Dividing Texas and the future of new states
The Register discusses Texas population growth, vast area, and the 1845 annexation contract authorizing up to four new states to be formed from Texas. It explores constitutional rights, congressional power, and whether Texas consent is needed, noting most Texans oppose division but considering potential scenarios.
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Census Estimate Changes in State Representation
The census superintendent provides an approximate population summary for states and territories as of January 1. Final official figures are pending next week, with New England and Middle States declining while the South and West gain representation, notably Kansas Minnesota Texas and Nebraska adding ten members combined.
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Large Swedish colony to settle on Pamlico Sound NC
News of the Week item notes a Swedish colony planned for Pamlico Sound in North Carolina. It cites other world events including December customs receipts, political gains, and weather impacts from across the United States and Europe.
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Kellyism and the rise of a mass political movement
The New York Sun warns that John Kelly faces a delusional belief his opposition will fade. It calls the anti Kelly sentiment a statewide and national flood, condemning his methods and linking it to Kearneyism as the public seeks its own politics beyond Tammany Hall.
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Indiana Legislature Prepares For 1900s Session As Crowded
Indianapolis January 4 The Indians legislature convenes Thursday with crowded hotels as members and candidates seek offices. Republicans claim a House majority of 18 with Redpath of Clay County leading for speaker and a plan with Poindexter to organize the Senate if Democrats control it. James H. Rice eyed as secretary. Republican caucus for U S Senator to meet after Governor Porter’s inauguration. Harrison Orth and Cumbach are sole aspirants with notable support. Democrats likely back Senator McDonald.
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Equal to the Occasion in a London Dinner Debut Proposal
A London gentleman proposed to the woman who became his wife by slipping a note asking her to marry him into a table paper. The woman copied a decisive yes on the note and handed it back via a waiter, narrowly avoiding a misstep when the pen was forgotten. The tale sits alongside editorials calling General Oh! Oh! Howard a burden on West Point and predicting possible shifts in army leadership with Grant or Sheridan, per a Baltimore Sun dispatch.
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Smith College girls celebrate General Garfield with telegrams
The young ladies at Smith College Northampton Mass sent a telegram to General Garfield expressing affection and set up a procession with white and blue tissue paper transparencies bearing the motto Garfield's mother was a woman.
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Carpet Dealer Stole Goods From Philadelphia Wholesaler
Robert Ferguson ran a Philadelphia carpet retailing business undercutting manufacturers prices and could afford it, as the carpets were stolen from a wholesale firm where he held a private partnership with a clerk. Secretary of War Rameey once taught at Kutztown PA in 1838, fell in love with a local girl, and was declined due to his poverty.
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Impregnable Democratic Party Predicted Despite Attacks
A 1881 Boston Post style editorial lauds the Democratic Party of the American Union, arguing its enduring majority across states despite intense Republican funding, organization, and ballot manipulation claims. It cites the 1840s onward trend, railings against Grant era allies, and calls for unity to sustain constitutional principles. Also notes Garfields inauguration plans and local probate notices in Posey County Indiana and a New Harmony postal letters list.
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Randall’s Claim on Grant Retirement Stirs Controversy
A Philadelphia telegram claims Speaker Randall favors retiring Gen. Grant with full general pay. The New York Sun dismisses the tale as falsehood from birth, noting possible bunk and likely no comment from Randall.
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United States Population Growth Noted in Estimates
The report states the aggregate U S population at fifty one million and notes a one million surplus above outside estimates, marking a gain of thirteen million over ten years with substantial growth, reflecting expanding demographics and regional shifts.
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Parlor Store Seeks Holiday Shoppers at Main Street New Hermony
J.T. Hugo announces a large, carefully chosen holiday stock with chromes, wall pockets, dolls, china ware, toys, photo statuary, frames, desks, canes, music folios, and more. Prices claimed very low in town. customers urged to inspect goods, buy or not, with special invitation extended.
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