The Clerk's Odd Odysseys and a Serene Plot
A young clerk endures strange tasks under Mr. Plastic with coworkers who dress oddly. He progresses in his duties while a mysterious man across the way vanishes. At a dinner with Sniggles he reveals Julia as his partner, aided by her father and uncle, and he learns he has earned their trust.
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Plastic
Sniggles
Julia
Alrady
Old Sniggles
Old
Ule
Jove
Charles
Balloon ascents and sudden descent mark New York flight
Mr Godard makes his 126th balloon ascent from New York with two friends. The craft lands near Patterson at five, then resumes flight and lands seven miles from Patterson at seven. They report a seven word sentence echoing clearly during the journey.
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Godard
New York
Patterson
Survivors of Leaden Boat Whaling Voyage Near Cape Lopez
Arrival at New Bedford reports a schooner crew from Alfred of New Bedford separated from their ship while off Cape Lopez St Helena. Four days adrift with no food or water and one boat damaged left two dead Henry Ryder and William Smith. Second mate Stephen Stow from Matinpassett led the boat.
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New Bedford
Alfred
Cape Lopez
St. Helena
Stephen Stow
Matinpassett
Henry Ryder
Islands
William Smith
Arrest of Dover Robbery Suspect Follows Escape on Train
A suspect described as a darky named Siar Paul was arrested at Dover for a high profile robbery. While held on bail, he escaped by leaping onto a moving train passing through town and has not been seen since.
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Siar Paul
Dover
Prayer Service Echoes in Urbana Presbyterian Church
In Urbana Ohio during a Sabbath service at the Presbyterian Church the congregation sat in sorrow awaiting updates as mournful tones filled the space while a bell rang the second hour.
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Urbana
Ohio
Presbyterian Church
Lectures for public improvement urged amid cholera fears
Editors urge organizing a program of ten or twelve public lectures, funded by donations, to educate and morally uplift citizens, arguing against overreliance on free offerings and noting potential local support from merchants and residents. The piece also reports a cholera scare linked to oyster consumption and its economic impact on oyster trades.
Town Meetings and Public Works Notices
Town meetings will be held Tuesday to discuss constitutional amendments with expected low local turnout. The gas pipe permission item will be acted on, and water pressure tests via Bristol Steam Mill are described alongside fire readiness improvements. Also notes on court appointments, a schooner launch, and a New Orleans Cuba expedition report.
Yellow fever plague hit New Orleans with record toll
A New Orleans letter to the N. Tribune reports the epidemic this year as the severest ever for the city excluding last year. By October 19 the deaths reached 2420 and cases 13,800. On the 19th there were 159 fever cases in the hospital.
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Tas Yelrow Bever
New Oatlaws
New Orleans
N. ¥. Tribune
Canada Admits Goods Under Reciprocity Treaty Delay
The Governor General issues an order allowing imports into the Province under the Great Britain United States reciprocity treaty with a six month full effect deadline. Goods may enter under special bonds to guarantee payment of duties if the act is not fully operative in time.
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Governor General of
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Goode
Eee
Act
E. R. Potter
William W. Horrin
Baines
Providence
Committee On the Judiciary
House
Tunsday Manning
Henry Y. Cranston
S. W. Peckham
Charles Ackerman
Ezra Bourn
Akerman
C. Whipple
Thomas R. Hazard
Portsmouth
Messrs. C. Whipple
Dixon
Anthony
Munro
General Assembly
Senate
Hoppin
Bristol
Eames
Supreme Court
Pacific Arrival Brings Mixed War News to Providence
The Pacific under Capt Nye arrived from Liverpool with varied dispatches on Crimea fighting. Reports say Sevastopol siege works and 30,000 French troops moving in, while Russia masss troops on the Austrian frontier and potential Poland independence reshaping Europe. Providence Senate and House proceedings discuss schools, courts, and railroad bills with elections of judges and officials.
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Nye
Liverpool
New York
Crimea
Sevastopol
Menseniwsm
Larest
Canro- Lert
Marseilles
Omer Pasha
Pruzhudska
Sea
Russia
France
England
Poland
Puersen
Pacific
Lateit
Lord Raglan
Prussia
Baltic
End of Work John Says Job Too Big for World’s End
The Lowell News reports a man asked for a fifty dollar job from a shopkeeper who refused, saying the world would end before he could finish it. The tale conveys a comic clash over available work and belief in doomsday. New York revenue officers found on Mr Thomp kins of the steamship Pacific eighteen packages of watch movements valued between two and three thousand dollars. The officer, praised for efficiency, is linked to saving Capt Russell who rescued Capt Luce of the Arctic.
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Fellowe
Chon
Plastic
Jain
Jackson
Madame Spinnini
Danseuse
Duke of Damps
Signora Salonier
Isaveral
Universaliss
Rome
Pereyia
Edwin Williams
James Foster
John H. Corel
Mechanic's Banking Association
Robert Smith
Mortis H. Davidson
New York
Orange County
Brooklyn
Williamsburgh
Hoboken
Reform Party
Schell
Wilson S. Hunt
Reformers
Herrick
Fernando Wood
John H White
iCrystal Palace Association
Canada
Europe
B. P. Stringer
Havre
Rotterdam
Barnum
James Redfield
Har Num
Nicholas Behan
Riverhead
L. L
Wickham
California
Lowell News
Revenue’ Officers
Thompkins
Pacific
Russell
Luce
Arctic
Disappointing Mil lerite Ascension in Boston Crowd
About forty followers of the Millerite belief gathered at Fourth and C streets in South Boston at seven o clock in white robes for a predicted grand ascension. The event failed to occur, leaving participants and observers unsure if the ascent will ever happen. A separate note states Boston contains between 1900 and 2000 places where liquor is sold.
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Fourth and
C Streets
Boston
Boston Journal
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Brailford Street
Congregational Church
Constitution Street
High Street
Ito
Assembly
Wm. R. Staples
Alfred Bosworth
Sylvester G. Sherman
Court ‘of Probate
Messrs. Stanton & Skinner
Haneea
G. W. Easterbrooks
N. Y. Tribune
Cuba
Genon
The
Providence Journal
East Greenwich
Bemis
W. L. Marcy
Connecticut
Committee On
Courts of Common Pleas
Kryeston
W Jencks
Ieee
George ‘Turner
Aera
Newport
Durfee
Committee On Education
Taurspay
Gov
Houst
Taunspay Manaine
Hazard
Cand
Rowland G. Hazard
William R. Smples
Alfred Anthony
Johnston
Samuel Ames
William R. Staples
Richard Ward Greene
Joseph Anthony
Warren
Edwin Metcalf
John P. Knowles
Exisaa Watson
South Kingston
Sylvester G. Shearman
North Kingston
Shearman
Savantes
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