Fashionable Ball Stirs Town Over Servant’s Bold Dance
In a western county town a grand ball unfolds with fashion and bustle as guests comb the assembly. Amanda K the servant girl of Capt. Bacon shocks the crowd by dancing with gentlemen, provoking scorn fromMrs Z and others. A wealthy suitor rescues her honor with a ten thousand dollar gift and the tale ends with virtue rewarded while critiquing wealth’s power.
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Clarissa Adalia Bacon
Jacobus Bacon
Invincible Volunteer Company of Heroes
Barefoot
Tucker
Euclid
Onnan
Ethcort
Miss Bacon
William
New York
Amanda K
Capt. Bacon
Sambo
Amanda
Amanda Ek
Edgar
Mammon
Fair division of a half hog leads to a Dutchman’s triumph
Farr Division.x A Dutchman and Yankee share a half hog and use a game to decide the split. The Yankee backs away as the Dutchman cunningly cuts from the hind, places it on the shoulder, and loudly claims the piece. The Yankee shouts I and wins the disputed portion, noted as a rare instance of Dutch cunning.
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Farr
Hannes
Jonathan
Ancient fortification on Tort Hill near Rochester
The Workingman's Advocate notes a six foot wide by six foot deep ditch and an embankment on Tort Hill, the sole hill between Rochester and Le Roy. No nearby mound exists. Likely a historic barrier against eastern incursions into the Genesee country, though construction date and builders are unknown. An antiquarian visit could be rewarding.
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Ohio
New York
Workingman’s Advocate
Rochester
le Roy
Genessee
Harrison Cited As One Of First Military Privates Of His Era
A wartime defense of General Harrison frames him as a fearless leader. Letters from Wayne Shelby Daviess Johnson Perry and others praise his bravery and skill at Tippecanoe and beyond, arguing critics slander his courage and service to the Northwest. They cite congressional resolutions and state tributes as proof of his steadfast valor.
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Tippecanoe Calumet & War Club
Arnold
Harrison
Truth
William Henry Harrison
Wayne
Mad Anthony
War Department
Gen. Wayne
Shelby
Kentucky
Madison
Gen
Col. Jo Daviess
Tippecanoe
Richard M. Johnson
Johnson
Perry
the Lakes
Thames
Gen. I Barrison
Joel Cook
R. B. Burton
N. Adams
A. Hawkins
H. Burcstead
Hosea Blood
J. Snelling
O. G. Burton
C. Fuller
G. Gooding
J.D. Foster
Battle of
Simon Snyder
Commonwealth ‘of Pennsylvania
Morrison
Fort Meigs
Proctor
John McDonald
Ross Co
Leslie Combs
Baltimore
River Raisin
Combs
Chambers
Congress
Maysville
Harrisona
Gen. Harrison
Abraham Pollock
Muskingum County
James Madison
Legislature
Indiana
Wm. Johnson
House of Representatives
Indiana Territory
Senate
Henry Harrison
The President's Message in Plain English
President Harrison mocks critics and defends the Sub Treasury Bill. He claims European laborers earn little, while Americans receive high wages, and suggests adopting foreign models to lower wages to twenty five cents daily to compete with serfs and slaves. The speaker links John Calhoun as a bitter enemy turned ally.
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Crriens
Europe
Treasury
Prussia
Austria
Spain
Turkey
Russia
John
Calhoun
Harrison Dem
What has Martin Van Buren done for Ohio in history
A terse item questions Van Buren’s actions benefiting Ohio farmers mechanics and manufacturers. It notes his New York Convention vote on giving enslaved persons voting rights tied to property, and his stance on white male suffrage contingent on property tax. It references a dissident critique and a dying confessions fragment urging retrenchment and reform.
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Martin van Buren
Ohio
van Buren
New York State
Wide Journal of Proceedings
Zanescille Harrisonian
Strick
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Ac. A. PR
Ren
Tyler
Liberty
Freeman
Columbia
Fitile
Croghan
Lower Sandusky
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