Napoleon remains case and St Helena relics detailed
A lengthy translated extract from the New-York Journal recounts Napoleon Bonaparte's remains at St Helena. It describes the opening of the tomb, the interment chamber, and the respectful ceremonies including the lifting of coffins, the lead seal, and the ultimate transfer to a French sarcophagus.
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New-York Journal
Commerce
Napoleon
St. Hele An
Figare
France
St. Helena
Asar
Salia
Gourgaud
Comte de Chabot
Alexander
American Giant Freeman: New York youth grows to seven feet three
The article profiles Charles Freeman of St Josephs Michigan nicknamed the American Giant. Born July 16 1821 in New York he stands seven feet three inches tall weighs 320 pounds with a 54 inch chest. He left Illinois as a child and now exhibits in Boston at Harringtons Museum.
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Mons Rehin
Boston
Admiralion
New York
Charles Freeman
City of
Ilinois
St. Josephs
Michigan
United States
Gulliver
Kingdom of
Lilliput
Gambling and squinting cautions in old notices
A moral exhortation warns young men to avoid gambling as ruinous and habit forming, while also noting squinting treatment progress in cities northward. It cites six successful Boston Medical Journal cases and a Philadelphia surgeon who operated on thirty patients swiftly and safely. A Louisville editorial dispute over threats and a macabre suggestion to punish rivals with corn is described with satirical tone.
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Sion
Napoleon
Roi
Prince de Joinsville
Ning
National Guard
Paris
Theity
Chamber of Deputies
Council of State
Courts of Cassation and Accounts
Court Royale
Council General
Seine
Ae Municipal Council
Police
Army
Council of
Admiralty
University
Iistitute
Tribunal of
Hotel Des Invalides
Imayors
Prince de Joinville
France
Athalin
Maaratai Soult
Bertrand
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Phildelphia
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C. A Preston
Mity Meese Ree
Frora Blackwoon's Magazine
Ho PE
Dawa Lang
Rapoleon
Narougox
Island
Richard Porbett
St. Weleon
Torbitt
Seite
Javelides
Duvalides
Scoffin
Ttis
Infante
Infanta
Spain
Banlieue
Louisville (Loco
Louisville Journal
Advertiser
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