Lost Boy and a Pardon at the Ohio Penitentiary
A prison wardens account details Arthur Lamb, a seventeen year old convict in Sandusky and the arduous search by his father and the church for his pardon. A letter to the editor leads to a compassionate intervention, resulting in a pardon granted by Governor Wood after the director’s reconsideration.
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Arthur
Arthur—Lamb
The
Christian Chronicle
New York
Warren, Warren CO
Arthur Lamb
McLean
Mae
Sandusky Mirror
Ohio Penitentiary
Tother
Dr. Bellows
Paris Exposition Receives Curious Niam-Niam Cage
A Paris Exposition note details a large iron cage shipped with a Niam-Niam from Central Africa. The letter warns the Director Chief to feed the creature four times daily, refrain from undue provocation, and expect risks if the animal bites or constricts. The naturalist Tristaparrs signs as sender.
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Central
Africa
Tristaparrs
John Randolph's Roanoke Estate Visit Described
A May journey from Charlotte Court House to Roanoke details the untouched Randolph estate, the oak limb incident, and John the body servant guiding visitors with calm dignity through the summer and winter houses and memories of the eccentric genius.
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Randolph
John
Mr. Randolph
Roanoke
John Randolph
Charlotte Court
Charlotte Court House
Europe
Old Essex
Speak Not Highly of Yourself Verse Admonishes Pride
A brief poem warns against boasting of one's talents and seeks humility as a moral guide. It cautions that self praise invites downfall and emphasizes restraint in presenting personal merit.
Chinese observer admires England’s maritime ethos and wooden leg sailors
A Chinese traveler who witnessed naval veterans in England notes the sight of subsistence watermen with wooden legs. He reflects on the fitness of things, describing how one leg is stamped into water and the other swung into boats, and after returning to China, publishes a history of England praising the nation’s convenient maritime race.
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England
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Johnson & Brown’s
L. D
Wetmore
T. C. Spencer
Johnson & Brown
Ludlow
S. P, Johnson
Rasselas Brown
Scofield & Brown
Liberty St
Glenne W. Scofield
William D. Brown
Phillip Mead
Justice of the Peace
Scott's Exchange
Youngsville
Warren Co. Pa
Warren Mail
Gilman Merrill
Notary Public
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Lewis Arnett
Exchange
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Temperance House
Sugar Grove
A.e.hall & CO
Carver
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Variety Hall
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Second Street
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Court Horse
Warren, Pa
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Front
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Third
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Ree Co
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Burr
Weebawk
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Hildreth
Home Journal
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