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Try Again Poem Advice on Perseverance
A reflective verse urges patience and perseverance as a path to reward. It emphasizes trying again after setbacks and maintaining focus on the goal. The tone is encouraging and motivational, appealing to steadfast effort.
President Harrison Life Record Summary
Brief life record of William Henry Harrison ninth U S president born Virginia February 9 1773. Highlights include early military service 1794 Wayne battle, governance roles in Northwest Territory Indiana Territory and Congress, Tippecanoe victory 1811, Fort Meigs siege 1813, Thames defeat 1813, negotiations with Indians 1814 1815 and Minnesota Ohio political service including Ohio State Senate 1824.
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William Henry Harrison
U. States
Virginia
Washington
U. States Army
Wayne
Miami
Ohio
Adams
North Western Territory
Congress
Jefferson
Indiana Territory
Madison
Tippecanoe River
Wafish
Tippecanoe
Indiana
North Western Army
Great Britain
Fort Meigs
Maumee River
Detroit
Én. Harrison
Michim
St. Proctor
Thames River
Upper
Anda
Granville
Deroit
Michigan
Presidency of William Henry Harrison and death note
The text recounts Harrison’s 1827 appointment as minister to Colombia, his 1829 recall by President Jackson, his 1840 presidential election by a broad slate of electors, taking office March 4 1841, issuing a call for an extra session March 17, and dying April 4 1841. It ends with a somber tribute to human greatness.
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Colombia
Jackson
U. States
Maine
Mass
Pen
Ala
Del
N. C
Geo
Miss
Tenn
Indiana
Ohio
Michizin
van Buren
Congress
Correction on Tyler presidency rumor in Richmond Whig
The Richmond Whig debunks a circulating paragraph claiming John Tyler was governor of Virginia, senator by deaths, and president by Harrison’s death, noting only that Gov Tyler ascends to the presidency after Gen Garrison’s death. It adds that his son married Miss Cooper, an elegant and accomplished young woman.
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Tyler
Virginia
Harrison
Cooper
Richmond Whig
Gov. Tyler
Gen
Garrison
Mitchell the Forger Case Stumbles in Ohio
New York officer Bowyer returned without capturing the Knavish Ex-Member of Congress. He tracked Mitchell into Ohio but learned he pursued the wrong man. The tall Virginian named Mitchell was found at a hotel bar after bedtime. Bowyer woke him, the confrontation left him disappointed, and he returned to New York.
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Mitchell
Bowyer
New York
Congress
Mr. Mitchell
Ohio
Ludger
The Mammoth Child At Har Singtons Museum
The greatest natural curiosity in the world the Mammoth Child from New Hampshire may now be seen at Har sington s Museum. His child though but seven years old weighs two hundred and twenty pounds about three times as much as his mother.
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New Hampshire
Harsington’s Museum
Florida Sea Cow Discovery At Sea Lengthy Creature Found
Col Harney reports exploring Florida waters where he killed two animals described as sea cows. The creatures are about fifteen feet long, weigh around 2,500 pounds, and have two flippers. They cannot leave the water and feed on marsh grass along the shore.
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Col. Harney
Florida
Broken Heart! German Girl Dies in Baltimore
A young German girl in Baltimore died recently after a broken engagement with a Philadelphia fiancé. Rejected by her lover, she fell into ten days of despair and insanity, lamenting that he would not come to marry her. She declared her wedding garment would be ready and that she was to be married at ten o'clock, the hour of her departure.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Baltimore Clipper
Texas man trades car for India rubber replica
A Texas man who had his car taken in a clash with Indians replaced it with a rubber replica from India that looks new and serves all purposes.
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Texas
Ferry disaster near Delaware bridge claims several lives
On Thursday a ferry from Lambertsville to New Hope broke apart on a strong current after colliding with the second pier from the Pennsylvania side. Fourteen or fifteen passengers and two wagons were aboard. two children and Miss Caroline Rose drowned. Others were rescued by local watermen, with one infant among the drowned. Torbert Wistner the ferryman and Johnson Pidcock’s child were among the dead or missing.
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Lambertsville
New Hope
Pennsylvania
Delaware Bridge
Torbert Wistner
Caroline Rose
John Rose
New Jersey
Shamabertaville
Johnson Pidcock
Divorce Law in New Hampshire Defines Ground for Fault Alimony
The Granite State lawmakers enacted a divorce statute defining grounds for dissolution. It provides that a divorce shall be granted to the innocent spouse when the other is convicted of a felony and imprisoned, or when the other commits or endures certain grave marital wrongs, marking a shift in how separations may be granted.
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New Hampshire
Granite
State of Dacotah to rise in next fifteen years
The St Louis Gazette predicts a new star within the coming decade and a half, to bear the title State of Dacotah. It would extend across the prairie region north of Town, from the Missouri to the Mississippi, along waters fed by the St Peters Sioux and Jaques rivers, including part of the Goreau de prairie, with latitude comparable to Michigan and New York states and soil superior to their average.
