St Louis Speech Urges Banks Reforms and Pacific Rail
In St Louis, T C Johnson urges banks to return to specie money, cap checks in gold, and cut city paper reliance. He presses completing the Pacific Railroad to Kansas City and warns against Southwest branch delays risking Missouri trade with Memphis and beyond. He argues lower bank profits and cheaper credit would revive commerce and make St Louis a money center.
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T. C. Johnson
St. Louis
Pacific Railroad
Missippi
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Cincinnati
New York
United States Sub- Treasury
Pacific
Kansas City
Hannibal and St. Joseph
Missouri
Boston
Kansas
St. Joseph
Atchisson
Lexington
City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Kansas Territory
Geo. R. Taylor
The
Southwest Branch
Indian County
Arkansas
Memphis
Memphis and
Little Rock
Indian Country
Arkansa
Southwest
Democratic Governor Candidate Backs Breckinridge Ticket
Ephraim EK Smart a Democratic candidate for Maine governor endorses Breckinridge and Lane. The entire slate for state officers appears aligned with that ticket.
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Kes
Ephraim EK
Smart
Maine
Breckingidge
Lane
Breckinridge Defeats Douglas Aimed Sack the Giant Killer
John C. Breckinridge defeats Stephen A. Douglas as he seeks the title Sack the Giant Killer. The race features bold rhetoric and a fierce contest with early momentum and strong crowd reaction.
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John C. Breckinridge
Stephen A. Douglas
Breckenridge Speech At Lexington On Territorial Power
The speech by Hon. John Breckinridge in Lexington Kentucky addresses whether territorial legislatures could exclude slave property from territories before statehood. He recalls the 1854 Kansas Nebraska bill, the differing views of southern and northern supporters, and the agreed route to the Supreme Court for a constitutional decision.
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Breckenridge
John
Breckinridge
Lexington
Kansas
Nebraska
Congress
Union
Supreme Court
Territorial Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court 2
South
Douglas
Soldier shoots woman then kills himself in New Mexico
Frank Miller, orderly sergeant of Company G Fifth Infantry, formerly at Camp Floyd, shot a woman who accompanied the regiment to Utah. After a quarrel over an intended ceremony in New Mexico she "bolied" and he fired a revolver into her throat. He then shot himself in the heart. both died almost simultaneously.
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A. Tkacepy
Frank Miller
Fifth Infantry
Camp Floyd
New Mexico
Utah
Grn Sam Houston Withdraws Candidacy for Presidency
Green party figure Sam Houston has withdrawn his name as a candidate for the presidency, citing strategic reasons and party planning considerations. The move leaves the race with other contenders and shifts attention to alternative nominees within the party.
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Grn
Sam
Houston
Senator Seward to Speak at St Joseph on 26th Inst
Senator Seward is billed to address a gathering in St Joseph on the 26th inst as he travels toward Kansas. The report notes his current route toward the Sunflower State.
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Seward
St. Joseph
Kansas
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Rolla Business Cards
John P. Norvell
Phelps County
J.H. McGuire Esq
W. N. Organ
D. Bhuce
Bhuck & Organ
Salem
Dent County
18Th Judicial Circuit
J. FE
J. E. Organ
Rolla, Phelps, Co
James BE
Chauven
Ttorney
Rolla, Mo
J. M. McGuire
Merchants
Manufacturers’ Insurance Company
Covenant Mutual Life Insurance Company
St. Louie
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hartford
Aaron Vanwarmer
GEC
EF. Harrington
Rolla
S. E
Main and
Fourth Streets
Ineke County
G. Williams
J. J. Hutchison
Tiffany House
H. S. Clark
BH. & Clark
Titany House
Fo. G. Marshall
A. De'normandia
Marshall
William Wilson
D. BR. Parsons
Rolla Lumber Yard
D. F. Lenox
Ten Pin Alley
Main Street
Isaac C. Pennington
Eighth and
Park Streets
J. A. Schnable
Mell & CO. Painters and Glaziere
Darden & CO
Grouse Builders
Francis G
Dake
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ashtabula
Heenan
Lincoln
Bell
Gen. Jackson
Wm. Lloyd Garrison
South Carolina
Hannibal Hamlin
John Morrisy
Edward Evereté
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