Italy and the birth of political liberty in 19th century Rome
The article argues that Italians have voluntarily chosen their political status amid revolutionary pressure in Europe. It notes Austria’s weakness and predicts potential European war, praising Italy as a novel example of self rule and linking political liberty to religious enlightenment through wider Bible access and education.
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Italy
Austria
Hungary
Éobm
Francis Joseph
Adom
TigJy
Tate
Europe
Deiroua
Vatican
Bulla of Ox
Rome
Sardinia
Resignation of High School Principal Dr N B Cooke
The town learns with regret that Dr N B Cooke, nine years principal, has resigned to take a position at Newton Centre Mars. He is described as a ripe scholar and practical teacher valued by the Baptist church and community. Best wishes accompany his departure.
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N. B. Cooke
Newton Centre
Mars
Baptist Church
Newton
Convention struggles shape 1860 presidential ticket
The Charleston Convention faces sharp divisions over candidate Hunter and Douglas. Northern and Western states back Douglas, Southern delegates push a Southern platform or withdrawal. Stormy sessions delay action as Caleb Cushing presides.
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Free
United State
Charleston
Harmony Pierails
Hunter
Douglas
Estern
Caleb Cushing
Mass
Atb
New England
Reeerns
New Hampshire
Daniel Marcoy
Vermont
Jasper Rand
Ibaac
Disis
R. I
Gideon Bradford
Samwal Arnold
F. B. Watson
N. H
Geirge
A. Bingham
P. W. Hayden
B. Vee
Ted Meee
M.R. West
Gene Hie
Town Officers Chosen and Budget Adopted in Local Meeting
The town elected a Republican ticket including Samuel W. Church and Stephen T. Church with David Waldron and others. A finance committee proposed an 11,000 dollar tax for next year, guiding allocations to the Town Council, Asylum, Poor, Highways, Schools, Fire Department, and more, totaling 13,643.80. Votes closed at 7:30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W.church
David Waldron
Stephen T. Church
Samuel Sparks
Thomas J. Usher
Wmn
J. Miller
Jacob Babbitt
Charles Sherry
Fown Council
Asyluma
Vent
Iluting
Walnut Street
A. Sidney O’ Wolf
Lyman Bosworth
William P. Munro
George H. Reynolds
W. H
Bayley
Wm. L. Peckham
Philip
Henry W. Diman
Jeremiah Bosworth
Nathaniel Fulea
Alfred R. Cornall
John I. Pitman
Wm. J. Aliler
George H. Eldridge
H., G. Hubbard
Joseph L. Gardnar
Wm. R. Taylor
Byron Diman
Elisha MM. Wardwell
I. G. Peck
Olive Barrett
Julia Warren
Wm. Slutuing
Joseph Munru
Francis M. Dimond
Cory Williston
Devol, Diman & Co
Ww. J. Miller
Charles Sherry, Jr
Lecture by Mr Wm T Stowe Entitled Temperance Talk
Mr Wm T Stowe son of Rev Wm Stowe will deliver a lecture before the Young Men's Temperance Union at the Town Hall on Monday evening. He is described as a young man of fine talent and is expected to give an interesting address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. T. Stowe
Wm. Stowe
Young Men's Temperance Union
Delegation Members Named for Democratic Convention Trip
Jacob Babbitt left town last Friday as a delegate to the Democratic Convention in Charleston replacing Fenner Brown. Elisha R. Potter and Alfred Anthony were elected but stayed home. Gideon Bradford and Amasa Sprague filled their seats. Welcome B. Bayles chaired the delegation with George H. Brown as secretary.
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Jacob Babbitt
Charleston
Fenner Brown
Elisha
R. Potter
Alfred Anthony
Gideon Bradford
Amasa Sprague
B. Bayles
Bsen
George H. Brown
Oil Walls Found in Pennsylvania Attract Attention
Report describes oil walls discovered in Pennsylvania yielding two to twenty barrels per day. They fetch thirty dollars per gallon on the spot, a value that overshadows other ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Savannah Firm Secures 200000 Feet Pine Lumber for Holy Land
A Savannah firm received an order for 200000 feet of pine lumber to be used in Holy Land construction. The Republican remark linked the project to rebuilding palaces in the Holy Land with Georgia forest materials.
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Savannah
Holy Land
Georgia
Scarcity of Fish: Seining and Market Pressures Rise
The passage notes a shift in the fishery with eight hundred barrels landed at Sunsee Philadelphia and New York. Small vessels prepare to harvest more fish, ice packed and fresh to market, while fears grow that a scarce season is ahead. Debates continue on causes, including spawning disruption and competition from seining and horse mackerel, with hook and line fishing near destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunsee
Philadelphia
New York
Weather rough week with snow squall and cold snap
The season remains backward as cold winds lash games. Tee played nearly every night despite raw conditions. A snow squall on Wednesday followed by renewed chill, then milder weather yesterday. Grass should recover with sun in a few days.
