Modern horse railroads and urban progress
In travel and city life the horse railroad transforms mobility enabling fast inexpensive trips across cities and suburbs. The piece argues inventions serve the people broadly, boosting health and vigor while allowing country living with city business, contrasting modern use with ancient limits and celebrating widespread benefit.
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Laeors
Haryaen
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
London
Paris
Batoom
Wendell Phillips
Philips
Pyramids
Spinxos
Obpliska
Templea
Phillips
Ware
F Shen
Legislature Names Justices of the Peace and Notaries
The recent session elected individuals as Justices of the Peace and Public Notaries. Notables include Robert Andrews Henry Gof William Simmons John Dearth John Allen Henry Potter Susan Paith Alfred Cornell Bennett Munro Wathan Warren Theodore Andrews William Baker Massadore Bennett Alexander Britton William Cooke Alfred Cornell John Childs John Dearth Henry Diman James Diman Crawford Faasterbrooks George Gardner Alfred Gardner Peter Gladding Bennett Lincoln Bennett Munro Danis Pearce John Pearce Nathaniel Smith Charles Sas William Snell John Turner R Taylor Henry Wardwell Nathan Warren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred R. Cornell
John T. Childs
John W. Dearth
Henry W Diman
James Diman
Crawford Faaterbrooks
George T. Gardner
Alfred B. Gardner
Peter Gladding
Benjamin M. Lincoln
Bennett J. Munro
Danis A. Pearce
Johr B. Pearce
Nathaniel P. Smith
Charles J. Sas
William B. Snell
John Turner
R. Taylor
Henry Wardwell
Nathan Wistsarren
Henry Warren
Balloonists Allen and King Fly Over Town in Queen of Haba
The balloon Queen of Haba from Exchange Place Providence crossed over the town on Saturday afternoon. It passed near the farm of John Manchester southeast of Portmouth Rhode Island before landing twenty two miles away after three quarters of an hour. The event concluded with an oath of office to the Aldermen and Common Council and the annual address by Meyer Knight.
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Allen
King
Queen of
Haba
Exchange Place
Providence
Satara
John Manchester
Portamouth Froye
Rhode’ ‘Island
Bis
Beebel
Meyer Knight
Worthy Testimonial for Longtime Warren Town Clerk
The town of Warren Rhode Island honored Hon. Samuel Randall with a silver Gorham pitcher valued at $200 to mark his retirement after fifty years as Town Clerk. Governor Turner announced the presentation at Randall’s home on a Saturday evening, with an addresses read by Mr. Cooke and a gracious reply from Randall.
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San
Learsi
Acme
Gorham’, Co
Brown
Providence
Ramuel Randall
Warren
R. I
Turner
Cooke
Terrible Tornado Rips Eastern Iowa and Illinois
A powerful storm devastated eastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois on the night of the 2d, destroying Camanche and Albany. Dozens dead, many wounded, with towns like Lisbon Machinoville Dewitt Union Grove Romere a and Comanche reported heavily hit. total deaths likely surpass 150 with widespread property loss.
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Iowa
Illinois
Camanche
Albany
Illinoia
Ynden
Amboy
Alarion
Cedar Rapids
Lynn County
Chicago Railroad
Lisbon
Bofoya
Machanioville
Union Grove
Dewitt
Thomas Hatfield
Romerea
Lowmoor
David Millard
Comanchio
Mississippi
Camanchie
Deficit in Paper Duties Noted as Foreman Absent
The paper reports ongoing staff shortages with the foreman unable to attend and attempts to secure help from abroad proving fruitless.
Senate Barters Tariff Plan As Adjournment Near
Washington correspondent reports Democratic Senators agree to quicken business to pass House adjournment resolution for the 18th. They face a tariff dilemma with Pennsylvania Senator Foster pressing tariff legislation to aid the party at home.
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Washington
New York Tribune
Foster
Pennsylvania
Seven hundred slaves seized near Key West to be repatriated
The dispatch reports that seventeen hundred Africans captured by a slave trader and taken to Key West are in the custody of the U S Marshal. The death toll from voyage diseases is reducing their number while authorities at Washington plan swift repatriation to Africa.
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Key West
U.S. Marshall
Washington
Cattle Disease Hits New Jersey and Massachusetts
A Newcastle farmer reports several young cattle killed by a disease suspected to spread from Massachusetts. Competent surgeons examined the animals and pronounced the illness present, prompting fear of a broader outbreak across the region.
