Editorial on 1856 party prospects and Ohio results
The piece derides political dreams as unfulfilled and doubly questions the fate of the Whig and Democrat parties in 1856 while noting Ohio election gains for Porter and the circuit judge Logan. It cites Dearborn County results with Porter ahead by 838 and Logan by 530 and remarks on local indifference to the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Pierce
United States
Whig
Democrat
Ohio
Porter
Logan
Dearborn Co
Rising Sun
H.C. Crart
Craft
Ohio County
National Democrat
New York
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Guthrie
Mr. Bronson
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Custom House
State Fair pumpkins exceed prior weighs in Indiana
A Marion County pumpkin weighed 120 pounds at the Indianapolis show, but a 185 pound pumpkin won at the State Fair. The article recounts regional yields, rail progress toward Vincennes and notes on entertainment aboard the Floating Palace with performers and lion tamers, plus local notices and a San Francisco real estate tidbit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Marion County
San Francisco
Front Street
Broadway
Australian Melbourne life described by an American visitor
The American reporter from Melbourne notes high living costs and scarce water, with dry and wet seasons bringing mud and dust. He cites poor government regulation, scarce water access, and reliance on nugget hunting, while Melbourne grows as a business center. Americans are welcomed but feared by monopolies. bushranger robberies affect locals. Steam navigation suits Pacific conditions. sailing ships favored in the Atlantic. Also Kentucky hog prices drive excitement as 9000 head sell in Nelson county at 3.23 to 3.50 per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wa. Deckworth
Stella S Tory
Mr. A. Cnpspann
Tippoo Sultan
Row Raxp Srorer
van Ampuren
James Raymond
Reed
Duckworth
Crosby
Willains
Reen
North
Great West
Australia
Express of Anams & Co
New York Herald
Melbourne
California
Yarra
Pacific
Atlantic
Ailille
Herald
the Times
Boston American Union
Political satire and railroad talk in a crowded 1850s page
A fragmentary scene shows Davis and Marcy in bed debating democracy and the Pacific Railroad while a political column condemns the Pierce cabinet as arrogant and out of touch. The piece blends mock dialogue with sharp editorials on governance and current affairs.
Eastern Question features new war alarms in Turkey
The article notes Mehemit Ali’s war push in Turkey and riots after the sultan refused to sign a war declaration against Russia. French fleets head to Constantinople, and Admiral Dundas plans to sail to the city as Austria and Russia align. The Vienna note fallout delays crisis, with protests and fortifications along the Black Sea coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Mehemit Ali
Russia
Dardanelles
Constantinople
Dmiral Dundas
Porte
Borram
Trieste
England
Vienna
Austria
Plans for Mexican Empire Rumors Stir Across Nations
Reports from informed observers claim a plan forms to crown Santa Anna emperor, modeled on Louis Napoleon, with European monarchs feared for their example to republics. Denials may come from Gen. Almonte, though public doubt persists about an imperial Mexico backed by England and France.
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Empire
Mexico
Santa Anna
Mexican Republic
Louis Napoleon
France
Almonte
England
War rumors flare as Turkey contemplates declaration and European powers react
Atlantic arrives from England with dispatches as newspapers report Turkey mulling war against Russia under Ottoman Grand Council action. France leans toward readiness, Austria proposes arbitration, and British cabinet reacts amid tension at Olmutz and Vienna. Cholera rises in Liverpool. Isaac Wright salvage update follows.
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New York
Atlantic
Sdvices
England
Turkey
Koszta
France
Vienna
Russia
Omar Pasha
Rouschoux
Olmutz
Porte
Marseilles
Constantinople
Danube
Principalities
Bessky Bay
Liverpool
Isaac Wright
Irish
Watch Dead Dog Watchman at Third Street Wharf
A mail boat dogsits Watch the bull terrier at the stage plank near Third street when he died in healthful old age. He served the mail route for years defending bags and guarding the post, a beloved sentinel. The story notes his bravery against a wild boar in youth and laments his passing. Two Cincinnati priests from St. Aloysius Orphan Asylum were arrested for beating two orphan boys with a cowhide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Street
Watch
Lou Courier
St. Aloysius Orphan Asylum
Cincinnati
Remarkable cure noted for crippled girl on Market Street
A March Street report cites a girl who once walked with a crippled foot now nearly fully recovered after treatment by Dr Brage using Mustang Limmont. The note appears in the St Louis Daily Herald 1833. Also an 8-year dyspepsia claim praises Dr Hansrep's Pills with details on a Cincinnati depot and rising sun newspaper notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
Brage
St. Louis
CCF
C. Hansrep
Eptrea
Rising Sun
Ind
Burger's
East Fourth St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dangerous heat and disease warnings in ad copy
Public health warnings mix with medicine ads about heat related illnesses and poison risks. The piece urges precautions and promotes Hobensack medicines and true digestive fluids claiming cures for liver, bilious disorders, indigestion, and dyspepsia with strong product claims and proprietor signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobensack
J. N.hobensack
J. 5. Houghton
Philadelphia
Advertising Rates Published by The Aurora Standard and Banner
The notice lists pricing for ad sizes from one to four squares and half columns with rates in 1852 by Kilner Slater and Folbre. Special charges apply for legal ads, candidate announcements, and notices of marriages or deaths, with free publication for benevolent meetings unless lengthy. Wives ads are double the usual price and advance payment is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Kilner & Slater
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R. J. Kilner
M. R. Slater
E. G. Blasdell
Ilinois Central Railroad
Vincennes
Svork
Cor
State Journal
New England
West
Mississippi
Loeal Matters
Morpheus
Bacchus
Louisvlle Journal
Kentucky
Nelson County
Davis
Marcy
Hoszta
Philadelhia
Pacific Railroad
D'Israeli
Holland
India
Europe
America
D'sraeli
Salem
Ills
Mitchell
Sanger, Camp & Co
H. C. Seymour & Co
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad
King
Messrs
Gallagher
Kelly
Col. King
Ilroad
Ohio and Mississippi
Sanger
Vin. Gazette
Pennsivania
Gilpin
Keyer
Texas
San Antonio
U. S
Columbus
Carpenter
Cin Gazette
Wilmington
Indiana
Mahlon Hume
George
Lucinda Hume
Conway & Co
Ligut
Maire
Erond
Orleans
Peachesand
Wood
Ohwig & Mississippi i. Rlcq
Ubto & Mississippi Railroad Company
H.goudman
Wam Cassady
Petersburgh
Ware
Aldrich
Bet
Sth
Crockery
ASTRE
Rhine & Columbia
Reo
C. C
Main St
Std
O. Aldrich
4Th
AD Irons
Tumy
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