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Tee
Dentist Dr A C Hawes Moves Practice to New York
Dr A C Hawes, a well known Providence dentist, retains his Hawes Brother and Seabury partnership while practicing in New York. He has moved from Bond Street to 45 East 17th Street near Union Park. visitors are urged to call on him when in the city.
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A.C. Haws
Hawes Brother & Seabury
Providence
New York
Bond Street
East 17Th Street
Union Park
City
Atlantic Monthly May Table of Contents Promotes Popularity
The Atlantic Monthly May issue lists articles including Instinct My Own Story The Playmate The Maroon a of Surinam Circumstance Urania Mary Somerville Roby di Roma Threnodia General Miranda's Expedition The Professor's Story Nathaniel Hawthorne plus Reviews and Literary Notices and Recent American Publications. Subscription offers include Atlantic and Phenix at $4 annually in advance with publishers' price $3 for the former.
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Atlantic Monthly
Instinct
Surinam
Circumstance
Urania
Mary Somerville
Roby di Roma
General Miranda
Nathanis Hawthorne
England
Atlantic
Phenix
Charleston Convention Deliberates on Slavery Platform
The Charleston convention reconvened at ten with resolutions favoring the Fugitive Slave Law referred to the Platform Committee. Debates consider protection of slave property in territories and government duties to enforce existing laws. Multiple resolutions on slavery in territories and the Pacific railroad discussed. Seward supports a slaveholding rights platform and James Guthrie as nominee.
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Charleston
Fitz Hugh
Wis
Hughes
Pensylvania
Dame
Browne
Penn
Walker
Miss
Tennessee
Pacific Railroad
Seward
Georgia
James Guthrie
Cattle Disease Visit Reports Mixed Finds in Worcester Area
Worcester Spy says commissioners Walker and Lathrop with Drs Thayer and Dodd inspected about ten to twelve herds near North Brookfield. They killed one animal per herd and found disease signs in some but many herds appeared clean. Affected animals included an Ebenezer Mead calf and a Deland herd ox. Further steps paused until a physicians consultation in town on Wednesday.
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Catrix
Worcester
Walker and Lathrop
Dra. Thayer
Dodd
North Brookfeld
Ebenezer Mead
Npur
Leonard Stoddard
Destructive storms tear through Terre Haute and nearby towns
Reports detail a violent tornado in Terre Haute destroying homes and killing cattle, with damage exceeding 30 000. A fierce hurricane-like wind also struck Dayton and Carlinville area causing roofs to lift and barns to fall, and a man named Lowe died by lightning. In Holyoke a girl Rosanna McCormick was found dead in a canal after last being seen with two men. arrests followed and a coroner’s inquest was planned for Tuesday.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Dayton
Carlinville
Carlingill
Lowe
Reopening the Kidnappings of Coolies in China
Allied chiefs in Canton forward depositions from 100 men seized near Canton and Wampos. The accounts describe kidnapping by Chinese and forced emigration to foreign ships, with torture, threats, and coerced consent for eight years of service.
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Sooliee
China
Canton
Wampos
Ppssenger
Piuneee
Morton
Zanny Kirchner
Cubs
Lind
Honan
Chow
Eaid. L
Cha Yow
Yung Poo
Warkon
Tenid ‘Nu
Swiss watchmaker Emile Euguenin found dead in Fox Point water
The body of Emile Euguenin a Swiss watchmaker about thirty was recovered from Fox Point on Monday afternoon. He had last been seen March 25 and paid for a week’s board at the Roger Williams House. An inquest by Coroner George W. Wightman returned a verdict of death by drowning. The body was buried at the North Burial Ground.
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Fouxp
Fox Point
Emile Euguenin
Mosse
Farrington
Roger Williams
J. E. Farrington
George W. Wightman
North Burial Ground
Blake
Providence Post
Jury list revised includes two Worcester barbers
The 1890s Worcester Transcript notes Aldermen vetted jurors this year and reported William H. Jankins and Francis A. Clough as well off colored barbers. Jankins owned Prospect Street houses and earned his money. Clough is equally wealthy. The report passed unanimously in common council and moves to the lower branch.
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Wiliam H. Jankins
Francis A. Clough
Board of Aldermen
Worcester Transcript
Foraxarts Stone Suicides Over Forged Paper Dynasty
The lawyer Foraxarts Stone killed himself with strychnine on Thursday evening in Plymouth. He left an estimated forged paper debt between 10000 and 15000 dollars. His forged notes allegedly touched Concord banks and a forged mortgage on his wife’s property. Stone died to avoid prison as authorities pursued the forgeries.
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Stone
Plymouth
Concord
Ravings Bank
Manchester
Mirrer
Body of Captain Lawton Found After Wharf Fall
The body of Captain Peleg Lawton was found near Commercial Wharf six weeks after an apparent fall during the night. The deceased's face is disfigured, and investigators estimate the timing to about 1 4 past 9. An inquest resulted in a verdict of accidental drowning per the Viewport News.
