Labor, Capital and Co op the world at stake
A garbled 19th century column touches on labor and capital, praising co operation to restore balance. It cites figures like Sir Stamford Northcote and Elder John Smith, notes a London incident, and recounts assorted local items and public notices with terse, scattered summaries of speeches, crime, and civic happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reenter Ree
London
Per
Ead Spiece Baker
Henry
Rawlinson
Stefford Northcote
Local Scraps Highlighting Traces of a Fatal Foundry Incident
Fragmented notes describe a man named McAvoy found dead at a foundry in Davie’s, with his body moved to his Newport Kentucky home. Authorities struggle with unclear details and possible financial misconduct linked to a local road project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth
J Sherma
Neme
McAvoy
Davie
Ines
Newport
Charles
Renbessling
Pe Ph
Magnol ia and Moselle disaster recalled in city history
A long retrospective recalls the 1830s Magnolia and Moselle steamboat catastrophe. The Moselle exploded near the Louisville run, killing many, with dramatic scenes of drowning and wreckage. Survivors and mourners filled streets. a public funeral drew thousands. Names and fates of several figures are noted.
North Carolina Suffering and Old Settlers Critique
A Southern writer laments poverty in Newbern and across the South after the war, urging Northern aristocracy to aid white and Black poor. He denounces lingering Yankee hatred, warns Yankees to avoid settlement, and notes cotton panic devastating planters in Geescombe county amid widespread hardship.
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Nat
Tose
Hern
Congress
Providence
Gecombe County
South
God
Firing the Southern Heart Bogus Proclamation in Houston
A Philadelphia Press correspondent cites a Houston Telegraph extra claiming a March 26 1856 Houston edition spread alarm over a mock impeachment and martial rule. It includes sensational dispatches about Grant Thomas Johnson and Seward and notes public willingness to trade Confederate for greenbacks. The piece mocks the fabrication and its impact on loyal citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Press
Washington
Louisiana
Texas
Hancock
Freedmen’s Bureau
Richmond
Houston
Houston Telegraph
Trikpat Monyina
Friedi
Andrew Johnson
Thomas
Stanton
War Department
Sherman
Grant
Seward
Wasninetoy
House
Carr
Emory
Johnson
Sisters of Charity
Sity
Cetenit Avenue
Capitol
the Express
Eesae
Pestie
Yerre
Flrat
Andrew
Houses of Congress
Pasional
Hotel Arrivals and Notable Guests at Regional Hotels
A historical listing shows arrivals at principal hotels across multiple towns including York, Memphis, Warsaw, Aurora, and Stout and Son. Names such as Curran, Pearce, Reed, Willey, Turner, and Taylor appear among guests traveling from New York and Kentucky destinations in a compiled travel note of hotel activity.
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Julbats
Lexi
K Billats
t+ Wiets
Upley
Wali RS Twiis
FC Willey
Motre
Ay Taylor
Turner
TrimMe
Reed
Ian J Curran
Faynville
Sean
Stout & Son
Pearce
Warsaw
Aurora
Memphis
Local notices and scattered facts from a midstate paper
A jumble of names from Columbus Philadelphia and Cincinnati sections alongside scattered notes on wheat, river safety, and a vetoed suspension bridge plan. Reports describe an accident raffle dispute in Seventeenth Ward, injuries from a streetcar incident, and a humorous take on Gurr’s planned river dive as authorities veto it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hensons
Gurr
Humane Society
Inne
Eteehiataey Te Theae
Storm Claiming Thirty Travelers Feared to Be Lost
The Newfoundlander reports a deadly snow storm between Heart's Content and Harbor Grace leaving about thirty travelers unaccounted for. By yesterday thirteen bodies were recovered and seventeen more are missing, with rescuers on the trail and likely more updates to follow. The disaster tears at the families who relied on these earners and raises fears of poverty driven by the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archin: Riies
Letter from Columbus Senate and House actions in Ohio
Special correspondence from Cincinnati Times outlines Senate activity on a land improvement bill and a medical reform measure, plus House actions on congressional apportionment, labor hours, insurance, and county turnpike funding. It notes prison ventilation work at Ohio Penitentiary, a Fairfield county land improvement bill, and hospital name changes in Cincinnati. The piece mentions Capitol area improvements, Wendell Phillips lectures, and Mount Vernon Templar events with local dignitaries and Masonry themes.
