Tragic family tale warns of wine’s ruin and vow
The narrative recounts five grim years of poverty and violence in the Wood household. John Wood murders his wife during a drunken rage, then kills himself. Their son Arthur Wood Halliston pledges abstinence, guiding Harry Gordon away from alcohol. Ellen Halliston supports the temperance pledge, shaping future leaders as a governor. The piece notes a ball crowd size and fashion gossip, plus varied tidbits.
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Halliston
Harry Gordon
Death
God
Milan
John “Wood
Hephiets
John Wood
Washington
John Wool
Temperance Star
Mary
Arthur
William
Hell
Omm
Arthur Wood
Tle
Arther Wood Halliston
Satan
Judge Halliston
Hairry
Ellen Halliston
Academy of Music
Moses
Ireland
Charles Augustus Davis
Davis
Hamilton Fish
Governor Moran
Lord Lyons
Miss Wood
Gould Hoyt
General Scott
Colonel Scott
Miss. Berryman
John van Buren
Jas.w. Gerard
Howland
Ren Rew
Mor
British Empire
John Bull
Herter
Various Early October News From Across Cities
Brownsville reports Captain Gaines and a survey party returning, Pike's Peakers arriving with duat, and a large Sumner Street bakery fire in Torepo destroying eighteen buildings with losses estimated at 25 000 to 35 000. Venezuela notes Sept 21 dates and Spanish citizens fleeing Madrid inquiry. Flora wins a New York track race. Topeka hosts railroad grant plans. NYC courts convict murder and manslaughter cases, with a Platt Street blaze and insurance. Boston hosts a Prince ball with 3000 attendance and $20,000 receipts. Port Colborne reports a rail swing-bridge incident. Pamphlet reads endorse Douglas Johnson ticket. New Orleans reports Guasdalajara expedition defeat. Yorktown anniversary in Baltimore. Sioux murder in Washington. Yellow fever deaths rise in Mestre and Franklin Building fire in Papepurra. Sixth Avenue fire in New York city, and U.S. testimony from Havana in bond case.
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Brownsville
Gaines
Blue River
Torepo
Sumner Street
McWorts & Son
Monroe
Summit
Perry Streets
Atchison
Congress
Topeka
Wyandotte
Kansas Valley
Ft. Riley
Council Grove
Santa Fe
Lawrence
Ft. Gibson
Mo. State Line
Jefferson City
Nebraska Valley Railroad
New York
dAdam Jasper
Thomas Wood
Patrick Corkery
Thomas Kelly
Jersey City
Platt Street
Bostox
Academy of Music
Mayor Lincoln
Gov. Banks
Lady Franklin
Prine
Cambridge
University
Port Consorxe
C. W
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Willard Canal
Pamapetrnia
Douglas State Central Committee
Reading
Douglas
Johnson
Breckinridge
Morris Bariquis
Mestre
Als
Franklin Building
Franklin Hall
Sixth Street
Arch
Sixth’ Avenue
P. Townsend
Dwight
U. S
Havana
Fowler
United States
Law
Conover
Gossiping Society Report Sparks Town Mockery
A humorous note details a newly formed Gossiping Society where members must ignore their own affairs and chase neighbors' tales. By-laws mock the idea with ridiculous roles, expulsion for truth telling, and fines for spreading unverified rumors, lampooning idle chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tattle & Gossiping Society
Captain Kelly’s Grave and Democratic Consistency
The Whig & Republican notices Captain Kelly’s grave in the Herald editorial line. It argues the tombstone has stood on the roadway outside the burial ground fence for years, decaying while Democratic admirers fail to honor the hero. Verity critiques the editor’s claim of Democratic consistency.
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Mr. Epston
Adams County
Harrington
Tam
Fall Creek
Ilinois
Disciples of
Sam
United States
Old Fail Creek
Adams
Enquirer
Whig & Republican
Capt. Kelly
The
Herald
Tom Corwin
Capt
Kelly
Verity
Captain Prentiss
Sandford W. Smith
Quincy Herald
Capt.Prentiss
Éasting
Smith
Cleaver
Congress
Billy A. Richardson
Sanford
House of Representatives
Mr. Smith
John Smith
Abe Lincoln
Polk
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Whig Party
Dog
Old Dick
Jim Allen
Barney Arntzen
Cesar
Congreya
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Clara- Augusta
Bervilles
Pierce
Pike County Democrat
St. Louis
James B. Lucas
Peter Lindell
Benoist
Philip T. Herbert
California
Keating
el Paso
Lord Brougham
National Society For the Promotion of Social Science
Glasgow
Lord
Lincoln's Inn
Earl Grey
Elder Kimball
Nashville
Patrict
Frank Maney
West Point
Elizabeth Blair
Mansfield
Ohio
Harriett. Hosmer
Thos. H. Benton
Missouri
Lord Renfrew
Academy
Morgan
Fish
Mason
Mirs. Gould Hoyt
H. Russell
Edward . Cooper
Augusta Jay
Belmont
Mra
M. B. Field
van Buren
Kernochan
Butler
Woo
the Times
Sams
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wes
Moire
Mwire Antique
Marie Antoinette
Berthe
Paris
the Historical Society ‘of
Virginia
Williamstown
Miss
Wm. H. Seward
Rarey
America
Mons
Westport
Conant
Kansas City
Pennsylvania
Crosbey
Titusville
London
Temperance Association
Petersburg
Short
Long
Big
Mr. Fittie
Little
Julius
Cyfex
Ross Bonheur
Atheneum
Cyfax
Madama
Whig
Republican
Dr. Harrington
Know-Nothings
Wasaiscrox
Treasury
Texas
Lane
Kentucky
Captain Cook
Co Washington
Harper's Ferry
Thaddeus Hyatt
Omsua
Saline
Morton
Dem
House
Council
Venezuela
Madrid
Watertown
N. Y
Flora
Temple
Patchen
Chillicothe Chronicle
St.Louis
Seward
Kansas
Europe
Republican Party
Curiaco
Joe & Frisbie
St. Joseph
Denver City
Pony Express
San Francisco
Drull Street
Broadway
Trent Streets
Sonora County
Oregon
Washington Star
Baron Stoeckle
Pyaiies
Duke de Montpensier
Henéé
Lincoln
Free State
Orrex Revosucan Sparc Cestran Consitree
Bay Francisco
Mer. McKee & Fishback
Ray
Iowa Falls
Reuben G. Vincent
John
Magéiigle
Madison County
Ala
Clement Vincent
Wm. H.davis
John W. Young
Wm. Kelley
George W. Chambers
Logansport, and
Peoria
Peoria and Oquawira Railroad Co
Lizzie Donaldson
Blondin
Cincinnati
Vine Street
Mississippi
Breckinridge and
Bell
St. Louis Bulletin
Breckinridge Organ
St. Louis Republican
Border Plains
Iowa
Ganniwatoi
Marseilles
Garribaldi
Civita Vecchia
Naples
Raymonds
Keokuk
Springfield
Kae
Hardin
Mexico
Jacksonville
Stephen
Journal
Breckinridgers
Leavenworth Democrats
Milwaukee
the Herald
Peter Cartwright
Johnson & Co
Brooklyn
Mosesdell
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