Old Ontario Repository Papers Show 1831 Views and Delays
The 1831 Ontario Repository copies from Canandaigua, New York reveal slow news from Washington with a month lag, London and European imports, modest ads, and no local news. Highlights include a tariff debate report and Lafayette’s French National Guard command resignation, with clerical print quality praised and widespread telegraph absence.
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Chicago Times
Ontario Repository
Andrew Jackson
Washington
Canandaigua
N. Y
Congressional Committee On Manufactures
Jackson
Canandaigua T
New York
Telegraph
Cable News
New York American
London
Europe
Russia
Poland
Italy
Charles
France
Lafayette
National Guards of
Times
Gost
Prince De Joinville at Savage's Station
General McClellan received advice from Prince de Joinville to strike a battle at Savage's Station but could not act. Tranklin notes the prince’s forecast might have been correct, yet logistical limits and Jackson’s rear disruption saved the Army, preventing a disastrous engagement and preserving morale and material.
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W. 2B
Tranklin
Vighing
Savage's Station
Cien
McClellan
Charles City
Water Roads
Prince de Joinville
Europe
Liichmond
Prince
Jackson
Sermonized Rants and Flag History in Atlanta Meeting
A late 19th century style preacher rails at vices in Atlanta, challenging how the community embraces German culture dancing and liquor. He mocks salvation expectations, urges moral reform, and links sowing vices to reaping harms. The piece closes with a narration of the 1777 Continental Congress flag resolution and a reflection on patriotism and the U S flag.
Local Insurer Questions Smith for Local Agency
A general agent from an insurance company questions a leading merchant about Mr. Smith who seeks the local agency. After twenty years, the merchant cannot speak on Smith’s character since he has never been put up for any office, per the Bosion Courier.
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Insurance Company
Lbosion Courier
True but cruel: reporter held to account
A city editor challenges a reporter asking why he wrote a true paragraph. The reporter admits truth as motive, faces dismissal, and jokes about the reporter’s alleged genius or lack thereof. A Chicago Ledger style joke follows about a man named Bull and a genus.
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Jerchant Traveler
Allus
Chicago Ledger
His Only Treasure Remembrance of a Homeless Father
A去 homeless man found on a stormy night carried to hospital clutching a photograph of a child labeled My little Jim Died May 5 14579 The tearful note hints at a father once loving and family life now vanished Leaving the reader to ponder the fates of the man and his child and the hopeful afterlife beyond cold and hunger
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Little Jim
Jim
Strait
Liberty Cap Symbol Across Civilizations and Flags
The Phrygian liberty cap origin spread from Phrygians to Romans and English symbols, with red, blue, and gilt variants. In America it appeared on Philadelphia militia seals and early coins, predating French use in 1790. The Jacobin cap in France was red, British varied blue, and the American version featured blue with gilt star borders on white.
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Maxine Sea
Asia Minor
Saturninus
Capitol
Marius
Sylla
Cisar
Piome
Liberty
Aventine Hill
England
Britannia
Philadelphia Light Horse Guards
Committee of Safety
Philadelphia
France
Coal Traffic of Buffalo Expands in Era of Growth
Jane M. Welch notes in Harper's Magazine that Buffalo from a local coal hub grew into a major distribution center. Pennsylvania mines feed Buffalo with coal, oil, lumber, bagk and grain, making the city a leading anthracite depot and third largest coal port in America by tonnage.
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Buffalo
Pennsylvania
New York
Philadelphia
America
Jane M. Welch
Harper's Magazine
What Sporting Men Rely On
Louis R Redmond the South Carolina moonshiner evaded authorities eight years until cornered He refused surrender claiming never and fired five bullets passed through him a rude backwoods nurse helped him recover The piece notes depend on the dead shot as cure and cites detectives closing in on criminals while praising self defense and drawing weapons as a sportscourt observation.
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Louis R. Redmond
South Carolina
Garfield
Wuarner
Redmond
A Lesson in Arithmetic from a German Landowner
A German landowner in the oil regions owned property under a drilling contract. He would receive one eighth of the oil if a well struck. After success, he insisted on one twelfth, and watched as only one barrel in twelve was set aside. He exclaimed in surprise that eight was more than twelve, highlighting a misreading of fractions.
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Pittsburgh
Maine Senator Frye’s Son Endorses Red Star Cough Cure
The son of Senator Frye of Maine, afflicted with a chest cold, was cured after taking Red Star Cough Cure. He endorses it as prompt pleasant and safe. Dr. Cox calls it the best remedy. The product allegedly contains ten opiates or poisons.
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Wasinerox
D. C
Frye
Maine
Cox
Slavery and Health Notes in Early America and Beyond
A collage of items notes New York gradual emancipation leading to freedom by 1827, then shifts to a health column praising Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for digestion and vitality. It recounts French experiments on disinfecting rooms with sulphuric acid gas and bi sulphate of carbon, and reports a drowning accident of a Necho diver in Apopka Florida.
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New York
Enquirer
North
South
Schenectady
M. Pasteur
Anephorism and the Pierce Golden Medical Discovery
An excerpt cites Frederick the Great on aphorisms and praises Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a powerful liver tonic. It claims the tonic cures dyspepsia, constipation, dropsy, kidney disease, headache, and other maladies by correcting liver function, despite popular belief.
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Frederick the Great
Pierce
Hay Fever cure claims for Ely's Cream Balm
A letter from FRANK H. AINSWORTH about Ely's Cream Balm as a preventive for hay fever. It cites ten years of yearly suffering and claims the balm as the only effective remedy found. Also mentions a Terre Haute testimonial and a Chicago hotel advertisement, plus Juniper Tar Soap promotion.
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Ely
Frank H. Ainsworttis
F. B. Ainsworth
Pleasant Purgative Pellets and Patent Cures
An old medical advertisement style list touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a safe vegetable remedy for biliousness liver issues and headaches. It mocks salivation risks with other tonics and promotes Sage's Catarrh Remedy and Wanker’s Vinegar Biter as cures. Also advertises Grand Union Hotel in New York and Caswell Hazard Cod Liver Oil as superior tonic.
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Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
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