Decay of Democracy in Northern States Explains Union Split
Baraboo The Thursday April 30 1857 edition critiques the Cincinnati Platform and pro slavery planks as the cause of decay in the Democratic Party. It argues Northern states reject slavery as a basis of policy and notes Southern tyranny and misgovernment across Missouri Kentucky and other states. The piece forecasts continued political collapse as anti-slavery sentiment grows in New York Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin amidst Democratic party weakness.
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Cincinnati
Democratic Party
Eivil
New Mughuid
New York
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Uiaé
Han
Portage City Record Sees New Leadership in Republican Press
The Portage City Record will pass under Ton. Rost and J. C. Chasne iu, now Lostege City Record, with M. M. Davis and AL Punsei editing. The paper, praised for Davis’s legislative and party savvy, aims to become a leading Republican journal in the state while defending free speech amid pro slavery pressures.
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Kansas
J. C. Chasneiu
Ton
Rost
BL Westworts
Assembly
Dodge County
Lostege City Record
Revow
Ifon
M. M. Davis
AL Punsei
Davis
Sunsun
Comet fears debunked as locals dismiss doomsday talk
John T Kingston notes that rumors of a cr ating comet striking Earth are unfounded. He explains the unlikely contact between a comet and the planet using a simple scale model and urges readers to continue subscriptions despite any celestial scare. Local reports also cover a Milwaukee train wreck error and praise for Senator Kiserson amid regional industry talk.
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Zereth
Pine
Jous 1
Kisestox
Grand Rapids
Wisconsin
Jordan
Circuit Court
Register of Deeds
Board of Supervisors
John
Juneau County
Iain
Toh
Sank
Adams
Janean
Tym
Kovas- Yon
Massacre Rumors Rise From Minnesota Territory
A dated April 15 1857 letter from St Paul recounts Native American uprisings in Minnesota Territory. Reports describe killings of settlers including trader William Wood and others, with women held prisoner and families fleeing. Volunteers from Mankato, Prescott and Farrbank mobilized as General Dodd and Gen Shield pursued bands near Blue Earth County and the Big Bend region.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Sprixgrieve
Biro Karta Co
Wm. Wood
Got ‘Wood
Mr. Church
Josiah Steiwart
Chareh
Marshl
St. Peter
Dodd Amlity Voluntuers
Mane
Farrbank
Shield
Aiso
Mankato
Aecomonies
Alex
Faribault
Adion
Fort Snelling
Prescott
Blue Earth
Dodd
Alana
Minnesota River
Extraordinary Trial of Strength in Troy City
The Troy Times recounts a Saturday evening strength contest between James Madison known as the cast iron man and Professor Carl the strongest man in America. Carl exhibited feats before the main event and Madison bent iron and balanced heavy anvils. The report notes additional demonstrations and a disputed fairness claim by Madison, ending with a caution about dangerous stunts.
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Troy Times
James Madison
Carl
America
Mr. Madison
Aly
Madison
Cone
Studison
Curl
Irog Times
Tate
Long list of 19th century notes from The Republican era
A mosaic of brief items notes in a mid 19th century paper including prices per hundred for chip products in Boston, rumored Longfellow drama, harbors on the Atlantic coast, a Perth Amboy bank explosion, California trees, troops in Kansas, murder jail counts, ivory shipment from Zanzibar to Salem, population estimates for Winona, Madison Journal as city printer, Cosmos volume progress, Washington applicants for office, Michigan wheat crop, Ohio and Mississippi rail link, Omar Pasha daughter tragedy, Wisconsin lumber destined for market, Kossuth sister schooling, blasphemy complaints in Republica papers, banknote circulation, crop damage stories, banking note warnings, New Orleans carnival quips, croix valley farmers wages, English statute on penalties, Evie Canal debate, US clergy and criminal costs, New York school districts, U.S. postage, Navajo conflict, Coroner remarks, Ole Bull denial, US China envoy salaries, a Cincinnati horsedray accident, and the Nankin porcelain tower destruction.
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Boston
Itill
Longfellow
United States
Commercial Bank
Perth
Kansas
Harney
Louisville
Salem
Miss
Zanzibar
Attica
Republican
Winona
Madison Journal
Madison
Argus & Dempareet
Hambolt
Washington
Michigan
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Ohio & Mississippi
Omar Pasha
Hus Tanta
Wisconsin
Tay
Madame Ruidsay Kossuth
Louis Kossuth
Young James
Oranga Co
Fond da Bagator
Republica
Supreme Court
Wankestia Academy
Chase
Racine
A. G. Coll
Burlington
Out’s
New Orleans
Bani
So. Croix Valley
Evie Canal
New York
Rochester
New Mexico
Monty J. Dodge
Philadelphia
Ole Bull
Norway
China
Astraordinary
JSF
Chinese Herald
Nankin
Wanda
Great Free State victory and Kansas politics in 1857
From Leavenworth and nearby, reports celebrate the Free State ticket victory led by Henry J. Adams. The piece urges opposition to a Supreme Court decision on slavery and previews a Republican bill to deter kidnapping and enslavement, signaling broader tensions over Kansas governance and border conflict.
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Free Stars
Tenvenworth City
Leavenworth City
Free State
Henry J. Adans
Leavenworth
Clarion Jones
Free
Congress
Oho
U. & Supreme Court
Persin
Prussia adopts written ban on slavery in provinces
The article notes Trumboldt's strong opposition to slavery leading Prussia to adopt a written law prohibiting slavery across its provinces. Previously slaves were freed when brought into Prussia, under the belief there was no positive slavery law. Some deem the new provision unnecessary due to existing international sentiment against slavery.
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Trumboldt
Slavev
Prussia
Debate Over Virginia Colonization Sparks Southern Response
A heated Southern debate on Virginia colonization is reviewed, denouncing Eli Thayer and Yankee immigrants as threats. The piece cites Governor Wise, Mr. Pryor, and editorials from the New Orleans Bulletin and Chicago Democratic Press, urging defense of state institutions and warning against constitutional overreach.
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Virginia
Mich Thayer
Pryor
the Houth
Vireginia
Pirationa
Sax
Napoleon
Lish
South
Jim Thryer
el Thayer
Eli Thayer
New Orleans Bulletin
Ot Dominion
Iresene
United States
Wise
Chicago Democratic Press
Inside the Bank of England Reveals Its Hidden Power
A writer gains rare access to the Bank of England describing its irregular eight acre site and austere interior. Observations cover high security note production, daily note counts around 8000000 pounds, the mortar of trust with identical bills, and the precision systems linking press to vaults. A vivid sense of immense wealth and global commerce emerges from the bank’s meticulous operations and guarded, ritual routines.
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Bank of England
Europe
Wwe
Patey Se
Wauk Hin di
Dix
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