Chalk and carbonic gas chemistry amid atmospheric reactions
The article discusses how carbonic gas forms chalk-like deposits in water, details respiration and oxygen use, and explains how carbon and hydrogen form compounds used for light. It covers oxygen and carbon dioxide interactions, vegetable oxygen release and carbon combustion, plus early gas lighting using coal and boron notes. It also notes a new Colored Police Organization in Chicago with seven divisions guarding against slave-holding threats.
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Leloro
Annie Cuchupstanes
Varbonie Reid
Amies
Cha
Ina
Ureebarinus
Aseay
Fia
Srpall Aerady
Fragmented Tory lines on Union and the South rise in Vermont
A Vermont Messenger piece rails against dissolution of the Union and favors the South while praising the Union, warning against secessionist rhetoric from all sides. The text also reports that Solomon Foote of Rutland, Whig, is chosen as Senator for six years from March, with Foote securing a legislative plurality and Phelps briefly blocked.
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Eleekor
Solomon Foote
Rutland
Phelpson
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Be. Phelps
Senate
Philadelphia official resigns over fugitive slave act
A United States Commissioner in Philadelphia promptly resigned after learning the Fugitive Slave Act required commissioners to aid in capturing and returning fugitives. He stated that no honorable man could continue in the office under the mandate.
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Phos. L Have
Thut City
Daited Sthidn
Las
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Shive
Foglteve Siave Case Claim Sparks City Violent Scene
Philadelphia court resolves a fugitive slave case with a jury finding of ownership. A mob gathered outside the U S District Court as police intervened. Two Black individuals were arrested for assaulting officers and property damage during the disturbance.
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Foglteve
Philadelphia
Congress
Grice
U. &Civanit
Chaias
Tia
Robbery on Mull Stage Between Cleveland and Beaver
A Mull stage traveling from Cleveland to Beaver was robbed Friday evening. The thief looted passenger trunks of clothes and valuables while fleeing before the mail was boarded. One passenger reported a small sum of money missing. stage driver and crew remained unharmed and the mail escaped the blast.
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Mull
Cleveland and
Beaver
Fugitive Runaway Treks From Missouri to Canada
A slave fled from Missouri and reached this state with accomplices. Pursued by his would‑be capture, the party traveled via Quincy and Chicago, then shipped the fugitive to Canada by rail on Tuesday evening. Local unrest and threats hastened their own flight south, while the pursued man remains at large beyond reach. The piece also notes Haynan’s exile and mixed press reaction across Europe.
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Misouri
Quincy
Perdium
Chicago
Canada
Presbyterian Synod Discusses Fugitive Slave Bill
A Synod of the Old School Presbyterian church met in Pittsburgh with about two hundred ministers and elders in attendance. A memorial from Beaver Presbytery asked the synod to express opinion on the Fugitive Slave bill, denouncing it as iniquitous. A motion to postpone the matter was lost.
Opposition to Law Sparks Heated Debate in Campbell Area
In Campbell and nearby areas the Rev Proctor Stith and others denounced the law as unconstitutional and immoral. They warned they would resist it, risking penal action, as excitement ran high and a committee of opponents was formed to report on the measure.
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Stith, Campbell
Public notices and letters from readers to Elyria Courier
The Elyria Courier notes several communications received that cannot be published this week due to space. Readers thank tar B B Onapraras Esq for valuable public documents sent.
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Onapraras Esq
The Courier Volume Ends With Reader Subscriptions Push
A New Volume ends as the Courier closes its fourth volume and urges readers to enroll more subscribers. The note praises foreign journals but presses for local support to sustain the paper, announcing upcoming items and election matters while reporting a death in Blak River and the arrest in Boston related to slave disturbances.
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Courier
Busi
Townshend Libel Allegations Spark Whig Dispute
A heated exchange unfolds over Dr Townshend, labeled traitor by Whigs since 1848, with criticisms of libel, political betrayal, and claimed past misdeeds. The argument centers on comments published in the Argus and Courier, accusing each side of dishonesty and political manipulation.