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Ohio
Committee On Medical Colleges
Senate
HOUSE
Billy
Adams
Poe
Fairfield County
Skaats
Cincinnati
Yeas
Commercial Hospital
Hospital
Pest House
Rosshill
Cincinnati Hospital
State House Square
Capitol
Wendell Phillips
Times
Cincinnati Times
Mount Vernon
Father Reed
Covington
Rockford Ills Growing Yet Modest City and Its Hotels
Jottings by a Traveler describes Rockford as a growing midwestern town of about 11 000 on the Galena branch of the Chicago Great Western Railroad. It notes the river, mills, banks, four schools, a female seminary, and a large Holland hotel built for a hoped future boom, plus local newspapers The Winnebago Chief The Register and The Gazette. It highlights Brown's Hall entertainment, a branch road to Kenosha, and Rockford’s past fame for beating the National Base Ball Club in Chicago. The piece ends with a teaser about Illinois State Editorial Convention in June and an excursion to St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Times
Rockford
Ill
Galens
Chicago & Great Western
Chicago
Poland
Owen Township
United States
Winnetisgo
Ohio
Rock River
Anna P. Lee
Holland
Brown's Hall
Brown
Register
The
Gazette
Kenosha
Forrest City
National Base Ball Club
Washington
Nationals
el - S Ieedal
Illinois
Paul
Tragic double murder suicide in Geneva Georgia
A grim sequence in Geneva Georgia details two Lumpkin brothers James and Smead aged twenty to twenty three. After a dispute over a mule James killed Smead, then consumed laudanum and shot himself. Smead died soon after. James buried with five to six children in the household. The tragedy shocked the community and left grieving parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Georgia
Columbus
James
Smead Lumpkin
Smead
Voter Registration in Richmond Shows Racial Split
In Richmond the new registration lists 13,178 voters with 6,571 whites and 6,607 colored. The Whig notes white majorities in three of five wards and a citywide majority of five. Radical figures from October show a 314 colored advantage, while overall whites are rebounding from summer apathy. 5,050 whites are listed with 1,511 recorded as white in a subset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Whig
Gor Clenka
Global dispatches and political notes from a crowded telegraph column
A dense telegraph summary covers foreign affairs and domestic politics. It notes Napier's expected dash on Magdala, Irish question debates, pardons and prosecutions, the Irish franchise, and various parliamentary discussions. Also included are dispatches from Paris Vienna Buffalo and Nashville with legal, economic, and electoral developments.
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Conti
Lord Mayo
Johnson
Sullivan
Dublin
Earl Mayo
Aaranen Nanan
Ireland
A Paris
Odey
Ana
Sats
Angi
Avai
Cannes
Reichsrath
Congressional Debate on Tariff and Brandies Tax Proposal
Washington March 19 The bill relieving manafac etc discusses amendments and substitutions. Trumbull offered change taxing distillation and other items at one dollar per gallon with related duties then inact. The Senate passed the bill with amendments to support the public debt and regulate duties on spirits and snuff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumbull
Senate
Aviation Bills Dominated House Session Discussing Revenue Impact
Washington dispatch reports the House, after passing the Freedmen's bill, devoting the day to the miscellaneous appropriation bill. Mr Logan railed against the Treasury printing division’s taxation and wholesale exemptions, warning of potential revenue deficiency. Both houses remain in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Times
Wasuisotox
House
Logan
Treasury
Wilmot Proviso author Wilmot dies in Towanda at 56
Special dispatch reports David Wilmot former senator and author of the Wilmot Proviso has died after brief illness in Towanda Pennsylvania at age 56. Bishop Stevens remains injured but recovering from a railroad accident. A girl named Mary Schoenburg burned to death by clothes catching fire from a kitchen stove. Canal navigation expected to open in the state this afternoon. Merchant A Barkley dies in Philadelphia.
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Wilmot
Eady
Cincinnati Times
David Wilmot
United States Court of Claims
Washington
United States
Towands
Pennsylvania
Bishop Stevens
Wilkesberre
Mary Schoenburg
A. ©. Barkley
Governor nominates Samuel G Harbaugh as State Librarian
Special dispatch from Columbus notes Governor names Samuel G Harbaugh for State Librarian and Senate consideration. Debates arise over press correspondents and alleged misrepresentation by Hamilton county figures. Fire reports include Hathaway’s barn burning with forty tunes, twenty cows, and Warren Woolen Factory boarding stores damaged in separate incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Papers
Cincinnnati Times
Columnus
Samuel G. Harbaugh
Senate
Harbaugh
Hathaway
West Indies Cable Talk and Harsh Penalties
The Herald reports on Caribbean affairs with mentions of Haytion advising on wealth and possible imprisonment for offenses. It notes bloodshed risk with Salnave and a tense link between Port au Prince and San Domingo. It also mentions a proposed death penalty for certain offenses and offers to deploy air balloons to lay an international cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Salnave
Port Au Prince
Hayate
Curious garbled note hints at postal delays in Baltimore
A misspelled and jumbled line suggests mail from Baltimore suffered delays. The fragment, though garbled, references ships and mail matter delay, noting trouble and annoyance for recipients as operators struggle with a faulty delivery signal and indirect warnings about Friday misfortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
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Mumeral
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Wilson Hughes
U. S. Army
W. P. Beene
Pearl Bureet House
T. C. Powell
Wilson McGrew
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North Carolina
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Mororotitan Hotel
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Stokes
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Generaor
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Cleveland
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Mass
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Tory
Leas
West Indies
Tallmadge & Co
J. M. Keen
Waimas
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