Wreck of 1852 Reported by Route of News to Wall Street
The 1852 Franklin steamer ran aground off Center Moriches in dense fog on July 8. Sidney B. Topping ferryed through Patchogue Babylon Jamaica and Brooklyn to report to the underwriters on Wall Street, delivering details by 6 pm. He received $50 and was noted as Westhampton postmaster in the Civil War era.
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Franklin
Long Island
Center Moriches
New York Herald
Sur
Sidney B. Topping
New York
Board of
Wall Street
Tapping
Patchogue
Babylon
Mr. Topping
Jamaica
Brooklyn
Underwriters
Topping
Westhampton
Salvation Lassie Presents Salvation Army Outfit Costs
A Philadelphia Record summary details the Salvation Army lassie wardrobe with prices for bonnet five dollars, coat waist and skirt eleven, boots one fifty, collar fifteen cents, pin twenty six, hairpins five, underwear five dollars twenty five cents, totaling twenty three dollars and twenty cents for a complete outfit.
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Philadelphia Record
Salvation Army
Kensington vendors fined for adulterated spirits case
In Kensington petty sessions Spiers and Pond were fined 15 pounds for selling brandy and whisky not of quality. The defense claimed barmaids diluted samples with customers’ leftovers and tap stock. the court noted adulteration and warned against such filthy practice.
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London Lancet
Kensington Petty Seasions
Spiers & Pond
Kensington
Life of a Soldier General Rosecrans 1819 1867
William Starke Rosecrans a notable Civil War leader with early West Point service, command in western Virginia, the campaigns of Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, and later political roles. The piece details his battles, strained relations with superiors, popular regard by troops, and postwar career.
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Doutline
Rosy
Chickamauga
William Starke Rosecraus
Kingston
West Point
Rosecrans
Chickamanga
Alticont Gener Rosecrans
Academy
Engineer Corps
Fortress Monroe
Leay
Ohio
Twenty-third
Ohio Volunteers
Western Virginia
McClellan
Parkersburg
Indiana
Clarksburg
Roaring Creek
Rich Mountain
Garnet
Bull Run
Washington
Virginia
Carnifex Ferry
Floyd
Wise
Lee
Wheeling
Gfoge H. Thomas
Blenker
Banks
Halleck
Corinth
Miss
Army of the Cumberland
Murfreesboro
Stone River
Vicksburg
Grant
Natal Chickamauga
Bragg
Tennessee
Joseph E. Johnston
Middle Tennessee
War Department
Chattanooga
Longstreet
Buckner
Knoxville
Walker
Georgia
Chickamuga
George H. Thomas
Thomas T. Wood
Hood
Garfield
General Thomas
Thomas
Department of Missouri
Schofield
Missouri
Army
Pap
Nmyself
Braxton Bragg
United States
Mexico
San Rafael
Cal
Congress
California
Cleveland
the Treasury
West Virginia
Uka
Coral Boring in the Pacific Expedition Progress Report
News from Fiji via the Birksgate notes the coral boring at Funafuti in the Ellice group. Depths reach 557 feet on Sept seven and 643 feet by Sept sixteen with no volcanic rock seen. The bore shows coral rock predominance, coal ran out but supply hoped from Archer.
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England
Sydney Herald
Birksgate
Fiji
Funafuti
Ellice
Suva
H. M. S. Royalist
Davis
John Williams
David
Dr. Corney
G. Sweet
Rason
Archer
Darwin
Pacific
Royal Society of London
Sollas
Mard To Beat A Boy Sells Anti Cigarette Pamphlets
A Cincinnati cigar dealer recounts a boy selling Anti Cigarette league pamphlets to buy cigarettes. The boy and companions targeted local shops, trading pamphlets for money and cigarettes, with theft-like repetition across stores. The dealer suspects printed material circulated freely by supporters and plans to boot them out if seen again.
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West End
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Anti-Cigarette League
Rascal
League
Royal ladies pursue arts across many realms
The Empress Frederick of Germany continues her passion for music and painting with youthful vigor. The Queen of Italy dedicates mornings to languages and stage plays. The Belgian queen pursues literature while the Austrian empress studies Greek. The Dowager Empress of Russia and the Princess of Wales excel in embroidery and water color painting and millinery.
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Frederick
Germany
Italy
Russia
Princess of
Wales
Shameful dispute over collectors and bills in Indianapolis
A dramatic exchange shows a man angry at constant collectors demanding money for imagined frippery while a woman retorts that he should pay his own bills. The Indianapolis Journal notes the heated confrontation reflecting social pressures of debt.
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Indianapolis Journal
Chinese Exclusion Laws Deemed Farce by Critics Across Regions
A wide indictment argues Chinese exclusion laws fail to stop immigration. Critics say enforcement is weak, perjury and fraud flourish, and federal authorities admit the act is a pretense that evades treaty stipulations, letting unauthorised entrants flood U S borders.
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Tampa Bay
Puget Sound
el Peso
San Francing
New York
Vermont
New 4
Shire
Maine
United States
The
North American Review
Lang
Customs Service
The Shah a weak ruler brings Persia to dissolution
A London Standard critique says Muzaffer-ed-Din failed after 19 months, ruinous extravagance and weakness eroding the dynasty. Shiraz rejects Teheran's governor, Ispahan prefers the old Zil es Sultan, while Russia looms as a danger to regional peace.
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London Standard
Persia
Nasr-ed-Din
Muzaffer-ed-Din
Shiraz
Teheran
Ispahan
Zil-es-Sultan
Shah
Wills
Mr. Curzon
Russia
Awakening of a Shattered Romance in Boston Parlor
Macallister Macilhenny, a hopeful suitor, visits a Boston home to claim Miss de Bean. The woman who answers, cold and commandingly formal, reveals she is not de Bean and dismisses him, ending his romantic dream with aristocratic indifference.
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Macallister Macilhenny
Apleekay
Aden
Sara de Bean
Boston
Mr. Macallister Macilhenny
Miss de Bean
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Salvation Lassie
William Starke Rosecrans
William Starke
Washington Navy Yard
Jefferson Davis
Cincinnati
Lander
MccClellan
Laws
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