Nasby Sings Connecticut Blues in Dixon Campaign Tale
Nasby, visiting Connecticut to assist Dixon in a House race, recounts a chaotic campaign meeting filled with whispered corrections from a chairman. He dodges claims about Dixon’s record, slavery, and party shifts, ultimately admitting the task is impossible and resigning from the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Nasby
Connecticut
A. Johnson
Vizoy Dixon
Ile
Amerika
New Jersey
Goose
Servis
Pennsylvany
Johnson
Dixon
Deestrick
James Dixon
Charles Sumner
Alluz
Sumner
Ablisha
Grant
Counsel to Velocipedists from an April Bpip pause
An early reading offers advice on bicycle practice focusing on balance, pace, and safety. It distinguishes two wheeled velocipedes from three wheeled designs, urges lessons, and outlines step by step training to avoid excessive effort and prevent falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyros
Vd. Wanser
Fire Breaks Out in Brattleborough Office Drawer
A businessman's Brattleborough office experienced a small fire when a drawer containing matches was ignored by sunlight. The blaze started as the proprietor was leaving the store and happened to notice the fire. No injuries are reported and the incident is under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brattleborough
J Milton Smith Prepares National Horse Fair at Geneva
Mr. J Milton Smith plans the next National Horse Fair to be staged in Geneva Illinois from July 1 to July 4 this year. A velocipede exhibition will run alongside the fair at the same event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Milton Smith
Geneva
Ill
Georgia paper headline misread son and mother
A Georgia newspaper headline claimed a son married his own mother but the paragraph clarified the man wed his father's widow, an enterprising marriage misunderstood by readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Lamartine's Charity Pledges 2000 Dollar Yearly Aid
In the past two decades Lamartine relied on friends support and distributed 2000 dollars annually in charitable gifts.
Remarkable infant talker from Hearsey family in St Charles
Dr Sudduth reports a case of a baby girl aged under five months who speaks clearly and in full sentences. The child began talking before three months old and can express wants such as dinner or being picked up. A four year old brother and other siblings are referenced, with the physician deeming it a public phenomenon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudduth
William
Mary Jane Hearsey
St. Charles Township
Otty
J. H. Supputsh
M. D
Serious Accusation Against Andrew Johnson
Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Times accuses Andrew Johnson of theft of government books valued at over three thousand dollars. The books, records of civil, military and diplomatic business from Johnson and Lincoln terms, were allegedly carried from the White House with public funds. An investigation by Congress may be ordered to compel the retiring president to explain the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cincinnati
Times
Andrew Johnson
White House
White’ House
Lincoln
Congress
Johnson
Return of E B Washburne Brings Praise to Illinois
The Gatena Gazette recounts a dramatic scene in a Missouri Illinois frontier tavern where a slave escapes pursuit after a brutal pursuit by two Kentuckians. The narrative contrasts slave cruelty with a jury of Massachusetts boys, and notes Anthony Burns’ Boston procession as a turning point. E B Washburne has arrived home in Lena, healthier and honored after sixteen years in Congress, praised for his integrity and service to Illinois and the Third District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Illinois
Bee
Crick
Jim
Prisioner
Massachusetts
Massa
Maassa
Anthony Burns
Boston
Attlantic
Congress
Remarkable Nevada trip with crowded coach scene
In Nevada a stage near White Pine carried nine passengers when the driver urged them to squeeze closer to make room for a bale of hay. The text then digresses to curious botany notes about lilac leaves containing 120,000 mouths per square inch and their role in moisture release as raota absorbs food, suggesting lilacs will soon leaf and be the subject of microscope study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
White Pine
James Fisk Plans Cheap British Velocipede Import
James Fisk Jr. has ordered a cartload of inexpensive British velocipedes aiming to dominate the market. The move signals aggressive entry into the bicycle trade with potential price impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fisk, Jr
President appoints United States Marshal for Wisconsin
Heavy rains and a freshet trouble New York and New England while the President names Chas. S. Hamilton as United States Marshal for Wisconsin. Seven steamboats, loaded for the Upper Missouri, burned at St. Louis recently. Loss estimated around six hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Chas. S. Hamilton
United States
Wisconsin
Upper Missouri
St. Louis
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Steepont G Journal
James SS. McOales
The
Toledo Blade
Nasby
iPhia
Evgenin
Wich
Lamartine
Conhid Hiéed
Lion
E. B. Washburne
Gatena Gazette
Chicago
Qiu
Asten.& CO
Jy Allock & Wheler
Lake Street
BROS
Publishers & Book
Lake St . Furnish
Eagle Works Manufacturing Co
Canal Street
Spear, Prince & Holbrook
Bhnevene
State Street
Crespy’s
Opera House
Commission
AIR
Densmoore &Co
Washington Street
Isimealare Reetaeamiianiias
Qitiles
Goldy & McMahan
Water St
Nderwood & CO
Leeds
Washington St
Chicago Iron. Works
Franklin St
Eee Et
TW. Blatchford & CO
North Clinton Street
Itman .& Winslow
Randolph Street
Omnia
ALE & van Wyck
H S “Dp
Jackson & CO
Bash Avenue
Rith, Wood, & CO
Ollen
Michigan
Fairbanks, Greentlef, &, Co
Market St
Meselore
Lake St
Hale & Brother
N.canal Street
Ay, Allen & CO
Spreers
and & Adin & Brewster
Succes- M. Thompson
Grobers
Ile Ren
South Apean
Bel Chicago
Ee Cheralst
U. E Laboratory
Robi Ritchie
Reeneraum Sons
Stata St
Gajure
Gatlege Holts
Watts
Fenn
Cate Ae Arkley, Alling &Co
AES Jc Obbers
Riadlen, &Ec
Bro's
Statentreet
EAT
Dempster, 1. CO
Hata, Rochigan Avenue
Ohio
Attens
Rom and
Aranz
FA Ewe, Kimbark & CO
Impro Portery
Dentora
Natta and
Aeh Avenue
Hester
Chester
PDANE
Westlake & Co’ & Covert Mafacturera
Met
Westine
Marie Ne Mion
Noghiner Meg 1
FOX
Geonby
Ubber Clothing CO
F.M. & J Shepard
Alicy
Slaters
Whitacre & Raymond
SSS
Errreeensineentsaseeneniienmee
Bracay
Goodyear’ & Hayss
JAY den’& Kay
Lake St. NS
C .B. Brown &Co
Kingsbury Street
Ailbert,hubbard & CO
Water Street
Windgar Works
U.S
C. GE. Prussing
H. Milner
Randolph
Sts
National Ya ‘Co
Wac Rer
Freeport
Howard House
Louisville
St. Paul
Des Moines
Chelnne
South
Clark Etreet
Umivagy
Orrigon
Maqrea
M. Dis
U.S. Amy
BE. de J. Roche
Stephenson Bt
Freeport, Il
Messrs. BR. & J. Roehe
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