Garfield Memorial Church dedication moved to January 9
The Garfield Memorial Church dedication is now set for January 9 instead of January 13. The completed edifice is one of Washington's handsomest, with a building committee facing $10,000 in obligations before liquidation. The church has grown to over four hundred members and will be formally turned over to the general pastor W. S. Roose, chairman of the building committee, and received by Pastor D. Power. Uniform Bankruptcy Act urged as West and Southwest letters push for congressional action. conference slated in Washington in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Memorial Church
Wwareingcton
Generosa
Roose
Ding
Hey
D. Power
HixcTon
New York Board of Trade
Congress
Washington
Internal Revenue Collections Reported in Five Months
Washington December 7 The first five months of the current fiscal year's total Internal Revenue collections stand at 51 279 438, down 11 343 971 from the same period last year. The overall increase in fermented liquors is 2 074 771, while taxes on tobacco show a 9 191 607 decrease. Collections from banks and bankers decline by 1 068 292 and miscellaneous taxes by 3 656 231.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washmcton
Navy to suspend Boston Yard work and trim staff
The Secretary of the Navy orders work halted at the Boston Navy Yard on January 15 andDismissal of half the force. Condemned vessels will be broken up and the yard becomes a ropewalk. A separate order will convert League Island Yard into a steel vessel construction yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Boston Navy Yard
League Island Navy Yard
Emigrant Association formed for colored emigration seeks aid
An organization named the Emigrant Association has been formed among Washington’s colored residents to help colored people in the Southern States emigrate and locate, per its constitution. Sheridan received a telegram from Pope noting a white boy Charley Mas may be with Chiracahua Indians bound for San Carlos agency. General A A Humphreys died suddenly in Washington on the 28th from angina pectoris. he had served on McClellan’s staff early in the war and rose quickly for gallant service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emigrant Association
Washington
Sheridan
Pope
Fort Evenworth
Kan
Vth
Charley Mas
San Carlos
A. A. Humphreys
Washinon
McClellan
General Grant Slips On Ice Paralyzes Left Leg
New York dispatch reports General A. U. Grant, 62, living at 3 East Sixty-sixth street, suffered a heavy fall on ice while returning from a Christmas tip to a coachman. He remains bedridden with severe pain and possible sciatic nerve injury. fracture not yet confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General A. & Grant
East Sixty-sixth Street
Madison Avenue
General Grant
Westerly gale causes damage in Pirrs Field Mass
A strong westerly gale rips through Pirrs Field, tearing down chimneys and trees, lifting people from the ground, and unroofing a business block and the high school building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirrs
Mass
Ocean Freight Rates Hit Year Low In Grain Shipments
New York on December 28 reports ocean freight rates have dropped to their lowest for the year. A sixty pound shipment of grain can be steamed from New York to Liverpool for six cents or less than three cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nw York
New York
Liver
Socialist Labor Congress Calls for Federal Council
In Baltimore on December 28 the Socialist Labor Congress ended sessions and adopted a resolution demanding abolition of the Presidency and Vice Presidency and the U S Senate. The proposal calls for replacing these offices with a Federal Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Socialist Labor Congress
United States
U. S. Senate
Escapee Hatfield Arrested After Stabbing Sheriff
Mong New York December 26 William Hatfield an escaped Michigan convict was captured after a pursuit that left Sheriff Stackwell and his wife and Allen Stackwell wounded. Hatfield was shot in the thigh during the arrest but the sheriff and his son escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mong
N. Y
Wm. Hatfield
Michigan
Stackwell
Hatfield
Allen Stackwell
Volcano erupts near English Bay Alaska in October
Professor Davidson reports a major eruption of Mount Augustin near Cooks Inlet with ash pumice, lava, and a new island formation. Waves up to thirty feet flooded English Bay, boats and homes were swept away, and the mountain split from base to summit. Simultaneous activity included Lhamna volcanoes awakening and Aleut wives fleeing.
