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Newspaper
Tipton Advertiser
Location
Tipton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1856
Page
1
Poem extols childhood as beauty and virtue. It emphasizes innocence, forgiveness, love, and gentleness as defining traits. The speaker praises the heavenly lineaments of childhood and its comforting, forgiving nature.
The document lists requirements for settlers seeking pre-emption, including no prior benefits, land ownership limits, home building and exclusive use, age and citizenship, residence, and specified improvements. It details witness, affidavits, naturalization papers, declaratory statements, and fees for filing and granting pre-emption, plus map duplicates.
The North West projects population growth at the decade start, predicting eight or nine Town members to the National Legislature, with 1850 population around 1,209,000 or more likely 1,?0,000. Dubuque is expected to reach about 40,000 inhabitants by 1860, assuming past-year growth trends continue.
The Crusader letter reviews political mood as Republicans gain ground in Pennsylvania and Indiana but warns of regional strife. It urges organized campaigning to win the second great contest for freedom, condemns Kansas whisky fueled violence, and defends Northern and Southern Americans against barbaric acts blamed on liquor and misused politics.
The piece quotes a Columbia South Carolinian speech denouncing union, urging disunion with the South and citing Fremont’s election as a trigger to seize the government archives and rob the treasury. It then condemns poor public health among children, blaming heat, indoor confinement, and diet for high child mortality.
A note from Messia. A. & J. Oliver of Fergusonville Academy now in New York refutes Catholicism charges against Col. John C. Fremont. They quote Fremont asserting he is Protestant, provide local reaction, and attach broader observations on population and geography.
The speaker argues for steadfast gospel preaching beyond party lines amid political pressure and social evils such as slavery and whisky traffic. He questions whether ministers should align with political platforms or retain the old landmarks of confronting sin and urging repentance. The piece condemns political meddling in religious duties and defends preaching Christ and him crucified.
A Virginia incident shows militia called to defend the South as a liberty pole bearing Fremont’s flag caused public alarm in Portsmouth. Descriptions vary from barroom blows to civic fears, with a mixed reaction from authorities and residents amid warnings from the Richmond Enquirer. The dress and gaiety around royal nuptials in Berlin also appear, detailing lavish preparations and long-term embroidery work by many skilled workers. Wealth, inheritance, and the value of earners versus fortunes are discussed through aphorisms on money and sloth.
A reader recalls attempting vinegar production from a plant placed in sugared rain water, staged on a kitchen shelf. Six weeks in, a thick growing plant emerges atop turbid liquid, yielding sharp light colored vinegar before rotting away, while new plants continually form for future batches.
A Michigan Farmer recounts converting currant cuttings into tree form. Starting in 1831, he pinched leaves to shape a fourteen inch cutting into a ten inch sprout, then allowed two foot clearance for the first year. The resulting plant bore larger fruit, resisted insects, and kept roots clean and ornamentally yes. He proposes rows four to five feet apart, training cuttings into trees for easier cultivation.
A parish notice discusses backsliding in late life as shown by biblical figures David Moses Hezekiah Josiah and others and urges greater self watchfulness. The piece transitions to a prairie news letter weighing political outcomes and a speculative list of new slave states if Fillmore or Buchanan win the presidency, concluding with a Republican poster note on Kansas and slavery.
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