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Newspaper
Columbia Spy
Location
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1857
Page
2
Violet prepares to leave with her trunks as Launcelot and Ella react to a secret romance. A hastened train departure follows an emotional farewell with family tension and unresolved love, while Ella pursues a quiet future with a wounded officer.
The Vigilant Fire Company plans a parade to celebrate the National Anniversary with their engine returned by Jacob Huntz the Wrightsville artist. The engine will be escorted by the Susquehanna Brass Band to the bridge then through Columbia streets. Also notes on Tux Colasiia and Bracewoon fire drill. Bulwer Lytton serial, reviews, and local ads.
Community efforts push a proposed line linking York Wrightsville and Marietta with Columbia. Meetings plan to explain route benefits and solicit stock subscriptions as totals reach 25 000 dollars. A Wrightsville gathering and continued Borough support aim to secure the through route with trade and jobs.
Stockholders of the Law County Normal School in Millersville met at Cooper's Hotel. They approved enlarging the school to meet the latest state law and to include Lancaster York and Lebanon counties. An estimated fifteen thousand dollars was discussed for new buildings and materials. The board is to report costs at a future meeting and a statement by Thomas N. Burrowes will explain benefits of enlargement. Meeting adjourned for July 6 at Cooper's Hotel.
The dialogue features a debtor railing at Mostyn Crazz & Co about a long overdue bill and alleged bankruptcy. Accusations fly of failed credit, ruined merchants, and threats to seize credit or pay to assignees as the scene unfolds with heated irony and frustration.
Latest from Europe reports British parliamentary debate over the Greytown bombardment by the U S Navy. Lords and politicians clash on reparations and international law while Roebuck and D Israel criticize the action. France canvass remains animated and Russia notes peasant excesses near the Galician frontier.
Havana reports the Quaker City captained by Shufeldt arrived in New York Tuesday morning after a three day nineteen hour voyage from Havana. Spanish fleet bound for Vera Cruz appeared off Havana and entered port as the Quaker City sailed out. General Santa Anna not yet seen in Havana. no epidemic in harbor. Diaria quotes London Times charging Concha with slave trade ties, which Havana dismisses as false and unfounded.
Quebec reports the steamer Montreal burned near Cape Rouge with four to five hundred aboard. About two to three hundred perished or drowned, with many saved by the Napoleon and Alliance. Capt Rudolph and the Montreal purser survived. Total losses expected to reach three to four hundred.
A column notes a plea for home awnings to shade residences and improve comfort. It contrasts public and private use, praising striped and colored awnings as architectural relief. A separate anecdote recounts a bedroom lamp clash after a thief fled a Breed's Mills house, leaving the intruder injured.
The Mackets list wholesale prices for common cull boards and grub plank at 10.00, culling at 13.00, 2d common at 18.00, 1st common at 30.00, panel at 7.00, hemlock boards and scantling long lengths at 13.40, pine scantling at 5.00, plaster lath at 2.00, shingles between 12.00 and 18.00.
Notices announce Mr day Capwet of Lancaster and Benjamin F Rowe of Providence township as sheriff candidates, subject to Union County Convention decisions. George Leamon of East Lampeter is named as recorder candidate, subject to Union Convention. dates May 2 1867 and May 16 referenced.
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