Great Convention of Free-Soil Foes in Cleveland
Ten thousand citizens from the Western Reserve met in Cleveland to denounce the Fugitive Slave Act and demand state rights and judicial reform. Speeches by Gov. Chase and J. R. Giddings hailed peaceable protest. delegates read letters from reformers and pledged opposition to federal overreach. Reports also describe plights on the plains with emigrants starving and perilous conditions along the route.
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Rufus P. Spalding
William Dennison
Phillip Dorsheimer
Buffalo
Thomas Spooner
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Oberlin
Yonder
Lorain
Great
Republican Party
Gov. Chase
J. M. Roov
J. R. Gippinus
Trrpex
Hirencook
Colvinbus Delano
D. K. Carter
Plains
St. Louis
The
Democrat
Denver City
Blue
Gibbs
Arrvals
St. Joseph
T. W. Clark
Barber
Lawrence
Kansas
Lion
Bourbon Counties
Westport
Caloe
Dement
Sugar Mound
Navy
Jamee Buchanan
J. N. PP. Wood
United States
ITP. M
E. T
H. C. Pate
Wakarusa Valley
Ossawatomie Brown
P. M
Rush Elmore
J. H. Kagn
Rh. R. Newsome
Elmore
Free State
Rednard
Majors, Russell & Waddell
Geo. W. Belden
Bell in the old church tower echoes weddings and deaths
A short poem fragment notes a bell in an old church tower that knows joy and sorrow. It sounds glad at weddings and mourns at deaths, keeping time with human fate.
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Harper's Magazine
T. B. Aldrich
St. Peter
Aki
Italy and Austria in Europe Power Struggles and Sardinia’s Stand
A detailed overview of Italian unification prospects, Austrian dominance in Naples Tuscany Modena and Lombardy, and the balance of power in Europe. Napoleon III’s stance supports Sardinia against Austrian influence while warning against French expansion. The piece discusses implications for France and the broader Mediterranean, highlighting the 1815 Vienna settlement and subsequent reactions.
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New York
New England
Europe
Mediterranean
Germany
France
Napoleon I
Spain
Charles V
Napoleon
Italy
Richelieu
Naples
Maryland
Massachusetts
Wapsburgh
Tuscany
Parma
Modena
Ticino
Lago Maggiore
Savoy
Hapsburg
Sardinia
South Carolina
Lombardo Venetia
Maine
Congress of Vienna
House of Hapsburg
Lombardy
Venice
Paris
Austria
Bolognia
Papal Suites
Grand Duke
Napoleon III
Louis Phillippe
Lily
Vienna
Alps
Piedmont
Shadows and Mothers Faith in April Light
An essay extols a mother's healing power and the enduring cheer of children. It cites Douglas Jerrold on rising early as a path to honor and productivity, urging prayer, faith, and diligent self-examination as steps toward Christ.
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Argus
State Board of Agriculture sets plans for State Fair
The Zanesville City Times reports the State Board of Agriculture met in Zanesville last week to arrange premium lists appoint awarding committees and plan buildings for the fairgrounds. A reform gives manufactured articles machinery and agricultural implements greater consideration. The fair grounds will gain about fifteen acres with expanded buildings and carriages.
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State Board of Agriculture
Zanesville
Dan Sickles to Seek Congress Seat Next December
Friends of Dan K. E. Sickles say he will be on hand next December to claim his seat in Congress. The report appears amid a series of state statistics on railroad mileage, crop production, mills, and poverty in Ohio.
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Athens
Mall Vreine
Parkersburgh
Bal & Sod Ohio Railroad
Parotunid
Columbus
Chillicothe Tle
Principel
Mare
Omees Heman
Sap't. N Poggitt
Tivket Agert
Heathe
1859
Washington and
High Sts
Sgoodwaller
Athems
Dan. KE
Gold Discovery Reported Near Pocahontas Arkansas
The Pocahontas Advertiser notes gold found in large quantities about two miles east of Pocahontas. Other items mention Texas preachers displaced, Kossuth in Paris rumor, Senator Sumner improving in Rome, a ship with load bound for California, and controversial remarks on popular sovereignty in Appleton.
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Pocahontas (Ark
Kossura
Paris
Kossuth
Rome
Sumner
California
Lexington
Dio
Berish Douglas
Appleton
Onth & Wenupmeet
Dim Bonlas
Vreetien
Maginnis Rips Kansas Gold Mines As Humbug
James Maginnis of Lockport New York returns from the plains and denounces Kansas gold mines as a stupendous humbug run by land speculators frontier town backers and merchants with heavy stocks. He is backed by Van Ness of Jackson Michigan who says no one ever earned more than 20 cents a day digging claims and found dirt yielding more than one cent to the pan.
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St. Louis
James Maginnis
Lockport
N. Y
Plains
Democrat
Kansas
Maginnis
van Ness
Jackson
Michigan
Tone of the French Press on France's War Duty
Patrie praises France for accepting war duties and unity under Napoleon III. Courrier de Paris lauds national sacrifice, saying parties forget grievances and the nation moves as one. Napoleon III is hailed as a Civilisation’s knight and the nation stands ready to follow him.
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Patrie
France
Europe
Italy
Senate
Legislative Corps
Courrier de Paris
Napoleon 111
Napoleon L
Ticino the Boundary Stream Rivaling Rubicon in Fame
The Ticino or Tessin river forms the Sardinia Lombardy boundary then flows to the Po near Pavia. Its 125 mile course is navigable from Lake Maggiore to the Po, and it carries historic potential as a key frontier river. A second item covers B J Loomis in Cleveland and auditor payments for assistant clerk and toll inspector roles. A deerfield report notes two ancient gourds from 1795 to 1802 kept by James Templin Sr. An editorial from The Richmond Dispatch argues for inviting free blacks to Richmond to address labor scarcity.
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Sardinia
Austria
Cesar
Gaul
Rome
Ticino
Switzerland
Locoroco
B. J. Loomis
Cleveland
House of Representatives
the Public Works
Loomis
Ohio State Journal
James Templin
Deerfield Township
Prankfort
Mr. Templin
Chillicothe Gaz
Richmond Dispatch
Richmond
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Joseph M. Dana
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Norson
Knowles
Svenor
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QHIC
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R. Desteiguer, JR
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Athens Co
Yla
John Ring
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Pickering & Carney’s Block
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A&c. de
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W. D. Bartlett
Main Street
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H. T. Brown
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S. van Vorhes
Stillwater
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Arietta
Cincinnati
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Fode
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G. H. Stewart
Albeleweth
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Bartlett
City Fire Insurance Co
Knowles & Grosvenor
Athens Real Estate Agency
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Athens County
Luis
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Mrs. Mallerner
Main ST
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J. F. Mahon
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Pullan & Williamson
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Cincinnati, VO
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Columebus Belano
D. MK. Carter
Joshe Ua
Giddings
Tilden
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N. S. Times
Northern District of
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Christ
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M. K. Church
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Fair Girl
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Moyo
Sin
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Pri Graw
Cerea
Aig
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Aspinwall
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Wella
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Los Angeles
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Iever
Congress
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Macade
Guayaquil
Chili
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Coquimbo
Santiago
Valparai- 80
Era
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