First Glasgow Courant transcript and aged notices
A reader recounts The Daily Bulletin reprinting Scotland’s first paper the Edinburgh Courant from January 4 to 19, 1730s, noting articles from Madrid Amsterdam London and Edinburgh about war and a bank theft. It quotes old advertisements and remarks on 19th century observations and Wisconsin lumber forecasts for 1861.
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Scotland
Edinbugh Cenrant
LTCA
Madrid
Amsterdam
Tlondon
Edinburg
Robert Pringle Eto
George Anderson
Daily Bulletin
Glasgow
Courant
Literary markets shrink as publishers shift to periodicals
The unsettled politics depresses letters with Beston New York publishers withholding key novels while Dickens Thackeray Trollope Munloch and Mrs Stowe supply serials for London payers and American markets. A through mail coach passed Fort Spirit Web and Apache Pass reports note telegraphed seizure of mail and stock by Indians, with U S dragoons now protecting the route.
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Beston
New York
Dickens
Thackeray
Ijtav
Per
Anthony Trollope
Miss Munloch
Mrs. Stowe
Fort Sprrit
Apache Pass
Espasso
U. 8
Celebrated writer on woman's true nature and manners
A celebrated writer argues that no matter a woman's beauty or refinement she remains common at heart. True womanhood shows in uniformly kind courteous and polite treatment of others.
Jonah and the whale sermon sparks a humorous aside
A preacher, discussing the prophet Jonah, quips that Jonah could not have been a smoker or chewer since the fish kept him long in its stomach. He adds a tongue in cheek remark that if the fish had swallowed the house they worship in he would have “puked himself to death.”
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Joxan
Jonah
Trade concerns in Alabama amid tides and supplies
An unclear note references Northern supplies and a product tied to Alabama trade. It mentions troubles about a product and hints at ties to shipping and regional commerce. The fragment suggests market friction affecting local shipments and business.
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Mobile Mercury
Tayr
River Traffic Opens to Opey and Kookuk Boats
The river from Kookuk downstream is now open for boat traffic. A lively young man, described as a gentleman with a slow friend to an ornithologist, is noted in a fragmented local notice. The era is a season for improvement in La Crosse.
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Navenan
Opey
Kookuk Down
Inaugural Reception Widely Reported Across States
Reports from Virginia to Massachusetts detail mixed reactions to Lincoln's inaugural address. Across locations like Pensacola, Raleigh, and Boston, Republicans praise the conciliatory tone while secessionists warn of war. Public notices note varied receptions and anticipated policy shifts.
Lincoln Inaugural Address on Union and Law
The speaker asserts the Union remains intact under the Constitution and that States cannot lawfully secede. He vows to faithfully execute federal laws in all states, warning against violence and rebellion and asserting peaceful preservation of the Union unless forced by national authorities.
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Lincoln
United States
Union
Lincoln Cabinet Confirmations On March Sth At Four PM
President Lincoln's cabinet members confirmed include William H. Seward as Secretary of State Solomon P Chase as Secretary of the Treasury Simeon Cameron as Secretary of War Gideon Wells as Secretary of the Navy Montgomery Blair as Post Master General Caleb B Smith as Secretary of the Interior Edward Bates as Attorney General The ceremony occurred at the White House with the named officials present.
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Waseniseroy
Win. Fer Seward
Solomon P. Chase
The
Treasury
Simeon Cameron
Gidere Wells
Navy
Montgomery Blair
Caleb B. Smith
Interior
Edward Bates
Fragmented Civil War Era Debate and Snow Depth Report
A garbled account describes Judge Taney during Lincoln Douglas events with South rulers and a Southern gentleman reacting loudly. It also notes Rev. Chickering of Springfield, Virginia reporting five feet seven inches of snow depth, and a remark about barley sown 149 years after its origin.
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