paper, a dispute involving A Werpman and the German Demokrat editor Kuhn, and a fatal boiler explosion at Mare Island Navy Yard affecting Samuel Welles, Constructing Engineer. It notes a heiress in England due to a relative’s death, Ex-Governor Seymour’s inquiry, and the aging Farnand Exsenors with long-lived life. A London letter laments Queen Victoria’s cooled reception and quieted celebrations, including remarks on Cliefden and royal illumination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen H. Branch
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Samuel Welles
England
T. A. Seymour
Farnand Exsenors
New Castle
Schuylkill County
Pennsylvania
Foreign Gossip From Ailing Times Of The World
The item lists diverse curiosities including Queen Victoria dispatches to the King of Prussia, the asteroid Sylvia discovered at Madras, and remarks on Hesse and Austrian ambitions. It also covers German Prussian arms, black death in Ireland, Brazilian accounts of South American soldiering, Prussian railway forethought, tea race prizes, Disraeli banquet anecdotes, and the value of reporters to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
India
Sylvia
Victoria
Alice
Hesse
Switzerland
Napsburg
Frederick
Austria
Germany
Podoli
War Office
Berlin
London
England
Hong Kong
Fiery Cross
Taeping
Hon Kong
Cape of Good Hope
English Channel
Mr. Disraeli
Disraeli
Crosby Opera House Art Association Endorsed by Express Firms
A circulated appeal from Express Companies in Chicago endorses the Crosby Opera House Art Association. Prominent citizens and Western business interests back the project, noting the building’s cost of 500000 dollars, architectural grandeur, and anticipated income from mercantile occupancy. The note urges public support to help recover part of the investment through the final drawing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
United Capital
Chicago
Crosby Opera Horse Art Association
Crosby Opera House
West
Reanson
Crosby
Crosby Opera Hoose Art Association
Express and Telegraph Club seeks 2000 Crosby Art shares
A Chicago based circular invites express and telegraph workers nationwide to join a joint stock club aimed at purchasing about 2000 certificates of the Crosby Art Association. Members pay five dollars and receive a first class steel engraving and a proportional share of future prizes, with voting by proxy and notices to be issued by correspondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TNE Express
Express and Telegraph Men of America
Express and Telegraph Companies
Chicago
Crosby Art Association
Express and Telegraph Club
Crosby Opera House Art Association
Express and Telegraph
Crosby Opera House
Barrett
American Ex- Pleas Office
Creaby Opera House Art Association
Express and Telegraph Office
H.J. Colvin
United States Express Office
John, BK. Wroyd
American Express Office
R.C. Rankin
Western Union Telegraph Company
E.N. HM
G. B. Johnean
A.ering
Giee P. Colvin
John B. Day
J. Clarke
W. Vas
Linda
Fred, Heade
J. Heny Long
L. A. Falter
A.M. Varfoot
J. Shepard
C. B. Cobb
How, Knight
F.¢. Swan
John Kt. Floyd
Geo. A. Barnett
D. Clarke
J.&. Ranney
A. L. Stimson
J.W. Smith
P.K. Munger
Upper Mississippi Scenes on a Northwestern Packet Boat
A Dubuque Herald editor joins a party of ladies and gentlemen on an excursion to St Paul aboard a Northwestern Union Packet Company boat. The piece paints daylight river scenery with rugged hills, glens, and mirrored waters, evenings of bright stars, sunsets, and reflections, plus music and dancing among the travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Mississippi
St. Paul
Northwestern Union Packet Company
Dubuque
Missouri Pacific completes western extension to Leavenworth
The Missouri Pacific Railroad connects Kansas City to Leavenworth, opening a continuous line from St. Louis. Two through trains run daily from St. Louis to Kansas City and Leavenworth, with sleeping cars added for comfort on night journeys. The Union Pacific system extends 107 miles beyond Kansas City as trains run daily. Construction aims for Fort Riley by late September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Leavenworth
St. Louis
Fort Riley
Flea remedies and animal care notes from country papers
Practical advice on flea treatment using pennyroyal for domestic animals and bathing infusions for heavy infestations. Observations on poultry feeding, brood management, and a critique of removing chick bill scales. Agricultural gestation studies in mares and cows, butter preparation concerns, salt quality, and price comparisons for Western butter.
Celebrated American Preventive of Climatic Diseases
A historic account extols a preventive medicine as effective in unhealthy regions, boosting health and vigor for those facing exposure and privation. It claims army superiority, reliance against bilious fever fever and ague and bowel complaints, and as the sole stimulant sustaining a healthy body in unwholesome locations for pioneers and settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solviers
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Pennsylvania Central Railroad
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Covington
Kentucky
Peter Murphy
Henry Harrimen
Emma Barth
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Driscoll
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Fulton
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Princess of Wales
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Zanesville
Ohio
Arthur Peabody
Zaneaville Courier
Journ Eastuax
Conway
Salisbury
Joel
Cageazar Zocent
New York Evening Post
Mr. Darling
M.D
Mr. Humphrey
Darling
James Humphrey
Huser
Beecher
Beeches
Porte
A. Werpman
Demokrat of
Pittsburgh
Kuhn
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland
Cliefden
Prussia
Ireland
Dublin
Belfast
South America
The
Great Chicago Enterprise
James C. Farco
American Express Company
HH. D. Corvin
United States Express Company
A.L. Stimson
Express
Arvanwar
M. Tessier
Paris
Lord Spencer
Journal of the
Royal Agricultural Society
Burtze von Marker
New York State
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Fairbanka
Boston Commercial
Milwaukee
Ananes
Merrimaca
Heneaaeecen
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Stark
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Srscsencescecsssenarvesesnovses
Cuba
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Brandreth
Nature
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C. H. Swain
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Prica
Cortlandt Street
Durno
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D. Barnes & CO
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Astor House
Druggista
Hafr Dreasera
Dr. Bett
Dr. Betts
Messrs Coleman & Silver
Union National
Chicago, Ill
Bryan, Rosbrook & CO
Madison St
P. C
Madison
Aus
Emerson
Requin
Lew Kers
American Law Company
Jacob St
Ferryat
N.Y
Fairbanks
Cheelara Sant Frasc
Lard Street, Chdilago, Ill
C. Thacher
Court Street
Mass
Bernard & Butler
West Fourth Street
Cincinnati
Burk & Barth, Booksellers, &c
Teton Railroad Depot
Indianapolis
Indiana
Fisher & Bros
Main Street
Dayton, Ohio
Nolen & C
Wilmington, Delaware
Wantad
Protricts
Robert C. Kirk
Henry
Sanford
Conn
Randall
Wis
Jasco
Pike
Mavns
P.G. van Winkle
West Virginia
G. H. Williams
Oregon
H. J. Kilpatrick
New Jersey
A. F. Hovey
L. Melinurg
Reg
Topeka
Kansas
John P. Hamlin
Req
Buffalo
Henry Barrette
Nevada City
Chas
Frederick Ablet
Idaho
Negedsack
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