Preliminary examination in Missouri Turner case ends soon
The California Journal reports on the ongoing preliminary examination of Turner in a case linked to Chicago figures Geo. W. Hill and Mrs. Welon O'Hara Harrell. Mrs Harrell testifies to deeds and land papers tied to Missouri Illinois and Arkansas, with complex chain of ownership and forged claims alleged by the prosecution.
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California
K. KR. Turner
Geo. W. Hill
Chicago
Mra. Harrell
Reed
Turner
Ifelen O'lara Warrell
Wm. M. O'Mara
St. Louis
Aly
Susan DeCamp
New York City
Susan
Charles
James William
Myself
Br. Gambly
Alissouri
Shackelfords
Edward Bates
Interior
Lincoln
Col. Easton
Col. Stokes
Gamble
Chateau Now
Main Street
DeCamp
United States Army
A. D. Harrell
United States Navy
Ann Smith Fomelo Academy
Lexington
Rockbridge Co
Senator Benton
Gov. McDowell
Gen. Fremont
Upper Potomac
Commodore Boyes
North Atlantic
Mary Depuis
Wm. M. O'Hara
Washington, D. C
Western
New Madrid
Monitean County
Wmn
Rector
M. O'Hara
Hunt
John Taylor
Anderson
Ross, Clark
Romsey
Lapointe
Henry Dearborn Johnson
Dr. DeCamp
U. S.treasury Department
Tfe
Turkey
Florence
Capt. Herrell
Bea
Pard
Mary Dupuis
United States
Waorhington City
Fragmented Deed Chronicle Across Lands Wealth and Deception
A lengthy deposition details cross examinations about deeds from Mary Puisis to William M. O’Hara, power of attorney to sell land, and multiple transfers among Turner Rector Rogs Taylor Stokes Morfit and others. It covers dates from 1814 to 1879, payments from Turner, family deaths, and a tumultuous episode at Chittick’s house with seized correspondence and alleged fraud.
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Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Turner
George A. Kibbe
Mr.Turner
Tale
Mr. Furner
Westfall & Baker
Tinois
McPheeters
Lombard
Mary Depuis
Wm. M. O'Hara
Washington, D. C
Mr. Turner
Bergen
N. J
Dupuis
Wm. Rector
Col. Rector
Stephen Rogs
John Taylor
Stokes
Henry Morfit
Washington
Femat
Urner
Navy
United States
Henry D. Johnson
S’ort Trumbull
Charles
James William
Mexico
New York
Tugner
Chittick
Fhey
Wlf
Georges A. Kibbe
Kibbe
Leutchtemeyer
Paver
Tragic Unloaded Gun Error Kills Mrs Thompson
An old pistol believed unloaded led to a fatal shot in the Myr Rd area. Richard Sanders, joking as he emptied the gun, told Mrs Thompson he would shoot her and fired, hitting her temple and killing her instantly. Saunders is grief stricken. coroner and inquest pending verdict. Mrs Thompson is sister to Nelse Stevens of the city.
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Vickaburg
Cooley Mernn
Ajlad
Richard Sanders
Myr
Dno
O'Reilley
Justice Fontaine
Thompson
Nelse Stevens
Navy yards ready new sloops for sea soon
The navy’s new sloops Alert Alliance Faces Trenton Huron Enterprise will be ready for sea by year end with Trenton near launch. Alert commissioned at Chester. Alliance at Philadelphia set to join. Ranger to Philadelphia for outfit. Adams Essex Boston Enterprise Portsmouth Huron Norfolk prepped. Navy aims to keep many ships in North Atlantic to relieve abroad.
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Navy Yards
Alert
Alliance
Faces
Danger
Trenton
Huron
Enterprise
Chester
Penn
Philadelphia
Ranger
Wilmington
Adams
Essex
Boston
Portsmouth
N. H
Norfolk
East Indies
North Atlantic
Secretary of the Navy
Worcester
New Hampshire
Port Royal
D. C
Wartford
Virginias
Department
Montaul
Manhattan
Saugus
Mahopac
Nantucket
Ajax
Canonicus
Catskill
Jason
Dictator
Desolate rider meets romantic resigner on quiet road
A Vicksburg traveler stops a despondent young man on a fence. They joke about love and heartbreak, ending with the punchline that the man’s fiancé owned sixteen mules and a hundred bales of cotton, hinting at wealth alleviating sorrow.
