Kosta Affair Sparks Debate on Naturalization Rights
The Kosta affair raises strong views on expatriation and U S protection for foreigners who have begun naturalization. The paper argues that once a foreigner renounces allegiance and declares intent to become American, he deserves full protection abroad and at home, with the government’s passport acting as authority. It warns against partisan manipulation and calls for clear legal standards.
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Iowa State Gazette
U. S
United States
Partizanship
Austria
Hancock County Democratic Convention Nominates Officials
The Hancock county party in Carthage nominated J. M. Ferris for county judge Claiborne Winston for county clerk Wm S Moore and Wn S Dofield as associate judges Wm A Patterson as treasurer John G Fonda as surveyor and Jas E Roberts as coroner A resolution endorsing the Hancock Democrat and its editor was debated and lost 11 to 12. In Avovsta legal voters adopted incorporation steps electing Trustees W B Gorpox Gro Rank David Cally Daxton Pierson and S R Coomis James Catlin was named president G C Hawley clerk and A G Short constable and collector. Threatened secession of the Presbyterian Darren Socra tensions over slavery prompted church ministers in Virginia to break with Northern brethren if slavery returns to general Assembly. Columbus Ohio Democratic State Convention nominated James H Myers for lieutenant governor replacing Lester Bliss.
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Avovsta
Hancock Co
W. B. Gorpox
Gro. Srank
David Cally
Daxton Pierson
S.r.coomis
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G. C. Hawley
A. G. Short
Darren Socra
New School Presbyterian Church
Virginia
General Assembly
Buffalo
Yellow fever aboard steamer H D Bacon infects eighteen
In Memphis on September 3 the steamer H. D. Bacon carried off eighteen sick with yellow fever and others below deck. The weather remains warm and the city appears unusually healthy despite the outbreak.
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Memphis
H. D. Bacon
Resignations, fever outbreaks, and port news across cities
From Battivone to New Orleans and Cincinnati, reports detail R J Walker resigning due to ill health, fever interments across Mobile Thibouxdeville and nearby towns, and a surge in imports and river tonnage in Cincinnati. Burlington VT notes no governor race while Boston records a fatal boiler explosion on a railroad junction. Steamboats North America and Clara destroyed by fire at Fulton.
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Prevalence of Crime and Public Morality Debate
A dated piece argues crime rises nationwide beyond temperance links, blaming political culture for eroding public morality. It cites earlier mob lynching and recent offenses, urges juvenile reform, law interventions, and stronger police action while critiquing press and politicians.
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Rome
Beno
Railways and perilous voyage spark a Scots engineer tale
A New York dispatch recounts crimes from Lopez Expedition killings to mutiny at sea and a Chicago assassination attempt. It describes a Scottish locomotive master who faced danger four times, including a near collision with an Express train. The piece reflects on railway life, discipline, and the poetical romance of rapid travel.
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Goldsmith
Malise Ravenswood
Walter Scott
Chanfrau
Vermont Returns Favor Whig in Senate and House
From Boston reports of Vermont election results show Fairbanks Whig 14,410 votes, Robinson Democrat 12,300, Gettina rd Free Soil 4,930. Senate Whig and House Tar party standings noted. 64 Whigs and 59 Democrats yet to be heard. Also wires mention river conditions and Atlantic market dullness with breadstuffs rising slightly and pork steady.
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California and Oregon News From The Pacific Coast
From California and Oregon. New York reports ships arriving from San Juan and San Francisco with passengers and gold. Rogue River attacks in the north, Sacramento fire losses, Santa Cruz gold finds, Pacific Railroad petitions, Beale incident, and early photography wood engraving methods in Manchester.
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Star of the West
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Todd’s Express
Washington to New York excursion planned by Porter
Mr Rofita Porter, long engaged on the report, announces a trip from Washington to New York next month. The machine nears completion and with funds and Isher will be ready. A telegraphic despatch reports Mr Alexander killed last week in Arkansas during a business collecting tour.
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Execution of Robert Patterson at Alexandria Kentucky
On Saturday week Robert Patterson was hanged in Alexandria for the murder of Moses Gard witnessed by about five hundred people. He spoke to the crowd twice saying he did not intend wilful murder and expressed a desire for justice. After a final address, the trap was sprung and he died, straining to ensure a long fall.
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Botstom
Millville
Honest man like a carpenter says a plain dealer
Fragmented quotation from a dialogue about honesty and dealing, showing a pun on a carpenter being a plain dealer and a deal platter. The text appears as a humorous exchange with dialect and incomplete lines.
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Plain Dealer
Signal system proof on Hudson River Road trains
On Saturday week the efficacy of railroad signal safety was shown on the Hudson River Road. An axle of a carina train near Oak Hill overheated and melted. A brakeman jumped clear, shown the red flag, and distant flagmen raised signals to warn approaching trains until the damaged car was removed and the train passed safely.
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Oak Hill
Turbulent Notes from a Murky Dispatches Harrisburg
Yellow Fever at Vicksburgh suspends business and a general sense of aging fear pervades. A rock fall at Nisgarn Falls near Table Rock destroys the crumbling cliff, with no one reported beneath. A 2832 letter claims cholera discovery credit, while a Parkville stabbing leaves Nathaniel Duffey dead. An East Tennessee mining land sale totals $155,000 for tracts, plus $30,000 for additional parcels.
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