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Tarborough Press
Geoner Howann, Jr
Vote for the Patior Clay? A regional political squib
A Medina Ohio May 21 political verse condemns a candidate named Patior Clay. It accuses him of betrayal to country rights and links him with crime, tyranny, and bloodshed, mocking calls for freedom and denouncing slavery and dictatorship. The piece warns voters against supporting him and appeals to free freemen to resist.
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Cilley
Randolph
Medina
Andrew Jackson Letter Praises Polk and Dallas Support
A Utica Observer excerpt publishes a June 25 1844 letter from Andrew Jackson to New York Democrats praising the Polk Dallas ticket and their Texas policy. Jackson notes the Baltimore convention choices surprised friends yet affirms the candidates’ character and the party’s ability to unite. He discusses Van Buren’s views and Texas annexation and explains the minority opposed to Polk’s selection.
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Hermitage
New York
Baltimore
Polk
Dallas
Democratic Party
Texas
Union
Messrs. Polk
Alee Ee
Fedey
Polk and Dallas Nominated by Democratic Unity
Andrew Jackson endorses James K. Polk and George M. Dallas, praising their purity and fitness. He defends party loyalty, argues for reunification of Texas with U S territory, and commends Polk as faithful to Jeffersonian democracy while defending national safety and peace. Letter from Utica, New York, dated to the inquiry.
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Andrew Jackson
New York
Polk
Dallas
van Buren
Texas
Phelpo
Brown
Tom
Iit South
Mit
Democratic Party
Messrs. Polk
Clay's Secret Whig Aids Abolition Claims Exposed
The Democratic Signal recalls Mr. Clay's Raleigh speech alleging Whig secrecy in 1840 on abolition and nomination reasons. It argues Whig frankness was false, claims Harrison served as a tool of abolitionists, and warns Southern support for Adams and Giddings amid alleged deception.
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Mr. Clay
Senate
United States
Raleigh
Whig Party
Harrison
Democratic Party
Clay
Great Sale and a Great Bargain at Milton Factory
The Milton Manufacturing Company property sold on Thursday to Mr. J. B. Bannett of North Granville New York for 20000. The factory cost the company 60000 to 70000 and the buyers title is good. The Milion Chronicle lauds the building as unmatched in Carolina for machinery yarns and cloths with a superior location and durable condition.
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Milton Manufacturing Company
J. B. Bannett
North Granville
New York
Carolina
Milion Chronicle
University of Pennsylvania commencement at Philadelphia
The annual University of Pennsylvania ceremony was held in Musical Fund Hall Philadelphia on the 15th. Many ladies and gentlemen attended. Twenty one seniors received the Bachelor of Arts degree while thirty three graduates earned Master of Arts. Six men were awarded the Doctor of Medicine and several honorary degrees were conferred.
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Musical Fund Hall
Drowning of Cape May Native Mr Evans Harker
Mr Evans Harker, a Cape May New Jersey native about 40, drowned in the Neuse river near town on Saturday the 20th, Fayetteville.
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Evans Harker
Cape May
New Jersey
Neuse River
Fayetteville
Mexico Congress Refuses Santa Anna Funding for Texas Invasion
Information from Vera Cruz on June 29 reports the Mexican Congress rejected Santa Anna's request for four million dollars and 30 000 troops for a Texas invasion. They allowed raising one million dollars without a forced loan and to draft 36 000 current troops if replacements from the National Militia could be provided. A secret New Orleans expedition under Gen Sentmanat against Tabasco was destroyed, and the General captured and executed.
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Mexico
Vera Cruz
Santa Anna
Texas
New Orleans
Sentmanat
Tabasco
Frightful Scene as Bull Rushes Church Basement
The New York American reports on Monday evening a nearly wild bull chased into a Sixth Street church basement near Second Avenue during prayer time. The beast charged the room, caused pandemonium, knocked down a woman who was unharmed beyond fright, and after ramming walls until exhausted was secured with ropes. It had already disrupted two churches that night.
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N. Y
Melancholy death by own action in Brooklyn
New York city Friday reports T. M. Aspin wall Esq retired merchant and church member found dead in a Brooklyn coal yard last evening after taking leudanum. Three empty vials and one full remain. Pocket items including gold watch and money were safe. No clear cause given. Aspin appeared prosperous with an esteemed family and long retirement, respected by all who knew him.
