Glorious Boston spinning wheels spectacle 1753
Bradford describes a 1753 anniversary event by the society for promoting industry in Boston. Three hundred women on the common spun at their own looms, dressed in home made cloth, drawing a large crowd. The Washington Union notes cautious peace prospects for next year if wartime vigor continues.
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Washington Union
Journal Review of the Massachusetts Quixotic Inquiry
The Courier notes the Massachusetts Quarantee Review's arrival, praising editors Emerson Parker Sommer and the journal's aim to tackle social, governmental, and philosophical questions. It highlights articles on the Mexican War, art criticism, science, and European politics, urging readers to support the publication and its volume closures.
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Charles Sommer
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Fourier
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Worcester Miss
EB. Burritt & Co
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Washington Street
Boston
Postage Reform Debate Seeks Cheaper Official Rates
The discussion hinges on uniform two cent postage prepaid and whether current hybrid rates cover Post Office costs. Proponents cite England as a model and argue that higher five cent rates would burden many while a two cent system could suffice given the rise in correspondence.
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Buss
Post Office Department
England
Plan to fund Post Office by cutting War and Navy costs
In debates from 1847 to 1848 Ohio speakers propose reallocating funds from War and Navy departments to the Post Office. They argue mail service costs differ between slave and free states, call for lasting agricultural funds, and urge state boards to organize fairs and premiums while funding district events. Numerous county names and officials are listed in the proceedings.
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Ohio State Board of Agriculture Elects Officers and Members
Delegates note expenses of 82 700 dollars for the year with 200 state funds and 117 360 on hand as the Board elects five members for two years to replace expired terms. Anroy Trimet is president N. T. Sumivans treasurer MD. Barenam secretary. County delegates urged to return missing circulars for the annual report. Ohio Cutter.
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Ohio
A colorful May stroll yields a mathematical bloom
In a narrative riff, the speaker ponders a five petaled flower whose five parts echo a Texan star while contemplating equations of five. The scene shifts through Romantic musings, and snippets from Democratic Review and Louisville Journal offer moral commentary and a series of anecdotal jests on fate, debt, and nationality.
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Democratic Review
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Working Min Should Study Politics and Law
A political counsel urges working men to study constitutional laws history and national interests to gain clear understanding of community issues. He warns against chasing rumors and emphasizes self education to base decisions on fundamental principles guiding measures.
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Revolutionary Pensioner and Clerical Pranks Recap
In a conversation, Abner Phelps jokes his son Jim aims to be a revolutionary pensioner. Earlier, Dr Franklin recalls a militia anecdote about a chaplain Beatty whose prayers lagged while men queued for rum ration. The tale notes the liquor distribution improved attendance and prayers thereafter.
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A Word to Apprentices from the Christian Citizen
A letter urges boys to master their trades before seeking pay and independence. It cites a failed 18 year old who wanders between jobs in three cities, then joins traveling players. Parents are advised to push thorough, lasting craft training to avoid sluggish futures and ridicule.
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Handvill
Worcester
Mexican peace moves and troop notes in Veracruz reports
New Orleans papers dated December describe Mexico amid Santa Anna rumors and Gen. Worth’s dispatch. Anava elected president with Pena as secretary. peace negotiations reopened by Canton Atristain Cuevas Rincon. Soldiers detained for alleged criticism of Scott. guerrilla actions near Queretaro disrupted wagon convoys with casualties and prisoner captures.
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Battles and troop movements reach Santa Fe in 1846 report
Correspondence from the Pittsburgh Gazette reports eighteen days after Santa Fe news arrives. Fourteen companies and two battalions leave Santa Fe for the South while five hundred troops stay to hold forts and protect residents at the lower country. A war party raids Rio, cattle are driven off, and three are killed. Mexican forces near Chihuahua are fortifying and equipping for a campaign against U.S. troops and civilians.
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Still Later from Mexico Arrivals at Vera Cruz
From the voyage of the steamship Virginia St. Orleans we receive dates from Vera Cruz to the 7th inst with details of the return of troops. About 80 sick and discharged soldiers were aboard. Governor Butler’s train to Bayonne shows most of the force having left Vera Cruz. Some 3000 men are reported as accompanying the transit.
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