The Sky-Leapers and the Norwegian Passes
A dramatic tale of Alf Stavenger and Swedish allies guiding through Norway’s perilous Nero pass. Swedes attempt a bold mountain crossing aided by torches and skates, but a deadly fate claims many as Alf contemplates treachery and his own fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thermopyle
Mogarten
Norway
Sweden
Sinclair
Galbransdale
Jampreland
Ruden
Labarre
Zoega
Sweyne Koping
Tempteland
Jarvis Lindens
Lindens
Eric von Dalian
Alf
Eric
Alf Stavenger
Ellen
Sweyne
Skilman Harder
Daghter
Sweeden
Tydel
Nero
Eyee
Jarvis
Shilman Harder
Parents Interest in Temperance Campaign
A call to fathers and mothers to support temperance efforts and vote against candidates who back alcohol traffic. The plea stresses the harm of drinking to families, urging decisive action to protect children and promote humane happiness and social reform.
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Person urges resolve in a grand public conflict advocating decisive action and courage in the face of an impending judgment. The quotation emphasizes commitment and finality in taking a stand.
Spring 18 Here and Political Debate on Slavery
Extract discusses congressional power over slavery in territories, cites Webster, Douglas, and Polk, and notes the ongoing fight over slavery exclusion in Utah, New Mexico, and other territories. Franklin Pierce references Cuban tensions and potential redress options should Spain conflict persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. D. Campbell
Nebraska
Congress
Douglas
Oregon
Polk
Daniel Webster
Utah
New Mexico
South
Report on seizure of the Black Warrior near Havana
Was nixeros March 15 1854 House of Representatives transmits a secretary of state report on the seizure of the Black Warrior at Havana on the 28th ult. The text notes repeated Cuban Spain incidents against American commerce and rights with fruitless negotiations, urging indemnity while condemning the Madrid response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Hemisphere
Spain
The Last of Blennerhassets The Mission at the Old Brewery
The Home Journal prints a chapter from The Mission at the Old Brewery by Five Points Mission of New York. It sketches Blennerhasset and family, focusing on his surviving son found destitute and helped by the Mission ladies. The excerpt recounts his life, education, and shift from law toward painting and artistic pursuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seacdip Corenbencina
Watchwal Tas
Shah Pabcolony
Awa
Mt. Eacets
Sisters of Charity
Wallace
Matthew L. Davis
Aaron Barr
Blennerhassets
The
Home Journal
Five Points Mission
New York
Blennerhesset
the Midsion
Hanmas Buxxyeruasser
Canada
David Dodwise
Mammoth California Cedar Section Brought to Public View
A clipper ship from Francisco delivered a massive section of a California giant cedar. The trunk measured 92 feet in girth at ground, tapered over 325 feet, and yielded over three hundred cords of wood after extensive felling and careful extraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Francisco
Bunker Hill
Temander
The Rose and Its Thorn in a World of Suffering
A compact meditation contrasts beauty with pain, noting how the rose’s allure is inseparable from the thorn. The image suggests uplifting longing tempered by inevitable suffering and resilience.
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Gale
Gleason
BY ¢ Jillior
Cuba
Pranklin Pierce
Bian Statesman
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