Railways in the state face claims of misrule and profit strain
An 1800s journalist criticizes railway practices, noting many companies founded under state laws. He cites high taxes, large deficits, and free travel abuses. He laments press bias and accuses a railway commissioner of falsehood while presenting figures on receipts, debt, and employment across 270 chartered lines.
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Watami
Fentaban
Supreme Court
Frst
Wiatatory Lew
Genergy
Firat
Sgeate
Lee
Teletiiited
Tnd
MTA
Ayne
Chonge
Pidgbarg
Abe Railway Way Company
Credit losses and distant travels in a crowded report
An assortment of financial data appears amid varied notes on road expenditures for 1807, interpretations of American travel habits in Europe, land disputes with Peter Doxtator in Lancaster, and a Berlin letter detailing Count Bismarck’s views on Prussia America relations and the Monroe doctrine.
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Peter Doxtator
Lancaster
Safe Arbor
Oneida
Madison County
Parton Boys
Berlin
Countrek
Behurz
Kinkel
Gazette
Prussia
America
England
St Prypseia
West
Esat
Beburs
United States
Grant
Alabama
Count Bismarck
Napoleon
Vienna
Nitrous oxide lecture at Ohio Dental College tonight
Prof George Watt to speak on nitrous oxide as an anesthetic before the Mississippi Valley Dental Association in session in the city. The meeting will include officers of the association and a convention agenda with city and county officials as part of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TM O
Ohio Dental College
Mssippi Valley Dental Association
George Watt
He Shomner
Seeneau & Ie
Neaea
J. Dan'l. Jonesso
M. Greenwood
W. Hooper
James Oe
James M. Glenn
Thos
F. Ew. Rowland
John. E. Wynne
Hotel Arrivals and Local Names At A Glance
A fragmented list of hotel arrivals and social names appears, featuring Dewman Horri Mraper Swiccert and others from Colrain and nearby areas. The item reads as a garbled roster of guests and associations with scattered initials and places, including Jamtday Adan and JH Jerkins, with partial mentions of Neabville and Rockfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewman
Adams
Troe
Miller
Whitten
A. Kvane
Rock Field
IK Jenn Wieeling
Fragmentary Names in Obscure Notice
A garbled clipping lists scattered names and places such as Montasds Neeson Co and M Wells with fragments like Lodona and daletown, suggesting an incomplete notice or misspelled entities without a clear event, date, or action.
Obscure Kentucky and Ohio Names in Ancestry Record Fragment
A damaged OCR fragment lists numerous names and places including Kentucky and Ohio individuals such as Jordan, Obie, Moore, and Whittaker, with scattered surnames and town references. The text is garbled, showing partial names and unclear roles, resembling an old genealogical or notice page.
Fire damages out-house kitchen near Hamilton and Dayton depot
An overheated stove pipe set a small fire in an out-house used as a kitchen on Sixth Street below the Hamilton and Dayton depot causing trifling loss. A man named Thomas Wen fell on the icy sidewalk near the hospital lot and broke his leg above the ankle. Rev H D Moore to be installed as star of Vine Street Congregational Church with noted clergy attending. The Work House reports a week’s carpentry and labor figures.
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Sixth Street
Hamilton
Dayton Depo
Thomas Wenwel
Central
H D. Moore
Vine Street
Christian Church
Covin
Niee
van Buskirk
Christ
Resson
Peter
Jesus Christ
Covington
Lxcous
United States Assessor
Teceere, &c
Klp
John Ile
Annie Myers
Yeatemjay
Criminal Court
Phitna Armoxic Society
L.E. Levenpor
Pallion
Hagmo Ls Society of
Levansor
Barnum Museum Fire Devastates Broadway Collection
The New York World notes Barnum's Museum burned after 12:15 with delay, destroying a famed menagerie including Bengal tigers and lions. The fire consumed the entire collection and shocked crowds along Broadway and Mercer Street, with many workers, visitors, and curiosities displaced. Barnum planned a new museum and theater after prior losses, and the blaze marked a major setback to his ambitious expansion.
