Local notes and notices from Berkeley County ride along the county lines
A long domestic miscellany summarizes neighborhood happenings in Berkeley County. It mentions farm sales, sunflowers, a local death, and reflections on local politics and church meetings. It also notes a counterfeit arrest, a prominent Alexandria figure’s death, a circus coming, and various business ads and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mashington T. Harper
Alexandria
Charles Hart
C. KE. Stuart
Commonwealth
Washington
Harper
Diabolical scheme ends with daring train sabotage near Salem
The Cincinnati Times reports two men captured near Salem Illinois while attempting to throw the East West mail train from a dangerous line. Officer Reaney describes entrapment with a confederate and a planned heist, while another section recounts a Pa rolling mill self mutilation case and sensational feats at Genesee Falls and Niagara by De Lave and Blondin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Times
Salem
Ill
Reaney
Cincinnati
Vincennes
Washington
Ind
Wabash Bottom
West
Ile
Frank
Jim
Blondin Night Walk Afloat On Niagara Rope Thriller
The Buffalo Courier details Blondin’s night walk over Niagara, dressed in a linen suit with a balancing pole and colored lights. A light fell into the river, darkness followed, and he performed feats including inverted poses, drumming, and a return crossing amid fireworks before safety was confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blondin
Buffalo
Niagara
M. Blondin
Wheel of Fortune and Oxygenated Bitters Adverts
A collage of mid 19th century ad copy and commentary includes a discussion of the Wheel of Fortune as a prize mechanism in the Georgia State Lottery and a promotional pitch for Oxygenated Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia. Letters praise the Bitters from figures like James Robinson and General A C Dodge, with signatures and distributor notices across several towns. An inserted political note references a Black Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate vowing not to return escaped slaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney & Co
Novelleue
Boston
Messrs. S. W.fowle & Co
Washington, D. C
Geo. B. Green
A. C. Dodge
S. W. Fowle &Co
Wm. Moulder
A. S. Stonebraker
Shepherdstown
Joseph E. Claggett
Harper's Ferry
C. E. Beller & Co
E. H. Campbell
Charlestown
C. B. Hencock
Summit Point
Smith & Son
Middleway
Timberlake & Sublitte
Rippon
Ohio
Kentucky
Holloway’s Ointment and Pills for Female Complaints
Holloway offers remedies said to cure female complaints with extraordinary effects. The pamphlet claims these pills relieve female suffering across states and urges confidence in their unparalleled benefits, especially for young girls entering womanhood, inviting trial and endorsement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holloway
Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ohlpasadito
Jones
Smith
Brown
Sandy Washington
Sandy Hook
Cumberland
J. J. Kunkel
H. J. Hoffman
Hagerstown
Persimmons
Rinehart
Gibson
Jolf
Wolf
Joseph Victory
Baltimore
Victory
Lexington Street
Levi Porter
Martinsburg
Circuit Court of
Berkeley
Yankee Robinson
Ney
George G. Evanshow
Chestnut Street
Evans
Reach
Philadelphia
New York
United States
Gerorge G. Evans
Italy
J. de Marguerrittes
Shelton McKenzie
G. G. Evans
Richmond
Jana
New State Lunatic Asylum
Weston
Lewis County
Centre
Aaron Irely
de Lave
Genesee Falls
The
Rochester Democrat
Oy Mlbliagles
Washington City
C. M. Butler
Henry Z. Harris
Culpeper County
Irabella Luddith
Jefferson Co
Darkesville
Berkeley County
Geo G. Young
John R
Lucy M. Young
Singleton Chambers
Hedgesville
Berkeley Co
Hosewell Harris
Howard Street
City Mills
Panily
Reservoir
Silver Spring
Ashland
Old Dominion
Extra
Howard-St
City
Brandywine
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Western
A. H. Manchestr
Searsville
Andover
New England
G. A. Baldwin & CO
Prince Street Wharf
Alesandra
America
Grammoth
J. Owens Berry
Water St
Georgetown
D.C
Mer- Lelouts
Jon
Francis Yates
Trevyp
Grentlemen
J. HU. Frazier
Hamtramck Guards
Lo’clock
Joln H. Zittle
Shepsheradetown
Shepherdstown and
Smithfield
Wm. A. Morgan
A. St. Boteler
15 & O
C. & O. Canal
D. H. Morgan
John T. Billmyer
Stonebraker
Porter
Hill & Billmyer
Plougus
D. S. Rentch
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