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Esse
I .Oship
C. P. Walker
Rolla
Misers Felker & Anderson
Viena
Messrs HS Crank
J E Orcay
Phelps County
X. X
Rolla Express Extra promises comprehensive Rolla survey
Rolla MO September 17 1860 issue announces a forthcoming complete report of Rolla and Phelps county improvements. The edition will include interesting statistics and is offered as extra copies at two dollars per hundred or three cents each. Orders must be prepaid and registered.
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Rolla
Phelps County
Wanted. Intelligent lad for printing business position
An active intelligent boy is sought to learn the printing trade. The advertiser promises a permanent situation for an industrious and apt applicant and directs inquiries to the office.
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Lnquire
Industrious settlers urged to cultivate Missouri soil
A call for ten thousand able bodied men to till soil, mine metals, manufacture goods, and build towns, with twenty thousand mechanics and teachers to establish factories and educate the rising generation, while twenty thousand women join as co-laborers in this enterprise.
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Missouri
Phelps and Maries Counties Weigh New Room Initiatives
Phelps and Maries counties consider expanded facilities to accommodate growing needs.Officials discuss options to create space for community programs and regional services amid rising demand and limited current capacity.
Cotton is King and Pro-Slavery Arguments Book Published
Augusta readers are urged to consider a new work titled Cotton is King and Pro-Slavery Arguments. The volume, edited by EH. N. Elliot, features essays by prominent Southern figures on slavery from political economy to international law, with the Dred Scott Decision discussed and endorsements from senators and representatives.
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Cotton
Augusta
Georgia
Squier
Craig Beeler
Hsq
David Cristy Sq
Cincinnati
A.T. Bledsoe
Virginia University
Thomas Stringfellow
D.D
Virginia
Chancellor Harper
South Carolina
James H. Hammond
Sout Carolina
A. Cartwright
M.D
New Orleans
Dred Scott
EH. N. Elliot
Planter’s College of Mass
South
Clever hack driver earns obligations for courtesies
Mr Wu thanks the driver of Mr Lamb's Accommodation hack for many courtesies in delivering packages. The hack serves Rolla by leaving the railroad terminus each evening after the train arrives and departs each morning for the morning train schedule.
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Guy
Sun spot theories dismissed amid cooling weather
The arid heat and recent rains have cooled speculation that sun spots were enlarging and reducing solar brightness. Some philosophers who urged the idea now call such theories mere scare talk that frightens the timid.
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Skeer
Citizens urge Polk and Green to visit Rolla
Friends of Breckinridge and Lane press for a call from Senators Polk or Green. They request an appointment, promising a warm reception and eager audience if either chooses to visit Rolla.
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Breckinridge
Lane
Messrs
Polk and Green
Rolla
St Louis News Offers Campaign Paper After November Vote
The News proposes a campaign paper to run through the week after the November election priced at 25 cents. It praises itself as a high quality publication and lauds Bell and Everett as leading journalists in the state.
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St. Louis Evening News
Bell and Everett Journal
Horace Greeley Seeks New York Senate Seat
Horace Greeley runs for the U S Senate in New York to replace Seward whose term ends March 4 next.
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Horace Greely
U.S. Senate
New York
Mr. Seward
Public Buildings in Rolla Nearing Completion
Mr E W Bishop overseen by Phelps County public buildings staff visits Rolla to inspect the new court house and jail being erected by Lynch and Malcolm and J A Schnable. Brick from local kilns and locally sourced stone contribute to a solid, well built project despite a prior delay from brick shortages.
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Rolla
E. W. Bishop
Phelps
Court House
Messrs
Lynch & Malcolm
J. A. Schnable
Re election bid and local notices in Missouri papers
Wall D Muir of Cooper seeks re election as firenit attorney for the 1st Judicial Circuit covering Osage Cole Cooper Morgan Maries Miller Camden and Moniteau. W D Shuck of Southern Missouri Argus marries Miss Ward. A Columbus Nutterfield was hanged near Shelby county jail with a vigilante note warning horse thieves to avoid the courts.
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Wall. D. Muir
Cooper
First Judicial Circuit
Osage
Cole
Morgan, Maries
Miller
Camden
Moniteau
Saucxs
Southern Missouri Argus
W. D. Shuck
M. B. Ward
Lyonep
Columbus Nutterfield
Shelby County
Selby Co
Ils
Driver Frank Lawton Absconds With Stage Company Funds
Frank Lawton, a driver for Burden and Woodson on the Rolla to Springfield stage line, absconded about ten days ago with approximately 375 dollars belonging to the stage company. A. Jonxson, administrator of the Thomas Ramsey estate, offers valuable real estate for sale in Maries County during circuit court. The deck of the steamer Great Western measures more than one eighth of a mile in length.
