The Whig party and its evolving stance on liberty
The article traces the Whig party origins in republican ideals, its opposition to oppression, and its drift amid sectional tensions leading to the Fugitive Slave Law. It notes northern efforts to purge slave-supportive planks, reports Good Templars growth and local lodge events, and ends with brief items on Congress adjournment and Turkish military setbacks.
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Whig Party
Jefferson
Texas
Executive
Capitol
Baltimore
Crawford
The Erie War and Press Attacks on Erie
The piece defends Erie against New York and Ohio papers condemning its railroad conflict. It argues Erie enforces its gauge law and that railroads ignore city enactments. Erie is portrayed as defending state interests against mobbing by rival lines and presses.
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New York and Ohio
Erie
Eric
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Warren philanthropy and Great Republic disaster reflected
The piece lauds Warren’s broad benevolence from local turnpikes to distant aid and notes a three hundred dollar contribution for New York children. It laments the loss of the clipper Great Republic, its $240,000 cost and $260,000 insured value, and hails the shipbuilder’s resilience and future ambition.
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Pew
Warren
New York
Gotham
Erie Harbor Creek clash over rail line unsettled letters
7 O'clock A.M. reports show labor gangs arrested and jailed for obstructing a highway near Harbor Creek, with track laid and relaid amid injunctions. Protests escalate with threats of bloodshed, then a calmer scene as authorities pledge legal settlement. A later update notes Erie Harbor Creek resisting rail magnates and a shift in mood as suits halt and workers are discharged.
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Farbor-Creek
Court House
Erie County
Erie
U.S
Harborcreek
Pennsylvania
R. R. Company
R. A
R. R. Co
J. A. Tracy
Tle
Citzens
Eric
Monster Money
Kelly
Cleaveland
Dunkirk
Old Erie& Harborcreek
Gleason's Pictorial Week Offers World Rulers and Engravings
A notice promotes Gleason's Pictorial number one of a new volume, featuring portraits of numerous world rulers and engravings of New Year festivals in Germany China Algiers and the West Indies. Also shown are a New York Police group in new uniforms a Turkish scene a Turkish woman and other items. Subscriptions range from six cents a copy to eight dollars per year with various multi-copy rates. A Soldiers of 1812 meeting is announced for January 7 at the Carver House to discuss sending measures to Congress.
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Mississippi
Michigan
Congress
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Missouri
Council Bluffs
Kansas Agency
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Pierce
Victoria
Russia
Solland
Santa Anna
Austria
Rome
China
Denmark
Spain
Belgium
Turkey
Prussia
Sweden
France
Sardinia
Gleason
Germany
Algiers
West Indies
New York
Carver House
United States
England
Europe
Valentiine
Mott
Prs
T. van Buren
Carnochane
Boston
Chas P. Branch
Gratis
Gardiner
Aubridge
Bank of Commerce Fredericksburg Organizes Last Week
A new banking concern named the Bank of Commerce is organized in Fredericksburg Virginia last week. The piece questions theft by officers and hints at a larceny case. Portugal is described as tranquil and a travel note mentions an eye on the last instalment.
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Bank of Commerce
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Portugal
Arrival of the Africa Port News From Europe and Markets
The Africa steamer reached the port with three days of European news. Reports mention a Russian naval victory at Neapolis, steady Liverpool markets for cotton and flour price rises, and political moves including Lord Palerstone’s resignation over reform. A Paris to Constantinople dispatch hints at urgent military orders. A riot in Lisle, Illinois follows wage cuts on the Illinois Central Railroad, resulting in deaths and arrests.
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Africa
Europe
Liverpool
Consols
Lord Palierstone
Whch
Paris
Constantinople
Sublime Porte
The Oddities of Verbal Turnings in a Noon Light
A surreal catalog of bizarre image pairings and fragmentary phrases. The list blends objects from animals, clothes, minerals, and places with abstract concepts, creating a mosaic of curious poetic curiosities.
Warren Market Prices and Patent Cure Advertisement
The list shows prices for flour wheat corn rye and various foods, followed by a health advertisement claiming chains cure nervous disorders and Utomic pains with cautions about miscarriage in elderly women. It notes prices for eggs dried fruits and fish, then promotes patent chains priced at 3 and 5 dollars mailed statewide with agents in Gardiner Portland Bath and New York and dates August 20 1843.
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C. P. Branch
Gardiner
Leonard
Portland
John Mathews
Bath
J. Stewart
Republic of Lower California shocks world with swift invasion
The New Republic notes the rapid founding of a Republic of Lower California by forty five officers who seized two governors, raised their flag, formed a government and adopted laws in about ninety minutes. The piece condemns filibuster expeditions as a breach of treaty obligations, urges strong government action, and calls for accountability to uphold national honor and faith. It ends by warning of a great day for apple thieves.
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New Mexico
Pacific
Texas
California
Utah
Oregon
Washington
Indian Service
Manypenny
Congress
Indian Department
Republic
Lower
Russia
Turkey
Republic of
Lower California
Law of Nations
State Journal
Vegetable production boasts extraordinary hair strength and fragrance
An innocent vegetable product acclaimed for strengthening hair, preventing hair loss and graying, and giving a lasting gloss and perfume. Sold wholesale and retail at Variety Hall by HAZEFTINE & CO.
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Variety Hall
Hazeftine & CO
Hot Corn Tracts No 1 2 3 Church temperance pamphlets
A publisher offers a package of tracts titled Hot Corn Tracts Nos 1 2 3 The Temperance Meeting The Pledge No 2 One Bottle too much No 3 The Licensed Rumseller The note invites customers to call soon to receive the tracts gratuitously and is signed Hazeltine & Co with a date dec 19.
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Hazeltine & CO
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Buffalo Republic
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Mississippi River
Wisconsin
North Carolina
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Liselle
Ilinois Central Railroad
Albert Story
Story
Dunn
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Warren Market
L. F. Watson
Witte Bishs
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Ashville
Chautanque County
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Jamestown
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Purgermacher
Branch
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