Masonic Address on Goshen Lodge Officers Installation
The Rev L G Gaines delivers a sermon at Goshen Lodge installation on May 30 1844. He discusses two great societies civil government and the church, their mutual support, and the temple as a symbol of Christ. He explains David’s plan to build a temple, but God limits him, and the temple’s materials as emblems of strength and faith.
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L. G. Gaines
Goshen Lodge
Jesus Christ
God
Zion
Cesar
David
Nathan
Jacob
Jerusalem
Isace
Israel
Salem
Christ
Mount Moriah
Prince of
Life
Dead Sea
Vision of the Temple as Church and Rock of Ages
A speaker extols the church as the Rock Christ and the Temple of God, using temple imagery Cedar and stone to symbolize eternal life. The sermon passages describe sanctity, progressive vision of grace, and the heavenly sanctuary, urging humility, steadfast foundation in Jesus, and a flowing river of mercy symbolizing divine blessing.
Larrie Miami Railroop Progress and Local Growth
The Miami Railway extends 28 miles through Hamilton and Warren counties toward Springfield, with 15 to 20 miles more under contract. Completion will connect Green County farmers to markets, boosting regional commerce. Six month receipts total about $7,686, with 8,300 passengers, mostly farmers and manufacturers, showing strong growth and efficient local transport.
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Larrie
Miami
Mad River and
Lake Erie
Springfield
Clark County
Hamilton
Warren
Green Co
Cincinnati Herald
Ohio Whigs urged to unite in campaign effort
The Ohio State Journal calls Whigs across the state to stronger cooperation with county committees and Whig presses. It urges prompt, concise letters, frequent exchange of information, and organized action to elect leaders, promote a sound currency, and protect tariffs, declaring Ohio can redeem the state.
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Catee
Ohio
Wales
Old Hickory Versus Polk in Tariff Debate
The passage contrasts Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk on tariff policy. An 1828 letter from Gen. Jackson urges protecting domestic manufactories as essential to national independence. A Tennessee speech by Polk criticizes distribution and protective tariffs as ruinous to farming interests and opposing them consistently.
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Polk
Gen
Jackson
Col
Robert Patterson
Brown
Dallas nomination recalled by fifty committee
The Washington Spectator reports that when the fifty member committee woke Mr. Dallas with the news of his nomination he needed time to collect himself. It adds a warning that in November he may be blown into fragments he cannot recover from, a remark attributed to Prentice.
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The
Washington Spectator
Committee of Fifty
Dallas
Prentice
Georgetown Meeting Cheers for Clay and Tariff
A Georgetown DC gathering saw Brown Indiana Weller Ohio and Payne Belser Alabama voice opposition to Mr. Clay then adjournment met with 26 cheers for Clay and a Whig song. The scene underscores political divides and the absence of votes for local folk.
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Georgetown
District of Columbia
Locos
Brown
Indiana
Weller
Ohio
Payne and Belser
Alabama
Clay
Whig enthusiasm surges in Indiana for August election
The Job Nails of Indiana, a taunting label from opponents toward the Whigs, are active in vigorous meetings and push for a decisive Whig victory in the August election, signaling strong party spirit across the state.
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Indiana
Great Flood Destroys Villages Along the Mississippi
From St. Louis reports the Mississippi rose higher than the 1785 flood, inundating towns from Carondelet to Rocheport. Crops and storage in bottoms were ruined, countless livestock perished, and many dwellings washed away from Weston to the mouth. Relief efforts mobilized as water continued to rise and fall.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi
Carondelet
Joseph Papin
St. Louie
Missouri
St. Charles
Mamelles
Portage Dessieux
Chouteau’s Island
Weston
Parkeraville
Wyandotte
Kansas River
Chouteau’s Landing
Liberty Landing
Cowden Bend
Lexington
Maconda Prairie
Bluff
de Witt
Thornburgh
Boonville
Grampus
Brooklyn
Venice
Linoistown
Cahokia
Illlinoistown
Cincinnati
Loss in Wabash flood hits Lafayette region
The Lafayette area reports estimated flood losses run into thousands within miles around Lafayette. The full extent remains unknown and beyond human power to determine.
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Wabash
Lafayette
Lafayette (Ja.) Museum
Duel Near Chicago Ends Over A Woman
A dry goods clerk and a sub-editor dueled near Chicago. One fighter was wounded in a flesh wound. the fight reportedly revolved around a woman. The report notes uncertainty about the weapon, possibly scissors.
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Chicago
Ill
Poke Berries Fashion Forecast From The Plebeian
The New York Plebeian predicts a summer surge in poke berries and a poke berrying vogue. It adds a quip that poke burying may dominate by November. A separate note states Britain consumes twenty eight million pounds of coffee annually.
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New York
Great Britain
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Goa
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Paul
House of God
Sydoniana
Tyrians
Etrangere
Abraham
Tsane
No. Rep
Ohio State Journal
Mr. Polk
Tennessee
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