Balloon voyage tragedy fuels cautionary tale from 1875
An 1875 Times Journal extract recounts Donaldson and Grimwood’s balloon voyage over Lake Michigan. As ballast dwindles and fear rises, they face a doomed split of fate with Grimwood choosing to abandon ship while Donaldson records their ordeal. Grimwood vanishes as the vessel sinks, leaving a journal of peril and a warning to reckless aeronauts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise
Times- Journal
Pamhlet
Donaldson and Grimwood
Lake Michigan
Donaldson
Grimwood
Chicago
Midlake
Anderssen and
Rasmussen
John Wise
Burr
Donal Ted
Lindell Park
Gonter
Downey
Michigan
Noronatt
Lake Ontario
Snow
Wassalie
NATO
Antrum
Ife
Tam
Grimwauil
Heanid
Donaldaun
Hobson
Providence
Leo
Ghinwood
Osed
Des
Amren
St Linas
Aphorisms from Storrs Elmira Speech Stir NY Politics
The Elmira speech by Emery A Storrs in New York features pithy maxims criticizing Democrats and defending Republican central authority. It argues for national unity, constitutional protection, and firm action against armed interference, portraying Democrats as obstructing the Nation’s rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery A Storrs
New York
Elmira
Calla
Storrs
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Statos
Official Report on the Blackville Affair
The Postmaster General’s office releases an October report by Special Agents Long and Redmond on the 1870 shooting of Frederick Nix Jr., Blackville postmaster. The document describes Nix as a Barnwell County Republican with strong local influence, details the confrontation with Luther Williams at the post office, and notes partisan tensions, threats, and surrounding figures including James Thompson and London Brown. It attributes the shooting to possible motives tied to racial and political conflict, while asserting Nix defended his position and naming related individuals and events in Barnwell County.
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Atlanta
Mai
Atlasta GA
David B. Parker
Sprems
Post-fire Department
Blackville
D.C
Barnwell County
Columbia
South Carolina
Barnwell
Wiliam Duncan
Ainer
Ultra Democrata
Nix
Frederick Tdeor
Jackville
Williams
Glover
Neral
Sorasa
Luthor Williama
Serpra
Anarhy
CIA
Ato
United States
Bia
Hun
Han Dir
Williame
Tam
bin Brutiah
Prasenger
Luther Willlama
Williama
Uwquor
James Thompson
London Brown
KRK
Thompson
Niz
Ighae
Hen Williams
Omipaon
Peat
Pos Olin
Penn
Real Negro Hunt Explored by Southern Entertainer Butler
Indianapolis Journal reports Colonel Thomas Butler of Edgefield South Carolina plans a publicity stunt featuring a bloodhound chase with a Negro preacher and a trained horse rider. The event aims to revive antebellum slave hunting as entertainment drawing Northern spectators and skewering political sentiments, with Butler claiming the dogs will be controlled and nonlethal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Thomas Butler
Edgefield
M C Butler
Hamburg Max
Butler
New York
Daughtaers
Sam
Ntrer
Ibis Via
Fiaheric
Colonel Butler
New York Herald
Georgia
Indianapolis Journal
Balloon Disaster in San Francisco Ends in Tragedy
A high wind during a planned ascent of a balloon named Grant led to a fatal crash near Mission and Howard Streets. Professor Colgrove and Charles H. Willams died after the gas bag struck telegraph wires and a chimney, tearing the structure apart and plunging the basket to the ground. An eyewitness, Henry Ohnimus, described the chaotic descent and the moment of impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balloo Dent
San Francisco
Woodward
Colgrar
Grant
Colgrove
Abbott
Wells, Fargo & Co
Martin
Balloomint
Charles H. Willaton
Williams
Walliams
Auber
Wats
Wathams
Wolliama
Rowley
Henry Ohnimus
Mission Street
Howard
Hows Street
Fourteenth Street
Semdere
Go Street
Sword and Bullet as Consequence of Oppression
A Chicago Tribune piece warns that government oppression against citizens, if unredressed, will provoke U S military response. It argues that continued use of force in states like Mississippi Texas and South Carolina may force the sword to be drawn and implies retaliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Empire
United States
Mississippi
Texas
South Carolina
Chicago Tribune
Shooting inquiry quotes confidential informants and threats
A special agent reports on a shooting incident and the community climate. Informants refuse naming due to risk, and since the shooting Nix was assaulted while shopping. The store proprietor reportedly intervened to remove Nix from further danger as tensions rise in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Witle
Nix
Joun Frey
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Donaldson Ann Grimwood
Yazoo County
Richard
Buchanan
Doga
North
Fae Eget
National Journal of Education
New England
Vascar
Smith Perfor Academies
Cen Pete Pleasant Va
Mpar Eetar
Eal Ont Ailroad
Pringgile
Utah
Fanciful
Key
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