Eclipse and Rural Reflections From an 1830s Page
An 1838 sun eclipse notice outlines the central annular path across the U S from Kamtschatka to the Atlantic with a four to six and a half minute view, while Dry Times notes a dry period in Claremont. A long local essay by Mrs Bradley and Lyman on flowers, birds, and moral family life follows, alongside farming advice on crop rotation, beans, and soil improvement with economic notes on frontier defense spending.
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United States
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North Pole
Atlantic Ocean
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Fraud and arrests swirl around counterfeit plots and a noted Akron Brown
The Elyria Atlas reports two men calling themselves William Rathborn and James J. Brown were brought before Justice Birch after a victim received three counterfeit 50 collar notes. Nearly four thousand dollars in fake bills were found, some on Rathborn and others under a bed Brown’s horse had used. Brown, said to be underage and son of a famed Brown, awaits bail as his mother arrives. The item links a larger Ohio and New York counterfeiting network including Charles Stearns William Ames and Abraham Pitcher with ties to the Bank of Kentucky plates and a Providence Wisconsin venture. Additional notices recount a notorious James Brown from Akron tied to earlier counterfeiting and a broader New York fraud case involving forged Bank of Kentucky orders. The piece mentions a Mexico earthquake and a push toward federation, plus Michigan population figures from the recent census.
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New England
Sedguick
Cuildren
Lyman
Bradley
Ohio
Nell
Lymian
Elyria Atlaa
William Rathborn
James J. Brown
Justice Birch
Lown
Rathborn
Brown
James Brown
Ohio Journal and Register
New York Express
Young Brown
New York City
Bank of Kentucky
New York
Chas. Stearns
William J. Ames
Abraham Pitcher
Akron
Himy
Express
Orleans
United States Bank
Cleveland
West
Messra Gurley
Ohio Penitentiary
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A&c. A. Preston
White House
Jax Ves Mansios Jiuvsk
Court of Guimmon Pleas
Huron
Norcall
Norwalk
OF. G. Steeie
Johnson
Sherif
Court of Comman Leas
Sturen
Obin
Vendue
St. Clark's Coffee House
Wits
Danid Raveles
K. Morton
Court of Commoneas
Luror
Ulitu
Krivalk
Saul
Chapman
Meury Smith
Morton
Sheriferff
Hanon
Bualt & Vaard
Ind At& Leonard
Pierce
Pebroary
RE. Morton
Griff
Ate
Ghio
Huron County
Vas
C. Mallory
Nur
van T. Arnert
Court of Common
Silas
Mallory
Ghia
Ma‘Rogers
Siareh
Ory
Premiser
Isi
Ase
Arety
Tartland
Gid
Id Arnert
Phebe
Stephen Parkhuret
Arnert
Soalt & Worcester
Sol
Jannery
Nio
Rte
Ean Abe Las
Eneas
Capye
Caicus
Elliots
Linn
Sieifan
Acestes
Justin
Strand
Dabsk
Paris
Hugger
Jove
Venus
Linimus
Kueas
Italy
Vencer
Ocean Two
Ulyr
Troy
Uler
Antenor
Venena
Gulf
Avhurina
Padua
Currons
Claremont Eagle
Miam
Father
Sam
Alwys
Mary
Sas Arate
Liefayette
Charleston
South
M. ¥. Express
Society of Art
London
War Department
Canada Frontier
Surgeon's Department
The
United
Bev M.kenzie
Rensselaer van Rensselaer
N.Y. Com
Mexico
Matamoras
Mercurio
Mexico City
Acapulco
Campo Santo
Pacific
Michigan
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