Wealth to Wreck to Wisdom A Palmer Family Tale
Edward Palmer seeks frauds in his father’s fallen business and helps recover thousands, transforming the family fortunes. Grace Palmer endures loss of a lover and finds clarity as Mr. Palmer, chastened by misfortune, embraces Providence and a humbler life.
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Bath
Edward
Grace Palmer
Elward Palmer
Palmer
Grace
Mr. Palmer
Iken
Heaven
Idrige
Jie
Pet
Altéra Jong
Fire devastates barn and houses on Benevolent Street
A rear barn at 52 Benevolent Street burned Saturday evening after 11. A hay stack and two horses were lost. the blaze spread to two front houses, injuring furniture and causing partial destruction. Other nearby structures and occupants named include J. R. Johnson N. Congdon Mary Reynolds Mrs Jourden Mrs Orfenee and Miaam Delany and several insured properties.
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Benevolyot Street
Ll O'Eluck
Benevolent Street
Jobn R. Dobosan
J. R. Johnson
N. Congdon
Mary Reynolds
Jourden
L’orfenee
Miaam Delany
Johogun
De'glope
Messrs. Gorham
Charber
Mesers
North Main
Gswalalee
Spherice
Unclear fragment finds voice in aged column item
Fragmentary report notes a damaged line about insurance coverage for G. & T. and a disrupted afternoon service at a Baptist church due to an alarm, with garbled text obscuring names and details.
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C. Messrs. G. &T
First Baptist Church
Journel
Town Meeting in Bristol to Adjourn at Two
The Bristol PMenix reports the adjourned Town Meeting will be held at 2 this afternoon. No major business is expected except the approval of a Town Watch. With fire danger rising seasonally, several trustworthy men should be on nightly watch, noting the minor cost to the town.
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Uime
Amin Bey
Bouse
Igelow
Lancers
Epes
Poe
Boston Chronotype
Legislature Convenes East Greenwich for U S Senate Election
The Rhode Island legislature meets at East Greenwich on Monday 26th for the U S Senate election to replace Gen. Greene whose term ends March 4. Candidates include Robert B. Cranston Jobo Whipple Eng James F. Simmons Byron Diman and several others not named.
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East Greenwich
Sesson
United States
Greene
Robert B. Cranston
Jobo Whipple
Eng
James F. Simmons
Byron Diman
Temperance Speech Volume by Dr Casates Jewert
A small book of Speeches Poems and Miscellaneous Writings by Dr Casates Jewert the popular Temperance Advocate is reviewed as highly worthy of perusal. The reviewer urges readers especially opponents and indifferent ones to procure read and digest the contents noting its 40 cents price and potential health reputation happiness and prosperity benefits.
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Casates Jewert
Post Office Delays Prompt Change in Mail Route
Citizens urge the Post Master General to reroute the Southern mail via Fall River Boats to gain three hours and allow same day replies. They also request Providence mail closing be moved to a quarter past 12 to ease public inconvenience.
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Providence
Fall River
Stonington
Monochromatic Painting School Opens by H A Futter
Advert shows Mr H A Futter opening a school for an improved monochromatic painting system similar to crayon drawing. The paper praises specimens for clearness and beauty and invites drawing enthusiasts to learn. Futter is located at the southeast corner of Hope and Church streets, in the former Wooster house.
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H. A. Futter
Hope and
Church Streets
Wooster
Exevusion to tar Worths Fair
Boston citizens plan an excursion to London for the World’s Fair near June. A Liverpool line captain offers a voyage there and back for Italy dollars per person with good accommodations. The trip aims to depart mid May, reach London early June, stay three weeks, then return by August with notable sightseeing and knowledge gain for about one hundred dollars.
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London
Liverpool
Italy
Boston
Jane
Aviele Sam
Almanac Return of The Farmer's Almanac 1851
The 1851 Farmer's Almanac arrives noting its 1793 origin by Robert B. Thomas and enduring popularity for accurate calculations and practical information. Published by James, Parker & Co. in Boston and available through New England booksellers.
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Robert B. Thomas
Tia
Jenas, Parser & Co
Boston
New England
Great Boston Dry Goods Depot Draws Shoppers
Oak Hart Boston notes Simmons' partner status and highlights one of the largest clothing stocks in the country. Visitors are urged to call at Jewett Prescott's No 2 Milk Street to find a superior assortment of shawls silks and cloak goods as the city’s premier dry goods establishment.
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Oak Hart
Boston
Simmons
Vaen
Jewett
Prescott's
Milk St
Curious Knockings and the Learned Pig Mystery
A reader debates spiritual explanations for knocking sounds and tricks behind illusions. The piece recalls ventriloquists and a pig that spells, dates, and names, noting uncertainty whether spirits or trickery produce the phenomena and urging cautious judgment.
