Devastating Illinois Tornado Blitz Strips Towns
Eye witness accounts detail a powerful tornado sweeping through central Illinois on a May afternoon. Described are shattered churches, leveled houses, derailed trains, blown freight cars, and widespread timber damage from Lewiston to Lexington and Chenoa. Residents recount brick churches crushed, a two story house moved and destroyed, and gusts so extreme that trains halted and streets filled with debris. Authorities and reporters promise fuller details in forthcoming issues.
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Bloomington
Paso
Eido
Chenoa
Chicago
Gaithes
Towanda
Plica
Lexington
Blnmington
Lew
Hick
Sone
Tially
Featherington
New Town
Peoria
Oquawka
Womn
Bennett
Ankle
Tts
Lleyn
Luidings Crug Ie
Washington
Cinger
Turbulent Atlantic Dispatches and Indian Camp Violence
A composite dispatch details American naval movements toward the Gulf in response to British interference with American commerce. It reports an April Apache Indian camp attack near Fort Thorn with noncombatants killed, capture of Mexicans by a Fort Worth contingent, and a weather flood near Turkey Creek. It also covers political agitation, cabinet diplomacy with Britain, and regional tensions including Kansas and Richland Center politics, plus railroad name change debates and state fair planning.
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Gulf
Quater
Jeunstrom Messila
Fort Thorn
Howanp
Fort "Phonn
Turkey Creek
St. Louis Democrat
Tinh
Abel Gilbert
Wiston
Fort Leasenworth
Cot Kani
Mortons
Tron
Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Debate over slavery critique by American Anti Slavery Society
An 1840s polemic argues the American Anti Slavery Society should condemn slaveholding as a religious duty. It attacks perceived bias against powerful slaveholders and defends publishing tracts on moral duties of masters while ignoring slaves. The piece denounces Northern cowardice and Southern clergymen, urging a harsher stance.
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Anoh
Austria
New Jerusalem
Paixe
Byron Pane
Senate
My. Jenkins
Mer, Paine
Tibet
Ite
Lemon
Tsebea
Nes
Washington
Coho
York
Kyine
American Trust Society
Brazil
Algiers
Congress
Derry Ministry Near Break on India Question
Late European dispatches report the Derry ministry close to decisive action on the India question after several naval preparations. News from India claims Rohil and surrounding regions hold 100,000 Sepoys as reports of trials for Bengal cavalry reach Britain. The British ambassador Napier quickly alerts the West India Station about vessel outrages, aiming to halt further incidents as the Atlantic cable nears completion.
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Derry
India
Hidia
4Th
Bengal Light Cavalry
de Lord Napier
Lidia
Hehvill
Fragmented 19th century notes on politics and events
A garbled compendium of 19th century items including French government debt totals, a Juneau county seat removal bill, poems by Dante, Wheat crops in Davenport and Rock Island, career moves of Fletcher Webster, and various political and literary notices. It references stars like Beecher, Webster, Kane, and Featherstonhaugh, plus multiple American locales and institutions, in a stream of scattered facts and partial sentences.
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Rafua
Choate
Josh
Mbsgavhusett
Henry Ward Beechen
Kansas
France
Fletcher Webster
Daniel Webster
Senate
Boston
Davenport
Rock Island
Sey
N. Y. Tivier
Congress
Iva Stout
N.Y. Court of Appeals
Owsley
Springfield
Iowa
Democrati
Walter D. MecInidoe
St. Louis
Lawrence
Gal
Edmund M. Blunt
United States
Sing Sing
Presbyterian Society
Trannony
Genet Assembly
Tennessee
Virginia
North Corelina
Florida
IL W. Serhert
Prank Forester
New York
End of the Mormon War and Utah Emigration Report
A Lansing to Leavenworth report notes Brigham Young’s temple city submission as Gov. Cumming of Utah entered Salt Lake City on April 1. Most Mormons emigrated south or planned to move, some toward Mexico, with little prepared agriculture. Private letters suggest Mortons may head to Sonora, and Mexican assent appears assumed. The piece mixes political commentary and recent news on unrest, rail progress, and local curiosities.
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Leavenworth Nice
Ihessdniger
Yester
Shipi
Cassip
Scott
Cumming
Salt Lake City
Brigham Young
Bimple Gov. Cumming
Temple
Gov. Cumming
East Lake City
Pacific
Mexico
Utah
Dart
N. B
Mortons
Sonora
The Chinese Language and Railways in 19th Century Discourse
A Hong Kong dispatch critiques Chinese linguistic diversity and literacy urges, noting 18 languages and a shared written form. It argues government control by scholars, writes of railway fortunes hitting bottom with hopes of gradual improvement, and mentions Utah news and Brigham Young’s abdication prompting volunteer regiments.
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Hong Kong
London Fines
Despoit Pesarry Bil
Senate
Yrstenpay
the Argus
Insl
Secretary of the Treasury
Utah
Brigham Young
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el Paso
Hudson
Taylor
Hove
C. M. Cady
Msq
Lexington Station
Plante
Lesinaton
Likul
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Uggs
Harry
Louisville Courier
Nile Epee
Ties
NSEL
Mikellogg
Aph Hinaron
Bahabooy Wis
Great Britain
Harape
Letet
Roratiwoy
Telt
Richland Center
J. D. Gao
Warn L. Craw- Yorp
Alto
Cai
Dodge Co
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Milwaukee, Watertown & Baraboo Valley
Topp Bayeip
Kansas Press
Tamad
Madison
Madison Journal
N. ¥. Post
Boccaway
Mr. Burnavan
Te' Mn Paulsen
Milwankee
Dallas
Enya
N.Y
Panama
Charles Renate
W. H. Russell
London Times
George W. Featherstonhaugh
Stevens’ Point
N.Y. Eoening Fest
Minnesota
Wall Street
Providence Journal
Lilly
Jonny Lind
Sebastopol
Philadelphia Company
Praonr
Prien
Whia Party
Ciedit
Wiig
Democratic Party
Fillmore
Gen. Pierce
Bnet
Tiersoxd
Vac
Chesterfield Co
Alen
Pittsburgh
Sondinel
Forney
The
Philadelphia Press
Chestnut Street
Delaware
Schuylkill
Lecompton
America
Colin Campbell Line
S. Smith
Aail
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Great Basin
St. Ratmoan Prosinets
Thia Theta
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la Crosse Company
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Leeder
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Philadelphia
Buchanan
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Tilinsis
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Mugieb
Albany
Hue
Journal
Washington Star
Philadelphia Preas
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