Buried Forests of Nevada Reported in Virginia City Shaft
The Virginia City Coal Co shaft atEl Dorado Canon Lyon County reveals a four foot diameter carbonized tree trunk in the mine bottom. Bright iron pyrites crust the exterior and fill cracks within the log suggesting an ancient forest era. Nearby surface petrified trunks and Sierra Nevada foothill origins are noted as possible drift from extinct lake sediments.
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Nevada
Virginia
New.) Enterprise
Virginia City Coal Co
el Dorado Canon
Lyon County
Washoe
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Contested seats and future House outlook shift in Reconstruction era
The piece notes 22 contested IL House seats with 13 by Democrats and 9 by Republicans, predicting more from Louisiana. It criticizes past equity decisions, urges a new Democratic House to ignore claimant politics, and warns Republicans against further fraud. It also recounts Baldwin of Bennington, Michigan, accumulating supplies for his family before his wife elopes with Abrams.
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Ser
Returning Board of
Louisiana
Kellogg
Grant
Congress
New Orleans
Washington
Commonwealth
United States
South
Returning Board
Republican Party
Cincinnati Engquirer
Wat. E. Nipnack
Indiana
Hendricks
White House
Niblack
Credit Mobilier
Moen
Committee On
House of Representatives
Baldwin
Bennington
Michigan
Abrams
Stephen Fitzgerald
District Court of the United States
District of Indiana
New Harmony
Posey County
Princeton Road
Princeton
Owen
Unclear Phrase Suggests Poison in Rattan Debate
An exchange claims a rattan object emits a dangerous poison, noting that a schoolboy might have noticed earlier. The wording implies a critical view of the pedagogue's handling and hints at caution needed in disciplining methods.
Breakfast invitation leads to smallpox case suit in England
A clergyman who had smallpox invited a friend to breakfast. The friend caught the disease and transmitted it to his wife, who died. The friend sued the parson and won damages of £1 plus funeral expenses. A Grundy County Iowa youth tried to charge his girlfriend 25 cents for his picture, after offering it for 20 cents.
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England
Grundy County
Iowa
Sally Tucker Lectures in Franklin County
Hamilton Ohio resident Sally Tucker delivers a lecture in Franklin County. The note adds remarks on her youth looks and charm, suggesting a flirtatious interest from a Hoosier.
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Sally Tucker
Hamilton
Ohio
Franklin County
Sally
Tucker
Indianapolis Herald
A Horrible Appetite at Prestwich Lunatic Asylum
A post mortem reveals 1841 items in a lunatic's stomach at Prestwich Asylum on the 18th ult. The tally includes nails, tacks, buckles, glass, pebbles, string, leather, lead, and an American pegging owl, totaling 11½ pounds. The piece muses on appetite, mind, and social diners, comparing the lunatic to normal diners and Aldermen in appetite versus reason.
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Prestwich
Fall Mall
Scientific American announces 1875 edition and patent agency
A promotional notice for Scientific American describes its new volume beginning January 4, 1875, detailing extensive engravings of new machinery, inventions, processes, and improved industries. It invites readers to subscribe, notes the price of 3 dollars 200 per year by mail, and explains Munn and Co. as patent solicitors with services, pamphlets, and a Washington branch.
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Scientific American
Tux Screntific American
Enaravinas
Messrs. Munn & Co
Munn & CO
Park Row
N.Y
Cor. F and
7Th Sts
Washington, D.C
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Thomas Paine
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William Cobbett
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Jefferson
Rush
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Bordentown
Westchester County
Union City
Ind
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John Commons
the Times
John
Beecher
Mr. Gibbs
General Assembly of Indians
Jos. Ward
Esquire Kilbinger
John Walz
Ersons
J. W. Davis & Co
J.W. Davis & CO
Thrall & Mumford's
Mary Mathews
William Read
Edward Homer
V. C. Duclos & CO
Thrall & Mumford
Mumford’s
Frazer
PIME
Foinest
Frank Bellew
Thomas Worth
Hopkins
Wales
Shelton
Wolf
Jump
Keettels
Stuckhardt
Day
Poland
Witp Oars
Dan
WMS Atul Wee
Seeeseesee Eens
Collin & Small, Publishers
Fulton Street
Tere
Weekly Enquirer
Com
Oliver H. Perry
Enquirex
Faran & McLean, Publishers
Cincinnati
Querife
Circuit Court
Ephraim Edwards
James H. Gwaltney
Ezekiel Kight
Mount Vernon
Alex. Crunk
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