Romantic Affair Rattles Rock County Family Tragedy
A melodramatic tale unfolds in RosaiC Illinois where Col. B Wonser and Maria Kelly pursue a secret affair opposed by her father and family. After elopement plans, arrests and legal action ensue, culminating in the pair fleeing to Dr Burridge’s mansion to wed amid a swarm of onlookers and community gossip. The widow’s camp and extended family react as authorities intervene.
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Pile
Waites County
Naples
Erle
Rosaic Ilinois
Col. B. Wonser
Maria Kelly
Benjamin Kelly
Elizabeth Kelly
M. G. Wonser
Ruth Ann Wonser
Col
Marin
Maria
Piero
Whiteside
Eero
Hero
Nee
Port Byron
Mr. Blank
Mr. B
Jero
Urridge
Beal
Life in the Old World and the Now A Contrast
Mark Twain muses on European comfort versus American haste. The piece contrasts American overwork with European balance, urging self care and restraint, noting worn tools and worn bodies. It suggests a people of thinkers if they pause to renew themselves.
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Mark Twain
Europe
America
No More Boller Explosions From the follot Republican
A critique of boiler explosions cites the Indianapolis State Fair calamity and endorses the Danford Steam Generator as a safer, economical steam power solution. The piece details the device, its construction, operation, and tests, asserting it may supersede destructive boilers. It reports the authors have adopted the generator for their presses.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Caines
Fulton
Howe
Field
Enue
Danford
Bolief
Lord Hubert Ainsley Weds Miss Lil Martin of Staten Island
Lord Hubert Ainsley married Miss Lil, daughter of Isaac M. Martin, in Staten Island. The New York Sun questioned the groom's pedigree, while only three bridesmaids and groomsmen attended. The ceremony featured the groom holding a stove pipe in his left hand. In Illinois, county officers must notify the Auditor of monthly tax rates and counties with railroad debt must register indebtedness to retain 1869 law benefits.
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Lord Hubert Ainsley
Lillie
Isaac M. Martin
Staten Island
N. Y
New York Sun
Hic
Ilinois
Atlee leads Lancaster mayoral race in Republican victory
Capt William A Atlee defeated Mayor Sanderson by twenty three votes in Lancaster Pennsylvania the Republicans claim a historic win first in eleven years and a century after Atlees great grandfather was Burgess. Etheridge and Johnson face Tennessee Senate plans face cautious Knoxville reaction noting Brownslow long illness and political maneuvering persists.
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Lancaster
Capt
William A. Atlee
Capt. Atlee
Sanderson
Borough of
Egypt
Lancaster City
Atlee
Various 19th Century News Snippets From Chicago Journal
Snow fell four inches at Cheyenne on the 8th. The Pope’s income from Peter’s pence averages 2 million yearly. Ex-Governor Ritter of Pennsylvania died at Carlisle aged 90. New York Central and Hudson River Roads to consolidate on November 1. Portland tailoresses’ wages up 25 percent without strike. Joliet celebrated cornerstone laying for a 300000 iron rolling mill. Lake Shore Railroad car shops at Buffalo destroyed by fire, loss 300000. Lord Derby in failing health. A H Stephens in poor health. Ohio Republican majority grows. Pennsylvania Republican majority around 5000. Illinois land title to Southern Illinois University site defective. Spiders believed to be poisonous but less so in Northern species. Father Myacinthe arrives in New York. remains Catholic but opposes ultramontane Rome. Secretary of War anecdote about Tudson and Belknap yields a neotism joke from Chicago Journal.
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Ritter
Pennsylvania
Carlisle
New York Central
Hudson River
Portland
Joliet
Lake Shore
Buffalo
Lord Derby
A. H. Stephens
Georgia
Oine
Ohio
Pennsyyvania
Southern
Ilinois State University
Carbondale
Commodore Vanderbilt and executive talent in shaping wealth
A New York Mail essay argues that wealth comes from executive talent and the ability to organize labor. It cites Commodore Vanderbilt's early Staten Island to New York ferry business as proof, praises English method and economy, and claims nations differ in talent for using labor to build riches.
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Variderbilt
Staten Island
New York
Vanderbilt
Eamerigers
England
Commodore Vanderbilt
New York Mail
Surveying Party Vanishes in Indian Territory Massacre Fears
Nelson Buck of Cass county secured a Western Nebraska land survey contract and led twelve men. Since June no word has come, and a letter from Wex Dougherty details evidence of a massacre near North Platte. Dougherty describes a deserted camp, recovered instrument parts, and a trail likely leading Buck’s group to the Platte River, raising urgent search and political criticisms of government policy.
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Omaha
Nelson Buck
Cass County
Nebraska
Mr. Dougherty
Mr. Livingston
NorTh Platte
Neb
Rk. R. Livingston
Duncan
Fort McPherson
Haskins
McPherson
Buck
Platte River
W. E. Dougherty
New England
Matrimony urged by ex President Johnson interview
A Cincinnati reporter asked ex President Johnson about the Senatorial question and heard that men should marry young to avoid fixed tastes and habits. The piece notes Southern prosperity from cotton and cites a Savannah trader valuing this crop higher than 1860, plus a railroad worker who fished an eel from a water pipe and a Champaign Illinois church dedication on November 7 with Dr. Patterson of Chicago to preach.
