Memories of a celebrated warrior turned exile
The narrative recounts a famed soldier who fled his homeland under an assumed name, seeking oblivion through perilous campaigns across continents. Despite glory, wealth, and honors, guiltless in crime, he lived in disguise, tormented by remorse, longing for death, and a secret to his fate known only to a few near him.
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Judement
Gare
India
Parsuit
China
Dichipetazo
Africa
Cain
Dan
Wolsey
Pitta
Owen
Tenorane
Hiw
Marual
Grial
Salem
Germany
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Condale
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Insiioe
Boulogne
Venice
Ancona
London
Adriatic
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Mont Generre
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Susa
Mount Genevre
Alps
Victor Emmanuel
Henry Mans
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Chevalier Man
London Times
Icarian Community plans flour mill at Nauvoo and mills for public use
Tearian and Icarian communities announce arrivals of Swiss and French families at Havre aboard the Scargo and Callender. They will operate the Nauvoo steam flouring mill and distillery to grind wheat and corn for consumption, insure property, add a saw mill, and offer grinding to the public two days weekly. Flour meal middlings and bran will be on hand for sale. Citizens seek naturalization to gain rights of American citizenship.
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Scargo
Callender
Nauvoo
Knox Insurance Co
Carthage
Frange factear ce d' Our levee business swarms with speculators
A garbled tale describes break o'day boys and sharpers at a levee during a cholera scare. A hay boatman is pressured for a price, a deceitful bargain unfolds, and a Hoosier relents allowing a hay sale after a tense exchange. The scene splits into sensational street lore amid early telegraph chaos and antiquities news.
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Tooster
Smith
New Or
Maurives
Orleans
Une
Dixon Growing Town on Rock River's Edge
Dixon Illinois promising inland town on Rock River, with brush dam to harness water power for mills and factories. Describes population, churches, schools, trades, and transport links while noting need for flour mills and broader manufacturing policy to boost farmers and producers. Mentions emigrants' Depression routes and political opinions about General Taylor's administration.
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Dixon
Rock River
Rockford
John Dixon
U. States
David Welty
Chicago
Rocksland
Galuna
Janesville
Peru
Tin Water or Cauroasia Rooxsa Details Gold Values
A Philadelphia mint director reports a thorough analysis of a rock from Cyl Fremont showing gold worth 1,750 dollars per hundredweight in average specimens. Some samples yield 1.24 dollars per pound with visible metal and others 3.40 dollars per pound with no outward sign. Colonel Benton estimates vast potential value of the rock for California quicksilver and related processing, while Minnesota notes mills at St Anthony's Falls running day and night producing 30,000 feet of lumber every 24 hours plus ten thousand laths and six thousand shingles daily.
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Philadelphia
Evening Poat
Fremont
Benton
California
St Anthony's’ Falls
Minnesota Negister
St. Anthony
Human skeleton found in New Jersey dwarfs ordinary size
A colossal human skeleton, over eight feet tall, was found buried in oyster shells near Larsinus New Jersey. The skull measures fifteen inches from nose to occipital base, with a fort inch circumference, and the remains include many complete teeth. The owner is presumed to be a prominent Indian.
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Larsinus
New Jersey
Foreign nobility visits New York amid gossip and high society
The piece notes the arrival of a visiting young English aristocrat with a £70,000 income and his attorney father Lord Elvin, Governor of Gaza, lodging at Delmonico's. It describes fashionable locals vying for attention, the elite dining and private banking salons, and the anticipated trip to Washington to view the White House as this cosmopolitan set converges on the city.
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Parlotham
Lord Elvin
Gaza
Delmonico’s
Washington
Lord Durham
White House
New York
Letter from California voyage hints at hardships ahead
A nephew in California writes of a grueling overland trek, bad roads, scarce hay for horses, and high prices for corn. He reports Gridley and Koonts nearby, notes stalled feed supply, and hints some travelers may turn back. He mentions a journey toward the plains with potential further crossings. The letter also touches on contemporaneous items in the Chronicle and general Civil War era sentiments.
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Koonts
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Joan Mareiely Ileyry Manrrery
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