Snow and political turbulence ripple Mississippi
Snow fell at Vicksburg on Tuesday the 14th and spread to other Mississippi locales. Preparations in New Orleans aim to send 1000 men to aid Walker. Kansas Governor’s appointment provokes dissent. Florida Indians urged to emigrate. A Bellevue Iowa lynching of two counterfeiters occurred recently, echoing the 17 year old prior tragedy. Sumner’s health improves during his voyage to Europe. Trance healer Hatch holds exhibitions in New York. Kankakold backs a clean Republican slate as Gazette cheers Chapman. Wisconsin Republican margins rise in line with fall. Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad reaches Prairie du Chien. New York police killed by burglars. English election news: Conservatives defeated. Government triumphs. Harris takes over Washington Union editorial chair.
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New Orleans
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Iowa
Sumner
Europe
Hatch
New York City
Kankakold
Chapman
Wisconsin
Milwaukee and Mississippi
Prairie du Chien
New,York
England
Jricseon
Harris
Washington Union
Emigration, Infrastructure Grow in Kansas Territory
From the Herald of Freedom dated March 1, the first boat to Leavenworth arrived March 1 with 800 passengers mostly from Minnesota. Two new Lawrence hotels rise, 10,000 emigrants have reached the Territory since opening navigation, Osage Orange may thrive in Kansas, and printers are sought in Lawrence with permanent work and good wages offered.
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Herald of Freedom
Leavenworth
Minos
Lawrence
Osage
Kansas
the Herald
California
Scapegrace Printer William C Bird Sail
The Fairfield Ledger reports a young man named William C Bird Sail, a miscreant who married in January, left his wife about four weeks ago, and stole $600 to $800 of her money. Described as 19, slight, talkative, and a poor printer, he is accused of deceit and is urged to be expelled.
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Fairfield Ledger
Hejis
The
Ledger
Fowler
Wm. C. Birdsail
Onions and Spring Farm Work Urges Cautious Planting
A reader asks for guidance on profitable onion cultivation including best varieties, seeding rates, timing, and soil. Also notes urge to pace spring work to protect oxen, highlights Hovey's Magazine of Horticulture and Rural New Yorker advice, census and railroad news, and lighter farming tidbits.
Ole Bulls Viotaxs Case Before New York Supreme Court
Ole Bull appeared before the New York Supreme Court on an order rooted in an affidavit claiming he possessed violins and jewels to satisfy a judgment. He admitted having three violins valued at about three thousand dollars, with a diamond set in the bow of one violin of substantial value.
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Bunn
Ole Buln
Supreme Court of New York
Ole Bull
Charles H Malcolm Joins Newport Baptist Church
Charles Howard Malcolm, formerly dismissed from a Virginia church for opposing slavery, has accepted the charge of the Baptist Church in Newport News following the death of Rev. Dr. Chaules.
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Charles Howard Malcolm
Virginia
Baptist Church
Newport
R. L
Chaules
Sowing Wheat as Radish Stand-In and Other Old Advice
Readable farm note advises readers unable to grow radishes due to worms or poor soil to sow common wheat with bran in an inch thick layer on good soil, hoe it, then plant seed to yield radish-like harvest. Also mentions feeding cornstalks to horses with the heaves as a potential cure and notes that virtuous actions will be rewarded.
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Freefoft
Silver Creek
Raptsars
Milton
Webster
There’s a Proper Way to See Me in Society
A verse urging discreet courtship and reserve to avoid gossip. The speaker stresses a proper path before marriage, warning that public judgment weighs on lovers. It calls for confident, masculine resolve to follow societal expectations and keep peace of mind.
Reminiscence of a Big Heart on a Chicago Night
A long reminiscence recalls a rough generous stranger on a January 1857 Chicago car journey. He quietly assists a deaf elder, comforts a mother and seven children, shares food with weary travelers, and shields vulnerable passengers, embodying quiet charity amid crowded travel. The piece contrasts his deeds with calls for education and reform, and closes with horticultural notes on pruning and orchards.
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Hejis
Chicago
Muscatine Lawn
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