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Newspaper

Alton Observer

Location

Alton, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1837

Page

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Names Listed Across Missouri and Nearby Towns

A long list of individuals and titles appears, naming ministers, doctors, and local officials from numerous towns across Missouri and nearby areas. The fragment includes church figures, physicians, and civic names such as Rev James J Marks in West Ely, Dr S M Harris in Pleasant Grove, and Rev Robert Stewart in Canton, among others.

Missouri West Ely James J. Marks Louisville Janes Baird Pleasant Grove S. M. Harris St. Charles Thomas P. Copes Auburn Pitlander Draper Lousiana James Waigson Marion College Wim Oakley Franklin Peter B. Davis Millersburgh Martin Baker Fulton Daniel Nolley Jones’ Tan Yard Isaac Tate Potosi Henry Pease Caledonia T. Donnell A. Bulkley Springfield P.C. Canedy Galena A Kent Carlinville Bela White Hennepin J. Stickell Winchester Z. Carter Jacksonville D. B. Ayres Warsaw Julius Read Salem L. K. Anderson Prophetstown A. Smith Waverly Isaac H Brown Rushville Daniel V. Dawley Ellison Creek P.O Wm. Cowden New Boston Denison Whitehall George Henderson Rocksland Town C.W. Babbitt Chester Joshua Tucker Fayette James Mewall Lite Rock Augustine Smith

Second Annual Report of Adams County Anti-Slavery Society

The Adams County Anti-Slavery Society reports year of effort to promote abolition through press distribution, prayer meetings, public lectures, and reading rooms. It notes a rising local anti slavery movement, disputes with opponents, and commitment to moral action over politics, urging sustained effort until slavery ends.

Missionary. Moravians and their world wide labors in faith

A historical sketch details Moravians forming a church in 1727 after exile from Bohemia. It praises their unity, mission drive, and global reach from Greenland to Guinea, noting their voluntary hardships, ships at sea, and relentless pursuit of converting the world.

Society of Inquiry Union ‘Pheological Seminary Richmond Telegraph Saxony Germany John Huss Jerome Prague Unitas West Indies Greenland Redeemer Tie Labrador Esquimaux Caucasus Guinea Algiers Persia

Abolitionist Call to End Slavery Worldwide

A proclamation declares slavery must be abolished as a divine duty and moral imperative. It urges all who fear God and respect humanity to join the effort and persist until every vestige of slavery is eradicated globally.

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Temperance and the Fourth of July

A temperance celebration on the Fourth of July near Marion drew about five hundred attendees. The South River Temperance Society, newly formed, held its second meeting with 118 pledges signed, led by Rev. James Gallagher and others.

Alton Britain Sam Marion Lower College South River Temperance Society Father Adam James Gallagher M’connell A. P. Whitaker

Burlington Wisconsin Territory Sketch Describes Growth and Resources

The piece extols Burlington Des Moines County as the Wisconsin Territory seat with rapid growth and abundant timber water prairie and soil. It notes 1259 residents three years in age a surge in housing stores and a capitol building planned for the Legislature and a diverse migration from eastern middle and western states.

Wisconsin Territorial Gazette Burlington Des Moines Ile Maferigi Smire Darlington Claudian Elere Mississippi River Wisconsin St. Louis Galena Pass Upper Mississippi

Stop my paper and the editor’s response in Massillon

The Jeffersonville Courier reprints Massillon Ohio Gazette editor James Allen’s defense of free expression in a dispute over “Stop my paper” and the duty of editors to publish honest opinions. It cites Cincinnati Chronicle remarks urging discussion of principles over personalities. The piece argues losing one subscriber may gain others when editors stand firm.

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Emancipation Evangelism by John Quincy Adams at Newburyport

In the Salem Gazette the writer hails John Quincy Adams as a Christian statesman on the 61st anniversary of independence. He portrays Adams advocating universal emancipation using biblical arguments from Isaiah and the mission of Christ, urging America to break the yoke of slavery and plead for deliverance in its laws.

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