Political History of the United States from 1800 to War Start
A review of Howes Edward McPherson’s voluminous Political History covering Executive, Judicial, and Legislative papers from 1800 through the Civil War onset. It outlines Propositions, Votes, and laws on Confiscation, Emancipation, and the Slavery Question, plus debt tables, military legislation, and the administrations and congresses of the era. The work is praised as a comprehensive magazine of facts with detailed index and full proceedings. Price four dollars. available at A. D. Buemler’s Book & Drug Store.
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United States
Howes EDWARD McPHERSON
House of Representatives
Msise
A. D. BUEMLER
Duplex Elliptic Steel Spring Skirts Patent Ad
The Duplex Elliptic Steel Spring Skirt by J W Bradley claims superior elasticity and durability, folding easily like a silk dress, reducing crowding and hoop distortion. West Chambers Street New York markets its design for ladies, misses, and fashionable wear.
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WEST
Chambers street
New York
J. We. Bradley
Alice in Heaven by Rel Jimpe Diba Troy Leirteous
A reflective poem about the death of Alice, describing the sorrow of her family and the hope of reunion in Heaven. The speaker recalls Alice’s life and the gentle beauty of her passing, with emphasis on faith, Resurrection, and the promise of meeting again.
Do It with All Thy Might and Life Lessons
A fragment from a moral essay extols industrious youth and self sufficiency urging children to stay busy, own duties, and become independent. It emphasizes perseverance, discipline, and belief, warning that ignorance and skepticism hinder virtue. It also contains reflections on accountability for belief and consequences of ignorance.
Seeing Oneself Through Others Eyes in Human Character
A reflective essay on how people judge others through bias and emotion. It argues most assessments misread virtues and defects, noting both harsh judgments and hidden kindness. It cites examples of misperception, humility, and the idea that contrasts in behavior reveal motives and humanity.
A Noble Youth The Night of Rescue in Virginia Farmhouse
In a Virginia farmhouse tale three years past a seven year old Virginian boy heard distress, cleared snow to revive a mother and infant, carried the baby three miles to safety, and aided the mother as they found the father. The rescuer, named on a survivor’s arm as Winfield Scott, is hailed as a noble youth.
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Virginia
sinoran
cod
New Hampshire
Lappy
New Orleans
ffore
Ian
Winfield Scott
A Mother Makes Uniform Sized Trousers For Her Son
A young mother in town sews her boy a first pair of colored trousers in identical front and back measurements to wear evenly. The result amuses the father, who jokes about the child’s readiness for school. The piece closes with a reflection: patience in growth, like a garden, yields best results slowly and steadily.
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Papa
Horrible fatal accident at the lower mill described by town editor
Mr. Slocum and his wife read a vivid account of a deadly factory accident at the lower mill. The workman David Jones was drawn into a large drum and crushed as machinery spun for minutes, his arms and legs maimed and his life extinguished. The piece questions whether he was killed and warns of the dangers of powerful mill machinery.
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bourne
Shakspeare saya
Mrs. S
David Jones
creeter
The Secret of a Happy Home from a Cheerful Husband
A doctor recalls a cheerful workman who brightens every day with a smile. The man credits his wife for his spirit, saying her kind word, kiss, and tea calm his heart and keep him from unkindness. The piece extols a wife’s influence on a man’s happiness and home peace.
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Dr. Franklin
doetor
The Science of Smelling and Odd Anecdotes
A fragmented 19th century newspaper passage blends science claims about odors with humorous vignettes. It asserts seven primitive odors, colors, and sounds, cites Newton on color, and recounts stories from a dry goods dealer in Broadway, a cat-obsessed dentist, a Pacific coast congressman, and a Dr Franklin sleigh recipe presented as a satirical miscellany.
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Newton
Dr. Franklin
A Hero of the Ranks Sergeant Jesse Chamberlain Honored
A Baltimore American reprint lists Sergeant Jesse Chamberlain of Company T, 1st West Virginia Veteran Cavalry, cited for extraordinary service in 33 engagements. The endorsement from Acting Medical Director W. Bucs notes wounds but praises battlefield conduct and current hospitalization at General Hospital Frederick Maryland.
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Menvsar Drizeron
W.VA
Hesars
Baltimore American
Sherman
Jesse Chawberliin
1st
West Virginia Veteran Cavalry
Bloomery Gap
Winchester
Kelley's Ford
Ball Rus
Chantillie
Warrenton Junction
Lanover
Gettysburg
Monterey
Switchburg
Boonsburg
Haxerstown
Gains’ Grass Roads
Broody Station
Culpeper
Somerville Ford
Roison’s Ford
Brandy Station
Gainesville
New Baltimore
Wytheville
Lynchburg
Liberty
Salem
Martinsburg
Hagerstown
Jesse Chamberlain
General Hospital
Frederick
W. Bucs
Prominent Printers in United States Government Roles
A Washington address before the Typographical Society notes printers holding key offices. Senate selects printers for secretary and sergeant at arms while a printer sits in the vice president's chair. House assigns printers as clerk and postmaster, with December 1863 selections for foreman speaker and six of fourteen former Washington mayors provided as printers: Rapine Gales Weightman Force Towers.
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Typographical Society
Washington
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Rapine
Gales
Weightmac
Force and Towers
Weathered Leaves and War Letters in a Fragmented Page
The column blends notes on autumn leaves massing after snow, anecdotal tales of readers and a humor piece about a lawyer and a doctor, with Gen Sherman’s 1864 letter on the war’s causes and outcomes. Also included are notices of a Provost Marshal search in Beaufort and reports on General Grant’s military approach and efficiency in campaigns.
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McPHERSON
FAMESTUCK BROS
Gettyaburg
L. SCHICK
vivinity
hig
J. JL
SCINCK
my Excelsior Gallery
TYSON & BRO
Gyntes Posten
ALICE IN HEAVEN
BY REL, JIMPE Diba
Troy Leirteous
Qur Alice
Teavin
Lely
heme
Alice
Heaven
Berle
EHeaven
Hudson
Nero
Rome
Wheeler
Ohie
Savsnash
North Alabama
Stephenson
Varta
Father
Broadway
centre
Miss Sucker
verdavey
Slipheimer
Providence Journal
Congress
Pacific coast
Oregon
sharpera
wallineatung Obes
sarA funny
Iinois
Havers Mit Div
wur
Mississippi
Neda Maniorra
Anna Gilman Bowen
Sullivan's Island
Alaric
T&T
Frank
Mrs. Poreher
Eliza Gilmad
Mary Lamb
Margaret Blake
arksdales
Quashis
Pryors
tifere
Todeed
America
agath
South
Leicester
Ohio
Kiiza
Beaufort
N.C
Eyeline Pigott
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