The Week in Herald June 6 1849 Commercial Outlook
The Week in Herald reports stagnation in city and regional commerce due to weak abroad demand, California emigration draining currency, and cholera fears. It predicts a brisk rebound next fall after cholera subsides, with bumper unsold crops and a fall market. Dr Robi Leslie asserts cholera Morbus linked to intemperance. the editors reconsider the cholera claim. Also notes advice on bathing from Mobile Tribune and promotion for Boyer’s Baths in Steubenville.
Emigration from Canada to Minnesota Grows in Detroit
The Detroit Free Press notes multiple wagons carrying households and families crossing the Detroit River to Minnesota over the past two weeks. Arrivals say a large Canadian migration will continue through summer, with mostly industrious farmers and mechanics seeking calmer prospects away from provincial unrest. A cholera case was reported in Pittsburgh, with a death shortly after onset. Macready left Boston aboard the steamship Hibernia on the 23d, accompanied by friends, with no disturbances.
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Detroit Free Press
Detroit River
Canada
Custom House
Minesota
Macready
Boston
Europe
Gov Marcy Sprains Ankle In Lockport Incident
A terse note reports Governor Marcy sprained his ankle at Lockport which is described as unlucky due to a past rent event costing the State of New York fifty cents. The item layers political mention with a local mishap and odd editorial asides, including references to a cholera claim tied to a London fire.
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Marcy
Lockport
State of New York
Avezzani and Irish ties stir readers in city papers
General Avezzani is an American citizen with a large family in the city, including six daughters and one son. Irish admirers near to fight for Ireland may go, while reports of an Italian purse of gold are denied. London police records cite 64 480 custody cases with 27 274 examined and 4 364 convicted. ages skew younger with many under 20. A Chicago incident saw three men stabbed for crossing a ferry without paying, and a country man stabbed at a house of ill fame. Cholera warnings in Louisville Journal urge avoiding fresh fish as poisonous. a Tallapoosa van is fined 5000 dollars for slandering a chastity lady.
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Avazzaui
Ireland
N. Y. Express
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Otrug Emporium
Marnet Street
Hening Itch
Frazer
Liesbenville
Florida
Otto of Roses
ean banidio + iustra
Eau ‘Levine
Hening
Louis Phillippe
R. MeKryweut
Tip Wats & Co
N. B
S Mar
A.H. Dohrman & CO
AVING
Cor
Fifth Streets
Steubenville
Vantage
J. R
J. K
Stouey
Dr. le Roy
United States
Fleming & Lucas
3D Street
A. Conn, Markett
Talysab
R- Kates
North American
Kates
Elizabeth Barker
Norfolk
Priba Crry
Leon
New York
Philadelphia
Eiaith Barker
A.L. Frazer
Graefenberg Company
State of New York
Aruceh
Campbell
Albany
Gragienberg Company
KincsLey
Ohio
J. Sinetarm
Europe
Aventis
Rumor of Cholera In Steubenville Denied by Board
The Board of Health denies reports of cholera in Steubenville. A man named Parish died on May 24 from a disease his doctor labeled cholera but others called aggravated cholera morbus. Parish was temperate before the attack, and no other cholera cases have appeared, with overall city health deemed good. May 30, 1849. Pres’t. Board of Health.
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Board of Health
Parish
Pres’t. Board of Health
Seminary for Young Ladies in Richmond Ohio
In Richmond Jefferson County Ohio a new institution for young ladies is established led by Mrs Anne More and Miss Hannah E Davis. Mrs More brings teaching experience and firm governance while Miss Davis, a Washington Female Institute graduate, communicates clearly. The academy promises thorough instruction and careful moral guidance amid two local churches in town.
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The
Herald
Richmond
Jefferson County
Ohio
Anne More
Hannah E. Davis
Joan T. Fressvy
Senator Benton speech on slavery and Congress power
In Jefferson City Benton argues Congress alone holds power over slavery in territories and that Missouri resolutions echo Calhoun. The dispatch notes published excerpts and cites a steamship explosion in St Louis injuring crew aboard the San Francisco and Cora with suspected drownings.
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Commercial Journal
St. Louis
Benton
Jefferson City
Congress
Cholera Deaths Decline in St Louis Amid Migrant Plague
Cholera deaths in St Louis numbered 118 for the past week while other diseases caused 68 deaths. The disease is fading in Upper Missouri towns but spreading havoc among California emigrants on the plains.
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Missouri
California
Plains
Cholera Report From Cincinnati May 29
Cincinnati reports one new cholera case and two deaths in the last 24 hours ending today at noon. Authorities continue monitoring the outbreak with public health measures in place.
