Iron and coal riches spark Western iron manufactures
The piece argues America should rely on its inexhaustible iron and coal resources to develop domestic iron production, noting American iron lasts longer and costs less in the end. It predicts Westward industrial growth once Atlantic to Mississippi railways are completed, with new capital and competition.
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Bannock Inox
Hudson River
The
Mississippi
West
Atlantic
McAdamizing Hampshire Street Progress Noted
Observers report the McAdamizing work on Hampshire street from Fourth to Sixth progressing well and faithfully, promising public benefit. A portion has suffered from wet weather, with lime stone likely to wear differently than granite, yet the firm road will improve travel in wet conditions despite possible stone-dust erosion.
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Fourth
Sixth Street
Opea
Boyance
Illinois Farmers to the World’s Fair Mention Montgom y County Leaders
The Hillsboro Mirror notes Absalom Cress Phordice Boutwell and Benjamin Ware from Montgomery County have gone to the World’s Fair. Each is valued at fifteen to twenty thousand dollars, with Cress from North Carolina. Ward Boutwell and Jacob Strawn of Morgan County also attend, pictured as substantial Illinois farmers and stockraisers.
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Llinois
Hillsvoro Mirror
Absalom Cress
Phordice ‘Boutwell
Benjamin Ware
Montgomery County
Ward
Boutwell
Cress
North Carolina
Jacob Strawn
Morgan County
Freeman freed after mistaken arrest in Ind Ire in Canada case
An Afro American named Freeman, seized in Indianapolis by a man from Kentucky claiming to be his master, was discharged after the claimant admitted the wrong man had been taken. The claimant misidentified Freeman due to resemblance, learning the real slave was safe in Canada.
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Freeman
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Pusson
Canada
Fall Creek store fire suspected arson at McLean and Carter
Rushville Telegraph praises the local paper and notes a fire at McLean and Carter’s Fall Creek Township store on the Millville and Payson road. The entire stock was destroyed and officials suspect arson. Insurance coverage was reported through Franklin County.
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McLean and Carter
Fall Creek Township
Millville and
Payson
Franklin Co
Saratoga
Dividend and frost era in early railway notes
Greenville and Miami Railroad declares ten percent dividend while earning nearly twenty percent, with earnings diverted. Detroit experiences a sharp frost on the night of the 27th last month, destroying corn and potatoes on farms, giving streets a snowy appearance. Indiana brick wax and Illinois Central Directors meet for the January 19th session to discuss line equipment and a split route via Indianapolis to Decatur, with several men injured.
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Greenvillle
Miami (Ohio
Detroit
Indibrick Wax ‘and
Illinois Central Railroad
Y Sracton
Conpapolis
Decatur
Y& Con
New York
The State Fair regulations for Adams county exhibitors
The article outlines fair rules to be observed at Springfield on October 12 and 13, requiring exhibitors to join the society, register articles and animals, and bring all but horses to the grounds by Tuesday noon for inspection. Horses enter Wednesday morning. No entrance fee for premiums. Forage provided. Stock must be grown or manufactured by competitors. Premiums limited to one per entry.
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Old Adams
Springfield
Springfeld
The Charge Against the Overseer of the Poor
G Bowers replies to accusations from South Ward about neglect of the poor widow. He details a single rental aid offered, denies health or money excuses, asserts all applicants have received aid, and says a widow’s child died with timely burial. He calls for prudence and accuracy before further censure.
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Evitor
Patriota
South Ward
G. Bowers
Rail Road Palmyra to Quincy Sparks Local Entreaty
From Palmyra and Quincy townsfolk rally support for a Palmyra to Quincy railroad. Lucas Simonds of St Louis and partners secure rights under a 1853 law with $500,000 capital, urging a $50,000 starting subscription and broader liberal funding to connect with the Hannibal and St Joseph line. The piece links regional growth to East West travel and notes Northern aid vs Southern opposition. The text also references Northern and Southern press reaction to civic aid amid national tensions.
