Tragic St Nicholas disaster details and heroic Captain death
A long account recounts the burning of the steamer St Nicholas after an explosion on the river with families and crew engulfed in flames. Captain McMullen perished at his post after a heroic effort to save passengers, while Miss Kernmedy saved a drowning man by clinging to wreckage and guiding a rescuer to them.
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St. Nicholas
I.land
M’mullen
McMullen
St.Nicholas
Herots
Gentleman arrives in St. Louis from Pike's Peak with plan for Denver paper
A gentleman traveling from Pike's Peak to St. Louis arrived at the crossing of the Platte with a printing press and met a group planning to establish a newspaper in Denver City. The venture aims to publish a new paper in Denver.
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St. Louis
Pike's Peak
Platte
Denver City
Return of long lost wife ends in household reunion
In a county tale from Madison Wisconsin the farmer’s son who married a neighbor twelve years ago is visited by his long lost wife now grown older and a daughter. The couple reunite after she escaped to an asylum and later found her memory. They remarry and assume the household duties as before.
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Squire D
Marriags
Fakir of Siva Poses as Pastor In Iowa Church
The Fakir of Siva alias Haskell traveled as a magician and posed as Rev Dr Haskell. In Mt Pleasant Iowa he served temporarily as pastor of the Congregational Church for a salary of 1000 dollars per year. A church committee asked Lafayette citizens to investigate his character and past.
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Haskell
Fakir
Siva
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
Lafayette
Lafayette Courier
Storm Versus Spencer Area Causes Widespread Damage
A severe storm in Spencer, Owen county injures no one but damages orchards and fences. White River overflows floods bottom lands, threatening owners with losses as banks rise. A newly built Mr Rader frame house is lifted from its foundation and moved several feet. his wife and children escape unharmed. A Haddam Journal tale recounts a determined young woman defying her parents to visit a lover, aided by her brother who misdirects her toward a railway station and a chilly stop in the woods before the stage finally carries them on.
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Elrod
Mrshoo
Flore
Washington Regular Baptist
Eid. E. Tilton
Odd Fellows
Hall
Roback
Esquire
Offcera
Eee
Torsapo
Sprexcen County
Iyp
Spencer
Owen County
White River
Rader
Haddam Journal
Suicide of John B. Gilmer at Baltimore and Ohio depot
A Charlottesville editor, John B. Gilmer of the Exponent, died at a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot after possibly throwing himself across the track. An inquest found death by voluntary act, noting severe injuries from the locomotive passing over him. Gilmer was the son of former Virginia Governor Thomas W. Gilmer and recently started editing in Charlottesville.
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Schime
Ax Eorrot
John B. Gilmer
Charlottesville ‘Exponent
Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Thomas W. Gilmer
Virginia
Pricceton
Tyler
Charlottesville
Washington Constitution
A Young Carrier With Bright Prospects
A Trenton Times American note describes a boy aged between thirteen and fourteen who, as a top public school student, masters geography, can outsmart many teachers, and will be sixteen in two and a half years. He already has $300 in a savings bank earning five percent interest and earns money by selling newspapers during school hours.
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Trenton Tine American
Accident on the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Railroad
A passenger train from Indianapolis to Cincinnati crashed near Brookfield midway to Shelbyville. The tender axle broke on a sixty foot bridge, derailing the engine and baggage car and tipping a passenger car upright. Thirty men, including Cincinnati residents Dr. Charles H. Thornton and Joseph Bates, were aboard. injuries were minor. The train arrived at its destination about five hours late.
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Indianapolis
Brookfield
Shelbyville
Charles H. Thornton
Joseph Bates
Altna Insurance Co
Mr. Kerr
Reg
Sadam
Storra
Cavy
Aelis
Dr G W Phillips Cough Syrup Ad In 1856 Gazette
The Cincinnati Gazette advertises Dr. G W Phillips' Cough Syrup and highlights a long list of local gentlemen lending their names to the promotion. The notice asserts the medicine is excellent for coughs and colds and discourages quackery and deception.
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G. W. Phillips
Cincinnati Gazette
Sheriff Sale Notice and Property Description in Ripley County
A public sale under an execution from the Common Pleas Court of Ripley County Indiana is scheduled. The property includes described real estate in section 20 town 9 range 12 east with an August Bush parcel and other linked boundaries. sale to occur at the public square on a specified Saturday at 4 PM with terms of seven years maximum and no relief from valuation. participants include St Jacob R Dorsh as defendant and Nathan R. Steadman, James Gaff, and Thomas Gaff as opponents. sale date noted April 18 1859.
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Common. Pleas Court
Ripley County
State of
Indiana
Ripley
August Bush
Chesboo An Sagoe
Cerey’s Mill Road
Jacob R Dorsh
Nathan KR. Steadman
James Gaff
Thomas Gaff
George Bonham
The Atlas Newspaper to Be Published in Indianapolis
Announcement by John D. Defreese that The Atlas will start in Indianapolis on June 1 and publish weekly and daily editions. The paper promises strong opposition to the current administration and aims to unite the opposition for reform. Subscription details offered with a yearly rate and weekly option.
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ATLAS
Indianapoilas
Indiana
John CD. Defrees
Indianapolis
United States
I Weekly
John D. Defrees
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