Distant Niagara Gorge Rail Slide Endangers Passengers
Niagara Falls correspondent reports a rail slide between Lewiston and Suspension Bridge, with about seventy feet of track washing away, sending rocks and danger to trains and passengers. An onlooker narrowly escaped as the line gave way above the gorge, exposing systemic railway recklessness and prior warnings amid ongoing service twice daily. The piece also previews a Niagara County Grand Jury action and includes a Counterfeit Detector guide listing notes on recognizing fake currency.
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New York
Zimwes
Lewiston
Suspension Bridge
Oun
Falla
Lawreton
Suapension Bridge
Gomne
Gradim Hight
Early 1800s paper ad and brief city items
Irregular OCR notice promotes advance payment and single-copy delivery by Gaeler. Scattered historical notes report telegraph news from New York and Milwaukee wheat prices rising, plus a drowning accident at Reedsburg involving Marcy Stew Ann and Winnebago divers. A Rev Lusx address at Reedsburg discusses education.
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Pyle Duchsy
Reedsburg
Marcy Stew- Ann
Micany
Slavery Trade Critique and Cortes Auction Notice
The Jamaica Colonial Standard reports the sale of the schooner Cortes seized by HMS Forward and condemned for involvement in the slave trade. The advertisement lists cargo including rum, wine, rice, bread, iron, lumber, and more, while editorials condemn American complicity and call for stricter enforcement of anti slave trade laws.
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Jamaica
Cortes
H. M.S. Forward
Vice-Admiralty Court
Africa
Cuba
Cuban
United States
State Department
Washington
Ruth Shively
Alvies
Edmund Randolph
Dallan
St. James
Pennsylvania
Drago
Tiibine
Subscriptions for European Reviews Highlight Leonard Scott Co
The article urges readers to favor personal selections over mixed extracts from British Quarterlies and Blackwood. Leonard Scott & Co. in New York reprint these works, paying publishers over $3,000 yearly. Subscriptions open July 1 for one to four reviews and Blackwood with pricing in a listed table.
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Blackwood
Leonard Scott & Co
New York
Messia
Tar Mushwood
Blaebood
Filtonseer
Mirror defense scolds Legislature graft in Wisconsin lines
A disputed Wisconsin newspaper letter attacks the Mirror for defending the La Crosse Company’s grant while condemning legislative bribery. It argues the Republican measure reflects public corruption and defends Rep. Waseska as a proven, loyal public servant deserving renomination.
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Mirror
la Crosse
Stroud
Chicago
la Crossa
Neacsaary
Wisconsin
Wisconsin paper notes and property sale in 1888 era
A jumble of mixed historical items describes Wisconsin news. It mentions a property sale near Portage County and a Boston buyer, Eastern investment into homesteads despite local corruption talk, legal notices, and political commentary on Wisconsin collection laws. The piece also cites a Maryland governor pardon petition for a colored preacher and comments on American independence.
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Wim
BF. Porter
Boston
West
Fermer
Ulicks
Govenor
Maryland
M. Episcopal Charh
Black River Conference
Samuel Green
Repreas
Wisconsin farmer builds oat boat for St Louis trade
Caledonia farmer Mr McKenzie loaded 3000 metels of oats 50 ashels of club wheat 4 tone of freight and 9 passengers on a oat boat on the Wisconsin river. He floated to St Louis sold the cargo and drew interest for a light draft steamboat to serve the Wisconsin trade.
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Dee
McKenzie
Caledonia
Columbia County
Wisconsin
St. Louis
Milwaukee News
Eloquent Fragments From an Era of News
A digest of scattered reports mentions education in Oberlin with 845 students, a Holland native painter dying at 63, a Chicago paper replacing Tribune and Press, plus various items: a Milwaukee chief in possession of stolen horses, New Hampshire legislature adjournment, a Crimean correspondent struck by a stroke, a Boston murder manslaughter verdict, and a milk white six foot snake in Michigan. Also noted are Maine Republicans nominating Lot Morrill for governor, counterfeit currency fears, mint coinage figures, gray squirrels displaced, vigilante plans in New Orleans, Sonora independence rumors, Morse telegraph praise, Minnesota gold prospecting, Kansas politics and finances, and Root River railroad work set to begin July 1.
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Oberlin
Wollage
England
Suleffer
Holland
John Sherman
Ohio
M. D
Olf Roser Sherman
Milwaukee
New Hampshire
W. Rossel
London
Chitego Daily Press and Tribune
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Chicago
Cooper
Kalamazoo Co
Mich
New York
Maine
Lot. M. Morrill
Marine Bank of Chicago
Bank of Columbus
Owen
Jae
Hinnt
New Orleans
Sonora
United States
Morse Cetans
Kansas
Madidon
Ryecraft
Racine
Doolittle
Washington
Wisconsin
Congress
Kilbourn
Com
Vanderbilt
Nicarangua
Canada
Buchanan
The Time to Cut Wheat and Farm Knowledge
A 1640 English study by John Mawman on wheat harvest timing argues cutting in the raw to milk stage yields heavier grain and better straw, while delaying harvest wastes money and reduces quality. It cites broader farm efficiency, noting fodder, ashes, and manure improve with proper storage and barns, urging farmers to apply precise knowledge to maximize crops and income. It references Mexico news on tax resistance and foreign expulsion, then reports Apple Rose Boudoirs as freak botany with apples bearing full-blown white roses or similar floral mutations in Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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England
John Mawman
Yorkshire
Dallira
Taber Ia
Jomestead
Benj
Welton
Watertown
Concord
Worcester
Waterbury
Abandoning the Ship in Buchanan Era Politics
The piece critiques the Buchanan administration amid looming Congress shifts. It argues Democratic disarray, with New York and Illinois factions aligning against Buchanan while Treasury costs and debt burden rise. It cites prolonged economic distress and deflation as central to political fortunes and notes discussions on drowning science from Dr. Arnott within a broader conservative commentary.
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Buchanan
New York
Zerald
Tillinois
Douglas
Treasury
Congress
Wiile
Peridhee
Pease
Jovragh
Levee Fire Engines Clean Mud Off Wharf Amid Cost Savings
The mayor mobilizes steam fire engines to clean the levee and wharf, removing mud and filth. The operation aims to finish by early next week, with an estimated savings of at least 8500 and potential use in street cleaning where sewers exist, boosting city health and finances.
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Louis Republican
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