Laura O- Fires Up Daughter to Defy Suit from Charles Ruffin
Laura's mother leads a quiet rebellion as Mrs. O- resists a planned match between Laura and Charles Ruffin. Mr. O- presses for the arrangement, while Laura's father, and the family friend Mr. O- push the union to strengthen the mercantile house. The mother proclaims she is a mother first and refuses to sacrifice her daughter's happiness.
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Charles
Ruffin
Charles Ruffin
Mr.o
Laura
Ruslin
House of Ruffin & Son
Lum
Giaedo
Rasa
Drayman
Deadly rail crash verdict and calls for safety reforms
A Rhode Island Cumberland inquest records that thirteen people died in a train collision between a Uxbridge car and a Providence morning train, while survivors linger. The article notes firmer penalties for crew and immediate plans for a double track to prevent future tragedies and cites public demand for stricter traveler protections.
Criticism of Rail Line Conductors After Uxbridge Collision
Jury findings fault the Railroad Company for appointing an inexperienced conductor Mr Putnam to the Uxbridge train and for inadequate watches and signaling. They state the Providence train delay caused by staff absences, and argue earlier signal use and stricter watch standards could have averted the disaster. Coroner and jurors affix signatures, naming Nathaniel C Oana as foreman and Geo L Dana as coroner.
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Ecard
Putnam
Uxbridge
Putram
Providence
Boston
Valley Falls
Providengs
Enryy
Nathaniel C, Oana
Edward Studley
Benjamin Fessenden
William Ellsbee
Lyman Pond
Daniel H. Miller
Geo. L. Dana
Conductor Putnam Arrested After Providence and Worcester Accident
Frederick Putnam, conductor of the down train for the Providence and Worcester Railroad, was arrested and held to bail of ten thousand dollars to answer the Coroner’s inquest charge.
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Frederick Putnam
Providence and Worcester Railroad
Phenix Notes on Bills and Delinquent Subscriptions
The present number marks the seventeenth year of the Phenix. In the coming week we will present our bills for the last year and expect prompt payment. Some subscribers two to three years in arrears may have their accounts turned over for collection, though we hope to avoid this duty through their sense of justice.
Warlike News from Boston on Russo Turkish Tensions
The America steamer reports Russia aims to coerce Turkey, with European talk of U S aid to Turkey being unfounded. The empires next move could be further hostilities or a peace settlement.
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America
Boston
Russia
Turkey
Europe
U. S
Porpoises Caught in Menhaden Net Rarity Reported
On Wednesday two Menhaden fishing boats drew their sein to find five large porpoises inside the net. The catch weighed about 1500 pounds with blubber yielding around 10 gallons of oil. This marks the first known instance of porpoises taken in a Menhaden seine.
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Extraonpinany Haun
Fisa
Dea G M Coit Garden Yields Large Fig Harvest
A garden at the home of Dea G M Coit produced over one hundred large figs on a single tree. Some specimens reached seven inches in circumference, highlighting the deacon's bountiful produce as his grape vines also thrive under his own vine and fig tree.
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Dea
G. M. Coit
Deacon
Yellow fever deaths surge in New Orleans report
The city suffers severe yellow fever mortality with 270 deaths on Saturday, 235 from yellow fever, and 1532 weekly total with 1369 due to yellow fever, underscoring a frightful toll amid a declining population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Weather Pattern Shifts Through Week in Town
The week featured warmest days on Friday and Saturday with the thermometer reaching peak levels. Early days were pleasant, midweek brought rain, and yesterday returned cool and cloudy with north winds.
Rhode Island Citizens Urged to Aid Liberia Colonization
The piece urges Rhode Island citizens to donate about ten thousand dollars to support thirteen Rhode Islanders becoming Liberian citizens through the American Colonization Society. Funds left at the office will be sent to the Society’s Providence agent for settlement.
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Bristol
American Colonization Society
Liberia
Colonization Society
Rhode Island
The
Providence
Cholera Rages in Copenhagen Driving City Exodus
An article notes Asiatic Cholera raging in Copenhagen with nearly all able residents fleeing. Those who stay are dying by the hundreds, indicating a severe outbreak and mass exodus from the city.
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Copenhagen
Heatwaves Claim Many Lives Across Cities and States
Last week heat deaths rose across New York area and nearby regions totaling 220 with Brooklyn 26 and Jersey City 3 among the listed locales. Boston and Philadelphia reported fatalities from sun stroke, while Paterson and Troy each logged multiple deaths. Terrance McCoy of Valley Falls died after succumbing to heat, and a Herald compositor collapsed at his desk. A 160 degree mint thermometer is cited in Gen Bennett’s Mint case.
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New York
Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Jersey City
Staten Island
N. Y
Little Compton
Terrance McCoy
Valley Falls
Worcester
Mass
Blackstone
Philadelphia
Bennett
Mint
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Paterson
N.J
Troy
Govry's Lady's Book September issue advertised
The September Govry's Lady's Book arrives with engravings including The School Master in Love The Little Shell Merchant Pushions and other pieces. It offers highly entertaining contents from leading writers and can be obtained at Easterbrooks' Depot on State street.
