Fire devastates Un. Car Works in Chicago area
A Sunday dawn blaze destroyed the Stone & Boomer integrated car works in Chicago, with total loss of several shops and stock. About 300 workers lost jobs as a new factory is promised to rise on the ruins, while some offices and coating rooms were saved. Fire described as the most destructive in Chicago in years.
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Madison Journal
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Costa Rica and Nicaragua Battle Reported Capture and Movements
Readable dispatches describe General Guardiola's capture by General Muncy who was mortally wounded. Rivas falls to about three hundred Democrats, with Leon and Yankees among them. Walker leads a force toward Granada while Col Walker's men clash with Mundiolo near Virgin Bay. government losses mount as Walker retreats toward San Juan.
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David
Nicaragsas
Guardiola
Muncy
Rivas
Leon
Realejo Nnl
San Juan del Sur
Walker
Granada
Central America
Col Walker
Eiehty
Virgin Bay
Mumdiolu
Masons Prepare for Grand Lodge Opening in Baltimore
Baltimore reports reveal 10000 visitors to the new Masonic hall over prior days while 100000 guests are estimated for today. A grand procession and banquet for visiting grand lodge delegates from other states are planned for the opening Wednesday. New York notes a Navy Pension Agent changeover. Flint Michigan suffers a Monroe Street block destruction with an estimated 50000 loss.
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Baltimore
Masonic Hall
Multiple 19th century notices from Septembers in New York City
The corpus reports Treasury drafts and bounty warrants, Navy promotions, a Crystal Palace Book Publishers festival with Beecher and Bryant speakers, a Yellow Fever uptick in Marais, a Know Nothing convention in Boston nominating Beachley for governor, and the death of pilot Joseph Armstrong on the Upper Mississippi with funeral plans in St. Louis.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Ingraham and Hollins
Lieut
Houstone
Crystal Palacc
Appleton
Messrs
Henry Ward Beecher
Bryant
The
Post
Osgood
Swith
A.poum
F. Field
Know Nothing State
Ware
Beart
Joseph Armstrong
Upper
Mississippi
Green
St. Louis
Minnesota Election Misspellings Describe Vague Returns
The report provides scant returns from Tuesday’s election in Winnesota with unclear names and places. It mentions St. Paul backing a vice, a Nebraska Democrat SOL majority, Hastings supporting Olmstead, and an anti Nebraska sentiment by about 40 votes, with overall outcome undetermined.
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Minnesota
Winnesota
St. Paul
Nebraska
Hastinge
Olmstead
Tete Useloes
Nsuil
A Democratic Speech Tweaks Prescott Crowd In October
Antuvus McArthur, Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, spoke at Miners Hall in Prescott. The crowd grew restless as cold air and dry rhetoric hindered discussion of state politics, while Republicans gathered in Pierce county for a district meeting at the district schoolhouse.
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C. Antuvus McAnraus
Milwaukee
Miners Hall
McArthur
New York
Somebody
Geo. Fred. Cooke
Cooke
Agrouca McAarann
Fissonsin
Mr. McArthur
Yigorong
Maconlay
Hin
Antuna
Prescott
Unclear Gift of Aid Cited by Legal Friends
Fragmentary note expresses thanks to legal friends for relief not of money but of a dilemma in which the writer is placed, noting an unfortunate position and seeking assistance.
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Weawould
Potatoes and county betting on potato size plan
Farmers in Pierce county dispute potato sizes betting and swearing the biggest. A three person committee weighs measures horns counts and may sell excess as a possible public amusement or wager. The piece also includes humorous notes on a poem from the Talland Sterald and lithography by J J OShanessy in Chicago.
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Messus. Bnrrons
Cape Horn
Pierce County
October Scenes and Local Notices Mix in Turbulent Page
A fragment from a lively old issue mixes mock editorials on autumn in Loxington? and social squibs. It notes a pair of trestles observed on a mellow October, hints at Mormon fears, and includes a marriage notice from Sunderland Massachusetts involving I Lyewn and Miss Juliette Firup with a playful verse about newlyweds.
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Mass
Mr. Chang
I. Lyewn
Prescott
Wisconsin
Maine
Jutmaette
Raswiu Firup
Hartford
Connecticut
Uar Januz
Snell
Nowstter
Irish Wit and Local Notices Highlight Town Paper
A sketch of Irish humor with Jimmy the wit in the post office leads to notes about the Republican office in Potosi for sale, plus previews of Dunleah ads and Nora Bene items. The issue touts Harper’s Magazine’s timely delivery and features Squier’s Nicargua exploration, a bear hunting piece, and Thackeray’s The Newcomer among other items.
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Punt
Harvey
Jimny
Gorry
Divil
Taxien
Harper Alwaye
E.G. Squier
Prescott
Oregon City
Grizziica
Thackaray
Elections in three states show no returns yet
Election day across Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania yielded no results. Pennsylvania hints at fusion among Whigs Know Nothings and Republicans with Keystone likely voting together. Legislatures in Pennsylvania and Indiana will each elect one senator next session. River mail routes slow unsure news persists from Dubuque.
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Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Paracert and Eurebra Readers Seek Transcriber Copies
In Octobers from Paracert and Eurebra readers request copies of the Transcrier. S T Orns Reg Deeds notes a nine dollar yearly rate for 106 months with single numbers five cents. A rumor about Sebasto pol is deemed unhelpful by a day’s paper for readers seeking a fair view.
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Paracert
Eurebra
Pierce County
Twanscrier
S. T. Orns
Sebasto
Tun
Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad Venture Detailed
The Star reports the company agent has located and secured vacant land along the route for about six miles width. The Toronto and Collingewumi Company has invested $500,000 in stock for the road, with additional funds if needed. A Chicago interview with Mr. Corning promised over one hundred miles of land would be located and much of it contracted for the next season.
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Star
Toronto and Collingewumi Company
Thiw Road
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Corning
Chicago
News of the Crimea Victory and Allied Advances
Dispatches report Allied assault and capture of the Malakoff with heavy casualties among officers. Redan evacuated after second assault faltered. Russians retreat to Perekop disputed. Allies hold Sebastopol gains include 4004 cannon and vast stores. Czar proclaims resolve to resist peace terms and plans Crimea visit. Turkeys hold Kars. Austria congratulates Victoria and Napoleon on victory. Bread prices rise in Paris. Exhibition of Industry continues. Empress noted as progressing. Don Pero inauguration mentioned.
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T O'Elock
Simpson
Seat of War
Malakette
Suh
Bosquet
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Rogne
Malakoff
Redan
West
A. M
Pelissier
Perekop
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Victoria
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Denmark
United States
Paris
Norith
Don Pero
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