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San Francisco
Davidson
Alaska
Cooks Inlet
English Bay
Mount Augustin
Mt. Augustin
Chunaboura
Lhamna
Terrible murder and burned cabin in Randolph County
A Beverly to Wheeling report details a brutal tragedy in Randolph County where Elizabeth Somerfield and two children were killed and burned in their cabin near Long Fork of Cheat River. A mail carrier found scorched remains, a crow bar, and skulls, with a coroner's inquest and a previous nearby murder case linked by locals.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Beverly
Register
Randolph County
Elizabeth Somerfield
Job Pearsons
Long
Cheat Riv
Leadville
Seneca
Pocahontas County
Samson Snyder
Adam Currene
Gold and Jewels Unearthed Near Washington Georgia
Nine miles from Washington Georgia a storm felled a small oak revealing a hole where John Frank found shining gold, jewels, diamonds, rubies and pearls worth an estimated 15 000 to 20 000 dollars. Some believe the cache belonged to a Confederate Cabinet loss and that the digger who buried it was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Ga
John Frank
Snow slide disaster at Mendota Mine shaft-house
A Telluride dispatch reports a noon snow slide in Marshall Basin carrying the Mendota Mine shaft-house with fourteen men. Eight killed outright, two wounded, four escaped. A large rescue party heads to the scene next morning. the Silverton Ames Ouray mail route remained missing. In Montezuma near Alma another slide swept three miners half a mile down the mountain. Ahlstrom and Ling found badly frozen and likely to die, Headstrom missing.
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Denver
Col
Telluride
Montrose
Marshall Basin
Mendota
Silverton
Ames
Ouray
Alma
Montezuma
John Headstrom
John Ahlstrom
John Ling
Ahlstrom
Ling
Headstrom
Tragic Death as Beloved Belle Dodson Struck by Train
In Lexington Illinois on December 28 Miss Belle Dodson, a noted young woman, was fatally struck by a Chicago and Alton freight train as she tried to crawl under it. She was dragged a mile while residents heard her cries and followed blood and fragments to the grisly scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LexincTon
Ill
Belle Dodson
Chicago & Alton
Nate
Defaulter Fled New England Publisher Manager Sought
Boston December 28 Fryer A Simon manager for Samuel L Hall New York fine art publisher and importer is a defaulter for eight to ten thousand dollars and has disappeared authorities pursue him as a missing figure in the case He faced charges of default and fled the area leaving creditors seeking recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fryer A. Simon
New England
Samuel L. Hall
Fine Art
New York
Simon
Man Purchases Opium Then Tries Suicide in Atlanta
J C King a Atlanta machinist bought four drachms of gum opium at Asher’s drug store on Marietta Street. He swallowed the drug after telling his wife life is a burden, was saved from deeper poisoning by Dr Johnson, but remains in danger. Domestic troubles noted. Later, Chicago fires destroy Shober Carqueville lithograph works causing losses over $300,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
J. C. King
Asher
Marietta Street
King
Johnson
Chicaco
Shober & Carqueville
Beyon
Monroe Street
Boston
Miner Beating At Mendota Coal Mines Prompts Arrests
In Unionville Missouri on December 27 a drunken altercation among Mendota Coal Mines workers left miner John Hite badly beaten. A telegram summoned help. Sheriff Stille led a posse to arrest six principals brought to Unionville to await Hites condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
Mendota
John Hite
Stille
Hite
Gas Explosion Destroys French Restaurant
A gas leak fix left a stop cock loosely closed causing gas to ignite from a lamp. Head Waiter Purcell was knocked senseless and cook Charles Redard suffered serious head and body cuts. Two waitresses were badly cut. The dining room bar and fixtures were demolished with losses estimated at $9,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BurraLo
Purcell
Charles Redard
Hanging in Montana at Bozeman jail
A Bozeman dispatch reports PAO Cure hanged in the jail yard at 11 30 for the murder of Thomas Rogers in June last. Frank Young, slated to hang today, was reprieved for sixty days by the resident to allow his case to reach the Supreme Court.
