Death of the Last Survivor of Lewis and Clark
The report details the death of Captain Thomas Lewis, famed as the last survivor of the Lewis and Clark expedition. He was 70s, found in Albemarle county, after a life of frontier exploration and service in Missouri Territory governance. His enslaved youth Tom, loyal to his master, aided in defense of Lewis during an attack. Tom later died of exposure in Albemarle, ending the expedition’s survivor line.
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New York
Tom Lewis
Albemarle County
Wis
Lewis and Clerk
Misouri
Meriwether Lowis
Marks
Locust Hill
Col
William Lewis
Revolutionary Army
Jefferson
Louisiana Territory
Clark
Lewis and Clark
Lewis
Tom
Rocky Mountaing
Columbia River
Tor Lewis
Joy Depot
St. Louis
Missouri Territory
Tennessee
Jess
Leity
St. Joseph
Buckles
Texas
Boston
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N. C
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J. 4
Martin
Newport
Jackeon County
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White House
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Ead
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Christ
Christian Intelligencer
Household Economy and Notorious Murderers Compared
A century old column surveys household remedies and cleaning formulas, then reviews two famous murder cases, John Williams of London and Nebraska killer Richards. It contrasts public reaction, motives, and methods, noting Williams’s polished manners masking brutality and Richards’s deeper predation. It concludes both are rare but describe two contrasting bloodiest scoundrels.
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de Quincey
Williams
London
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Richards
Nebraska
Hiny
Mary
Marr
Mart
Seieaiec
John Williams
Cain
Acta
Williams End
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bin Men
Inside the Union Club Building Rooms and Functions
The New York Lines describe a Union Club interior with a porter at the vestibule guarding entry and handling members’ affairs except postmen deliveries. The ground floor houses reading and smoking rooms, bar, office, and cloak room. above are a builliard room card room and library. the third floor holds dining rooms, both public and private, all luxuriously appointed.
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Union Club
New York 7'Lines
Builliard
Whither away gentle youth at Princess Louise reception
A gentleman in waiting rebukes a Kanuck attempting to join the royal throng. He remarks on loyalty to the Empress's daughter and the empire while noting the youth's improper necktie color. The scene ends with the rebuke continuing.
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Kanuck
Tropic
Turbulent Crime and Rambles of Lord Erskine and Curran
A fragmentary mix of two narratives appears. One tale describes Mrs Caldwell of South Dyfield Massachusetts decapitating her husband during morning prayers, with her sister-in-law present, while the husband knelt in devotion. The other passage recalls Lord Erskine's egotism in a literary quip with Curran about Grattan, and Curran’s critique of Byron's self-regard.
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Caldwell
Young man in photo studio seeks cheerful pose
A country youth in town entered a photography gallery to have his portrait taken. The operator urged a pleasant expression, asking him to think of his girl. A sudden scowl broke through as he shouted that she ran away with another man, vowing he would go to the devil.
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Distress in Britain as unemployment and poverty rise
Great distress prevails among the laboring poor in England and Scotland and across Great Britain. Manufacturing towns are the worst hit as thousands of unemployed men and starving families rely on charity. Relief measures exist but the distress remains severe. A Cuban man was recently refused naturalization papers at Boston.
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Great Britain
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Thresholds of Threshing and Leather Cementes in 19th Century Trade
Fragmentary text describes a farmer criticizing threshing machine improvements and an old craftsman’s opinion. It also discusses a cement for leather made from sulphide of carbon and turpentine with gutta-percha, applied hot to joints. Additional notes report strange medical visions and a pair of blind children regaining sight at sunrise.
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