Adventures in the age of ballooning and heroic feats
A historical reflection on modern balloon adventures, comparing the dangers faced by Haddock and Mountain to Columbus and Franklin. The piece lauds swift travel and scientific aim, notes rescues after peril, and argues great progress comes from risk taken for noble purposes despite potential loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haddock
la Mountain
Thajr
Tha v
Ottawa River
Canada
Franklin
Perjlong
Alexander Selkirk
Columbus
Kits‘great Pene
Bonyan
Tony Pilgrima
Eld Droaner
Hawthorne
Messrg
John Franklin
Earth
Ta Mountain
Storm devastates Westerly area with lightning kills livestock
A Saturday thunderstorm struck Westerly and nearby towns causing significant damage. Reports cite a horse killed at Noyes' Neck by John Littlefield and a cow killed belonging to Gardner Sullivan in Dortville, with further impacts around Westerly as the storm raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary
John Littlefield
Noyes’ Neck
Weatarly
Gardner Sullivan
Dortville
Wo Murphy
Bristol transmitters and street clashes mar town life
The Bristol town scene is described with frequent fights and stabbings near John Street, a brick to the head and severe injuries to James Cooney, Peter Cassady and Patrick Murray, and the arrest and bail of Robert McGlaughlin and Samuel McKay. Prostitution of law and police action follow as two women face restraint for disturbances. A separate drunken melee leads to fines and exile. petty thefts and burglaries plague the area while a local Musical Association forms to elevate singing talents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pater Cassady
James Cooney
Patrick Murray
John Street
Peter Cassady
Slie
Briggs
Robert McGlaughlin
Samuel McKay
Justice Munro
McKay
McGloughlin
Port of Common Pleas
Coopey
Cassady
Revival urged to curb unlawful drink and vice
Rev Baylis sermon on Sabbath night advocates immediate action against the Nuisance Law and drunkery. He pleads for Christian activists to report the issue, highlighting sixty places selling poison and urging readers to press authorities for enforcement to avert more ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baylis
Christiane
Notice of School Commissioner lectures and local nuisance concerns
The Providence Journal advertises a School Commissioner led four day Teacher Institute at Central Congregational Church in Providence beginning Tuesday. Citizens complain of night soil carts and odors from privies, urging restrictions on nocturnal work. The paper notes no town ordinance yet and mentions possible winter lecture series and intercity cooperation on such matters. Weather is reported as rising through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Tuen Suvey
Ovary
Boston Journal
Procidence fJavrags
Central Congregational Church
Pruvplanca
Jata
Atryats
Putnam Phalanx Members Draw Crowds Across New England
Indi vidual Putnam Phalanx members draw eager crowds in Boston and Providence. Banquets, gifts, and honors accompany tours with lavish hospitality and costly entertainments reportedly reaching up to $2500. A New Hampshire Congregational convention statement is noted in the text.
Franklin Expedition Mystery Recalled in Arctic Report
The article recounts Sir John Franklin's 1845 1848 Arctic expedition, updates on feeble finds near King William's Island and Cape Victoria, notes cairns and relics uncovered by Captain Hobson and Lieutenant Jubson, and describes the fate of Franklin's crew and the 1848 dated paper found among artifacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Franklin
T. McClintock
Lady Franklin
Arctec
Bellot Strait
Ingimng Harbor
Port Kennedy
Hobson
Boothia
Magnetic Pole
Gateshead Island
Winniatt's Forest
Allen Young
Prince of Wales Land
Lieut. Brown
Bellott Strait
James Ross
Young
Prince of Wales
Esquimaux
Peterson
Alex. ‘Thompson
Cape Victoria
King William’s Island
Kish
Great
Siuhson
Shas
King Waikin’s Island
King Wailkin's Island
King Walliaw’s Island
Cape Nurton
Great River
Point Booth
Montreal
Eland
Ogle
Montreal Island
Barrow Island
King William's Island
Cape Lersobell
Requimaux
Lupe Horschell
Simpson
Cape Felix
Point Victory
