Missionaries in India and local curiosities shared with friends
A 1845 move by Rev John Rendall and Mrs Jane Rendall to Madura India is recalled. Penfield in our city received curiosities from Mrs Rendall for distribution to supporters aiding the mission. Items include mats baskets ornaments shells idols and native arts showing a distant society’s tastes and craft. The Rendalls were in good health at the time of the letter.
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Increasing profits for Western Railroads reported
The St Louis Intelligencer notes rising receipts for Ohio and Pennsylvania Rail Road and other Western lines, with June and six month totals showing a large year over year increase. The report also covers varied items from biblical authors to shipping and tropical weather notes in July reports.
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The Bank of Tuckernuck Fraud In The Province Of Maine
The Watchman rebukes a scheme where counterfeit and bogus currency, supposedly issued by the Bank of Tuckernuck in a fictional Maine village, floods Missouri streets. It notes lazy cash habits, exposure to steamers and small notes, and a speculator’s plan to circulate counterfeit money, asking if there is any remedy for this evil.
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Sincunak and Metanclogy Accident at Plum River Mill
Three miners Hicks Smith and Jury from Mt Carroll district shelter in an old powder mill by Plum River. A torch sparks a fire that destroys the mill. Hicks dies next day, with two others gravely burned. Sheriff Bennett aids the survivors. one man leaves a bereaved large family. Nearby Kentucky 108 year old Bes Dess famed for health and seven wives. Baltimore German voters organize to press for equality in elections. New York Dutchman mocks office seekers under administrations.
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First steamboat trips Albany to New York described
An 1831 account recalls Fulton's steamboat aided by Chancellor Livingston and notes an earlier paddle steamer Fitch Ramsey near Wilmington. It describes the 190 foot long craft with a twenty four horse power engine, steam boiler, and side wheels, which could travel 160 miles between Albany and New York in about thirty two hours with over a hundred passengers on a recent voyage.
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Trout fishing and a Deacon duel in Berkshire woods
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