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Palmyra
Quincy
Messrs. Lucas& Simonds
St. Louis
Hannibal and
St. Joseph
Railro ad dinner toast and editorial snippets in Detroit satire
A Detroit railway dinner toast lauds politicians as climbers to power and calls editors a self sacrificing labor class. A Saratoga Republican quips about a woman’s charm after newspaper exposure. Senate pension for Betsey Norton to be confined for life unless she remarries. Millegisa notes Millerites predicting world destruction on May 1th, 1854.
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Tave
Detroit
Senate of the United States
Betsey Norton
Steamboat Passenger Liner Praised by Hannibal Journal
A Hannibal Journal note extols Captain Dan Able, First Clerk Mr. Wm Hatcher and the crew aboard the Ben Campbell. It describes a lively voyage with over four hundred passengers, including 153 ladies, dancing from evening until dawn, and lauds the politeness, beauty, and propriety of those from Quincy and surrounding towns.
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Ben Campbell
Dan Able
Wm. Hatcher
Hannibal
Quincy
Lagrange
Canton
Warsaw
Alexandria
Rebellion humor and war talk in Pittsfield Union notice
Tuesday September 6 1853 item from the Pittsfield Union mocks the Warsaw Democrat over hydrophobia jokes about Dr Bragg and Col Richardson. It notes war news from Warsaw and La Harpe, rail/subscription talk in Alton and Jacksonville, and reports on Geyer illness and Monroe doctrine memorial.
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Pittsfield
Warsaw Democrat
Democrat
Dr. Bragg
Mustang Siniment
Col. Richardson
Col
Richardson
Pittsfeld
St. Louisans
Tos
Quincy
Quincy Whig
Pittafield Union
Union
Death by Exposure and Want Claims James Cameron
James Cameron, a Scotchman and boat builder, was found ill Saturday in the back yard of a Hampshire street eating house. He died the same day after being taken to the jail buildings. Coroner Monroe and a jury ruled the death due to congestive chills caused by exposure and want. Cameron had lived along the Wisconsin River, left his family last spring, and arrived on the steamboat hull now in the bay where he had been working under the hill.
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James Cameron
Hampshire Street
Monroe
Wisconsin
Robbins lauded as exemplar of good living in Mound City dining
Fragments describe Robbins restaurant on Fourth Street opposite the Plant ers House praising its European system service and seasonable delicacies. Notices mention corn prices easing at New Orleans and St Louis, Milwaukee ironworks expansion, and Mrs Chapman’s peaches with editor’s praise amid a local news roundup.
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Mound City
Fourth Street
Planters
New Orleans
St. Louis
Cortes
St.Louis
Coffe
House of Bishops meets at Camden to investigate Doane charges
Philadelphia dispatch reports the Protestant Episcopal House of Bishops assembled at Odd Fellows Hall Camden to probe Doane of New Jersey. Brownell presided, with many diocesans present, private session planned. Also covered are Mexico Texas news, a Providence bank robbery, Yellow Fever in New Orleans, Maryland Whig Conventi on results, crime cases and odd local anecdotes.
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Philadelphia
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Camden
Doane
New Jersey
Brownell
Connecticut
West New York
East New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Ohio
Ilinois
Michigan
Burlington
George M. Wharton
M. Meredith
Judge Chambers
Ajourn
Insurrection at Tortona Reported With Martial Law
A private letter from St Thomas adds details of the Tortona uprising. On the road to the town 132 houses were burned or plundered and seven in the countryside. Civil authorities backed by English and Danish troops have declared martial law and are swiftly suppressing the rebellion. Thirty leading actors have been arrested and are on trial.
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New York
St. Thomas
Tortona
Bentonian wit and a failed White House visit
Col Benton spurns the Administration with a sharp retort about the White House. A messenger asks for a name to fill a Land Office vacancy in St. Louis and Benton declines to name anyone. Monticello’s Sage and Francis Thomas are invoked as context for cross‑Atlantic curiosity about a Missouri Maryland exchange in Congress.
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Monticello
Virginia
Atlantic
National Bridge
Francis Thomas
Maryland
House of Representatives
Eastport
Boston
New York
Washington
Grasshoppers Ravage New York Farmlands Across Cha taque County
The New York Tribune reports grasshoppers have devastated crops in Cha taque County, stripping hay, wheat, pastures and meadows, nearly destroying cattle feed and signaling likely grain deficiency. Potatoes escaped major harm while shrubs and trees are stripped. rains may curb the plague, but prospects look grim.
