Fire King and other world notices from Rio and Europe
Reported pulse of events includes a meteor shower advisory from Rio Jandico, crop and sugar price notes, coffee supply concerns, a 690 ton steamer named the Fire King praised as fast, rye purchases for the Mediterranean, a Russian angle, a petrified buffalo found near the Rio Grande and due to be shipped to the United States, plus various scarce commodities and prices.
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Europe
New York
Mediterranean
Jack Sea
Rio Grand
Gulf of California
United States
The Minstrel's Happy Lot from Georgetown
A Georgia style piece from The Minstrel notes the minstrel's contentment with a simple life. The singer finds bliss in music despite lack of wealth or laurels, dreaming of fairy joys and peaceful toil in a cot, far from fortune's frowns. Dated Georgetown S. C. August 20.
The Bag of Gold Tale and the Jackals
A 14th century Milanese widow loses a bag of gold given by three travelers who stay under her roof. Lorenzo Martelli defends the woman in court, securing the gift to the widow and daughter. Also, a comic tale of a Doctor hunting jackals after a buffalo, who ends up surrounded by jackals at river’s edge.
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Rogers
Bologna
Lamper-tint
Luérezia
Petrarch
Apennines
Hospitallers
Palestine
SS Horeabe
Venice
Eixcel
Bartolo
Perugia
Gianetta
Monaldi
Lorenzo Martelli
Ander
Giovanni
Andreas
Meyer
Gianetti
Ari
Lorenzo
Solziers
Young
Tami
Scorcu Doctor
JackaLis
Diamond Harbour
Neral
Mornig
Harrisonism rhetoric and threats precede coming struggle
The Pennsylvanian comments on extreme political talk by figures like Preston Corwin Graves Stockton and others who warn of outcomes by ballots or bullets. The piece notes fears of violence and recalls past threats on Capitol Hill while stressing minority voting rights and the electoral process.
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Capitol Hill
Preston
Corwin
Graves
Stockton
Political tempers flare in antebellum speeches and threats
A collection of wire service extracts quotes from U S senators and political figures urging constitutional means, balloting, or force if defeated. William Preston, Corwin, Graves, and Capt Stockton are cited discussing arms, ballots, and civil conflict warnings amid rising sectional tensions.
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William GO. Preston
Richmond
van Buren
United States
Cincinnati
Sth
Corwin
Ohio
Log Cabin
Jeffersonian
Charlestown
Kanawha County
Trippecanoe ‘Club
W. J. Graves
Cilley
Washington
Stockton
Navy
New Jersey
Congress
Jersey City
Port of Georgetown Arrivals and Departures
Arrived on the 21st Steamer Swan Tarbox from Society Hill to B Waterman. On the 22d Steamer Oscola Christian from Charleston to B King and E Waterman. On the 23d Steamer Julius Pringle Jones from Charleston. Departed on the 24th Steamer Swan Tarbox to Cheraw and Brig Nancy Jane Rowe to New York.
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Swan
Tarbox
Cheraw
Nancy Jane
Rowé
York
Candidate Announcement for Parish Representative Seat
A notice dated August 26 1955 announces John Izard Mpadleton Ess Ys as a candidate for a seat in the Legislature as one of the Representatives from this Parish.
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John Izard Mpadleton Ess Ys
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Lothiasty
RioJandico
Georgetown, American
the Minstrel
Silasion
The
Pennsylvanian
Mississippi
Vicksburg Whig
Harrison
Port of
Georgetown
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