Destruction of a Whale Ship By a Whale
Captain Deblois and nine crew aboard the Ann Alexander report a massive sperm whale attack off the Off Shore Ground in lat 5 deg 50 min S long 120 W. The ship was pierced and abandoned. crew saved by lifeboats, taken aboard the Nantucket, then repatriated to Paita. The tale is authenticated by U S Consul Ru den Jr and nine crew.
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Ann Mexander
John 8. Deblois
New Bedford
Paita
Providence
Esser
Deblois
U. S
Alexander Ruden, Jr
Alexander
Mass
South Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Cape Ilora
Jackson Son Walker
Newport
N. N
Valdivia
Chili
Poita
Nantucket
Gibbs
Ann Alexander
Debois
Bathurst
Starbuck
James Smith
James Morgan
Carpenter
James Riley
Cooper
Jas. McRoberts
John Smith
Wm. Smith
Henry Reid
C. F. Booth
Economic Wisdom and Odd Tales From an Old Ledger
A varied miscellany of maxims on wealth and manners, a Tennessee travelers tale of trust in Albany, a faithful dog’s 105 mile journey back to Roxbury, a Nebulous accident with corrosive sublimate, and notes on Fremont’s California sale. The pieces read like column scraps from a 19th century paper.
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Danin Ixstiner
Theo, Holbrook
Milk St
Robury
Hardley Mass
Hardley
Hadley
Roxbury
Mr. Whiting
South Hadley
Boston
Oregon climate praised for outdoor farming gains
A letter from Umpqua Valley Oregon in the New York Courier extols a mild climate where sleeping outdoors is easy, soils never freeze allowing fall sowing of oats potatoes and barley and high yields. It notes abundant fruits vegetables and a 640 acre fee simple grant to settlers on public lands.
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Umpqua Valley
Oregon
New York Courier
Wasmer
The
Republic
Crittenden
Northern
New York
Syracuse
Ilo
Union
Sam Houston
Donaldson
Texas
Thomas J. Kelly
Norfolk
Wool
Washington
Extraordinary horse exhibits in town after steamer visit
A Venezuelan mare captured by American hunters led by Juan Percy and Capt. Hall arrived by the Gordon steamer. The 15 hand mare has hairless India rubber skin and great symmetry. Owner plans to exhibit her at the Macon Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Venezuela
America
Juan Percy
Hall
Macon
Savana Republican
Weights of various farm staples per bushel
A table lists pounds per bushel for numerous crops and commodities. Wheat sixty corn shelled fifty six corn in the cob seventy rye fifty six oats thirty five barley forty eight potatoes sixty clover seed sixty hemp seed forty four buckwheat fifty two timothy seed forty five castor beans forty six dried peaches thirty three dried apples twenty four onions fifty seven salt fifty
Rat Catchers Plan Paris Rodent Campaign At Ville
The Paris rat catchers met at the Hotel de Ville to discuss extermination methods amid an estimated 1.5 million rats infesting the city. Nicotine was chosen as the poison, following last year’s tally of 1,145,300 rats killed and tails left at the City Hall to prove the count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Hotel de Ville
Lotel de Ville
Telegraph patent case decides for Morse injuncts Bain
The Morse Bain telegraph dispute is decided in Morse's favor by Judge Kane. An injunction against Bain is granted and Morse holds the patent on recording at a distance by electro magnetism. The court directs a decree in line with the bill's prayer. European mail and schedule news follow.
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Pulcapeccuta
Morse
Bain
Kane
Grier
Gifford
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Water Street
Warren
Whoar & Russel
Warren County
A. Wrigit
R. K. Russel
Hazeltine & CO
Variety Mall
Exchange
G. W. Mazelting
S. P. Johnson
L. —E. Guignon & Co
Sugar Grove
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John H. Walker
Erie
Pennsylvania
L. T. Parmlee
Carver House
Warren Co
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Scofield & Brown
Waterst
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William D, Brown
J. W. Breed
Page
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Third
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Warren, Pa
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J. H. Hutt
Warren, Warren Co
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Court Horse
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Wiliam Mead
Youngsville
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Law
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D. M Williams
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Louis Napoleon
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Andrew Stevenson
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Philadelphia
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