Severe New York storm kills and injures workers
A July 2 1853 New York storm shattered buildings and killed three workmen near the Crystal Palace, with seven injured. A North River brick building collapsed, man Charles Flynn died, and Williamsburgh saw major damage as church steeples and roofs were torn off and glass broken.
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North River
Charles Flynn
Williamsburgh
Dr. McLane
Presbyterian
New World
Albany
Wil Buell
Freman
John Foster
John Reed
John Dunnelly
Jas. Porter
Joseph J.eyck
Edward Martin
Iran Wiley
Washington Hants
I. Newton
Newton
Criticism of Miss Stowe and a German duel in the city
An Evening Journal critique warns against overpraising American slave abolitionism and calls for abolition of slavery, while a duel on the riverfront between Cohn and Wintzel ends with a pistol wound and a fugitive assailant. Special Envoy Bedini leaves Rome to visit Washington and US church leaders. A California paper clarifies D D on police books means drunk and disorderly.
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Bprrot
Philadelphia Register
America
Mrs. Stowe
Peace Society
Stoweites
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West Indian Islands
Federation
Virginia
Louisiana
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Sisera
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Manchester
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Evening Journal
Cohn
Staats Zeitung
Wintzel
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Dr. Mercier
Picayune
Usi- Ted
Freeman’s Journal of
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Rome
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Thebes
Legations
United States
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Paris
Holy Father
Washington
Brazil
Apostolic Nuncio
California
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Australia
Stockton Journal
Court Improvements Progressing at Macomb
July 8 1853 report from Macomb describes progress on the court house extension. Howland & Co sublet brick work to Robert Macomb. Worrell and Caldwell to finish iron work. Morgan & Bro supply castings. Norton to plaster and Andrews to paint. Walls near completion. expected finish by October, three months ahead of contract. Macomb city politics noted with transfer of P M Mc Naylor to J W Atkinson. Also brief items on Chicago river tunnel proposal and telegraph line harmonization.
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Chicago
Tha Macvey
Howse
Howland, & Co
Robert ‘Macomb
Worrell
Caldwell
Morgan & Bro
TH. Norton
Chas. Andrews
Amderstand
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Broadway
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Ald. Dorman
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Hampshire
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Ald. Wheeler
C. M. Woods
Kentucky
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Shayer
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Ald. Ralston
Oliver Gerry
Hampshire Street
4Th Street
6Th St
Card Street
Charles Webber
Lubbe
Green & Pitman
Denman & Woodruffl
John Murphy
H.l.lageman
North Ward
James Adams
John B. Mersman
Albert E. Drain
Lorenzo Bull
C. Kathman
Barton
Edward Wels
James D. Morgan
Henry G. Bastart
Lost Emerald Bracelet Tears a House of Secrets
A young maid Mary faces accusation of stealing a valued emerald bracelet from Mrs Atley after Lena’s lies cast suspicion. Mary, terrified, confesses uncertainly, while Lena’s vanity and a chain of temptations lead to a scorched family crisis and a girl’s ruinous fear under looming disgrace.
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Lena
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Lens
Mary
Mrs. Ailey
Candor
George Harmon
William
Mrs. Atley
Gree
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