Ambrotypes and Melainotypes Gallery Ad in Aurora
A vintage notice advertises Ambrotypes and Melainotypes at the Milburro’s Jewelry Store, with low prices equal to plain cases, and promotes the Old Sky Light Gallery nearby. Administrators Sale scheduled December 1585 with Ripley County land sale details and payment terms.
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N. H
TUCK
Ambrotype& Melainotype Gallery
I. N. Milburo
N. B
Chamburs
Buveens & Co
St. Aurora
Ins
Aurora
Sale of Benjamin Castor Estate Real Property in Ripley County
By order of the Biples Court the commissioner will sell at public sale on January 1, 1859 at 2 PM at the courthouse door in Versailles Ripley County Indiana the fee simple of the described real estate. The property includes the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section ten township nine range eleven containing forty acres more or less and about twenty eight acres on the north side of Laughery Creek part of the hornest quarter of the northwest quarter of section ten township nine range eleven.
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Court of Common Press
Ripley County
Ight
Moge Ten
Ahijah H. Wilson
John Raffety
Acmrr
Biples Court
Common Press
Ap Ake
Seid
Berjimin Castor
Court House
Versailles
Ripley
Lociema
Teswit
Eeclion Ten
Laughery Creek
Hornest
Curious Gambler on Mississippi Boats Banned and Escapes
A traveler recounts pervasive gambling on steamboats along the Mississippi and Ohio. A mysterious van with a heavy valise, later revealed as a con artist, dupes the crew and passengers, is exposed by the captain and money returned to victims. The incident ends with the impostor forced overboard and the crew salvaging funds for the cheated gamblers.
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Mississippi
Ohio
Arkansas River
Emer
Blackleg
Incinaat
Arkansas
Thad
Parson
Cincinnati
Twelve Pound Chunk Prank Revealed at Mining Hotel
Californian tells of a hotel landlady who hoisted a tale of a twelve pound chunk found by a miner. A visitor asked about lodging and, after a sly exchange, was shown the cradle where the supposed chunk lay, only to watch the joke end with a playful pinch.
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Tekulk
Fler
Burr Burst at Steam Mill Endangers Hands at Henderson Kiger
At about eleven oclock on Monday Tast a burr at the steam mill of Messrs Henderson and Kiger burst explosively. Fragments tore through mill walls and flew into the street. One piece 50 to 75 pounds crashed through a window and across the road. Another shattered a flour barrel and lodged in the bolting chest but no one was hurt. millers Henderson and Judd narrowly escaped injury.
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Mr. Henderson
Dandie
Messenger
Tast
Burr
Messrs
Henderson & Kiger
Senderson
Kiger
Judd
Henderson Amit Judd
Advice on Reading to Improve the Mind from a NY Sunday Times Editor
The NY Sunday Times editor counsels a poor reader to build a personal library of a few strong works. He lists authentic histories, human understanding, phrenology, nature books, and standard poets, urging selective reading to digest ideas. He warns rapid, indiscriminate reading weakens memory and recommends reflecting and note taking.
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New York Sunday Times
United States
England
Europe
Rollin
Abercrombie
Spurzheim
Good
Addison
Spectator
Gentleman bettor advances at Cesnrawits Races
A city gentleman formerly tied to the Turf visited England and attended races betting modestly. He left with a string of small wins and then went to the Cesnrawits Races, where his betting record stood at about 114,000 in his favor up to that date.
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Nancow Escare
England
Atyce Jn Lim
Odds against Ten Brooth's bet and cigar effects
The article notes ten to one odds on Ten Brooth betting on a woman, with a hypothetical gain of 140 000 if she won. It mentions Janix Foote and a narrow gamble. It then critiques tobacco use, claiming smoking and chewing alter facial expressions and lip shape, dull the eye, and blunt conversation.
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Janix Foote
Cin: Gazette
Revolutionary Soldier Turned Political Candidate
A fragment recounts a young candidate claiming long war service to win votes. An amused sovereign questions his claimed battles with the British and Indians, and after a tense exchange of proof, vows to support the rival candidate instead.
Wealth and its worth in gains and burdens
A reflective question on the cost of riches and whether wealth justifies the effort to obtain it sustain it and endure its losses. The piece weighs the moral and practical toll of becoming wealthy.
Pike's Alco House Opens in Cincinnati as Opera Venue
A young Cincinnati man named Pike, now wealthy from the whiskey trade, has built a magnificent opera house he intends to call Pike's Alco House, touted as the finest in the West and meant to host grand performances.
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Cincinnati
Pike
West
Treasury balances and receipts report for the week
The balance in the United States Treasury on the first of November was 88 545 000. The receipts for the week were 82 000. The drafts paid were 1 221 000 and the drafts issued were 1 125 000.
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United States’ ‘Treasury
Seduction Flight Ends in Child Murder Plot
A man about 50 from Brown County Indiana travelled to Richmond with a seventeen year old girl. They hid a newborn in a hotel room and attempted to destroy it with laudanum. An officer watched, confronted them, and the trunk was opened revealing the infant alive but not well. They were arrested at Centerville and await charges.
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Brown County
Ind
Richmond
Cambridge
Whitney
Centreville
Cemterville
Louisville
Centerville
Idfan- LS
Ares
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