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Cincinnati
Johnson
Franklin
Savannah
Coutton
Providence, Hartford and Fishkill Railroad
Champaign
Robert Patterson
Chicago
Fragmentary account of church fatality at a wartime return
An Indiana regiment veteran revisits home after battle and attends a funeral in a Cincinnati church. As a youth seeks entry during the service, a coffin pall and signs of grief reveal a family connection, and the father’s death is discovered to have occurred during the veteran’s absence, underscoring a stark wartime reunion tale.
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Cincinnati
Inn
Melanie
Pausac
Moma Bier
Indiana
John Gl
Slayton
Unclear Paragraph on Fire Brigade and Politics
Mr Shaw chief of the Low Fire Brigade reports America’s toll is disappointing and steam fire apparatus lack implements. The engineer’s office is tied to political fortunes and payments suppress the representation. The Spanish government faces a insurrection.
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Shaw
Low
Toll America
Local Items Record For Freeport Druggists Neff and Babcock
Week ending October 18 shows thermometer readings and local notes for Freeport Drug Co Neff and Babcock at 85 Stephenson Street Illinois. Readings, prices, and market details provide a snapshot of daily trade and health measures in Freeport.
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Freeport
Jovays
The Pews of the First Methodist Episcopal
The pews of the First Methodist Episcopal Church will be rented on Friday afternoon at an unspecified hour, with the church inviting prospective renters to attend and apply.
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First Methodist Episcopal
Delayed NAW to Publish Soldiers' Monument Ceremony
The paper delays this week's issue to publish the proceedings of the cornerstone laying for the Soldiers' Monument held yesterday at 3 PM. The column will include the full program and formal proceedings details.
Voters Urged to Ensure Stephensontat Registration
Republican voters in Stephensontat are urged to confirm their registration as an event takes place in one week. The notice emphasizes timely action for eligible residents to participate in the upcoming proceedings.
Irishman invites friend with two dollars a day for brick work
An Irishman in a letter from Aurora to a country friend says you get two dollars daily for brick laying in a three cornered box, while the roof does the work. The Beacon notes a similar invitation three years ago from Port Connecticut. We congratulate Aurora on this suburban village’s acquisition to their ranks.
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Aurora
Trish
Bnport
Connecticut
Millinery and dress rooms move to Stephenson Street
The New Millinery and dress making rooms of Mr. J. A. Steinmetz formerly of Lena have relocated to the city on Stephenson Street next to the house. The business boasts a fine room and a good stock and invites milliners to join in full operation.
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J. A. Steinmetz
Lena
Tie Stephenson Street
Thanksgiving Tradition Shifts Across New England Areas
A fragmented note reflects on Thanksgiving customs in New England, questioning why the president altered the tradition of observing Thanksgiving on the last Thursday and suggesting Grant may have known about the shift. The text hints at confusion over timing and historical practice.
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New England
Grant
Pama Messrs Bardwell and McElwall Open New Furniture Factory
The new building for Bardwell and McElwall’s furniture factory is up and enclosed, with rapid completion. The water wheel has arrived and the machinery from Boston is daily expected, featuring the latest and most approved designs and ornamental scroll sawing.
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Pama Messrs
Bardwell & McElwall
Boston
New Lumber Yard Opens Near Western Union Depot
A new lumber yard has started operations over the rivers Me near the Western Union Railroad depot, with Jno. Stover & Co as the involved firm.
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Western Union Railroad
Jno. Stover & Co
Seven Alive Children Linked to Warren Sentine Case
A town remembers Warren Sentine as the father of seven children, with nights of quiet and family life cited as a fact. The report notes that at one time the mother of seven children was living, and authorities or locals affirm a name and date connected to the case.
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Warren
N. W. A. R. Co. Road Acquisition Rumor Reaches Rochelle Oregon
Rumors circulate that the N. W. A. R. Co. may have bought the line from Rochelle to Oregon. Details are unconfirmed and the community awaits official confirmation from company officials.
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Rochelle
Oregon
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David
Dr. Burr
Frankfort
Ind
Ladies’ Sewing Society
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G. W. Grandy
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Rochester
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Jas. H
Lockwood
Washington
Quartermaster’s Department
New Milford
Conn
Litchfield
Lichfield
Bellefontaine
Cholet
Maine-it-Loire
Cayenne
Bowers
Harrisonville
Justice of the Peace
Ryan
Syracuse
Justice Ryan
Etheridge
Tennessee
Brownlow
Knoxville Whig
Washington City
Congress
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Cat
Cheyenne
Peter
Father Myacinthe
Church of Rome
New York Tribune
Rome
Silas A. Tudson
Guatemala
Belknap
Iowa
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Chicago Journal
Ta.m
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