To Be Humbugged or Not to Be Humbugged
The Warren Mail rails at traveling humbugs and sham science, denouncing free tickets and paid articles as injurious to readers. It laments gullibility in the community, urges better scrutiny, and notes skepticism toward itinerant exhibitions and their promoters. It also mentions a January Grand Division meeting in Erie and a jail escape case in Buffalo.
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Gaul
Warren
Wall
Warvee
Sons of Temperance
Pennsylvania
Erie
Ancient parchment frontiersman charm sparks Indian origin debate
A four parchment strip reliquary from the Potawatomi on the Kansas river arrives at the Bureau via Dr. Lykins. The pieces, worn as frontiers, recount Genesis and are kept in a medicine bag. Pategwe and Billy Caldwell urged secrecy. The origin fuels a controversial suggestion of Jewish ancestry among Native Americans.
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Lykins
Pategwe
Pottawatomie
Topinepec
Washington
Billy Caldwell
Council Bluff
Paterno
Dr. Lykins
Hhow
National
Intel
Nancy Forrest Arrested for Poisoning Waore Family
A Cincinnati household reports three deaths in quick succession after a young maid named Nancy Forrest was arrested on poisoning charges. Arsenic linked to the girl who bought the deadly agent as authorities reveal the post mortem found poison in the youngest victim. She professes innocence as a jail cell awaits.
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Nancy Forrest
Elisha Forrest
Cincinnati
Forrest
Lecture on Fanaticism at Court House Lecture Series
The second lecture of the course was given by G. D. Woodin on Fanaticism with praise for the speaker. A future lecture is planned by R. Brown at the Court House in two weeks, and a debate on the Higher Law is set for next Monday evening at the Academy. The speaker warns that fanaticism harms religion and reform, and notes its wide reach across time and places.
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G. D. Woodin
R. Brown
Court House
Academy
Earth
Fenenberg
Mussulman
Hellespont
Nile
Nauvo
Archeus
Priam
Walle
Ition
Wesereen
Adam
Dame
Gore
Nick
Tull
Kossuth
France
Greece
Cuba
Rome
Warren
Winter reflections and social quips from Warren 1852
The Newsboy laments laws and local life amid calendar year end. It mocks fashionable fads, politics, and social roles while praising home virtue, modest wealth, and civic order in Warren with satirical verse dated January 1, 1852.
Conewango Division Elected Officers For Next Quarter
At a regular meeting on December 27 Conewango Division 8 of T elected W. P. Hiram Gillman W. A. J. W. Breed R. S. Lewis R. Geer A. R. S. T. W. Summerton F. S. E. M. Pierce T. John Kelso C. H. J. Taylor A. C. C. W. Randall I. S. Chester Parks O. S. Starling Waters to office for the ensuing quarter.
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Conewango
W. P
Hiram Gillman
W. A
J. W. Breed
R. S
Lewis R. Geer
T. W. Summerton
F. S
E. M. Pierce
John Kelso
H. J. Taylor
A. C
C. W. Randall
I. S
Chester Parks
Starling Waters
Telegraphic Writing: Operator Impressions on Dispatch Strip
The excerpt notes the characters used in telegraphic writing as impressed by the sending operator on a paper strip in the receiving station, describing the visual effect and process of dispatch impressions. It focuses on the strip as a record of the telegraph message.
Fire at Capitol Library Destroys Vast 60,000-Volume Collection
Washington reports a blazing dawn fire that gutted the Library and Document Room above the Capitol. Officials say over 60,000 volumes were lost with precious works not replaceable while the adjoining room saved 20,000 volumes. Fire origin linked to a defective flue. multiple engines fought the blaze as President Fillmore and Congress leaders assisted.
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Capitol
Baker's Hotel
Intelligencer
Franklin Inn
Eight
D Streets
Washington
Alexander
Fillmore
Boyd
Congress
Jefferson
Rotunda
Senate Chamber
Supreme Court
Navy Yard
Spesatr
Senate
Mangum
Bradbury
Horst
Anno
Ile
Louis Napoleon appeals for national support to save the Republic
In a forceful appeal from the Elysee Palais on December 1, Louis Napoleon argues the Assembly has become a theatre of faction. He demands a loyal referendum on his constitutional program to end revolution, establish a durable system with a responsible chief and an expanded Council of State, and asks the people to vote to restore order or face a new assembly and further unrest.
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France
Elysee
Louis Napoleon
Abolitionist's Astonishing Sympathy Begets A Storm Cloud Baby
A New York Daily Times item describes a fervent abolitionist famed for his sympathy toward the poor. His wife recently gave birth to a striking child with a storm cloud hue, leading the puzzled father to conclude the color stemmed from compassion.
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N. Y
Infant left at door with note on Christmas eve
Christmas evening a basket containing a month old boy was left on Rev. Geo A Lyon's doorstep. A note rejected the name Lorin Rowley. The infant was taken in and cared for. The incident was reported by the Eric Observer.
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Geo. A. Lyon
Lorin Rowley
Eric Observer
Mexicans and code of honor end in deadly duel
The San Francisco Herald reports a Mexicans custom of settling disputes by mortal combat. Two parties fought by moonlight with witnesses present. The next day one combatant lay dead with twenty knife wounds, while the other roamed the streets unharmed.
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San Francisco Herald
San Francisco
Bitters praised by physicians and customers alike
A public notice extols a German birth medicine, lauding its superior effects after others failed. It names Dr. Hoortann and Dr. C. M. Jackson as preparer, claiming the genuine product comes from Philadelphia and should be recommended to friends.
Stray Calf Taken In by Subscriber
Stray calf found in the subscriber’s enclosure is to be claimed. Owner must prove property, pay charges, and remove the animal. Nathanel Kidder, Conewango, December 1, 1851.
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Nathaniel Kidder
Conewango
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Ecewecee
Ecco
Warren Lyceum
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T. Edwards
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