December in the Telegraph Room and the Poor's Night
A December midnight vignette from the NEIGS County Telegraph blends personal musings on politics, magazines, and spiritual papers with a poignant meditation on poverty. The author contrasts rich and poor, laments disengaged politics, and urges sympathy sparked by December’s icy imagery and the warmth of a landlord’s fire.
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M. Pritengile & Cow
Naame
New York
Moston
Merrentibe & Co
Pingza
Notot
Lonfa
Angéla
Telegraph
Republican Party
Democratic
Williame
Fredericks
Rudolphs
Matidas
Cynthiana
Rosalinda
Magazin
Vansey
Franklin
Washington
Channing
Lond Bacon
Weeley
Swedenborg
Cme
Avi
Enifer
Vnbla
Reat
Wyon Ft. Thar
Millot
Assignment for the benefit of creditors grips two firms
Murdock and Nye soldiers of the wheat and flour trade have made an assignment for the benefit of their creditors on the 2nd inst. The creditors of Mur dock William Bond Co and Mur dock Nye Co are not directly affected, per Mr Cartwright. Intoxication and crime rise with drink, including murder and manslaughter sentences in Hamilton County. Local political shifts show Old Berke’s support for Lecomp’on in Pennsylvania. Seven criminals face whipping in New Castle Delaware court, including a woman sentenced to ten lashes and sale. A revival on the Letart Circuit gains 120 new church members in ten days, and Ohio whale totals rise to 2,564,914 hogs in 1850. A Worcester Mass donation distributes bread and lentils. Decker dies after horse fall in Vincennes Ind.
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Urey
Murdock
Nye
Ueir Nimirs
J. Cartwright
Mesers
Murdock & Nye
William Bond& Co
Murdock, Nye & Co
Mroj. Cartwright
Menars
Hamilton County
Garther
Old Berkin Co
Pennsylvania
Johu Glancy Jones
Austria
Man
Gil
Johu Glaney
Old Berke
James Buchwanies
Newel County
Delaware
Lave
Wight
Editor vs candidate fight at Coshocton clash report
A Coshocton Age editor contends with a rival candidate after a morning confrontation. The scuffle left both parties bruised, with punches exchanged as bystanders watched. The incident is linked to political tensions surrounding General Burns and bribery allegations in Congress, amid fears of intimidation over forthcoming charges.
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Coshocton Age
Sassee Seonn
Rangman
Andidace
Icctibo
Sage
Alwen
Wentworth
Birne
Wmn. Burns
Congress
Uhie
Moping Against Hope and the Faithful Wife
A Philadelphia Press illustration recalls wives clinging to hope after disasters, citing Mrs Theodore Gerok of Baltimore who believes her husband aboard the ill fated Austria may yet be alive. A clergyman missing after Mapspe voyage is noted as another example of steadfast belief amid loss.
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Austria
Philadelphia Press
Theodore Gerok
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Mapspe
Kite accident and local Mormon tensions spill into Utah report
A fragmentary tale describes a man named Power entangled by a large Spanish kite, pulled by wind, nearly killed, and freed after the cord was cut. The Mt Joseph Journal then cites a Utah surveyor letter detailing Brigham Young’s men clashing with Gilbert in Gilbert’s store and a near shooting, reflecting early Mormon tensions and a bishop’s rebuke over exaggerated preaching.
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Vower
Cistlecomer
Power
My. Venrost
Ang
Brigham Young
Mt. Joseph
David H. Bure
Utah
Holy Valley
Gilbert Dé Gervish
Gilbert
Joe
Brigham
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