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Govry
Easterbrooks
State Street
Destructive Storm Across Massachusetts and Nearby Towns
A Sunday night storm swept parts of Massachusetts and nearby towns with heavy rain, lightning, and thunder. Reports describe multiple lightning strikes on buildings in Byfield Georgetown Haverhill Bradford Andover and Lawrence. Fires started by lightning damaged barns and a few homes, with injuries but no widespread fatalities.
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Boston
Boston Journal of Monday
Byfield
Georgetown
Haverhill
Bradford
Andover
John Northend
Groveland
Lawrence
J. Shattuck
Essex
Gloucester
Newburyport
Ipswich
Ship John Cummings Sails Disrupted by Fever Report
Fragmentary report notes the John Cummings from New Orleans to Bordeaux encountered trouble near port. Captain Hewens three seamen and two passengers died of fever, with others ill and recovering. Affected residents include Fowler and his wife, an infant unharmed but distressed as a ceiling damage case is described.
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Groves
Wim. Fowler
Sivanxalt
John Cummings
New Orleans
Bordeaux
Hewens
Fishermen report abundant catch from Labrador voyage
The Portsmouth Journal carries a fisherman’s letter from the Labrador coast noting abundant fish though smaller in size. One vessel logged a top catch of 64,700 and expected total fares around 160,000 fish. Washington journalists debate Commodore Shubrick’s dispatches as pacific or potentially confrontational.
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Marblehead
Portsmouth Journal
Labrador
Washington Jett
Commodore Shubrick
M. Y. Herald
Pacific
Tribune
Sailor Timothy Hugo Dies On Ship Susan G Owens
Investigation by the U S Commissioner into the death of sailor Timothy Hugo aboard the Susan G Owens on December 4th finds second mate Benjamin Jenks accused of killing Hugo with a capstan bar and fleeing ashore. First mate David H Norton jailed as accessory and Captain Anthony Michaels held to bail 2000 as accessory after the act.
Danish lieutenant found after desertion from Saga
Lieut. Hansen of the Danish sloop Saga has been located after deserting. He had shipped aboard a clipper bound for San Francisco, which was scheduled to sail yesterday from New York.
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New York
Lieut. Hansen
Sloop of War
Saga
San Francisco
Sisters of Charity Among Yellow Fever Victims in New Orleans
Among the yellow fever victims in New Orleans several Sisters of Charity are praised for devoting themselves to the care of the sick. They work with tireless dedication, risking and often meeting death in their labors, seeking reward in the life to come.
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New Orleans
Sisters of Charity
Man loses eye in umbrella assault on Court Street
A man on Court Street Saturday evening was attacked by a rowdy and had his eye punched out with an umbrella. The victim's name was not learned. The Boston Courier reports the incident.
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s.Eve
Court Street
Boston Courier
Northampton blast victim dies in Boston visit
The Spring field Republican reports Mr Cummings died yesterday morning from injuries after a Northampton liquor cask explosion two days earlier. The 42 year old foreman of Hallett & Daviss piano factory had been visiting Northampton. another injured man Foley remains in critical condition in Boston.
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Farat
Springfield Republican
Cummings
Northampton
Hallett & Davis
Paine-Forte
Foley
Bost. Jour
Peaches Thick in New Jersey Harvest of Thousands
New Jersey supplies flood Camden and Amboy Rail Road outlets with seven or eight boat loads of peaches daily. Prices range from one dollar per basket for good fruit to twenty five cents for low quality. Farmers predict a very large yield this year with three to eight thousand baskets each. Dock laborers load and unload boats and some disappear with fruit, untracked by watchers.
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New Jersey
Camden and Amboy
N. Y. Jour
Com
Palatable remedy of milk and Port wine with nutmeg
A Journal of Commerce note describes reducing milk to a pint and mixing in Port wine with leaf sugar and nutmeg as a safe home remedy. The writer reports using this preparation in his family with success.
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Jour. Com
Venerable Oliver Wickes Works Field at Nineteenth Year
The Kent County Atlas notes Mr Oliver Wickes aged ninety seven took a scythe into the field on a Wednesday and cut a good swarth with vigor equal to a man half his age. The brief local observation contrasts age and strength in a rustic scene.
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Oliver Wickes
Kent County Atlas
Alligator Attacks Miss Sparks at Old River
The Galveston News reports a ten year old girl, daughter of Solomon Sparks, mauled by an alligator while wading for pond lilies at the mouth of Old River in Orange County. Both arms and legs were torn off and swallowed. the creature was killed and found with a fragment of pants and a pocket book. The pants are believed to belong to a drowned woman recently lost in the river.
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Horry
Galveston News
Solomon Sparks
Old River
Orange County
Renate
Iver
Seafaring brawl in Nantucket leaves sailor dead
An affray at Nantucket between sailors from the U S surveying schooner Corwin and local Irish youths resulted in the death of seaman Christopher Summers. Five ringleaders were arrested and jailed.
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Avenay
Nantucket
U Ae
Corwin
Christopher Summers
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Jonathan Rogers
W. Wood
Mrs. Plant
Peter Planty
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