Republican Joint Convention Held in Indiana in 1853
The Republicans of Hamilton and Tipton County will hold a joint convention at Hamilton County Indiana on Saturday July 9 1853 to nominate a candidate to represent them in the Legislature. Several candidates are listed including Dr GB Grabbs Borley J Nealinod Nathan Wil ter. Farmers and Mechanics convention planned for August 7th at Tetersburg. Hemingtians expected to attend with visiting speakers.
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Hamilton
Tipton Gnuntiew
CICE
Hamilton County
Ind
Worlock
GB. Grabbs
White River Township
Borley
J. Nealinod
Nathan Wilter
Trig
Farmers and Mechanics
Maas
Teterssburg
Town of Manshall Tax Payments and Sidewalk Improvements
The town grapples with unpaid wages as workers complain of late pay. Citizens note ongoing public square improvements by Cassler, Bosker, and Kessler, though Kessler has yet to finish. Calls arise to extend sidewalks along principal streets, funded by property owners, with emphasis on prompt enterprise and proper signatures on communications. The Independent candidate for treasurer and collector is under review, as the paper reports on various party positions and local journalism obligations.
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Muntishe
Orger
Weir
Cassler
Bosker
Kessler
Indiana Wheat Crops Report Mixed By County And England Notes
Condensed crop bulletin from Tipton Indiana and other counties showing wheat yields vary from well above average to well below. Reports cite rust damage, drought, and quality issues with several counties like St Joseph and Knox recording average to above average yields, while Franklin and Bartholemew show lower outputs. English notes from Norfolk Lincolnshire Worcestershire and Essex describe premature ripening drought stressed barley and oats, with rust risk and poor pasture.
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Indiana
Tipton
St. Joseph, Co
Hendrick
Floyd—Hut
Nlaprisan
Bradford
England
Norfolk
Watton
Wolds
Lincolnshire
Essex
Maldon
Worcestershire
Beona
Dorgethire
Witabourn
Ireland
Weather and agriculture notes from early July issue
The letter from Cork discusses grain prospects with rain shortages for late sowing and reports rapid potato disease spread in certain districts. It notes early hay cutting in Ennex and a generally fair but not bumper yield, while pastures improve and roads remain busy. The writer praises the Tipton county paper and commends the editor for practical home matters and moral stance.
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Ennex
Swampton Hotel Guest Offers Summer Inquiry Imposed
The undersigned staying at Swampton basement story Dog wood row Purrataville Ind July 29 1958 announces will remain through summer to enjoy lakes music bull frogs and roads of the country and will answer all questions on any subject letters with 1 cent to buy a cigar receive a prompt reply through the Tipton County Argus column Remember the Republican Joint Convention Cicero July 1 Let every Republican turnout Delegates from this county may travel by morning train and return in the evening.
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Tipton
Nature
Bee
Tam
Tipstan
Baand
D. McLecan
A.C. Dlinsis
Dog Wood Row
Purrataville
Ind
Tipton County Argus
Cicero
Prohibition Debate and Historic Verse Echo Maine Law
Fragmented scraps show verse on graves and a July 1868 postal dedication from Moses Parrottaville plus a Maine prohibition report. It notes Maine law support amid 1868 repeal talk and cites totals from the Executives Council vote on June 7. Prohibitory law carried 29,904 to 5,213 with Arapahoe county unique at 399 to 370 for license.
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Executive Council
Maine
Arapatook
Fraser River Gold Fields Report From California Advices
The latest California advices confirm gold redness along the Fraser River system in New Caledonia within Hudson’s Bay Company territory. Improved California mining machinery may boost yields. emigration to the new gold fields increases as gold digging expands under rough measures. The Fraser drains toward the Gulf of Georgia from the Rocky Mountains, with tributaries draining lakes inland and rapids hindering navigation along a four hundred mile course.
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California
Fichia
Hudsons Bay
Gulf of Georgia
Sirenmaz
New Caledonia
Hadson's Bay Company
Cascade Mountains
Frazer
Rocky Mountains
Columbia
Cascade Hills
Descriptions of Fraser River region and native life
The passage describes the lower Fraser River area with marshy shores, thin soil, and broken terrain hosting small lakes and streams. It notes abundant wild berries, galmon, and scarce fauna, including deer and bears, and details harsh seasonal weather. It portrays indigenous peoples with harsh stereotypes, observes salmon fishing, and discusses gold rush implications, Hudson's Bay Company trade, and prospective routes to new gold fields via Cowitz and Puget Sound.
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Rosa
Frazer
Hilla
Thie
Roas
Hoss
Dunn
Foga
Caldia
California
San Francisco
Fuca
Dragon Baye
Shuster
Bonta
Cowlitz
Calumbia
Monticello
Fort Nisqually
Pogels Sound
Wac
Hudson's Bay Company
Vancouver's Island
Beitinh
Vancouver’s Island
Harper's Weekly
Minister’s Funeral Sermon Ends With a Kick
A minister on his way to a funeral sermon gets involved in a comical sequence. An old woman pockets sausages in the preacher’s coat, hungry dogs chase them, and a parishioner’s push to gain attention leads the minister to kick him on the steps. The mishap disrupts the service as the minister awkwardly explains he carries nothing but cans and has had a trying day.
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Indy
Colleegen
Sules
Cerafal
Isill
Furl
Fire destroys old Log Cabin home near North Bend
Reports from the Chivanii Mississippi Railroad line describe a blaze that engulfed the Log Cabin house at North Bend around one to two o'clock yesterday. The fire razed the building with only 1 dollar in use, destroying valuables, papers tied to President Harrison, and relics of early western history. Mrs. Harrison, the president’s widow, was elsewhere at Hon. J Scott Hastinons residence.
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Chivanii Mississippi
North Bend
Cok Win
HA. Taylor
Cen. Hurrian
Harrison
Obituary of Woo Torris Spirit editor in Spirit of the Times
Woo Torris editor of the Spirit of the Times dies in New York on Monday. Born in northeastern Vermont he trained as a teacher and printer. He helped launch The Spirit of the Times in 1832 with James Howe, later published Porter's Spirit of the Times with George Wilkes, and remained editor until his death.
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Woo T. Porris
Spirit of the Times
New York
N. ¥. Tribune
Porter
Vermont
James Howe
Indiana
George Wilkes
Ort
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