Knowles Attorney at Law in 8th Judicial Circuit
Knowles, an attorney and counsellor at law and solicitor in chancery, practices in the several courts of the 8th Judicial Circuit. Office located in the courthouse upstairs. 45
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D. S. Dana
Athens
Ohio
W. Reed Golden
Athens Co
S Knowles
Chancery
8Th Judicial Circuit
Housa
A. van Vorhes
Whitt
Minnesota
Stillwater
J. D. Johnson
Eagle Hotel
Leonidas Jewett
H*s
Mainstreet
A. & J. L. Kessinger
Stewart Building
Echoes of Babylon in Wandering Winds and Ruins
A somber meditation on ancient Babylon in ruins. The speaker laments the city’s fall once famed for palaces temples and a thriving multination city life. The prophet’s voice foretold doom as the Persian entered and erased Babylon leaving only desolation.
Telegraph advances foretell world wide electric pulse
The Scientific American notes the electric telegraph will soon belt the earth with its wire as New York can send its pulse through continents in a second. Since its eight year start the system has grown to 15000 miles, transforming social life like other great inventions.
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New York
Asia
Africa
Europe
Baltimore
Washington
Albany
Buffalo
Daniel Webster
Faneuil Hall
Boston
The Beautiful Old Age and the Higher Life
A meditation on beauty in old age and a tougher, higher life found through courage and faith. The piece contrasts tranquil fading with a difficult, cross marked existence where only grit and belief in self and providence lead to enterprise, wealth, and victory over chance.
Closing Words From Everett Speech On Webster Death
The article passages the closing peroration of Mr. Everett at Boston on Daniel Webster's death, praising his faith and public service, describing Marshfield scenes, and quoting poetry. It includes a touching anecdote of a grieving mother and sister with a hand that “never struck me” and reflections on life, death, and virtue.
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Mr. Everett
Boston
Marshfield
Daniel Webster
Gray
Forum
Senate
Corwin and Gardiner Claim under Investigation
An investigating committee found that 510,000 paid by M. O. Kroppares of New York to Mr. Corwin covered all fees in thirty cases before the Mexican Commissioner and noted it was less than the counsel fees of an opposing party. Corwin plans to refund part of the money, relying on the committee’s acquittal. The Zamerville Court reports the findings.
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Me. C
M. O. Kropxares
New York
Gardiner
Committee of Investigation
Zamerville Cour
Rules for the Preservation of Health
Timely guidance on temperance cleanliness and pure air to prevent fever and disease. Advice covers airy rooms dampness control, open windows bedding airing cold water sponges daily washing whitewashing biannual, avoiding drying clothes indoors and maximizing water use, open air exercise and careful handling during contagious outbreaks. It also prescribes isolation of the sick and sanitation steps including washing clothes and floor disinfection with chloride of lime after a death or recovery.
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Rure
Idle habits scar a boy into a lifelong loafer and criminal
A lengthy discourse argues that idleness in childhood breeds vice poverty and crime. It urges parents to instill work and study early, to keep minds active, and to prevent children from growing up in idleness by providing schooling and productive labor. It cites examples of ignorant lazy youths and warns of lifelong consequences.
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Dalmer Journal
National Intelligencer Predicts Adverse Result in Election
The National Intelligencer notes the election favors the opposition Whig candidate and warns the administration will pass to rivals with differing policies. It lauds the current president’s integrity and fears the Young America and progressive stance will threaten national stability and harmony.
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National Intelligencer
Mat
Gales
Young America” Party
Gen. Pierce
United States
Countryman
Pierce
The Mountain Labored and Brought Forth a Mouse
A political commentary mocks the election outcome and calls it a mouse produced by heavy toil. The piece ridicules campaign machinery and cites Franklin Pierce as a flawed product, contrasting grand rhetoric with the perceived small result. It laments continued power shifts and hints at Cuba re annexation.
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Washington
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
Credal Judeas
Egypt
Mino
Cuba
Alps
Scioto Gareth
Degeneracy of Democracy Cited Over Office Hunger
The Daily Punto laments what it calls a democracy degeneracy an epidemic of office love among Democrats. It blamed widespread personal ambition and self aggrandizement, noting the rapid shift to office seeking even as victory in elections was barely declared.
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Punto
Railroading Iron Sparks Warning to Tribune Editor
A letter from Burraro on October 22, 1852 denounces ad valorem as deceitful and argues the United States must manufacture rails to avoid British price manipulation. It warns of Washington efforts to repeal tariffs, predicts Britain will back rail suppliers and shut new U.S. mills, leaving contractors financially ruined.
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Burraro
United States
New York
Scranton
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Washington
Congress
Locofoco
Movement Against Cuba Prompts Quiet Emigration Plan
The New York Courier and Enquirer cites an undoubted source saying Cuban expedition organizers aim to travel as emigrants, unarmed, to avoid U S neutrality laws. Arms are stored abroad, with preparations kept secret and a risk of violent outcomes for participants.
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New York Courier and Enquirer
Cuba
United States
Daniel Webater
Republic
Robbery at Brooklyn Post Office and Butter Trade in Cincinnati
A Dublin Gazette report notes Daniel F. Nickles and followers seized and bound the Brooklyn Post Office postmaster, taking circulars urging votes for Pierce and King. The article also surveys Cincinnati butter imports and exports for the year ending September, estimating a ready supply worth about one million dollars and nearly a third of hog values.
