General Banking Law favored by public opinion in Pennsylvania
The piece argues for a General Banking Law in Pennsylvania to allow more people to use capital in banking with safeguards. It notes near passage by the Legislature, mentions Philadelphia firms seeking a New York style system with gold on demand, ample collateral, and individual stockholder liability, and condemns opposition as old banks resist reform. It also reports the New York Metropolitan Police Act ruling as constitutional and calls for Mayor Wood's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
New York
United States
Ricut
Rowpyisu
Metropolitan Police Act
New York City
Court of Appeals
Free State Republicans Crush Ruffian Rule in Kansas
The piece argues government violence and border ruffianism in Kansas are ending due to the Free State Republican party. It praises Republican strength, warns Democrats could block a Free State, and cites Wilmot’s election and Burns-like shifts as proof of principled action against slavery. It also attacks pro slavery papers and Northern allies of the Slave Power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ledger
Democratic Party
The
Geary
Stanton
Walker
Free State
Republican Party
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Buchanan Party
Congress
Wilmot
Warren County
Washington Union
Taney
Dred Scott
Franklin Pierce
Thousand Kisses in One Mystery
A fragmentary lyric style note references a bus kiss motif and a recurring kiss theme. The line evokes a playful image of a bus and a room full of girls with a character labeled Buster as a “general kisser.” The text hints at a cultural or musical lyric fragment rather than a full narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thunder
Buster
Sale of the Main Line Auction in Philadelphia
A crowded sale at the Merchants Exchange on a Thursday evening showcased Governor Pollock and officials as the Main Line of Public Works was auctioned to raise seven million five hundred thousand dollars. The sale, led by John B. Myers with J. Edgar Thompson of the Pennsylvania Railroad, drew cheers for the railroad and the governor as officials hailed the “escape of the State from swindlers.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Merchants Exchange
Exchange
John B. Myers
Pollock
Franklin
David Wilmot
Myers
Dock Strt
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Philadelphia and Columbia
Allegheny Portage
Pennsylvania Canal
Columbia
Juniata
Allegheny Portage Railroad
Duncan’s Island
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
J. Edgar Thompson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thompson
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Third Street
Treasury rules for school warrants and school inspections
The State Treasurer will pay school warrants presented, but not those uncashed due to County Treasurer arrears. A treasury rule, and an act of assembly, govern this. School visits by the Secretary are recommended and not abandoned unless trials prove unsuited. The measures are voluntary for directors and have been satisfactory where the Secretary could perform duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Wilmot Gains Philadelphia Support in 19th Century Race
The report notes Jupox Wilmot visiting Philadelphia where he wins favorable opinion from Republicans and supporters believe he can carry the city. Editor Riddle cites strong Philadelphia backing for Wilmot, while Hazlehurst appears limited to about four thousand votes there. Ex Governor Marcy dies at Ballston Springs, aged 71, after a heart ailment.
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Jupox Wilmot
Philadelphia
Riddle
Pittsburg
Wilmot
Mr. Fillmore
Hazlehurst
Marcy
Ballston Springs
N.Y
Aldrich Joins Hamilton Freeman As Editor In Webster City
Charles Aldrich formerly of the Olean Journal appears in the Hamilton Freeman Webster City Iowa. The piece praises his abilities and urges local readers to support him as he begins duties as editor of the paper.
Erie Reader Reveals Details Of Conductor Tips At Rail House
The Erie dining house keeper asks how much the conductor is paid when crying all aboard before meals end. The Pennsylvanian reports that the June Democratic Convention passed a resolution opposing Public Works sales, and the Democratic ticket could suffer in October.
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Erie
Pennsylvanian
The
Democracy
Girl writes fiance amid pressure from suitor and law fears
A weary young woman tells her intended Jim she cannot resist Edward Kelderman who presses for marriage with repeated embraces. In a separate note, a clever plan to draft all lawyers into military service is proposed to curb high legal fees in wartime.
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Jim
Edward Kelderman
Ashland lumber sold to Rand for cane and box manufacture
The Louisville Journal notes all old lumber from Henry Clay's Ashland has been sold to Wm. S. Rand of Maysville Kentucky a Democrat for crafting canes boxes and related items. La Peaches expected in southern Illinois. a Jonesboro area man multiplies his 7000 tree orchard hoping for a bushel per tree.
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Louisville Journal
Henry Clay
Ashland
Wm. S. Rand
Maysville
Illinois
Jonesboro
Extraordinary Sxootixra Air Gun Demonstration
The Adrian Watch Tower reports Dr Colton assistant to Dr Boynton possesses an air gun of exceptional power and neat manufacture. In a demonstration at the Zower office he fired ten shots at a five inch white string at eighteen feet, hitting five times with the rest narrowly missing. The cane shaped gun carries balls at 120 pounds and the top is held against the nose during firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Watch Tower
Colton
Boynton
Zower
Railroads in Solomon era debated by scholars
The passage muses on ancient infrastructure and cites historic claims about the Queen of Sheba. It notes a modern disaster, the Montreal fire, with 130 bodies recovered by Monday morning. It also mentions a slave auction in St. Louis with a $5000 bid refused and blends unrelated quips about wit and a dog’s tail under a car wheel.
