Reverend Craig’s deeds and a captured escape tale
The article recounts Rev. Craig’s early Tennessee ministry through harsh wilderness preaching and a famous mercy gift to a desperate robber, then shifts to Mrs. Jane Wilson’s brutal Comanche captivity and a dramatic escape aided by Mexican traders. It closes with moral exhortations on moderate drinking and a cryptic reference to Louis Napoleon and Madame Jamel.
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Wilson
New York
Jane Wilson
California
The Liquor Seller's Bond Question
A reflective meditation on why liquor sellers must post bonds and security while other professions face no such requirement. The piece argues liquor trade is wrongly treated as inherently dangerous, burdened by penalties despite potential virtue and reform.
Fragmentary religious quotation from Watts text
A damaged OCR fragment shows a religious speaker expressing relief that God blesses and comforts him at night, contrasting peace with anxiety about waking in the world. The incomplete sentence includes phrases like bless God and lie down comfort at night.
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Sgh
Watts
Death-bed confession of a London wine dealer
A dying London wine merchant admitted to friends that his adulterated wines caused numerous deaths. He confessed decades of buying sour wines with lead and other toxins, restoring flavor to deceive buyers, and witnessed victims wasting away before death.
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London
Ir Graves
History of Alcohol Through the Ages and Its Effects
A compact overview traces alcohol from early Arabia and medicine to European spread and colonial use. It notes acts promoting spirits under William and Mary, signs advertising intoxication for a penny, and the social toll from sickness poverty and murder.
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Hager
Arabia
Europe
U. S
Italy
Spain
Henry VII
Ireland
North America
Widow of Aaron Burr Captures Paris Society
The Paris Patrie reports at a late date that a stranger wore an extravagant diamond toilette at the Tuilleries ball attracting all eyes. Louis Napoleon spoke briefly with the lady, the widow of Aaron Burr, prompting intense curiosity among attendees.
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Aaron Burr
Paris
Louis Napoleon
The Inebriate Revealed in Nightly Bondage
From Graham's Saturday Evening Mail the Inebriate is depicted as a chained captive, his body and mind scorched by drink. The piece warns that weakness leads to gradual loss of will and suggests resisting the beginnings as a vital maxim.
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Graham
Saturday Evening Mail
Pugh Elected to Senate for Ohio
The piece denounces Geo E Pugh as Ohio’s new U S Senator praising him as a radical youth with no experience or notable qualifications The article calls him a Locofoco favorite in Hamilton County and predicts a short term from March 4 1855 to 1861, framing the election as a triumph of young America over veteran politicians.
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United States
Geo. E. Pugh
Ohio
Senate
George E. Pugh
Young American
Hamilton County
Dr. Pierce
England Will Not Stand Alone in War With Russia
The Edinburg Review argues that a war between Britain and Russia or between France and England and Russia cannot be petty. It warns that immense forces must be mobilized and a chain of unseen causes forged, urging ministers and MPs to exert maximum effort to strike a decisive blow with England's vast resources.
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Edinburg Review
Great Britain
Russia
England
France
Russians Laughing Tradition Described Amid Bears Joke
A satirical travelogue notes Russians rarely laugh openly, instead doubling over with humor and twitching their mustaches when amused. The piece mocks bears and uses playful language to describe cultural quirks.
It Is Estimated Nine Thousand Per Are Made Each Year
The notice notes an annual production figure of about 9 000 per are in the region. It cites production estimates and contrasts yearly totals with past benchmarks to illustrate scale.
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The
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