Route of Pacific Railroad Tour Reveals Great Western Deserts
Report from June 8 1868 describes a two day Chicago to Omaha journey to the Pacific railroad line. The writer praises rail progress and cites Sherman Canyon 127 foot bridge, immense plains, Indian villages, rising boom towns like Omaha Cheyenne and Laramie, and a snow storm in the mountains while noting social vice in new railroad settlements.
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Couner
Bross
Iowa
Ephor
Pacific
Roma
Rose Teed
Cowcepion
Simpeon
Ames
Jone
Geo.w." Frost
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Pullman
Tulhean
Dunlap
Chicago
Frost
Westwodd
Onifally fUr
Omaha
Omiha
Pacific Railroad
Missouri
Elkhorn Valley
Elkhorn
Loup Fork
Platte
North Platté
Laramie River
Laramie
Granitd Canon
Mount Washington
New Hampshire
Accura
Sherman
Canon
Horizor
Platte Valley
Nusberg
Fiie
Cheyenne
Weshadalso
Moun Tain
Wwe
Hang
Pachéec Railroad
Atlanta
Confessed Killer Silas James Acknowledges Sentence
Worcester dispatch reports Silas James, one of Clark the gambler’s murderers, confesses and accepts his punishment. He says the only booty was that found by Charles James and that Charles struck Clark with the hatchet in the crime room.
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Worcester
Silas James
Gaimbler Clark
Charles James
Charles
Clark
James Beaumont Celebrates 90th Birthday At Home
James Beaumont, builder of Massachusetts first cotton mill sixty eight years ago, now on property improved by Neponect Manufacturing Company, observed his ninetieth birthday on the 11th. Though he cannot go outdoors he retains his faculties remarkably.
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T. “James Beaumont
Massachusetts
Neponect Manufacturing Company
Matthew Currier Ends Eight Decades at Shoemaking
The Newburyport Herald profiles Matthew Currier in his ninety first year noting seventy five years of shoemaking. The piece recalls his long tenure and a quip about his habit of sitting on his seat and pulling his ends for three quarters of a century.
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The
Newburyport Herald
Matthew Currier
Capitalists Plan $200,000 Opera House in City
The Providence Press reports local capitalists launching a subscription to fund an opera house costing $200,000. The proposed site is the town lot on the corner of College and Benefit streets.
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Providence Press
June Meeting Begins at Narragansett Park Association
The Narra gansett Park Association opened its June meeting on Tuesday with the first race held that afternoon. Races continued on Wednesday and Thursday with full reports in the Providence daily paper.
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Narragansett Park Association
Providence Daily Paperr
Shipwright Finds Lagoda Much Sound for Age
The Lagoda, a forty two year old white oak whaleship from New Bedford, built at Scituate in 1827, is said to have no rotten timber as repairs proceed under its shipwright in charge.
Extract of beef produced along the Platte region
The extract of beef is manufactured in countries bordering the Platte River in South America at about one million pounds per year. Each pound of extract contains the essence of twenty five pounds of beef.
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River Platte
South America
Dudley Death Ties Heir to John Hancock's Legacy
Hon. William Hancock died in Dudley Massachusetts on Sunday. He was a lineal descendant of John Hancock from Revolutionary times. Farmers in New England report the crow appears less troublesome this season in areas where it traditionally gathered.
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William Hancock
Dudley
Mase
John Hancock
New England
Long Island Railroad Mortgaged for 1.5 Million
The Long Island Railroad is mortgaged for 1.5 million dollars as collateral for seven percent bonds to that amount. Revenue stamps on the mortgage total 1500 dollars.
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Long Island
Gold mined in the country equals twelve hundred million dollars
The statement claims total gold production since opening the regions amounts to twelve hundred and fifty million dollars, about half of the national debt, as presented in the source text.
Indiana judge rules on river bank ownership of fish
An Indiana judge ruled in a fishing case that owning ten miles of river bank does not grant private ownership of a single fish until it is caught. The decision clarifies property rights in fishing along public waters and focuses on the act of taking possession through capture.
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Indiana
Court notes from Providence June term 1868 trials
The U S Court opened in Providence with Judge Clifford presiding marking a shift from Newport to Providence for both terms. Grand Jury sworn, trials set, perjury and fraudulent returns indictments issued, and damages awarded in a $4160 case. The week promised further criminal and civil proceedings and adjournment.
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Puebrx
United States
Cmcvutt
Clifford
Newport
Congress
TO . x
Dir. Kaspp
Bennett J. Munro
Bristol
Witlgate ‘Hays Esq
Henry Church
Supreme Court
Court of Common Pleas
Burges
Torspar
Jube
U.S
E C. Bates
Equitable , Insurance Company
Asser Aoirs
Internal Revenue
Ednesday
Albert Currier
James Arounds
Life of Hon. Schuyler Colfax biography announced
New Books Noons Life of Hon Schuyter Coufax from T B Peters on Cheatnut Street Philadelphia. Rev A Y Moore of South Bend Indiana writes a full biography based on Colfax files and Globe access. A large five hundred page duodecimo with portrait and bust to be bound in cloth selling for 1 50. canvassers wanted.
