Historical Sketches of 1048 and Following Years
A dense summary of the 1848 presidential campaign era focusing on the Wilmot Proviso, Squatter Sovereignty, and party splits. It notes Cass, Butler, Van Buren, Taylor, and the Democratic and Whig conventions, with discussion of slavery politics, Zachary Taylor’s stance, and the Buena Vista era including quotes and figures like Jefferson Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Lewis Cass
Baltimore
William O. Butler
Cass
Butler
Mexico
Posular
William L. Yancey
Alabama
Yeas
New York
Barnburners
Free Soilers
Samuel Young
Hunkers
Daniel 8. Dickerson
Buffalo
Martin van Buren
Charles Francis Adams
Philadelphia
Zachary Taylor
Millard Filmore
Wilmot
Taylor
Allison
Tennessee
Court House
Tidball
Tuscarawas County
Palo Alto
Monterey
Buena Vista
Bragg
Charles F. Hoffman
Old Zach vows to lead southern uprising quelling insurrection
Fragmentary text recalls Old Zach threatening to march with a southern volunteer army to crush rebellion and capture leaders, referencing 1860 traitors and a pledge to act if rebellion resurfaced.
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Olina
Jeff Davis
Mason
Zach
Si Se
Miners Conclude Sub-District 6 Convention at Trades Hall
Zanesville reports the eleventh annual sub-district No. 6 convention of the United Mine Workers of America met in Trades and Labor hall with about 100 delegates. A. G. Nelson of Crooksville was named president, W. C. Thompson vice president, E. P. Miller secretary treasurer, and G. E. Olden, Leroy Elswick, Elmer E. Blackson named auditors and tellers. The gathering praised late president Thomas M. Davies as sessions continued with reports showing a near 8,000 member union and a $5600 treasury.
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Zanesville
Trades and Labor Hall
W. C. Thompson
Byesville
E. P. Miller
Coshocton
G. E. Olden
Love City
Leroy Elswick
San Toy
Elmer E. Blackson
United Mine Workers of America
Green
Sullivan
Savage
Palace Hotel
Thomas M. Davies
Baby born to raving mother at Dayton asylum
A girl baby was born at the Dayton insane asylum on Tuesday to Mrs. Fred Snyder, a raving patient from Clark county. The mother was moved from Columbus hospital in December, and the child will be placed with a nurse as soon as possible. The father and family in Springfield are described as financially strained.
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Dayton
Insane
Fred Snyder
Columbus
Clark County
Springfield
Harris Signs Rose County Local Option Bill Into Law
Columbus, March 6. Governor Harris signed the Rose County local option measure at 4:15 PM and filed it with the secretary of state. He used three pens to honor three names, Andrew Lintner Harris, as souvenir hunters sought keepsakes. The law allows county local option on saloon questions starting September 1, with President James M. Williams inviting two senators to join him on signing day.
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Columbus
Rose County
Harris
Andrew
Lintner
James M. Williams
Senate
Dulged
Drake
Temperance Committee
Sites
77Th General Assembly
Ohio
Cambridge Board Seeks $65,000 Bond for New High School
At a special meeting the Cambridge School District Board of Education proposed a bond issue of 65 000 dollars to build and furnish a new high school. Current facilities are crowded with nearly sixty pupils in each room and the high school enrollment surpasses 200, expected to reach 300 in two years. The plan would move the high school and eighth grade to the new building, freeing Central School to relieve congestion at other sites.
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Cambridge
Ninth Street
Ohio
Fourth Street
Local School Fire Drill Remarks After False Alarm
Amid panic over a feared holocaust, Central School pupils evacuated quickly while Supt Hobson triggered alarms across all buildings to test readiness. Record times showed three minutes at the Central Building with shorter exits elsewhere. Hobson praised the discipline and ordered more frequent drills.
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Colinwood
Central School
Hobson
Supt. Hobson
Court House News and Civil Actions and Marriages
P H English sues A C St Clair for 150 dollars with Wells and Carnes as counsel. Basford files for divorce from Charles Basford on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty, Wells and Carnes represent the plaintiff. David J Orr sues Angeline Sills et al for foreclosure with A R McCulloch as attorney. New case moves to circuit court. Cambridge Glass Co sues Albert M Mullen a minor on error from Common Pleas. Marriage licenses issued to Albert Hyde and Alice B Carpenter of Londonderry and George Coburn and Florence Warden of Cambridge. Probate Court grants injunction in Minerva R Hoover vs Wm Hoover. guardianship for Hannah Moore, an insane person, petition to invest funds in productive real estate filed with hearing March 16.
