Delaware State Reporter's Rise as State Paper in Dover
The Delaware State Reporter, published semi weekly in Dover since March 1853, proclaims itself the capital's leading Democrat organ. It promises comprehensive news coverage via telegraph and mail, agricultural and market reports, moral and educational content, and low subscription rates, while asserting independence from party factions.
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Delaware
George W. 8. Nicholson
Dover
Democratic Party of
Delaware Stats
Baltimore
National Democracy
Union
Farmers Waiting for Latest Improvement Delay Progress
A wary farmer named Tardy delays adopting new agricultural machinery, despite neighbors gaining advantages. The piece contrasts Tardy with Thrifty who saved costs using early reaping machines, urging readers to embrace innovation rather than wait for impossible perfection.
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Thrifty
Tardy
Farmer Thrifty
M‘cormick
Manny
Thin
Burmill
Allen
Whetcham
All's for the Best in Selected Poetry
Poem by M. F. Tupper urges cheerfulness and faith that Providence governs all. It proclaims that trouble and sorrow are disguises of good things, and champions courage, trust, and hope as paths to happiness.
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Willis
Chas
Stevenson
Ziba Ferris & Son
Fourth and Market Sts
Wilmington
Del
Edward H. Anderson
Walnut St
Milford
I. Sipney Jones
Tmat
North Second St
Eleacure
Home Education Versus School Guidance
The piece argues two errors in society: neglecting home education and overreliance on schoolmasters. It stresses parental involvement at home shapes physical moral and mental habits, and urges parents to monitor progress, aid with difficulties, and invest in their children's wisdom rather than mere worldly gains.
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Adam
Michigan Legislature Defies Wilmot Proviso Instructions
Senator Cass rejects Michigan’s new resolutions to ban slavery in territories and repeal the Fugitive Slave Law. He warns party instruction risks destroying the Union and urges adherence to constitutional limits while defending his own stance and impending retirement. The speech contrasts party power with duties as a representative and emphasizes the danger of excluding free institutions.
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Michigan
Congress
United States
Kansas
Nebraska
Free States
Cass
Democratc
General Assembly
Our
Fant
Quebec
Atlantic
Montgomery
Carroll
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Richard Willis
Chronometer
Phas. Stevenson
Do. Do
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Duplex
Lever
J. Tobias & Co
Liverpool
Jno. Johnson
Samuel W. Pepper
Jienry J. Pepper & Son
Chestnut St
State House
Philadelphia
Stacffer & Beley
Philadelphia Watch and Jewelry
North Second Street
Quarry
Stauffer & Harley
Samcez S. Fetherston
South Second Street
Sprece
Pitadelphia
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Liveon Blood
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Dona Landing
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Home Education
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