Curse of Progress Blinks Wrecked by a Floorboard
Blinks showed a battered face with plaster and a sling after a mishap blamed on a loose floorboard. A friend asked if a motor accident caused it. Blinks replied it happened when he trod on the board while sneaking in late at night and woke his wife.
Know Nothings and Factional Politics in 19th Century America
The article traces the Know Nothing movement from its early secret rites to a national party, noting its 1840s shifts and stateside conduct. It also details Democratic splits between the Hunkers and Barnburners led by figures like Marcy and Wright, the rise of the Free Soil stance, and Whig reactions including the Locofocos. It closes with a note on the first New York City milestone stones set from 1769 onward.
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