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Cincinnati
Crevesse Fails to Stop Rising Water in New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 29, authorities report all efforts to halt the crevesse have failed. Water levels continue to rise rapidly. The crevesse at Carolina remains open as floods intensify and threaten nearby areas.
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New Orleans
Carolina
Crevasse Threat Persists as River Falls at New Oxvivans
Report from New Orleans dated May 29 notes the river is dropping while street water levels rise. The new Engineer forecasts stopping the crevasse within a week, signaling cautious progress amid ongoing flood dangers.
Fire devastates Marshall's Bleaching Works in Troy
Fire swept through Troy this morning destroying Marshall's Bleaching establishment with heavy losses. Reports from Philadelphia note Lieut Beale's arrival from California with a single natural gold piece weighing 81 ounces. Goods from the Steamer Empire stored in one Troy building were also destroyed. Washington reports Elisha Whittlesey named first Comptroller of the Treasury succeeding James McCulloch.
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Marshall
Philadelphia
Lieut
Beale
California
New York
Empire
Troy
New York Rogue’s Trunk Lock Scam Targeted Hotels
A Philadelphia Inquirer letter details a New York fraudster using patent lock trunks. He sent trunks to hotels including Astor House Irving House and Franklin House with forged addresses then kept the keys. After opening boards’ trunks, he stole $500 in Bentonian mint drops at Irving House and about $50 at Astor, with more hotels unnamed.
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New York
Philadelphia Inquirer
Astor House
Irving House
Franklin House
Rascal
Board i i
The
Astor
Valley diamond sparks high price and local bids
A diamond as large as a hen's egg has been found in the Sacramento valley. The finder asks $182,000. Volunteers built a frame house for Gen. Smith and offered it to him for $18,000 a year. Steamers Oregon and California crews earn $100 monthly, cooks receive $150.
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Sacramento
Gen. Smith
Oregon
California
Digestibility of foods by time and diet notes
An old dietary note ranks foods by digestion speed from one hour for boiled rice to five and a half hours for roasted veal and pork. It lists tripe, pigs feet, apples, venison, and roasted potatoes as relatively quick. It also mentions a Catholic dispensation in Cincinnati allowing meat on Fridays during the cholera period.
Cholera Reports Rise in Philadelphia and New York
The Board of Health in Philadelphia reports three cholera deaths in the last 24 hours while New York records eight new cases and two fatalities. In political notes, Lawrence P. Crane is named Attorney General for the Western District of Louisiana and Elisha Whittlesey of Ohio is named First Comptroller of the Treasury.
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Philadelphia
Board of Health
New York
Lawrance P. Crane
Louisiana
Tearruren Town Death Toll Noted For A Month
The Dover Enquirer reports no deaths in Tearruren Town since the week of April, a period exceeding four weeks in a town of about 10,000 residents, a remarkable statistic for the community.
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The
Dover Enquirer
Marriages and notices amid Jefferson County Va and Milwaukie reports
A marriage occurs in Jefferson County Virginia on March 26 between Mr John Loy aged five years and Miss Catharine Sargent aged seventy nine years six months after a forty year courtship. Charles L Williams named Receiver of Public Monies at Milwaukee, possibly Cincinnati born, son of the late Micajah T Williams ex president of Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Co. A neighbor calls the Townshend Morse dispute in the Legislature “Homeopathic politics,” noting Townshend and Morse as minor figures in Free Soil.
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Jefferson Co. Va
John Loy
Catharine Sargent
Charles L. Williams
Milwaukie
Cincinnati
Micajah T. Williams
The
Ohio
Townshend
Morse
Cin Dispatch
A Screw Loose in Western Paper Advertises Ephram Screw
A Western paper depicts Ephram Screw, a horse thief, as having broken jail. The notice portrays the fugitive in sensational terms and notes authorities' search or pursuit actions.
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Ephram B. Screw
Saddles Harness and Trunks Offered at Fourth Street Shop
D Calllendife announces a Philadelphia import stock of saddles bridles harness carriage gear and whips at Fourth Street opposite Black Bear House. He sells saddles saddlery trunks trunks with Liebrich locks leather goods and accepts country produce at market price. He thanks patrons and invites continued patronage.
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Philadelphia
Liebrich
D. Calllendine
Gener
Ald
Washington Hall
Steubenville
William McLaughielin
Bougher
Market Street
Northside
Meuaire Dovie
Mikes
Samuel Burchfield
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