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Whig
Washborn
Courier
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Argus
Qet
Bus'r
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Neas
Parker
Taylor
Vievent
Aruns
Turbulent Circus Rowdies Fight At Jump Co Vale
A riot erupted during Jump & Co s performance in Haggerstown as Rowdies clashed with the troupe injuring several. Props and tents were damaged as attendees fought back, while the troupe defended the show. The piece also notes lectures by D W Vixoer on Anatomy and Physiology with public interest in broader health education.
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Jump & Co
Haggerstown
Cus
Dirks
Clabs
Mental Cultivation and Health in Child Rearing Advised
An 19th century catalog critique promotes a work by Aqiatie ah Brigham WF. Dp on reforming school instruction and home rearing to improve children's morals and health. It argues early sickness in schooling harms long-term development and urges adherence to health laws alongside mental discipline. Published by Pansoxes & Co, Elyria, price 30 cents.
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Europe
Pansoxes & Co
Elysia
Western Literary Magazines October Issue Reviewed
The October number of the Western Literary magazines is received and offers a variety of cidereading. Edited by Gro Barniver, it is priced at one dollar. Orders with payment to Scott and Bascom in Columbus, Ohio, will be promptly fulfilled.
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Barniver
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Scott and
Bascom
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Washing Pursang Soap Promises Superior Lather
A fragmented notice promotes Pursang and Co soap at eight pence per pound claiming it yields sixteen quarts of white soap. It touts safety, urges buying two panes to test, and warns of a “sad casualty” connected to a drowning incident on the Detroit River where Elwin Johnson, a young man from North Elyria, was knocked overboard in a gale. Another item notes Patrik Marony’s arrest in Milwaukie for the murder of his infant child as the mother was away.
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Cuarlis
Banpwis
Elwin Johnson
North Elyria
Walenra
Detroit River
Hornisyr Munorr
Milwaukie
Patrik Marony
Indignation Meeting Rails Against Fugitive Slave Law
A gathering in Blyria House, Lotain co, denounces the Fugitive Slave Law as unconstitutional. Otis Briggs Eng presides with NP Johnsons Ley, De Townshend, and FTW Curtiss leading a committee to publish the address and circulate it countywide while urging rallying papers and local action.
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Blyria Out
Otis Briggs Eng
NP Johnsons] Ley
de Townshend
Ftw Curtiss
Alt
GG Washburn
Wis
Dens
Washturn
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TH Vincent
National Fay
Otis Briggs
IL W. Craress
Lucy
Abolitionist Views and Slave Law Debate in Period Speech
A long excerpt from a political discussion decries the Fugitive Slave Act and urges mass civic action. It condemns slavery as incompatible with freedom, calls for vigilance committees, and promotes swift measures to protect alleged fugitives. It also urges public meetings and constitutional arguments to end the law.
Mohibition and Fatent Premiums At Oberlin Fair
The Lomin Counts Agricultural Society held its fifth annual Mohibition and Fatent at Oberlin on Thursday September 26. Premiums awarded include best plow, best harrow, best wagon, best matched horse, and top cattle entries led by local farms and residents. Awards lists cover numerous livestock and farm implements with participant names and locations across Pittsfield Huntington and Camd.
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Huntington
Curtis
Aes Ee
F. A. Thee
Best
Pomey
Harrow
Wight
Fusuia
W. W. Weight
Chae
Firenilda
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Railer
Russia
Pittsfield
L. S. Biba
Boy Shot and Killed in Bazetta Wagon Accident
A fifteen year old boy named Franklin Peek from Bazetta was fatally shot when a loaded gun in his wagon struck a back board as the wagon jolted. The weapon discharged into his chest leading to immediate death. In Fleming County Kentucky a man killed his brother in law and shot his mother and sister in a violent spree before being shot by neighbors.
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Franklin Peek
Bazetta
Trum
Horning
Fleming County
William Ringo
Ringo
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