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New Jersey
Newcastle
Massachusetts
Sunday Reverie on Rest and Spiritual Renewal
A reflective devotional passage extols Sunday as the loveliest day for the spiritual mind. It contrasts worldly turmoil with the soul's freedom to rest in God and in eternal Sabbath through faith in Christ.
Counterfeiters Traced Near Local Banks
Two men traced from the river bank toward Tlaxford and Woonsocket Falls pass counterfeit notes on the Commercial Bank and Woonsocket Bank. They tenders a five dollar bill for each purchase. the fakes are well made.
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Couxtskratts
Tyme
Tlaxford
Woonsocket ‘Falls
Woonsecket
R. I
The Wealthy and the Poor Minds Weigh A Moral Contrast
A 19th century essay argues that inherited wealth and poverty alike fail without cultivation of mind. It contrasts two classes, the fortune heiress and the self made trader, noting their shared emptiness without literature, science, or art. It warns against neglecting mental discipline while chasing riches.
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Honda
Burns
Willis
Haydn
Mozart
Rossini
Mont Blanco
Colisseum
Marathon
Platna
Thermopyle
Tantalus
Cock Fight to Draw Washington Elites This Month
Porter's Spirit of the Times reports a high society cock fight set for the eighth inst in Washington. Stakes are 500 and 1000 dollars. Combatants include Gen Concha and a red Spanish cock owned by Hon John Breckinridge Vice President. Event expected to attract a large elite audience.
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Washington
Porter
Times
Concha
John d. Breckinridge
Desperate Counterfeiter Kills After Brutal Assault
Robert H. Bowers, recently released from state prison for counterfeiting, enticed Eliza Paine of Cleveland to ride with him on the 10th ultimo. He violently assaulted her, then fought with her brother Thomas Paine when met last Sunday night. Bowers was stabbed and died the next night. Thomas Paine fled the scene.
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Paine
Japanese Goods Appeal Through Philadelphia Visit
An Inquirer article by a traveler to Japan notes favorable impressions of Japanese porcelain wares, crapes and silks, superior to Chinese items, and lists vegetable wax, camphor, lacquered ware and hides as exports. It states Japan could export cheap cotton goods and agricultural implements, plus machinery for sugar, lumber, and rice preparation.
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Japan
Philadelphia Inquirer
Wildfire slave voyage captured near Key West
The barque Wildfire, recent capture from Africa to Cuba with a slave cargo, was brought into Key West. Owned and fitted out by a Boston mercantile house the vessel nearly completed its voyage and would have yielded over $200,000 in proceeds had the mishap not occurred. Southern news reports peach and strawberry abundance in Jamaica.
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Africa
Cuba
Key West
Boston
Arrival of the Prince Albert as Europe news flows
The Galway steamer Prince Alberty arrived in New York today with over eight hundred passengers after a two day delay for machinery repairs. Reports from Sicily conflict on Garibaldi's actions in Palermo and a provisional dictatorship claim. British politics show the reform bill likely stalled, while cautions of insurrection in Calabria surface.
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Galway
Prince Albers
Sio
Rentes
Garibaldi
Palermo
Roseljina Pato
House of Commons
Church
Calabria
Tornado Ravages Pennsylvania Towns Cause Loss of Life
A powerful tornado struck Arm strong and Clarion counties near Hestonville on June Ath, destroying homes and barns. Dozens of structures were leveled, with several fatalities and multiple injuries. The Philadelphia Ledger reports widespread damage across a ten mile radius and notes many deaths and missing persons.
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Pennsylvania
Armstrong
Clarion Counties
Charles Stewart
Mr. Shoemaker
Thomas Dougherty
McCallen Henry
Joseph Smith
Nathan Hare
Jacob Hyrtzell
John
Samuel Shick
John Mahoney
Hestonville
Red Bank Creek
Philadelphia Ledger
First Train Ride by Japanese Through Panama Isthmus
A letter to the New York Journal of Commerce describes Japanese observers on their first railway journey across the Isthmus of Panama. The train speeds past Chagros bridges and conical hills as huts and children line the route, while artists chase fleeting scenes and the Japanese marvel at rapid motion.
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Panama
New York Journal of Commerce
Chagros
Tragic Double Shooting In Warren County Miss
In Warren County Mississippi Lafayette Lee killed his wife Mrs. Lee after repeated threats. At U Q Flowers residence they played cards when Lee shot Mrs. Lee in the breast twice and also fired at Flowers who returned fire. Mrs. Lee died. Flowers wounded Lee headshots reported as fatal.
