Renegades and Democratic loyalties in Spencer County
The piece attacks renegade Whigs and Americans who join the Democratic Party for office. It praises Spencer County Democrats for sticking to principles and condemns Judge Niblack for siding with the South. It condemns Kansas into the Union under Lecompton and supports Alvin P. Hovey for Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amercan
Republicat
James Buchanan
Union
Men of Honor
Spencer County
Judge Niblack
William I. Niblack
Congress
Kansas
Lecompton
Alvin PB. Hovey
Jia
Presidential Preference for John J. Crittenden in 1860
A West Tennessee Whig excerpt declares support for John J. Crittenden as the Republican party's likely 1860 candidate, praising his conservative patriotism and predicting a strong nationwide backing. It condemns criticis m from Democrats and warns against attempts to undermine his ascent.
Loafers in a Printing Office Lesson
A printer’s composing room is no place for loafers. It likens to a school where interlopers disrupt work and waste valuable time. True gentlemen would avoid entering and hindering the needs of others who labor at the press.
Millet-Hungarian Grass Gains Attention From Iowa Trials
A Prairie Farmer correspondent reports Hungarian Grass millet yielded eight tons of hay per acre at a Prairie County fair in Iowa on hazel brush land. Average prairie yields around five tons, with this annual crop sown in May and harvested as yellowing heads emerge. It is praised for late sowing, easy harvest, high nutrition, and strong palatability for cattle horses and stock, with seeds yielding fifteen to twenty bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Prairie Farmer
Prumps
Antler Co
Whale sighting near Ram Island reported by Bath Tribune
The Bath Maine Tribune notes a whale seen inside Ram Island waters a few days ago. A similar sighting is suspected in the Rensbee Phi area near Pes town, raising curiosity about local maritime activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our
Bath— Maine
Ram Island
Pea Town
Frazer mines fever grips Santa Clara in 1858 letter
From Santa Clara California July 3 1858 a letter describes the Frazer river mining excitement with many citizens heading to the diggings and Indians resisting trespass. It notes San Francisco as Pacific coast hub and discusses mining stagnation, state politics, and the University of the Pacific first graduating class. Breckinridge speech in Kentucky referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frazer Mines
Epitor
Santa Clara County
Frazer River
San Francisco
el Dorado
California
Pacific Coast
University of the Pacific
Atlantic States
Rogues Gallery in New York Emerges as Notable Institution
The Rogues Gallery at the Detectives Rooms of the General Police headquarters on Broome and Elm streets numbers about two hundred forty portraits. The system helps identify burglars and pickpockets by sight, aiding arrests across cities as officers recognize suspects on the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broome and
Elm Streets
Daily Illustrated
Journal of Commerce
Arrés
Boston
Massachusetts
Broadway
Expensive Fulton Bridge Planned by Galena Railroad
Directors at a Galena railroad meeting resolved to begin Fulton bridge construction to link with Clinton and Lyons lines in Iowa once stockholders approve. The Misssissippi span is estimated at $300,000 cost and annual Galena Company rentals may reach $30,000 for upkeep and management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena Railroad
Fulton
Clinton and
Lyons
Iowa
Mississippi River
Galena Company
Severe thunder storm strikes Boston area injuries and death
A severe thunder storm visited Boston and vicinity last Thursday. Several houses were struck by lightning. In Cambridge a lady was killed and another injured. Mr Bonnevile’s house was struck with lightning injuring a young woman. A Cambridgeport harness shop worker named Kenney was burned.
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Tumper Stream
Boston
Cambridge
Bonnevile
Kenney
Cambridgeport
Asien States Militia Grand Aggregate 1857 Figures
The Annual Abstract of Returns of the Militia shows a total of 2,755,726 across the United States Territories and DC for 1857. Infantry number 2,700,000. cavalry 20,000. artillery 12,000. riflemen 34,000. Kentucky alone contains 88,000 militiamen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asien
United States
Congress
Secretary of War
District of Columbia
Kentucky
A Bacnesor's Deventrion of Love
A fragmentary verse note hints at mood and melodrama with sighing crying dying and deception. The lines suggest emotional strain and deceit set in a small dramatic scene characteristic of dated prose poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacnesor
Believing all stories to be false when faced with scandal
A reflective line argues that discipline for the heart lies in mistrusting gossip. It warns that assuming every tale is false can mislead and harm those involved. The quote emphasizes prudence over sensationalism in handling scandal.
