Disorderly Edict Marks Arrests and Court Warnings
Disjointed text reports an apprehension and detention procedure under a revived act, with officer duties, custody, and hospital transfer. It cites Judge Bowen and secretary notes, plus a rough legislative frame about receivers and counts. Several violent incidents follow, including street confrontation leading to a fatal wound and a man’s murder by hatchet. A separate Providence Worcester line notes a motorcar accident causing death of James Dugan and a Sterling man’s suicide by laudanum after financial distress.
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James Dugan
Providence
Éilibad
Dugan
Asmallel Lyman Dwight
Brovigeues and Worcester Railroad Company
Post Office Expansion Proceeding In 1847
Public notices detail steps by the British and United States governments regarding cross Atlantic mail arrangements and the cessation of certain routes. It notes actions by the Postmaster General Cave Johnson and outlines election timing for township polls on December in New Jersey and Canada reporting.
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Atlantic
United
Washington
United Pines
Cave Johnson
Fragmentary OCR Chronicle Hints at Hidden Naval Ledger
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a ledger of naval measures and provisions. It references lengths, a feast, bonded game, and fish, with scattered mentions of sheds and a dead seapery. Names, places, or dates are not readable in the fragment.
December 8 184? British distress and Russell conviction
The piece laments Britain’s economic collapse with widespread unemployment and hunger, notes Scotland and Ireland seeking bread, and contrasts with the United States. It then reports New York papers on Madam Russell’s misdemeanor conviction and possible one year prison term.
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New York
Maduie Ressell
Re-election signals for Gov Brigge of Massachusetts
Gov Brigge of Massachusetts is re-elected with a projected majority near two thousand. A separate note praises a new two hundred page volume Advice to Young Ladies on their Duties and Conduct in Life by T S Arthur, calling it easy to read and a guide to societal ornament, available at J M Gooding's store.
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Arthur
JM. Gooding
Seamen Prayer Meeting And Liverpool Sickness News
The monthly Prayer for Seamen meeting will be held at the Baptism Vestry on Monday evening next at Gu’cluck. A correspondent from Liverpool predicts suffering and sickness in England due to business suspensions with about 5000 typhus fever cases among the poor. The New York Sun notes Treasury instructions to cut New York Custom House expenses by at least ten percent, saving about $100 000 annually.
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England
Diwense
Scotland
Ireland
Great Britain
New York Tribuna
Liverpool
New York Sun
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Unoen
Caledonia
Ournomericus
London
Bank of England
Journal of Commerce
Letters and Cholera Reports from St Petersburg and Don
The excerpt notes letters from St Petersburg on official government reports about the cholera outbreak advancing north and east. It cites cases near Orel Toula and Polosi, with Abtracany province reporting 5905 cases and 3181 deaths among 31,900 inhabitants, plus Saratul where 2500 were docked and 1601 died. It also mentions Don region with 19,651 cases and 7017 deaths.
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Tae Caorens
Avasia
St. Petereburgh
Orel
Ut ‘Toula
Polosi
Moscow
Abtracany
Pecharno-Jirek
Saratul
Don
Thanksgiving week meeting to support popular education
The state faces a need for greater effort to sustain and expand education. A meeting organized by the Tescugea Institute opens Monday during Thanksgiving week with addresses by Hon. Henry Barnard and others, including Bates of Boston, discussing education and its future benefits.
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Sisyin
Teschers
Henry Barnard
Wayland
William Russell
Messrs. Wells
Andover
Bates
Boston
Kingsbury
Providence
H. Barnard
Thomas Shepard
James N. Sykes
Dennis
Gusher
Arrival of the steamship Alabama a New Orleans report
The steamship Alabama under Capt Windle arrived from Vera Cruz on the 20th with stops at Tampico and Brazos Santiago. Maj Gen Patterson is expected to begin his interior march around the 24th. Dispatches indicate calm in Mexico City and the new government formation, with notes on British relations and local fever and dragoons casualties.
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New Orleans
Senor Penay
Pena Wan
Diario
The
Picayune
Vena Cruz
Santa Fe
Colt
Lieut
Jenking
1St Dragoons
Huebla
Mexican Civil Unrest Deepens as Leaders Clash
The report notes disarray in Mexican leadership with Pens Idsus challenged, Santa Avestas poised to take supreme power, Gen Paredes seeking to crown a monarchic system, and generals scattered to Cuernavaca while popular resistance to compromise with the North remains strong amid a disrupted Queretaro meeting.
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Publa
Lane
Paredes
Solangingo
Valeroi
Hse
Bravo
Mexico
Queretaro
Cuernavaca
City of
Acapuleg
Eleven Days Later From Europe Distress Hits Markets
The Caledonia brings Liverpool news to Oct 19 as failures rise and prices fall. Cotton flour and other staples drop. Ireland faces famine appeals while England and Spain see political shifts. Lockdowns hit mills and banks tighten, with grim mercantile outlook and shipping losses amid a wave of distress.
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Caledonia
Boston
Liverpool
Cotte
Huyera
United States
Ireland
England
Austria
Ferrera
Spain
Narvaez
Agin
Wales
Marklane
Saulers
Hall
Cambria
Bank of England
Merchant letter from Paris 1847 on hardships and cholera
Extract from a Paris dated 16 October 1847 letter by a merchant describing return plans to England by the Dee 4th steamer and predicting severe unemployment hunger and disease. He warns cholera is near and notes American interest while London faces failures. A Maine farmer report closes the item with a record pumpkin weighing 167 pounds.
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Dee
England
A. M
London
America
Jonathan
John Bull
Journal
Laf Commerce
Jene
Distress Across Nations Tied to Wars and Unrest
New Year era reports describe widespread distress in Lancashire manufacturing districts with 80 000 unemployed, strikes and short time work. News notes political turmoil across Ireland Greece and Italy, cholera spread, uprisings, and military movements as ships sail from Southampton amid gales and uncertain futures.
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Lancashire
London
England
Ireland
Sarah Sands
Oxford
Highlanda
Denube
Stephen of Hungery
Switzerland
Naples
Greece
Nighttime Robbery Plot On Roxbury Turnpike
A country gentleman returning home on the Roxbury Turnpike near the Railroad crossing was approached by a woman begging for money. He declined aid and heard a jingling noise near his feet followed by a pulled fence signal, leading him to suspect an ambush by accomplices ready to pull him through and rob him.
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Roxbury
Qiigling
Boston Journal
Dreaprut Accident Leaves Dozens Dead Near Worcester
A Sunday paper reports a late afternoon Worcester Railroad wreck when the Spring field train near Mill Dam lost a brake cross bar, derailed a second class car, and was dragged about 20 rods into the bridge abutment, demolishing the car. Six men died instantly and several were severely injured. Among the killed were Richard Warren of Jefferson Maine and George Fry of Portsmouth New Hampshire. Surgeons rushed to aid victims. a man found dead may have jumped from the car before the crash.
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Dreaprut
Worcester
Springfield
Lo'alock
Mill Dam
Richard Warren
Jefferson, Me
George Fry
Portsmouth
Boston
Mutiny Aboard Revenue Cutter Madison Near Norfolk
The Revenue cutter Madison, leaving Hampton Roads for Norfolk on the 4th, detained two sailors from Long Island in the Roads after a head wind. They refused duty and drew a sheath knife on the master. Report from Boston Daily Boston Bulletin.
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Madison
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Maiteland
James Wilson
Long Island
Boston
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