Godey’s January Lady’s Book Entertains With Portraits
Godey’s January issue features Mrs Elizabeth Fry Mrs Dorotha Dicks Grace Darling Miss Provence Nightingale and other portraits to illustrate Love Pity Goodness and Philanthropy. Engravings fashion plates and domestic content accompany readings recipes and an Oriental Villa design by Samuel Sloszn. Subscriptions listed: one year $3 two copies $5 three copies $8 five copies $10. Address L A Godey 823 Chestnut St Philadelphia Pa.
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Elizabeth Fry
Dorotha Dicks
Grace Darling
Provence Nightingale
Vashion Plates
The Allure of Anonymous Authors in Periodic Literature
The piece discusses how anonymous or pseudonymous writers captivate readers, noting that many admired works gain mystique from unknown authors. It cites Waverly and works by Gath e Greenwood and Fanny Vern as examples where authorship hides or reveals influence and public interest.
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Waverly
Request for grain production data in Prempealeau County
The paper again solicits a statistical table showing the amount of grain raised last season in Prempealeau County. It asks farmers to report to the district Clerk, who will forward the data for publication in the first January issue.
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Prempealeau County
No New Developments Noted in Sessions Dominance
The record notes no fresh developments as observers question the behavior of Southern factions who claim to have been beaten yet refuse to accept the majority rule. The text frames the situation as a call for adherence to democratic principle.
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New England
Old England
Question About the Assis And Boast Of Our Republic
The text poses a reflective query on the purpose and pride of the Republic, asking what constitutes the essence and claim to greatness of our national government and its people. It invites examination of the republics founding ideals and enduring virtues.
Circuit Court Report Crowds Out Local Cilito rial
The weekly Circuit Court report fills space in the paper, pushing aside a portion of the cilito rial coverage.
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Circuit Court
Northwest Independence and Bank Reform in 1860
In La Crosse on November 26 1860 a traveling correspondent blames secession and a looming commercial panic for falling stocks and currency devaluations. He urges Northwest self sufficiency through home manufacturing and economic independence, minimal banking, and possible secession to escape slaveholding pressure. He cites rivers railways and mineral wealth as assets and notes the county circuit court closed its two week session with two men sentenced to state prison.
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Northwest
Mississippi
Enior
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Westarm
New England
Old England
Nilla
Wall St. N.Y
Mississippi Valley
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Newmans
Mississippi River Freezes At Spot This Morning
A fragment notes the Mississippi River froze across at a location this morning around an unspecified hour, leaving readers with a partial report of an early winter condition.
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Sissippi
Yours&e
Pantheon ascent yields panoramic Paris frescoes and grandeur
Foreign Correspondence from Paris describes climbing the Pantheon to a lantern view of Paris from 260 feet high. The dome hosts refined frescoes, with a 2000 franc reward and baronetcy once given, and details a grand arch and Mont Valerian beyond. It notes vast French spending on art versus poverty, then begins currency discussion.
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Pantheon
Tre de Irvonphe de UV Croche
Mont Valerian
Bais de Boulogne
Passy
Autueil
Champ
Elysees
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Tuilleries
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Our Republic
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