Tragedy at Carthage and the Mormon exodus remembered
Fifty one years after the Carthage jail killings of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, the article reflects on the Mormon tragedy from Nauvoo to Carthage, the Expositor raid, and the ensuing Mormon War. It notes Brigham Young’s leadership, polygamy allegations, and the temple burning, with mention of Catharine Salisbury, sister of Joseph Smith.
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Joseph
Hyrum Smith
Carthage
Ill
Nauvoo
Ith
Illinois
Joseph Smith
Ilinois
Missouri
Ohio
Hancock County
Mississippi River
Smith
Hibee
Francis
Expositor
Hyrum
Taylor
Utah Church
Gov. Ford
Catharine Salisbury
Fountain Green
Honest Dealing Rewarded Fakir Delivers Truthful Sales Pitch
A street fakir proclaims honesty over deception as he dispenses a supposed medicine. He exposes false claims about curing Bright's disease and other ailments, selling all bottles only after insisting on truth. He admits the remedy merely purifies blood, not cures. The scene ends with sale proceeds in his pocket. Then brothers Thomas and John Middleton of Portsmouth Ohio duel over chewing tobacco, resulting in serious injuries and shot removal.
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Bright
Nashville
Thomas
John Middleton
Portsmouth
Ohio
Tom
John
Fragmentary Verse on Liberty and Beauty in Marble
Fragmented quatrains lament a marble statue’s gaze on law and virtue. The speaker contemplates beauty, eternity, and the public gaze, contrasting chaste feminine form with martial power and upheaval in a late Romantic style. The text weaves political reverie with classical imagery.
Japanese Judges and Pay Scale Amid Supreme Court Details
The text outlines lifetime tenure for Japan’s chief justice and Supreme Court judges, subject to removal only by court action. It notes annual salaries with the chief justice at 4.08 yen, others at 6.40 percent of a baseline, and lower grades at reduced sums, including a figure of 700 yen per year.
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Supreme Court of Japan
Lfe
Supreme Court
Cor Wade
Daudet Early Struggles as Writer Shaped By Poverty
An excerpt from the New York Journal recounts Alphonse Daudet's early years, noting his meager earnings, nearly penniless days, and eventual breakthrough with poetry and journalism. It highlights his persistence before achieving a lucrative novel career.
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M. Daudet
New York Journal
Gold discoveries in Griqualand declared genuine
A Cape Town dispatch to the Times confirms that the reports of gold in Griqualand are genuine and verified by authorities.
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Cape Town
The
Times
Griqualand
In-breeding in poultry and breed vitality
The Independent argues about in-breeding in poultry keepers who persist with year to year in-breeding. It questions why in humans and other stock it is deemed dangerous and suggests that new breeds arise from cross breeding. The piece warns to watch for constitutional dangers and notes that changing blood can yield hardy stock, while poultry yards often supply the same stock.
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Wales
Independent
Fragmented OCR mentions women, power, and theaters amid vague fear
The readable rays hint at a story about women, fashion, and social roles in a contested space. References to cinema, theaters, and public behavior suggest tension between modern dress and traditional expectations, with emphasis on gender dynamics and public interference.
Syndicate of Monsters Tris at Coupe the Abe
Fragmentary text mentions a syndicate and noted entities but lacks clear events or names to form a coherent summary with identifiable facts.
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Tris
Unclear historical notice fragment in from data
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases and nonexistent names making it impossible to identify a coherent event, person, or date. No verifiable entities or context present to summarize as a newspaper item.
Fragmented OCR Note Yields Vague Local Terms
A garbled OCR passage lists scattered names and phrases, mentioning local figures and places with unclear meaning. Major entities and intent are obscured, yielding a partial, nonsensical record with no coherent event or outcome.
Great Book Free Wea Dr Pierce Book Offer
Copy offers free distribution of a medical work by Dr. V. Pierce of Buffalo. The ad describes the first edition sold at one dollar and fifty cents with a manila paper binding option. It promises free copies to recipients who respond at the stated address and pays only postage or minor charges.
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Wea
X V. Pierce
Buffalo
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