Indian attack on Lyman’s train at Camp Supply dispute
Special Dispatch to the Whig reports Maj. Brooke arrives to contradict earlier word of Lyman’s supply train capture. Capt. Bayman’s train en route to Col. Miles’s command fought twelve miles, Indians entrenched, breastworks, water blocked, a cavalry counterattack broke siege. One lieutenant wounded, one killed, several wounded, eleven killed. Indians learned trench warfare tactics.
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Michmond
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Interrogation of Clergy Sparks Moral Debate in Press
A Boston opinion piece critiques the rise of newspaper interviewing and its intrusion into clergy and public figures. It argues the practice undermines liberty and morality, yet notes that most American papers reject the method, while a few sensational outlets distort the public mood.
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White League draft outlines plan for an armed league in New Orleans
The document appearing in The New Orleans Republican purports to copy White League obligations. It describes a structure with wards, battalions of 100 men, elected captains lieutenants sergeants and corporals, and a general council selecting a general commandant. It sets rules for emergency powers and stepwise organization before full battalions are formed.
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New Orleans
White League
White Protective League
Aparoaans
General Council
Near-sighted couple’s church trip ends in accident
In Setauket a near-sighted man and a near-sighted Port Jefferson woman rode to church with a blind horse. Missing spectacles left the pair unable to guide the animal. a tire, box and roadside collisions occurred. They reached the church then were injured by a clothesline and fell into the sand, spoiling their day.
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Setauket
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Trumph
Someraculia
Insurance Board Action Sparks Chicago Reform Debate
Sept 2 New York Thomas J Montgomery general agent of the National Board of Fire Underwriters reports Chicago faces a push to withdraw insurance business. The Board cites city fire department discipline and hydrant funding as factors. Water works and engine officials estimate substantial spendings while insurers fear transfer of business to non-board firms.
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Benner
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Postal reforms promise revolution in mail service
A newspaper notice describes new postal rates and services expanding the Post Office Department a century ahead, enabling citizens to shop remotely. It highlights one cent per two ounces for small parcels up to four pounds and caps delivery costs at thirty two cents for ready to wear items, gloves, dress patterns and other goods, promising rapid, affordable nationwide delivery.
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Maila
United States
Territories
The Pope a Woman in Medieval Church Scandals
The article discusses ecclesiastical scandals, noting Abelard and Heloise in Paris burial, comparing past church figures to modern figures, and recounting tales of Pope Joan as a Protestant myth. It contrasts moral standards then and now while mentioning Beecher and medieval rumors.
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Profitable Bee Keeping for Women in Independent Home
A historical note extols bee keeping as highly profitable for women with low labor. It cites a woman starting with four hives at ten dollars and later offered sixteen hundred dollars for stock, plus selling twenty two hives and four hundred thirty pounds of honey in five years. It contrasts male outcomes, urges training for women to gain self reliance and family support if widowed.
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Alker
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A Feat of Memory by Professor Fawcett
The Scotsman reports memory marvels at Brigh ton where Professor Fawcett memorized his speech after a rehearsal. A reporter gathered the principal points and then checked the rehearsal against the delivery with perfect accuracy except for one substituted word.
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Scotsman
The Tricks of the Gamblers and Hotel Bills
The writer vents about New York hotel charges and rents, noting top hotels burden guests with high costs while proprietors still profit. He also warns youths about gambling devices, including marked cards and cheating dice, and laments rising drunkenness among children in Brooklyn and the city. The piece ends with a view that interior cities will take over jobbing trade from New York.
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Hymeneal Amenities in Pittabarg Chronicle
In the Mayor’s back room this morning a marriage took place under unusual, tense conditions. An Irish groom, about twenty eight, married a tall, angular bride with a damaged eye and blindness in the other. She, over forty, had the upper hand, and the groom had been in the lockup since Saturday while the bride pursued arrest. She agreed to withdraw the suit if the man consented to wed. The proposition was accepted.
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Salmon for Winter From the New York Tribune
Freezing salmon in summer and artificial breeding of terra pin are among new devices to supply New Yorkers with delicacies once scarce. Though pricey, these inventions expand food supply and benefit the general wealth, as labor increases and benefits accrue to the race rather than transferring riches.
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Volcano Erupts Near Izamura Wrecks Villages
The Japan Gazette reports a volcanic eruption near Izamura that destroyed many fire and vegetable fields as ashes and smoke billowed high. About 108 houses buried by sand, ten days of lava discharge, and three mountains rising, covering vast land from the coast inland.
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