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The Decade Was 1840's |
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1842 - Godey's Lady's Book warns
ladies attending summer resorts to guard against
bare arms, which cause men to blush.
1842 - The University of Notre Dame is
founded in South Bend.
1843 - Wagon trains begin to set out for
Oregon each summer from settlements along the
Missouri River.
1845 - Potato famine in Ireland brings
great numbers of Irish immigrants.
1848 - John Sutter finds gold in them-thar'
hills of California and the beginning of the
1849 Gold Rush follows. |
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The Decade Was - 1840's
Various newspaper items concerning Boone County and its
residents in the 1840's. You'll find a bit of everything ...
deaths, births, accidents, crime ... and even humor. All
items are transcribed exactly as they appeared in the
publication, so please bear in mind that it was a different
time and sometimes those editors wrote with a bit of flair,
and describing gory details seemed to be their specialty!
Even if you don't find an ancestor or two among these pages,
you'll still find it interesting to read the news of their
day. And if you *do* find a relative in some of these news
clips, you might turn up a real surprise or two!
Use the "find" feature on your browser to locate
particular surnames
Potosi Republican
Potosi, Wisconsin
January 20, 1848
Plain Talk -- Mrs. Elizabeth Peters, of Boone county,
Indiana, notices her absconding husband in the following
terms: "Left my bed and board last fall, thereby rendering
my expenses lighter, my legal husband, Peters,
without cause or provocation. -- All the old maids and young
girls, widows of every age and condition, are hereby
forwarned [sic] against harboring or trusting him on my
account, as I am determined not to be accountable for his
debts, or more especially his misconduct, because he is a
loafer, a drunkard, a gambler, a thief, and a liar."
Transcribed by: T. Stover - 8/11/2007
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