Two Young Patriots Defend Scituate Harbor From British Warship
Rebecca Bates and Sarah Winsor seize a house drum to rally townspeople as a British warship appears at Scituate Harbor in 1812. They march along the shore, drumming and blowing to boost local resistance while fishermen move valuables to safety. The encounter ends with the ship withdrawing as American forces approach, and Rebecca later recalls the event in old age.
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Boston Bay
Scituate Harbor
Scituate
Mrs. Bates
Rebecca
Sarah Winsor
Rebecca Bates
Uncle
Father
Gon
Husband
Sarah
Boston
Missouri Medical College in St Louis Expands and Plans
The Missouri Medical College in St Louis, tied to St John’s Hospital and area asylums, reports a 200-student class the largest yet. Dean Prof Moore led the first west-of-Mississippi medical lecture, with notable faculty reputations. An appropriation of 200000 enables dramatic building expansion and tuition cut from 120 to 65, aiming to attract more Northern Indiana students next term.
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Missouri Medical College
St. Louis
St. John’s Hospital
St. John’s Dispensary
City Hospital
St. Vincent’s
St. Joseph’s
St.Mary’s Asylums
New York
Philadelphia
Moore
Mississippi River
Robinson
Dominion of Canada
Elkhart
J. W. Hall
Knoblicke
Hildebrand
Indiana
Violent Northwest Gales Halt Atlantic Steamers
Captains report six European steamers overdue due to severe northwest gales and high seas. Maas from Rotterdam and Plymouth endured a long storm from December 31 to January 14, bulwarks stove in and light woodwork carried away. Oriental returning disabled after voyage to San Francisco.
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Atlantic
Maas
Rotterdam
Plymouth
Chevaier
Oriental
San Francisco
Brutal alleged abuse of an orphan boy in Paxton
John McGuire was jailed on $10,000 bail after an examination detailing prolonged cruelty to 11 or 12 year old Charles O Connell at Paxton Ford County. The boy, now emaciated and covered with sores, was repeatedly frozen and starved, including six pails of icy water poured over him at a zero temperature. The case, described as shocking to the community, contrasts with the boy’s previously praised traits.
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Bloomington
Iil
Paxton
Ford County
John McGuire
Charles O’connell
McGuire
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Pigeon Street
C. Wright & CO
Garner
Harrison and
6Th Sts
Beck Bros
Maxon
Avery
Whale
Carbon & Castor
Isaac Bucklen
Elehart County
Cor, Main
Jackson Streets
Blehart
Army OF Two
Fire Island
Brooklyn
Saratoga Springs
National Temperance Society
Board of Managers of the Society
Chicago
Sons of Temperance
Grand Lodges of Good Templars
Grand Templars of Honor and Temperance
Young Men’s Christian Association
Madison Street
City of Chicago
W. E. Dodge
J. N. Stearns
A. G. Lawson
T. A. Brouwer
W. C. Steel
T. L. Cuyler
A. A. Robbins
J.B. Dunn
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Chine
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Tion, NY
E. Remington
Remington Sewing
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Broadway
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