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Clare
Paris
Ireland
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Dickinson
Pierce
King
Daniel F. Nickles
Broadway
Sickles
Tammany Hall
N. S. Tribune
Cincinnati
Hungarian official advertises Iowa farm sale to Texas move
Riemovas or Gov Antaxie Gov Ujhazi the Hungarian and Governor of Comora lists his Iowa farm and possessions for sale as he plans to move to Texas due to climate concerns.
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Ujhazi
Comora
Iowa
Texas
Lowe
Autumn’s Reign and Winter’s Call in a Mystic Verse
A lyrical scene portrays Autumn preparing the land for winter as Summer fades and Spring memory returns. Frost and harvest imagery mingle with personified seasons, noting leaves, flowers, and the shore while Autumn reclaims power and Winter awaits.
Severe Lakes Storm Sinks Multiple Vessels
Nov 8 report from Furraro notes a violent storm on the Lakes wrecking the M Dousman at Dunkirk with coal cargo and sinking the R O Mead. Beandown and other vessels suffer losses including two hands, while Long Point and Walnut Creek wrecks claim crews. The Michigan returns from Rochester search. nearly all aboard lost except captain and a boy.
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Dunkirk
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Myers
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Walnut Creek
Michigan
Rochester
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Veesel
Manipulated plea on Pierce election and American industry
A fragment argues Gen Pierce's election would doom protection for American industry and manufacturers. It cites Blackwood's Magazine boasting that US makers compete with England and questions whether manufacturers must end or be kept from prospering. The text includes rhetorical exchanges and politically charged jabs.
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Blackwood
America
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London Times
Sciolo Garette
Herowok Wordplay Reveals Hidden Gender Clues
A linguistic curiosity notes that the word Herowok contains embedded gender hints. The first two letters imply male, the first three imply female, the first four suggest a brave man, and the full word denotes a brave woman.
Pierce leads across states with scattered gains in election
Sixty counties in Ohio report a 2 500 gain since the state election and an expected 15 000 majority. New York City shows Pierce with over 11 000 and the state may give him 20 000. Kentucky backs Scott by about 2 000 with Maryland and Georgia favoring Pierce by large margins. Virginia slight Pierce gains. Massachusetts lists 54 205 for Scott, 40 708 for Pierce. Philadelphia county shows Pierce 26 022 Scott 24 573. California result pending, likely Scott if enough votes, otherwise Pierce.
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Scott
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Tennessee
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Virginia
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Webster
Scattering
Philadelphia
Brown
California
Annexation Doctrine Promises Expansion under Pierce and King Platform
The Cincinnati Nonpareil notes the push for annexation, listing Cuba Canada Mexico and the Sandwich Islands as coming events. It frames Annexation as a central plank of the Pierce and King platform and argues broad national unanimity on this doctrine.
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Cincinnati Nonpareil
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Mexico
Sandwich Islands
Pierce and King
United States
Ambassadors and funds rumor cited in Madrid report
The New Orleans Express notes circulating talk that the American Ambassador in Madrid renewed an offer of 80,060,000 dollars from Polk era. It adds the administration lacks authority to commit such funds as only Congress holds power.
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Casa
New Orleans Express
Madrid
Pernicious Tariff of 1545 Impacts Western Furnaces
The Porte mouth Tribune reports the Tariff of 1545 has harmed western industry. For two years, thirty furnaces in the Lawrence Iron Regs have operated at half capacity, effectively winding up fifteen establishments while the rest continue at full force. One new furnace has been attempted under special conditions.
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West
Portemouth
Lawrence
Cabinet talk names Buchanan and Cobb for Pierce era
Some papers speculate Gen. Pierce will appoint James Buchanan of Pennsylvania as Secretary of State and Georgia’s Governor Cobb to a cabinet post, with others named as possible members.
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Gen. Pierce
Ow Saya
Amies Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Cobb
Georgia
Display of 12 hundred pound hog in Calais Maine Exhibit
A Calais Maine exhibit features a hog raised by Nathaniel Lamb of Milltown standing seven feet six inches tall with a gift of six feet eight inches and weighing twelve hundred pounds at one year five months old.
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Marmora Hoo
Calais
Maine
Nathaniel Lamb
Milltown
Waterville man houses over five thousand hens in ten-acre enclosure
A Great Heaxrey-Orville Hungerford of Waterville New York keeps about 5060 hens in a picketed ten acre enclosure with buildings for their accommodation.
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Heaxrey
Orville Hungerford
Waterville
N. Y
Mississippi Senate Rejects Foote Censure Expunction Bid
The Democratic controlled Senate refuses to expunge the censuring of Governor Foote over his advocacy of the compromise measures. The body sticks to the censure as part of the political fallout from the legislative action.
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Senate
Mississippi
Foote
Editor Whipped by Women Over Editorial Gaffe in St Laure
A German paper editor in St Laure was severely horsewhipped by German ladies in protest of his alleged editorial abuse. Since June 1, Rochester reports several cholera deaths amidst rising health concerns.
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St. Laure
Rochester
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