Newspaper Change Brings Change to Miller Farm
Peter Miller, burdened by debt, reads the Gazette and trades wheat at near Cincinnati prices, clearing his mortgage with Gray & Elder. Uncle Ben visits, praises the paper, and urges continued reading to foster thrift, education, and family progress through informed farming.
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Peter
Besehh
Hook
Gazette
Cincinnati
Guy
Gray & Elder
Gray & Elder's
Bem
Europe
Gray & Lider
Gray
Hin
Garote
Ben
Miller
Henry
Ellen
Jen
Schowl
Bren
Hannah
Hanah
Uncle Ben
Gimlonss
Vogle Bon
Garette
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Transatlantic Message Fastest Yet Telegraphed Route
A New York message sped to Egypt via London and Trieste, then by steam to Alexandria, completing the full voyage in nineteen days, showcasing rapid communication across continents.
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New York
Egypt
London
Trieste
Alexandria
N. Y
The Departing Generation and Century of Change
A preface recounts the first half of the nineteenth century marked by disease and death, noting leaders like Peel and Calhoun as well as the cholera scourge. It lauds missionary work, translation of scriptures, moral reforms, abolition of slavery, temperance gains, and public schools, praising how steam and electricity knit distant regions.
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Terrors
France
United States
Robert Peel
William Wardsworth
Stroud
Neander
Germany
Christendom
Calhoun
Oheur
Gold
Jesus Christ
Wade
Town Meeting Voting Rights Notice Warns of Tax Deadline
Electors must pay Registry Tax on or before Tuesday next ensure voting rights at the annual town meeting. Tax Collector B J Munro is available at his office all day and evening for assessments and payments.
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Me. B. J. Munro
Boston Almanac 1854 1855 edition includes city map and wards
Publishers send a copy of the Boston Almanac for 1854 mainly featuring an uitgebreide city map with new wards South and East Boston the census and a business directory. Stephens will also have a supply.
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Boston AL Manac
Boston
Business Direatory
Panorama exhibition in town next week praised by notable figures
Reference to Peart's splendid Panorama to be shown in this town for a few evenings next week. The panorama has received letters of approbation from Edward Everett, Professor Silliman, Yale College president, Gov. Burgas, Mrs. Sigourney and other distinguished persons.
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Peart
Edward Everett
Silliman
Yale College
Snow fall and gale sweep northeastern cities
Evening snows blanketed parts of the region with balls of snow scattered in circles from 25 to 30 feet and in narrow drifts. A northwest gale and cold front hit Boston New York Brooklyn Philadelphia Baltimore Montreal Syracuse and Utica with structural damage and injuries estimated from damaged walls to blown down houses.
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Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Douredoure
Market Street
Baltimore
Montreal
Syracuse
Utica
Mysterious Rappings Exhibition in Rochester Next Week
We have learned of an exhibition titled the Rochester Knockings to be held next week. Citizens shown interest in the subject by many witnesses. the event offers an opportunity to investigate for themselves.
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Rochester
Ciiiens
Art Aston Danwine at Tripler Hall Draws 3500 Fans
The Friday event at Tripler Hall New York drew 3500 attendees with mayors of New York and Brooklyn presiding. Last year's membership stood 16 310, down about 2600 from 1849, and about the same as in JAB. The exhibition distributed 424 paintings 500 bronze medals and other works totaling around 1000 pieces. Samuel Weateut from Jersey City NJ won the finest painting No 100 Dream of Arcadia 53 by 39 inches painted by Calv deceased.
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Aston Danwine
Tripler
Dream of Arcadia
Calv
The Flying Years and A Fugitive Slave Case
A mixed text blends a meditation on time and eternity with a report on the Adam Gibson fugitive slave case. The poem contemplates life's swift passage and divine guidance while the city report notes a remarkable end to Gibson's pursuit as his master disclaims ownership.
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Heach
Adam Gibson
Maryland
Elkton
Knight
Emery Rice
Philad, Ledger
Gale Attacks Battimann Causing Citywide Damage
A violent gale swept Battimann on December 23 with strong winds all day. Widespread damage occurred to signs and awnings while concerns rose over possible shipping damage in the Bay.
Fire Destroys Providence Street House Above West Burial Ground
A two story house on Providence Street above the West Burial Ground burned last evening around six. Occupants were Robert Grinvel and William Sutton while ownership belonged to Tondation Tower Jr. Insurance was 3700 with the Mutus Office in this city. an adjoining house owned by Mr Tower sustained heavy scorching.
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Providence Street
Robert Grinvel
William Sutton
Tondation Tower, Jr
Mutus
Tower
Prov
Journal
Governor Quitman and the Cuban invasion charge
The New York Express reports the President has information linking Gov. Quitman to the last Cuban invasion, sufficient to convict him tenfold. The Executive seeks to bring him to trial under the law, though Quitman may resist while governor. If Guilty, U.S. or Louisiana authorities will act to arrest and transport him.
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Quitman
Quiiman
Enid
Ghalson
Mississippi
Louisiada
United States
Louisiana
New York Express
Trinity Church Property Value In Possession
Trinity Church Corporation is in possession of property valued between 12 and 16 million dollars. The notice notes the substantial holdings and implies related legal or financial affairs surrounding the asset.
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Trinity Church Corporation, N
LATE FROM CALIFORNIA REPORTS GOLD AND DIFFICULTIES
Year 90 Cherakes sails from Chagiee with gold shipments and passengers. Cholera abates at Kingston and in California yet rages on the river. California gold price and mining yields noted. California mails delayed. steamer traffic heavy. Yuba mines yield well. San Francisco hotel rates high. politics show Whig majority and possible Senatorial election.
