Lincoln Freeport Debate Interrogatories and Outcome
Medill recounts the 1858 Lincoln Douglas Freeport debate sequence with Lincoln’s plan to answer seven Ottawa questions He drafts new interrogatories to stump Douglas and to probe popular sovereignty Lincoln’s use of the four questions at Freeport and Douglas response that majority rule can bar slavery in territories Despite the clash Lincoln prevails in debate and later defeats Douglas politically, helping Lincoln win the presidency two years later.
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Joseph Medill
Senator Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Douglas
Lincoln
Ottawa
Freeport
United States
Burg
Macomb
McDonough
Ald
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Senate
South
North
Massachusetts
Svory
Egypt
Congress
E. B. Washburne
Norman 8. Judd
Chicago
Republican State Central Committee
Mr Lincoln
Ilinois
No 2
Supreme Court
Linesole
Charleston
D. C
Democratic Party
John C. Breckinridge
Breckinridge
Springfield
Old State House
Sinesso
West
Anthem at Church Sparks Humorous Solomons Clothes Quip
A church choir performance of an anthem based on Solomon prompts a joke from an elderly attendee about Solomon's clothes while the soprano bass tenor and choir join in the phrase and the organ roars. The remark ends with a lighthearted exit by the reporter.
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Henry
Jesus
Solomon
Sarsaparilla Tonic Claim for Real Strength
An old admonition argues that a tonic alone cannot build strength. It claims true power comes from purified enriched blood through a standard alterative such as Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
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Ayer
Pittsburg Firm Plans Telegraph Lines On New System
A Pittsburg company incorporates to build and operate telegraph lines using a typewriter like machine that prints a message at multiple offices. One operator can perform the work of twenty, with service about half the telephone price. The firm will begin construction and compete with existing telegraph companies, potentially replacing some phone use. The era of wonders is heralded as feasible private office and residence installations expand.
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Pittsburg
Woman Cures Heart Valvular Disease With Pink Pills
In Clifton New Jersey Mrs. Geo Archer suffers from valvular heart disease once deemed incurable. After trying Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People beginning November 25 she reports the ear noise subsides, chest and arm pain fade, and facial color returns. Her son also improves. pills marketed as a blood builder and nerve restorer available from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Newark
N. J
Evening News
Geo. Archer
Clifton N.J
The
Newells
Mrs. Archer
Springfield
Mass
Springfield Examiner
Dr. Williams
Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
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B.F. Forrest
Physican
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Grosser Block
Edward Strout
Thomas Strat
J. A. Swemn
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Thomas
Clover
Novakyublic and Insurance
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Frank Baer
Edward &J
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Justice of the Peach
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Locke
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George Burt
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H. M. Blossom & Co
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Hampshire St. Quincey
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Plymouth Rock
James M, Powers, Henry
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