Driven by Relic Hunters in John Brown Homestead Feud
William Cook, in Winsted Connecticut, grew irritable as relic hunters swarmed the Tor rington John Brown homestead. Visitors stole relics and Cook’s protests failed, leading authorities to confine him in a padded cell in Simidletown. He now believes he is John Brown and that enemies will steal him.
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Winsted, Conn
William Cook
John Brown
Torrington
Frst
Cook
Nebtbors
Bebetman Goshen
Galveston Disaster Told by Military Governor
General Thomas Scurry, Galveston’s military governor, recounts the island’s catastrophe, detailing woe, destruction, and heroic recovery. He praises local effort and outside aid, noting relief measures, restoration of order, and mass burial, food, water, and transport improvements within a week.
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Thomas Scurry
Galveston
Collier's
America
Providence
Deaih
Gull
Corpus
Bay
Gail
Chnon
Bintary
Baye
Speers
Celery Compound Restores Health After Long Illness
A user recalls years of chronic disease and nervous prostration ending in 1891. After taking Paine's Celery Compound, health improved significantly. He credits preventive use in spring and fall and reports gaining twenty eight pounds and becoming well again.
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Paine
Devastating Storm Wrecks Galvaton City and Claims Many Lives
Eyewitness accounts describe a hurricane sweeping ashore at night with winds of twelve miles per hour, tearing down beaches and buildings. The storm floods streets, cuts the city off from the mainland, and leaves dead stacked in ruin as fire and waves devastate Galveston.
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Eagesy
Tives World
Aeroista Vt Tt
Cyelesie
Fite
Hasina
Galvaeton
Jesus
Almany
Ays
Emigren
Tatlie
Onty-Eight
Glan Perisiec Yhnie
Echo of Slave Days: Col Nathaniel Niles Dies in Belleville
The Belleville dispatch reports Col Nathaniel Niles died this morning of cancer. Born February 4 1817 at Piskinfeld he served in the Mexican and Civil Wars and was breveted brigadier general. Survived by six sons and two daughters. The obituary notes Belleville's notable citizens including governors and leaders in the era.
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Nathaniel Niles
Kossuth Niles
Massachusetts
Lotus Niles
United States Artillery
Nathaniel C. Niles
Second
United States Cavalry
Gol. Niles
Pisinfeld
Botlevn
Syconé Hitnels Infantry
Belleville
Ant
Dispatch
Chicago Record
Belleville Hero Rescues Enslaved Man During Fugitive Slave Era
Niles, in Belleville, halted a slave catcher by freeing a bound black man from ropes, sparking excitement and gunfire as the master pursued justice across 14 miles toward St Louis. This event coincided with Charles Dickens's visit noted in his American Notes. The rescuer later aligned with Col Niles and opposed John Baker, the first Republican to beat Morrison.
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John A. Logan
Missouri
Dilola
Niles
BeHeville
Roper
St. Louis
Waloon
Nile
Charles Dickens
Belleville
Mate
Col Niles
Congress
Jehn Baker
William H. Morrison
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Centerville, R. 1
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