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Noon
Schuyter Coufax
T. B. Peterson & Brothers
Cheatnut Street
Philadelphia
Lave In
Schuyler Colfax
A. Y Moore
South Bend
Indiana
Congressional Globe
Tefour
Moore
Colfax
Atyor Grezp a Novel Promotion in Littell's Living Age
An excerpt from the Baroness Blaze de Bury tale Atyor Grezp appears in Littell's Living Age as one of the Talex issues. The pamphlet runs about a hundred pages, sized like the Living Age, offered postpaid for thirty eight cents by Littell & Gay of Boston.
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Atyor Grezp
Blaze de Bury
Littells Living Age
Littell & Gay
Boston
The sixth volume begins. Sheldon & Co. offers July issue
Tu Garaer for July presents an excellent table of contents and multiple full page illustrations. The present number starts the sixth volume. Annual price is $4, with two copies for $7, published by Sheldon & Co. of New York.
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Tu Garaer
Sheldon & Co
New York
Hucereperries Reported In New York
A brief notice states that hucereperries have appeared in New York city, with no further details on dates locations or impacts.
Man Killed by Locomotive Near Communipaw New Jersey
Rhode Islander George Varry, a Greenwhich resident boarding in New Jersey, was fatally struck on the head by a speeding locomotive along the Central Railroad near Communipaw. He died instantly, and it is said he may have been intoxicated. He leaves a wife and four children.
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New Jersey
N.Y. Tribune
Oldest Trees Claim Favor Across Lands
The Worm cypress in Lombardy is said to be over 1900 years old, standing 106 feet tall with a 20 foot trunk. Napoleon reportedly diverted the Simplon route to spare it, while a California specimen claims greater antiquity with 2565-year rings.
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Somma
Lombardy
Italy
Julius Cassar
Christ
Napoleon
Simplon
Alps
California
Fire at Mansfield twine factory linked to torpedo explosion
A fire at Siblys twine factory in Mansfield Friday is thought to have started from an explosion in a bale of cotton after a torpedo burst. The picker caused severe burns to a nearby worker who escaped, while several others were injured by jumping from windows as flames engulfed the building.
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North Carolina
Supreme Court
Congress
Maxstretp
Sibly
Mansfield
Mar
Rainbow spans northern horizon after thunder storm
The St Paul Press recalls a Thursday night thunder storm that passed at midnight leaving a bright rainbow across the northern horizon. The moon shone and the rainbow appeared complete in all its colors, lasting for some time and nearly as vivid as sunlit bows.
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Mipxicut
St. Paul (Men
Swallows Darken Manchester Chimney in Unusual Insect
In Manchester New Hampshire a tall disused chimney is taken over by a swarm of swallows. The birds occupy the chimney for long hours, with estimates ranging from ten thousand to fifty thousand. They issue from the mouth like a thick column of smoke and return in a continuous flow, resembling a waterfall. The air is darkened by their masses as they buzz around the opening.
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New Hampshire
Newton, Mase
Marshall
Rice
New England
Manchester
N. H
Name Renunciation Statement From Cotfax
Speaker Cotfax responded to a dispute over renouncing his name. He states his first name is renounced as Skyler and his last as Coalfax with vowels dropped across an ocean crossing.
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Cotfax
Skyler
Coalfax
Ees
Ocean
High School Anniversary Echoes Past and Hopeful Future
The notice recalls twenty years of growth at the High School with over six hundred names on its rolls and offers thanks to teachers and students. It invites a large reunion under the old family tree, notes many principals and classes hope to attend, and asks citizens to contribute money provisions fruit and flowers for a commemorative collation.
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Hiea Senoo
Reuniox
de Phce
Tuk
Hieu
Congregational Church
S.F. Unham
Abhie
Istol R
Theharch
Allen G. Wright
Breste
Parsons
Emple
Sharha
Broxartay Knalen
Bristol
Bristol Town By Laws on Sanitation and Nuisances
Town of Bristol enacts sanitation measures including yearly cleansing of privy vaults and drains before June, removal of stagnant waters, penalties up to twenty dollars for fish manure left exposed, prohibition of animal corpses in streets or docks, and fines up to fifty dollars for noncompliance with Board of Health directives.
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Tizi
Board’ of Health
Samuel Sparks
Cosndity
Bristol
Board of Health
Hardwood and Furnishings Sale at 182 Broadstreet
A local ad offers a wide range of house furnishings for cash including carpets oil cloths matting parlor and chamber sets mattresses lounges bedsteads bureaus sinks chairs stoves crockery glassware and ware with loans on monthly payments. Also reports a swarm of honey bees moved from Bradford Street area to a box but later vanished.
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Japan
Corrier of
Bradford
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