Massachusetts Town Faces Liquor Agent Account Puzzle
A Massachusetts town in 1850 entrusted its liquor agent with 58 in wash and 59,560 worth of liquor. From 1850 to 1857 the agent spent 281, 58, and received 203.85. The liquor’s value at settlement was 61, which the agent returns. Salary listed as 969. The town’s profit or loss is to be determined, with readers invited to submit solutions including names.
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Massachusetts
Forfa Republis
Wil Croteing
Aren K Krag
Newport
Republic of
Jane
Bowstay
Bia
Sauk Co
Bowman
Tribune
Sauk County
Thad
Mr. Bow
Mar
T ‘Neith
Ander
Madison Fire Leaves Block Destroyed on Washington Avenue
The Madison fire swept along Washington Avenue from Webster Street to Bruen's Block, destroying all buildings and contents after erupting near Poe's Liquor Store. Principal losses included Dudley & Powers, Dane County store, Foote Liquor, Flowers Piano Store, Adams & Adams Hardware, Powers Millinery, Johnson & Fuller Daguerreotypists, and several offices, with conditions hampering evacuation and containment.
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Madison
Madison Journal of the Othinet
Washington Avenue
Webster Street
Bruen
Poe’s
Liéquor
Fromen
Dudley & Powers
Dane County
J. H. Foote
C. T. Flowers
Adams & Adama
KR. F. Powers
Johnson & Fuller
Various 19th Century News Snippets From Home and Abroad
Miscellaneous items report on Watertown population near 10,000 with corn prices. stories note North Carolina cotton and Virginia slave sales. Delaware peach crops rise. Chief Justice Oakley of New York dies. Governor McMullen assumes Washington duties. drouth impacts, California arrivals, and ventures like a $40,000 Oshkosh hotel site. Also mention California tunnel idea, U.S. treasury drafts, potato digger, pearls from Ohio River, Willow limbs as artificial arms, tobacco planting in Fredericksburg, Chicago rents, and Beecher summer residence. Additional notes cover Calico dress leagues, pest control for vines, bread loaf contest in Vermont, and various social notices including weddings, politics, and a river monster sighting.
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Watertown
Wis
North
Carolina
Virginia
Ava
New York
Oakley
Supremi Court
McMullen
Washington
Torngey
Delaware
Marcy
Europe
Michigan R. A
Wilmington
California
T.a Stock
Oshkosh
Nicaragua
East River
Brooklyn
U. S. Treasury
Cincinnati Jimes
Shaffer
Ohio
Fredricksburg
Harare
Chicago
Boston Courier
Democratic Party
Walker
Kansan
John A. Washington
Mount Vernon
United States
Abolition of Capital Punishment Sparks State Inquiries
The piece surveys arguments and evidence from lawmakers and officials in several states about abolishing the death penalty. It cites figures from Michigan, Maine, Rhode Island, and New York illustrating how abolition studies impact crime, punishment, and public sentiment, with commentary on the potential political shift toward restoring capital punishment in New York.
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George
Legis’ Tatura
Chantengue
My. John, McKinney
Sedrdtay
Michi ‘An
McKinney
Michigan
Lewis D. Moore
Deputy
Society of
Maine
Moore
John R. Bartlett
Rhode Island
Bartlett
Barlett
Rhode Taland
Mr. George
New York
New York Tribune
Opium dreams and a Revolutionary veteran in Missouri
Fragmented 19th century dispatches describe opium fantasies and a notable century-old veteran, Grandsire Hames, living near Holy Creek, Missouri. The report traces Hames’s birth in Virginia, stance in major Revolutionary skirmishes, and ties to Gates, Morgan, Marion, and Camden, highlighting Missouri’s shift toward manufacturing and away from slavery.
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Aaterica
Cassville
Sterz- Dered
Murray County
Holy Creek
John Hames
Hames
Mucklenburg County
Virginia
Washington
Braddock
Hns
South Carolina
Tames Leyond
Gates
Camden
Morgan
Coxpens
Marion
Mannered Traveler and Racial Commentary in 19th Century Gazette
A lengthy, fragmented column mixes social critique of slaveholding rural life with travel anecdotes. It cites enslaved people and preachers, discusses schooling in England, and recounts a tavern tale of a Sunday watch mishap. Also notes railway consolidations, Kansas politics, divorce docket trends, and patent-office sewing machine patents in a compendium of items from the era.
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Reodaburg Herald
Baraboo Republic
Mazomanie Hierald
Sank County
Lisia
Madison Patriot
St. Paul
Prescott
Bmaboo
Madigan
Janesville
Pemkins
Red River
Air Line
West
Pratiz Po Cums
Republican
Prairie du Chien
Wirral
Mazomanie
Revedaburg
Cincinnati
Utah
Wisconsin
Parturiunt Montes Agsetteer
Horace Norton
Reedeburg Herald
Baraboo
Archer & Taylor, Lavalle
A. G. Johnson
Chas, White
Baraboo River
Reedsburg
Ulus
Kay
Haze
Monroe
MacDangenschwars
Niagara Falls
Goat Island
Sauk
Henry Ward Beecher
Fishkill
N. Y
Newburg
Placesville
Vermont
R. J
Idohn Dean
Bannister Wharf
Wm. D
Washburne Brothers
Minneapolia
Minnesota
Congress
Fifth Avenue
St. Louis
Henry Clay
Pawnee Valley
Henry C. McDowell
Mexico
St. Lawrence River
Welland Canal
Falls of
Niagara
Great Upper Lakes
Mamnoth
Kentucky
Mississippi
Superior
Cedar Creek
Iron Mountain
Missouri
Central Railroad
Ilinois
Wold
Connecticut
Nantucket
New Bedford
Croton Aqueduct
Ohio Distillesses
Richmond County Observer
Anavondas
Adria
N. YY
Dutchman
Maxiye
Lyons
Sirau Mosre
A. TL
Denney
New Orleans
Society of Friends
Otis Doolittle
Hinsdale
N. H
Springfield
Lares
Sacart Brays
Geneseearmer Anys
Beason
England
Hineah
Tennessee
Ile
Onderzo
Oelm
Corine
Yankeeland
Tomnstru
C.W
Betty
Gnaar Rattroop
Wim. B. Ogden
Esa
Ponte Ae
Oeden
Chicago Tribune
Kansas
National Democrata
Lecompton
Sepember
Missouri Democrat
The
Indianapolis Journal
Patent Office
Republic
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