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Frank Lawton
Messrs. Burden & Woodson
Rolla
Springfield
A. Jonxson
Thomas Ramsey
Maries County
Great Western
Horrible Frziricide Feared In Crawford County
A Steelville Missouri report details a gruesome murder in Leisburg where a Davis brother attacked his younger sibling with an axe during the night. The eldest Davis left after a rumored property sale. the axe was found by the room window covered in blood with a chin fragment. The implicated brother is in custody awaiting trial.
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St Louis
Steelville
Crawford Co
Davis
Leisburg
St. Louis
Liesburg
Pacific Railroad
Davis Brothers
Invasion of Calabria Confirmed as Garibaldi Advances
Reports from August note Garibaldi's forces capturing Reggio near Messina with 4300 Calabrian insurgents joining. The French Emperor and Empress visited Savoy while Britain faced bad weather and Russia boasted a bountiful harvest. France remained wet and Syria quiet.
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Bororr
America
Liverpool
Prince Albert
Galaway
Cape Race
St. Johns
Calabria
Naples
Garibaldi
Reggio
Messina
Savoy
Lyons
England
France
Russia
Syria
Faup Pacna
Starkey Charged After Fatal Stabbing Near Warrensberg
J. M. Starkey of this county stabbed his brother in law C. C. Markham about eight miles west of Warrensberg on the 22d. Markham died instantly and Starkey has posted $4000 bond for appearance at trial.
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J. M. Starkey
Warrensberg Missourian
C. C. Markham
Markham
Starkey
Rolling Mill movement fuels rail steel demand near St Louis
The Memphis Enquirer notes interest across the South and Southwest in a Rolling Mill near St Louis to supply railroad iron for new lines and repairs. Census supervisor J D Stacy reports a Morgan county girl of eleven weighing 177 pounds leading her class. Otterville in Cooper county hosts a Pacific Railroad celebration on friday the 24th. A Washington paper hints at buying a new bell for a city edifice. Medical notes compare blood temperatures in humans and animals during fever and ague. Pittsburgh cigar makers strike seek 125 per thousand for common cigars.
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The
Memphis Enquirer
St.Louis
St. Louis
J. D. Stacy
Morgan County
Howard Turley
Concord
Tas Pacific Railroad
Otterville
Cooper County
Washington
Pittsburgh Pa
Barhory Babiist Association Meeting Cancelled
Notice states no meeting of the Barhory Babiist Association will be held with the Hapeville Church two miles west of Spitah Prairie at Birnwell's School House on Friday the fifth of Ontoune. Invitations extended to members and friends. Javien Waskea
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Barhory
Great Medicine for Femies and False Vigor Promises
An advertisement touts a tonic named Bookwave,stiuntano Bitters as a purely reselable compound prepared on scientific principles. It claims to restore vigor, appetite, and sleep, warning of false cures from other stimulants and asserting the product revives health by strengthening nerves and muscles.
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Etriutly
Beerhave
sVsay Orde
Uci
Baally
Strengthening Cordial Restores Debilitated Friend
A reader reports a friend who seemed pale weak and dejected weeks ago now appears fat healthy and strong after using McLean's Strengthening Cordial. The Morning Herald notes large daily sales and recommends the remedy for general debility.
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McLean
Morning Herald
Rol la Markets Price List September 10 1900s
Roanoke area rolla markets list auction and retail quotes across staples. Corn 7 cts bushel Wheat 90c Oats 4 cts New potatoes 75c White beans 25c Green apples 30c Dried apples 15c Beeswax 40c per lb Eggs 10c per dozen Sugar 11 cts per lb Coffee 18 cts per lb M olasses 40-45 cts per gallon Whiskey 29 cts per gallon Salt 25 cts per sack Fish mackerel 10.25-12.00 per bbl Cod 7 cts per lb Barley 15 cts per lb Tallow 2-2 cts per lb Beef brine 5-11 per barrel Pork 14.00 Mess Bacon hams 16-1 3 per lb Hides dries 87 cts Green hides 4 cts Feathers 35 cts per lb Jeans common 50 cts per yard Iron by the bar 41-2 cts Nails 4-6 cts Live stock cattle 21-25 nett Hogs 8-9 cts per lb Sheep 5c per head Flour 3.25 per sack 7.50 per barrel Tobacco 12-30 cts per lb Top saw for iron 41-2 a 7 cts
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Perth
Indivo
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