From Jamestown by Railroad A Walk Through the Line
The Warren Mail recalls a 21 mile rail ride from Jamestown to Warren, noting the shift from stagecoaches to rail, the scenery, and towns along the way. It describes busy depots, Butter firkins, and butter trains, plus a look at Jamestown after a destructive fire and the new brick streets rising. It mentions the upcoming Arrual Conference in Warren, local hospitality, and updates on Warren Guards and Col. Kane’s regimental leadership.
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Jamestown
Warren
Jehu
Stager
Garfield Hills
Widow Wannamee
Hoskins Place
Hills
Trayler
Dunkirk
Johu
Columbus
Panama
Ashville
Chautauqua Lake
Jamestown House
A. Brown
Main Street
Lowry Corner
Tew’s Corner
Third Street
Porter
R. Jones
Pacific Wheler
West
Naval Service
Salamanca
New York
Railroads Eye Pennsylvania Central Phila & Erie Lease Plan
Philadelphia reports an agreement between the Pennsylvania Central and the Philadelphia and Erie Railroads to lease the line once completed. The Central will pay 40 percent of earnings and cover running costs, with $500,000 upfront and bonds endorsed for 3.5 million. Directors approve, but stockholder ratification is needed at a Philadelphia meeting on the 27th.
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Baitroop News
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Central
Philadelphia & Erie
Central Company
Europe
Philadelphia Legislators Visit Warren and Elk Woods
Rusticatina-Messre. Ricard Wildey and John Preston of Philadelphia along with Henry Hubn of Schuylkill County William B. Irwin of Cumberland County and St Lawrence of Elk County, all Pennsylvania House members, passed through Warren en route to Elk County for hunting and rustication. Another Philadelphia member, Joseph Moore, arrived later and returned home after a brief stay. J. P. Reig, junior editor of the Conneaut Ohio Reporter, wed Erie native Julia K Brooke on the 12th.
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Rusticatina
Messre
Ricard Wildey
John F. Preston
Philadelphia
Henry Hubn
Schuylkill County
Wm. B. Irwin
Cumberland County
St. Lawrence
Elk County
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Warren
Elk
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
P. S
Joseph Moore, Esq
J. P. Reig
Conneaut
Ohio
Julia K. Brooke
Erie
Reig
Ill reports contradicted by Raftmen Guard letter
Robert Hall of the Raftmen's Guards writes to the Ledger denying ill usage reports in his company. An officer privately warns against believing rumors of starvation or mistreatment, suggesting them used to justify homegoing or to gain reputation.
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Robert Hall
Raftmen’s Guards
Ledger
Meat Market Opens By Allen Co At Da vis & Co Store
Aa Messrs Allen & Co open a meat market under A F Da vis & Co promising to meat the people tenderly in the morning or any time. Those with interest at steak are urged to call. A steam tug at Dunns Eddy nears completion and will cruise between here and Tidioute when water rises.
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Aa Messrs. Allen & Co
A. F. Davis & Co
Dunn’s Eddy
Tidioute
Potter County Journal appoints M W Mc Alarney editor
Our friend Chase has retired from the Potter County Journal and M W Mc Alarney has taken the quill editorial in his place. Success to him.
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Promptep
Chase
Potter County Journal
M. W. McAlarney
Hhis
Northwestern Bank Sues For Small Denomination Bills
At The Northwestern Bank announces new small denomination currency to be issued as convenient change. The bills include ones and twos with detailed engraving to enhance ease of transactions. Organized staff emphasize quick deployment and user friendly use in daily commerce.
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Northwestern Bank
Call for Prompt Action by County Relief Board
The Volunteer Relief Committee urged the County Commissioners and associate Judges to promptly meet and hear relief applications for families of volunteers. Needy families report destitution and lack of information on how to apply, and the board is urged to announce meeting times and locations immediately.
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Board of Relief
Improvements at the M. E. Church Progress
The M E Church grounds see a new front fence and whitewashed walls with painted woodwork. Aisles will get new carpet and rugs while Mite Society gatherings yielded some 870. further contributions are hoped to cover costs. Mr. Lytle drives the active improvements.