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New York
Egypt
Chataque County
New York Tribune
Spearmint remedy touted for horses and mosquitoes
A marginal health note claims spearmint oil prevents illness and keeps mosquitoes away. It suggests applying a few drops on the head or pilot area of a horse, stating it will keep insects at a respectful distance and is inexpensive to try.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keze Fries
Writer links yellow fever in New Orleans to ship Adelaide crew
A Picayune writer attributes the city’s yellow fever outbreaks to the Adelaide cargo, from Rio Janeiro. He notes three consecutive crew gangs on that shipment contracted sickness and argues every epidemic of this kind follows importation.
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The
Picayune
New Orleans
Adelaide
Rio Janeiro
Horse Breaking as Wager Turns to Wagons in Quip
In a light exchange a horse-jockey asks if he has broken a horse. The response shifts it to breaking wagons, noting he has broken three or four instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon
Fawns Introduced in Philadelphia Public Squares
A fragment notes fawns have been introduced into Philadelphia public squares. It mentions tame squirrels and many birds already domesticated and tells of a young stock broker who married a wealthy widow for her figures rather than her face.
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Philadelphia
Deaths in New York City Fall Short of Week Prior
The weekly death toll in New York City for the week ending the 25th ult. was 514, not more than half the number recorded the previous week, reflecting a notable drop in fatalities from the prior period.
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City of
New York
Bremen line to sail between New York and Bremen August 1853
The United States and Bremen line announces semi monthly sailings between New York and Bremen beginning after August 16 1853. Prepayment optional for newspapers and pamphlets. foreign postage to be paid at delivery. Rates: single for letters up to half an ounce, higher rates per ounce or fraction. Various German states listed for postage tables. James Campbell Postmaster General announces the changes.
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United States
Bremen
New York
Bremied
Altona
Austria
Baden
Scasseeeees
Hesse
Hamburg
Petes Eeeeteen Aie Lippe Detmold
Lubecs
Gees Mechlenburgh-Schwerin
Mechlenburgh-Strelitz
NESQU
Seessece
Oldenburgh
Prussia
Altenburgh
Saxe-Meiningta
Saxe-Weimar
Psseeserees
Saxony
Kingdom of
Schaumburg-Lippe
Schwartzburgh-Rudolstadt
Schwartzburgh-Sonderhausen Wurtemberg
Alexandria
Italy
Cairo
Norway
Constantinople
Saint Petersburg
Denmark
Greece
Sweden
Switzerland
British North American
Bremcop
South America
James Campbell
P. M. Gen
Post Office Department
Fulton and Peoria rail plan eyed by local papers
Local editorials favor a road from Peoria through Fulton county to the Mississippi and propose a branch from the Peoria and Oquawka road, connecting at Mt. Sterling with the Northern Cross Railroad. They urge Springfield and Quincy support, stress immediate need for a river-route contract, and see Farmington through Fulton as the push toward the Mississippi.
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Fulton and
Peoria
Fulton County
Mississippi
Oquawka
Mt. Sterling
Northern Cross Railroad
Quincy
Illinois River
Rasd
Fulton
Farmington
Mississippi River
Pease Victory in Texas Governor Election Noted
The records indicate dates reaching into the 19th century and confirm Pease’s election as Governor in Texas. Bell secured a congressional seat by an overwhelming majority.
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Texas
Pease
Bell
Congress
Democratic meeting in Rochester ends without bloodshed
At a Democratic gathering in Rochester New York on the first, J M Hateb banker drew a dagger on Dr Lewis a barnburner for refusing to back him as a delegate. Violence threatened but none harmed as tensions flared over delegate selection.
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Rochester
N. Y
J. M. Hateb
Dr. Lewis, Barnburner
Masonic Fraternity Donates to Relief in New Orleans
The Masonic fraternity of Cincinnati contributed seven hundred dollars to aid ward relief and assist distressed brethren in New Orleans, reflecting solidarity among lodges across centers.
