The Kansas Invasion Renewed and Kansas News
The piece argues that slavery supporters will not yield and that Free State efforts in Kansas must resist by any means. It notes Walker’s administration, Topeka Charter opposition, and calls for a fair vote, while predicting conflict and possible storms from federal action.
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Kansas
Washington
Walker
Missouri
Topeka
Free State
Kaneas
Friends of Freedom
Georgia
Mississippi
North
New York Police Crackdown Ends Regal Disturbances
The police battle ends with the suppression of Fernandy Wad and his rowdy group. Conover holds the Street Commissioner's office after an earlier ejection, while Devilin, Woods appointee, is jailed. Injunctions warrants and various missiles flood the scene, yet law and order may prevail over rum and roguery.
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New York
Fernandy
Conover
Devilin
Woods
Law and Order
Elmira Hosts Large August Fire and Horse Show Event
Elmira prepares for a major spectacle with a horse show and Fireman tournament on the Blot of August next. Flora Temple and Lancet are named as key attractions. Prizes total $12,000. About 150 fire companies are expected to encamp and display impressive horsemanship.
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Elmira
Flora Temple
Landowners to be paid in stock for road route lands
The landholders along the proposed route have agreed to sell their lands to the company and accept payment in stock. It is believed about forty thousand acres are already secured on these terms, with more acreage likely to follow.
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Merrick
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Kansas
Union
Senators fail to nominate at Mercer conferee meeting
Mercer Venango and Lawrence county senatorial conferees failed to nominate at their last Mercer meeting. Each slate nominated its own candidate, all claiming sole fitness. The piece ends with a satirical plea against pure partisanship. Also notes publication offer on Dred Scott case pamphlet and a marriage report for Anayard Taylor and Marie Hansen.
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Mercer
Venango
Lawrence
Wilmot Nomination Backed by The Clarion Banner
The Clarion Banner, initially opposed to David Wilmot, now endorses his nomination and supports the entire state ticket. The Franklin papers report the death of William Elliott, Venango County Prothonotary and incumbent candidate for re election.
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Warren Mall
David Wilmot
Bradford County
William Millward
Philadelphia
James Veech
Fayette Coun
Joseph J J. Lewis
Clarion
Franklin
Wm. Elliott
Venango County
Edward Everett to Speak at New York State Fair
Edward Everett will deliver the address before the New York State Agricultural Fair to be held in Buffalo next fall. Simon Besom appears as a distant echo, likened to a flutter-wheel on a steamboat, a bit behind to arrive this week.
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Edward Everett
N. Y
Buffalo
Simon Besom
Kansas Free State Voices Against Federal Troop Action
W y. Z rib argues that Kansas should resist federal troop deployment as illegitimate and driven by slaveholding interests. He recalls Lawrence’s siege by border ruffians and accuses Buchanan and Walker of betraying free labor champions, urging adherence to a voluntary, lawful charter amid political pressure.
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Canada
Montpelier
North Hero
Lawrence
Missouri
Kansas
Buchanan
Walker
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
W. VY. Z'rib
Topeka Convention endorses Topeka Constitution in Kansas
The Topeka Convention adjourned in Topeka, Kansas, endorsing the Topeka Constitution and aiming to admit Kansas by Congress. State officers were renominated, census voters estimated twenty to thirty thousand, and the plan to resubmit the constitution in August was set. Gen. Lane to organize support for the Territorial election in October. J Parrot named Representative to Congress. Theodore Houster reported Gov. Walker intoxicated ten miles from Lawrence.
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Torexa
Kansas
Topeka
Congress
Lane
J. Parrot
Theodore Houster
Walker
Lawrence
Kansas affairs and Walker proclamation stir cabinet debate
Wasumatox reports Gov. Walker denounces Free State settlers in Lawrence to curry favor with the Slavery party. Rumors claim Gen. Harney ordered to Kansas with 1,500 troops, while Utah expedition is in doubt. Bradford counts on a Wilmot landslide, with Bradford County described as prosperous and politically pivotal.
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St. Louis
The
Democrat
Walker
Lawrence
Topeka
Saniamiesen
Kansas
Utah
Washington
Harney
Wasumatox
Stanton
Aiken
Orr
Whitefield
Buchanan
Gen
Cass
Kansas update reports Walker siege near Lawrence
Gov. Walker camped outside Lawrence with eight companies of dragoons on the 17th. Citizens refuse negotiation and vow no resistance unless fired upon, when civil war may be declared. Walker seeks warrants for arrest of Lawrence city officers amid tensions.
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Sr. Lovurs
Gov. Walker
Lawrence
The Book In Governor Marcy's Hands At Death
A New York correspondent notes Governor Marcy died peacefully at Ballston with a red Bacon Essays beside him. His habit of reading old authors continued to the end, with Milton Shakespeare Harvey and Bacon among his favorites.
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Marcy
N. Y. Evening Post
Ballston
Milton
Shakespeare
Harvey
South
Barrow
Robert Hall
Machiavel
Senator Seward
Bacon
Knight
Philopher
Freemont and Buchanan lead in a nationwide tally and school stats
The Albany Journal reports Freemont leading Buchanan by nearly two to one across seven and nineteen states with extensive school systems. It notes millions of scholars, libraries, and newspaper circulations, then shifts to railroad litigation between Erie Buffalo and New York and Erie, including an injunction impacting passenger flow and ticket practices. a separate legal action seeks damages over coupon tickets. A Detroit medical report describes a radical upper jaw cancer surgery and patient recovery, followed by an endorsement of Dr Ayer’s advertisements by the Washington Co. Observer.
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Albany Journal
Freemont
Buchanan
Erie and Buffalo Railroad Company
New York and Erie
Central
Erie Railroad
Buffalo
Dunkirk
Erie
Central Road
State Line Road
Detroit Tribune
Beach
Ypsilanti
Old Settlers In Council At Madison Meeting Reminiscences
Col Childs recalls Wisconsin pioneers dating to 1820 noting first American born pioneer arrival May 9 1820 and first child births by Governor Dotys son and Adelaide Irwin. He praises frontier life at Green Bay Lake Superior and La Crosse and laments passing of six pioneers since last year.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Col. Childs
Baird
Governor Doty
Charles
Adelaide Irwin
Strong
Kenosha
Green Bay
Lake Superior
LaCrosse
Ayerr's American Almanac Ready for Gratis Distribution
The American Almanac is prepared for delivery at the drug store supplied by the publisher for free distribution. It contains anecdotes and medical information, with calendars for multiple meridians and translations in English, French, Spanish, and German. The 1900 edition reportedly reached over twenty seven hundred thousand copies last year. Readers are urged to call, obtain a copy, and keep it.
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Ayerr
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