The Temperance Cause and a Nation's Future
A staunch temperance appeal argues that public virtue must curb intemperance to safeguard liberty. It warns of violence from vice, urges unity of Temperance Societies, and defends total abstinence while urging Christians to support a sober republic and protect national happiness.
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Frllow-Cirizess
York county
Republic
Grantis
Greece
Rome
Ossa
Pelion
Judhus Cesar
Columbia
friends of ‘Temperance
U.S. Army
Navy
gulf
neme
kingdom of heaven
Aunty Temperance Death Rumor Debated in Star
In the Star and Republican Banner, critics doubt the report of Aunty Temperance’s death attributed to Dick Doleful. They doubt the obituary, noting continued proclamations by Aunty’s secretary and speculation that the phrase marks only a political performance.
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Dick Doleful
Dick Dolefal
Jack
Public intoxication remark at New York Police Court
Catharine Augusta a woman of color was charged with getting drunk. The magistrate remarked that it was bad enough for white people to get drunk but expressed surprise to see a lady of color intoxicated. He advised her to go home and not imitate white sisters.
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Severn Boerke
Police Court of
New York
the
Sun
Catharine Augusta
Rabid Cat Bite Causes Horse’s Death at Level Corner
A horse at Level Corner, Penn, died after hydrophobia contracted from a bite by a rabid cat. Officials report no other animals affected and warn residents to avoid contact with stray cats and to report strange behavior immediately.
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Level Corner
Penn
Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Proposed
From the Pennsylvania Telegraph a request to nominate John M Lean of Ohio for President and Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania for Vice President. The letter praises M Lean as a Jefferson Democrat and Anti-mason, and Stevens as a staunch Anti-Mason, capable lawyer and advocate for equal rights. It calls Pennsylvania and Ohio to be heard in the contest and urges freemen to support these nominees.
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Pennsylvania Telegraph
Fenn
John M’Lean
Ohio
Thaddeus Stevens
Pennsylvania
M’Lean
sterling
Stevens
Avanama Land Saves
Georgia Journal notes Creek territory land sale details with irregular shape and vast area. It reports about 5 million acres offered for sale on short notice, courting governmental speculation amid broad land descriptions and varied qualities.
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Avanama
The
Georgia Journal
Legislative Statistics of North Carolina Legislature
A collector notes the North Carolina Legislature comprised 147 married men and 52 single men. Professions include 145 farmers, 31 lawyers, 6 physicians, 7 merchants, 2 blacksmiths, 1 tavern keeper, 1 tailor, and 6 with no regular occupation.
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North Carolina
Pamphlet to Vindicate E. K. Avery Issued
Zion's Herald reports a pamphlet soon to affirm E. K. Avery's complete innocence. It will present evidence excluded at trial and include a section detailing Avery's acquaintance with S. M. Cornell.
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The
Zion’s Herald
Methodist
E. K. Avery
Avery
S. M. Cornell
Bakers of Philadelphia Meet On Private Baking Trade Harm
A Philadelphia bakers meeting was convened to discuss strategies to curb home baking, arguing it harms the trade. The session aims to identify best means to suppress private baking in households.
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Philadelphia city
Pittsburg Mayor posts $100 reward for church vandalism
The Mayor of Pittsburg offers a reward of one hundred dollars for the arrest of the person who on the night of the 12th entered the Presbyterian Church at Pittsburg and destroyed the pulpit Bible.
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Pittsburg
Black Tongue Disease Among Livestock Warns Of Risk To Humans
A disease called Black Tongue or Burnt Tongue affects horses and cattle nationwide. Doctors warn that contact with diseased tongue matter entering an eye or flesh wound could be fatal to humans, making precautions essential for those tending infected animals.
Maine Legislature Mulls Memorial to Establish West Point Branches
A Maine legislative resolution proposes authorizing the state’s executive to memorialize the President regarding establishing West Point Military Academy branches in every state. The measure requests formal recognition and advocacy for creating new academy outposts as a national program.
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Maine
West Point Military Academy
Union
Love was once a Little Boy
A Berkshire Massachusetts girl fourteen years old elopes with a boy of the same age, to whom she had been joined. The incident is described as the result of a romping boarding school romance.
