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Mother’s Lament and Maritime Tragedy Spark at Odds
An emotional poem on a mother’s lost son and a sea disaster follows with broader items including a Rum Seller advertisement and a sensational tale of Pike’s Peakers in Kansas. The column also reports Blondin’s Niagara crossing with a cook stove, Brigham Young and Horace Greeley dialogue, a Cleveland Spy incident, and miscellaneous society anecdotes reflecting 19th century life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike's Peskers
Grayville
Ilinois
Kansas
Illiynes
Mlinois Pike
Pike's
St. Louis Democrat
Blondin
Niagara River
Buffalo Express
Gnanacle
Japan
Victor
Maid of the Mist
Greely
Brigham Young
the Tribune
Horace Greely
Great Salt Lake City
Young
Orestee
Cleveland
Eal the Spy
The
Spy
Crishline
Folco Lad Road