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New York
T. M. Aspinwall
Leudanum
Brooklyn
St. Thomas's Church
Pin Sticking Inventions At Derby Conn
A Boston paper describes a Derby Conn pin manufactory with a marvel of machine labor. It notes England uses 60 females to pin 90 packs of 302 460 pins daily, while one woman here pours a gallon at a time into a hopper and pins are neatly arranged on papers. The process saves fifty nine workers and remains a guarded mystery to outsiders.
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Boston
Derby
Conn
England
Singular Overflow At Lyme Well Causes Alarm
On Wednesday afternoon last, a well on the premises of Mr. Jacob Stevens in Lyme began overflowing and continues with undiminished force. The discharge is estimated at least sixty hogsheads per minute. Local residents fear potential damage to nearby property and have alerted authorities.
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Jacob Stevens
Lyme
Water project noted by Norwalk Expositor
The Norwalk Expositor reports a longstanding well project with cold water, indicating stones tossed into the well are quickly detected and that water overflow harms nearby fields and crops.
The Evealeobion Hatching Machine A Curious Invention
Mrs Childs writes of an egg hatching device called the Evealeobion or Hatching Machine. Large as a bureau, it uses steam heated ovens to maintain uniform temperatures, replacing natural hens. Priced at 120 dollars with 375 dollars for larger capacity, farmers in Jersey and Long Island invest, noting hatched chicks are healthy though the machine lacks a mother’s warmth.
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Mra. Childs
Boston Courier
Beny
Jersey
Long Island
Ejectment Patrol Attacked by Inhabited Village Force
The Sheriff of Rensselaer County and Deputy Allen with seven civil officers faced armed resistance at Alps Corners Stephentown. About 100 men disguised as Indians surrounded the party. papers were burned and Deputy Allen and Mr Eastman were tarred and feathered. The posse fled back to Troy with the assailants’ threats of further violence. Albany Atlas reported.
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Rensselaer County
Wm P. van Rensselaer
Allen
Lansingburgh
Troy
Stephentown
Sandlake
Alps Corners
Eastman
East Nassau
Albuny N
Fatal accident at Sideling Hill Curve on Morgan county track
A German man named John Ratzel 40 to 50, known for temperance issues, was found on the Cumberland train track near Sideling Hill Curve and killed as the train could not stop in time. The incident occurred as the cars moved toward Cumberland.
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Cumberland
Sideling Hill Curve
Morgan County
Virginia
John Ratzel
Disappearance, voyage, and a strange ring case
A missing woman case from Tiverton stirs Lowell as Manchester faces illness. An old fashioned gold ring linked to the wife reappears as Manchester travels to New Bedford then to Boston for recovery. Reports describe the man’s illness, his return, and the town’s fevered excitement over the mystery amid notes on salable Castor Oil and a Missouri murder arrest.
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New Bedford
Manchester
New Hedford
Boston
U.S
Charlestown
Mass
Tiverton
Lowell
Elopement and Seduction in Cincinnati Case
A Pittsburgh girl of sixteen elopes with a pedlar named McDermit to Cincinnati aboard a steamboat. He brutalized her, brandished a Bowie knife, and threatened her life. By Cincinnati she refused to continue, forced him to cover her clothes and expenses, and a mayoral hearing ensued. The report laments lack of law to punish such crimes.
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McDermit
Pittsburgh
South
Cincinnati
Hard up Pennsylvania girls seek husbands in lawyers printers
An exchange paper notes that in parts of Pennsylvania the shortage of husbands leads some women to marry lawyers and printers, reflecting social pressures and local matchmaking humor of the era.
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Pennsylvania
Changing Times and Modern Habits Reflected in Satirical Verse
A humorous reflection contrasts past and present manners. It notes shifts in bedtime, meals, churchgoing, Sunday, dental care, tea habits, clothing wear, visiting customs, courtship, and seating, remarking on softer chairs and changed social rituals.
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PaTaior Clay
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Utica
Observer
Panama
M. M. Jones, Esq
Norwalk O. Expositor
Newport
Tiverton R. I
Joshua Willis
Troup County
Willis
Group
Columbus
Enquirer
Macrion County
Missouri
Adair
St. Louis
Adair County
Amer
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