Family Wheat Trade Tale Reveals Shared Property Crisis
An excerpt portrays a rural scene where a wife and child are involved in a wheat labor dispute tied to household labor and property rights. The narrative notes a trade in goods and money, the baby carried during bargaining, and the mother’s joy with parcels and toys, highlighting social tensions and domestic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knep
Shouldep
Callaseay
Dune & Doll
Ned Jenny
Toya
Wes
Happi
Pete
Anecdote of Dwight and Deanie in a New Jersey inn
A fragmented 19th century anecdote recounts Dr Dwight’s stay in New Jersey with a companion. A lively exchange follows with references to Dennie the Port Folio and Yale, noting mutual respect despite strained wit. The piece includes unrelated marching band details and a garbled battlefield reference.
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Dwight
Deanie
New Jersey
Fox
Bree
Biraxel
Reagan Alyie
Tal Froshing Ares
Sumania
Peart
Washington Frenklin
Rittenhouse
Acret
Deight
Dennie
Port
Densle
Ingens
Abert
Mason
Provident
Yale College
Lenni
Tom
Deasie
Surrender of Cornwallis staged as Fourth of July mock battle
A village in England holds a staged surrender of Cornwallis during a Fourth of July celebration. Washington, portrayed in a drunken state, leads the mock fight with Cornwallis, amid comic dialogue and theatrical bravado. The episode ends with a feigned triumph and lingering goodwill between the participants.
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Ben
England
Cornwallie
Moses Jones
Waslington
Bijer Wood
Cornwallis
Ephia
Abraham
Washington
Romana
Cornwalls
Jennifer
Cornwallin
George Washington
Cornwalli
Spd
Fragmented story from the Cleveland paper on child labor and local crimes
The piece details a German girl carrying a heavy basket of chips to her home, exhausted and nearly collapse, with witnesses describing daily abuse by her parents. It also recounts a Malden man and his wife quarrel over finances, a Boston Traveler note on Dominican immigration plans, a reflection on youth education, and political updates from the Freeman and local election results with party tensions.
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Cleveland Forest
Tellatho
Anon Wightle Olle
Herold
Aguin
Malden
Thie
Charleston
Boston
Shasia
Reop
Republic
Comite
John Biltbee
Sulpher Springs
Heyaekin
Mask
Emo Lucia
Luce Snow
Remarkable feat of an Engine Man on the Northern Railroad
A Paria correspondent to the Washington Republic describes a French Northern Railroad incident where an enormous sour block fell onto the tracks. Three horses cleared the obstruction, the engine stalled, the engineer reversed the steam, and the train continued with passengers unaware of the danger. The locomotive’s vitality declined but its safety was preserved, earning the engineer praise for coolness and decision.
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Paria
Washington Republic
Ed Lange
Steem Ag Ny
Nt Renevin
Tes
Dean Pangea
Goose Creek
Okaw Rangers
Tllinais
Boiling Springs
Ullé
Barber
Ovur
Humbolt
Diane
Daly
Harnbelt
Ulick
Peppe
Mary Adeline Survives Savage River Congo Assault
Private letters from Rio de Janeiro report the American brig Mary Adeline of New York, Captain A Oakemish, stranded near Shark Point after rounding Shark Point. Three thousand natives attacked the vessel while plundering, but Captainsmith and crew defended it until the British brig Dolphin arrived to drive off the assailants and recover cargo and life. The Mary Adeline later floated and continued its voyage.
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Africa
Rio de Janeiro
Mary Ade- Ting
A. Oakemish
New York
Congo
Janeiro
Shark Point
Captanksmith
Dulphin
Mary Adeline
Smallch
Datonge
Immigrant Vote Shapes Politics Amid Campaign Weather
A 19th century report notes Irish and German voters leaning to the Whig party and Democracy in a Pierce era climate. It recalls雨 heavy weather and loco foco tension, then shifts to Spanish government pleas for church inventories, fearing wealth seizures and Catholic church thefts as Toledo holdings loom at $7.5 million. The piece underscores church property defense against confiscation amid local parish resistance.
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Whig
Scott
Toledo
Rilixges
New York Crystal Palace plans and Nile expedition notes
A lengthy account describes the New York Crystal Palace project with a grand Greek temple design, vast dome, gas lighting, and anticipated art show benefits. It also reports travel notes from a Nile exploration party and a long wagon journey along the frontier, detailing terrain, natives, camps, and near-desert conditions in mid July.
Local buyers listed for land sale in Fremont area
Fremont and surrounding towns names appear in a damaged OCR notice listing buyers such as Buckland and Uo Fremont Charles Powers Woodville J Hutchins and Son Bellevu vt 4 E Fouke Little Sandusky and references to a paid or paid for land sale in Fremont in November.
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S. Buckland & Uo
Fremont
Charles Powers
Woodville
J. Hutchins& Son
Bellevur
E. Fouke
Little Sandusky
Nov
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Tax Baokwar Qravnmess
Performisg
Bariiwe
Eee
Crows
Wod Walt Indies
Chain
Tatpectanie Singe
Ilemas Sdeance
Ipetvin
Tumathe
Indy
Ileman
Top
Wrecky
Carmen
M. P.promensda
Rangron
Sigun
Widah
Foltico
Dublin
Allurde
MD Land
Col. T'agber
County of
Dubin
Snp
Cal
Taylor
Col. Taylor
Dominican Republic
Hayti
United States
Dominica
Republic of
West India
Selouque
Uscarya
Trande
The
Freeman
Yin Wesile
Jacob Lesher
LD. Beaugrand
J. M. 1Uley
Peter Brunthaver
D. A. Mife
J. G. Wales
Locofoco
Locofe
York
Wenialip Scott
King
Ste
Fierce
Massachusetts
Vermont
Kentucky
Tennessee
Louisiana
North Carolina
Plorata
Pierce
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Buckland
Jenson
Pennsylvenia
Kinglin
Jay
Toa
Levit
Sandusky
Rikey
Green Creek
Jackson
Madison
Townsend
the Freeman
New York Crystal Palace
Humr
Rmadeé
London Palace
Coxe
Messrs
Carstensen
Gilduweister
Copenhagen
Bayard
Nile
Knublecher
Greman
Khartoum
Ralle
Fronele Geographical Society
Rolle
Don Angelo Vion
Bellenia
White Nile
Kalle
Tribune
Western New York College OF Health
Main Street
Buffalo
N.Y
G. C. Vaughn
Pearson Auharey
Eget
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