A Girl Writes to Fitz-Greene Halleck in 1836
A Mount Pleasant Ohio party to welcome the new year 1836 prompts a playful scheme to write to the poet Fitz-Greene Halleck. Abbie Flanner crafts an epitaph of Ellen Campbell and both exchange poems, sparking a year of letters and longing that ends when Halleck plans to visit, which she sidesteps by remaining anonymous and later marrying.
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Indianapolis Journal
Mount Pleasant
Oho
Fitz Greene Halleck
Abbie Flanner
Fitz-Greene Halleck
Ellen Campbell
Miss Flanner
Society of Friends
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Virginia
Preaching Under Difficulties in Bridgeport Church
The Reverend Olympia Brown of the Universalist church in Bridgeport Connecticut is accused of mixing her nursing and preaching roles. After an investigation into alleged misused church funds by James Staples, he was acquitted and she agreed to a full retraction and apology. The episode ends with her continuing to preaching while the author urges more cradle work than pulpit rhetoric.
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Chicago Times
Olympia Brown
Willis
Universalist Church
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Culic
Olympia
James Staples
Leas
King Snake of Columbus Displays Daring Feats
A local king snake, small yet fierce, captured a moccasin larger than itself in the woods. Placed in a cage, the reptile quickly wrapped around the foe, crushing it and swallowing it head first in a calm display. The creature acts like a tiny boa constrictor with notable appetite.
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Lcolumbus
Ga.) Enquirer
W. J. Fogle
Volcano Discoveries Outline California Lake District
The San Francisco Chronicle reports the Academy of Science met with strong attendance and donations. Dr. Harkness described a vast volcanic region in Plumas and Lassen counties with about 100 extinct volcanoes, a large crater forming a lake and three square miles of water spread by its new outlet, ash and scorched areas, and stumps explaining lava cooling. An old Red Cliff resident recalled flames in 1853, and an Mill Creek Indian named Shaved Head recalled concurrent volcanism in youth.
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San Francisco
Shaved Head
Mill Creek
Relics from Arctic Expedition Unearthed at Batty Bay
Dundee dispatch reports Captain Kilgour of the Polynia delivering Arctic finds from Batty Bay on July 29. A cairn was toppled exposing a tin canister with August 6 1852 records by William Kennedy aboard the Prince Albert vessel Lady Franklin’s name linked. A sledge stove two ice knives and other items were recovered from Kennedy party encampment nearby.
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Dundee
London Telegraph
Kilgour
Polynia
Batty Bay
Sir John Franklin
William Kennedy
Prince Albert
Lady Franklin
Fires and Fear in Civil Strife and Nebraska Tragedy
The report blends a street-level account of Spanish Civil War hazards with a Nebraska prairie fire calamity. A British doctor recalls sniper misfires near Hendaye while a Republican soldiers remark exposes a Carlist risk. Separately, Nebraska prairie fires devastate Gage county, killing William Herndon’s wife and two children as he evacuates by wagon and marsh with his eight year old son.
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Hendaye
Tran
William S.erndon
Gage County
Herndon
Lincoln
Iowa
Mr. Herndon
Mary
Petrifaction Case Reported in Minnesota
A sensational tale from Minnesota describes a young woman buried eleven years ago whose coffin was later exhumed. The body remained undisturbed until recently when workers found it unusually heavy and discovered it had petrified, retaining bone outlines while becoming stone. Names are withheld to respect relatives.
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Europe
Holland
Paris
Eugenie
Cor
Boston Traveler
Saya
St. Paul Press
St. Paul
Life Saved On St Louis and Indianapolis Train
Passengers praise Pat Molloy conductor for brave act near Litchfield. As the down train halted before the regular station an elderly passenger, thinking she had reached her stop, rushed off. She fell trying to reenter and become entangled in the wheels. Molloy rang the alarm bell and leaped clear, pulling her free and averting a fatal crush.
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St. Louis Globe
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Pat. Molloy
Litchfield
Malloy
Picasso
New York Mercury
Atlantic
Mercury
Glasgow
Wilson
Missouri
Moffat
New York
Henshelwood
California
Sutton
Lisburn
Belfast
Sandy Hook
Mrs. Sutton
A Faithful Dog Guards Drunken Man in Alley
A half drunk man named Croy from Canada wandered by the Potomac with a large dog and ample money. He slept in an alley while the dog stood guard, allowing no one near until the man awoke. The dog had been stabbed twice, and two evidence markers in the alley indicated thieves attempted a robbery that the dog prevented.
