12 Aug 1837
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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1837
Page
1
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Havre papers dated June report Mexico seeking mediation with France over unresolved disputes including clan revolts. Opposition papers amplify conspiracy fears against the king’s life while ministerials downplay the matter as moonshine. A military fete at Champ de Mars ends in fearful disasters echoing the Duke of Orleans wedding calamity.
A description of the Paris Champ de Mars disaster during Louis Quinze spectacle notes 300000 spectators. a gate crush caused dozens dead and hundreds wounded. Reports cite looting and assaults, police failures, and royal countermand of a public fete. Hanover and British succession changes are briefly discussed alongside local unrest and a street vignette.
Me B Lemoin of Stark county Ohio offers a New Theory in the Massillon Gazette disputing Newton and Copernicus. He claims the earth does not orbit the sun but revolves around a centre outside the sun, generating the seasons per his argument.
The article notes that the fund for erecting the Washington Monument reached 12698 dollars and 63 cents as of July 4 1837, detailing a historical milestone in the fundraising effort.
The Star editor describes a dawn stroll along Broadway at four in the morning. Loafers rest on stoops and cellar doors while a man lies apparently dead, spectators pinch and shake him to test if he has truly fallen asleep for good. The scene captures a city waking after a long night.
A correspondent from the Suiem Gez ete relays Dr Alcutt's last week guidance. For breakfast two cents worth of dried apples with no drink, dinner a quart of water with the apples, and tea with a friend. Advice on cellar cleansing follows, urging removal of vegetable offal and purifying walls with whitewash and lime to leverage gasses.
A Providence Journal critique questions magnetizers and the claim of healing by mental influence. It notes about one hundred locals undergoing magnetic influence, some reporting visions of heavens and waters, while insisting witnesses are reputable and not motivated by money. The writer remains open to conviction but rejects mummery and humbug.
A western paper relays a settler's supper in Easton, noting flour and other provisions scarce. The meal included sixteen cups of coffee, three slices of bread, fried shad, part of a four pound steak, beets, two pickles, butter and salt, all for twenty five cents, with the landlord bearing the mystery of his dining persistence.
A report from Washington in Wayne County Indiana notes a woman’s brave act as she aids or witnesses to a child who has fallen into a well. The incident underscores local danger and community responsiveness in Washington.
A neighboring woman, Mrs. Bond, descended into a very deep pool where the water at the bottom was 15 inches deep to rescue a sufferer and a young girl. Halfway up the ascent, several women held the girl down to assist the rescuer, and both were saved. the child was restored to life and praised as deserving greater commendation than fame or wealth.
A Salisbury Watchman tale recounts a Mississippi Indian chief named Glover who killed a rival. In their custom the killer dies at the hands of the kin of the deceased. Glover gained a postponement by asking one last drink and one last pipe, then revealed he never intended to drink or smoke again, exploiting the Indian promise’s sacred nature. the incident occurred ten years ago.
On the 18th ult a grand launch in Philadelphia produced the largest ship of the line in America the Pennsylvania. She measured 19000 tons burden 195 feet keel 26 feet draft and 136 guns with spectators filling the docks. A rival the Mahmoud in Turkish service dwarfs her. Also noted Edward Weed son of a Philadelphia pastor was arrested for forging a 966 dollar bank check his disguise in false curls revealed before the mayor. bail set at 3000 dollars.
Wilsons mowing machine begins to attract notice after a series of trials at Flatbush before the Committee. Initial test failed slightly due to loose knives, needed repairs, and rain. Subsequent runs with fair weather and a smooth field showed complete success with the machine in good order.
A Pittsboro boat arrives with 15 tons of goods from Philadelphia. Invented by Mr Dougherty of the Reliance line, the craft carries 25 tons, weighs light, and features a midships joint proof against leaks. There are five machines planned, enabling rapid land and water movement, with patent rights selling briskly.
A 13 year old girl in Front street Philadelphia died instantly Thursday after falling from a second story window at Mr Harleys house while playing between shutters and venetian blinds. The fall produced a convulsive, brief death agony. The narrative reports the incident with somber detail and no further injuries.
From Liberia News for Abolitionists The Philadelphia Gazette reports a large town near Fartorah seized by Big Town people. Victims were marched to Little Cape Mount and bartered to a Spanish slave schooner. Petro Blanch exported 1800 slaves from the Gallenas in six months, earning 250000 dollars on one cargo. Two other Gallenas factories export a similar number, totaling 3600 slaves in six months and 7200 in a year, mirroring emigrants sent by American Colonization Societies, seen as nurseries for slavery.
A historic note reports that physicians in London are mockingly called snipes for the excessive length of their charges. The term reflects public frustration with medical billing practices of the era.
A narrow column advert lists a claimed remedy for diarrhea. It advises to parch half a pint of rice until brown then boil and eat slowly to halt severe diarrhea within a few hours. The note frames the cure as a certain remedy to cut out and preserve.
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