Postage Law Adds Free Warren County Mail
New Postace Law goes into effect July 1. Warren County mails within the county are free. Out of county papers charged per 1000 2000 9000 4000. Subscriptions: 81 50 in advance or 2 00 at year end. Also notes Jenny Lind performance in Smoky City with mixed reviews and a crowd disturbance. Barnum counters second concert, Lind leaves for Baltimore. Also advertisement for a popular book in progress by Brogand & Co. 150 Fulton Street New York.
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Warren
Warren County
Jessy Lixo
Jenny Lind
Allegheny Enterprise
Jenny
Gertude Ruseel
Brogand & Co
Fulton Street
New York
Brognard & Co
Boston
Hartford
Connecticut River
Albany
The
Argus
Buffalo
Firemens’ Benevolent Association
Webster Declines Faneuil Hall Talk After Boston Ban
Daniel Webster writes from Mansarieto April 15 1851 explaining his refusal to speak in Faneuil Hall after the Boston Board of Aldermen denied the venue. He defends his long service to Massachusetts and vows to uphold the Constitution despite opposition from political factions.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
Webster
Whia
Mansarieto
Gaatinmes
Fillmore
Massachusetts
United States
Daniel Webster
Post Mortem on a Spirit Newspaper Plot in Auburn
A harsh critique denounces a prospectus for a ghost run paper in Auburn New York tied to the Rochester Knocker circle. The piece ridicules the plan to publish by unseen spirits for one dollar a year and questions religious blasphemy. It mocks the scheme and urges missionaries to respond.
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Tribune
Express
New York Tribune
Auburn
New York
Rochester
Paradise
Jesus Christ
Circle of
Swift
Flying Island
Rocky Mountains
Auburat
Rumors of a Practical Educational Work and Town Block Progress
The text notes an upcoming affordable educational work with cash sales and broad distribution, published by Brognard & Co. It also describes the Woloben Block, its planned stores offices and hall, and progress amid obstacles, plus various brief notes on military commands, a quip about boots, and German settlement in Wisconsin.
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Woloben
Odd Fellows
Chautauque
Fredonia) Union
Tin Canets Abstemious Society Keeps Borough Faithful
The Tin Canets society remains active in the borough promoting abstinence from swearing drinking and smoking. Dr D V Stranahan leads as first Patron with Adams Cowan as Worthy Archon and a slate of officers including Josiah W Clemons J Andrew Hall and George Chapell. Numerous private members listed and new admittances welcomed as the group aims to set a moral example for youth and older residents alike.
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D. V. Stranahan
Worthy Archon
Adams Cowan
Josiah W. Clemons
J. Andrew Hall
Samuel Brasington
George Chapell
Judson G. Wheeler
Chas. Hawks
Benjamin Scot
George H. Stevens
Wm. McMullen
Edgar R. Wheeler
Gholson C. James
Jackson Hodges
Alonzo L. Morrison
Erasmus Richardson
Hubert McDowell
Charles Derry
Rhinaldo Curtis
Irvine Hodges
John S. Edgar
Lewis Arnett
Ransom Foreman
Lyman Burke
Walter Payne
Benjamin Smith
Henry Tomb
Jasper Williams
Jacob Kittering
John Davidson
Stacy Cogswell
Roswell Barber
Charles Prescott
James Benson
Milton Brasington
William Everett
Cverard Grandin
Horatio Richardson
Nelson Curtis
Albert Hamlin
Change in Firm Control at Goodrich and Wilson
Mr S J Goodrich retires from the firm of Goodrich and Wilson. The Ledger now shows sole control by Mr T T Wilson. A copy and a full purse are left to him.
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Boots
Pennsylvania
Mr. Boots
S. J. Goodrich
Goodrich and Wilson
T. T. Wilson
Presbyterian Sewing and Dime Society forms
The ladies of the Presbyterian Church and Society establish a Sewing and Dime Society. They plan to use the proceeds to fit up the meeting house.
