Emigration Surge and Reform Debates Stir 1866 Britain and US
The piece notes rising foreign immigration to North America from Germany Ireland and Wales with thousands seeking passage via Hamburg Bremen and Cork. It also discusses British parliamentary reform hopes a pending bill to extend the franchise and the Cambridge Massachusetts execution of Edward W Green for murder with Governor Bullock praised for firm enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
North America
Hamburg
Bremen
Ireland
Cork
America
Wales
Cardiff
United States
The Rumseller as a Public Nuisance and Moral Issue
An 19th century opinion piece argues rumselling is a public nuisance and moral wrong. It cites mortality stats from Manchester, insurance policy cancellations, and law references to depict the social harm and legal condemnation of grog shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
England
Let Rum Selling Be Made Infamous by Law and Public Frown
The passage condemns licensing rum selling as immoral and pernicious likening it to gambling and prostitution. It urges Christians to denounce the traffic, shun its operation, and force it to hide, aiming to curb its ravages and protect victims. Mr. Crrevis.
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Mr. Crrevis
Peter Funk Picture Sales Fraud grips Broadway
The New York press condemns Peter Funk picture auctions as a swindle selling fake grand master works with decoys bidding up prices. Readers warned to avoid auctions, noting damaged walls, poor artistry, and widespread fraud benefiting few while defrauding many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Mail
New York
Bprtor
Peter Funk
Peter
Genewine
Broadway
Civil rights bill influence on Congress and rebel states plan
Washington correspondence notes prominent figures claim passage of the civil rights bill over the veto eases contest with Congress. They predict a rapid adoption by Congress of a plan to restore the rebel states that will satisfy the people and gain the President's approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Howard
Freedmen’s Bureau
Maine
St. Louis
British Steamship Virginia Arrives with 1043 Passengers
The Virginia from Liverpool arrives in New York with 1043 passengers and reports 38 deaths on the voyage. She anchors at quarantine as the illness resembles the one aboard the steamship England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Liverpool
New York
England
Burnside injured after collision with car in New Haven
Gen. Burnside was bumped by a moving car in New Haven and thrown against a post. He sustained minor bruises and is not seriously hurt. Samuel A. Parker won Newport mayoral race on the 18th by 18 votes over incumbent William H. Cranston.
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Wns
Burnside
New Haven Conn
Samuel A. Parker
Newport
Wiliam H. Cranston
Notable Death of Hon Daniel Dickenson Ex Senator and Statesman
Obituary notes the death in New York of Hon Daniel Dickenson aged sixty six. A prominent U S public figure, he served as New York State Senator Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General and represented New York in the U S Senate during Polk Taylor and Fillmore administrations. He was a candidate for President at multiple Democratic National Conventions and later aligned with the Union Party. The report also covers various contemporary items from rivers to politics and industry.
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Daniel
Dickenson
New York
Dickinson
United States
Polk
Taylor and Fullmore
United States Senate
Virginia
Breckenridge
Locoln
Union Party
Southern
Mr. Dickinson
Goshen
Connecticut
Binghamton
N. Y
Reform-Ocean Penny Postage Debate in England
English newspaper agitation centers on halving foreign mail rates, arguing Rowland Hill's inland reform proves cheaper ocean postage could boost revenue. Authors claim current ocean rates for New York to Liverpool shipments are vastly higher than cargo values and call for ending steamship subsidies to expand mail volume and revenue.
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England
Rowland Hill
Great Britain
New York
Liverpool
United States
The Caetera Steamer and Plague Quarantine At Freshwater
Halifax Sun reports caution lacking as the steam ship England quarantined. Beds and rubbish from the ship wash ashore at Freshwater and coffins drift near the coast. Fishermen see coffins and a burial barge on shore with a flag raised awaiting burial in deep beach trenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax Sun
England
Newfoundland Election Signals Anti Confederation Pulse
The piece notes opposition in the maritime provinces to Canadian Confederation. Newfoundland recently elected a legislature opposed to the project with many residents favoring annexation to the United States over joining Confederation with Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maritime Provinces
Newfoundland
United States
Canada
Town Meeting and Bristol Town Affairs Across Week
The annual town meeting to elect town officers and conduct town business is set for today at Town Hall from 10 o'clock. Other notices report Bristol Amateur Association concerts drawing strong crowds, a lost wallet with eighty-two dollars, jury selections for the May term, a fire on Wood Street, and wild rumors about large Ingraham and Bowen fortunes and Jumel heirs, all debated amid Bristol's historic wealth talk.
