The Christiana Riot and the Gap Gang Affair
A detailed account of the Christiana riot of September 11 1851 in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. It describes the Gap gang kidnappings, the siege at Levi Pownall's house housing William Parker and other enslaved people, the confrontation with deputy marshal George H Kline, the deaths and injuries, local reactions from Elijah Lewis and Castner Hanway, and the later prosecutions and acquittals while many accused were not arrested. The piece links the event to fugitive slave law tensions and wider anti slavery conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiana
Lancaster County
Penn
Kansas
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Eamon
Fort Sumter
Lancaster
Chester County
Pennsylvania
Edward Gorstch
Maryland
Baltimore
Edward D. Ingraham
United States
Philadelphia
Conese
H. H. Kline
George
Joshua Hammond
Nelson Ford
Noah Buley
R. Gorsuch
Agin
Tully
Klige
Gorsuch
Penningtonville
Atden
Christiena
Kline
West Chester
Gallacherville
Pennsingtonville
Kilne
Kaward Gorsuch
Dickinson Gorsuch
Joshua M. Gorsuch
Thomas Pierce
Nicholas T. Hutchings
Nathan Nelson
Ourney
Mr. Gorsuch
Levi Pownall
William Parker
Edward Gorsuch
Parker
Tim
Elijah Lewis
Lewis
Castner Hanway
Badsbury Township
Henry Kline
Joseph D. Pownall
Hanway
Commonwealth
Dail
Lan Caster
Anthony E. Roberts
Moyamensing
Castner Hanwnay
United States Court
Jugges Grier
Kane
Thaddenes Stevens
John M. Read
Joseph J. Lewis
Theodore Cuyler
W. Arthur Jackson
John W. Ashmead
George L. Ashmead
James R. Ludlow
Robert J. Brent
James Cooper
R. M. Lee
Joseph Scarlett
James Jackson
Pennerlvania
Passmore Williamson
Thomas Farle
German digs up son's grave to inspect coffin material
Charles Hirsch of Oakfield near Batavia New York opened his late son Charles's grave with help from a sexton to verify coffin materials. The 17 month decomposition produced a nauseating stench as Hirsch pried the box, raised the skull, and removed parts before resealing the grave. Public opinion split between insanity claims and ignorance. The grave remained open about three hours amid local condemnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakfield
Batavia
N. Y
Charles Hirsch
Charles
Hirech
Hirach
Thole
Hirsch
Hirsh
Batwyin
Overrun with mice in Asia threatens Russian advance
A London commentary cites Calcutta reports of countless Indian mice swarming into Southeastern Siberia. They devastate granaries and crops from Fergana to Lake Balkash, as fears grow Russia could use such plunder to intimidate opponents. The piece compares mice to a potential ally saving Kalish from a near collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
London
Asia
Lord Ripon
Calcutta
England
India
Russia
Fergana
Semiretchbausk
Lake
Balkashh
Rome
Kalish Empire
Strange River Phenomenon Near Chattanooga
Near Chattanooga seven miles below the city the river forms a twenty acre basin with high surrounding mountains. The water briefly rose six to eight feet and sediment and vegetation burst to the surface, then drifted downstream as debris. Eyewitnesses, including Lawson and Baxter, affirm the event as credible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Lawson
Pist
Abin
Mexican man survives lynching near Medina Baxar county
Senobio Martinez, a Mexican from Medina in Baxar county, was seized by unknown men Tuesday night and hanged from a tree. He survived after six hours as neighbors removed the rope and cut him down. He cannot name the assailants or number of participants, and reports his bruising and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Senobio Martinez
Medina
Baxar County
Baneman
Senobia
Martinez
Locomotive shop capacity and workforce estimates
Data derived from national counts show the number of locomotive shops and the men employed in each. With modern machine methods and facilities, five engines can be built in one year from end to end, reflecting overall productivity and scale in the industry.
