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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1869
Page
8
An 1830s account recalls a smallpox outbreak among Mandans and Ricarees caused by a stolen blanket as whites fled disease. The narrative describes mass deaths, gruesome acts, and panicked attempts to seal villages, with a few survivors amid widespread devastation.
Correspondence from May reports an extraordinary phenomenon near Locumba Peru that causes death to anyone near the bed of an ancient river. An American observer confirms several cases as quakes near Arica and Tacna triggered a mysterious stench and black vomit seen up to ten miles away. Local animals and people fleeing Tacna faced fainting, vomiting, and death from inhaled fumes. a government commission is investigating the matter.
The Rev Dr John Hall argues in an Independent article against summer resort excesses. He warns parents to guard simplicity of life and resist emulation, ostentation, and costly fashions promoted by others and by so‑called authorities. He urges maintaining home life as a model.
The tomb over ex President Buchanan’s remains, designed by Major Charles M. Howell, is a plain yet elegant Carrara marble monument. It measures six feet three inches long, three feet six inches high, and features oak leaves and acorns with the name Buchanan carved on one side and Buchanan’s inscription on the other. The tomb sits on New Hampshire granite foundation, seven feet one inch by three feet eight inches, with a five foot independent height in the cemetery.
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