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Berkshire
Mass
Obituary: Fowann Hector Dies at 90 in Montgomery County
Fowann Hector, a 90 year old colored man and Revolutionary War veteran noted for bravery at Brandywine, died on the 3d in Lower Merion Montgomery County Pa His long married wife, who attended his funeral in good health, died suddenly an hour later in a striking family tragedy reported by Temp Ade
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Fowann Hector
Brandywine
Lower Merion
Montgomery county
Notable Americans Among Forei g n Names in 1933
Readers recall a list of prominent foreigners in a previous column but reflect on the many distinguished Americans linked to public life. The piece names Randolph and Bainbridge, Turnbull of Carolina, the late Havanna consul Shater, Senator Johnston, Senator Buckner, Krepps of Pennsylvania, Chief Justices Henderson and Skimmer, Governors Wocatt of Connecticut and Edwards of Illinois, and Bishop Nec.
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Trak
Randolph
Bainbridge
Turnbull
Carolinra
Havanna
Shater
Johnston
Buckner
Krepps
Pennsylvania
Henderson and Skimmer
North Carolina
Vermont
Wocatt
Connecticut
Edwards
Illinois
Bishop Nec
Tucker of Maine Among Revolution’s Brightest Officers
The Boston Journal notes Coming Tucker of Maine as a leading surviving officer, surpassed only by Lafayette, with relentless energy and patriotism. Tucker, claiming his age near that of Paul Jones, is praised for unfaltering resolve while guarding John Adams in a hard pursuit by British cruisers.
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New Orleans
Breckenridge
Tucker
Maine
Lafayette
patrégfism
hardihood
Paut Jones
John Adams
France
Boston Journal
Squares to circles as 17 to 19 in geometry claim
A report from the American Sentinel notes a long debated problem in mathematics. A brass sheet experiment cut a circle of 1.9 inches diameter and a square of 1.7 inches side, weighing the same due to equal thickness. Concluding the square and circle have equal weights implies their surface areas are equal, yielding squares to circles as 17 to 19.
Auction duties paid in Hamilton County Ohio
The amount of auction duties paid into the Treasury of Hamilton county Ohio from the last quarter of the last year was $2,218 70.
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Hamilton county
Ohio
Ancient carved stone portrait found near Morgantown
The Hag. Free Press reports a gentleman returning from western Pennsylvania recounts a discovery seven to eight miles from Morgantown. A large flat stone sixty to eighty feet square bears carved figures of men, women, deer, buffalo, dogs, wolves, serpents and turtles all facing west. He suggests great antiquity and notes soil erosion from plowing and rain exposed the markings.
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Free Press
Lafayette Relic Land in Florida Not For Sale
A letter dated November 4 from General Lafayette to Baltimore agent Mr. Skinner states he will not sell his entire Florida land. He requests careful spot selection to leave a valuable 1600 acre tract near Tallahassee for himself and his heirs as a munificent relic.
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General Lafayette
Florida
Skinner
Baltimore
Williams
Crockett denies marriage rumor of his daughter in Tennessee
The celebrated Mr. B. Crockett writes to the Editors of the National Intelligence denying a reported marriage of his daughter at Columbia Tennessee. He asserts many Crocketts live in the state but none are of his blood.
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Mr. B. Crockett
the
National Inelligencer
Columbia
Tenn
Crocketts
Kendall Kendall Street Praise Toast to Major Jack Downixe
A Washington paper quotes a toast praising Major Jack Downixe for military talents political integrity and keen knowledge of events both indoors and out. The toast urges the people to award him the highest office in their power.
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Washington
George Wilkins Kendall
Jack Downixe
Meteoric display seen in Bay of Mexico at sea
A passenger aboard a steamer bound for Mexico reports a luminous ring around the horizon and shooting stars over calm seas in the Bay of Mexico near lat 25 20 long 87 50 on November 12. The strange light remained for about forty minutes after two sultry days and then vanished.
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Bay of Mexico
Mexico
New York Senator Praises Saint Jackson in Senate
A New York Senator, Mr. Maison, seeks higher office and voices praise for “our almost sainted Jackson” in the Senate. The Telegraph notes the remark as notable but questions the church and saints behind such reverence.
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Coxixeon
Maison
New York
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