Election results show strong Union majority across states
Returns from across the country indicate decisive Union victories with heavy majorities in Massachusetts and Pacific states. Reports praise calm, orderly voting, suppression of fraud, and broad support for the Administration to crush rebellion and restore the Union. The North stands solid for the Union and Constitution.
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Massachupelle
Kentucky
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Pacific States
Bouth
Europe
Sarely
Lincoln and Johnson Election Majorities Recap
Report summarizes rounding of presidential election majorities for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. It notes round numbers used to express vote margins and party outcomes without precise totals. The piece situates the results within the political landscape of the era and reflects typical newspaper shorthand.
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Lincoln
Johnson
Important Military Movements Reported In Georgia
Military correspondents in Georgia describe ongoing army maneuvers with confidence of success to appear in a fortnight. A Cincinnati Gazette correspondent claims Hood faces danger as Atlanta troops receive reinforcements for an active campaign. Hood’s Tennessee force is said to total about 25 000. The rebel ram Albermarle is believed sunk off Plymouth but may be raised by Union gunboats, possibly adding a fourth ironclad to Union naval strength.
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Georgia
Cincinnati Gazetre
Hood
Atlante
Tennessee
Albermarle
Saakeet
Thost
Ren Gerad
Tebals
Thanksgiving Proclamations Call for Unified Day of Thanks
A combined presidential and gubernatorial proclamation urges a common Thanksgiving observance across states. The piece emphasizes gratitude for providence amid war, calls for family gatherings, charity to the needy, and practical aid for winter subsistence, with a focus on unity and moral virtue.
The Lady's Friend December Number Is Tealily Splendid
The December issue of The Lady's Friend magazine features an ornate Snow Birds Christmas Vivit frontispiece and an exquisite double fashion plate. Engravings are abundant and highly valued, with literary pieces by Mrs. Ulvemner Mrs. Pyle and Mrs. Barnes. Subscriptions for 1865 priced at two copies 400 and twenty one copies 3500, Deacon Paterson 419 Walnut Street Philadelphia.
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Ieaed
Mra Uvemner
Engineer Delivers Infant From Oncoming Train Near Chicago
An engineer on the Northwestern Railroad near Chicago saw an infant crawling toward the track. He reversed the engine and risked his life to save the child before it was harmed. The mother stood frozen, unable to intervene.
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Tar
Northwestern
Chicago
Grant Telegram on Reelection Praises Peaceful Vote
Grant telegraphed the President congratulating him on his reelection and declared that the peaceful election of the 8th instant was equal to six victories in the field.
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Garden
Grant
Gunboat Tulip Destroyed by Boiler Explosion on Potomac
The gunboat Tulip blew up its boiler and was destroyed on the Potomac last Monday. Only ten of its sixty nine officers and crew were saved.
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Tulip
Potomac
Celebration of Warren First Baptist Church Centenary
The First Baptist Church of Warren held its hundredth anniversary with two services and a noon dinner for about eight hundred attendees. Rev A F Spaulding led the centennial discourse, with hymns by Miss A E Cole and Rev Wm Q Richards. Ex Governor Turner presided, and memorial sermons followed in the afternoon and evening by Rev Rufus Babcock.
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Baptist Church
Warren
First Baptist Church of
Adlam
Newport
Annie £. Cole
Geo
Chace
Warren Church
Bir. Hall
Mise Mary B
Wm. QU. Richards
A. M
Providence
Wayland
Church
Congregation &O
A. E. Cule
Turner
Benedict
Sears
A. F. Spaulding
Stockbridge
Zion
Swanzey
Mascachusette
Gorge 58
Chase
J. H. Luther
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Horatio Gates James
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Philadelphia Association
Searnard
Heman Lincoln
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Rufus Babcock
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Thanksgiving Dinner for Soldiers and Sailors
A Union League Club committee in New York plans a Thanksgiving meal for soldiers and sailors on November 24. Donations of cooked poultry meat fruit and funds are sought with boxes wrapped in white paper to Trinity Place and money to Theodore Roosevelt or committee members. Express companies will ship boxes free to Getty’s Building in New York.
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Union League Club Honce
New York
North Atlantic
George W. Blunt
Getty
Trinity Place
Theodore Roosevelt
Maiden Lane
American
Adame
Harnden
National
Kingsley
Looe
Long Ieland
United States Express
Banquet for Captain Winslow at Revere House Boston
A banquet honoring Captain Winslow of the Kearsarge was held at the Revere House in Boston on Tuesday. Speakers included Upton Edward Everett Judge Ruseett and other figures, with the event described as very successful.
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Captain Winslow
Revere House
Boston
Upton
Edward Everett
Judge Ruseett
Notorious Thug Captured in Sealkote District
A feared criminal has been captured in the Sealkote district of Punjab accused of involvement in seven poisoning cases. He has previously escaped from prison five times. In England the Bible is now sold for twelve cents and the New Testaments and Gospels for two cents each.
