Peculiarities of Public Men and Presidential Ages
A late Washington writer describes how public men like Calhoun Webster Cass Benton Mangum and Johnson adapt when pressed for a word, with varied gesturing. The New York Herald lists birthplaces and ages of Taylor Cass Van Buren and others, noting five presidents were about 57 at election. It also reports on Baylies death, marital statistics, a Boston theft-tract prank, and other miscellaneous notices from politics and society.
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The Union and its Thriving Political Life
The piece reflects on national unity despite fierce politics, noting Americans unite after elections and treachery to the Union is intolerable. It discusses Gen Taylor's potential discrimination in office, shifting loyalties, and remarks on moral improvement in Virginia with the American Tract Society’s work and plans for patent medicine regulation.
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Witty court quips and a judge’s quick swat at jargon
In Philadelphia a boy sworn on oath answered with a pious line about heaven. In Chambersburg Mr Dunlap tested a juvenile witness and then compounded humor with a pun on a title. A later exchange over Esquire and squires showcased Dunlap’s wit and a judge’s quips. Also noted is the demise of the True Democrat in Pottsville after Schuylkill county election results.
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The Gallant Keystone Vote Totals Record
The Gallant report shows Key stone leading with 185,513 votes to Cass 171,967 and 11,263 other. Taxton’s majority over Cass 13,997. An over Cass and Vas Bune total of 2,274.
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Cass
Vas Bune
Resolutions of mourning for Moses Zinmenmax death
At the Philomathian Society of Pennsylvania College meeting on November 5 1948 the death of Moses Zinmenmax was mourned. The group praised his character and service and voted to place the hall in mourning for three months. A note was sent to his bereaved parents and the resolutions published in Gettysburg journals and the Lutheran Observer.
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Zimmernman
Moses K. Ziwwensay
Zinmenmax
Gettysburg
Lutheran Observer
Henry Cline
Cor
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