Attack at Jefferson City Alarm Causes Scuffle
Jefferson City Enquirer editor recounts a Monday assault near the post office by B B Jefferson, with the editor’s son wounded by a pistol shot from a bystander’s discharge. W H Lusk intervened with a pistol but was restrained. the injured boy is reported as out of danger. The motive for the attack is not stated. Farm and city notices follow about a Philadelphia firecracker incident and rental postings, plus a brief verse on legal feuds over mills and fees.
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Jefferson
Jefferson City
Bradberry
Jeferson
Young Bradberry
Saint Louis News
Illinois
John Gilpin
Agaif
Jerusalem
Reader
A Mighty Wizard and a Slave Emancipation Debate
A lengthy critique rails at Mrs. Stowe and English aristocrats over abolitionist sentiment, mocking sensationalism and arguing against rapid emancipation. It weighs slave status, freedmen, and moral duty, noting harsh yet imperfect laws and the danger of undermining industry.
Quincy citizens meet to push railroad to Galesburg
A large public meeting at the Court House in Quincy on Tuesday evening discussed railroad interests. Chairman John Aspe and Secretary George Pasture oversaw resolutions urging early completion of the Quincy to Galesburg line, and a $100,000 city subscription to Northern Cross Railroad shares. The City Council was urged to place the measure before voters, with a three-member committee appointed to present the resolutions. The meeting adjourned to the polls.
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Military Tract
Northern Cross Railroad
Messra. Flagg & Savage
Railroad Company
Galesburg
Clayton
New Orleans
Meredosia
Galesburgh
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J. M. Campbell
Railroad
West
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Court House
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Pasture
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N. CG
Ryan
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Stahl
Northern Crogs Railroad Company
C. A. Warren
Messrs
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Asbury
Edmonds
John Abbe
Joan C. Pauwer
Northern Cross Railroad Company
City Council
City of
Clark
Alds
Wheeler
Dorman
Wellman
Ralston
Ald
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G. B. Dimock
Block
Edward Wells
Hin
Ald. Ralston
Penfield
An & Special
Patrick Ehanpeban
Jersey
York
Shannahan
E.H. Buckley
Advertising as a window into Norwich life in 1780s ads
From Home Journal notes on Norwich advertising in the late 18th century illustrate daily life and commerce. The column cites a Jamaica rum and cordial shop, pastry lessons offered from London, malt traders, a 1734 coach schedule to London, and a pastry shop dispute, showing how ads reveal social and legal contexts of the era.
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Home Journal
Norwich
Thomas Eldridge
Geneva
London
St. Peters
Hungate
Augustus de Clere
Northh Thorpe
John de Clere
St. Martins
Thomas Bateman
St. Giles
Newmarket
Ipswich
Norwich Courant
Cook
Three Steps
England
Smollett
Military estimates and rearmament balance of power
Estimates of Russian and Turkish forces and armaments are discussed with figures for land forces, naval strength, and costs. The analysis suggests no clear Russian advantage, a potential swing from Hungary to France and Germany, and highlights ongoing military preparations ahead of possible conflict. Also notes on a massive hog shipped for the World’s Fair and enforcement of the slave law incidents.
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Europe
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Danube
Kossuth
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Italy
Poland
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Black Sea
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Rene
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Porte
New York Times
Masstorn
Milwaukie
Messrs. Bugg and Stewart
Nicaragua County
N. Y
J. B. Thayer
Troy
Walworth County
Wis
Railway visionary Thomas Gray remembered in praise
The Cincinnati Gazette notes the forgotten English pioneer of a general iron railway, Thomas Gray, whose bold scheme advanced rail travel despite ridicule. It recounts his early experiments near Leeds, Parliament petitions, and eventual obscurity as wealth grew for others while he sold glass to survive.
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Cincinnati Gazette
England
Thomas Gray
Gray
Leeds
Middletown
Exter
People’s Journal
Elliot
Local gossip and inebriate reform in 19th century Ann Arbor
A fragment from a 19th century column describes a woman in Ann Arbor entering her husband’s drinking space and destroying bottles and tumblers in a bold act of vindication. Citizens raise funds to honor the heroine with a new dregs vessel, amid mixed social commentary and rural weather notes.
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