Overland Mail Updates and Far West News
St Louis reports mail dates to the 30th with five ore laden teams bound for San Francisco for shipment to England. A new silver find at Washoe Lake head prompts rail and route news. British Columbia dates arrive. Northern Eagle clipper valued at 65,000. Trade is dull and political moves stir for 1861 Senate. Liberal funds flow to Broderick monument.
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Overland Mail
St. Louis
Jane
Nevada
Gold Iinron Valley
Washoe Lake
San Francisco
England
Salt Lake
Placerville
Himee Fortane
Gwi
Wella
British Columbia
Bequimaux Harbor
Painful Calamity Drowns Six in Minnesota Lake
Six people die in a drowning near Lake Minnetonka after a sailboat capsized in a sudden gale. Mr. M. B. Stone from New York led his wife and two children toward Minnetonka Mills before the vessel overturned. Butterfield and Lovelling, from Vermont, perished. McKenzie survived.
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Lake Minnetonka
St. Paul
Minn
M. B. Stone
New York
Torth
Minnetonka Mills
St Paul
N. Butterfield
L. Lovelling
le J. McKehris
Stone
Butterfield
Mr. McKenzie
Levelling
Vermont
The Late Insurrection and Civil War Dispatches
Reports from October detail scouts in the mountains pursuing Cook who is said to have crossed the Pennsylvania line toward Canada. Suspicion grows at Winchester as strangers are arrested as spies while Virginia authorities hold prisoners. Captain Brown wounded, Stevens not expected to survive. A Garritt Smith letter from June 1650 expresses Kansas work support and funds, while Barrimont relates Captain Brown’s discussions with politicians revealing northern and western sympathizers and a Virginia expedition context.
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Owen
S. Percy
Cook
Pennsylvania
Canada
William Lee
Charleston
Quid
Washington
Virginia
Brown
Stevens
Garritt Smith
Kansas
Lysees
John
Mr. Kearny
Barrimont
Brown Feterday
Senstor Masa
Faulkner
Vallandingham
Restoran
Giddin
Ohio
Thera
Free States
Pindmonth Badette Senkes
Vind Benes
Romagna
Rome
Sardinis
Russia
Piedmont
Genoa
Russis
Baron Bruck
Spatx
Morocco
Spain
Tangier
Oxinxa
China
Overland Mail
Pi-Ho
Grand Canal
Ward
Pekin
Ching Kong
Europe and Atlantic Steamship News Report
The Anglo Saxon sails to Quebec with a note of a potential delay for the Great Eastern voyage to America. London dispatches discuss Austrian-French diplomacy, Napoleon updates, and ongoing issues in Vienna, with Irish and Italian financial strains noted. Updates include market snapshots from London and Portland, ship speeds, and repairs planned for the Great Eastern.
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Quebéci
Amorrow
Liverpool
Theurope
Vienna
Turin
London Times
Austria
France
Persia
London
Boiler Explosion Kills Five in Scranton Yard
In Scranton Pennsylvania on October 24 a boiler exploded in the yard of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad, destroying the locomotive Virginia. Five men were killed including engineer Robert Starritt and fireman S. Lewartz from Moscow Pennsylvania. two others remain unknown. The engine was completely wrecked.
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Scrantox
Logomotive
Virginia
Del
Robert Starritt
Brown
Giddings Denies Counsel on Virginia Expedition
Joshua BR Giddings responds to claims tied to Capt Brown about the Virginia Expedition. He defends himself against insinuations of authorization, calling the move dishonorable and stating he was not consulted by Brown on this or any expedition. The exchange cites Mason Faulkner and Vallandingham in the discussion.
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J. BR. Giddings
Capt
Brown
Mason
Faulkner
Vallandingham
Giddings
Virginia
Tragh
A.G. Cushing
South Bend
Ludiene
Trask
Unauthorized letter threatens marches on Harper's Ferry and Charleston
New York report from the Herald's Washington correspondent says an insolent missive attributed to the notorious Cook, dated Chambersburg, Pa., claims an army of several thousand will march to take Harper's Ferry and Charleston and to perform various supposed feats, noting the secretary would hardly have been warned in advance if real plans were in motion.
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The
Herald
Washington
S Ferry
Cook
Chambersburg
Borper
New Osceans Oct 74 unclear OCR fragment
Fragmentary OCR text from New Osceans dated October 1974 mentions squares and possible names but lacks coherent facts or events to summarize meaningfully.
Warcenter fund begun to aid Brown's defense in Virginia trial
Boston on Oct 24 reports the Abo of Warcenter launched a fundraising drive to contribute money for Brown's defense in the Virginia court case. The effort seeks broad support from local residents and organizations as the trial proceeds.
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Boston
Aboof Warcenter
Brown
Fragmentary OCR Item Heads to Units
A damaged OCR passage mentions friends and cabs and a mystery event with unclear names and dates. The readable bits suggest a misformed report about a domestic or social incident, but the fragment provides no concrete actions or outcomes to specify.
Fragmented 1958 Market List With Prices Across Goods
A jagged OCR page shows a mixed market listing including fruit like cranberries oranges and lemons, meats and lard, leather goods, nails, and paints with varied per unit prices. It resembles a late 19th or early 20th century catalog style, listing items by category and unit price, including groceries, hardware, building materials, and tobacco. Some entries mention quantities and vendors, while much of the text is garbled and partial.
Flour and grain market notes show mixed demand and varied prices
The report lists flour prices and sales volumes with notes on oats corn and barley. It records premiums for prime wheat at 16 25 and 15 90 per unit, oats with advances of Ic, and extensive grain sales including 15 900 bushels at 90 and 31 000 at 90 under various grades.
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Erie
Pittsburgh
Blessburgh
Cranberrie
Sermies
Norway
Penn
Rees
Salzratus
Babbitt
Bed
Geen Steel
Castile
Olive
Imperial
Bacon -Guiet LA
Ck Poe
Do Ste
Allie
Rsc
Allinetore
Sicia
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Harney
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General Scott
Robert Stevenson
Feasce
Napoleon
Eugenie
Adodin
Peror
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Parnes Des Sante
Daily News
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Joshua BR. Giddings
Avecera
Harry
Dusereary Tnt
Dubvqvr
Wrolmale Markey
Ocovonss
Ours
Bosteq
Cincinnati
Golki
Tia Cincine
Wew
York
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Sien
St. Louis Market
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Dees
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Bi. Y
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Alen & Behet
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Hooper
Baker
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Main Street
Dubuque
Borquet
J Stewart Love
Joseph ‘Miller
Clay
Istrées
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Iowe
By Cod
Luke & Co
Allen
Dtw
Allen & Hosford
J. C. Ayer & CO
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Ideperdence, Bochaay CO
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Koe Dm the Law Dock
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Attorney At Law
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