The Gas Kite and the Aerial Velocipede Flight Machine
A Mohawk New York inventor Professor Carl Myers unveils a gas kite and aerial velocipede. The device combines balloon kite sail screws and a geared velocipede to lift and propel the aeronaut, with demonstrations of rapid descents and controlled ascents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohawk
Carl Myers
Myers
America
Kulison
Utica
Mr. Myers
Union
Carlotta
Gambling superstitions of veterans guide fortunes and fate
Readers meet gamblers who back horses by a found penny and claim luck is real though fickle. Tales of a Broadway backroom cat, blind beggar offerings, hoodoo fears, seat preferences, color attendants, and numeric omens reveal a culture of ritualized risk and fatalism shaping every move from who sits to what days are lucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johnson
Man Disposes Son’s Shop After Father’s Harsh Move
A Pekin Gazette article describes a rebellious young man with a bad disposition forced to start his own business by his father. On a visit the father planned to take one of the son’s coats as a lesson, but events lead to a troubling outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin Gazette
Kentucky lawmakers gamble for 36 hours at closed poker game
A Frankfort letter to the Louisville Courier-Journal recounts five men, three lawmakers, playing a long poker game from Tuesday night into Thursday morning. The six hour days stretch ended with $3000 won or lost, players exhausted, one ill and another still not recovered. The room was stifling from gas jets as windows stayed closed and the game continued despite dawn light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Lam
Caine
Frankfort
Louisville Courier-Journal
Toasting Old Folks Turns Into Old Popes Joke
A devout American Catholic who is deaf attends a Fourth of July dinner in Europe. After the toast to the old folks at home, he believes the sentiment honors him and mishears it as to the old popes of Rome, provoking laughter at the error.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Post
Europe
Rome
St. Louis Republican
Charles H. Hall
Holy Trinity Church
Brooklyn
Grace
Weill
Bernhardt’s Dilemma With Actress Damani Dinner
Before her wedding the actress Bernhardt invited Mile Damani of the Palais Royal to dine. Damani arrived on time, Bernhardt grew confused, and declared a prior engagement for that date. Damani offered to leave to dress, but Bernhardt replied she could not invite an actress to dine with her family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernhardt
Mile
Damani
Palais Royal
Sarah
Detectives' Yarns from New York Star Revel in Old Cases
In a chat room at police headquarters two veteran detectives recount old assignments, notorious pickpockets, and clever schemes. They reminisce about a famed forger’s daughter, a counterfeit sting on Myrtle Avenue, and the famed button clue that helped convict burglars. They recall Matsell and Jourdan eras, the city’s murder cases, and the humor and danger of earlier detective work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Thomas W. Thorne
Old Hayes
Harper
M. P
Havewever
Matseil
Prince Jobn’ Davis
John Reid
Bob Brown
Bob Hoyer
George Norris
Wood
McGrath
Jude
Jefferson Napoleon Bonaparte Smith
Matt Srennan
Joe Dowling
John Jourdan
George Nevins
Hicks
Nevins
Superintendent Walling
Brooklyn
Myrtle Avenue
John
Reid
Matsell
Mr. Walling
Havemeyer
Toot
Mat- Sell
Cap
Fourteenth Street
Burdell-Cunningham
Nathan
Jourdan
Fifth Avenue
Natian
Dimples by design on O’Farrell street shown to readers
An article recounts a fake beauty procedure in which a man named M Alphonse daintily creates a chin dimple with a suction device and a small blade, then seals the wound with a silver cone. after two days a single dimple appears, costing ten dollars. The piece cites Cleopatra, Anthony, Ninon de l’Enclos, Helen of Troy, and Anna Dickinson to praise dimples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus
O'Farrell Street
M. Alpoenen Pooduuk
Arts
M. Alphonse
Jono
Cleopatra
Anthony
Eros
Ninon de l'Enclos
Helen of Troy
Anna Dickinson
Rosamond
Sao Francisco
Curious Case of Petrifaction at Folsom Grave
Twenty one years after burial a three year old girl at Folsom was found by her mother and sister to be petrified in a zinc sealed coffin. The body and clothing had become alabaster stone while the doll flowers and bouquet remained turned to stone. The coffin and grave box had rotted away, with heavy metal still intact, and crowds viewed the remarkable specimen at Folsom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Yarpo
Joe Eustace
Greatorex
Canal Street
Eustace
Clinch
Folsomachila
Polsom
Girl Rescues Baby From Well At Tobias Farm
A seven year old girl at Mr Tobias residence loyally rescued her two year old sister from a well yard. The event, reported to her mother, showed quick thinking and bravery. Separately, Henry G ONeill of Hopkinsville Kentucky pitches Preserve lime a tasteless odorless preservative claimed to keep butter, eggs, fish and meat sweet and prevent putrefaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Enquirer
Henry G. O'Neill
Hopkinsville
Tornado Strikes Home as Woman Dies in Cane County
On the 22d alt a tornado struck the building where the wife of Frederick Clark lay dying near Cane Creek Missouri. The roof was torn off and blankets were used to shelter her from the rain. She died shortly after the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Bluff
Frederick Clark
Cane Creek
Cane County
BRIC A BRAC and Verse Snippets From an Evening Page
A miscellany of verse and quips includes poems on daisies and kissing waves, mock notes about Mark Twain and a Georgia politician’s telegraph misadventure, plus nostalgic lines about a singer mother and a fading memory. Anonymous items from Exchange era snippets.
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Miline
Hils Son
Constatly
Lewis Cooper
Dr. Pierce
Canada
Richfield Springs
Fort Plain
Rulison
Mohawk Valley
Fort Frain
Aea Bird
the Sun
Broadway
Kentucky
New York Star
Police Headquarters
Star
Academy
Madison Avenue
South Street
So and
Cincinnati
Rogues
Chatham
Baby
George Macdonald
Baby Dear
Georgia
Washington
Daisy
Burlington Hawkeye
Salt Lake City
Tale of
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Charlie
Thomas
Collier
Peck
Little Rock
Virginia City Chronicle
East
Reno Gazette
Mark Twain
New Haven
Il Bacio
Anon
Foster Coates
New York Express
Mother
Jill
Henry Howard Brownell
Paradise
Lamb
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