Illinois Senator and the called session debate
The Quincy Whig argues against a called session to elect a U S senator, noting the governor’s reluctance to choose sides in Breese or Shields factions. It stresses the state could endure without full representation and favors Breese or Young, while criticizing McClernand as unqualified. The piece frames the issue as partisan power, not Illinois’ welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
U.S. Senate
Locofoco Press
McClernand
Locofoco
Shield
Breese
Senate
Sam
Gen. Shields
Judge Young
Robert Smith
John Wentworth
Ulira
Quincy Whig
President and Bible interview noted by Newark Daily Advertiser
A delegation from the American Bible Society met with President Taylor in Washington. The President praised the Bible's role in a free republic and urged its spread among the young. The report contrasts with broader notes on growth in Freeport and a local tax debate for school funding.
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Newark Daily Advertiser
Washington
American Bible Society
Washington City Society
United States
Prime
American Libre Society
W. Y P. Stricklard
Ohio
Penrose
Miller
Treasury Department
Friends of the Bible
Taylor
Journal Journal Freeport Agents Named for Subscriptions
The Journal lists authorized agents in Freeport and surrounding areas to solicit subscriptions receive money and conduct related business names include G C Tront Carroll Priis Manst Wad dama Grove J A Anpass Cedar Creek Mills J Moxtacvey Downs Alida T J Axpntwe Yellow Creek Printz Rewrzbit Noiteolfls Mills R Barcock Oneco Dr Cotema Eleroy O WH Hazanp Rock Run D W C Hicks Winslow G B Easraan Rockford
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Tront
Mr. Carroll
Priis Manst
Waddama Grove
J. A. Anpass
Cedar Creek Mills
F. Downs
Alida
T. J. Axpntwe
Yellow Creek
Printz Rewrzbit
Meeting to vote on tax for Union School House
Notice announces a Saturday ballot on whether to raise a tax for constructing the Union School House at the Court House at 3 PM. The paper urges broad attendance, highlighting the education initiative as essential for local progress and promising educational improvements if approved. It notes poor weather and farming conditions but optimism for a strong wheat harvest and regional communication improvements.
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Journal
Freeport
Ohio
Mexico
New York
Buenos
Europe
D&ce
Union School House
Court House
Tts
Friends of Education
The New York Riot and its Political Blame Game
The piece condemns the New York riot as a clash of mob rule and law, praising decisive authorities even at bloodshed. It blames Edwin Forrest and Macready fallout on native American versus foreign tensions, blaming a Jocofoco politician for stoking fury to attack foreigners. It lauds restraint by most papers while decrying a minority of amoral editors.
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New-York
Truy
Edwin Forrest
England
Democratic Party
Macready
Geome
Amob
Gopeys Lady's Book June number for the editor promises
The June issue of Gopeys Lady's Book arrives with steady entertainment and eminent writers. It features four steel engravings a fashion plate drawing pictures and woodcut illustrations plus a promise of stronger interest in the new volume. Subscriptions are $3 yearly for the Lady's Book and Lady's Dollar Newspaper. The May number has not arrived and the editor is asked to forward it.
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Gopey
Avood
Lady’s Book
Lady’s Dollar
Late 1849 notices and Minnesota and Wisconsin news items
A compact digest of 1849 era items reports on subscribership and new volumes of a periodical, local notices, and commentary. It covers a hail storm in St. Louis, cholera concerns, a portrait insertion in a paper, poems and parodies, remarks on Madam Rumor and T J Tunwon, Father Mathew voyage, Minnesota rain and river rises, new newspapers at St Pauls, population growth estimates, rail road prospects for Dubuque and Galena regions, wheat and corn prospects, fruit farming expansion, and Wisconsin navigation prospects with several steamers. Includes references to Governor Ramsey, Senator Corwin, and regional papers like the Madison Argus, Galena Advertiser, and Minnesota Register and Pioneer.
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Parers
Minnesota
Register
Pioneer
St. Pauls
Gorman
Cora
St. Louis
Gresam
Fort Satling
Galena
Adv
Col. Beriton
Missouri
John
Schenectady
Phntom
Removals From Office Stirs Illinois Rumor Mill
The St. Louis New Era notes removals in Illinois with mixed claims. It praises Bond as marshal pick, cites opposition as unfounded, explains Dement and Farwell were removed for absences and neglect, and commends Aldrich and Noble as capable replacements. The piece argues the changes reflect a balance of party and official duty amid Locofoco opposition.
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St. Louis
Alton
Locofoco
Illinois
Washington Union
Dixon
Galena
Tey
Anderson
Ilinois
States of
Union
Department of the Interior
Bond
Slade
Friends of
Dement
Farwell
Caver
General Land Office
United States
Washington
Springfield
Ewing
Land Office Department
Polk
Department
Land Office
Larwell
Messrs
Aldrich
Noble
Ferry accident and river drownings reported
A wagon with two oxen owned by Mr Wicker of Wadam's Crove backed off the upper ferry after the animals spooked a boy was thrown into the river and rescued. A child seven years old, son of Mr Brawley near Hampshire Street, drowned after falling from a raft. A land sale at Milwaukee was postponed to September 17. Also noted: a joke about boots and a report of the ship Maria foundering near Gulf of Saint Lawrence with all but two aboard perishing.
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Ace
Tun Urren Ferry
Mr. Wicker
Wadam
Boy Drownep
Brawley
Hampshire
Sixth Street
Quincey Whig
Collodion as a wound dressing and sealant in surgery
A French chemist identifies soluble gun cotton and ether solution forming Collodion. It contracts wound edges, provides air and moisture barriers, causes minimal irritation, remains on skin until cicatrization, is impermeable to water, and allows observation beneath. It requires no heat to apply and is moderately priced as a therapeutic agent.
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Cana
Abundant New Water Springs Found at Village Well
The Foxd du lac Journal reports a strong water flow at Mr. Williams premises in the village. A stream runs pure, cold, at 35 gallons per minute and up to 50 to 20 gallons daily, through a 4 inch pipe, tossing gravel from the bottom. Drilling has yielded eight fountains already, with costs from $100 to $400, boosting local morale and prospects.
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Foxd du Lac Journal
Prolific 19th Century Text Snippet on Crime Trade and Health
A fragmented slice cites Draxenkes and drunkenness losses in Britain at 200 million dollars yearly, parochial relief figures, and 58 million bushels of grain destroyed by distillation. It mentions cholera on the steamer Cora with three deaths and a Fort Salting fort scene, plus assorted quotes and notes from newspapers about politics, tea metaphors, and street patrols in Toronto area.
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Commissionera m
Great
Britann
Crim
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Mavisoy
Madison Argus
Lake
Winnebago
The
Freeport Journal
the Journal
Leto
New-York Riot
Goren Roth
Courton & Crang, Publishers
Annst
Carpenter
Daguerreotype
Cornssroments
T. J. Tun
Congressional Globe
Territories
Fathen Mathew
Albany Evening Journal
Father Mathew
Atlantic
Avris Norra
Wis
Chippewa
Galena Adv
Afadison Argus
Ramsey
Cnors
Dana
Navigation
Wisconsin
Fort Winnebago
Corwin
State Agricultural Society of Obie
New Orleans
Milwaukee Land Office
Quebec
Limerick
Ireland
Gulf
Lawrance
Weantra
Locoface
Locofoc
Mississippi
Prometheus
N. Y
Wall Street
Pittsburgh
Coon Ridge
Be” Ville
Toronto
Sireels
I Catharines
Ny Tin
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