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Sealkote
Punjab
England
Newport lecture notes and Connecticut elector dies
A colored woman named Francia B Harper gave a lecture in Newport on Wednesday evening. John P Eaton, a Presidential Elector for Connecticut, died on Thursday.
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Francia B Harper
Newport
John P Eaton
Connecticut
Thareday
Grand Jubilation Meeting and Illuminations in Town
A Grand Jubilation Mass Meeting was held at Town Hall under Lincoln and Johnson Union Club auspices to celebrate the recent presidential election. A four o'clock salute and church bells marked the event. after addresses by James DeW. Perry Rev B T Hunt Rev Alfred Wright and Comfort Tiffany the procession and a brilliant illumination parade followed. Two men, J Newman and Henry Gladding, were injured by a premature gun discharge during the salute.
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Lincoln
Johnson
James Dew. Perry
B. T. Hunt
Alfred Wright
Comfort Tiffany
Union
J.8. Newman
Henry Gladding
Y M C A Lectures and Rubber Company Wall Work
The Y M C A announces an esteemed roster of lectures including James R. Gilmore who will discuss his trip to the rebel capital and interview with the rebel chief. Disruptions from wet weather slow National Rubber Co buildings walling. two to three weeks of clear weather could accelerate completion and interior work.
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Library of the Christian Association
National Rubber Company
Warren's Naw Montaly Magazine Prospectus Advertisement
The prospectus promotes Warren's Naw Montaly Magazine as the most popular publication with about 150 pages of light and general reading per issue and suitable illustrations. A one year subscription including Harper's Montaly and the Poxnrx is offered at $5.50 in advance.
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Warren
Naw Montaly Magazine
Harper's Montaly
Theft of washing stored in tubs on Thames Street yard
Early week a Thames Street family drying a week’s worth of clothes left on a line. Nightfall led them to move laundry to tubs in the yard by the back door. Thieves stole the tubs and contents during the night.
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Thames Street
North Side State Street Transforms With New Buildings
The north side of State street between Nape and Light streets has recently undergone major changes. Erection of new buildings, enlargement and beautification of others, new substantial fences, a graded sidewalk, and neatly sodded banks have greatly improved this section over the past few years.
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State Street
Nape
Ligh Streets
Father Kemp's Old Folks Concert at Town Hall
The concert given by Father Kemp's Old Folks Concert Company drew a full house at Town Hall on Tuesday evening. The hall was filled and the audience praised the entertainment, noting it takes a strong lineup to attract such a crowd on a pleasant evening.
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Ty Father Kemp
Old Folks
Townsall
Residence on Lope Street Raised for Local Improvement
The large dwelling and surrounding structures on the east side of Lope street at the south end, owned by Charlee F. Herreshoff Esq, have been raised and moved about twenty feet toward Toore east, marking a clear improvement in the area.
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Lope Street
Charlee F. Herreshoff
Toore
Entertainment meeting to raise funds for library Association
A meeting of interested persons will be held at Mrs. Samuel Norris's residence on Monday evening at 7 o'clock to plan tableaux,charades and related entertainments to fund the Library of the M.C. Association.
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M.C. Association
Samuel Norris
Public Schools to Open Monday. Snowfall Noted
The third term of the town Public Schools starts Monday morning. The first snow of the season fell Sunday, with only a light accumulation by Monday morning.
Carrot Shipments From Local Port Hit Twenty-Two Hundred Bushels
The port shipped upwards of twenty two hundred bushels of carrots in the last ten days mainly to New York and vicinity. Demand for carrots is weak due to drought hurting yield, with prices much lower than other vegetables. Onion and other veg markets are dull but show signs of improvement.
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New York
War vigor and political notes across states and nations
General Sherman gains rebel respect through relentless war. Senator Talmadge dies in Michigan. Explosive shells kill children in Missouri. Salem Observer reports an assault on Rev Palmer. A cow swallows a roll of currency. $186 recovered. Bath ships sold in England exceed $1.9 million. Coal oil in Ohio and Indiana suspected. Nevada constitutions copied to the President for electoral votes. Fashion shifts to square buttons and new fabrics. Vermont reports twelve thousand dogs. New York regiments in East Tennessee back Union. Yellow fever hits New Orleans seamen. Mormon delusions spread in England. Paris ladies adopt winter fashion. Newport Indian chief questions Belmont’s wealth. McClellan’s vote tally noted. Lord Lyon ill with typhoid in Washington. Chinese chief priest’s nails noted. NY election forecast: large Democratic majority. George Niilled killed in New York. Moller execution scheduled. Davenport onion crop valued at $54,000. Recruiting surges to New York.
