Indiana voter amendments urged with March 14 election
The Indiana Legislature again seeks voter approval on four constitutional amendments. The March 14, 1851 election will decide residency and registration rules, state office election timing, and limits on municipal debt. Supporters stress local self government and fraud prevention while urging full turnout.
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Indiana
United States
Sneller
Congress
Mall
Lewis
Wetie
MO. C. New
Chin’n State Com
Byron W. Langdon
Daniel W. Comstock
A. E. Owens
M. Garrigus
Francis Macartney
Geo. H. Chapman
E.R. Wilson
W.G. Sayre
Marcus Smith
Senate Committee
Fire trapping workers at turpentine shed in Moore County
A deadly blaze in a Moore County woods during a Monday night storm caught ten men inside a crude turpentine shed. The structure collapsed under earth and rock roofing, a barrel of turpentine fed the fire, and several men including James Jarrett and William Vex were crushed or severely burned while escaping.
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Richmond
Jackson Springs
Moore County
White Eat
James Jarrett
William Vex
Vex
The Collusion Between Benton and Foote
Mrs. Swisshelm reports a chaotic April 1850 scene in the Chicago Tribune with Senators Benton and Foote clashing in the gallery area. Benton’s coat torn as he tried to flee a mob while Foote, pistol drawn, stood vigil near the Speaker’s desk. The episode is framed as a slave power provocation and a defense of freedom.
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Ars
Meravers
Benton
Cou
Mane
Sandle
Foote
Swisshelm
Tribune
The Cat Learns to Steal by Observation
A hospital matron recalls a blind girl in a charity home who was fed with a tray on her knee. A cat watched, waited, and stole a piece of dinner, deducing from the girl’s blindness that she could eat unseen, then enjoyed the meal in silence.
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Jarrett
Carthage
Curious Telephonic Experiment at Swiss Singer Festival
A telephone at Zurich Festhalle linked with Bale telegraphic office allowed an 80 kilometer link during the Federal Fete of Singers. The Bale audience heard singing as if in an opera house and clapped to show approval, with cheers transmitted faithfully to Zurich.
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Nature
Switzerand
Zurich Festhalle
Bale
Zurich
Sparrows on Toast Featured in Albany Market Side Note
A Albany Journal reporter observed small birds hanging outside a city market offered as sparrows to be stewed or served on toast. The sparrows sold for eight cents a pair, described as English sparrows by vendors.
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Albany Journal
Epicure
Iquiry
Table Gossip Sparks as Old Paper Dies and Jokes Persist
A jumble of old jokes and comments on public figures fills a gossip page. Notes mourn Okalona’s demise, a district marshal plans retirement, and editorials mock Carlyle and Germans. The item mocks French strikes and Polish Hebrew forms of address while quoting Edison and a nameless New Jersey anecdote.
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Okalona
Charlie Ross
Fred Douglas
District of Columbis
Mr. Hayes
Carlyle
Egypt
Shams
France
Dumfries
Thomas Carlyle
Ayay
Tammas
New Jersey
Paterson
Uve
Bismarck
Germany
Poland
Cumming
Aberdeenshire
Col. Ed. Richardson
Mississippi
South
Jackson
Europe
Resources of North Carolina and its mineral wealth
The article notes North Carolina shares terraced belts with Virginia from the Appalachians to the coast. It cites rising wealth in timber and minerals since 1874, with Blue Ridge hosts of gold silver iron copper and marble. It mentions grape varieties including Catawba and reports no potato bugs or mosquitoes in highlands, but fleas as a pest.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Tidewater
Middle County
Piedmont
Blue Ridge
Blue Richse
Kine
Overman
Propper
California
Stanley Matthews Renominated by Garfield at President's Request
Friends of Stanley Matthews claim he will be renominated for the United States Supreme Judge by General Garfield, acting at the request of the President.
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Stanley Matthews
Garfield
President Hayes
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Sullivan, Indiana
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N.Y
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Penn St
Williamsburgh
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Cedar St
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