Advertising Rates and Notices From Rolla Missouri Paper
A late 19th century style advertisement outlines advertising rates for ten line inserts and subsequent repeats, executor notices, final settlements, animal ads, and legal notices. It lists charges for two column and one column formats, religious notices, obituaries, and personal communications, with specifics on commission for agents and payment terms.
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Cscs
Naval Commission
C. P. Walker
Rolla, Mo
Loox Ovr
Fortun
Five Prisoners Escape Phelps County Jail
In Rolla Missouri on March 11 1861 five inmates escaped Phelps county jail during a heavy rain by prying a timber with a sawed opening. They used a rope of bed clothing to reach the roof and flee. Suspects named Wiley Breuster Beezely Conly Ferres with a sheriff offering a reward.
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Phelps County
Wiley
C. (. Wiley
Brewster
Phelps
A. Beezely
Conly
Texas
Editorial Change at the Laclede Journal
The Laclede Journal now lists Dr Joseph Pleasants as the new editor. The salutatory pledges devotion to the Union and Constitution. The paper invites readers to review new advertisements and thanks Senator John Hyer for state documents.
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Success
John Hyer
South West Branch Rates Its Progress and Needs
The South West Branch of the Pacific Railroad shows sixty four miles more on the main line versus seventy seven miles opened on the Branch over five years. The superintendent defends current management, arguing a new independent directory would not advance the road and would cost more.
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South West
Pacific Railroad
Thos. Mehissock
Mat
Fatal Affray Over Warrants Ends in Tyre's Death
Friday the 1st, James Tyre of Osage county was killed in his home after a confrontation with Mitchell, a county marshal. Tyre resisted arrest, Mitchell slashed Tyre's throat then shot him. Tyre died within minutes. Tyre was a respected longtime citizen and church member.
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James Tyre
Osage
Mitchell
Tyre
Syre
Lincoln's Cabinet Confirmed by Senate in 1861
The Senate met to concur in Lincoln's cabinet appointments and, after an executive session, confirmed Seward Chase Cameron Welles Blair Smith Bates by unanimous vote for most posts and with several dissenting ballots for Bates and Blair amid objections to appointing a slave-state affiliate. Call at any office and see our new camp Bedstead.
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Lincoln
Senate
Hale
Nicholay
W. H. Seward
Salmon P. Chase
the Treasury
Simon Cameron
Gideon Welles
Navy
Montgomery Blair
Carel B. Smith
Interior
Edward Bates
Bates
Blair
Lincoln inaugural address summary pieces in St Louis Republicans
The article reproduces Lincoln's inaugural address noting southern fears about Republican policy and property protection. It covers the fugitive slave law, union permanence, secession as anarchy, and constitutional questions left to majority rule and eventual amendments. Lincoln urges patience, urges fidelity to the Constitution, and appeals to the American people to decide amid disagreement.
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St. Louis
Lincoln
Chicago
Republican Party
United States
Union
Linculn
Congress
Theeisguts
Flere
Whsoever
Supreme Court
Not enemies but friends union speech on civil war
The speaker argues the new administration lacks immediate power to alter the conflict and urges dissatisfied citizens to act prudently. He insists there is no oath to destroy the government and pledges to preserve it, calling for unity and reconciliation across the nation. The tone emphasizes shared origins, memory, and the Union's enduring strength.
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Supreme Court
North
South
Act
Tam Loth
Missouri State Convention in Session at St Louis
The State Convention assembled at Jefferson City on the 28th and adjourned to St. Louis and is holding its session at the Mercantile Library Hall. Ex-Gov Sterling Price presides. Discussion identified on how to respond to Georgia commissioner Glean inviting Missouri to join the Confederacy. Col A W Donaphin argued for constitutional protections for slave property and opposed broad interpretations.
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St. Louis
Mercantile Library Hall
Sterling Price
Glean
Georgia
Missouri
Col
A. W. Donaphin
Peace Congress
United States
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