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St. Louis
Dacotah
Missouri
Mississippi River
St. Peters
Jaques
Goreau de Prairie
Michigan
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Extensive forgery wave shocks mercantile world
A Philadelphia Ledger report on a sweeping forgery scheme across Louisville Cincinnati Covington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. It details forged certificates bank letterhead handwriting and inks mirroring genuine plates from Rawdon Wright and Hatch and questions possible bank complicity. Total seizures reach $64 000 with attempts at others.
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Louisville
Cincinnati
Covington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Rawdon
Wright
Hatch
Merchant’s Bank
Commercial Bank of
New Orleans
Hall
New Fork Herald
New York Bank of America
Girard Bank
Europe
United States
London
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank
Bank of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Ledger
Bank expose criticizes US Bank failures and director graft
A writer condemns the bank's massive capital and says it harmed ordinary business men. The piece accuses directors of stock gambling with bank funds, concealing expenditures under Mr. Bisdle, and self‑dealing without proper records, leaving stockholders to bear losses.
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U. S. Bank
Bisdle
Bank Usurpation Accusations and a Fatal House Fire
In a column referencing Andrew Jackson and public funds, the piece attacks executive usurpation and accountability for the public purse. It then reports a distressing fire at Mr Schenig’s corner house where a four year old girl died after a lamp caused clothes to ignite, a baby in the cradle survived.
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Kendall
Andrew Jackson
Republic
Mr. Tyler
United States Bank
Gen. Jackson
Bank Swindling Described By Sylvester's Re porter
The article criticizes U S banking as obstructing commerce. It argues banks rely on discounted notes from ruined speculators and depend on future price rises to recover losses. Banks are described as insolvent, paying only salaried officers, choking business and forcing trade to pure supply and demand.
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Sylvester
United States
Bank Robbery At Planters Bank Of Georgia In Savannah
Savannah reports planters Bank of the State of Georgia robbed of 37000 dollars in bank notes mainly 50 and 20s from vaults. A 3000 dollar reward is offered for the thief's detection.
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Savannah
Planters’ Bank of
State of Georgia
Currency value reports from Mississippi observations
A late issue notes a ten dollar gold piece selling for 100 in Mississippi Railroad Notes and a common Marseilles vest bringing 100 in notes of the Mississippi Shipping Company, illustrating currency conditions in Mississippi.
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Natchez
Mississippi
Mississippi Shipping Company
Mississipypl
Disease in Silkworms a French Caspade Disease Prevention
Gideon B Smith reports in a letter to the National Intelligencer that examination of French journal plates confirms a silk worm disease called cascadine, blamed for last summer's worm losses. He recommends lime dusting to worms and cocoons floors, daily or twice weekly, with whitewashing of fixtures, starting at half grown worms and noting French results of up to ninety seven percent cocoon preservation.
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Gideon B Smith
Sik
National Intelligencer
France
Ohio paper reports deduced deaths in Amherst blaze
The Melancholy details the deaths of Miss Levins and Miss Cunningham in a Wilmington? house near Amherst. Neighbors rushed to rescue, obtained a ladder, broke the chamber window, but smoke and flames drove them back. It is believed both young women suffocated by smoke before the fire was found.
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Ohio
Levins
Cunningham
Amherst
Most Disgraceful Outrage on a Baptist Preacher
Elder Knapp, a Baptist preacher in New Haven, faced insults and violence as he preached against vice. Meetings were orderly until it is believed a group of rowdies attacked the doors and the preacher needed police escort home. The Palladium denounces the assailants and calls for authorities to punish the scandalous conduct.
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Knapp
New Haven
Earthquake Devastates Ammerapoord In 1840 Night
An 1840 earthquake is reported to have nearly destroyed Ammerapoord overnight on March 23, killing about 300 people. The tremor lasted two to three minutes and stretched from north to south, with Avya and Tragain also said to be destroyed along with several nearby villages.
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Ammerapoord
Avya
Tragain
Important Trial and Absconding Sheriff
Williams, who bought felon slaves from Virginia, was arrested in New Orleans with the negroes and tried but the jury could not agree. he remains in custody for possible further prosecution. Sheriff Charles F. Alden of Morgan County, Ohio has absconded, leaving creditors about 5,000 dollars owed.
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Piersyune
Williams
Virginia
New Orleans
Texas
Charles F. Alden
Morgan County
Ohio
Bones Sold in Fifty Thousand Dollar Sale
The St Louis Pannant reports that Mr. Koch, the discoverer of the bones of the Missourian, has sold these gigantic relics for fifty thousand dollars.
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St Louis
Koch
Wife Wanted Ad in Batesville News Promises Shared Life
An old Batesville Arkansas notice titled Wife Wanted offers marriage promises to any woman with simple domestic skills. A second item promotes a simple rheumatism remedy using boiled potatoes as a poultice for affected joints, claiming immediate relief.
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Batesville
Ark
Boston No Human Government Sect Emerges
A new group forming in Boston calls itself the No human government Sect. They denounce all civil government as lacking Divine authority and claim such rule conflicts with mankind's natural rights.
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Boston
Irishman among onlookers at wharf awaiting steamboat
An Irishman among onlookers between New York and Albany waits for a steamboat. A bystander asks Pat his origin. he replies he is from every place but here and will be from here as soon as the boat arrives.
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New York
Albany
Stenders
Pat
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