Minister John Ritter Dies by Own Action in Decatur
Rev. John Ritter aged sixty a German Methodist preacher for twenty five years committed death by own action at his Decatur home by taking poison. Bad heart cited as cause. Former pastor of the Second German Church at Quincy leaves a widow four grandchildren and some property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
John Ritter
Quincy
Salvation Army Members Arrested for Street Parade
Bridgeport Connecticut December 27 Captain Hunter John Stewart and John Mayhem Salvation Army members were arrested on a charge of violating a city ordinance by parading the streets. Hunter says the army will parade every night regardless of the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Hunter
John Stewart
John Mayhem
Salvation Army
Peculiar Sentence of Murderers
Emporia on December 27 Reed and Pearce the murderers of W H McMillan were sentenced to remain in the penitentiary for one year and then to be hanged within the prison walls at a time fixed by the Governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Sleighing Party Plunges Over Precipice in Ashland
Four Roaring Creek couples riding in a sleigh near Rock Town were injured when the team ran away and dragged the sleigh over a precipice. James Smith suffered leg and arm injuries, Henry Green broke an arm, Mary Krohner was internally injured, others were only slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Roaring Creek
Rocktown
James Smith
Henry Green
Mary Krohner
Riot in Harbor Grace Leaves Three Dead
St Johns Newfoundland December 26 reports Orange men marching at Harbor Grace were attacked by a mob. Three men were instantly killed and several mortally wounded. Riot at 8 p.m. remains unquelled as detachments of infantry cavalry and police are dispatched by train and steamer to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Johns
N. F
Harbor Grace
Terrible Fight With Horse Thieves Reported in Northwest Arkansas
A posse clashes with horse thieves in the mountains of Northwest Arkansas. Several killed and wounded as the incident runs through the region near Little Rock on December 28. Local authorities describe the fierce encounter and ongoing investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Five children injured in sled collision near Mahanoy Plane
A sled carrying three boys and three girls collided with a team of horses at Mahanoy Plane Pa. Charles Gayers suffered a fractured skull while Willie Hertzog Hart Mayer and Ella Smith sustained serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahanoy Plane
Charles Gayers
Willie Hertzog
Hart Mayer
Ella Smith
Long-lived Milwaukee woman Lucy Burel dies at 110
Lucy Burel a colored woman died in Milwaukee at age 110 years three months and five days. Her husband had predeceased her by twenty years at age ninety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee, Wis
Lucy Burel
Imitating American Train Robbers On French Rail
Paris dispatch reports two attempted rail robberies on the Perpignan Narbonne line. An assailant fired at M Gueronnier wounding him slightly as he escaped to another carriage. M Lennes wrestled with the thief and forced him off the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Perpignan
Narbonne
M. Gueronnier
M. Lennes
M. Lannes
Arguments Against American Pork
Paris on December 26 Paul Bert publishes a letter arguing fear of disease from American pork is not chimerical He cites Delmers an inspector in Chicago who certified diseased hogs were shipped to Bordeaux and Havre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paul Bert
Delmers
Chicago
Bordeaux
Havre
Missing child found after perilous ride on Rock Island line
On December 30 in Joliet a mother awoke to find her one and four year old daughters missing from a sleeper car. The conductor found the younger child in the third car ahead, after she wandered across the moving platform between cars. The mother fainted, then rejoiced upon recovery of both children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jolliet
Ixt
Rock Island
Wesley Simmons
Grace
Mtssing
Race
Tragic Sum merton Fire Kills Four Children
In Sum merton Delaware County two nights ago a colored woman left her children aged eleven eight six and two alone as a fire broke out in a house locking the only door. Neighbors watched the structure burn and the children perished inside with only a few charred remains recovered.
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Columsia
Summerton
Germany halts American hog products transit abroad
Colonel Mason, U S Consul at Basle, reports Germany blocks American hog products from passing through its territory even when shipped to importers from other nations. A telegram shows a consignment from Antwerp to Basel was stopped at Aix or the frontier and forced back to Antwerp, then rerouted via France and Belgium to Switzerland. The envoy says the German mandate remains in force.
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Mason
Paris Quality of Life Crisis Sparks Reform Efforts
London reports Paris faces overcrowding and disease with 650 reform schemes before municipal council. Typhoid deaths rise from 48 to 96, diphtheria 53 to 101, smallpox 11 to 74, measles 30 to 43, scarlet fever 7 to 18 per hundred thousand inhabitants.
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London
Paris
Miss Sallie Loughery Killed by Accidental Shot
In Knottsville Taylor County West Virginia on December 30 a young man accidentally shot and killed his sweetheart Sallie Loughery when he reached for his handkerchief. The revolver in his pocket fell and discharged, the ball piercing her body and causing instant death.
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WheeLinee
W. Va
Knottsville
Taylor County
Sallie Loughery
Benedictine Archabbot of America Coined in U S History
Right Rev. Boniface Wimmer marked the fiftieth anniversary of joining the Benedictine Order at St Vincent College Prerssure Pennsylvania. The ceremony conferred the first Archabbot of America degree in the United States with bishops from across the nation in attendance.
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Prerssure
Boniface Wimmer
St. Vincent’s College
America
United States
Bartholdi Fund Art Loan Exhibition Opens in New York
The Bartholdi Fund Art Loan Exhibition at the Academy of Design reopened to the public in New York with 2900 visitors. No interference by the Sunday Closing League occurred, though reports said an attempt to close the show would be made.