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California
Chagiee
Kingston
Jamaica
Chagres
Pacific
Tennessee
Panama
Antelope
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Chagres Dee
Oth
New Orleans
Sacramento
Col. Eremont
T. Butler King
Steamer Carolina voyage labeled filthy and deadly voyage
One hundred and four passengers aboard the Carolina from Panama to San Francisco publish a New York Tribune statement describing extreme filth aboard the 550 ton steamer. Crowded steerage decks held oxen and livestock, crowded state rooms, poor bedding, foul odors, and inadequate service. Cholera, dysentery, and fever afflicted many. fourteen died. Of the signers, thirty two were from Massachusetts.
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Accomonationa
Pacific
Panama
San Francisco
Howland & Aspinwall
Carolina
New York Tribune
Corplus
Massachusette
Severe Storm Causes Sloop Losses in Boston Harbor
A late night tempest battered the coast with rain and high winds. The sloop Avan from Gloucester carrying 355 barrels of mackerel foundered near India Wharf, while a ballast lighter wrecked between India and Rowe's wharves. A brig suffered mangled masts near Chelsea Beach and was left burning distress signals. The new Episcopal Church frame at Paris and Decatur streets blew down. The R. B. Forbes sails to assist. A NOAA-like warning of further maritime danger accompanies the report.
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Sint
Avan
Gloucester
India Wharf
India
Rowe's Wharf
Anshir
Chelsea Beach
R. B. Forbes
Paris and
Decatur Streets
Boston
Boston Journal
A Lucrative Post Office Profits Reported
Jacob B. Moore, formerly of Concord New Hampshire is Postmaster at San Francisco California A visitor reports the office has over thirteen hundred boxes at $2 monthly or $24 yearly yielding above $31000 in box rents alone Moore pays £24000 per year for the building and could rents other offices free and still profit substantially per annum
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Jacob B. Moore
Concord
N. H
San Francisco
California
Moore
Lowell Courter
Acquittals and convictions in Irish girl rape case
In Pawtucket two of eight defendants Robert Abel and Strange were acquitted at New Bedford. Six were convicted. two sentenced to 19 months in the House of Correction, and four others fined 125 dollars plus costs or 10 months additional confinement.
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Pawtucket
Robert Abel
Strange
New Bedford
House of Correction
Lind Concert Tickets Rally Richmond Sales Explain
In Richmond Virginia the first Lind concert ticket sold for 110 dollars and the average ticket price across all sales was 13 dollars. Total ticket sales ranged between 14000 and 17000 dollars.
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Richmond
Rope length and size for Liverpool Railway wire work
A wire rope turned out in England for the Liverpool Railway weighs 20 towe and has a circumference of 4 12 inches. It extends over 6,000 yards more than 3 miles in length.
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England
Liverpool
Georgia Convention Adjourns After Union Preservation Push
The Georgia Convention adjourned on Saturday the 14th inst after a session focused on preserving the Union. A lighthearted exchange about butter humor highlights the period's everyday concerns.
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Georgia
Arrival of the Africa at Malifax and Europe news
News from the Atlantic describes the Africa arriving off Sandy Hook and a Hamburg America voyage, with passengers including J. Holsford Smith and George Copway. London and Berlin report unsettled, amid German affairs and papal tensions. Turkey massacres at Alleppo trigger large-scale conflict while Prussia and Austria reportedly move toward a settlement.
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Liver
J. Holsford Smith
George Copway
Washington
New York
Southampton
Joe Byewen
Africa
Sandy Hook
Aig
Liverpool
England
Dargee & F
Germany
Liverpool ‘Times
Berlin
Vienna
M. Manteuffel
Prince Schwartzenburgh
France
Legislative Assembly
Yar Mena M. Persigny
Louis Napoleon
Prussia
Rome
England i
Everytling
Lombardy
Turin
Alleppo
Ireland
Leith
Turkey
Kerin Pasha
Tin
Kerim Pasha
Telumn
Mussalman
Karlek
Babcussa
E Bab Nestad
Mainder
Austria
Pane
Paris
Alry
Destructive Fall River Fire Destroys Episcopal Church
A morning blaze in Fall River destroyed the Episcopal Church and damaged several nearby buildings. An Irishman was killed when a chimney collapsed. The Ford and Cobb dwelling near the church was nearly ruined, and houses of Joseph Chase and Thomas Wilbur suffered damage. The Unitarian church steeple also caught fire but was extinguished with little injury.
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Fall River
Messrs
Ford and Cobb
Joseph Chase
Thomas Wilbur
Unitarian Church
New Bedford Mercury
New York Milk Case Exposes Contaminated Supply
In a New York Court of Common Pleas trial a milk supplier Laughman delivered milk from cows kept on swill and confined until death. A chemist testified the milk harmed the human body and caused disease. The jury ruled for the defendant, finding pure milk was the contracted article.
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New York
Court of Common Pleas
Irving
Laughman
Orders to fit out the Ohio for London World's Fair tribute
Orders reach Charlestown navy yard to outfit the ship of the line Ohio with urgency. The famed vessel is likely to carry the United States tribute to the World’s Fair in London.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Ohio
United States
London
Foston
Christmas Morning Fire Fatal to Local Woman
A 62 year old American woman died in a basement fire at a Pond Street house after a jug of spirits ignited on a stove. Her sons were drinking with neighbors. one son was jailed, the other sought help as the blaze began. The coroner's inquest ruled accidental burning while intoxicated.
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Pond Street
John
Edward
Hiqear
Sarah Billings
Providence Journal
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Bristol
Zion's Hill
Bethlehem
Holy Star
Broadway
Hartrond
Phenix Bank
Hartford
Taylor
Middletown
Malifax
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