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Lien Basford
Charles Basford
Wells & Carnes
David J. Orr
Angeline Sills
A. R. McCulloch
Common Pleas Court
The
Cambridge Glass Co
Albert M. Mullen
Minerva R. Hoover
H. Hoover
Hannah Moore
Detroit Banker Kills Himself Amid Financial Turmoil
Ellsood J. Hance, Union Trust Company vice president, died by self inflicted shooting today. Authorities report tangled financial affairs preceding the act.
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Detroit
Tangled Financial
Cambridge Citizens Attend Uniform Rank Meeting in Zanesville
Miss Katherine Eberts of Weyling returned home Thursday after visiting Miss Wilma Forney. Cambridge residents attended the Uniform Rank Knights of Pledge officers’ meeting in Zanesville last night where Captain Elza Gallup was elected major, a popular choice among his brethren.
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Katherine Eberts
Wheeling
Wilma Forney
Cambridge
Zanesville
Elza Gallup
King Alva Blotched By Past Crimes In Police Court
Three arrests were made last night for intoxication and disorderly conduct. The standout case involved "King Alva" Black, known in police circles, who faced old fines and new charges. He was warned of execution of a $5 fine plus costs or imprisonment at the Zanesville workhouse.
Maghen to Be Released From West Virginia Prison
Wheeling West Virginia March 6 Augustus W Machen a convict in a postoffice graft case will be freed at midnight Friday He was sentenced to two terms of two years each but has served three years as a model prisoner He is described as the most valuable inmate in the state prison having run it on a business basis His hair is whiter but he remains in good health Russian Suspects Taken Back to West Virginia Officials in Columbus report Wonsk Fenisk and Dominic Sessikia are being returned to West Virginia by Sheriff H Moora for murder investigations in Holden W Va
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Gen. Taylor
Texas
Jefferson Davis
South
Webster
Clay
United States
Fillmore
Buena Vista
America
Washington
Santa Ana
Taylor
Mexico
King Alva” Black
H. M. Meredith
King Alva
J. W. Smallwood
Bradford
Zanesville
Harry Black
Black
Dad) Kirk
Cambridge
Newcomerstown
Robey
Keeley Institute
Seattle
Wheeling
W. Va
Augustus W. Machen
Postoffice Department
Columbus
Wonsk Fenisk
Dominic Sessikia
Logan County
Steven Pasnous
Holden
West Virginia
H. Moora
Por
Iano
Mae. Gants
Amada Richardson
Urge Abolition of Grade Crossings
The state railroad commission submitted its Toledo accident report to the governor. It urges eliminating grade crossings as the sole remedy, noting the expense as the main obstacle and proposing state cost sharing in future legislation.
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Columbns
State Railroad Commission
Toledo
Deputy Judge Hears Funeral of Wm Fulton In Ohio
Deputy Probate Judge Charles Knowles departed yesterday for Cumberland via Zanesville to attend the funeral of William Fulton.
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Charles Knowles
Cumberland
Zanesville
Wm. Fulton
Elizabeth Burgess longtime Cambridge resident dies
Mrs Elizabeth Burgess died at her home on West Eighth Street Cambridge after a bout with bronchial pneumonia. Born October 18 1829 in Washington County PA she married Samuel Burgess in 1868 and lived in Zanesville Cambridge Scio and Barnesville. Survived by seven children and one great grandchild the family will gather for funeral at 2 36 PM Friday at the home with Dr E A Jester and Dr W V Milligan officiating. Interment at Northwood.
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Burgess
West Eighth and
Steubenville
Elizabeth Reynolds Burgess
Elizabeth Reynolds Conyngham
Washington County
William Conyngham
Samuel Burgess
South Wales
England
Burgettstown
Zanesville
Frank K. Raymond
Washington City
Milton S. Burgess
W. O. Burgess
Homer C
Washington, D. C
Perry
Johnson
Enid
Oklahoma
W. A
E. A. Jester
W. V. Milligan
Northwood
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson Taylor
Mississippi
California
Calhoun
Guernsey
Treasy
A. G. Nelson
Crooksville
Gov. Harris
OCAL
Supt
Court House News
P. H. English
A. C
Albert Hyde
Alice B. Carpenter
Londonderry
George
Coburn and
Florence Warden
Ellsood J
Hance
Trust Company
Maghen
Mas
Sams Burgess
Grippe
Ayer
Aleo Manus
Ayers
F Co
Mass
Sarsaparilla
Wee Publica
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