Global migration and Russian American alliance noted
An 1866 column discusses race movements from Asia to Europe and the West, the hopeful mingling of peoples, and the growing US Russia alliance as Pacific trade opens. It highlights American pride in ties with Russia, and envisions commerce from San Francisco to the East. Rhode Island naval cadets excel at Annapolis with Kane and Tilley leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Western
Asia
Russia
America
Old World
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Pacific
Peter the Great
Alexander
Chinese drought spurs fasting as rain remains absent
After eleven months with no rain or snow in China the population intensifies prayers for rain. Local authorities report drought conditions and widespread water shortages affecting agriculture and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyerh
China
Christmas in an Ancient Town Sunday School Festival
A Congregational Church Sunday School Festival drew expectant children and parents despite dull weather. Rev. Francis Horton and others led prayers and songs as gifts of books toys and art were distributed for over half an hour. A rich engraving and a Bible Dictionary were among the memorable rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banniaron
R. J
Dean Prenix
Francis Horton
Thomas W Ricknell
C. P. Osborne
Your Town
Palmer
Bristou
Death of the Largest Man Jacob Loucks of York County
Jacob Loucks a respected Manchester township resident and reputed largest man in the country died on Wednesday of apoplexy at fifty seven. He reportedly weighed about five hundred pounds and his coffin measured thirty five by twenty three inches. His death recalls Daniel Lambert of Leicestershire England noted as five hundred twenty three pounds, previously the world’s largest man.
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Rhode Island
Waterman
Benjamin F. Tilley
Richard C . Derby
Newport
Charles Briggs
Benjamin C. Tillinghast
Sabine
Academy
Charles D. Bray
John B. Peck
Jacob Loucks
Manchester Township
York County
Daniel Lambert
Leicestershire
England
Prohibition Notice Against Liquor Sales
A notice forbids any person from selling or providing the speaker liquor at any time. It warns that violators will be prosecuted despite any previous promises or assurances.
Young Teacher Beaten, Fractured Skull Near Lake Pleasant
The young teacher Haskins, teaching near Lake Pleasant, tried to correct a pupil when an elder sister attacked. She was struck, thrown, and suffered a fractured skull leaving her a hopelessmaniac for life.
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Haskins
Lake Pleasant
Aupil
For Mer Civilization at the West
The article discusses ancient Western relics and Indian diggings showing copper mining long before current occupants. Large trees cover openings, copper masses bear tool marks, and stone utensils and vessels offer limited data on a once civilized mining people distinct from later savages. The traces remain uninscribed memorials of a vanished culture.
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Mexico
Likely defeat of Colorado and Nebraska state bills
Congress adjourned without passing admission bills for Colorado and Nebraska. They may falter post adjournment as the President would veto them, and a two thirds Senate vote seems unlikely. Opponents cite state constitutions not fully settling negro suffrage, with Sumner leading resistance.
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Colorado
Nebraska
Congress
Senate
Sumner
Infernal Machine Sent to Yongstown Machinist
On the 34 inst Howard Tillinghast, master machinist at Yongstown Ohio, received a box from Cleveland. Gunpowder and matches were packed to explode when the lid moved. The device was traced to William Howarth, a worker under Tillinghast, as retaliation for the son’s dismissal last month.
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Howard Tillinghast
Yongstown
Ohio
Express
Cleveland
William Howarth
Tillinghast
Howarth
Century-Old Maine Matron Miriam Hart Dies at 100
Mrs Miriam Hart of Union aged 100 years 3 months 10 days died recently. Born in Sherburne Mass August 24 1766 her maiden name Breck. She recalled Lexington fight and her father joining the minute men. She and husband were early Union settlers and endured pioneer hardships. Both children over 70 followed her to the grave.
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Rockland
Maine
Democrat
Miriam Hart
Union
Sherburne
Mass
Breck
Lexington
Minute-Men
Mysterious Man Survives Train Pass Over Body
A man lay between Shore line rails near Providence as an 11 am train approached. The icy track slowed the stop. the train rolled over him without waking him. He was drunk but uninjured and left in the care of track workers.
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Dears
Providence
R. J
Boston Journal
Young Duke of Hamilton Reduced by Creditors
The Young Duke of Hamilton, heir to the Stuart line, rose to prominence three years after inheriting a $350000 annual estate. He funded a lavish lifestyle with racing and excess, leaving his lands and properties mortgaged to Jewish lenders who now hold them until the next entail heir appears.
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Duke of Hamilton
Kingdom Ofcotland
French naval expedition beaten off at Kongbau
Ir 18 reported in Hong Kong that a French naval expedition against Corea led by an Admiral seeking revenge for missionary murders and outrages was repelled from Kongbau with forty five men. The imperial fleet then returned to Shanghae.
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Ir 18
Hong Kong
China
Corea
Kongbau
Shanghae
Convention of Colored Veterans in Philadelphia on January 8
The Executive Committee of the Colored Soldiers and Sailors National League announces a convention of colored veterans in Philadelphia on January 8. Its aim is to secure equality before the law. All colored soldiers and sailors are invited to attend. The report also notes Iowa’s Walled Lake as a mysterious three feet above ground, covering 1900 acres with unclear water sources and always fresh.
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Providence
Soldiers’ League
Rhode Island
National League
Dexter Clark
Grover W. Tew
Horatio Rogers Jr
Freperice Dentsoy
Sammy A. Pearce, Jr
Joan F. Toney
A. E. Brixster
Soldiers’ Convention
The
Colored Soldiers’ and Sailors’ National League
Philadelphia
State of
Iowa
Climate contrasts tale from Bogota to California foothills
The Stockton Independent discusses South American and Californian climates, noting Bogota's near constant temperatures and contrasting it with California valleys near the Big Trees and Murphy's. It explains how altitude, from 2,000 to 4,500 feet, creates diverse climates within twenty miles.
