Douglas seeks Cambridge LL D amid slander over law
The piece laments Stephen A. Douglas failing to receive a Cambridge LL D while noting Lincoln reportedly earns a local honorary doctorate. It mocks Douglas’s pursuit, contrasts Cambridge’s stance with Ohio claims about Fred Douglas, and frames the episode as Douglas’s Labor Lost.
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Douglas
Cambridge
Chicago University
Chicago
Old Cambridge
Felton
Quincy
Stephen Arnold Douglas
L. L.D
Ohio
Stephen A. Douglas
L. LD
Fragmented Political Rumors and Personal Feuds Reported
The piece portrays fraying support for Douglas with the Chicago Times merging into the Herald and Old Abe’s allies deserting him. It notes Major Raney of Peoria punishing Philo Holland in the street after an insult to Raney’s daughter, reflecting volatile Civil War era political tensions.
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Herald
W. A. Jordan
Dubuque
F. W. Palmer, Esq
The
Court of St. James
Congress
Chicago Times
Sneanay
West
Kos
Major Raney
Peoria
Union of
Philo Holland
Holland
Raney
Remarks on Isaac’s speech published in our columns
The writer notes Isaac first spoke in our contemporary rather than Congress halls due to timing and publication before the nomination. As Isaac parted from his fellow Democrats, the author hopes he avoids further senseless blackguardism in the community.
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Germantown Telegraph
Forsippex
M. Neel
France
Louis XVI
Parmentier
Sablona
Paris
Tyre
Larry
Langstroth
Shanghai
Mannigal
Cleveland
Ohio
Isaac
Congress
Anzat
Glee Club
S. R. Day
Day
Silas Wright
Democratic Party
Silas Wincut
Stevens
Abe
White House
C. C.tosts
Toxinx
Keres
Bankes
C. Greeley
Franklin
Quincy
Quincy and the Country West Affects Our Trade Growth
A editorial urges Quincy to leverage railroad links to St Joseph and Meredosia bridge, arguing a westward trade surge will boost population and commerce. It calls merchants to advertise broadly across Northern Missouri and the East, highlighting local manufacturing, milling, distilling, and meatpacking capacity to seize western markets. The piece warns real estate owners and businessmen to act, not merely praise the city’s destiny.
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Quincy
Quincy and
Palmyra
St Joseph
Ilinois River
Meredosia
Chicago
Toledo
Northern
Northwestern
Missouri
Mississippi
Board of Trade
Whig & Republican
Meeting Held Under Apple Trees by Republicans in Newars
A meeting occurred in the grounds of Republican friend Newars decorated with a makeshift rail-pen for speakers. A Quincy delegation arrived in five carriages led by a tin-tinted banner, marking the event with a simple outdoor assembly.
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Newars
Quincy
University of Chicago Catalogue Highlights Douglas Gift
The article notes the first annual catalogue for 1859 60 showing 178 students at the University of Chicago with Judge Douglas donating ten acres at Cottage Grove for the grounds near the United States Fair. It praises the university and references the Weekly Iowa State Reporter and Davenport’s Democrat in discussing political honesty.
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Towa
Towa City
Douglas
Johnson
Lincoln
Hamlin
Harrison
T. Hava
Stephen A. Douglas
Irachel ¥. Johnson
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin
Epwuxp ‘Hametsox
Iowa State Reporter
Tong
Hianisox
Biate ‘Democrat
Davenport
University of 9
Chicago
Cottage Grove
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