Storm Aboard Recounts a Sailor's Fear and Heroic Reckoning
A young navigator recalls a savage gale at night on deck as old Boreas roars. The crew fights to reef sails and ride the storm while two men are lost and the ship suffers dire damage. Dawn brings calm and a hard-won sense of survival aboard the ship.
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Sora
Charles
Neptune
Atenes
Stormer
Lwnet
Hugh
Matic
Jook
Helmaman
Alee
Public amusements under debate amid 19th century concerns
An editorial discusses limits on public amusements like bowling alleys to curb excess and gambling, favoring restrained, healthful diversion. It notes a town vote against licensing bowling alleys, calls for caution in granting legal sanctions, and mentions local civic actions including a winter watch and sidewalk repairs.
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Nathaniel Bullock
High Street
Bradford
Church Streets
Oregon dispute proposal by British minister hinted
The Journal of Commerce reports a rumor that Mr Packesham British Minister in Washington proposes to leave the Oregon country under joint protection of England and the United States for twenty years. At the end of that period inhabitants may join either nation or form an independent sovereignty.
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N.Y
Steamboat Braaronp Durree Arrives in Fall River
The Braaronp Durree built in New York to run Fall River to Providence arrived in Fall River on Wednesday evening. Built by Lawrence & Swedenher with an Allaire Works engine, it reportedly sails from New York to Fall River in twelve hours and will replace the King Philip on Monday.
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New York
Fall River
Providence
Lawrence & Sweden
Allaire Works
Card players warned to desist by wary citizen
A local columnist from Phenix Ma Barney cautions residents who play cards nightly near the market against forming a habit of gambling urging them to stop for safety and social concerns.
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Barney
On Seeing the Andes Written in Illness
A poem expresses a boyhood vow fulfilled by seeing the Andes and Amazon region. The speaker blesses the guiding hand, accepts Providence, and laments leaving loved ones behind while longing to return home. Written in illness from Baiston, October 1895.
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Amazon
The Oncor Question and Oregon Negotiations
The Oregon dispute nears a deadlock with claims irreconcilable and Congress likely to notify England of ending joint occupancy within a year. The piece argues the public misreads the issue, asserts Oregon claims south of the Columbia are strong, and warns that without concession or reference the options are abandon or war.
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Oncor
Oregon
Congress
House of Representatives
England
Senate
Penepaper
Massachusetts
Columb River
Great Britain
Journal of Commerce
Rhode Island House Debates Resolutions from New Hampshire and Connecticut
The Rhode Island House discussed and referred to a select committee the New Hampshire and Connecticut resolutions about state relations and internal police. The speaker urged printing or reporting a sense of the House while objections were raised. The session adjourned to 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
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General Assembly
Vernov
Morming
Senate
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Eee
House
Ara
R Brown
Cumberland
North Providence
Judiciary
Committee On Finance
Buffum
Southfield
Jane
Rhode Island
Brown
Cranston
R. Brown
R. Cranston
Clarke
Providence
Messia
John H. Clarke
Tourtellet
Arrival of the Great Western Off New York After Liverpool Run
News from Liverpool reached New York showing the Great Western arrived after about sixteen and a half days with 128 passengers. Reports note rising bread prices due to England harvests and European crop failures while Algeria unrest and Italian revolts draw attention.
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Great Western
Ateamer
New York
Liverpool
England
Hibernia
Algeria
Abdel Kader
France
Europe
Africa
Potatoes and Pestilence Across Regions Reported
October and November bring notable disturbances in crowds and weather as discussions of disease and famine spread. Reports from Lisburn, Glencoe, and New Brunswick describe large mortalities from a great disaster, while agricultural notes in New York Eve Post discuss potato crop failures and potential market impacts in Atlantic regions. The Wilkes-Barre Advocate notes improving potato quality locally, and Nathan Stowell links rot to seed vigor, touting new tubers from Foxite as disease-free under test.
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Satta Indy
Oyster Bay
Glencove
Hempatesd
Hempatead
Jamecia
New York
Post
St. Albans
Nova Scotia
United States
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Ps. Pleasumm
Nathan Stowell
Burligton
Mr. Stowell
Apatehi Mercers
Murder at Mt. Vernon Street hous e in Boston
Coroner Pratt investigates a fatal stabbing of Mrs. Bickford in a narrow Mt. Vernon street flat near Cedar and Charles. The room was set afire and a razor with its case was found. she had recently lodged there with Albert J. Tirrell amid prior quarrels.
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Boston Daily Advertiser
Moanru
Pratt
Mt. Vernon Street
Cedar
Charles Streets
Lawrence
Robbery on Rochester Express Stolen Money Trunk
On Thursday night the Tavington and Wells express train at Rochester lost a trunk containing money sent from various points. The person in charge placed the trunk with others in Kin’s trunk, covered it with a buffalo skin, then left briefly and returned to find the trunk missing. The loss amount is not yet known, but funds were largely from the Rochester and Buffalo Banks. The trunk was black leather outside and tin lined, about 98 metres long and 14 broad.
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Tavingston & Wells
Wall Street
Rochester
Buffalo
Delusion of Millerism Baptisms Reported Near Arsenal
Reports from Philadelphia recount Millerite converts baptized near the United States Arsenal after a tent was set up on the riverbank. A colored woman is among those joining the movement as followers went out in pairs to the water amid a citywide revival.
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Mittenisu
Sehuyill
United States Arsenal
Philad
M. Amer
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