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Masonic Fraternity of
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Chicago deaths fall short of year’s past week ending 26th
The weekly Chicago death toll totaled 39 with 27 under ten years old. The city shows improved health this season compared with previous years. Garol Haywood was nominated by the Maine Law party of New Jersey as their gubernatorial candidate.
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Chicago
Garoel Haywood
Maine Law Party of
New Jersey
New York Contributions Total for New Orleans Sufferer
The total amount contributed in New York for the New Orleans sufferer stands at 32552 dollars. This figure reflects ongoing fundraising efforts and community support for relief.
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New York
New Orleans
Market dispatches conflict on New Orleans prices
The St Louis News reports two private dispatches dated New Orleans on Saturday list flour 84 50 and 85 per barrel with corn 65 cents brisk bacon shoulders 6 cents sides 5 cents lard 10 cents. A second dispatch quotes flour 5 and corn 22 cents bacon sides 74 cents lard 10 cents. The first dispatch is deemed more reliable.
Navy and Marine officers die of yellow fever at Pensacola
Washington reports Capt T Lacy of the Navy and Capt Bake of the Marine Corps died recently from yellow fever in Pensacola as the epidemic spreads there. Attorney General Cushing questions Boston Post coverage. Gen Clarke returns from southern Pacific Railroad survey near Shreveport with a more favorable route than several eastern options.
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Washington
T. Lacy
Navy
Bake
Marine Corps
Pensacola
Cushing
Boston Post
Clarke
Douthern
Pacific Railroad
Shreveport
New England
New “Yorks
Fremonts Pacific route expedition eyed through Quincy
The piece discusses Col Fremont pursuing a direct Atlantic to Pacific route via Quincy, with aims to test a pass near latitude 38, and considers Jones letter claiming a short, level path through the Rockies near the same latitude. It notes expected spring reports and the quest to prove the Quincy line as the shortest, best path to California. Also mentions a dog at Albany Knickerbocker used to pace subscribers’ doors and a warning to deter paper thieves.
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Ato
Dow
Sierry
Pacific
Fremont
Lannypie
An Thay Éling Jin the Witter
Rocky ‘Mountains
Sierra’ Névada
California
Atlantic
Quincy
Sedbiard
Routo
Quincey
Tinsar
Dottrat
New York
San Francisco
Iva
Mont
Claude Jones
St. Joseph
Breat
Rocky Mountains
Rio Oraido del Norte
Gulf of Mexico
Colorado
Gontringdo
Jones
Inter
Deeds for Old Military Bounty Tract Alleged Forgeries
The New York Tribune reports that at least two hundred deeds purporting to grant lands in the old Military Bounty Tract Illinois have been executed since January 31 and sworn by a single witness. Analysts suspect forged deeds exploiting soldiers presumed dead to cheat genuine claimants, squatters, and tax sales buyers.
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New York, Tribune
Illinois
Tua Repentiex: The Southern Mindsany Pitches Into Controversy
A political figure named Tua Repentiex from the Southern Mindsany area weighs in on a brewing controversy. The report notes party alignment, recent statements, and potential implications for local voters and policy debates.
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Tua
Mlindsany
Democratic
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America
N.Y
Utica
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Robbins
Whig
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Hartford Iron Company
Thomas Chapman
Trrator Eisner Doane
Mexico
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Manuel Villada
Rio Grande Valley
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Perry
Mobile
Richard J. Bowie
New Haven
Alfred J. Works
Pension Bureau
J. G. Nesbit
Auburn
Casnes
Cousterreiuixa U. S.corp
Stall
Morris Roscoe
Roscoa
Detroit Tribune
Kingsley
U. S. Army
M. Mead, Esq
Cleveland
James Gilchrist
Medina County
Gilchrist
Weeks
Saline
Old Rip
Boonville
Col. Benton
Pennsylvania Avenue
Franklin Pierce
Philadelphia San
Paturra
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Hannibal Journal
Prrek Trieves
Albany Knickerbocker
Ita Dai” Rers
Hlon
Wm. A. Tichardson
Pittsfield Union
Pierce
Matteson
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