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The eighth annual United States Agricultural Society Fair opens in Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In New York City, a massive Douglas Democrat campaign barbecue draws tens of thousands |
| Business/Industry |
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American filibuster William Walker is executed in Honduras |
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Prince Albert's tour visits London in Canada West |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Reverend Anthony Bewley, a white Methodist preacher, lynched in Fort Worth, Texas |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Wisconsin, freight train hits a passenger train waiting in the station at Delavan and five die |
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Corps of Engineers begin repairs to defenses of Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter in South Carolina |
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In central Italy, Piedmontese troops capture the Papal State city of Perugia |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Stephen Douglas continues his campaign with a whistle-stop train journey through up-state New York |
| Education/Culture |
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In New York baseball, good early innings allow Excelsior and Putnam to notch up easy wins |
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The Prince of Wales visits Niagara Falls and watches Blondin cross on the high wire |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Hurricane strikes Louisiana and Mississippi coasts |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Albany, well-known piano manufacturing firm suffers devastating fire |
| Battles/Soldiers |
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Army builds new fort in New Mexico |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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In Pennsylvania, Douglas and Breckinridge Democrats unite behind gubernatorial nominee Henry Foster |
| Personal |
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John Joseph Pershing born in Missouri |
| Business/Industry |
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In Kentucky, Louisville and Nashville Railroad open their latest section between Louisville and Clarksville, Tennessee |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Senator Douglas's New York campaign swing arrives in Rochester |
| US/the World |
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Piedmont-Sardinia defeats the Papal States at the Battle of Castelfidardo |
| US/the World |
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The Prince of Wales is in Hamilton, Ontario, his last stop in Canada before entering the United States |
| Education/Culture |
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T.D. Rice, black-face minstrel originator of the "Jim Crow" character, dies in New York City |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Fog and heavy rains afflict New York City and vicinity |
| Crime/Disasters |
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In Arkansas, fire heavily damages the business district of Fort Smith |
| US/the World |
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Landing in Detroit, Prince Albert begins his historic visit to the United States |
| Campaigns/Elections |
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Rhode Island Republican Convention held in Providence |
| Crime/Disasters |
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Gloucester schooner lost off the coast of Maine and eleven sailors drown |
| Education/Culture |
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German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer dies of heart failure at his home in Frankfurt-in-Main |
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The Prince of Wales visits Chicago |
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The Prince of Wales relaxes on an Illinois farm |
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First day of Autumn |
