COLUMBIA PA 1857 LOCAL NOTES AND DROWNINGS
A 1857 Columbia column reports a German baker drowned while river swimming and a missing boat captain robbed of sixty six dollars. It notes stockholder meeting at Columbia Manufacturing, and local notices including a lecture on temperance, church sermons, and a new restaurant. Names include Walter S. Young and Rev. Grims.
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Drowlep
Martin Raiter
Ife
Filbert
Slunter
Vogel
Marietta
Baden
Germany
Rossiny
Tie Columbia Manufacturing Company in Ear Nest
A local prospect reports Columbia Manufacturing Company nearing start, after leaders and Supplee of Montgomery County secured subscriptions to stock. Officials plan charter lift and immediate operations, anticipating boosted town fortunes and a push to expand iron and wood manufacturing in Columbia.
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Maxcractonine Company
Columbia Manufacturing Company
George Bogle
B. Bohrer
Enos Smedley
Smedley & Brandt
North Ward
B. Rohrer
Siram Wilson
South Ward
Bletz
I. ¥Raley
J G. Hesa
Supplee
Montgomery County
Columbia
Cronkers
Lowell
Lyne
New England
Professor Adrien and the Pink Poster Debacle
A humorous tale from a newspaper office recalls a foreign visitor named Professor Adrien who pitched posters and programs, promised entertainment by a famed troupe, but left unpaid and with pink posters. The piece lampoons his grandiose claims, delays, and the staff’s wary reception amid local gossip and misadventure.
Arrival of the America from Europe
The Royal mail steamship América arrived from Liverpool with dates to the 4th. News from Naples reports insurgents seizing a steamer and freeing 300 prisoners at Ponsea before capture by a rival vessel. Banquets mark July 4 celebrations in Liverpool for Niagara officers, while Lady Franklin funds a search voyage from Aberdeen. Reports cover Franco British affairs, Algeria, Italian insurrections, and Washington naval movements.
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Liverpool
Lady Franklin
Aberdeen
Arctic
Sir John Franklin
Great Eastern
Portland
House of Lords
France
Naples
Paris
Globe
Turin
Cagliari
Genoa
Tunis
Ponsea
Sapril
Leghorn
Ponsen
Armes
Death of a statesman at Ballston described in final moment
Albany correspondent recalls a famed statesman at Ballston dying peacefully in his room on Independence Day. He reads Bacon and other classics, clutching the Essays of Bacon as the nation’s birthday thunder rolls. Also notes a Washington Capitol dome plan with Crawford sculpture and Meigs history panel. Plus a Texas anecdote from Waco Convention and a barroom tale from Corpus Christi.
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ve.Culerr
Washington House
Philadelphia
Walnut Street
South Side
Marcy
Albany
New York Post
Ballston
Milton
Shakespeare
Servey
South
Barrow
Robert Hall
Machiaval
Senator Seward
Bacon
Knight
Tsar Carrier Dows
Washington Union
Capitol
Genius of Liberty
Crawford
Italy
T. A. Walter
Stara
America
Meigs
Texas
New Orleans Picayune
George W. Kendall
Britton
Corpus Christi
Arkansas
Vast Plains Described as Pastoral Garden of the World
Colonel Galphin sketches the Great Western Plains from Kansas to the Rocky Mountains, noting a vast, timberless grassland rich in buffalo and other wildlife. He envisions a future pastoral economy with meat dairy wool and grains, a temperate climate, abundant fuel, and easy river navigation to become the world’s pasture field.
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Great Western Plains
St. Louis
Missouri
Mississippi
Gulf
Galphia
Kansas
Nebraska
Rocky Mountains
St. Louis Democrat
Plains
Texas
Arctic
Colonel Galphin
Egypt
Far West
St. Lawrence
Galphin
Empire of Commerce and Industry
Mrs Dickson's New Perricoat Larceny Tale
A man calling himself John Dickson was caught stealing a large roll of red flannel from a Harrisburg dry goods store on Friday. He confessed and told a rambling tale about his wife needing red flannel for petticoats, his drinking companion, and a sequence of bad luck that led to the theft. He was committed to answer for the larceny.
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John
Bank of Harrisburg
Pother Street
Joe Hinson
Joe
Jack
Dickson
Philadelphia Sunday Mercury
Curious jury instruction and curiosities from Cologne Gazette
A dated quip about a judge telling jurors to decide a case based on a fanciful grocery note and a cow dispute in which a breachy cow causes death. The snippet also notes a Colonge Gazette curiosity bulletin offering £10,000 in stamps to an orphan boy for furnishing 1 million used post stamps within a year, with Americans invited to contribute through the Colorge Gazelle by October.
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Tae Bers
Gen
Wingate
Portland
Maine
The
Argus
Colonge Gazette
Carlsruhe
Columbia Lumber Market Wholesale Prices List
Baltimore American reports Columbia lumber market prices with items such as common boards and grub plank, pannell boards, Hennesk boards, scantling, plaster lath, and shingles. Whiskey is quoted at 29 to 30 31 cents locally and 30 0 31 cents for Ohio. Notice dated July 16.
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Columbia
Philadelphia
Wausxrr
N. _Amer
Baltimore
City Mills
Ohio
Howard Street
Country
Penna
Baltimore Amer
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Pennsylvania
Columbbia
OrpHan’s Court
P. Linpesxors
the Orphan’s Court
Union County
Mrr. Grims
Olio
Presbyterian Church
Lutheran Church
Mre. Flourchild
Walter S. Young
Central High School of
Se Isa Colam- Lian
Samuel P. Young
McMahan
Flora Temple
Chittagong
Vlora Temple
Rozrnsox
Sam‘ Robinson
Waslington
Keller
East King Street
Lancaster
Tawno
Saylor & M’donald
Tre Crezorr- Dia
Llumor
Wm. F. Burton
D. Appleton & C Co
Broadway
N.Y
Stephens
Mesars
Appleton
Messrs, S. & M D
Acovar
Graham
Govey
Godey
Hin
Adrien
Oursel
Greene
Brown
Scott
Express
Republican
York
Jacob Miller
Franklin House
Dennison
Primo Tenore
New York
Demboiselles
Natal
Ilustrissimo
Bentz
Northern Central Railroad
Colombo
Indies
Sey
Indiana State
Jeffersonville
Screem
Europe
England
Geo. Cavaignac
Kabylia
Manchester
Bank of France
London Times
Napoleon
Algeria
McMahon
Spain
Madrid
Mazzini
Vienna
Sapri
China
Hong Kong
Lord Elgin
Baron Gros
John Bowring
Singapore
Washington
Gex
Waterr
Navy Department
Aspinwall
Saratoga
San Juan del Norte
Boston
Comminder Montgomery
Roanoke
New Orleans
Colnel Belton
Walbach
Charles S. Merchant
Belton
Gouverneur Morris
Bainbridge
Macrae
Morris
Calvin C. Hollenbush
Pensylvania
Robert Bartholon
Maryland
WB. Pumpernickieanys
Breware
Uran
Leavenworth
Kansan
Utah Territory
Twenty First Dragoons
Harney
Cummings
Maxina
New England States
Flinders
Ghe Markets
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