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Peleg Lawton
Viewport News
Fishermen's large catch off Castle Bill angers some
Monday the crew employed by Messrs Brown and Co caught 100 barrels of felt with tautog and other fish off Castle Bill. Morats and Wid0d& Co. reported 300 barrels a short distance up. The haul is seen as remunerative but raises concerns for future prospects as another big catch followed yesterday at Newport News.
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Messrs
Brown’& Co
Castle Bill
Newport News
Adriatic and Cultivator Spark Early Morning Encounter
The steamship Adriatic left New York and, at 6 am on the sixteenth, was observed by the ship Cultivator. Captain Russell noted the Adriatic riding topsails in choppy seas while Captain Cammrock stood on the bridge. A single speck on the horizon, about nineteen miles away, marked the Adriatic’s relative distance as the Cultivator steamed south at about five knots while the Adriatic moved fourteen to fifteen.
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New York
Russell
Adriatic
Smithville factory worker charged in cruel beating case
The report alleges Joseph Wilcox assaulted Elizabeth Groves at the Smithville Willimantic spinning room causing harm. A financial penalty of about 50 dollars is noted in connection with the incident.
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Joseph Wilcox
Smithville
T Willimantic
Elizabeth Groves
Congregational Assembly Adopts Annual slate of officers
The meeting adjourned after prayer and a ceremonial reading of The Hill of Zion Yields. The Credentials Committee reported, and the slate for the coming year was unanimously elected: President Rev Henry Jackson D A New rt Secretary Rev A J Granger Providence. Board of managers Rev S Caldwell DS Wes Field TC Jameson W C Richards G Keyser. Board members include Rev S Adlam C H Malcom J Brayton J H Skerr Newport and many others from Providence North Providence Woonsocket Warwick Pawtucket and Cranston. Auditors Asa Newell and Des H Read. Providence Press 25th.
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J. Brayton
Hill of Zion
Henry Jackson
D. A ‘Newrt
Providence
Feenes B. Chipman
Board Ofanagers
Ravs
S. Caldwell
Wes Field
T.C. Jameson
Phenix
F. Henry
Emigration to Pike's Peak Accelerates Across the West
The Journal of Commerce predicts rapid population movement toward Pike's Peak in the coming months as gold mining calls draw expectant seekers from Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and beyond. Davenport News and Omaha Republicans note large flows with hundreds leaving their states to seek fortune, many without families, signaling widespread westward migration and potential demographic shifts.
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Manis
Journal of Commerce
Nowspayere
Towa
Illiois
Wisconsin
Mivecuri
Minnesota
Chicago Journal
Davenport
Iowa
West
Omaha
Nebraska
Republican
Pike's Peak
Tere
Utica Store Window Shatters. Girl Escapes Injury
A Utica business upgraded its storefront with two plate glass windows valued at 300 each. A child, after making purchases, collided with one pane while leaving in haste, shattering it into fragments. She fled but returned, reassured merchants no harm would come, and expressed gratitude for their kindness.
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Utica
Insania Refutes Paris Controversial Jullien Tale
The Paris correspondent for the Boston Traveller denies a report of Jullien's insanity. He allegedly threatened his adopted daughter with a knife saying he would make her hear angels sing. The girl urged him to play the flageolet to compare music with others. While gone to fetch the instrument, servants were summoned and the madman was confined to a private madhouse where he died days later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Julllien
Paris
Boston Traveller
Jullien
Armel
Oddities and fashions echo a long-ago town scene
The text blends curiosities from Pawtucket to New York, noting a dried Chinese rose that unfurls in water, a carved tower tale from an Egyptian mummy, and a central faux clam-digging tale. A fashion column describes an enormous bonnet with red roses, a red silk dress, velvet mantilla, and embroidery, plus gossip about gloves and stockings.
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George Davis
Pawtucket
New York
Charleston, Mercury
Broadway
Hatchet lodged in oak tree reveals ancient embedment
A block of wood from a white oak held a stone Indian hatchet, found by J. Everett in Greenbush while making staves. Tests showed the hatchet had been there for over two centuries as the tree grew about thirty years before the discovery. In Bangor a toddler died after ingesting poison mistaken for gunpowder given by a grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Everet
Greenbush
Bangor Whig
James Spratt
Fragmented maritime disaster and legal notices amid weather mentions
Fragmented OCR narrative covers a shipwreck off Cape York amid gale winds with survivors and rescue efforts described in hazy prose. The text then shifts to court actions, a social reform period note on Joshua T. Himes and his Voice of the Prophets publication, and a New Orleans bankruptcy related legal claim involving a wife and husband with court denial of recovery.
Auction of Mixed Freight Packages Attracts Curious Buyers
A New York auction of assorted unclaimed freight drew crowded interest on Wednesday. Batches contained watches, jewelry, clothing, canvases, and peculiar items including supposed gold impregnated goods. Bidders paid from five to forty dollars and some parcels yielded substantial profits while others disappointed buyers.
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Adam's & Gu
New York
Are & Gentiainan
Wight
Griplin
Hull
Suni
Duk
California
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