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Newspaper

Columbia Spy

Location

Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1857

Page

2

Columbia Bank Branch Drive Sparks Lancaster Petition

The Columbia Bank seeks a legislative act to establish a Lancaster City branch, with widespread public signatures. County Convention delegates to Harrisburg urged support for Governor candidate Thomas E. Franklin. Also notes include a Kansas Territory crisis statement, Kane funeral procession highlight, and regional notices from Lancaster and neighboring towns.

Branca Joe Cormer Bang Columbia Bank Lancaster Columbia Aston Q. Jd. Dickey City Amos S. Henderson Cuy Nathaniel Elimaker Salisbury Ezaias Billingsfelt Adamstown Amos S. Green Abraham Eshleman Strasburg Harrisburg Thomas E. Franklin

Deodorizer note and election results in Columbia borough

An 1857 Columbia election produced ward officers, with ties in Justice of the Peace prompting a possible rerun. A brief deodorizer communication criticizes lime and praises chloride of lime and copper compounds for odor control in borough alleys.

Sprina Evecron Te Nsw. & W S. McMahon Ohn Hippey J. G. Hess D. P J. J. Gault W. Phe Sage Pusey John Stewart de Assessor Samuel Maxton Yan’! Chalfant James Barber Thos. Welsh Q. Nf. Bardwell Daniel Herr Constable C. Hollingsworth Thos B. Dunbar Democrat Justice of the Peace

County Lyceum Convention Advocated by Local Writer

The March 14 1857 column urges forming a permanent County Literary Organization to meet annually within the county. It cites existing Lyceum meetings, notes crowding at the eastern end, and appeals for local literati to support and organize. A second letter from Columbia asks why no local carriage maker exists amid rich country and driving needs. A Minnesota item reports frontier violence over government seat shifts, detailing three men assaulted by a claim association.

Hamilton City Upper Canada N. B. Wolfe St. Jacobs Jacob C. Snyder Iamilton Great Western Railroad Des’ Jardines’ Canal Jacob Thomas Dick LL. P Lisk Lyceums Paradise Brua’s Grove Lence Chester County Y. M. S. Association Columbia Eprron Corvubia Monix Minnesota St. Peter Sauk Rapids Claim Association Upper St. Cloud Messrs Boone Orr Wilson Wood Manphis Whig Lamb Tavern Affford Rob

Deeds over years in a life well spent stance

The article argues that true fame comes from action and character, not time or fame alone. It extols ambition for progress, cites Washington and Napoleon as contrasts, and urges youth to work toward meaningful deeds while reflecting on aging, memory, and the debt to society. It notes canal governance appointments and Judge Black becoming U.S. Attorney General.

Bailey Festus Napoleon Washington Washingtons Isis Ilis Nature Jin Turtar Earth J. W. Bond Bond & Kelley, Drugginns H. Paul Professor Wood D.C. M. Rupp Carlyle Illinois Wood Sidney Breese United States Wood & CO Broadway Market Street St. Louis Missouri Columbia J. H. Haldeman Saml Filbert Marieia J. J. Libhart

Diseases Ravage Chester County Schools and Firearm Tragedy

The West Chester Village Record reports scarlet fever and measles sweeping Chester county schools with heavy illness but few deaths. A Lebanon Ohio wedding ended when a pistol discharged, killing Frederick Spohr. A farmer near Chicago finds corn a cheaper coal substitute, and Camden New Jersey relates a tangled family marriage chain creating odd in laws.

West Chester Chester County Lebanon Ohio Frederick Spohr Spohr

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