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Mississieri
Vicksburg
Miss
Warren County
Lafayette Lee
U. Q. Flowers
Lee
Tee
Hicks the Moxdrixr Verse Links Ship Mutiny Tale
The New York Times published doggerel by Hicks while awaiting trial. The verses hint at bloodshed aboard the Saladin commanded by Kensie and allude to a mutinous plot. The piece recalls the 1844 wreck of the bark Saladin at Halifax and Fielding inciting mutiny and murder aboard the vessel. Four murderers were tried and convicted. Hicks may have been one of the crew.
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Hicks
New York Times
Kensie
Jolding
Halifax
Fielding
McKeoxie
New Orleans Coroner Reports Surge in Violent Deaths
The New Orleans coroner’s report for the past quarter shows a frightening rise in violent deaths. Forty people, male and female, died by violence. several cases await coroner’s jury decisions, adding to a growing, grim catalog of fatalities.
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Crom
New
New Orleans
South Carolina
Unnecessary Tortures for the Limbering Rheumatic Sufferers
A Periodical Critic article extols Holloway's ointment and pills for rheumatism amid harsh debate over traditional cures. It praises rapid absorption, warm neglect before use, and claims of complete expulsion of disease, contrasting with ineffective standard prescriptions.
Indian relics found near Gardiner's Neck in Swansey
Somerset resident George B Sherman shows exhumed relics from Gardiner's neck Swansey found Thursday by James Eddy. The items include a copper plate 3.5 feet long, wooden handles, bone beads, a skull and limb bones with teeth well preserved. Nearby relics associated with Massasoit and other natives have also been located.
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George B. Sherman
Somerset
James Eddy
Gardiner
Swansey
Theo
Massasoit
Sons of the Forest
Furig Vente
Sherman
Fall River News
Admission of Kansas delayed by Senate vote
The postponement of Kansas admission by a six vote Senate majority signals Democratic reluctance to accept Kansas as a state. The piece argues denial would provoke widespread northern oproar, possibly costing more than three electoral votes, though current prospects remain uncertain.
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Tnz
Kansas
Senate
Northwest
Providence Journal
Fatal Accident at Tanner Street Sash Factory
In Newport a deadly accident at Gideon Lawton & Co steam sash and blind works in Tanner street. Henry Spooner, 9, apprentice son of Jenne Spooner Jr., was fatally injured by a belt while oiling machinery and hurled onto shavings. He died instantly with severe injuries to limbs and torso.
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Gideon Lawton & Co
Tanner Street
Henry Spooner
Jenne R. Spooner, Jr
Newport Advertiser
Swans Die in Central Park Lake Poison Suspected
Seven of the swans presented by Hamburg to New York were found dead in Central Park's lake on Tuesday afternoon. Poisoning is suspected. Five remain missing, thought hidden in bushes along the lake margin and expected to be found next morning.
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Hamburg
New York
Central Park
Wn. Y. Herald
Me Truss
Lake of the Central Park
Philadelphia Carpenter Testifies on Fraudulent Naturalization Papers
Patrick Lafferty, a late carpenter at the Philadelphia navy yard, testified before the Covode Committee on Thorne day that Goring served on the Democratic committee of Philadelphia and was tasked to find non naturalized men and supply fraudulently obtained naturalization papers. He stated five to six thousand such papers were used in the 1856 campaign.
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Pourrica L
Covode
Thoreday Patrick Lafferty
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Iie
Goring
Democratic Committee
Philadelphia
Bell Ringing Phenomenon Continues to Haunt Households
The Providence Journal notes ongoing bell ringing with no visible cause. On Thursday the bell rang sixteen times drawing a girl to the door, no one present. Distinct raps were heard on walls during a family gathering the same day, and Sunday showed no ringing.
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Providence Journal
Fragmented OCR item reports varied notices and incidents
A garbled OCR fragment references thefts and legal issues, including pickpockets on a ferry, enslaved people, a proposed expedition, post office receipts in New York, swans gifted by Hamburg dying in Central Park, a new post office at Laurel Glen North Stonington and Packer as postmaster.
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Kenyon‘s Mills
North Stonington
Conn
Laurel Glen
Eop
Packer
Dr Lane’s Celebrated Liver Pills Advertised
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Lane’s Celebrated Liver Pills as a miracle remedy. It claims the pills rapidly relieve liver and digestion issues, restore health after months of drug use, and warns against counterfeit copies. The pill is said to be manufactured by Fleming Bros of Pittsburgh and to bear stern signatures.
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MiLane
Lane
Fleming
Pieburgh
Minneas
FLEM
ING Bros
Prrisucecu
Pat
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