The Phenix Rochester Knockings Examined
The discussion weighs whether the Rochester knockings are spiritual or electrical or both. The author argues against the electrical theory, citing it fails to express known facts. The spiritual theory is supported by two points about the knockings’ cause and the answered questions to spirits.
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Leger Demain
Signor Bitz
Inquisition
Eaid
Savan
N. B.co
Rochester
Seven Days Later From Europe Arrival of the Mire at Sea
The message notes arrival of the mire at The America from Liverpe at 2. The steamer Washington reached setters on Sunday night. Rail and telegraph plans emerge for a Galway to Dublin line. City of Glasgow and City of Philadelphia join a projected Liverpool to Philadelphia service. Duchies war renews with Hulsteiniogs gaining but little decisive result.
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Europe
America
Phe
Hephrax
Washington
Setters
Dal
Halifax
Maine
Galway
dSouthern and Western Railroad Age
Dublin
City of Glasgow
Liverpool
Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia
Glasgow
New York
English inventor aims to replace timber with iron on vessels
News notes new Liverpool inventor Mr Jordan seeking American patent to power a fleet of forty steamers for the African coast. The plan envisions monthly mail service and aiding the slave prevention movement, while other items report Irish League activity, university campus clashes, mutterings on Arctic ships, and European political tensions including France, Denmark, Austria, and Hungary.
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England
Jordan
Liverpool
Ireland
Veyant League
Coutry
Ingh
Ube
Elloris Wn
Catabiah
University of Hiis
John Ross
Cape York
Cape Dudley Iggs
Batlin’s Bay
Robbery and suspected abduction near Eigabethtown New Jersey
Plymouth Conn horse-dealer J P Swayle was robbed of 4200 in bank notes and a silver lever watch after meeting a man named Phelps at Eigabethtown NJ Station. Swayle lay injured at 9 0 clock and was missing by Friday morning. three arrests reported in the case.
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Timself
Jess
Collector Butler King Receives Bond in San Francisco
T Butler King, appointed Collector for San Francisco, received his commission and bonds on the day. General Twigge warns of potential conflicts between Indians and Texas citizens. A giant steamer, 400 feet long, contracted in Cincinnati for a regular ten day packet between Louisville and New Orleans, costing 420000 and touted as highly profitable.
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Francisco
Typinx Trove
Washington
T. Butler King
San Francisco
Twigge
Texas
Cincinnati
Louisville
New Orleans
Factory stoppages in New King land report
The Boston Mail states at least seventy five factories in New King land have ceased work in three months. Many more operate only partially as conditions slow production and economic activity wanes.
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Srorences
Boston Mail
New Kingland
Fugitive Slave Law fuels outcry in Free States
Reports detail the Fugitive Slave Law’s harsh penalties and habeas corpus suspension, with officers’s fees and the cost of enforcement. Early notices describe a daring Philadelphia mail robbery near Gray's Ferry, where three pouches from New York were stolen destined for Richmond Raleigh and Wheeling.
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Free States
United
Sistes
Butore
Danino Mait
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Mieventh
Market Streets
Gray's Ferry
New York
Offee
Richmond
Raleigh
N.C
Wheeling
Expresm
Puedi
Gray
Digati
Browd
Prive
Moyamensing
Ibich
Arrest and examination of alleged nail mail robbers in Philadelphia
Report from The Pennsylvanian details the arrest of Julia McCantey Thomas Brannan John Beth Thomas Vath and Robert McDowell on mail robbery charges. Witnesses describe bag thefts near Broad and Prime streets and a late night pursuit from a depot. The District Court was asked to commit them with bail set at 35000.
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Philadelphia
Abe
Julia McCantey
Thomas Brannan
John Beth
Thomas Vath
Robert McDowell
Etaron House
Jones
Almeady
John P. Rees
New York
Richmond
Wheeling
Vargo
Raleigh
Boone Allen
Broad
Capt. Swift
Kailinora Railroad Company
Matie Dail
Prime
Isaiah Dlivs
Slonimuky Downs
K. McDowelloay
Bob
McDowell
Brancap
McCardy
Vetch
Brandn
McMowel
Washington
Anderson
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Pmenix
France
M. Persigny
Corsaire
Paris
M. Lagrange
Denmark
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Vienna
Lord Palmerston
Prussia
Kiel
Grand Duke of
Oldenburg
Schleswig
Holstein
Austria
Hungary
Lombardy
Milan
Kossuth
Constantinople
Father Mathew
Tat Lonie, Mo
Cherokee
Col. Fremont
Conte Survey
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