Jubson
Mount Victory
James‘Jves
Che Erobua
Terrap
Beachy Island
Wellington Channel
Cornwallis Island
Sir John Franklin
Crozier
Duell Between Broderick and Terry in Merced Valley
The San Francisco duel between Senator Broderick and Judge Terry occurred near Merced Lake. Both men fired. Broderick was wounded in the chest and collapsed, later taken to Leonidas Jaskell’s house at Black Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
San Francisco Times
Broderick
Judge Terry
Simul
Merced Lake
Terry
Hun J . McKibben
Mr. Coultes
Calhoun Benham
Thomas Hayes
Secunds
Tepota
Mr. B
Leonidas
Askell
Black Point
Ile Sens Tvle
Goff Patents Hay Making Machine Here
Isveygion news notes Mr Thomas J Goff has perfected and secured letters patent for a hay making machine. The device combines gathering and revolving rake to toss and dry grass faster than traditional methods. It is claimed to perform the work of forty men, promising great value to farmers and rewarding Goff for his time and ingenuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isveygion
Thomas J. Goff
Off
Warren Feligiaph
Two Brothers Arrested for Abduction Case in Guelph
In Guelph Canada excitement rose after Valentine B and Benjamin Byron were arrested on a charge of abducting their sister Hannah Bacon from a convent. Magistrates dismissed the case by a 5 to 3 vote, drawing rapturous applause from the crowd outside the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guelph
Canada
Valentine B
Benjamin Byron
Hannah Bacon
Tragic Erebus Expedition Records Discovered in Arctic Search
The narrative recounts a long search for the Erebus and Terror, noting nine deaths among officers and fifteen men. It details scattered clothing and stores, abandoned gear, and a wreckage boat with two skeletons, watches, and preserved relics, as Lieut Hobson and Lieut Gore traced traces near Cape Herschel and King William Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederico Hornby
R. N
Back Bay
Lieut. Gore
M. Des Voeux
Lieut. Hobson
Cape Herschel
King William’s “Island
Cape Herschell
Victoria Strait
Hobson
Fish River
Fort Victory
Lobson
King Walliam’s Island
Capes Felix
Crogior
Esquimusg
Erebug
Yerror
Laaa
Capes Croater
Herschel
Young
Tle
Prince of Wales
Hosbon
Erebus
Yellow fever rise in New Orleans hospitals
Charleston Oct 11 The Courier New Orleans correspondent reports fever rising in Louston with no Galveston cases. Nine cases were recorded in New Orleans hospitals last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
the Courier
New Orleans
Louston
Galveston
Vanderbilt steamer collides near Wallingford causing $10,000 damage
The C Vanderbilt steamer, Capt Sturges, collided with the sloop Molbrook near Hort Gate, tearing cabins and berths and forcing the vessel onto Flood Rock. The J L Stevens towed away passengers and freight. damage estimated at $10,000 and insured. No injuries reported despite damage and alarm among passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
C. Vanderbilt
Sturges
Stinnington
Connecticut
Norwich and
Worcester
Walliameburgh
Hort Gate
Molbrook
Gaylor’s
Ningty-first Street
J L Stevens
Fisher's Island
Stonington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Spain
Racita
Agnes Mulligan
Mary Ann Mulligan
Lope Street
Ip Mount Flipe House
Pierce
P. Wag
Beree
L. C. Richmond
Jupe Street
Air Wooren
Juin
Eo Govern
Joseph Jones
New York
Mechanics Bank
Newyork
Roe
Brooklyn
Jones Tiya
Raeverien
St Lous
Overland Mail
Thinorty
San Francisco
San Frenemco
ED Baker
Putnam Phalanx
Meosap
Hartford
Jolbrook
U S Mailgent
May Goodwin
Plesa
Gan Putnam
Prisves Tormoor
Warzan
Font Placeg
Hang Funute
Basten
Providence
Honora
Faneuil Hall
Pratt’s
Providence Light Infantry
New Hamshire
Whale Coutcatrom
Aecg
Europe
Washington
Yibe
Ariel Vas
Souttidin
Eressuh
Charles Buck
Liverpool
Bombay
Foo Chow Foo
Zurich
London Times
Gava
Vienna
Austria
Lombardy
France
Sardinia
Portland
Marine Department
Board of ‘Lade
Southampton
London
Thqueands
Paris
London Spectator
Venetia
Brussels
Herald
Biarritz
China
Peiho
Gulf of Pechestee
Ningparaiver
Hong Kong
Gda
Ward
Hia
Pekin
St Petersburg
Pekm
Russia
Pollin
Pot
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!