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Newspaper
Delaware State Reporter
Location
Dover, Delaware, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1854
Page
2
The Delaware State Reporter edited by George W. Nicholson lists subscription prices and advertising rates. It promotes wide circulation in Kent and Sussex counties and names agents Edward Potts and George Blazine in Wilmington for subscriptions and advertising.
The notice indicates a 1 PM session on May 2 1854 and promises reading on laws and resolutions from Congress, plus agricultural extracts. It asserts the newspaper offers affordable subscription pricing and aims to outpace other state papers with diverse content.
A fragmented report details stock payments and upcoming elections for officers including President and Directors. It notes stockholders must meet payments, with a plan to push readings forward, amid calls to complete the engagement promptly and avoid delays.
The page records scattered items from a busy period: legal cases and fines, port and railway projects, and public works. It mentions a court decision on damages, a Panama Canal related tie and track work, and a river port expansion with repairs and tenders.
Reports detail the Walker expedition’s collapse with about sixty men remaining, ships Portsmouth and Columbus pursuing, and Captain Snow allied with Walker. Across ports, dispatches describe storm damage, wrecked houses, and widespread weather-related destruction in multiple locales.
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