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Ladies of the Presbyterian Church and Society
Spirits questioned on Elk's afterlife and gossip in Warren
In a playful exchange the Elk Co Advocate prints reader questions about the departed Elk spirit and its happiness and influence. The spoof answers place the spirit in a spiritual realm, joke about taverns and politics, and name figures like Franklin, Tom Paine, and Andrew Jackson in a light local debate.
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Warren Mail
Elk Co
Franklin
Mail
Joseph
Independent Press
Warren County
Advocate
Tom Paine
Moses
Drowned Author’s Body Found After Forty Seven Days
A specimen note says the editor was told more works could be bought for money. The author was drowned on the Sound and his body remained missing for forty seven days. His toes and jolly ruddy nose were found later through the hazy water.
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Asoruern
Aberdeen Journal
Sir John Franklin
Prince Albert
Franklin
Prince Regent's Inlet
Boothia
Esquimaux
W. Kennedy
United States
Ladson’s Bay Company
Labrador
Lancaster Sound
Professor Page's Electromagnetic Locomotive Trial
A large crowd gathered for Professor Page's experimental locomotive trial on the railroad. The battery briefly exploded twice but the car moved at about five to six miles per hour and proceeded toward Baltimore, showing potential for future electro magnetic propulsion of vessels and trains.
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Page
Baltimore
Washington Republic
Recording Deeds and Property Titles Highlighted
A Lancaster Intelligencer writer argues deeds must be recorded within six months to preserve validity against later claims and prevent fraud. The piece notes cost savings and protection for purchasers and lenders, cites fire losses, and warns against unrecorded titles enabling deceit. It also reports Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner's election and a series of storm damages across the Northeast, with transit and bridge destruction noted.
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Lancaster Intelligencer
Pennsylvania
Cough Relief By Pinching Nostrils And Upper Lip
A London Medical Gazette correspondent reports that closing nostrils during expiration while keeping them free on inspiration eases a coughing fit. Pressing the finger on the upper lip below the nose may dull premonitory sneezing. The Louisville Journal notes editorials on Clingman and jokes about Swift Rochester and a broomstick poem.
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Pasvant Senezina
London Medical Gazette
Very Srverz
Louisville Journal
Washington Republic
Little Clingman
North Carolina
Dean Swift
Rochester
Meeting floated to invite Fillmore to Boston Fourth of July
Far flung notices from April include a Boston invitation plan for President Fillmore’s visit on July 4. Daniel Webster departs Washington after a despatch arrival. Gen Scott’s salute welcomes him. the steamship Union arrives, beating the New York mail. Fire and political events ripple across New Orleans to Massachusetts with local celebratory displays.
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Boston
President Fillmore
Daniel Webster
United States
Washington
H. Li. Bulwer
C. Saunder
New Orteans
Baynmont
Texas
New Orleans
Brownsville
Concordia
Tampico
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Burke
Kyle
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Childs
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San Antonio
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Wisconsin
Mississippi
Union
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Professor Page
Rorrin Berwens Ratrees
State Geological Hall
Gebard, Jr
Recorreo Ourarkak Iy Cupa
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Vuelta Abajo
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Free Soilers
Sumner
U. S. Senate
State House
H. Wilson
Robt. Rantoul, Jr
Commonwealth
Washington Artillery
Pirtissuren
W. W. Duff
Freeport
Butler Co
James
Wasmngton
Ewbank
Patent Office
Dennison. & Co
Pine Street
Ohio
Chagres
Mosequero
Robt. McLean
Alfred
Puttapeconta
Honesdale
Henwood’s Market
Edward Muray
Edward Strong
Delaware & Hudson Canal Co
Sneder’s
Prtrssurau
Jenny Linl
Wasmnutos
Cubas
Taney
New York Bay
Grand Gulf Mississippi
Presbyterian Church
Gazette Office
Halloway
Cuarcestus
Isabel
Oregon
David Newson
Willoughby Churchill
Sangamon
Sangamon Journal
Ephraim Littlefield
Medical College
Vermont
George Parkman
Warren Air
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