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Mretina
Groud
Bristol Amateur Association
Town Hall
Bristol
James
Simon
Rehobeth Bowen
Bowens
Rehobeth
Jumel
Prof Youngs Magic and Gift Entertainments at Town Hall
Prof Youngs Magic and Gift Entertainments at Town Hall drew strong crowds last weekend with Friday and Saturday evening shows and a Saturday afternoon matinee. The leading gift on opening night went to John P. Dunbar and on the following evening to William H. Easterbrooks. Godeys Lady's Book for May arrives with a steel engraving The Pet of the Common and includes a six-figure color Fashion plate and an engraving of Spring. A robe dress from A. T. Stewart is also featured.
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Laverpata Murpers
Philadelphia
Cornelius Casey
Elizabeth Dolan
Emily Deering
Anna Deering
Thomas Deering
John Deering
Julia Deering
Christopher Deering
Antoine Probst
The
Philadelphia Ledger
Franklin
Central
Fifth Pennsylvania Cavalry
Jacob Gaunter
Mr. Deering
Probst
Gaunter
Horrors Tanis
Godey
A. T. Stewart
May number features Mrs. Daffodil and serials in Beadles Dime Dialogues
A promotional page notes Evans & Co. dresses in New York and Philadelphia, with May issue literary contents by Daffodil, Locke, Leigh, Towne, Bel, Ames, and Ripley. It highlights fashion plates, wood-cut illustrations, dress patterns, and poems. Beadle & Peterson advertise Beadle's Dime Dialogues No. 4 aimed at schoolrooms, adaptable to any classroom setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
August Bel
M. F. Ames
Emma B. Ripley
Beadle & Co
William Street
New York
Disaster on the Sour as Steamer Norwich Is Destroyed
The steamer City of Norwich on the New London and New York line collided with the schooner Genl S Van Vliet off Huntington at 4 am. The Norwich burned and sank with about fifty aboard. forty were saved by the Electra from Providence, and the rest are presumed lost. The schooner was abandoned and its crew taken aboard the Electra.
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City of
Norwich
New London and
New York
Gen. S. van Vliet
Huntington
Electra
Providence
Indians Frozen to DratH near Mussouri Boreau
Minnesota papers report a camp of friendly Indians near the Mussouri Boreau saying that a male line of about forty or fifty men vanished in a severe snowstorm while buffalo hunting. One survivor returned with the sad tidings of the group’s death in a single night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Mussouri Boreau
Buffalo
Universal Suffrage and Norse-Language Vignettes
The legislature passes a joint resolution to amend the state constitution extending suffrage to more people, noting Michigan elections where Black citizens voted for the first time. The rest is a miscellany of ad-like items, dubious claims, and poetic fragments promoting health products and catalog offerings from New York publishers.
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Tews
Michigan
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West
Enetisa Reroru
Green
Edward W. Green
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Frank E. Converse
Converse
Bullock
Friends of
Joyce
Roxbury
Young Converse
William C. Luce
Holmes Hole
Poenix
Washington Correspondence
Cincinnati Gazette
Geo. Grant
Vicksburg
Eagle Bend
Chicago
St. Domingo
Pesident
Seward
New Haven
Secretary of the Treasury
Eastport
New Brunswick
Pittsburg Dispatch
Clement C. Clay
Halifax
Herr Szerczel
Elihu Burritt
Prague
Mass
Cincinnati
Christian Knowledge
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Washington, D C
Paris
Cafeter
Deering
National Bank
Ole Bull
Quebec
Pennsylvania
Boston
Indian Ocean
Ange
South Pacific
Fall River
J. DeWolf Perry
St. Paul's Church
Pawtucket
Calvary Church
Germantown
Penn
Lewiston
Martha McFarlin
New Bedford
Mobile
Austin Messenger
Norton
South
Stevens
Sweeney
War Department
Cigs
Fenian Executive
Hartford
Conn
St. Paul
Gulf
Hocal
Morey
John W. Waldron
Church Street
Court of Common Pleas
Theodora P. Bogert
James N Gladding
Edmund Waldron
Nathaniel S. Greene
George T. B. Chafee
Benjamin Tilley
George Tilley
George H. Farrington
Isaiah D Simmons
Henry F Bush
David M. Hatch
Henry B. D. Coggeshall
William H. Barrus
Wood Street
Belinda Peck
Earl of Aberdeen
St. John’s
Washburn
House of Representatives
Fourteen Hundred Sons of Temperance and
Good Templars
Worcester
National Treasury
Washington
Laleratus
Herrick Allen
Liberty Street
Lizz
American Statesman
Nassau Street
Webster
Wheeler and Wilson
the Statesman
Cereus
Phalon & Son, Manufacturers
Broadway, N.Y
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