Glorious death to die a trying keel-boatman hero
A Western boatman John Johnson, born in Giles County Tennessee, saved two children during the Ben Sherrod fire on the Big Black River voyage from New Orleans. He sacrificed his worldly wealth, risking his life as the ship burned, and his act is praised as extraordinary heroism with over two hundred fifty lives lost.
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St Louis Democrat
John Johnson
Giles County
Tennessee
Big Black River
Tennessee River
Ben Sherrod
Grand Gulf
New Orleans
Wooding
Johnson
Ben
Sherrod
Offender With a History Arrested in Park Hotel Case
George Albert Mason an operative in the United States Secret Service Division was arrested in the Park Hotel yesterday on charges of passing three hundred counterfeit notes allegedly from Willson Albert N Ensor of Rochester for races. He resisted and pistols were drawn in the hotel office. Committed to Ludlow Street jail in 45000 bail. Mason an Englishman and former Confederate spy linked to Lincoln and Seward kidnapping plot. He had a long history in Canada and the United States prison system and was recently made a detective after a Secret Service reorganization. The case hints at conspiracy involving Dr Hart and Richards with counterfeit notes.
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George Albert Mason
United States Secret Service Division
Park Hotel
Willson
Albert N. Ensor
Rochester
Shields
Ludlow Street
Mason
Lincoln
Seward
Washington
Richmond
Old Capitol
Columbus
U. S
Canada
Kingston
Toronto
Secret Service
Washburn
Treasury
St. Louis
Pete” McCartney
Hart
Richards
Philadelphia
V. I. Sun
The Senatorial Excursion to Mexico
A New York Mercury dispatch alleges Senator Cameron and associates seek annexation of northern Mexican states north of the Rio Grande. Authorities reportedly consent to transfer, with borders through Rio Rapids to the town of Pinos and along the Santiago River, encompassing Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nueva Leon, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas and parts of Tamaulipas, Jalisco, and San Luis Potosi. The move aims to place sparsely settled territory under a stronger, orderly power.
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The
New York Mercury
Cameron
Mexico
United States
Rio Rapido
Rio Grande de Santiago
Sonora
Chihuahua
Coahuila
Nueva Leon
Sinaloa
Durango
Zacatecas
Tamaulipas
Jalisco
San Luis Potosi
California
Pinos
Santiago
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Furniture
Stengel & Bro
Second & Basin Sts
Namilton
Sortman & Blum
M. A. Tron
MI Cinery and
Fancy Goons
Main St
Jet Ward
Hamilton
Ohio
MRS
Third Street
Ludlow and Railroad
Bet
Davidson & Schliep
Mantes, Grates
Hamilton House
Freshman
Hamilton, Ohio
Mrs, Gale
D. M. Tooker's New
Boot & Shoe Store
Betw. High and Basin Sps
Fittin Bron
D. Suafer
Hamilton, C
C. Morgenthaler
Front & Stable Lis
Phillips House
E. Bottinger
West Hamilton
Medical
Chas. P. Marshall
Niagara Street
Buffalo N.Y. P.S
Cail
B. Hafertepen
Basin ST
A. EK. Wilson
Walliamsham
N.Y
Boots & Shoes
Ogden
Cedar al
New York
A. Hafertepen
Canal
Ludlow Std
Tung
Vly
Ezra Potter
Beckett
Best Farms
Miami Valley
Hamilton, O
D. Black
Adam Snyder
Matin Street
West Hamminton
Main Street
A. Hutzleman
Tino Street
Jour m AS
Beckett Block
Aly Hamilton
Third St., W. Side, Bet. Basin and High
J. Troutman
Hutzleman & Troutman
South Side Basin
Kennedy's
Goliath
Samwel
Augustus Casar
Idusia
Secundilla
Vitellius
Darius
Rome
Eleazar
Gabara
Maximis
Jacobus Damian
Walter Parsons
William Evens
London United Service Magazine
Garnet J. Wolseley
Lee
Napoleon
Wolseley
United Service Writer
Stonewall Jackson
England
McClellan
America
Bryan McLoughlin
George II
Charley
John Key
George
Eurore
Prof. Donaldson
London Spor
Wiliam K. Belknap
Cincinnati
G. L. Bruce
New York City
Nathaniel Gray Hadaway
London
Narcisse Pelletier
Paris
J Scientific American
Tax Scientific American
Morganthaler & Schmidt
INO
Walker
Geo. UL. Phillips
Walker & Phillips
N. E. Cor
Hamilton, Ohto
N. Alstatter
Tin
Dodge
Hien Sv. Het. Water and Front Srs
OHFO
P. H. Gilbert & Co
Undertakkers
Tates
Eusiness
Kelton Hand
North Side High Street
Third and Railroad
Calkins
Carr & Fisher
Main
Fifth Street
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