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Montreal
St. Louis
The Fourth In New York Riot Ends After Bloody Day
Rioters known as the Roach Guards clash with the Atlantic Guards in Mulberry street and Bayard street zones. Six killed and seventy to eighty wounded as police and citizens restore order. a special officer Jenkins mortally wounded and several others gravely injured. Three regiments are called to quell the disturbance.
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Sixth Ward
Mulberry Street
Kown
Bowery Theatre
Bowery
Atlantic Guards
Bayard
Mulberry
Jenkins
N. Y. Times
State Superintendent Outlines School Nonpartisanship Policy
The superintendent reiterates that party politics must not influence the public school system at any level. Officials should perform duties solely for the benefit of common schools and popular education. The note continues with the county tax transfer to the state treasury and related duties.
New Utah Governor Col. Cumming Noted for Civil War Charity
The New Governor Col. Cumming, reportedly from Georgia and longtime Augusta resident, is praised for risking life at the yellow fever ravaged city while visiting the dying, comforting the dead, and aiding the afflicted. He will move to Utah Territory with his family to begin a permanent residence and advance his reform aims.
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Col. Cumming
Georgia
Augusta
Utah
Washington
Friends of
Human Liberty
Human Virtue
Powers That Be
V. Y. Tribune
Tragic Well Collapse Claims York County Groom
In Dallastown York County Pa Mr Casper Hibler fell into a well while drawing water and was trapped for hours Despite neighbors almost reaching him fresh earth and stones kept falling He asked to speak to his wife a last farewell and died around 4 am after being found bruised with a severed hand The couple wed only on April 14 last continuing their sorrowful tale.
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Casper Hibler
Dallastown
York Co. Pa
Neghbors
Worup
Miles Darden
Henderson County
Lexington
Tenn
Masonic Fraternity
Porter
Kentucky
Darden
West Tennesee Whig
California and Oregon News From The George Law Arrival
The steamship Geo Law from Aspinwall arrives with California mails of May 20 and $1 900 000 in specie. California papers confirm Crabbe and party execution. Indictments against Bates the State Treasurer proceed. Oregon reports nothing major. Isthmus affairs quiet. New Granadian government rejects US demand. Paris revolution suppressed and insurgents fleet surrenders. George Law carried nearly 2.5 million dollars from Sonora.
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New York
Geo. Law
Aspinwall
California
Calfornia
Crabbe
Bates
Oregon
United States
Nicaraugua
Paris
George Law
Sonora
Wilmot for Governor Esteemed by Readers of Berks
The Berks County Press extols David Wilmot as a Jeffersonian candidate whose integrity and career from laborer to judge mark him as the laborers’ friend. It condemns centralization and praises his anti aristocratic stance and constitutional fidelity. The piece lauds his life story and character.
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David Wilmot
Thomas Jefferson
Erie Canal
Congress
Bradford
Berks Co
Lynching atrocity and wealth critique in 1857 pieces
A coroner style report recounts Hogan punished by tar and feathers after his abuse of a two year old girl, with a mob vowing harsher punishment if he returned after dark. The piece also cites the New York Mirror on William Astor’s daily income and contrasts wealth with contentment and health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horneis
Lynch
Hogan
Cor
N.Y. Tribune
New York Mirror
Wm. B. Astor
Astor
New York
Reunion Of Ten Years For Worcester Schoolgirls
Ten years after a pledge by ten young Worcester schoolgirls and their teacher Miss Sterns they gathered at Lincoln House for a supper. All are alive. only two have married. The meeting at the Lincoln House fulfilled the vow first made at Bangs Block.
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Bang
Worcester Bay State
Warying Habit Compared to Self-Destructive Deaths
A fragment notes a behavior described as constant worry over things or nothing, linked to self harm or death by own action. The text hints at a cautionary view of anxiety leading to fatal self-inflicted outcomes.
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Warren Mail
William M Millward
James Veech
Ayette County
Joseph J. Lewis
Chester County
Hiram Denio
Utica
Alex. S. Johnson
Albany
Emocrat
Samuel &. Selden
Rochester
Alonzo C. Paige
Schenectady
Wm. H. Shankland
Syracuse
Levi F. Bowen
Lockport
Geo. F. Comstock
John W. Brown
Newburg
Wood
Partizans
Legislature
Law and Order
Tig
Sheba
Woodward
Ellis B. Schnabel
Gen. Packer
Schnabel
Forney
Mr. Benton
Maine
U. S. Bank
Rothschilds
Europe
Clay
Webster
Adams
Calhoun
Houston
Crocket
Cass, &c
Buffalo Express
Gar
En Bell
Hunter & Waters
Warren, Jly
W. H. Comes
Rocco
ORR & Henry
David Columbus
Warren
Warren Cash
C. W. H. Verback
Lanchard
Willard
Sampson
Cummington
Quinnebaug
BEREA
co _ SE
Ox New -Ne New Two Horse Orr & Henry
Enne Machines
Massachusetts
Antillas
A. E. Hall & CO
Jamestown
W. Weaver
Verpack
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