First hundred mail coaches to be built for overland route
Freight at the depot included several post coaches and wagons to be used for mail transmission by the overland route from Independence Missouri to San Francisco. This marks the first batch of one hundred to be spent from Concord New Hampshire.
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Main ST
ODD Fellows’ Hall
San Andreas
Parkersburg
Independence
Missouri
San Francisco
Concord
N. H
Elopement romance and a bird couple in a garden
A humorous Independent item tells of a wife who elopes with her beloved, returns reconciled to her parents, then builds a home with her mate on a peach-tree branch. Their two fledglings appear, and the family tends the nest as the narrator contemplates bird life and domestic bliss.
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Neily
Nelly
Gentlemen and women in the old debate on virtue
A reflective snippet noting that women are labeled the softer sex due to gullibility and ostentation, while men chase social advantage. It contrasts women preferring show over happiness with a scholar’s call for men to serve others, not themselves.
Simple Charcoal Burn Cure Adopted in France
The Gazette Medicale notes that accidental burns found relief by cold charcoal applied directly to the burn. Pain subsides immediately and a one hour treatment reportedly heals the wound in several occasions. The remedy is cheap and simple and deserves trial.
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Gazette Medicale
France
To Get Rip or a Bap NeteuBor
A Mississippi paper tells how a man of doubtful character was induced to depart. Neighbors raised a cash sum for his travel, left it exposed, he found it, assumed theft, and fled the county instead of taking the money.
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Damascus
Tyre
Sidon
Balbec
Ninevah
Babylon
Tigris
Euphrates
Abraham
Verdure
Saul of Tarsus
Mediterranean
Mohammed
Julien
Isaiah
Syria
Portugal
England
Henry VIII
Tamerlane
Persia
Lebanon
Mississippi
Chinamen vs Wyre Men In The Mines
White miners arrest a group for driving Chinese from the Sacramento river diggings at Middle Creek. They vow protection for remaining Chinamen in exchange for gratuities from the Chinese. The piece notes courts must settle if miners may legally exclude Chinese from localities and mentions mining law precedent. The SHApower Wrong quote closes the item.
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Shasta Courier
Sacramento River
Middle Creek
Courier
France Arm ing on a Massive Scale Alarms The Times
The London Times warns France is arming extensively by land and sea with a deliberate plan. It suggests France aims at a vast enterprise and calls for England to speak plainly to the Emperor about the limits of support and the cost of potential war. It argues two powerful neighbors cannot arm against each other while maintaining alliance and friendship.
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Department of Enterprise
Gray
Grimes
Cross’s
Conti Street
Royal
Rhine
New York
N. O. True
Delta
London Times
France
the Times
England
District and County Judicial Term Proclamation Pending
The Secretary of State indicates the Governor favors six year terms for district judges and four year terms for county judges but will issue a proclamation aligned with current law. The legality of the elections will be settled by the judicial tribunals.
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St. Charles Street
Main
Japans
Judicial Tribunals
Suc. Union
Annual National Fair Set for October in Richmond
The executive committee of the United States Agricultural Society votes to hold the annual national exhibition in Richmond Virginia on October 26, after the city offers ample inducements.
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The
United States Agricultural Society
Richmond
National Society
Chicago Plans Low Labor Wages Amid Unemployment
City officials in Chicago propose cutting laborer pay to fifty cents per day. Newspapers note many unemployed workers ready to work for even less, reflecting widespread job shortages and pressure on city projects.
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Chicago
Truth Teach Harm in Everything and Its Consequences
A look at moral corruption through children of clergy. The quote suggests teaching that harm exists in all actions, so a child learns caution, with an old warning about deacons' sons and preachers' daughters, implying reputational risk and ironic outcomes.
Land warrants payable against railroad lands
The late act of Congress allows land warrants to be receivable in payment at 2.25 dollars on lands open for entry, including most railroad grants where land price exceeds that amount. This change is expected to raise the value of warrants.
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Washington, D. C
Bonn
Congress
United States
R. Thompson
J. P
Centre Street
Sturges
If you are vexed you have two troubles instead of one
A terse aphorism notes that vexation doubles troubles, implying that anger compounds problems and adds a second burden beyond the initial issue. The quote reflects a practical warning about emotional reactions worsening outcomes.
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Armor & CO
SR. P. Kooser
D. M. Clayes
Wesley K. Boucher
Mokelumne Hill
Caraveras County
Caliifornia
Court House
Chas. A. Leake
Attorrney
Garry
Main and
St. Charles Sts
P. Goodwyn
Main Street
Murphy's
Calaveras County
California
Medical
T. W. Brotherton
George E. Young
Angel’s
I. W. Lyon
S. B. Stevens
Attomney
Jordan Bridge
P. W. Cornwell
Cornwell & Bowman's
J.B. Wallace
St. Charles Sr
Joux H Frank Rostysoy
Hall & Robinson
Blacksmiths
Messrs
Samoa
Hall
Broadway
Kinderhook Livery Stable
San Tibcaca
Jas. McKee
Joseph Torrens
ST. Charles Street Market
Calaveras Restaurant and Bakery
Adams & Gilbert
Antelope Restaurant
Union House
John Ford
Empire Bakery & Restaurant
Odd, Fellows’ Hall
E& San Andreas
B. Crowley
N. B
American Bakery
A. Schachten
Benjamin & McDonnell’s
E. V. Boynton
L.& J. Oppenheimer’s
L. M. Hellman
Center Street
Eneral
Habana
Atlantic States
Mokelumne Brewery
Mokelumne Bill
J. Cc. Gebhardt
Mok. Hill
EL Dorado
Cave City
Mountain Ranch
Kinderhook Exchange
Campo Seco
Boyle & O'Neil
William Irvine
San Andreas Independent
Shelly
Alph
Valleciro
Louisville Journal
Mabel
Peri
Melissa Marion
Ohio
Greeney
Chicago Journal
Nature
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