GTON LETTER Reflects on Election Upset and Party Shifts
The Washington letter dated November 8 1838 analyzes the recent elections across states noting how Democrats faced losses yet retained the House, cites reactions from politicians including Speaker Carlisle and Blaine allies, comments on patronage, labor issues and Hewitt’s retirement plans, mentions New York endorsements and Prohibition debates, plus assorted local items and anecdotes. The piece blends political forecasts with social notes, reflecting era concerns about party power, reforms, and electoral strategies.
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Wasnearnes
Washington
Congressen
Mears
Blain
Sherman
Carlisle
Congress
Tom Reed
Maine
Friends of “Free ‘Trade
New York
Abram
Japa
Democratic Party
Hewitt
Blaine
Elkins
N. Terald
Expose of Royal Baking Powder ads in The Northwest
The Northwest exposes what it calls a large advertising dodge by the Royal Baking Powder Company, critiquing an Albany Evening Journal piece on powder qualities. It argues Cleveland's Superior Baking Powder uses pure ingredients and denounces ammonia and adulterants, urging public discernment and noting industry-wide tartrate refiners' purity.
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Royal Baking Powder Company
Albany Evening Journal
Isue
Puble
Cleveland
Clevelandy
Haas
Curveland Brovikes
Albany
N.Y
Notice to Tax-Payers of Henry County Taxes
Notice to tax-payers of Henry County regarding taxes due for IsBc6. Details unreadable in the fragment but calls for payment actions and official deadlines.
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Altils
Cattaraugus County
N.Y
Henry Co
Black Small-Pox Deaths and Curious Anecdotes In Ohio
In Cleveland a death from virulent smallpox follows a school exposure after a boy from Miles Park Street attended Brond way School. Quarantine placed, sister ill, typhoid also rising. amid public alarm several personal anecdotes and booster-ads for Athlophoros interrupt news flow. A domestic tale recalls Asa Martin and the Martin Peak blended family after Civil War era upheaval, with a Westward escape and a fortune tale awaiting resolution.
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Cleveland
Otto
Edward Lutton
Benjamin Lutton
Miles Park Street
Brondway School
Flo
Wise
Ashmun
Milady
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