California in 1850 San Francisco scene and concerns
A San Francisco letter from May 34 1850 details rapid but uneven growth urban expansion, fires destroying wealth, and a rebuilt burnt district. It notes high city salaries, rising property values in upper districts, and a push for California statehood with Congress action on state lines.
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San Francisco
California
Atlantic States
Panama
Lundret
San Joaquin
Trinity River
City Council
Lota
Congress
New York
Peale
Murderous Well Plot Terribly Failing Spouse
Kingsville Ohio news reports Rollin Harmon, farmer, attempted to kill his wife Mrs Harmon to gain her property. He lured her to the well, fought, strapped her mouth, and plunged her down a thirty foot shaft. She miraculously survived, was pulled from the well alive but severely injured. Harmon was arrested, escaped custody, retaken, and committed for assault with intent to kill. Mrs Harmon remains in danger in Kingsville.
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Kingsville
Ohio
Ashiatuta
Rollin Haemany
Harmon
Doore
Nevr
Ars. EH
Mre
Benson
Ier
Esq. Thurber
Murder in the Valley: William Keate Slays Wife
A man named William Keate killed his wife with an axe after quarrels over mending clothes. He wounded family members, fled through streets toward Indiana shore, and hid beneath a ship house in Jeffersonville. Police pursued him until late and expected capture by dawn.
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Barrat Murven
Jkarousy
Jackson
Bandcock
William Keate
Mina
Keats
Market Street
Market and
Slaughter
Washington
Preston
Indiana
Kenta
Howard
Jeffersonville
Louieville
Falling of Table Rock shocks Niagara region
Reported as a sensational event on the Canada side of Niagara Falls, the six by twelve rod rock fell at 1:30 PM Saturday. A man and boy narrowly escaped while a carriage on the rock sank with it. A couple with a guide narrowly avoided injury beneath the rock as it collapsed. The drowning rumor proved false. A Newark Advertiser note adds word of riot fires and city panic among gamblers in San Francisco.
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Table Rock
Canada
Buffalo Republic
San Francisco
Newark ‘Advertiser
Morison Touted as Democratic Canal Commissioner Candidate
A 1848 notice profiles William T. Morison, Democratic nominee for Canal Commissioner. Born in Petersburg Virginia and raised in Abington Township Montgomery County, he farmed from age 31 and held roles as Justice of the Peace, Director of Public Schools, County Commissioner, and State Legislator. Described as about 45, six feet tall, active, punctual, and in his prime.
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Pennsylvania
Morison
William T. “Morison
Petersburg
Virginia
Abington Township
Montgomery County
The Burning of the Griffith and a Night of Tragedy
The Mercer Seminary notes six aboard the ill fated vessel from Greenville. Five drowned, one saved. Names given include Edward Tinker and wife, William Clark and wife, Mrs Wheeler. Theodore Wheeler survived after swimming a mile and a half. Also reports heavy damages for a court case in Eaton Ohio involving Dr William R Wineton and Harriet Keever and a separate murder in Kentucky with motive tied to a 40 year-old grudge. A mesmeric surgery near Barre Centre removed almost an entire breast from Mrs Roy al B Hibbard with the subject singing in trance. A violent pistol shot at a newlywed couple in Orleans destroyed much of the bride’s beauty and left the wife gravely wounded.
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Griffith
Mercer Seminary
Greenville
Edward Tinker
Wm. Clark
Clark
Mr. Wheeler
Mr. Clark
Wheeler
Tata
Eaton
Ohio
Michael Keever
Wm. R. Wineton
Harriet Keever
Misa Keever
Milla Columbia Streets
Anthony Putnam
Catharine Soumeyer
Fifth Street
Smith
Park
Richard Overbeck
Kentucky
Cooper
Derconsace Arratn
Editor J P Cocm an dies after protracted illness
Ostmuany reports the death of J P Cocm an editor of the Commercial Advertiser at his city residence last Sunday evening. The notice offers heartfelt sympathy to his widow. The piece also notes Jos M Strannet Esq's appointment as Associate Judge by Gov Johnston. Harper's New Monthly Magazine July issue is available at Spafford’s State Street, praised for sterling articles.
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Ostmuany
J. P. Cocman
Eng
Commercial Advertiser
Gazette
Jos. M. Stra+nett, Esq
Gov. Johnston
Brawley
Iann Acottout
Haneen's Magazine
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
Spafford's
State Street
Troy
California
Szitu C. Brown
H. L. Brown
Auburn
Sacramento City
Fourth of July Observance Passes Quietly Across City
Citizens mark the nation’s birthday with modest pride and orderly revelry. Fireworks brighten the night after a fine Reed House dinner. Sabbath schools hold celebrations and German and native groups alike display orderly loyalty in a peaceful, creditable commemoration.
