Slavery views and family drama cross Missouri headlines
A Cape Girardeau County letter from 1859 contrasts Missouri slave life with Northern views, noting farm sizes, slave prices, and treatment while arguing progress in slaveholding states. The piece recounts a Cape Girardeau courtship tale between Miss Morgan and a New Yorker, ending in marriage and relocation to New Jersey, illustrating regional attitudes and movement.
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Cleveland
Boath-West
Ginanprat
Cape Girardeau County
Cairo
St. Louis
South West
Orarn
Wayne
Ohio
Cape Acromm
Crovmal
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Thane
Ian
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Jarm
Pawer
Darkey
Morphy in Paris A Singular Chess Game At Café de la Ragence
Mr Morphy, staying in Paris, plays eight games against local opponents at the Café de la Ragence. He wins seven after an opening draw, and his reputation exceeds that of Philler or Labourdonnais. Judges note Morphy’s mastery from move twenty onward, delivering remarkable, decisive blows. The London club's Mongredien confirms his superior skill, remarking that spectators seek only the honor of playing him.
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Morphy
United States
Café de la Ragence
Philler
Labourdoonais
Wately
London
Cheas
Eny
Married Women and the First Boat in Winona
A Baltimore Seve criticizes the Sickles tragedy arguing married women resist advances and cannot be seduced, then shifts to a comical Winona icebound town scene describing the arrival of the first boat. The crowd celebrates with cheers, oaths, and bustling excitement as people rush to greet the vessel.
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Winona
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The Wise Guide to Preserving Women in Health
A long earnest essay extols women as life’s ornament and argues for protective care. It stresses keeping the chest warm, ensuring dry air, and avoiding stifling baths while urging marriage as a moral safeguard and source of vitality. It closes with social quips about marriage and happiness.
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Getter
Inings
Noves
Aya
A Laughable Mistake of Canadian Officials
A London Canada sensation reports counterfeiters seized by bailiffs, arms displayed at City Hall, and spectators filling the room. Arrested group, Green Pike Preachers from Northern New York en route to St Josephs, faced apologies as arms and $1500 gold were returned.
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London
Egypt
Ibrahim Poche
Gremd Sultan
Jastice
Yeaterday
Brook Stevens
Grteen Pike Peachers
New York
Great Western Railway
St. Josephs
Veges
Rhubarb Drying Methods and Miscellaneous Notes
A colonial era note on drying rhubarb describes breaking stalks to inch pieces, stringing to dry, and soaking overnight before slow simmering. It praises Vietaria as a good variety, warns woody fibers in others, and claims dried rhubarb makes a winter sauce comparable to other dried fruits amidst scattered anecdotes and odd interjections.
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