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The Delaware State Reporter lists subscription prices: one year $2.00 in advance, single numbers six cents. If a subscriber fails to notify on expiration, the paper continues and another period is charged. Advertising rates: one insertion 60 cents per square, fifteen lines or less, 26 cents for each subsequent insertion. Longer ads pro rata. Reports of meets except for the Democratic Party and personal notices treated as regular ads. Liberal arrangements for yearly and half yearly advertisers. George Buzene authorized agent to receive subscriptions. Office on Market Street above Wilmington.
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Democratic Party
A Lamentable Kansas Crisis and Civil War Fear
Dover reports from Kansas warn of an impending civil conflict over slavery and free state governance. Abolitionists accuse a proslavery governor candidate, while Missouri incursions, armed freesoil forces, and letters urging resistance spark alarms. The piece critiques state and federal authority and warns of bloodshed if violence escalates.
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Lawrence Cry
K. T
Ohio
Missouri
Free State
Kansas
J. H. Lase
K. T. C. Ropinson
Pomenoy
New England
Cincinnati
Massachusetts
Lawrence
Atomson
South
Rostxsos
Free States
Drunken spree ends with minor arrest at Justice Davis
A pair of Irish laborers, Mr. Herry and Mr. Finnegan, after a whiskey spree, threatened to break into the Contractors' Office. Herry was ejected by a lawyer, then handed to a constable and jailed until sober. He paid a $10 fine and was released with advice. The fate of Finnegan is not learned.
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Goixa
Joan Henry
Patrica Finnecan
Mr. Herry
Mr. Finnegan
Jenny
Merry
Herry
Artucus
John Herry
Reform in politics and city fires aid urged in Philadelphia
Purcav etema Feb 16 1856 letter rails at current legislature for partial acts and defective representation urging voters to demand honesty and competence from candidates. Reports on frozen fire plugs in city, a robbery with a brave capture, dull markets for flour and wheat, ship James Ray misfortune and Puebla revolution news from Vera Cruz with Uraga defeated and Tamariz seeking funds.
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Puebla
Uraga
Texas
Vera Cruz
Tamariz
Comonfort
Central American peace talks and European headlines
European diplomatic scene outlines new developments in the Central American question with Lord Clarendon and Mr. Buchanan clashing at the foreign office. Reports from Vienna and Paris indicate rapid progress toward a conference in Paris, with Prussia possibly excluded. Baltic weather notes and Crimea campaigns are also summarized alongside grain market figures and broker quotes for flour wheat and corn. The item names several nations and officials, including Russia, Austria, France, Turkey, and England, in a compact news brief.
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Europe
Haliifax
Royal Mail
Canada
Lang
Liverpool
London Morning Advertiser
Lord Clarendon
Buchanan
Foreign Office
TNE
Austria
Vienna
Alt
Paris
London
Prussia
Baron Brunow
Count Orloff
Messrs
Tiloff
Fenton
England
D’azeglio
Sardinia
Count Buol
M. Walewski
France
Dervish Pacha
Turkey
Kansas orders and troop moves from Washington report
From Washington Feb 16 Gov Shannon leaves for St Louis and Kansas to move his office to Lecompton the center of the disputes War Department orders likely aligned with the President and Col Sumner 800 troops at Fort Leavenworth 400 at Fort Riley ready to be called up.
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Washington
Wasnseton
Shannon
Afernoon
St. Louis
Kansas
Shawnee
Lecompton
War Department
Col
Sumner
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Riley
Wasnineros
Weather woes and cures in a variable climate
The piece promotes Carter's Spanish Mixture as a blood purifying alterative and tonic for rheumatic and age related ailments. It claims cures for scrofula and severe blood disorders and notes letters from across the country praising its efficacy. Also advertises Lafont capillary compound for beard growth and Humboldt's fluids with assurances of trial and physician certificates.
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Carter
Janli Lm
Gronae W. Werts Weds Miss Manate A in Odessa area
On February 5 the Rev Robin Patterson married Gronae W. Werts of Pennsylvania to Manate A. daughter of Wesley Myron near Odessa Dol. The ceremony joined a Pennsylvanian groom and a local Dolor daughter in marriage.
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Robin Patterson
Gronae W. Werts
Pennsylvania
Manate A
Wesley Myron
Odessa, Dol
Obituaries and notices from 1856 Dover Delaware region
Obituary items and death notices list several individuals with ages and locations, including Mrs. Fournacnes, Mrs. Saran Thompson, Tinxyny Boggs, an infant of Lenny Elisi, Jenn Manver, Kinces Minnen, Dr. Joux Fullmer, and Carharine Kettam. The Dover Philadelphia obituary for Trovas Reapes details a promising youth, his virtues, and a moral reflection on death, followed by a devotional poem and date entries. Local market prices for flour, potatoes, wheat, and other commodities accompany the notices.
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Fournacnes
Wm. Foreacres
Mra Saran Thompson
Purnell Thompson
Leipsie
Tinxyny
James
Ruth Boggs
Lenny Elisi
Little Creek Landing
Jenn Manver
Jones Neck
Kinces Minnen
Wilmington
Joux Fullmer
Brandywine Hundred
Carharine Kettam
Trovas Reapes
William O. Redden
Philadelphia
Lhe
Shipping Intelligence from Manon River Harbor
The 1856 report notes the harbor clear of ice on Feb 16 with mild weather and southeast wind. Vessels listed include Ellen Bush, N B Thompson, Alexander Laws, George W Cummins, Manlove R Je, Caroline Hall, Elate, Senator, Glass Blower, W Shaw, Gratitude, G M Dallas. Some ships attempted to sail bayward but ice remained heavy in the channel. By Feb 18, several vessels were underway then returned as ice persisted, wind west and cold.
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Manon River
Ellen Bush
N. B. Thompson
Alexander Laws
George W. Cummins
Manlove R. Je
Caroline Hall
Elate
Glass
W. Shaw
G. M. Dallas
Gharatt
Fen
Tomas J. Carts
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