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M. E
Mite Society
Lytle
Henry Winter Davis Defeated by Henry May in Baltimore
In the late election Henry Winter Davis lost Congress to Henry May of Baltimore. May is rumored to be allied with traitors despite professing unionism. A Rev. Mr Taylor will preach next Sabbath at usual hours due to absence of the foreign minister. Pic-nic excursion to Cobham Park planned for today. Light rain last Wednesday night. Barclay opens a soda fountain. Burgess offers ice cream for warm evenings.
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Henry Winter Davis
Congress
Henry May
Baltimore
May
Taylor
Cobham Park
Fire Left Langers? Camp Life Tale From Harrisburg
A soldier recounts a comic camp story from Harrisburg. A Dutch beer shop owner complains that troops burst into his lager store, demand lager, and march off after a captain orders them to fall in, leaving the man without payment. He laments the trouble of “left, left” with his lager and money.
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Marcu
Harrisburg
Gernet
Lincoln Forces and Confederate Fall From Fort Sumter War Chatter
A Northern perspective recalls Jeff erson Davis boasting of a 50 000 man sweep on Washington and the North countering with a hundred thousand. Lincoln’s heightening stakes and Confederate doom are described with imagery of captivity and scorn for the rebel leaders. The piece laments Davis’s failed strategy and predicts crushing consequences.
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Jefferson Davis
Washington
Lincoln
Josh
Fort Sumter
Stars and Stripes
Doctor Smythe Urges A Declaration of Independence Doctrine
In a pamphlet Dr Smythe, noted South Carolina scholar, questions the core difficulty and remedy beyond elections and Fugitive Slave Act enforcement. He argues the root lies in the atheistic red republican doctrine of the Declaration of Independence and calls for its trampling to secure peace.
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Smythe
South Carolina
Retreat of Harper's Ferry Reveals Rebel Weakness in War
The evacuation of Harper's Ferry highlights the Confederate collapse as Union forces draw nearer. Reports describe dwindling pickets, desertions, and mounting supply shortages at Manassas and Richmond, with Davis pressed to act or retreat.
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Harper’s Ferry
Scott
Patterson
McClellan
Beauregard
Manassas Gap
Washington Line
Alexandria
Harper's Ferry
Richmond
Culpepper Court House
Davis
Manassa
Washington
Post
Wives of Senator Douglas and their influence
Judge Douglas married twice and chose well in both unions. His first wife, Miss Martin of Rockingham County North Carolina, died January 19 1853, leaving two sons and a daughter. The second wife Adele Cutts of Washington, daughter of James Madison Cutts, offered a touching example of devotion in public life.
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Judge Douglas
Col
Robert Martin
Rockingham County
North Carolina
Senate
Washington
Miss Martin
Douglas
Mississippi
Col. Martin
Senator Wade
Ohio
Adele Cutts
James Madison Cutts
General Scott Protests Ravenous Reporters Circling Army
General Scott criticized the press for following army divisions and spoiling plans. He claimed he could have captured Harper's Ferry and its munitions if reporters had not kept rebels informed, stating he would rather have rebels as spies than reporters in his camp.
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Scort
General Scott
Harper’s Ferry
United States
Soft answer story spurs temper control in a boy
A group at a friend's house debates the power of a soft answer. A boy recalls learning this lesson from Tom Tucker, who refused to fight and urged calm, shaping the speaker's view that most quarrels could be settled without force. The tale closes with a note on the moral's global relevance. Western Virginia Convention resumes with oath, agenda for separation from Virginia and state reorganization.
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Alexander
Charley
Tucker
Academy
Tom Tucker
Om Tucker
Trip
Charles Frerett
Tom
Arthur J. Boozeman
Wood County
Richmond
United States
Carlisle
Gen. McClellan
Western
Virginia
Brooks
Phillippi
B. F. Kelly
Dorsey
Monongahela
Congress
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Capital
Youngsville
Spring Creek
Pittsfield
Dalrymple
McMasters
Tweedledum
Tweedledee
Garland
Atlantic & Great Western
Sunbury & Erie
Hill
M. E. Church
Norton
Camp Wright
Col. Kane
Contreras
Churubusco
Molino-del-Ray
Chapultepec
Mexico
Camp Curtin
Vienna
Ohio Volunteers
Ae W. W. Wilbur, Esq
Volunteer Relief Committee
Burgess
Senator Douglas
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