Flowers as the smiles of nature and Mount Vernon plans
The article extols flowers as nature’s smiles and links beauty to virtue, citing Moore and biblical imagery. It also reports Washington memory efforts in Indiana, urging Mount Vernon restoration, attendance by ladies, and fundraising led by James Cheney with state-wide committees and provincial managers.
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Mount Vernon
America
Washington
Association
Philadelphia
James Cheney
Logansport
Bank of
Indiana
Cheney
Mr. Cheney
State Bank
Bishop Upford
Indianapolis
M. M. Post
H. P. Biddle
D. D. Pratt
R. W. Thompson
Terre Haute
Charles Case
Fort Wayne
Norman Eddy
South Bend
J. C. Walker
Laporte
William Baker
Evansville
IV. E. Niblack
Vincennes
George Sutton
Aurora
Henry P. Thornton
Bedford
Rules for Travelers Warn of Train Car Ejections
The article lists rail travel rules based on legal decisions. It states conductors may eject travelers for not offering exact fares, losing tickets, or failing to show tickets. Tickets may be valid only for the day and passengers must observe decorum and comply with ticket checks.
Willing to Sell Out Brigham Young Utah Property
A newspaper rumor states Brigham Young may sell the fee simple of Mormondom and relocate from Utah for a bargain. The Washington Administration is weighing the proposal and may submit it to Congress. Personal property details are unclear but wives are noted as surplus value. Negotiations proceed without an appropriation, and prices are not expected to rival Caribbean deals.
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Earth
Flora
Janus
Sol
Mother Earth
aBibeatary
Lilias
Solomon
Moore
Heaven
Washington
Wire Ann Huspann
Brigham Young
Utah
Congress
Bigham
Buchanan
Brigham
Antilles
Fragmentary Thought on Bread and Labor
A fragmented line contrasts high-bred dependence on bread with the need to hire the poor to knead it, implying social critique of class and labor without clear context or attribution.
Pirates of the Main Defeat Spanish Galleon Loot Riches
A battered buccaneer band led by Pierre Legrand sails from a ruined boat to seize a Spanish galleon off a Caribbean shore. They overwhelm the crew, bind surviving officers, claim treasure enough to prosper, then return to France to retire from piracy, with Legrand later serving as a respected officer.
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Pierre Legrand
Chagre
Spain
Buccaneer
la Belle France
Pierre Legrande
Revered Barryton Court Tale of Judge Lister and Powers
A vivid Alabama courthouse reminiscence set in Barryton under Judge Lister. Jim Powers, attorney for the plaintiff, battles a lively defense while whiskey and audience antics color a trial of Jones vs Brown and a dramatic quest for victory.
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Lister
Squire Powers
Sanford E
Barryton
Site
Washington County
Alabama
Choctaw
Germany
Jack Falstaff
Aikens
James D. Powers
Jim Powers
Stewart & Porter
Stewart and Porter
Utah Crisis Prompts Proposed Mormon Exodus
Ion reports favorable news for civil authority over military power in Utah. Brigham Young allegedly bids to remove Mormons, offering to sell fixed property valued at thirty million dollars and retire from U S limits, leaving land to Indians and buffalo if they depart.
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Utah
Gov. Cumming and
Co. Johnson
United States
Jude Cradlebaugh
Brigham Young
Gov. Cumming
Train Collision Hurts Rev Llorace Stringfellow Family
A Virginia Central railroad collision injures Rev. Llorace Stringfellow of Hanover with severe arm and chest injuries. Mrs Stringfellow head lacerations, Louisa Stringfellow minor injuries, Mrs Nelson unscathed. one horse killed. Stringfellow long served as pastor at St Pauls Petersburg.
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Virginia Central Railroad
Llorace
Stringfellow
Hanover County
Nelson
Powhatan County
Petersburg
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Suffering in Iowa as famine looms amid grain shortage
A distressing Iowa scene described in the EdDyville Commercial warns that cattle are dying from starvation and people cannot afford corn. It cites cash price at a dollar a bushel and predicts feeding bands of desperate families within thirty days unless surplus grain is shared at fair terms.
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Iowa
Eddyvile Commercial
Man Dies Twice After Whispered Goodbye
A Cincinnati case reports a man dying from consumption in the Seventeenth Ward who revived after his wife whispered goodbye. He recovered fully for nearly two years before a relapse and death. The incident suggests the soul may be recalled by a living voice.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Ancient Coins Found by Three Boys on Royal Estate
In the Hospital Field on the Prince Consort’s estate three boys gathering loose stones uncovered a leaden case on the surface containing over 159 silver coins from Elizabeth I James I and Charles I in excellent preservation. The coins were sent to Her Majesty and the lads were rewarded.
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Hospital Field
Prince Consort
Elizabeth
James I
Charles I
Danezmnovus Preacher Described by Dr Cross
Dr Cross writes to the Richmond Advocate describing a southern preacher with grandiose visions. He cites images of rainbows meteors earthquakes and other cataclysmic scenes as part of the preacher's rhetoric and philosophy.
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Cross
Richmond Advocate
My lad where is your shirt asking traveler
A traveler questions a little boy about missing shirts. The boy replies Mammy is washing it and cannot provide another. The exchange reveals the boy’s poverty and humorous misunderstanding about needing many shirts.
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Kar
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New States
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Lary Mannairs
Sarah B. Stuart
Susan C. Williame
Rachel Gad
J. Hammond
E. Antoinette Fell
Caroline Vestal
Abby G. Northam
Maria L. Griswold
Clara Ross
Mary L. Love
B. B. Taylor
Madison
John Shanklin
Ann Clements
Harriet V. Fitch
Ned Buntline
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Supreme Court of Alabama
Judge Lister
Ion
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