The Fakir Who Dies for Months Among Sikhs
A strange man among the Sikhs gains his livelihood by feigning death and letting himself be buried for months. Reports from Loodianah recount witnesses including Captain W and Ranjee Singh who observe twelve months of burial with the body seemingly in suspended animation. The tale recalls a prior Irishman who stayed sealed in a chamber for three weeks, and contrasts the methods and seals used to bury the fraudulent or extraordinary performer.
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India
East
Loodianah
Endian
Ranjeet
Singh
The Fakir Who Returns From Burial To Fame Among Sikhs
A Sikh notable known as the Fakir experiences disinterment and a revival of life, contrasting a still-warm body with a feverish brain. He inspires awe among Sikhs and receives lavish gifts from Rajahs and Sirdars while remaining rich and untroubled by slander.
Singular facts and public service praised in Gazette letter
A letter from E D Manstreip of Cincinnati recalls Col Washington and two seals and a gold watch chain once used by him. It notes seals found years after Braddock’s defeat and a recovered gold seal. The piece also lauds Major Ben McCulloch for honest accounting and a government overpayment. Four million people.
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E. D. Manstreip
Cincinnati
West Point
Gazette
Col. Washington
Col
Washington
G. W
Braddock
A. Portycat
Ben. McCulloch
United States
Pleasant Things and Witty Bits Across A Broad Township
A column notes light verse and anecdotes ranging from a love story line to a scarecrow tale, plus a bush travel mishap told in Adelaide verse. It includes conundrums about a cat, a carriage-wheel riddle, and a fish peddling joke, followed by Curran and Lord Clare quip about a doglike interruption.
Mysterious Chess-Player Morphy Encounters Shadowy Visitor
New York report describes a dramatic encounter between Paul Morphy and a splendidly dressed woman who requested a game. Morphy and the visitor played two hours, the match ending in a draw, after which the woman vanished from the building and her identity remained unknown. The tale blends chess prowess with intrigue amid stormy weather notes from Louisville and Indiana dispatches.
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New ‘York
The
Philadelphia Mercury
Murphy
New York
St. Nicholas
Mr. Morphy
Morphy
Death and society notes from St Louis to Brooklyn
The report records Dr Jauss Moss of near St Louis dying in his eighty third year, and Rev Tarapore Parker’s hopes of restoration in London. It notes a Beecher church strawberry festival on David's Island with Beecher winning a qu est game, Kossuth army letters from Davenport, and improving health news for Rev Dr Nott of Union College. It adds Captain McKinley’s manslaughter case return to Cincinnati and pursuit by United States Marshals to Kangas.
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Jauss W- Moss
John J. Crittenden
St. Louis
Steed
Tarapore Parker
Southampton
England
London
Parker
West Indies
Mr. Beecher
Brooklyn
David’s Island
Beecher
Tne Davenport
Iowa
Democrat
Kossuth
Hungary
Albany
N. Y
Nott
Union College
Cincinnati
McKinley
David Gibson
Indianapolis
Gibson
Nat. Holmes
United States
A Adiaan
Kangas
What an editor might have been in Vermont sketches
A Springfield Republican editor Hortano muses on an imagined life in Vermont turning him from editor to farmer teacher and legislator. He sketches a drift toward family farms schools haying a marriage with a spit curl bride and a long life of public service and cider in the cellar.
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Hortano
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Vermont
Thief Rifles Jewelry From Wareham Luggage
A lady in Wareham Massachusetts reported ten days ago that a thief entered her room or trunk and rifled jewelry and other valuables. Police investigations focus on the Bedford area as the likely destination of the stolen items.
London Bank Notes and Machines At Work In London
In a letter from London the New York Mirror describes the bank as three acres with Greek and Roman inspired rooms and about a thousand employees. It notes daily note redemption, immediate archival checks, and in-house printing. The vaults hold three thousand million pounds, with machines weighing deposits and cutting light coin. Forgeries are detected daily, 1822 capital punishment abolished, and the bullion room contains vast gold and silver reserves. The writer recounts handling a one million pound note and a bag of sovereigns, expressing mixed disdain for money.
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Greece
Rome
Asttelf
Fauntleroy
Old Fogies
Napoleon III in Duty Bound Reply to Private American Note
The New York Courier and Enquirer defends Louis Napoleon, noting his timely reply to a private American note dated May 18 at Alessandria as evidence of his duty bound character. It cites other items from Rome and Civita Vecchia including a tragic incident of a young American girl’s self dangerous flight and rescue.
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Louis ‘Napoteon
New York Courier and Enquirer
Louis Napoleon
Allessandris
Napoleon III
Shea
Europe
Rome
London Times
United States
Civita’ Vecchia
Naples
Palermo
Civita Vecchia
Misfortune Haloes Harvey Family in Louisiana Parish
A Livingston Louisiana report recounts a string of deadly accidents and violent deaths within the Harvey family over about twelve to fourteen years. Incidents include a stepmother killed by a cow and a fatal Lake Maurepas steamer accident. other fatalities involve a son in law, grandchildren, enslaved people, a knife attack, and a child burned at sea.
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Anreus
Livingston
Harvey
Maurepas
Alain
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Newton Watts
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Choice Family
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Apark
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McHtard
Haweas
Hanks & Berkshire
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Eber Sherman
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Hospano
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Louisville Democrat
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Averger
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London News
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New York Mirror
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