Fundamental conditions in Mississippi admission debate
A Wisconsin senator argues Congress has no constitutional authority to impose future limits on Mississippi after statehood. He cites the tenth amendment and warns that such conditions conflict with the constitution. He suggests delaying admission to avoid risk, urging Republicans to insist on preserving state powers until states prove stable. Sumner Morton and Yates lack counterarguments.
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Washington
Carpenter
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Virginia
Congress
Massachusetts
United States
Union
The
Georgia
Messrs
Sumner, Morton
Yates
Mr. Carpenter
Week from aly pairee by Josie Billings
A quirky column recounts odd week happenings from town names and humorous mishearings. Anecdotes cover breakfast errors, a strange overheard windstorm tale, Red River reflections, and misadventures with a washerwoman and memory writ large. The piece blends local color with curious, humorous observations.
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Aly Pairee
Josie Billings
Moxpay
Nu Hamshire
Lourdes
Bem
Red River
Arkansaw
Misane
Hiram Green in Boston Misadventures and Pork and Beans
Hiram Green visits Boston, recounting crooked streets and a comic saga of repeatedly finding himself in the same grocery. He recalls pork and beans with pepper sauce at multiple shops, cowed by a twin-like procession of waitresses, ending with a return to the Green Mansion and a jab about street labyrinths.
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Confeller
Cradle of Liberty
Bunker
Old Bunker
Cla
Andrew Johnson
Senate
Sints
Marved College
Milk Street
Tother Place
Natoor
Sum Bordin House
Parker House
Evers
Hiram Gren
Chinese Funeral in Sacramento Street Evokes Chinese Customs
An account of Ye Chow Ying, a prominent Hop Wo Chinese Company member, buried in lavish ceremony after death in San Francisco. The piece details Chinese burial customs, blood burial stigma, offerings, a longevity tablet, and a later transfer to Lone Mountain Cemetery before eventual shipment to China.
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Ye Chow Ying
Hop Wo Chinese Company
San Francisco
Joss
Sacramento
Lone Mountain
China
Scarecrow Moment in a Missionary School Tale
Avoxa writes of her South Carolina mission work where most scholars wear clean but scanty clothes. One boy, thirteen, arrives in oversized father’s trousers and patched garments, prompting a gentle mocking moment as he jokes about looking like a scarecrow, then laughs at himself.
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Avoxa
Freepnes
Reedmen
South Carolina
Sandwich Islands
Mintwood
John
German House Life and a Painterly Parlor Tale
A travel letter from Prof. W. S. Tyler describes German household life in Gottingen with orderly mornings and minimal washing, ornate parlor rooms, and generous hospitality including affectionate farewells. The piece also reflects on religious fervor and a wild anecdote about two sisters in a lovers’ quarrel ending in a duel with case knives, with one victim wounded and a satirical image of the lover on a fence.
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Germany
Gottingen
America
WS. Tyler
Amherst College
State tax relief for railroad lands prompts debate
The Quincy girl argues counties hosting major rail lines should not tax lands for railroad revenue losses. She compares Illinois Central to other roads and asks why lands, tracks, rolling stock, and property aren’t exempt from local taxes. The Anakee Gazette, noting Adams county’s wider tax burden, calls for a uniform railroad tax policy.
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Quincy Girl
Adame
Kankakee
Central
Central Road
Adams County
Ankakee
The Ars Vita Scam in a Stomach Pump Ruse
A genius tricks townsfolk by feigning desperate losses and poisoning himself with a white powder in a hotel rooms. A doctor and emetics purge him while a sympathetic crowd funds him. He repeats the con in each town, using staged distress to raise money.
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Troy
Darwin and Agassiz Doctrines on Origin of Species
The passage contrasts Darwin’s theory of gradual development from an initial pool of inferior species evolving into varied forms with Agassiz’s view that each species has a separate creator. It notes Agassiz’s claim of multiple human progenitors and preserved racial lines, in opposition to Darwinian change over time.
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Springfield
John M’carty
Lome
Lincoln
Pulte Square
John
M’carty
Darwin
Agassiz
Mungen charged with cadetship sale and more
A report notes Mungen faces charges for selling a cadetship for 300 dollars and for requesting 40 a Republican. The piece also mentions a Fort Gaines mayor adjourning a council session by striking two aldermen and the clerk, plus a North Carolina clergyman's peanut separator and Joel Burlingame, father of Hon. Anson Burlingame, living in Dunton Illinois.
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Mungen
Fort Gaines
Anson Burlingame
Joel Burlingame
Dunton
Cook County
Illinois
Mail Register Schedule and Route Closings
Southern lines via I.Q.R.R and Northern routes list arrival times at multiple Illinois and Wisconsin towns. The schedule covers weekdays Tuesdays through Saturdays, with departures on Moon days and other days, and notes holiday hours for the mail office run by SMITH D ATKINS P. M.
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Via
I.Q.R.R
Dubuque
T. Cr
W.U.R.R
Monroe
Wis
Cedarville
Orangeville
Oneco
Atv Sipunore
Elizabeth
Watterman’s Mills
Yellow Creek
Loran
Kent
Plum River
Yankee Hollow
Stockton
Ward's Grove
Derinda
Buena Vista
Damascus
McConnell's Grove
Silver Creek
Rana
Trains Scheduled Through 1860 S:
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Boston
Jie
Nebuchadnezzar
Chicago
Meatae
Ireland
Cork
Mr. Osgourd
Pachange
Mr. Lincoln
Worrold
Mr. L
Kim
New Orleans Picayune
North Carolina
Freeport
Illinois Central Railroad
Western Union Railroad
Racine
Milwaukee
St Paul
Hulton
Rock Island
Council Blugs
Omaha
San Lpancisco
Clinton Junction
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Fulton
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicao
Rock Island & Pacific
Carson
Pringi
Olin
Illinois Sentral Railroad
North-Western Railroad
Cincago
Leave
Pasbenzey
Ceee
Tyseenaveeeeeret Teneeseres
Bennet
Court House
Lord, Black & Winnesheil
CR. Bennet
Stephenson
Wigneis
W.r.fairbairn
Journal
Freeport, Ills
D. Atkins
Bill Heads
Guiter Snipes
Dodgers
Buffalo
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