December 1857 Letter Highlights Bank Crises and Crime Lords
A 1857 news digest discusses a Bank of New Brunswick heist totaling over seventy thousand dollars and profiles three major criminals Phil Stanley Jack Rand and Bill Smith detailing their methods from Buffalo to Nova Scotia. It also recalls a dramatic domestic tale of a father saving his child from poison by forcing eggs to release the toxin and reviving the girl Eveleen.
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Idedi
Eveleen
Taropan
Darling
Ess
Mary
Darling Littleveleen
Bank of New Brunswick
Court of Assizes
Nova Scotia
Phil Stanley
Jack Rand
Bill Smith
Phil Sanford
Christendom
England
Hardihood
Buffalo
Milton Bank
Dorchester
Albany
Rochester
Springfield
Auburn State
Phil
Seymour
Windham County
Canada
Montreal
Grand Truck Railroad
New York
Jack
Michigan
Connecticut
Indian Exchange
Sing Sing
Quebec
Auburn
New Hamshire
Portsmouth
Concord
New Jersey
Jack Sheppard
Philadelphia
Stanley
St. Lawrence
N. F. Post
Unpleasant Irish domestic ends in hairpin biscuit prank
A Boston Traveller item recounts a mistress who suspects a maid of unclean habits. After dismissal, a neighbor finds the girl neat until a hairpin is hidden in breakfast biscuits, ruining her reputation. The piece warns housekeepers to beware unusual uses of hair pins.
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Mrs. A
Mia
Powder Magazine Blast Kills Over 1000 in Persia
A Rondpore powder magazine exploded by lightning, killing more than one thousand people and destroying five hundred houses, tracing a catastrophic fireball across the Persian town.
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Rondpore
Persia
Editor of French Medical Journal jailed for disrespect
The editor of a French medical journal has been committed to prison for three months after speaking disrespectfully of the Emperor. The case highlights tensions between press freedom and imperial authority in the period.
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France
Cholera Ravages Guatemala Hit Home for Leaders
Cholera rages in Guatemala claiming the wife of the President and the U.S. Minister Mr. Yensble among its victims. The outbreak worsens as health officials struggle to contain the disease and inform the public.
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Guatemala
U. S
Yensble
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Fifth Street
Fronting Court House
Tipton
Iowa
MO L. Pyan
Bedford
Tyorney & Counsellor
Lipson
Cedar County
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Pliavet
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Thayer J. Carskadden
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James VW
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Mas- Oaer
John Huber
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J. J. Rider
Eneral Land Agent
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WM. P. Cowan
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Tipton Iowa
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