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Detroit Free Press
Croy
Canada
Potomac
Paris grand benefit gowns dazzle Alsatians and Lorrainers event
At the Grand Opera in Paris a charity benefit for Alsatians and Lorrainers drew notable attendees. One striking figure wore an unusual outfit with twelve buttoned kid gloves and narrow shoulder straps under a white tulle and silk toilette. The centerpiece was Madame M- an American by birth whose life reads like a romance.
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Paris
Madame M
Ravenna's Accostellatori Trial Targets Local Atrocities
The New York Tribune reports a long running criminal tribunal in Ravenna focusing on the accostellatori, a gang of cutthroats tied to organized assassins. The Prime Minister vows extra legal measures to crush such atrocities in Naples, Sicily, and the Emelia. Authorities seek to curb murders and robberies by this band, aiming to restore order and deter further violence.
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Ku Klux
Rompiv
New York Tribune
Criminal Tribunal of
Ravenna
Accostellatori
Cutthroats
Naples
Sicily
Emelia
Papal
Rattlesnake Encounter Ends With Mass Slaughter Near Creek
On Tuesday near Clear Creek Stephen Forsyth and two companions faced fifty or more rattlesnakes. After a lengthy fight they killed over twenty six snakes and planned to return to finish the job, carrying off the largest rattlesnakes as trophies.
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Stephen Forsyth
Clear Creek
Mammoth Trout Snatches Duck In Nevada Stream
Melville Curtis reports a duck hunting tale in Smoky Valley Austin Nevada where a hunter's mallard was seized by a giant trout in Blue Springs. The fish measured about twenty two feet or inches, then was cut into chunks and shared with eleven needy families.
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Ian
Austin
Nev
Blue Springs
Victor Hugo Remains Sole Survivor of Family Tragedy
The article recalls Victor Hugo as a devoted family man now bereaved of wife and all children, with his daughter, son-in-law, and grandchildren dead. It notes public sympathy in Paris and portrays Hugo, alone, at work in an upper room as dawn comes, while his son translates English texts into Parisian idiom.
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Victor Hugo
Paris
Pere la Chaise
France
Oldest Canadian paper sold to Chicago Chronicle owner
The Quebec Gazette, the continent’s oldest paper still in publication, changes hands to the proprietor of Chicago’s Chronicle. At about 110 years, the transfer is announced with hope the Gazette will continue to chronicle Canadian history and Montreal’s dawning prosperity under new ownership.
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Quebec Gazette
Morning Chronicle
Rhetoric Sparks After Win Across the South
Chicago Times notes a Mississippi editor praising white supremacy and celebrating ancestral lineage as the south salutes victory. A Missouri writer derides the St Louis Republican and denounces political maneuvering within the Democratic camp.
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Chicago Times
Mississippi
Alfred
Edward
Southland
St. Louis Republican
Bengal Tigers
Startling Britannia near disaster tale and Ku Klux cases
An 1871 Britannia voyage narrative describes a terrifying near sinking off Sandy Hook when passengers and crew feared doom before the ship steadied and reached safety. Separately, Illinois officials pursue the Williamson County Ku Klux cases, urging swift action to prosecute murderous suspects and restore law and order.
Queen Victoria's eccentric conduct stirs royal chatter
A London correspondent mocks Queen Victoria for skipping Balmoral during key visits by Empresses and ailing relatives. The piece notes her avoidance of attention toward the Empress of Russia and Empress Eugenie, joking that the queen should have covered costs for mutton chops and left imperial duties to others.
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Austria
Queen Victoria
Balmoral
Russia
England
Scotland
Buckingham Palace
Mrs. Brown
Mrs. Smith
Mrs. Grundy
Duke of Edinburgh
Ku Klux intimidation report reaches governor
Henry D. Carter of Williamson County sent a plea to Gov Beveridge for protection against Ku Klux violence. He recounts a night visit by 15 to 20 disguised men who ordered his family to flee within forty days or risk neck breaking. A battle occurred and Carter claims 22 bullets struck the house.
