Death of Franklin Pierce and mixed public notices
The death of former President Franklin Pierce is reported at his Concord New Hampshire residence after a months long illness. The obituary recalls his political career noting his NH House and Senate service and a presidency viewed by some as weak yet public spirited. subsequent civic notes mention a Wisconsin camp meeting and a Washington police commission ruling on racial integration.
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Franklin Pierce
Concord
New Hampshire
Pierce
House of Representatives
Senate
John P. Hile
National Democratic Party
Mr. Pierce
Brillant
Buchanan
Italy
Prince Arthur
Wheeler
Wheeler & Wilson
Connecticut
The
Republic
New York
Greeley
Herald
China
Mark M. Pomeroy
New York Democrat
Abraham Lincoln
Frankfort
Germany
Lincoln
Tom King
Thomas King
Wales
Thomas
Silver bullion theft and Hagan ore works in Mill City
The Central City Register notes a theft of silver bullion valued at over a thousand dollars from Whale and Edgar mines worked by Dr. Hugan in Mill City. It reports Huagan’s ore processing yields about 500 fine, copper-rich bullion, with future plans for a larger reverberatory furnace and full chlorination. The Sun comments on a Fifth Avenue hotel with waiters praised for elegance and Harvard-like demeanor, warning of instant dismissal for minor faults.
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Whale
Edgar Loves
Hugan
Mill City
Haugan
Hagan
Central City Register
the Sun
Fifth Avenue
New York
Harvard
Notable 19th Century Quotes on Politics and Society
A collage of short items: Barnum heads for the Sandwich Islands. Hiram Powers proclaims spiritualism. Gov Bullock of Georgia called Bovinity. Oregon Archbishop to Rome for Ecumenical Council. Brigham Young on infant care with herb tea and faith. News briefs touch Whig/Democratic figures, editor health, and a judge’s odd courtroom moment with a domestic dispute recounted in wit.
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Hiram Powers
Bullock
Georgia
Oregon
Rome
Brigham Young
Howland brothers fate uncertain amid frontier notes
Western items report the Howland brothers may have been killed by Indians after leaving the Powell exploring party at the Virgin. Additions note Utah Central railroad progress across Weber River bridge and new switch and siding, with two horse cars for Iron aiding construction. Also covered are Corinne local notes, Bear River ties, Eclipse mill logs, White Pine News railroad progress, and promising ore development at the Sierra Nevada mine with a forty dollar per ton assay and steady Nevada stocks.
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Howland Brothers
Powell Exploring
The
Virgin
F’, Little
Utah Central Railroad
Weber River
Utah Central
Union Pacific
Selt Lake
Corinne
Episcopal Church
Montana
Bear River
Lord Central Zion
Eclipse Mill
White Pine News
Marysville
Merchant's
Brown's Valley
Sierra Nevada
Car Track
Nevada
Various Far Reach Items In A Curious Bulletin
A mosaic of notes reports corn at 35 cents a bushel in Kansas and potatoes at 15 cents. Trainers claim Flora Temple could reduce Dexter to two minutes. Ristori tickets cost 20 dollars in Rio. Sulphuric snaking cures headaches. California claims 300 grape varieties. A Maryland convict inherits 80 000 dollars. Austria lists 203 nunneries and 4 500 nuns. Ohio and Kentucky tobacco crop frost damaged. Navy orders fast steam sloops of war. Prim and Segrano may push Cuba sale to US. Arizona reports Indians near Lopes in mountains forming a council. Immigration from White Pine region rising. A theory equates one hour mental effort to four hours physical work.
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Flora Temple
Dexter
Ristori
Rio Janeiro
California
Maryland
Austria
Ohio
Kentucky
Navy Department
Prim and Segrano
Cuba
United States
Arizona
Lopes
White Pine
Colorado Items from the Central City Herald
The Central City report notes preparations for a fire drill to begin Tuesday or Wednesday with Boulder county showcasing agricultural mineral products and stock. The Franklin Company sinks a new shaft on the Franklin lode showing richer ore. Snake River wagon road may finish by the 15th improving mail service. A search is underway for the South Park stage raiders amid local excitement. John Bennett reports two promising Marion County lode prospects in a gulch. Surface dirt yields seven dollars daily.
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Boulder County
Boulder
United States
Franklin Company
Franklin Lode
Snake River
Newe
South Park
John Bennett
Marion County
Colordo Herald
Coin in China and churchgoing in a western novel
A humorous aside notes a coin rate in China fifteen hundred to a cent and muses on carrying it to church. The excerpt from a western novel opens with a girl sitting on sand while a tall ship glides by, carrying freight of emigrants and hopes.
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China
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Oscar
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Thames Street
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Daily Leader
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M. A. Baker
Carrie Binge Co
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Wevense Marny Gevening
Oirentiation
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J. Joe Herald
Board of Police Commissionere
Washington
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Ennis Ipowiet
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Kountae Brow. & Co
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Chivage
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