Banner of Freedom And Light In The Press
Poem praising the press as the banner of freedom. It extols paper and ink as colors, notes the flag flies in senate, palace, and workingclass hands, and declares the press to be stronger than kings or autocrats in the battle for knowledge and truth. The author is Lillie Barr of Wyoming, writing for the Independent.
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King
Kaiser
Senate
Lillie
Barr
W. Y
Brittany
Jersey
Prairie Circles in Wisconsin's Early Days Described
A traveler recounts prairie rings seen between Fox Lake and Lake Emily in Dodge County during 1846. The essay catalogs myths about their origin, describes a nighttime journey during a storm when a circle allegedly formed, and cites Erasmus Darwin's explanation of fairy rings as burned soil with long lasting fertile rings.
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Wisconsin
Prairies
Armother
Fox Lake
Lake Emily
Dodge County
Burns
Tam O’shanter
Portage
Botanic Garden
Erasmus Darwin
London
Foremart
Derbyshire
Nottinghamshire
Arthur
Edinburgh
W. Hinton
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Webb's death explained by whirlpool shock in rapids
Dr. C W Palmer of Lockport NY reports post mortem findings on Captain Webb. He notes rigor mortis and extensive desiccation, a postmortem scalp wound, and red blood indicating death occurred before drowning. The cause is shock from water pressure in whirlpool rapids, not drowning or injury, with warning for future adventurers.
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C. W. Palmer
Lockport
N. Y
Captain Webb
Webb
Midnight incident at Word office ends with self defeat
A man at midnight near the Word office activates a fire-alarm, questions a stalled car, then grapples a telegraph pole in a failed assault. After a violent kick, he falls and remarks the conductor saved him by his coat coming off, per the New York World account.
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Word Office
N. Y. World
Remarkable Arkansas Court Case Reveals Lifelong Sweethearts
An old man faced arraignment for a minor offense while a witness, an elderly woman, confesses a long history with him. The judge learns they were sweethearts and later married, prompting release of the defendant as the case proves a remarkable, fateful connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansaw
Uthcer
Arkansaw Traveller
Great fishery celebration stall in London presided by Lady Waterlow
At the London fishery celebration the stall selling American inventions and American drink was led by Lady Waterlow wife of Sir Sidney Waterlow M P for Gravesend Governor of the Irish Society and Lord Mayor of London in 1872 73. She is Margaret Hamilton from Napa California and was aided by Mrs Paget Miss Chamberlin and other Americans.
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London
Lady Waterlow
Sidney Waterlow
Gravesend
Irish Society
Margaret Hamilton
Napa
Cal
Paget
Elijah Cole Giant of the North Woods Dies at 70
Elijah Cole of Northville New York known as the Giant of the North Woods has died aged seventy years. He stood six feet six inches in height and was a notable local figure in the timber community. His death marks the passing of a prominent regional personality.
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Elijah Cole
Northville
N. Y
North Woods
Benyaard
United States
Chicago Harbor
Harrison
Jacksonville
Morgan County
C. E. Lovett
Leyden
Chicago
Cragin
Jefferson
William Spies
Nicholas Ritzman
Illinois Chronicle of Odd Deaths Crimes and Wonders
A flood of Fayette and Randolph County incidents includes a drowning in Hickory Creek Vandalia a man dies in a cellar murder in Brewerville a boy drowns near Moline. Other notes report Post Office figures Cantons fire and other local calamities with Emigration and politics across Illinois.
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Herman Wollenschlanger
Hickory Creek
Vandalia
Fayette County
Palmyra
Macoupin County
Leo Bono
Wesley Jacobs
Brewerville
Randolph County
Bono
Jacobs
Chicago
Aviston
Clinton County
St. Louis
John Brown
Carmi
White County
Clark
Canton
Fulton County
Lexington
McLean County
Jones
Illinois
Jacksonville
Morgan County
Lincoln
Logan County
John Kellogg
Canon C. H. Kellogg
Davenport
Moline
Rock Island
Taylor Ridge
Rock Island County
Gertrude S. Allen
A. B. Allen
Trinity Church
Springfield
George Washington
John Wall
Edward Falkner
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THE
Illinois State News
Dakota
Hamilton
Henry Raab
Newton Bateman
J. P. Slade
H. L. Boltwood
F. W. Parker
E. C. Hewit
8. M. Ingles
E. R. E. Kimbrough
A. G. Lane
Delee Gates
Louiseville
Frederick A. Cramer
Ilinois
New York
Indianapolis
Pana
Christian County
F. F. Costello
Fort Worth
Tex
Cleveland
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