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Henry E. Carter
James M. Carter
James Carter
Williamson
South
Williamson County
Illinois
Beveridge
Henry D. Carter
Thanksgiving Proclamation and Indiana News Briefs 1874
Governor Hendricks proclaims November 26 1874 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer urging observance and compassion for afflicted regions. The issue also reports Logansport street work costs Clinton County corn yield Tipton county cattle sales local unemployment and farm stocks, with community notices from various Indiana towns and a Valparaiso tragedy.
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Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
Stats of
Executive Department
United States
Indianapolis
Tuos
A. Henpricus
Logansport
Clinton County
Fayette County
Terra Haute
Western Iron Company
Knightsville
Harvey Goodykoontz
Tipton County
Frankfort
Benton County
Lionesa
Movera
Winchester Journal
Randolph County
Decatur County
Robert Dickson
Bridgewater
New Albany
Sun
Clark County
Cambridge City Tribune
Wether Levi Riggs
Charles McElfread
Charles
Levi
Valparaiso
Lovel Mead
Hoofland's German Bitters Promises Relief From Dyspepsia
An 1850s era advertisement extols Hoofland's German Bitters and Podophylin Pills as cures for dyspepsia, liver sluggishness, and nervous debility. It praises the German physician Christopher W. Hoofland, cites European esteem, and notes Johnston Holloway & Co. as Philadelphia proprietors with broad pharmacy sales. The piece also shares anecdotes about printers, old Bible printing, and a Springfield tale, concluding with praise for the Sherman House hotel in Chicago.
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Hoofland
Johnston Holloway & Co
Philadelphia
All Druggiars
Dyspepsia Remedies From 19th Century Ads
A集s of old advertisement copy touts remedies for dyspepsia and digestive ailments. It promotes Green's August Flower with bold claims of universal cure, along with Sozodont dentifrices, Johnson's Anodyne Liniment, and a Concerto Stop organ feature, all framed as popular health and musical product endorsements.
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United States
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Albi
Ani
Eve
Paradise
Halleck
India
Ellen A. I. Campbell
Scott
Ellen
Mocking Bird
Katrine
Alan Bane
Shrine of Song
Obie
Miss Campbell
Greece
Harveck
Ohio
Persia
Wooer
Washington
Nloe
Owen Merideth
Ann
Nosea
Cincinnati
B. BF. Butler
B. G. Brown
Moulton
Crow
John Henry
John
Schilling
The
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Major Close
William Allen
von Arnim
Waterloo
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Kelly
Providence
Rhode Island
Quiz
Kostoniana
Cobb
Joseph Thule
Burlington
Chima
Uxbridge
Massachusetts
New York Commercial
Buffalo Express
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Auburn
Albany
Akron Beacon
Cincinnati Times
Baptist Church
Porkopolis
Washington Chronicle
Tell
James
Esquire Robinson
Massey
Osage
St. Clair
Mr. Levy
Jimmy Massey
Fort Wayne
Spain
Nebraska
St. Joseph
Herald
George Lackland
Charles Lenshaw
Kansas City, St. Joseph
Lackland
Minnesota
Denver Democrat
America
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Mid-Ocean
Ku-Klux
Ill
Cairo Bulletin
W. W. Corry
Secretary
Indiana News
American Bible Society
Springfield
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Sherman House
Chicago
Sherman
Johnson
Y. Times
Owarers
Pos
Hillinery and Dry Goods House
Jacob
Pierr
Phoenix
Calhoun Brrest
Fort Wayne, MD
Citisens
Allen County
Snd
Jacob Pierre
F. R. Worswick
X Lewis
Worswik & Lewis
Cleveland Brass and Pipe Works Cor
Merwin and Centerste
Cleveland
Biska
Cameron
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Joliet
J. Boland
Bex Mouced « & Boland
Taylor Quarry
Joliet, DL
Santa Benta
Chandler & Taylor
Ind
Rynari
Meyer Bros.& CO
Ts Fort Waxne
Randal H. Foote & CO
Broadway
N.Y
Ge and Gold Board
Danimn Fleming
Mechanics Banking Association
N.B
Pamphilet
Wall Street
Columbia & Fort Wayne, Ind
Freeman & Bar
Smick
W. Columbia
J. Doalédiy
Ea Stone
Port
Con
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