Campaign Tale of Henry Clay’s 1848 Lexington Speech
James Burnie Beck recalls Henry Clay’s arena style campaign on the Lexington public square in 1848. Clay’s speech aimed to win Whig support for re election to the Senate, stunning the crowd and provoking a testing moment for Whig leaders.
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James Burnie Beck
Senate
Kentucky
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Henry Clay
Mr. Beck
John C. Brecknridge
South
Buchanan
Lexington
Clay
Whig Party
Zachary Taylor
United States
Louisville Courier Journal
John J. Crittenden
Blair the Postmaster General and Civil War mail service
James Henry Marr recalls Montgomery Blair in Lincoln's era. Blair, though gentle, led a firm drive to modernize the post office, enabling free city delivery, mail sorting on postal cars, and closer contact between citizens and their government during the Civil War era.
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Lincoln
William H. Seward
Salmon P. Chase
Treasury
United States
Edwin M. Stanton
Montgomery Blair
Seward
Chase
Stanton
Blair
Blairwell
James Henry Marr
Post Office Department
Jackson
Cleveland
Mr. Marr
Buchanan
Dred Scott
Washington
Maryland
Mr. Blair
EB. J. Edwards
Turning Point In His Career James Parton and Greeley Biography
James Parton rose to fame authoring popular biographies including the Life of Horace Greeley and a General Butler work. The piece recalls his early journalism days at the Home Journal, Willis support, and the collecting of anecdotes in New Hampshire Vermont and Pennsylvania that led to his breakthrough and wealth.
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James Parton
Horace Greeley
General Butlern
New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
Benjamin Franklin
Parton
Henry B. Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Mr. Stanton
Greeley
Nathaniel P. Willis
Willis
New Hampshire
Vermont
Pennsylvania
New York
EJ. Edwards
Silent Communication and Telepathy Talk
Miss Cayenne muses on telepathy noting thoughts sometimes travel without words. She recalls stepping into a hotel piazza filled with startled women whose conversations she can sense about a certain person.
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Miss Cayenne
Akadtly
Harness to curb kicking horses in Missouri inventors claim
Two Missouri men propose a harness that fixes a horse’s hind legs by ropes attached at the chest and back. The ropes tether the fetlocks to a stationary object, preventing kicks and gradually discouraging the habit.
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Missouri
Horse shoe for marsh land construction and fastening
Instructions describe making a marsh shoe with toe and heel calks fixed in slots A and B, using a two thickness hardwood bottom, a three eighths inch staple secured by holes at CC, a bent iron H brace around the foot, and an eye bolt on rod B attached at F to the board.
Keeping Sheep at Pasture Advice on Water and Nose Fly Control
The article notes sheep need water on dry, cloudy nights and when dew is absent. It recommends daily watering if no stream exists and warns of midsummer nose fly by opportunistic eggs near nostrils. Pine tar on the nose is advised, applied to troughs and spread with salt and wheat bran to help sheep coat their noses, especially in large flocks.
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W. Louglas
Brockton
Mass
W.L. Douglas
W. L. Douglas
N&me
Zonk Town
Spark &J
Ckton
Robin Hood
Ferous Catalogus
R.H. Orlags
Robin Hood Ammunition Company
7Th Street
Swanton, Vt
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Heng
Apelk
Gay
Whig’ Party
HB. J. Edwards
James H. Marr
Lenox
Taft
Pine Ridge and
Rosebud
Bennett
Mellette
Gregory
Dallas
Rapid City
South Dakota
A. C. Johnson
C. A. Cairns
Chicago and North Western Railway
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Ill
W.l.douglas
Allen
Parker
Gary Agt
Land and Water
Rigata
Pere
Aran- MM Co
Idaho
Mississippi
Win Perry
Missippi Delta
B.B
Bee
Express
Ticket
P.O
McKinney
Texas
R. B
McKinney Talnable
Sule Awa
Farning
Eastman Vums
Canad A. Albarta
R. Hi. Foster
Czar
Alberta
Dept
Thompson
Minneapolis
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