Amaranth Boreas Disaster Zooms Down the Mississippi
On a moonlit night the steamboats Amaranth and Boreas collide in Murderer's Chute. The Boreas escapes with wrecked forward holds, saving many but leaving thirty nine wounded and twenty two dead. A jury exonerates all, declaring Nobody to Blame.
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Clay
Washington
Louie
George
Tie
Tam
Harry
Jim
George Davis
Broadman’s Island
Mark Twain
Charles
Bix
Henry Worley
The
Amaranth
St. Louis
Boreas
Navy
Do We Want More Currency
The House voted 185 to 98 on a Wilson Indiana resolution urging the Banking Committee to report measures for more currency. The piece argues for free banking with notes redeemable at intervals, contending it would reveal actual needs and prevent irredeemable issues, while warning the current approach risks inflation. It cites 1837 and 1857 currency data and endorses liberty and convertibility over Congress wisdom. The note concludes with a Bloomington Leader summary on Utah women treatment from Ann Eliza Young.
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House of Representatives
Wilson
Indiana
Banking Committee
United States
Kelly
Congress
Senate
Our Advantages as a Health Resort at Lilissfield
Our Advantages proclaims a health resort in Lilissfield with a climate aiding invalids and a record low mortality. It compares local mineral waters to Vichy and Seltzer, notes alkalinity of Col. Drew’s well, and highlights cures for digestive disorders, rheumatic and neuralgic complaints, and blood-borne debility. It urges building facilities to expand this resort and cites European trials and foreign wells as evidence of value.
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Vichy
Aix-la Chappelle
Sedlitz
Seltzer
Col. Drew
Fred
Cannon
Saratoga and
Ballston Springs
New York
Atlantic
America
Cheltenham
Scarborough
Braxton
Derbyshire
England
Lilissfield
Alich
Dead Siamese Twins of Mount Airy
Greensboro report on Chang and Eng, the famous Siamese twins. No post mortem was conducted due to will provisions against separating bodies. The twins died Saturday morning after Chang suffered paralysis and Eng soon followed. They left a sizeable estate with six and five children respectively.
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Greensboro
N.C
New York Graphic
Chang
Eng
Mount Airy
Government reserve nearing half exhausted in panic era
The Treasury draw on the reserve has fallen slightly as business revival lifts receipts, leaving ample margin into June. If the Davy bill for a twenty million loan passes, plans should retire it quickly or avoid placing it if unnecessary. A Cincinnati Times quip notes soap softening a harsh tongue made it run faster.
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Davey
Cincinnati Times
Injuries Debate in Legislature on Railroad Liability
A New Jersey court case cited by the Quincey Whig affects railroad liability for passenger injuries. It rules negligence standards demand repairs to keep rails safe and assigns liability where defects are discoverable, while outlining limits on damages. The Legislature's Revision bill on injuries was referred to the Judiciary Committee as debated.
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Judiciary Committee
New Jersey
Quincey Whig
The Lesson of the Pante and American Economy
A 19th century piece argues for frugal living after profit and luxury rise postwar. It contrasts past costs with present prices, notes wage growth, and urges city and state residents to cut luxuries by sixty percent to restore economic health and prosperity.
Barnum's Hippodrome to Open in New York Soon
Barnum plans a vast Hippodrome in New York near Madison Park, Fifth Avenue, leased from Harlem Railway Cam. He travels Europe gathering attractions and animals, shipping camels, horses, ostriches, elands, reindeer and ponies. The opening is set for April with armor, costumes and paraphernalia ready. The project promises a sensational addition to his existing Great Museum and traveling show.
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New York
Harlem Railway Cam
Ciposite
Madison Park
Fifth Avenue St. James’s Hotel
Barnum
Spain
Africa
Podrome
Paris
Renzatna
Myers
Dresdren
Salamo
Carre
Cologne
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Sanger
York
Barnum’s Great Museum
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Silver Sea of the Mississippi
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Ann Eliza Young
Bloomington
Ill
Utah
Herbert O. Kimball
New En Iy
Middle States
Partagas
Cos
Kate
Str Society
Chicago
Illinois
U. Post
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