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Reed House
Mosare
Erio
Send None but Good Men for the Next Legislature
The brief urges Democrats across the state to nominate only good and true men for the next Legislature and the U.S. Senate. It warns against political mountebanks and trimmers, insisting on integrity, national principles, and party loyalty. It emphasizes Erie County's stake and calls for candidates with unimpeachable honesty and firm adherence to Democratic standards.
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United States
Keystone
Erie County
Senate of the
Senate
And
Delaware
Lakes
Philadelphia Eyes Open as New York and Erie Road Looms
In this notice the author argues the New York and Erie railroad will draw western trade from Erie and northern Pennsylvania toward New York City, despite Philadelphia’s claims. The piece predicts Erie will become a terminus via a Pennsylvania charter, while the Central road to Pittsburgh and Cleveland won’t stop the flow. The Philadelphians are warned they woke too late to reap the harvest.
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New York
Erie
Pennsylvania
New York and Erie Railroad
New York City
New York and Erie
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad Survey Planned In Taos Visit
Taos welcomed J Power Eng of Beaver who visited to arrange a survey of the Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad. He plans to organize a team of engineers and begin surveying next week with David Garber Eng as his principal assistant.
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Taos
Fortunate Escape From Ledge Sway Near Table Rock
A report notes that on Saturday, five minutes before a section of Table Rock fell, T. D. McGre, editor of The Nation, with two companions, saved a handful of wildflowers and vowed not to part with them for any sum of California metal.
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Table Rock
T. D. McGre
the Nation
Tleman
California
Trumbull Democrat Notes Shifty Circus Crowd Rumor
A cryptic local note alleges a man named Nan skipped reading duties and spent Tea Week at the circus, described as drunk and seen in that place. The blurb hints at gossip rather than verified facts.
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Trumbull Democrat
Sayz
Portraits of the Demagogue and the Statesman
A speaker warns against the demagogue as a relentless foe to the republic, contrasting him with the virtuous statesman. He casts the demagogue as a deceptive, self serving figure who allies with chaos, while urging reverence for the Constitution and the Fathers of the Confederation. He invokes classical and biblical imagery to condemn the demagogue and praise the statesman.
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Senate
Pressut
Fathers of the Confederation
Buffalo and State Line Rail Road progress and politics
The Fredonia Censor reports the entire line under contract from Buffalo to the Pennsylvania line with multiple firms to build sections to Lagrange Fredonia Rochester St Catharines and Ripley. Work to begin this week with 900 men. Ripley grading started. It then mentions a pamphlet of Seward’s speech read in German and a letter claiming nonrelection of Janus Tuomrson, praising his service in Congress.
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Buffalo
State Line
Fredonia
Lagrange
Asa Wood & Co
Hoya & Co
Rochester
Ripley
Cook & McDonald
St. Catharines
Canada
Pennsylvania Line
Messrs. Leet & Ely
Ripley Company
Wood & Co
Thaddeus Stevens
Seward
California
Observer
Gazette
Congressional Convention Deliberations at Warren Meeting
Delegates to the Congressional Conferees Convention for the county mark the third Wednesday of August as the meeting day this year at Warren. Arrival of a few Europeans is noted, but the news is not particularly important or interesting. The editor explains the column will focus on routine details.
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Warren
Europe
Galphin Claim Mentions Reach to Congress
A Washington correspondent reports Mr. Brooks of New York has received many letters from Georgia with certified papers on the Galphin Claim. The Galphin Gazette hints at a forthcoming public debate, while speculation grows about cabinet insiders and claims tied to work performed for Noah’s ark. Rumors also place Justice Dovar of Bucks County as an antiwar Whig opposed to the coast commissioner position. Major Hobbie and 23 post office clerks may be removed under the current administration.
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Galphin
Washington
N. Y. Tribune
Brooks
Congress
New York
Georgia
Galphin’ Gazette
Major Hobbie
Fiat
Post Office Department
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Royal B. Hibbard
J. D. Buckland
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Hollidaysburg Standard
Jacon Carsswaut
Strohm
Wilmot
Mir
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Ma Thadotrota
WM. T. Morison
Montgomery
Ephraim Banks
Miffin
J. P. Brawley
Crawford
Gen
Lewis Cass
James Thompson
Pittsburgh and Erie Railroad
Te Hon. Davin
Kaerman
Texas
Princeton College
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Clemens
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Senator Turney
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Houston
Webster
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Tring
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Souie
Hale
Cleveland & Buffalo Railroad
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Buffalo Road
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Lake Erie
Clevelland
Erie and North East
Cleveland Herald
Cleveland and Buffalo Railroad
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Buffalo Courier
Professor Wester
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