Advertising as a tool for town growth and business
The article urges merchants and craftspeople to advertise in the village paper, arguing advertising educates outsiders about local commerce and strengthens the town’s enterprise. It recounts a stray cow ad that yielded $30 to $40, showing ads’ practical value, and calls for expanding local advertising to attract strangers drawn by the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havng
Stephen Girard
Sheffield
Clarion County
White Oak
Warren
Canada
Oregon
California
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
N. York
What Land is Worth in Ancient and Modern Agriculture
Columella extols three essentials for a husbandman knowledge of land, ability to work it, and willingness to do so. The column urges farmers to study agricultural hints from newspapers, irrigation of meadows, and top dressings to boost yields. It notes New York hay yields, carrot potential on rich soil, and compares farm profitability to English land values while urging practical feeding of the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columella
Gould
Goulds
New York
Buel
England
Maine
Prometheus
Dreadful riot and racing updates from Baltimore and Buffalo
An account notes a dreadful riot in Baltimore during the election on the 3rd with city rowdies firing shots. It questions Black Republicans' involvement. Flora Temple and Ike Cook raced in Buffalo last Thursday with Flora winning in three heats, time around 2:23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Flora Temple
Ike Cook
Buffalo
Flora
Grand Vocal and Instrumental Concert in Johnson's Hall
Prof W C Webster and E L Baker present a grand vocal and instrumental entertainment in Johnson's Hall on Saturday evening November 5 1859 at 7 o clock They are joined by Miss Sarah A H Webster and the Juvenile Quartette from Buffalo with a piano from D J Cook Fredonia Audiences urged to give them a large hearing amid reviews of Harper Ferry discussions and local militia updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Webster
E. L. Baker
Johnson’s Hall
Sarah A. H. Webster
Julia
Masters Webster
Buffalo
D. J. Cook
Fredonia
Early American leaders on slavery and a Beecher lecture
A collection of quotations shows Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe and others opposing slavery in principle, while Beecher’s lecture in Troy features Theodore Tilton and humorous anecdotes about the Beecher family. A local column mocks season requests and reports on Horace Mann statue votes, publishing history, and a horse race outcome from England.
Harper's Ferry Insurrection described as farce in Pitts Gazette
The Pitts Gazette argues the Harper's Ferry event was a foolish riot not an insurrection. It notes no local slaves joined, calls Brown monomaniacal, and likens the plan to a doomed royal jewel heist. Commentary questions government mustering and labels the incident as chaotic and unreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Brown
Missouri
Harper's Ferry
Col. Blood
Tower of London
Brown
Ossawatomie Brown
Kansas
Burning Well Fire in Bureau County Illinois Captivates Locals
A burning well near Boyd's Grove in Bureau County attracted a large crowd after a dry well was drilled to depth of about seventy feet and struck a rapid inflow of gas. A flash caused injuries to a girl and two workers, with flames driving through the house and a wing before extinguishment. Residents feared apocalyptic signs as the blaze burned for days, then was eventually smothered. The Ledger notes similar inflammable finds in the region and includes a Norwich biographical sketch of Aaron Dwight Stevens and political remarks by Senator Hale regarding Harper’s Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell Register
Bureau County
Ill
David Yaple
Erie County
Pennsylvana
Pekin
Boyd’s Grove
Yaple
Maskingum River
Ohio
Llingis
Fortit
Aaron Stevens
Norwich Courier
Stevens
Brown
Aaron Dwight Stevens
Lisbon
Norwich Town
Dwight
Boston
Mexico
Kansas
Whipple
Topeka
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Hue
The
Ledger
Conewango
Harper Ferry
Democracy
N. Y
Republican Party
Free States
South
R. Brown
Crawford
Erie
Venango
Packer
Bigler
U. S. Senate
House
Pennsylvania
William Bigler
Mason
Virginia
Auditor
Thomas E. Cochran Richardson L. Wright
Cochran
Surveyor General
William H. Kevm
John Rowe
Keim
International Bank
Colonial Bank of Toronto
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Patrick Henry
George Mason
John Randolph
Thomas J. Randolph
Mr. Clay
Renebec Journal
H. W. Beecher
Theodore Tilton
the Independent
Tilton
Litchfield
Connecticut
Beecher
Montague Hights
Brooklyn
Mr. B
Cole
Wellsville Free Press
Vian
John Rogers
Tioga Agitator
Warren Mail
Horace Mann
Senate
State House
Atlantic Monthly
Tickper & Field
Ocean Queen
Mr. Ten Broeck
Starke
Prioress
New Market
Sir W. Booth
Artles
Pitts
Harper’s Ferry
Rch
Dispatch
N. Y. Trimene
Mare’s Nest
Horace “Greeley
Olu Brown
Harpers Ferry
W. Y. Tribune
Broderick
Sunbury and Erie Railroad
Louisville
Cutcaco
Hale
Press & Tribune
Herald
John Brown
Maryland
Geo. Wilkes
Police Gazette
Porters
Spirit of the Times
Garibaldi
Legations
F Dupont
Hostetter
Lettif
John
Maria Sill
R. Cowan
D. Bennett
Wm. Thompson, Jr
WM. Thompson
Pine Grove
Stranahan & Randall
D. W. Stranahan
Randall & Mead
D. V.stranahan
F. A. Randall
Express
Philadelphia
A. F. Davis & CO
S. Warren
Hartford
A. F Davis & CO
NNA
A. F. Davis & Co's
Patr Play
L. A. Crandall
Hass
Asccerizss
L. D. Crandall
Crandall’s
Boots & Shoes
HOOPS
Benson’s
Orphan’s Court
County of
Borough of
Farmington
Warren County
A. H. Ludlow
Samuel P. M. West
Benjamin Raynor
WM. Raynor
Benj. Raynor
Four Mile Run
Pittsburg
Port Perry
Low
W. J. Moin & CO
North Western Bank
Rufus P. King
Maria E. Merrill
Market and
Third Streets
A. Brock
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