The Gift of a Needle and the Rise of Gottlieb Bern
A poor boy Gottlieb Bern in Dantzic is rescued by merchant Samuel Ritcher after gifting the boy bread and a needle. The tale follows Gottlieb as he learns, earns, and becomes a respected partner, lighting a path from poverty to prosperity and honoring his benefactor before his death. Courtship with Ritcher’s daughter and lasting loyalty frame a life blessed by Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Ritcher
Dantzic
Herr Ritcher
Dantic
Gottlieb
Ruteher
Ritcher
Hamburg
Navy reshapes fleet as Civil War demands grow
The Navy Department description credits Secretary Welles with rebuilding a depleted force after Buchanan era neglect. It notes 78 vessels purchased, 40 chartered, 23 gunboats, eight steam sloops, 35 vessels outfitting, 12 en route, 59 ships on Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and 9,212 blockading crew. A public wreath ties this to abolitionist sentiment and a marshfield flagstaff once a slave whipping post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Navy Department
Buchanan
Mr. Welles
North
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Globe
Atlantic
Gulf
Potomac
Pacific
J M Greer Arrested for Letter Theft in Trovsis
Captain J M Greer chaplain to the Tenth Pennsylvania Regiment Reserve was arrested by officers A'en and Bush at the stand of Mr Clephane city postmaster charged with opening letters and abstracting money from the regiment and others. He was committed to jail for further examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trovsis
J. M. Greer
Pennsylvania
A'en
Bush
Ivr
Clephane
Andrew Johnson Denounced as True Democrat by Senator
A 19th century tribute lauds Andrew Johnson of Tennessee as a genuine Democrat who champions free government, Constitution supremacy, and law enforcement, promising lifelong commitment to unity and self-governance. Tortugas report describes the Tortugas key as bleak, populated by venomous reptiles, where mutineers are banished to toil on fortifications like convicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Johnson
North Carolina
Tennessee
Johnson
Washington
Jefferson
Grand Jury Attacks Newspapers as Enemies of Government
The Westchester County grand jury denounces The New Yorkers Herald Highland Democrat Eastern State Journal Staats Zeitung and National Zeitung of New York as accomplices aiding enemies of the government. It urges the District Attorney to prosecute these publishers for their alleged evil courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Grand Jury
Westchester County
New Yorkers Herald
Highland Democrat
Eastern State Journal
That County
Staats Zeitung
National Zeitung
New York
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George Balls Central
News Depot
Warren Pa
Warren
Hackney House
Second and
Liberty Streets
Warren, Warren Co. Pa
John Russell
H. A. Jamieson
R. Brown Esq
Johnson’s Exchange
L. Burroughs
Sugar Grove
M. Carpenter
Bartlett & Hunter's
Front Street
A. Kirberger
Brown’s
Slate St
Public Square
Erie
Philadelphia
H. L. Brown
R. D. Bennett
Water Street
Warren, Warren Co
W. Martin Wholesale Grocers
Courtlandt Street
Greenwich
Washington Streets
Pittsfield House
R. R
L. C. Pendleton
Pittsfield
Warren Co
Patterson
Irvine
Caughey and Clark
Moffat’s Ale
Bonnell Block
State Street
SYM
M. Caughey
N. J. Clark
B. G. Keyes
Hickory and
Third Streets
M. Shaffer & Co
Yankee Noes &c
Bysecker Block
Warren County
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Dewlerk Dry Goods
Exchange
Hazeltine & Co
Variety Hall
J. P. Johnson
Big Bend
Kinzua
Smethport
Olean, &c. Glade
Tidioute
D. Green
Carver House
H. Hull
J. A. Morrison
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Nesmith and Keller
Exchange Building
A. Finger
Crystal Palace
C. W. Rathbun, & Co
Dilere
Point Breeze
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glennie
Scofield
WM. D. Brown
P. RB. Bennett
Smith & Messner
Barber House
Tidioute Hotel
J. M. Hamlin
BR. Brown
Rasselas Brown
A. Brock
Curtis and Guthrie
McKean, Potter and Elk
B. Curtis
B. Guthrie
L, A. Rogers
Wetmore and Clark
Attooneys
Second Street
Roda
Johnson , Brown’s
L. D
Wetmore
Junius R. Clark
Reed House
A. M. Guild
Brown Brothers
A. W. Bhony
John Brown
Morrison
Second
Market Streets
Jonson's Exchange
Warren Mail
Kate J. Boyd
Providence
Mrs. ST. Simon
U. S
Barron
Cincinnati Society of
Curtin
Gov. Curtin
General McCall
Cincinnati Society
McCall
Gen. M’call
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps
Congregational Church
Marshfield
Plymoth Rock
Webster
America
George M. Baker Esq
Boston
la Crosse
Dan Rice
Prairie du Chico
Henry Munger
Munger
Wrightson
Tts
Pexvive
Peyn-Sylvania Rattroan Company
Mining Register
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company
Lakes
Ohio River
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