Accident injures boy beneath wagon in Chavion
Corres ondence from the Whig reports that yesterday evening a colored boy named James Johnson fell while crossing in front of a waving wagon. The wagon wheels passed over him burying him briefly. He lay motionless then regained consciousness and is being cared for. Doctors say he will recover.
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Chavion
James Johnson
Binheld
pGou
Superfluous Women and the Livermore Plan in Boston
A New York World piece on Mrs. Livermore’s discourse regarding surplus women and best ways to employ them. It argues for diversifying women’s labor, notes youth training as key, and critiques reliance on rapid, shallow apprenticeships while urging wealthy families to fund useful trades for their daughters.
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New York
Livermore Han
Boston
Wara
Massachusetts Women Outnumber Men Despite Factory Shifts
The Boston Daily Advertiser disputes emigration and birth patterns as explanations for Massachusetts women outnumbering men. It argues factory work draws in female workers from Maine and Vermont, yet census data show a statewide and county excess of women, even as farming areas lose men and women to cities. The New York Post reports the finding.
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Massachusetts
Boston Daily
Advertiser
Actu
Maine
Vermont
Lowell
New York Post
Quarryman Fritz Simmons Missed Fortune Letter Scam
About a year ago Fritz Simmons of Saugerties Ulster County received a Freyburg Germany letter claiming he could inherit 60 000 guilders from an uncle Conrad Schmidt. The German lawyer sought power of attorney. Simmons doubted the tale and ignored it. Contacts by the German consul led to papers and a 20 000 gold draft, lifting him from poverty to relative wealth.
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Fritz Simmons
Saugerties
Ulster Co
Freyburg
Germany
Conrad Schmidt
Simmons
Ulster County
Dreyburg
Wharpora
Fortuns
Garnmanvy
Germain
New York
Postminsters
Kent
Civilization in India and cloth adulteration practice
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Indian natives show civilizational progress and rapid skill in adulteration. It cites cloth traders in Jubbulpore washing bales of English piece goods by the Quomtey rivulet to thicken texture and fetch higher prices than Manchester arrivals.
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Inia
India
Pall Mat Gazette
Jubbulpore
Manchester
Cloth weaving method transforms coarse cloth to fine texture
The process, from washing at the river to rerolling beating and rice-water starching, yields a close textured fabric. Pieces are dried, pressed, and sold in shops where the transformed cloth rival Manchester goods in stoutness and quality, chiefly rented to villagers and out-stations.
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Manchester
Judge rules uncle niece marriage voided by law gaps
In the San Francisco Call dated October 25, Judge Wheeler ruled on Esther Schloss vs Morris Schloss seeking to annul their 1855 marriage on the uncle and niece relation. The Civil Code lists some annulments but omits uncle niece marriages, deeming such unions incestuous and void, yet no remedy exists without a special legislative act.
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San Francisco
Wheeler
Esther Schloss
Morris Schloss
Doctor supports Wollaston theory of sea-sickness from mechanical view
Dr T. Claye Shaw of St Bartholomew's Hospital writes to the London Times endorsing Wollaston's mechanical explanation for sea-sickness. He notes personal nosebleeds during vertical movement, cites vessel descent affecting brain blood flow, and suggests engineering approaches to counteract gravity to prevent seasickness.
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T. Clayé Shaw
London Times
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Wollaston
Times
Norway
Bessemer
Personal Point Roving over a South France Holiday Plans
A string of social notes lists Mr Spurgeon planning November and December in the South of France. Oscar II edition poised for London publication. Mrs Lincoln in Springfield, health improving. Sheridan with Woods and Crooks arrive in New York, staying at Fifth Avenue. Reverdy Johnson to England November 6 then back mid January. Mrs Blackford, once linked to royal jewelry theft, identified as former Miss Ely of Philadelphia. Blaine touring British Provinces with family and Eugene Hale. Belle Boyd seen lecturing in the South. Hayaker defiant in South Carolina. Spinner unsure about a clock gift from Treasury employer. Dr. Creel, elderly jury member in Burr treason case, in Chillicothe, Ohio, in good health.
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Spurgeon
France
Oscar II
Sweden
London
Lincoln
Springfield
Gen. Sheridan
Gen. Woods
Gen. Crooks
New York
Fifth Avenue
Reverdy Johnson
England
Blackford
Ely
Philadelphia
Blaine
Mary A. Dodge
Guil Iamilton
Eugene Hale
Chillicothe
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Welon O'Hara Harrell
Mr. Chittick
Vickaburg Herald
Matthews
Met
Auclayton
Ganges
Iceland
West
Mld
Livenmore
Elwaton Logan
Massach Assetts
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