The Lab Genius and the Moscott Meteor Tale
A boastful inventor’s obsessive experiments with gunpowder cause a massive explosion in a farm and barn, drawing scientific scrutiny from a Cambridge professor and a dramatic community tale that ends with a humorous misattribution and a Hartford insurance payout. The piece intertwines a second vignette about Harry Foster aiding Goody Green at church, highlighting civic virtue and foretelling a principled young man.
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Sarah
Dracon
State Historical Society
Cambridge
Squire Davis
Deacon B
Deecon
Tam
Barre
Samuel
Hartford Insurance Company
Harvard
Mystery of an Iron Chest in Western New York
An eccentric Prussian immigrant, Quenis Stork, left a fortune to Mrs. L C Peck of Angelica and a mysterious iron chest said to hold his hidden history. Peck and son travel to New York to inspect the chest, while local interest grows over what secrets lie inside. The piece also attacks alleged Democratic corruption tied to the Artisans Bank collapse and related figures.
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Lord Renfrew
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Albert
Themelves
Misma
Pittsboro
Gazette
New York
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Angelica
Nunda News
Quenis Stork
Lovejoy’s Hotel
New York’ City
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B. C. Peck
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Mr. Stork
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Artisans’ Bank
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City Chamberlain
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Washington Co
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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Senate
Ilinois
Wise
Virginia
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Atlanta
Georgia
Jupiter
John C. Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln
White ‘Mountains
Prince of
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Pennsylvania election results and congressional shifts
The Pennsylvania Legislature will stand with 25 Republicans to 8 Democrats in the Senate and 67 Republicans to 33 Democrats in the House. Bailey, a Democrat, wins the 16th district seat. Stewart, a Republican, appears elected in the 20th district. Curtin’s state majority is about 30,000, with the Republican state ticket lead around 15,000. House: Republicans 58, Democrats 42. Senate: Republicans 11 to 14. Ohio results show mixed gains with a Republican majority in the 11th. Cutter, Republican, defeats Jewett in the 16th by 32.
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Congress
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Stewart
Lazare
Philadelphia Bulletin of the 11Th
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Repubicans
U.S
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Davis
Holman
Ohio
Cutter
Jewett
Prince
Gov. Morgan
Missish
Hoyt
Gen. Scott
Rogers
Rome
Barrows & Scott
Brooklyn
Henry Lowe
Colonial Bank of Barbadoes
New York City
Breckinridge
Winchester
Clark County
West
Bath County
Scott
Emma Hickman
S Tree
Stephen
Milwaukee
Chicago
Telegraph
DeSoto
Havana
City of Norfolk
Syria
Key West
United States
Crusader
Breck
Brinkerhoff
Indiana
Prince of Wales
Curious items from the census and local affairs in New York and beyond
The article notes odd census curios in Madigan County New York including a fifty strong airsof married woman with a 107 year old husband. It mentions a volunteer company organized in Palmyra and records a Boston court sentence for three slave trade officers including Morgan Chamberlain and Dunham. Connecticut census shows a 25 percent rise with 260 713 people and 44 118 gain. Rhode Island up to 174 033 from 147 545. New Hampshire 185 326 up from 175 ...
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U.S. District Court
Boston
Quick
Thos, Morgan
Brran J. Chamberlain
Wm. Dunham
Connecticut
Hoperfecters
Island
New Hampshire
Quincy Fair Excels In County Agriculture Exhibit
At Adams County Agricultural and Mechanical Exhibition last week the event impressed with top notch cattle displays from Sangamon County owner J Ny Brown featuring King Alfred and Diamond and the renowned cow Eulip. Alfred Pond of Ous County won blooded stallions while James Weiks took carriage mules. Liberty Cornet Band provided praised music as Palmyra Courier thanks Mr Jones the Marshal Secretary Woodruff and Ray of the Phig and Republican for personal attentions.
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Adams County Agricultural
St Louis
Palmyra
Courier
Prince of Wales visits New York amid ball and chatter
A report from New York recalls the Prince of Wales touring sights with Mayor Wood amid a grand ball that amid delays and a flooring collapse drew crowds and chatter. It notes political chatter from Pennsylvania to Illinois and a wave of social spectacle surrounding the royal visit.
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York
Mayor Wood
England
Douglas
Miss Fish
Fish
Second Avenue
N.Y
H. BR. H
Prince
New York
Silk business remark sparks neighbourly chat
A fragmentary exchange captures two men discussing silk trade ambitions and a sow related remark. The overheard dialogue hints at a casual rural market context with no clear event or outcome.
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