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California
Cuoare
Stockton Independent
South America
Bogota
New Granada
Magdalena
Murphy’s
Calaveras
Murphy's
Buried Woman Found Alive in Vault Near Quincy
Mrs J H McClure died apparently on the 4th and was buried on the 5th. A visiting group heard groans from the vault and the coffin lid was raised. The woman showed injuries from a struggle to escape and is now recovering after medical care.
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Buriep Burve
J. H. McClure
Quincy
Illinois
Fire at Specht Confectionery in Memphis Strikes Fatal Par
A morning fire at Joseph Specht’s confectionery at 36 Madison Street Memphis on December 19 started in the cellar. Between three and four o clock the blaze filled upper floors with smoke and charcoal fumes. About twenty five people slept on the third and fourth floors fourteen died from suffocation or jumping from windows during attempted escape.
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Memphis
Tenn
Joseph Specht
Madison Street
Massacre Near Fort Laramie Claims Frontier Losses
Advices from Fort Laramie recount a battle on the 24th near Fort Kearney where Brevet Col Fetterman Capt Brown and Lieut Grannard of the 18th Infantry were killed with ninety enlisted men of the 2d Cavalry and 18th Infantry after being surrounded by Indians.
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Hornmie
United States
Fort Laramie
Fort Pail Kearney
Fetterman
Brown
Grannard
18Th Infantry
2D Cavalry
Irishman Wanders With Burning Clothes in Rum Hollow
The Taunton Gazette reports credible witnesses recall a man from Rum Hollow who walked over a mile with a lit tobacco pouch in his pocket and a gun in his stomach as his clothes burned. The Gazette notes his lack of pain was likely due to internal combustion.
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Taunton Gazelle
Rum Hollow
The
Gazette
Naval Court of Inquiry Forms Over Ironclad Fire Case
The Naval Court of Inquiry convened on Tuesday to probe the burning of the new Ironaides. It comprises one captain one commander and one chief engineer. Commander Irwin and several engineers and watchmen testified revealing only one watchman on duty and no marines attached to the fleet of thirty vessels, twenty ironclads in ordinary.
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Naval Court of Inquiry
Irwin
John Morrissey Denounced as First Penitentiary Convict in Legislature
The New York Nation calls John Morrissey the first penitentiary convict to sit in a Christian country’s legislature. Official records show eight indictments for assault with intent to kill, assault and battery, and burglary, plus nine months at hard labor for breaches of the public peace.
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New York Nation
John Morrissey
Morrissey
Salt discovery eclipses oil in Goderich investment
In Goderich Canada oil prospectors shift to salt as abundant deposits prove far more lucrative. Salt wells are being marketed with parcel lots similarly to oil lands, signaling a major economic pivot for local investors.
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Goderich
Canada
Trial of George W. Gayle in Alabama Ad Offers Reward
The trial of George W. Gayle charged with inciting the murder of Lincoln by an advertisement offering a reward for his body began in Montgomery but was continued to the next term of court.
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George W. Gayle
Lincoln
Montgomery
Public lands area compared to Prussia after war gains
The United States public lands total 1 465 468 800 acres whether surveyed or unsurveyed. This amount is seventeen times Prussia's whole surface including territorial gains since the Austrian war.
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United States
Prussia
Austria
Reverend Nathan Douglas Dies in Bangor Maine
Congregational clergyman Reverend Nathan Douglas died Sunday evening in Bangor Maine. A native of New London Connecticut he graduated at Andover in 1816 with Reverend Dr Shepard of Bristol and served thirty years in Alfred and St Albans.
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Nathan Douglas
Bangor
New London
Andover
Shepard
Bristol
Alfred
St. Albans
Tiny Evansville Home Boy Marries Heavyweight Wife
A small Evansville Indiana resident weighing ninety four pounds marries a wife weighing over two hundred pounds. The bride’s maiden name is Fanny Frances Ophelia Ragsdale. The unusual pairing makes local headlines in a lighthearted notice.
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Evansville
Indiana
Fanny Frances Ophelia Ragsdale
Involuation and Events Across the Nation and Abroad
A collage of notes: British border smuggling, Maximaian in Mexico, Ba zainq neutrality in France, Nichols losing cattle in Vermont, Raphael Semmes cited at LSU Alexandria, three villains chased by a store key in New Haven, Lone Island proposed as a Protestant diocese, dog cholera fears in North Adams, kerosene lamp dangers in Peoria, Spanish journals urge inquisition, Miss Vinto burned in Chelsea, Stanton aids Washington Episcopalians, reflections on women and novels, Shatucket bridge collapse, Joanna Murphy frozen in Methuen, a Milwaukee butcher’s turtle find, Coarres Chase killed near Lynn, missionary societies in Africa, burning sugar in Portland ruins, Jews in Cincinnati dietary shifts, Fort Riley West center, circus benefit, 20000 female drinkards in Brooklyn, Buffalo snow and more.
Townwide Curitas Massey Holiday Observance
Curistas passed off in town amid holiday attractions with delightful weather. Manu factories banks and stores opened for holiday goods sale while others closed. Schools suspended and a broad observance was made.
Sixth Lecture Of Association Course By Rt Rev Clarke
The sixth lecture of the Association Course will be delivered on Friday evening next by Rt Rev T M Clarke.
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Association
Tvening
T. M. Clarke
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