Congress Yearns Amid Seething Union, Secession Threats
The lame duck 36th Congress convened in Washington as Buchanan’s message drew ire in both North and South. Five Southern states had begun secession, with Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Tennessee edging toward disunion while Texas Governor Sam Houston faced hard choices between union and secession in the tense prewar atmosphere.
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Tonisisna
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Lincoln era briefed as power fades in springs field note
Fragmented account places Abraham Lincoln near ascendant power in an imagined Springs field scene. James Buchanan and a divided cabinet debate secession and union policy amid South Carolina pressure. The piece sketches congressional inertia, party divides, and cautious forecasting of a looming conflict without war.
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James Buchanan
Charleston
S.C
Harbor
Robert Ander
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al Naar
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Smith Stradiers
Carolina House
Fragmented Dialog on Slavery and Buchanan Policy
Fragmented OCR style article discusses Buchanan's stance on slavery, federal forts, and potential constitutional amendments. It references Lincoln, Southern opposition, and early congressional responses. The piece mentions a Committee of 38 and Pennington’s selections, with contrast between Northern and Southern positions and looming crisis over extension of slavery.
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Hanan
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Pennington
Pastoral Christmas Memories From a New York Farm
Helen Keyes Hudson recounts a Yale family Christmas on a Mertville farm. She describes hush, snow, deer prints, and laughter by the fire as children hang homemade decorations, share simple gifts, and celebrate simple, meaningful traditions over material excess.
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Mertville
Ner Hush
Phillip
Tone
Prontinre
Monisinme
Oh God please bless this home of ours prayer
Fragmentary religious verse asking divine blessing on home and family life with mixed garbled lines, dates, and stray names scattered through the text. The passage mentions blessing, fear, daily bread, forgiveness, and staying together, with uncertain attributions and a 1860s era marker.
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Ad Executives Like Liquor and Virginia Aristocrat Elected
New York reports about six percent of an advertising agency’s executives are moderate drinkers while a Virginia aristocrat and other officials are cited in an opposition to regular Democratic leadership in Ohio. The piece notes a beer and mineral water survey by Printers' Ink and hints at political maneuvering during a fragile legislative period.
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Toter
Virginia
House of Ohio
TLS
Treavury
New York
UPL
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Kilis Wa
Color Seen For Future U S Reads Color Seen For Future U S Reads
New York report on highway surface experiments describes thermo plastic coatings mixed with crushed rock to form a one inch layer. Esso Research and Engineering Co develops colorful top coatings in yellow pink or red to mark routes and warn of soft shoulders and other hazards.
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UPS
Esso Research Anl Engineering Co
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