Union at Stake The Need for Cautious Presidential Choices
In this editorial style plea the author argues against nominating three or more candidates for president while the Union is at risk. He warns against elevating military fame over sober judgment and urges conventions to unite behind a safe, broadly acceptable choice to preserve the nation. May 19 1864 Jamaica Plain.
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Friends of the Union
United
Union
Auc
Lincoln
Fremont
Grant
Sinaing
White House
Jamaica
Pratn
Deak
Yeanra
Abraham
Machpelah
Israel
Evacuation of Washington Opens County for Supplies
The evacuation of Washington North Carolina has allowed rebel authorities to enforce conscription. Beaufort and Hyde counties are opened to the enemy for supplies and forced service, with Washington and Tyrrell counties opened after Plymouth’s capture.
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North Carolina
Washington, N. C
Beaufort County
Washington
Hyde
Tyrrell
Plymouth
Cincinnati Marriages Spur Local Rib Trade Claim
An exchange notes many Cincinnati young ladies wed and moved away to distant places. It asserts no city has a stronger claim to supply spare ribs for the vast West.
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Cincinnati
Proclamation hoax sparks arrests and Beecher aide implicated
New York May 24 1864 report on a forged presidential proclamation calling for fasting prayer and 400000 more troops. Joseph Howard Jr ex Time editor linked to the scheme, arrested with others. presses seized, Independent Telegraph Company shut, rewards offered. Also notes Beecher interruption, exile of Howard to Fort Lafayette, and revival of journal operations. Obstacles and sensational coverage dominate the week along with obituary and local fruit prices.
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New York
Ephor
Bogos
Independent Telegraph Company
Afaly
Joseph Howard, Jr
Brooklyn Eace
Howard
Ty Wall Street
Ile
Noward
Henry Ward Beecher
Durance
Fort Lafayette
Wourupn and Journal of Commerce
Fuserat
Gyx Vanpeworth
J S Wordsworth
Srea Wuseries
American Artisan Prospects Highlighted for Inventors
A visitor notes American Artisan a weekly New York journal from 212 Broadway by Bauwy Crowns & Co. It promises a 416 page year end volume for 2 dollars with a vast encyclopedia of arts and sciences. The article mentions inventions, experiments, patents, and practical guides for artisans and farmers. Queen Victoria's birthday is dated as 24th instant.
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Broadway
New York
Bauwy, Crowns & Co
Eanga
Articans
United States
Patent Office
Bristol YMCA Resolutions Honor Donors and Burnside
Bristol Young Men's Christian Association passes resolutions thanking Hugh N Camp Edward W Beansen and Charles Sherry Jr for donations of nearly four hundred volumes to start a library. Also thanks Gen Ambrose E Burnside for fifty culture for the library.
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Bristol Young Men’s Christian Association
Library’ Committee
Bristol Young Men‘s Christian Association
Hugh N. Camp
City of
New York
Edward W. Beansen
Charles Sherry, Jr
Bristol
Bristol Yoong Men's Christian Association
Ambrose E. Burnside
Association
Rev Dr Tiffany to Speak at State Street Church
Rev Dr O N Tiffany of Chicago will preach at State Street Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon and then address the Young Men's Christian Association at 7 40 o'clock in the evening. A collection will be taken as usual.
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O. N. Tiffany
Chicago
State Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Young Men‘s Christian Association
Minstrels perform in town amid bad weather Thursday
The M T Skiffs Company's Minstrels performed Thursday evening despite poor conditions. A sale of books and various articles was held at the store of J N Burgess Esq that evening.
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M.T. Skiffs Company
Elim House
J. N. Burgess
Fillmore era notes on war and social scenes in 1860s
A collage of Civil War era items covers law on military conscription fees, battlefield conditions near Frederick, accounts of wounded and prisoners, New York reformers’ dress clash at Cooper Institute, police breaking up a fight in New Haven, a Buffalo death from somnambulism, and various incidents including tax payments by Beauregard and Forrest, river Nile explosion, land patents, a fast English race, and government spending trends.
