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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1859
Page
5
Reports from Paris and London outline a network of alliances. France may sign a treaty with Sardinia amid possible tripartite arrangements while Italy’s Piedmont faces a war indemnity dispute. News covers royal visits, naval movements, and unsettled ministries as tensions rise across Europe.
In an evening address Charles Giddings explains knowledge of John Brown’s case and his view on aiding Brown. He invites Brown to lecture on Sunday and urges audience support for Brown’s relief. Giddings denies any intent to Harper's Ferry or Virginia ambitions and notes contributing three dollars to Brown's son.
Senator Hale of New Hampshire publishes a morning letter denying involvement with the Harper's Ferry insurrection and contests the charges as false. He states no knowledge or indication of an insurrection and challenges any evidence to be presented to Maryland or Virginia grand juries.
The prisoner in jail St. Carliale, Albert Hazlett, faced a hearing on a writ subsequent to a Virginia requisition. Miller and Shearer argued for discharge citing witnesses who testified Hazlett participated in the Harper's Ferry attack. The court found no admissible Hazlett in custody but pledged to recommit him to await Virginia's Governor requisition.
Baltimore reports say reporter M Hanna drew a pistol in a dispute with police officers at the fire alarm office, wounding William L in the thigh. Acting Mayor McPhail, shot yesterday, is gravely injured. Hanna is exonerated from direct blame. Contention rises as a new council selects a president to act as mayor during Mayor Swan’s illness ahead of the state election.
Fragmentary dispatch notes a fatal incident and a ceremonial figure in the city. It references a Surveyor General and an ex governor with a brief illness. Details are garbled. no clear names, places, or dates can be confirmed from the readable text.
Fragmentary report from Gt Levis and San Francisco notes an overdue mail date and a Saturday news broadcast. Mentions Browns ville orders for an immediate campaign and Apache Indian issues. Reports a San Francisco earthquake shock on the sixth and crop damages in Santa Fe area from overdues and telegraph lines.
A Boston fire destroyed six rear Cambridge street structures with several notable sufferers. In Gooch street a six story sugar house burned, stock losses about 80 000 and building and machinery 50 000 with most stock lost. Copeland’s confession mentions money for travel to Virginia amid unclear ties. Three square area in New Orleans burned leaving 74 families homeless. air blaze today near Paydras and Levee streets. Other reports note a Bourbon County escape from penitentiary after a rape sentence and New Orleans fires. The State Normal School building in Yrsmawri burned, loss 25 000 with 10 000 insured.
A historic plea reflects on the end of a difficult year with relief at divine justice and renewed national strength. It urges citizens to unite beyond sectional rivalries, honor moral rights, and support public duties on the fourth of November under a hopeful outlook for prosperity and cultural growth.
An incomplete OCR snippet mentions phrases about waiting and disease and references an article with unclear names. The text is garbled and hard to interpret, offering no clear event or identifiable subjects to summarize.
Fragmented notices announce deaths and weddings with names like Green, Crandall, Campati, and Cowles. Details are garbled but reflect church memorials and nuptial references from Cincinnati area listings in the 1800s era.
In the city on the morning of the 3rd October Mary Alice Thompson daughter of Joha and June Thompson aged seven years and eight months is recorded as passing.
A fragmented 1858 catalog column shows prices for bacon hams note 1054, rib sides, candles, flour, sugar, molasses, lard and other staples. It lists brands and measures with various prices, including coal, dairy items, and spices, reflecting a local market rundown.
A mid autumn market summary notes flour prices steady with no major changes and dull wheat demand. Wheat prices trend downward while barley and corn show firmer activity alongside steady beef and cotton markets with mixed sales in regional lots.
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