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United States
Commonwealth
Union
New England
Canby Shot by Guerrilla on White River Mission
Information from St Louis reports Gen Canby was shot from shore while ascending White River aboard the gunboat Cricket on November 6. The wound through his back is very serious with doubtful recovery. The gunboat turned back toward Memphis and then toward Vicksburg for aid.
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St. Louis
Canby
White River
bin Bay
Memphis
Sherman’s Atlanta March Signals Final Campaign
A New York report traces Sherman and Hood movements since September as the Army of the Tennessee moves toward Atlanta by November 1. Sherman declares bold intent, promising to strike Georgia and the Carolinas, with prison camps at Andersonville in view and prisoners awaiting relief.
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New York
Sherman
Hood
Lloyd
Army of the Tennessee
Atlanta
Athints
Tennessee
Thomas
Nashville
Schofield
Chattanougs
Knoxville
Georgia
South Carolina
Andersonville
St. Louis
Resignation of McClellan Accepted. Sheridan Promoted Major General
War Department announces the resignation of Major General George B McClellan dated November 8 1864 accepted as of that date for gallantry and leadership at Cedar Run on October 19. Philip H Sheridan is appointed Major General in the United States Army to rank from November 8 1864. Assistant Adjutant General E D Towne-nap signs the order.
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George B. McClellan
War Department
Washington
George B McClellan
United States Army
Philip H. Sheridan
Cedar Run
Philipp I Sheridan
United States
E D Towneenp
Rebels Fortify Red River Front Near Alexandria
From Louaisana New York November 16 via the steamer Cahawhy New Orleans dates of the 3d report rebels building forts on both sides of the Red river above Alexandria Falla. The registered enemies sent from Union lines have been conscripted by the rebel forces.
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New York
Cahawhy
New Orleans
Red River
Alexandria
Falla
Rebel sharpshooter wounds Gen Ean at Appomattox line
From the Army of the Potomac Usapquarters AnMY Potoxwac. Now 15 A rebel sharpshooter wounded Gen Ean in the right forearm during a Sunday night visit to the line near Appomattox. The wound is painful but not dangerous and he will return home on twenty days leave. Another exchange of fire occurred between pickets last night with no noticeable result. OD McGregor
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Army of the Potomac
McGregor
Shermans Movements Raise Civil War Speculation
New York articles note Sherman at Atlanta on the 7th with Hood behind him. The move signals confidence to pursue a new grand plan on a massive scale. Critics suggest Rebels are unprepared for a major coup and bungled Tennessee invasion timing.
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New York
Washington
Richmond
Sherman
Atlanta
Hood
Vod
Tennessee
Increase of Quakers in Great Britain Report
The Society of Friends in Britain shows a positive numbers rise after years of decline with growing youth interest and renewed missionary activity. Changes in habits, replacing strict older norms, are credited with recovery, despite more than four thousand disownments since 1800 for marriages against their laws in the United Kingdom.
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Society of Friends
Friends of
United Kingdom
Loxpon
Chief Justice Ames Illness Delays Supreme Court Work
The Prov. Post notes Chief Justice Ames is unable to hear cases, hoping the illness is temporary. It acknowledges his devoted service and the public’s regret over the disruption to court business, pledging to report his speedy recovery.
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Ames
Judge Ames
Supreme Court
Post
Proclamation by Rhode Island Governor Smith
Proclamation issued by His Excellency James Y. Smith Governor of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. The document formalizes official state authority and directs public notice or action as required by the office.
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State OF
Rhode Island
Providence Plantations
James Y. Smith
Rhode Inland
Providence
Marhal
Orde
Egattioug
Te Point Teas
Sistas
Janice
James ¥. Smith
Wachusett Captures Florida as Brazilian Fort Fires
An officer of the Wachusett reports the Florida was captured amid resistance from Brazilian authorities. The fort at Buhis opened fire and Brazilian forces pursued, but the Wachusett escaped. The episode raises questions about Brazil neutral rights and potential diplomatic remedies.
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Florida
Wachusett
Buhis
Brazil
Hith Sy
Erto Han
Valine of the Main Crops of 1864 Reported
The Commissioner of Agriculture issued annual crop estimates for 1864 with interior price ranges. Key figures include Wheat 296,000,000. Rice not listed. Burley 16,500,000. Oats 115,000,000. Hay 306,000,000. Corn 662,000,000. Tobacco 48,000,000. Buckwheat 28,000,000. Potatoes 76,000,000. Total 1,569,500,000.
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Commissioner of Agriculture
Wheeling youth survives 60 foot fall after tree accident
A young man in Wheeling fell sixty feet from a tree while seeking cheatnuta and was saved by a strong companion from Indianapolis who carried him a mile to farmhouses. The incident underscores the companion’s trusted, lifesaving aid amid a day of unusual misfortune.
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Wheeling
Cheatnuta
Iimh
Indy
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