Kansas Freedom and Republicanism in 1850s Arkansas Debate
A Warren area publication vocally urges voters in Congressional and Senatorial races to back principles of liberty and anti slavery. It condemns Democrats and supports Kansas freedom, calls for accountability for fraud and violence in Kansas elections, and stresses constitutional change through public judgment in upcoming elections.
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Catilines
Stewarts
Pierce
Douglas
Kansas
Banks
United States
Mercer
Venango
Warren
Clarion
Jefferson
Clearfield
Administration Party
Washington
Warren County Courts Move to July Start Date
The Prothonotary announces that the Jane term of Warren County Courts will begin the first Monday in July instead of June. All recognizances summons writs and related proceedings are continued and set for July, with continuation as needed to dispose of business.
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Jane
Warren County
County Superintendency revival eyed for Chautauqua and Warren
The article reports an upcoming June meeting of the Chant Co Board of Supervisors to elect a School Commissioner under New York's new school law. The post carries $500 yearly pay plus $100 expenses and heirs to duties of abolished town superintendents. It argues the revival strengthens local schools, urges cooperative work with directors and parents, and contrasts progressives with critics. It also recounts anecdotes on local governance and a Go wanda fire disaster with heavy losses and insurance.
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Tur County
New School Law of
New York
Board of Supervisors of
Chant. Co
Chautauque County
Warren County
Death of Dr. Samuel Foote in Jamestown
The Jamestown Journal reports physician Dr. Samuel Foote died suddenly last week at 55. Found seated with book and spectacles, death attributed to rupture of the ascending aorta. No other person present. post mortem confirms cause.
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Foote
Jamestown Journal
Samuel Foote
Sargent
Detained Yankee Nation boats block Conewango reach at Jamestown
One of the Yankee Nation furni ture boats of Mr. Brown with others awaits higher water below the dam at the Conewango mouth. Two more lie above the dam, another stack at town’s upper end, while more wait upriver. Detention harms trade. Warren’s mercantile facilities are highlighted. A rise could free the boats, though delays may persist for shipments to Pittsburg or Cincinnati via Mr. Bell's Factory boats.
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Mr. Brown
Jamestown
Conewango
Warren
Aran Rose advertises lumber raft stored on river
The Franklin citizen notes a small lumber raft advertised by H M Hughes claimed to be stored at both ends and afloat on the Allegheny near Tionesta. Samuel McCray holds it one mile below Tionesta. If unpaid, it will be disposed of under an Arab rule, prompting questions about the ad’s legality.
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Aran Rose
H. M. Hughes
Franklin Citizen
Allegheny
Samuel McCray
Tionesta
Hughes & Co
Arabbing
Warren
Trade note hints at Andrew Hall stockpiles
The letter notes Andrew Hall desires a strong push this week but advises against such action. It states A. E. Hall & Co. holds a large stock of new goods and will attract customers who will naturally visit to see them.
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Watson & Rogers
Flanders
Andrew Hall
A. E. Hall & Co
Humorous American Works and May issues on sale in Philly
BB Major Jones sketches travel volume issued by T B Peterson in Philadelphia priced 50 cents. Ad dress T BG Peterson 102 Chestnut St. Grahans Magazine May issue transferred to Watson & Co with $3 yearly advance. Wan Parer Stranahan Randall offer largest wallpaper stock in market.
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Major Jones
T. B. Peterson
Philadelphia
Chuck
T. BG. Peterson
Chestnut Street
Grahan
Watson & Co
Wan Parer—Stranahan & Randall
Jamestown Democrat Printer Admonished for Flubbed Drive
A blunt jab lands at the Jamestown Democrat as a scribbler is chided over a bungled drive. The missive warns the writer to steady their pen and stop bristling, noting the effort yields no benefit.
Miss M P Alexander's Singing Class Meets Next Wednesday
Miss M P Alexander's first class in singing will gather in the Academy's lower room after the daily exercises next Wednesday afternoon at about 24 o'clock.
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M.P Alexander
Am brotyping Adds Speed to Daguerreian Portraits
Professor Curtis advertises a faster Am brotyping method for portraits inclucing children and young ladies. The notice asks readers to send the children to Miss Lucy Rogers' select school for photography sessions.
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Curtis
Buf
Lucy Rogers
County Convention Delegates Sought for Warren County
The electors of Warren County Townships and boroughs are asked to meet on Saturday the 24th to select two delegates for a county convention at Warren on the 31st. They will appoint two delegates to the Republican State Convention in Philadelphia June 16 and one delegate to the Republican Presidential Convention in Philadelphia June 17, plus other necessary business. A. Tanner, Chairman Republican Co. Com.
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Warren County
Warren
Philadelphia
A. Tanner
Republican Co. Com
Pastor Marvin Leaves Jamestown Congregational Church
The Rev. P. S. Marvin, longtime pastor of the Congregational Church in Jamestown, has dissolved his connection there and has moved to a new field of labor.
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S P. Marvin
Congregational
Jamestown
Washington and Jefferson Unfit for Nomination Warns Post
The W. Y. Post argues that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson would be rejected by any Cincinnati Convention for anti slavery views. It cites Washington opposing slavery in the northwest and Jefferson authoring the prohibition ordinance, stating abolitionist labels would bar them from public office under present politics.
