Village Stranger at the Susquehanna Tavern
A mysterious visitor arrives at a village hotel by the Susquehanna. The man displays a manuscript and a dagger, inspires suspicion of spies or abolitionists, and provokes a tense chase through woods. Locals form a committee to monitor him as night erupts in fear and intrigue.
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J. J. Hewitt
Susquehanna
Kingdom of
Flora
Woodcock
Brandywine Springs
Cape Hlay
Angels
Poultry End
Teddy
Missus
Philadelphia
Jonning
Mary Ann
Ostler
Lynch
Mysterious Stranger Quits Bed Bug Rampage
A Philadelphia actor lodging at a house claims his killer act was misread as a murder. He announces he exterminated bed bugs and offers to perform for the wary landlady and guests, insisting he is merely a Thespian in town for rehearsal.
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Thespis
Philadelphia
Extraordinary Sympathy At A Ball Ends In Marriage
A taciturn officer attends a ball and dances with a married woman, predicting he will marry her. The next day he learns she is married to a clergyman whose death when riding leads to their union three years later. The woman also recalls dancing with the stranger and feeling destined to wed him. Millington's Web. Experience.
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Millington
State of Indiana
Cass Crnevir Court
Cass County
Levi Baker
John McMahon
Baker
Indiana
Logansport Vera
Pakingyetan
Logansport
Cassitof
Opdler
Tie Cours
Doret
Crk
Jay Mix
D.C. Logansport
Infernal Machine Discharges Knife Trap In Bleecker Street
An engineer from Croton water works on Bleecker Street built a window trap with two Bowie knives to guard his sleeping room. After testing, he fled town. A thief attempting entry was struck by a knife, fell, and was taken to authorities. The incident was reported by Sylvester's Reporter.
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Croton
Sylvester
Last commander of Washington's Life Guard dies at Pompton
Gen. William Conrax died at his Pompton residence near the encampment ground. He was buried with military honors by a detachment from General Godwin's Guards. Major ceremonies were led by General Godwin and Col. Garrison with music from Captains Conger and Allen, forming a lengthy, solemn procession.
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Washington
William Conrax
Pompton
Godwin
Conger
Allen
Col
Garrison
Patterson Intelligencer
India rubber sea serpent hoax set for Nahant launch
A Yankee peddler orders a giant india rubber sea serpent from Goodyear. A model imitates the sea serpent’s head and the inflated monster will be set adrift off Nahant to fool observers and astonish England. The tale touts it as Yankee genius and a sure fortune, while noting a Natchez thermometer reading of nine feet.
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England
John Bull
Vermonter breach of marriage contract yields verdict
In Rutland Vermont Miss Munson obtained 1425 dollars from Mr Nastings after a breach of marriage contract. A Vermont judge ruled that long continued attentions can be evidence of matrimony without an explicit promise, prompting commentary on modern love and morality. The tale follows a Russian rescuer dog story linked to Emperor Alexander.
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Rutland
Vermont
Hastings
Daniel
Betty Simpher
Billy Doubtful
Zaddy
Courin
Enchanted Mountain in Texas Told as Holy Sacred Hill
A Texas Telegraph account describes a nine mile northwest view near Bastrop of a three hundred foot oval rock hill called Holy Mountain. The sunlit polished surface dazzles observers from miles away and the ascent is slippery, requiring moccasins. Comanches regard the hill with religious veneration and pilgrims visit for Paynim rites on its summit.
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Texas Telegraph
Colorado
Bastrop
Holy Mountain
Mount Liereb
Sammy Darby Courtship and Married Life Tale
A rustic dialogue follows Sam Darby courting Sal and winning her hand then marrying. The couple share quarrels over tobacco and habits, but maintain happiness as they settle into domestic life amid light humor and rural charm. References to Sal’s health and a Southern Past, Shannon’s majority in Ohio 7000 appear tangential to the main scene.
Striped Pig Parade Defies Massachusetts Liquor Law
The Boston Atlas reports a Dedham division master scene where a man sought a license to exhibit a striped pig during parade day. Visitors paid six and a quarter cents and received brandy or gin with each look, evading the fifteen gallon sale limit with a novel, shady loophole.
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Massachusetts
Boston Atlas
Dedham
Alitany Prayer From Frogs To Courts Of Judicature
A historical litany lists diverse grievances to be delivered from on all occasions and especially on Lent Fridays. It invokes mercy against pests, rogues, creditors, illegal papers, vendors, and judicial meddling, ending with a plea to the Good Lord.
New Party Aims to Unite Black and White For Election
A Mayville Sentinel excerpt reproduces a letter by Rev. Agitator J. M. Blakesly outlining a plan to form a new party within the United States Society to unite abolitionist and pro slavery factions, mobilize county meetings, and amplify political and moral power to influence the polls against Democratic candidates led by Judge Foote and allies. The missive calls for rapid organization across several counties in New York and warns of a strong regional reaction to the current administration.
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J. M. Blakesly
Mayville N. Y
Aurora
N. Y
U.S
Niagara
Erie
Chautauane
Cattaraugus
Old
Chautauque
Foote
Waite
Abolitionists urged to act in New York election
A letter from J. M. Blakesley asks county leaders to organize conventions and meetings across Niagara Erie Genessee and other counties to elect abolitionist candidates, noting recent weekly and monthly gatherings and a bid for a county convention on the 26th or 30th inst. urging widespread notices.
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Niagara
Erie
Genessee
Dsc
J. M. Blakesley
N.Y
U. S. Society
Cheerful wives ease a husband's business burdens
Bozwell argues a cheerful wife aids her husband in business by constant good humor. He contrasts a smiling, hopeful wife with a fretful, scowling partner whose gloom worsens his troubles, calling a cheerful spouse a rainbow amid storms.
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Bozwell
Lynch mobs whip young man to death in North Tuscaloosa
A young man named Hill, suspected of petty larceny, was tied to a tree by a mob calling themselves Judge Lynch's followers and whipped severely. He died shortly after from his wounds, according to the Louis Journal report.
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Horri Mravre
North Tuscaloosa
Hill
Lynch
Louis
Jour
Congressman George Dunn Injured in Ohio Stage Coach Accident
Indiana representative George H. Dunn was badly hurt when a stage coach overturned in Ohio a few days ago. Both ankles were broken in the accident.
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George H. Dunn
Congress
Indiana
Ohio
Fragmented Old Chronicle Selections and Anecdotes
A mix of detours of a young girl encounter a drunken man and inquiries about lineage, reflections on new ideas being hard to accept, admonitions about injuries and ridicule, a Boston Evening News note on love after marriage, a western editor misreading Talleyrand as a tavern keeper, and a report from Capt Mahon about funds arriving by Tuesday the 23rd with hopes for prompt distribution.
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Boston Evening News
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