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New York
Bartholdi Fund
Academy of Design
Missouri man James W Cooke sentenced for wife murder
In Cave Spring Missouri last November James W Cooke murdered his wife by forcing her head between his knees and slashing her throat. He was sentenced to ninety five years in the state penitentiary in St Louis on December 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
James W.- Cooke
Cave Spring
Molly Maguires link alleged by sea wreck report
Boston dispatch notes the brigantine Blanche crew of eight wrecked in mid ocean are brought in by the steamer Galileo from Hull. A London cable to the New York World claims O Donnell is among four notorious Molly Maguires leaders hiding in Irish-American societies.
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Boston
Galileo
Hull
St. Johns
N. F
London
New York World
O’donnell
Notoriou
Molly Maguires
Napa vintner reports third grape crop high in sugar
A Napa vineyardist notes a rare third grape crop last season yielded well with grapes containing over twenty percent saccharine matter, a finding reported by the Chicago Inter Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Napa
Chicago
Aristocracy Fled Dublin Amid Stampede of Exiles
The New York Herald notes that Dublin’s aristocracy has departed, leaving Upper Sackville Street with no permanent resident nobles, after 1788 when twelve peers and fourteen MPs once resided there.
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Dublin
Upper Sackville Street
N. Y
Formation of Congressional Committees in Washington
A long list details the make up of the House committees with members from many states and parties. It covers Elections, Ways and Means, Appropriations, Judiciary, Currency, Commerce, Rivers and Harbors, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Military, Naval, Public Lands, Indian Affairs, Territories, Manufactures, Levees and Mississippi River improvements, Militia, Claims, War Claims, Public Buildings, Pacific Railroads, Expenditures of various departments, Education, and more, naming numerous lawmakers and their states. The document also notes select and joint committees including Reform of Civil Service and Alcoholic Liquor Tax, with membership from several key figures.
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Washington
HOUSE
Messrs
Turner
Georgia
Davis
Missouri
Converse
Cooke
Bennett
Lowry
Elliott
Robertson
Kentucky
Adams
New York
Ranny
Russell
Appropriations
Randall
Forney
Ellis
Holman
Hancock
Townshend
Hutchins
Follett
Burns
Keifer
Cannon
Ryan
Calkins
Hore
Washburn
Hammond
Culberson
Judiciary
Tucker
Texas
Moulton
Broadhead
Dorsheimer
Collins
Seney
Reed
Maine
E. B. Taylor
Ohio
McCord
Brown
Indiana
Pollan Bng
Buckner
Ermemtrout
Potter
Hunt
Miler
Candler
Wilkins
Yaple
Dingley
Bremm
Illinois
Henderson
Iowa
Hooper
Bland
Dowd
Hardy
Nicholls
Pusey
Lanhan
Tukley
Belford
Lacey
Chace
Everhart
Luna
Reagan
Clardy
Dunn
Seymour
Glasscock
Woodward
Boyle Barksdale
O’ Neill
Pennsylvania
Dibrell
Morgan
Wolford
Nichols
Murray
Duncan
Steele
Bayne
Lyman
Laird
Cuteneon
Maginnis
Montana
Cox
Morse
Talbott
Buchanan
Eaton
Balleryne
McAdoo
Harmer
Thomas
Goff, Jr
Boutelle
Morey
Reese
Ward
Cove
Riggs
Rogers
Kansas
Taylor
Tennessee
Jones
Paige
Bingham
Peelle
Skinner
Wakefield
McCormick
Davidson
Hoblitzell
Murphy
Caldwell
Kenucky
Wemple
Culbertson
James
Atkinson
Hatch
Michigan
Cobb
Seales
Hoats
Shaw
Lewis
Henley
van Eaton
Straight
Anderson
Payson
Breats
Washington Territory
Welborn
Graves
Stevens
Peel
Pierce
Finerty
North Carolina
Smith
George
Perkins
Nelson
Oury
Arizona
Evans
South Carolina
Pryor
Arnot
Hardeman
Lanhon Alexander
Carleton
Foran
Kellogg
Ohnson
Lawrence
Struble
Post
Wyoming Territory
Manufactures
Bagley
Breitung
J.S. Wise
Virginia
Howey
Whiting
Muller
New_ York
Covington
Boyle
Ballentyne
Valentine
Tcheon
McMillan
Tillman
Warner
van Alstyne
Damnety
Wood
Lore
Snyder
N. M
Ray
N. H
Price
Ochiltree
Elwood
Geddes
Wis
Stone
Puy
Newrk Balewell
Rowell
Ae Comas
Stockslager
Em- Young
Debbie
Keese
Hopkins
Fusey
Worthington