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New York World
Barnum
van Amburg & Co
Tix
Central Park Commission
Boston
Cuba
New Jersey
Museum of the Seals
Oxford Gra Lnale
Girale
Dommived
St. Nicholas
A. Werd
Comig
Erie Road
Jersey City
Spring Street
Prince
Hernan
Inntess
Broadway
Zuruby
Haunam
Sin
Hayes
Mercer Street
Rescott House
Mercer
Greene
Wooster
Sens
Insurance Companies
Fejee
Barnums
Ae Healid
Gordon Cumming
Han
Barnam Lowne
Houston
Ivy
Education for a United Nation at Cooper Institute
New York meeting to raise funds for Washington College Virginia heard Newry Ward Beecher urge national education as vital to unity. He argued slavery's destruction purged the nation, and that Lee’s presidency at the college should be remembered while urging Virginians to support education as a duty to the country.
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Cooper Institute
New York
Washington College
Virginnia
Lee
Reese
Cod
Cis
America
San Francisco
South
Florida
Maine
Virginia
Legislative Hall
Massachusetts
Abriet
Mount Vernon
Washington
Ggoneral Lee
Gen. Johnston
Lante
Ben
Fruilern College
Johnston
Dettysburg
Divine Providence
Jessone
Foreign facts and fancies in February parliamentary items
A compact report of Parliament debates on February 1 and 4 including questions to the Foreign Secretary about Burlingame the American minister at Pekin and possible China treaty revisions. notes on Leopold’s health and Oxford University press grants. Napoleon III’s planned ConstantinopleVienna trip. and brief European political and royal updates.
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House of Commons
Col. de Ante
Burlingame
Pekin
Imperial Court
States of Europe
Lord Mould
China
Tientsin
Leopold
Prince Leopold
Duke of Edinburg
Prince Arthur
Oxford University
Bath
Goldwin Smyth
University Press
University of the Southern States of America
Question d'Orient
Council of State
Chambera
Boly
Ireland Reform Debate and Global Dispatches in Noveau Session
Last night’s foreign telegraph summary notes Ireland reform to be discussed in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Dispatches from Annesley Bay report Magodian prisoners in Kin Theodorus fort, with guarded but humane treatment and all alive. Admiral Farragut visits Spezzia. Queen’s elf burned in Lisbon. Cardinal Antonelli ill. Harrisburg convention nominates Randall and McGoffin for state tickets. resolutions push constitutional restoration and strict economy. A Canandaigua train wreck injures twelve. Richmond delegates back Johnson impeachment. Virginia convention advances elective franchise with strict voting rules.
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Ireland
House of Coimmona
Limerick
Bee Jmoen
Annesley Bay
Magodiay
Theodorus
Portugal
Lisbon
Farragut
Spezzia
Ardinal
Antonelli
Prince Napoleon
Gerwee
Harrisburg
House of Rentatives
W.A. Wallace
Wm. M. Randall
Ot Teeer Kirk
Wm. Hopkins
Washington’ County
Jefer McG Offe
Geo. Cass
Gheny
Lewis
Cassidy
Philadelphia
Committee On Resolutions
Legislative Branch
Executive
Judiciary
Republican Party
Chas. E. Porte
Fayette
Gen. Willington
Columbia
Nationa
Josae Heister
Wm. F. Teen
Wm. Gier
Canandaigua
New York
Hopewell Station
Elmira
Sarah Overshire
Helen
Phill Rene
Bri
Andrew Horton
Joel Eggeneveich
Peyeoed Gorman Ai Homas Phillips
Reconstruction
Richmond
Virginia
House of Representatives
United States
Andrew Johnson
Senate of
United States Srey
Navy
Congressional Senate Proceedings Mention Chief Justice Impeachment
Fragmentary congressional notation references the Senate and impeachment trial procedures involving the Chief Justice. The garbled text hints at questions before the court and actions related to impeachment, with unclear dates or names.
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Switzerland
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Louis II
Munich
Wag‘ner
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London: Saturday Review
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