Fires and floods of upheaval sweep across cities
Reports detail Indian attacks in Florida territory, Canadian outrages, weed prairies in Texas, and a sensational Albany political clash over the New York and Erie Rail Road. Also covered are a massive city fire in an upstate town causing heavy losses, and Ogdensburg’s disastrous blaze threatening major blocks. Names include Wm. D. Acken, Colonel Scott, Oswego, Cal. Worth, and local fire brigades Nile and Cataract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
United States
Prescott and
Brockville
Oswego
W. J. Pardee
Cal. Worth
Canada
Com. Adv
FreeMam and Messenger Services Rates Advised
Edwin Bough edxtom and proprietor announces subscription terms for the Freemam and Messenger. Annual rate two dollars. for companies of ten or more receiving packages at the fire station one dollar fifty cents. Home delivery adds fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tsama
Lodi Academy Meeting Urges Local Educational Growth
A May 2 1839 article notes a Saturday meeting in Lodi and neighboring towns to promote erecting an academy. It stresses advancing science and education, urges liberal subscriptions, and highlights Gen Scott as a potential president while urging caution before political endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodi
The Season Elates Farmers With Bright Prospects
The article sings of an exceptionally hopeful agricultural season. Trees bloom and foliage appears as nature smiles on the transition. Farmers plant seeds with confidence in a bountiful harvest, and the outlook lifts spirits of all professions in the community.
Growing Season and Canal Debate Across New York
The May growing season is promising as farmers in Chautauque and nearby counties toil under favorable weather with rain showers followed by heat. Oswego aims to extend the Erie Canal to Oswego via Syracuse, provoking Western state opposition. Editorials praise Governor Seward’s potential impact, while reports note a Buffalo merchant’s deranged state after a railroad incident. Also mentioned are whale ship arrivals at Poughkeepsie, a 16 gun sloop Decatur launch at Brooklyn Navy Yard, and local commentary on economic prospects and municipal progress.
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Buffalo
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
West Indies
Atlantic Ocean
Detroit
Cuba
Jamaica
Ilinois and
Michigan Canal
Chicago River
Illinois River
U. S
Detroit Free Press
Scott
National Intelligencer
Army
Intelligencer
Tray
Blanche
Altough
C.J. Fox
G. A
Caponea
Oswego
Syracuse
Lion Couch
New York
Wiliam H. Seward
Clinton
Dr. Free Press
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Florida
Wm. D. Acken
Nat
Intel
Texas
Houston Telegraph
Milan
Robertson
Mississippi
Albany Evening Journal
NEW York and Erie Rail Road
House of Assembly
Friends
Gen. Lawrence
Taylor
Messrs. Enos
Chatfield
Hunt
Abijah Mann
Preston King
Friends of Improvement
Erie Canal
Ogdensburgh and
Champlain
Buffalo Commercial Advertiser
France
England
Louis Philip Pes
House of Lords
Woodbury
the Treasury
Rose Street
Llamilton, Rose, Lydius
South
Pearl Streets
Lydius St
Lvman Chapin
Charles Scovel
Pearl Street
Rosa Street
Pearl St
Pearl and
Lydius Streets
Ferry Street
Herkimer Street
Nelligan and Sutton
Franklin Street
Franklin and
Westerlo Streets
Robert Hunter
James P. Gould
James
Lesa
The
Nile
Watervliet
Greenbush
Ogdenshurch
St. Lawrence County
Ogdensburgh
Ford Street
Isabella
State Street
Ogdensburgh Bank
Freemam and
Messenger
Edwin Bough
Edxtom and
Lodi Academy
Lears- Xe
Chautanque County
Chautauque County
Dunkirk Beacon
Bul
Poughkeepsie
N. P. Talmadge
Newark
New England
Wawa Costany
Tallmadge
Evening Post
Alb
Evening Journal
Decatur
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
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