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Taunton, MA: The Republican Publishing Co, 1889. 54 x 70 cm. The drowning season has started--warning for boys and girls to stay clear of thin ice. Four men from Taunton were riding in a closed carriage when they were struck by the steamboat train from Fall RIver. The train demolished their carriage, and the horses… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston, MA: Nathan Hale and Charles Hale, 1853. 56 x 72 cm. Long commentary from The London Times castigates Sen. Lewis Cass of Michigan for his mischievous speeches, and his disregard of the Bulwer-Clayton Treaty. There's much apprehension over American designs on Cuba, which southern slaveholders wish to acquire. Article looks at Cobden, Kossuth and Cass as troublemakers,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Boston, MA: Nathan Hale and Charles Hale, 1853. 56 x 72 cm. Long article summarizes speech of Mr. Disraeli in British House of Commons on Feb. 18 regarding anxiety of British over accession of Emperor Napoleon to French throne. The Paris Moniteur makes these observations about the effects of climate upon the British character: The London fogs have… Saber más sobre este artículo

Norwich, CT: Norwich Morning Bulletin, 1876. 46 x 60 cm. Three articles, including long report on the long-running trial in the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn scandal involving the famed Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Did or not the esteemed Rev. Beecher have a sexual affair with Mrs. Tilton, and what was the church doing about it? These articles only… Saber más sobre este artículo