A Merchant’s Rage and a Lesson in Courtesy
Mr Bray, a cheerful merchant, refuses a neighbor a late loan causing a quarrel fueled by pride. After a humiliating day, he repents when Mr Carlton subtly rebukes him. A clerk explains the incident as a glossary of meanings, smoothing tempers. The family mood brightens again and reconciliation follows.
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Mr. Bray
Carlton
Bray
Mr. Carlton
Mr Bray
Henry
Tie Brother
Curly-Head
Willy
Eddy
Curly Head
Mrs. Bray
Willey
Henry Bray
Mr. Agnew
Anna
Thad
Thomas
Oneset
Mr.Bray
Celing
Tony
Eddy Willie
Home Magazine
Miss Hosmer Returns From Artistic Labors to Aid Father
Miss Harriet Hosmer has come back from her artistic labors in the old world to comfort her sick and aged father, arriving with news of her travel and intent to assist at home.
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Harriet Hosmer
Fre ning Posk Be appears in Cincinnati by R P A Bell
R P A Bell and Everett publish a periodical in Cincinnati titled the Fre ning Posk Be, with local distribution noted. The appearance signals a new entrant in the regional press scene and hints at fresh editorial aims for readers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell and Everett
Cincinnati
Paris Detective System Dazzles In A Countess Case
A New Orleans Delta correspondent extols Paris police efficiency tracing a daring intrusion into Countess de S. The covert operative questions staff, exposes an escaped Toulon convict, and saves the countess from a planned payoff, earning gratitude for a heroic undercover act.
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Paris
New Orleans
Garde de Paris
Legion of Honor
Do S
Madame
Femme de Chambre
Madame de S
Marie
Toulon
Prince of Wales to visit Denver and mining region
Denver Herald reports a fanciful plan that the Prince of Wales will travel from Plattsmouth across the Missouri River, journey up the Platte in Pawnee attire, hunt and fish, and eventually enter Denver to sample local life before possibly returning with the Queen. The account claims public fascination and a real estate boost from the imagined visit.
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Prince of Wales
Denver
Missouri River
Platts‘mouth
The
Platte
Pawnee
Prine
England
Prince Albert
Majesty
ST Tt
the Bruce
Denver Herald
Drought in the Southern Kansas Territory
A report on the long record drought across southern Kansas, noting little rainfall for a year and threats to crops and livestock. A Mound City letter from July 7 describes near-dead corn and hay shortages, with heat and wind intensifying hardship and urging action for winter feeding.
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Kansas
Mound City
New York Tribune
Keep it before the people on Lincoln Douglas election
The text urges voters to consider that Douglas cannot win a national vote or House seat, risking a House bargain or Senate choice by Jo Lane. It argues a Lincoln vote supports free government and peace, while Douglas or Bell would prolong corrupt governance and slave politics.
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Jim Allen
Democracy
Lincoln
Congress
Uncle Sam
Yellow Jacket
Ledger
Illinois
Springfield
Ilinois
Allen
House of Representatives
Bonner
House. of Representatives
Washington
Samuel
United States
J. C. Allen
Republican Party
St. Joseph
Free Democrat
Abe
Vidée-Awakes
Couch
Felix
Fifth Streets
Marcus. J. Parrott
Kansas
Court House
Landot
Landau
Wenzel
Volksblatt
T. Boynton
Boynton
Parrot
Mfr. Parrott
C. H. van Wick
New York
Parrott
Pattee House
St. Joe
Missouri
Bay
Douglas
Union
Senate
Jo Lane
Tawoln
Slave Labor Party
South
Bell
Fragmentary Virginia Democracy split described in tone
A fragment notes the Breckinridge faction disdainful toward Douglas men, claiming the Douglas side lacks sufficient numbers to form a respectable minority. The passage hints at fusion failures between rival wings of the party and ongoing political division.
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Virginia
Douglas
Political clash over union ticket and the Negro question
In a postprandial talk in Rhode Island Stephen ridiculed a union with secessionists and debated oil and water as it relates to Douglas and Johnson. The piece notes Fitzpatrick, Douglas and others refusing to run together and comments on agitation of the Negro question in Congress.
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Cousins Johnson
Douglas
Johnson
Cincinnati
Charleston
Dred Scott
Baltimore
Chicago
Alabama
Yancey
Supreme Court OF the United States
Kentucky
Supreme Court
Mr. Douglas
Stephen
R. Island
Tom
Congress
Fitzpatrick
Earth
Leslie Combs and the Douglas Victory Crowding
Rumors and partisan boasts fill this fragment from a Kentucky campaign era. It claims Leslie Combs seeks Clerk of the Court of Appeals rather than Governor, labels him a Whig and Know Nothing Union ally, and touts a Douglas Democrat Governor majority of 15,000 based on telegraphic state reports with playful anti-Douglas rhetoric.
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Leslie Combs
Court of Appeals
Star of Dallas
Dallas City
Hancock County
Hunzan
Kentucky
Douglas Democrat
Govenor
Bell Everett party convention ticket for Illinois
The Bell Everett party met in Decatur and nominated a full slate for state offices. John T. Stuart of Sangamon for Governor. H C Blackburn of Rock Island for Lieutenant Governor. Jas Monroe of Coles for Secretary of State. J D Smith of Sangamon for State Auditor. Jonathan Stamper of Macon for State Treasurer. D J Snow of Sangamon for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Bell-Everett Party of
Illinois
Decatur
John T. Stuart
Sangamon
H. C. Blackburn
Rock Island
Jas. Monroe
Coles
J. D. Smith
Jonathan Stamper
Macon
D. J. Snow
Decline in Bell and Everett Journal Support in New York
In 1856 upwards of fifty New York journals backed Fillmore. Now support for Bell and Everett totals six or fewer, signaling a sharp shift in editorial alignment and political influence.
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New York
Fillmore
Bell
Everett
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Menetekel
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Terry
David C. Broderick
William Rabe
San Francisco
Old Quincy
the Prince of Wales
A Dover
Auburn Advertiser
Straws
Ae Augeex
Auburn
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Breckinridge
Micury
Decater Hickories
Decatur Chronicle
Pee Hon. Chas .Sumner
Boston Advertiser
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Kate Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles Collins
Willie Collins
Gov. Chase
Spigan
Pontiac
Flint
Ypsilanti
Buck Morris
Matteson
Old Buck
Buffalo
Barney Arntzen
Buckner S. Morris
John T. Stewart
Browning
Hannibal
C. H. Browstye
Republican Club
Diana
Jack Henderson
Henderson
His. S. Green
Quincy Square
Jack
Mr. Browning
Arch. Williams
Stewart
Quincy
Archie
Lecompton
Harris
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