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Foster
Springfield
Brassachusetts
New York
Natn
Cooper Institute
Buffalo
Beauregard
Forrest
I. G. Harris
Tennessee
Dispatches Deluge From Red River and Potomac Fronts
War news from May reports Admiral Porter reaching safety at Alexandria after building a 600 foot dam with Lieut. Col. Bailey enabling vessels to pass. Sherman to resume operations. Grant and Butler dispatches note strong Confederate positions and large troop movements. Warren to the South Anna. Lee attacks Wilson's Wharf repulsed. Gates of Richmond expected. Secretary of War Staxton forwards summaries of troop, hospital, and supply movements.
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Diz
Canby
Red River
Admiral Porter
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Alexandria
Bailey
Ninth Army Corps
Mississippi
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Sherman
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Tuihum
Warren
South Anna
Kitzhugh Lee
Wilson’s Wharf
Jamee River
Fort Powhattan
Wille
Lee
Richmond
Wilde
E. M. Staxton
Secretary of War
Army operations near North Anna and Richmond reported by Grant
A May 24 dispatch from Gen. Grant details movements of the 5th and 6th corps via Harris Store to Jericho Ford, with success against Lee's forces. Repeated heavy artillery and musketry exchanges yield repulses and prisoners. Union forces push toward Richmond while Hancock, Warren, and Sheridan advance and capture prisoners.
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Dir
Grant
North Anna
Lee
Harris Store
Jericho Ford
Dipatch
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Warren
Llancuck
Cannister
Richmond
Burnside
Hancock
Grant Headquarters Dispatch Abounds With Prisoner Reports
From Mount Carmel Church dispatches report Grant forces advancing with Warren holding about 400 prisoners and Hancock 300, Wright adding captures. Total near 1000 from yesterday’s operations. Warren incurs under 300 casualties. Captives largely North Carolinians, discouraged by Lee’s strategy. Pursuit slowed by fatigue.
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Waentxoton
Diz
Grant
Mount Cuarme Church
Warren
Ancock
Wright
Lee
Hancock
Arrival of Rhode Island Cavalry Detachment at Natchez
Fifty men of the Third Rhode Island Cavalry arrived in Natchez last evening from Alexandria as part of a 200 strong detachment sent by Gen. Banks toward Fort De Russey to avoid Moggy Point battery. Surrounded north of the river by Harrison's brigade, the leading unit forced a path to Trinity while the rest were captured or retreated to Alexandria.
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Rhode Island Cavalry
Alexandria
Banks
Fort de Russey
Moggy Point
Harrison
Trinity
Bombardment of Charleston Referenced in Harbor Advisories
The Charleston harbor notice from May 15 reports ongoing pounding by Monitors and batteries at Sumter from May 14 into May 15 with renewed vigor and impact. The May 26 Charleston report notes the bombardment continued through the 14th into the 15th.
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Charleston
New York
Charleston Harbor
Sumter
Remarkable Cypriot Woman With Horns Report
A letter from Larnaca, Cyprus, describes a woman with a horned head. The horn resembles a ram’s horn and is accompanied by several osseous projections. The correspondent notes many Consuls and Europeans have viewed her, with some seeking to exhibit her.
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New York Observer
Larnicw
Cyprus
Postal money orders set with fixed 10 to 20 cent fees
The new postal money order system limits orders to between one and thirty dollars. Fees are 10 cents for one to ten dollars, 15 cents for more than ten up to twenty dollars, and 20 cents for orders over twenty dollars, collected by the Postmaster issuing the order.
Market Prices in Savannah Province Show Mixed Demand
Green peas abundant in Saturday market with price quotes of 10 dollars per half peck or 80 dollars per cashed. Strawberries 10 dollars per quart. Beef 2.50, pork and mutton 3 dollars. Fowls declined from 8 to 5 dollars per pair. Vegetables generally high. No buyers observed.
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Savannan
Cough Lozenges Advertised For Lungs Relief
A fragment notes Brown's Bronchial Tracheas cough lozenges as offering instant relief in early cough stages before affecting the lungs. The text also mentions Neanscrep Covens and Curoa with garbled phrasing about checking a cough or lung condition.
Great Britain Cathedrals Heights and Garibaldi Rumor
The two tallest British cathedrals are Salisbury and Saint Pauls London with spire heights of 404 feet. A rumor claims the dowager duchess of Sutherland fell for Garibaldi and wished to marry him.
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Great Britain
Sailsbury
Saint Paul’s
London
Ss. Paul's
Sutherland
Garibaldi
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