Author in Close Quarters on Pike's Peak Emigration
Charles Collins and A D Richardson traveled toward Pike's Peak after Collins praised Colorado in 1859. Mine-run emigrants grew hostile at Jack Morrow's Ranch, and a $2,000 bounty was placed on them. They fled, reached Denver with 120 acres each, later sold for a thousand dollars an acre.
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Pike's Peak
St. Joseph
Jack
Morrow
Collins
Richardson
Collings
Rancho
Denver
Druggist’s error causes a fatal dose of morphine
In Seabright New Jersey Elizabeth Monaghan forty five an employee of Mrs Barnes cottage died after pharmacist George Van Brunt misread a prescription and gave magnesia sulp instead of magnesia magnesia sulp. doctors and clergy attended through the night but could not save her. Van Brunt collapsed and awaits investigation as the community mourns the tragedy.
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George van Brunt
Elizabeth Monaghan
Robert Conover
Red Bank
van Brunt
R. Conover
Chittenden
Fairhaven
Binghampton
Kimball
Seabright
James H. Walsh
Long Branch
State School of Pharmacy
N. J
Cor
N. Y
ThirteenYearOld Office Seeker Traveled to Washington for Treasury Job
A 13 year old boy journeyed from California to Washington with a friend promising a safe post in the Treasury Department. The friend supplied $300 for expenses but absconded with the money, leaving the boy to face the ordeal alone. The incident highlights troubling procurement of government positions and the risks faced by young travelers.
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Washington
California
Treas Department
The Hair Growth and Color Peculiarities Across Peoples
Detroit Free Press reprints a medical treatise on hair growth strength and color. It notes global hair trade, varying hair shapes by race, pigments yellow red black, and links hair traits to health and character. It mentions long youthful growth, regional fashion as political expression, and diverse hair effects from oxford to cape gender and ethnicity.
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Peeple
Detroit Free Press
Paris
London
Detroit
Globe
Samson
St. Paul
Johnny
Austria
Homer
Ergil
Raphael
Titian
Handel
Mozart
Tasso
Chaucer
Burns
Keats
Longfellow
Lowell
Whittier
Warning to Cigarette Smokers and Hidden Poisons
A physician tested a cigarette claimed to be opium impregnated and wrapped in rice paper. The tobacco contained opium and the wrapper was arsenic whitened paper, suggesting a dangerous combination that could foster an unknowing opium habit.
Feminine Fancies and Fashion Folly From a Bygone era
A Paris trend forecast notes sunshades may rise in popularity and English flowers appear in apron and gown decorations. Descriptions include peonies, geranium trellises, nar cissus pockets, and pink satin with fuchsias. A Mrs. Lynn Linton critique cites a misstyled gown with blue ribbon, beads, and puffs as an example of bad style. A Calaveras County hotel dog story rounds out the column with a humorous roadside scene.
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Philadelphia Mirror
Paris
Jersey
Portia
Lynn Linton
Bernard
Rubens
A Quaint French Town Dijon Pill and Mustard Trade
Frazer's Magazine describes Dijon as famed for three products pills mustard and pain d epice. Pill manufacture uses rapid machines producing hundreds of thousands daily. Dijon mustard is grown on charcoal beds in forests imparting unique piquancy. Pain d epice honey rye flour and spice. seven large factories continue to prosper.
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Dijon
France
Thevenot
Cooka
Grand Seigneurs
Burgundy
Frazer's Magazine
Stirring Subsoil Versus Deep Plowing Debate
The writer weighs subsoil stirring against deep turning, noting European deep plowing can compact subsoil but lighter newer lands have natural waterways that aid drainage. Subsoiling is generally better than constant deep tillage, yet cautious use is advised unless the soil is accustomed to deep tillage. Deep rooted plants like red clover may aid subsoil loosening. A garden example suggests shallow plowing can suffice for deep rooted vegetables.
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Bell
London
Europe
Too Little Do From A Traveler And A Laugh
A fragment discusses idleness and its dangers, citing a Pacific islanders’ aging with too little to do and a social tale of two men in an inn. It contrasts passive leisure with work and notes a medical observer’s view on rest and paralysis, then describes a Cincinnati Enquirer fashion laugh.
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Iguarum Pecus
Pitcairn
Charles James Fox
Clara Belle
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Humorous Fragments From Various Newspapers
A collage of jokes and wry anecdotes from multiple papers. Gaps and odd spellings hint at punchlines about a St Louis light weight champion ice wagon vendor, a shipboard deckoration line, and a dozen farcical misreads. The piece mocks everyday scenes and quirky phrases with playful misprints.
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St. Louis
Bridget
Ohio
Detroit
Boston
New Haven Register
Mies Peron
Petition to abolish Illinois grand jury system gains traction
A petition circulating in Illinois aims to persuade the next general assembly to abolish the grand jury system. While experts debate its value, public sentiment favors a quicker, more economical justice method and opposes secretive, one sided investigations and long pretrial confinement of the accused.
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Illinois
General Assembly
Strange Elopement Report Shocks Galesburg Society
The Peoria Transcript notes a prominent Galesburg girl, daughter of the late Rev. Samuel R Chase, D D, eloped with a colored servant man and married him. The couple were found at a colored man’s house near Monmouth. the man imprisoned at Galesburg and the wife sent to Chicago friends.
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Galesburg
Peorian Transcript
Samuel R Chase
Robbin's Nest
Monmouth
Galesbury
Chicago
Greenback meeting in Orion described as stale and unproductive
The Orion Times reports a Greenback gathering in Orion with about 150 attendees including women and children. Speakers Foy and McKinney addressed candidates for legislature and congress, while criticism targeted the administration and southern states rights advocates.
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Orion ‘Times
Times
Friends of the Cause
Win McCandress
L.joyd
Foy
Dr. McKinnie
Congress
J 13
Danforth
Lloyd
McKinmie
Washington
United States
Rock Island County Probes Critique of Local Officials
The piece commends Ballard and Zimmerman leading county investigation committees and notes Rareson and Patterson roles in mine oversight. It mocks voter ignorance and questions the honesty of county officers while praising the talent of local reformers.
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Democratic Congress
United States
Congress
Rock Island County
Ballard
Zimmerman
Cyrus H McCormick
Cordova Wagon Co
Rare
Coal Valley
Patterson
Providence
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Calaveras Grove
Yosemite
Cal
Altra
Greenbackers
ORION
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