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Newspaper
Reading Daily Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1868
Page
2
A Philadelphia style warning targets wandering quacks selling cures for eye and ear ailments and other diseases. The piece urges readers to seek a licensed physician with genuine diplomas, noting hospital staff and impostors who mimic medical expertise. It warns that some criminals gain access to medical knowledge via hospital roles and certificates made to resemble cures.
The Philadelphia Ledger denounces figureheads peddling fake European estates such as Du Bois and Anneke Saris. It notes thousands of heirs lose fortunes as swindlers keep inventing new trusts and wills. The paper urges immediate legislation to punish and curb bogus estate schemes.
The excerpt reports on tensions in Louisiana over a Black ballot to elect white men, and a push to block Menard from taking a seat. It notes discussions of an immigration citizenship bar and mentions Ayaynia ordering six hundred thousand needle guns amid broader fear of violence and societal decline. The Philadelphia Evening Star is described as appearing in a new typographic style.
In Philadelphia's Court of Quarter Sessions Judge Pierce heard Frederick Nixon allege his brothers failed to contribute their shares of 183 dollars weekly for their 81 year old mother. Alexander Nixon, a chair varnisher, said he could only earn ten dollars weekly. James M. Nixon, a printer, cited family expenses and funeral costs. Alexander to pay 50 cents weekly. the other two brothers one dollar and a half each.
The Journal of Commerce recounts reminiscences of an ancient ivory carver culture from Alaska and northeast Asia, noting diabolic masks and carved implements. It discusses migration from Northern Asia, Kamchatka routes, and an ancient navigational capability across the Aleutian archipelago. A convention of Central Pennsylvania journalists will meet January 8, 1869, in Bellefonte to calibrate prices and celebrate the Battle of New Orleans anniversary.
The season just closed proved disastrous to shipping on the Western waters with more wrecks and losses than any previous year. During the season 255 vessels went ashore at various points including 60 on Lake Michigan 45 on Lake Erie 2 on Lake Ontario and on Lake Superior. In total 89 vessels were wrecked and wholly lost with many accidents in the Straits of Mackinaw.
Detectives pursue Jeremiah Smith the Ulster county murderer. With two $1,000 rewards, Western detectives take charge as the children, unaware of their mother's death, are brought home.
Boston voters re-elected Mayor Shurtleff, a Democrat, by about 1500 votes as returns came in yesterday. In Newburyport the Democratic mayor won by 1820, with the city council split evenly between parties.
New York reports a kerosene lamp broke on a hot stove causing a fatal fire. Mrs Bridget McGinn ness, her husband and daughter were burned to death yesterday.
The piece notes union wage rates for eight hour days, urges a $4 daily rate and $460 for eight hours in a locomotive yard, and reports brisk Patterson N J activity. It cites 10 000 bricklayers in unions, a Washington DC convention on January 11 1869, and aims to curb future strikes.
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