Brainerd
Holton
Kent
Brieting Milliken
Pacific Railroads
Cassidy
Throckmorton
Cabell
Thompson, Jr
Jordan
Crisp
Wilson
Millard
Dunham
Hanback
War Department
Ferrell
Taylor, Tenn
Mayo
Johnson
Navy
Hewitt
Avidson
Houck
Mass
Department of Justice
Springer
Hemphill
Fyan
Stewart
Vermont
Bowen
Stephenson
Interior Department
Young
Cook
Storm
Brumm
Payne
Vance
Singleton
Mitchell
Greenleaf
Hassel
Dargan
Winans
Wisconsin
Hepburn
Aiken
Willis
Budd
Milliken
Morrill
Belmont
Spriggs
Sumner
Weaver
O'Hara
Post Office Department
Eger Talbott
Robinson
Neece Peelle
Nutting
Matson
LeFevre
Patton
Lovering
Pagley
New Hampshire
Cullen
J. S. Wise
Holmes
Pensions
Alabama
Walford
State Department
Ampbell
Barr
Treasury Department
Ala
Connelly
Libbey
Haynes
Labor
O'Neill
Mackey
Columbia
Barbour
Muldrow
Shelley
Eldredge
W. Va
Fleddler
Guenther
McComas
Jeffords
Nuldrow
Mutchler
Williams
Cosgrove
Lowery
Parker
Bexch
Fiedler
Libbey Pettibone
Nardy
Cabell Green
Brewer
Neece
West Virginia
Yapte
Peters
Mitchler
Cox Clements
Barksdale
Dringham
Phelps
Campbell
American Shipbuilding and Ship-owning
Slocum
Densler
Dibble
Findlay
Connolly
Pearce
Arkansas
York
Poison peaches prompt Ohio poison cases and arrests
Analytic chemist Wr. Virco Coblentz analyzes peaches bought in Springfield tied to Pierce family poison symptoms seen in two adults and a child. A Linden avenue child nearly fatally poisoned by colored candy. Ohio river crest at Cincinnati, 49 feet 6 inches, then receded. Cleveland builds large observatory dome for University of Virginia. Cincinnati man Hu lbert fined for snow removal. Robbery gang confession in Kirk case. Multiple injuries from stove explosion and fires. A murder found near Spring Grove Avenue identified as W. H. Kirk with two young suspects confessing. Several deaths and accidents reported across Ohio towns including Bellaire, Youngstown, and Akron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virco Coblentz
Springfield
Pierce
King
James
Linden Avenue
Charles, Wirth
John Einsel
Edward F. Huffman
Reform School
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Cleveland
University of Virginia
W. P. Hulbert
Freeman Street
Tareves
Charles Eckert
Youngstown
Guascoz
David Glascoe
Franklin
Central Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio
Havana
Pontiac
Spring Grove Avenue
W. H. Kirk
Joseph Palmer
Mulatto
Wm. Berner
Kirk
Alonzo Campbell
Wegee
Bellaire
Henry Felkamp
As & Utter
Leon, Marks & Co
J. M. Briggs
Mount Gilead
Briggs
First National Bank
James Dyer
Jackson
Chet Dyer
Charles Mills
Youngson
Toos Ware
Hebron
Humorous Snippets From 19th Century Papers
A collage of quips from various papers includes gibes about nautical phrases, a cow drink tale, classroom dialogue on oat meal, a bass fiddle joke, arnica remedies, grape skins in the yard, a lawyer's nominal fee, a hatched up cow story, society’s need to be funny, Cromwell misremembrance, stalking beasts versus dogs, and perpetual jokes in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
Illinois
Chicago Herald
New Bedford Mercury
Ess
Himmel
Arnica
N. Y
Philadelphia
Her Majesty's
Oliver Cromwell
Ed Young
Olver Cromwell
Farmers Rally To Shield Bob White From Winter Slaughter
A country writer notes farmers stand ready to protect Bob White and other birds in severe winter weather but cannot stop town gunners. Sign boards warn trespassers yet killers ignore them. Farmers urge neighborhood associations and vigilant constables as a self protection plan. The piece also discusses political courage and a note on politeness in telephone greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob White
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Evan Strange
Tom Hudlett
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Salvation Soldiers
Sam Sixkiller
Florida Ship Canal
James K. Polk
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Castle Garden
Waco
Tex
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Astor
Ebenezer Best
Lancaster
Noah Fairbank
Virginia Waters
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