A cascade of accidents and misadventures across cities
A roundup of fatal falls shootings and mishaps from Cincinnati Dayton Cambria and many towns. Reports include a German man killed after intoxication fall from a third story window. a boy shot during play. boiler blast at a mill. a woman found dead with a rattlesnake. a boy killed by a horse a man injured by a carriage mishap and other deadly or near fatal incidents across Illinois Iowa Georgia Maine Missouri and New Jersey.
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Henry Sohler
Cincinnati
Dayton
Wishing
Whaley
Aley
Cambria
Wis
Houshold
Scott's Mills
Springfield
Ill
Macon County
Georgia
Fields
Millville
Henry
George Sanders
Epsom
N. G
Davenport
Town
Terre- Haute
Ind
W. H. Boutin
Franklin County
Iowa
Cenolly
Dubuque
Towa
M. Dunningham
Bloomfield
Genn
Warren
R. 1
Halfway Rock
Harpswell
Maine
Missouri Pacific
Cheltenham
St. Louis
Bo Breshtla
Chicago
George Christy
W. Giles
Atkinson
Keokuk
Newark E .J
Holloway
George Osgood
Summit House
Atholfass
Mark Fowler
Milford
Conn
Walker County
Qga
Perry
Macon
Porsay
Wholesale Murder in Missouri Reported in Maryville Letter
A Missouri letter describes Tanzey's confession of murdering five in Nodaway County on a lumber wagon trip to Minnesota. He killed the men with a pistol and axe after first slaying a husband and wife and two children, with bodies hidden near Clear Creek after their wagon and horses were stolen. The prisoner claimed Mount Ayr Iowa as his home.
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Maryville
Osburn
Tanzey
Clearmont
Nodaway County
Burr Oak Grove
Falae
Mount Ayr
Iowa
Minnesota
Alatform
Clear Creek
TaSatia
Metis Disaster Off Watch Hill After collision and sinking
Captain Charles L Burton recounts the August 20 collision with an unknown schooner between Montauk Point and Watch Hill. The Metis sank near Watch Hill after a gale as life-boats failed, rescuers from the shore saved those aboard the pilot-house and upper works, but losses among crew and passengers remain uncertain.
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Providence
Betch
Watch Hill
Watch Hill Hotel
Tanzey Hanged for Murders in Axing and Family Killings
A parole documents the brutal spree of Tanzey who killed a mother and two infants then murdered two more children. After confessing, a mob gathered and he was executed by hanging from a black walnut tree, dying with little resistance.
Remarkable conduct of a horse and master in France
A French report describes a brutal incident in which a drunken courier tied a horse to a tree and beat it, only for the horse to recover and attack the master in the stable. One horse's furious counterattack saved the man from being killed as bystanders intervened.
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Marmont
Givors
Practical Household Tips and Garden Advice Digest
A collection of recipes and home howtos from 19th century periodicals. It covers rust removal with lemon and salt, pearl jewelry care, gingerbread, emptying bottles, plum preserves in molasses or sugar, zinc white for polishing metals, toast and water, Barbary Buns, paint color mixing, cinnamon rolls, good pie, vegetable soup, chimney fire extinguishing, meat balls, and guidance on planting trees and establishing a lawn with seeds and soil preparation by David Landreth and Walter Hilder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
David Landreth, Esq
Philadelphia
Landreth
Walter Hilder
Journal of the Farm
Laying Down a Lawn for a Country Residence
A practical guide advises laying a lawn as a primary feature for a handsome country home. It describes plowing weeds, rolling, sowing thick buckwheat, applying fertilizers, and mulching with soil, then sowing seed, rolling again, and expecting grass before winter if the season favors.
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Acre
How to Kill Weeds in the Garden
Guidance on weed control from a London Farmer column. Emphasizes studying weed habits, early and continuous digging, and forehanded summer cultivation to prevent seed production. Warns against letting couch grass and chickweed spread, suggests burning seed heads, and stresses proper manure handling to avoid seed dispersal.
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London
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Newton Young
Leesport
Janson
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Pater Speangan
Palos
Bremen
Chicago Post
Mobile
Ala
Ohio
Express
Saginaw Road
Scott
Saginaw
Detroit
Missouri
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