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Pierce
Buchanan
Cincinnati
General Washington
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Esquire
Fairfax County
Virginia
Bingham
Robinson
Colonel Lane
Kansastow
Washington
Missouri
Cincinnati Convention
Tie
Jefferson
Campbell
W. Y. Post
Curious Paris Exposition Mirror Displays Shocking Illusion
At the Paris Exposition a huge concave mirror shows a distorted face at close range, a reversed full figure at two steps back, and a life like image between viewer and glass at five to six feet. The illusion unsettles even seasoned nerves and a legend ties its inventor to Louis XV.
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Louis XV
Valve or A Schoolmaster
Quote from Channing on the primacy of teachers over wealth. It argues that the mind, soul, and character of the child are priceless and that parents should invest in education rather than hoard property. The message urges rarefied support for guardians of youth and warns against wealth-driven neglect of intellectual development.
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Valve
Channing
Gowanda Fire Destroys Town Business District
A Wednesday night blaze in Gowanda Cattaraugus County wiped out sixty buildings the entire business portion of the town. Losses are not yet known. About half the goods in stores and furniture in homes were saved.
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Gowanda N. Y
Lodi
Cattaraugus Creek
Burrano
Gowanda
Cattaraugus County
Sheriff Jones News Reports and Sumner Threats in Kansas
A May 3 dispatch notes Dr. McKee says Sheriff Jones shows favorable symptoms and may recover as Col. Sumner arrives at Lawrence with his command threatening to hotly pursue those who burned a tent. Pro Slavery charges fly as Deputy Sheriff files writs against 100 Lawrence citizens with a standing army to escort prisoners to Lecompton.
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St Louis
Westport
McKee
Jones
Sumner
Lawrence
Gov. Robinson
Col. Sumner
Democrat
Sheriff Jones
Franklin
Messrs
Stringfellow
Whitfield
Committee of Investigation
Witness. Co
Howard
Douglas County
Lecompton
Hobbs Lock Picked By Linus Yale Jr A Wooden Key Used
The Ilion Independent claims Linus Yale Jr of Philadelphia opened the famed Hobbs Day and Newell lock with a wooden key. The method maps key tumbler curves to create the key, enabling entry to Caryman’s Bank Newport and a Jackson jeweller’s safe in Wall Street. The feat, if true, astonishes the world and questions the lock’s fame.
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N. Y
Caryman’s Bank
Newport
Fort Stanwix Bank
Rome
Wall Street
New York
Resolutions Back Northern Stand On Kansas Affairs
In Boston on May 1 the Senate received two reports from the special Kansas affairs committee. The majority supports strong Northern measures and Kansas admission as a free state, denouncing border ruffian interference and the territorial legislature. The minority defends the territorial laws and the administration’s policy.
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Boston
Senate
Kansas
Massachusetts
Lawmaker Coburn Acquitted of Larceny and Conspiracy
Aaron Coburn, a Legisla ture member, was acquitted today on both counts of larceny of state arms and conspiracy to defraud the state. Crane, prison keeper, pleaded guilty to similar charges in the same indictment.
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Jlarnispure
Aaron Coburn
Crane
Richardson Nominated for Statewide Offices at Illinois Democratic Convention
Spiinerreto Illinois May 1 The Democratic State Convention nominated William A Richardson for Governor Rh J Richardson for Lieutenant Governor W H Snyder for Secretary of State John Moore for Treasurer and Samuel K Casey for Auditor in today’s formal ticket.
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Spiinerreto, Ill
Win
A. Richardson
Rh. J. Richardson
W. H. Snyder
John Moore
Samuel K. Casey
Government to act after Panama outrage reports
Washington May 1 government measures are expected after the Panama riot and robbery. The Navy may send the sloop of war St Marys on ordinary cruise and another vessel from the Atlantic coast, with a commissioner likely to be dispatched to verify facts. HB Our townsmen H W Tew and G J Williams escaped harm while traveling to California. Tew reports several were shot and natives used guns and knives with little regard for travelers.
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Washington
Panama
Secretary of the Navy
St. Mary’s
Atlantic
H. W. Tew
G. J. Williams
Ashville
California
Jamestown
Harrisburg’s Rise as Pennsylvania Capital
A chronology notes John Harris laid out Harrisburg in 1784 and donated land for public use in case of government relocation. The state acquired adjoining acreage in 1808 for the Capitol site, Harrisburg incorporated as a borough in 1791, and became state capital in 1812 after records moved from Lancaster. The capital grounds and structures cost about $275,000 with the present Capitol first occupied in 1822.
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John Harris
Harrisburg
Lewisburg
State Arsenal
Commonwealth
Maclay
Public Records
Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Extraordinary Life of Professor Holloway Proclaimed
A sketch extols Professor Holloway as a world famed proprietor of medicines. It highlights European court audiences and noble patronage, massive advertising spend, and a Strand establishment, asserting his philanthropy and global reach despite envy. A brief anecdote about Garrick precedes Holloway notices and a blaze at a New York warehouse followed by local crime news.
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Carreer
Holoway
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Naples
Sardinia
St. Petersburg
Holloway
Strand
London
the Tribune
Alexander
Mammon
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Warren Mail
State of
Raft
Somersetting
Columbus
Mrs. B
Jamestown Democrat
Dan Rice
Kansas News
Garrecx
Garrick
Paris
Preville
Versailles
Uolloway
Oliver Tompson
Little Falls
Professor Holloway
Lapeputa
Messrs. Jessup & More
North Street
Sixth
Commerce Street
Sixth Street
Aarge
L. W. Norton
Augustus N. Lowry
Corissande M. Barrett
Wm. Look
J. H. Dickinson
Pine Grove
Sarah Neat
Ellicott
Tn Warren
Betsey Wetmore
L. D. Wetmore
Presbyterian Church
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