Tragedy in Cedar Rapids Ends in Double Death
A Cedar Rapids letter reports Ambrose Skeeles killed his wife with a pocket knife and then fatally wounded himself. Mrs. Skeeles, nee Rulah G. Vinton, was 32. Skeeles 35. Neighbors found the bodies as coroner’s jury records a verdict of murder followed by suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Chicago
Ambrose S. Skeeles
Lockport
New York
English Races Near Goodwood Cup and New York Insights
Torter's New York Spirit of the Times notes Charleson not in ideal form for the Goodwood Cup while Prioress is described as fresh as a three year old. Ten Broeck adds English prospects, including Badsworth and Leiterer, from Lord Londesborough's sale at $2,500, praised for back and loins, large hocks, strong chest and fine action.
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Torter
New York
the Times
Mr. Ten Broek
Charles
Seat of Action
Ten Broeck
Badsworth
Leiterer
Stockwell
Lord Londesborough
Saunterer
Paper hangings as decorative art in 19th century practice
The article explains methods used to create elegant paper hangings beyond color. Techniques include polishing powder for satin gloss, heated-roller imitations of silk, gold size printing with colored flake for cloth appearance, and metallic bronzing with gold size. It describes striped papers made by rotating the sheet under falling liquid color and other bronzed or silvered finishes.
1950 Census Manufacturing Labor and Output Figures
The 1950 census records 719 479 employed males and 225 512 females in the manufacturing and mechanic arts. Aggregate capital reaches 527 million dollars. Raw materials valued at 554 million and the annual product of manufactures equals 1 013 billion dollars.
Collision on the Hudson injures two tow boats
The tow boats Sarah E Brown and E McDonald collided near Pier No 1 on the Hudson River as traffic crowded the water. Both engines reversed but the McDonald cleared the scene while the Brown sank after being torpedoed below the water line. The Minturn and another boat towed the sunken vessel near Hoboken. damage estimated about 1900 dollars. Crew escaped in a ready boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Evening Post
Sarah E. Brown
E. McDonald
McDonald
John C. Minturn
Jersey Long Dock
Hoboken
Minturn
Yellow Fever Report Reaches Charleston
A private letter from Charleston dated July 17 reports the yellow fever has appeared there. Some contradict the notices, but many still believe the outbreak credible. The ship named Yellow Jack has been at quarantine for several days and has only recently shown up in the city.
Worker wages hinge on church attendance in west England
A factory owner with many workers in the west of England promised to pay wages for a fast day as if at work to encourage attendance at church. A deputation then asked to be paid for overtime so they would also attend the Methodist chapel in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Iron pricing through history and steel making advances
Iron remains cheap at about a cent per pound in crude pig iron form while high quality steel commands around twenty five cents per pound. Advances in refining and carbonizing steel, plus new production methods, have drastically reduced costs making steel only modestly more expensive than iron. Continuous innovations continually lower steel making costs.
Passenger Brown Dies After Pennsylvanian Explosion
Mr Brown, a passenger aboard the Pennsylvanian at the time of its explosion, died in the Gibson county Tennessee Poor House on the 14th ultimo. He became ill with typhoid fever while walking home to Kentucky and was transported in an open ox wagon exposed to sun before his death.
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Innuman
Brown
Pennsylvania
Gibson County
Tennessee
Ile
Kentucky
Trenton Journal
Washington Bee
Petersburgh
Washington
Oliver T. Baird
Phil Shady
Patent Electro Magnetic Burglar Alarm Invented
A new burglar alarm called the Patent Electro Magnetic Burglar Alarm uses a bell in the sleeping room and a galvanic battery in the cellar closet. Wires and springs connect to every door and window so any opening rings the bell and continues until reset. It guards against intruders from inside or outside and can be placed on drawers closets offices or outbuildings. The system costs under fifty cents a year and is described as reliable and inexpensive.
Mornings and Afternoons Shape Regretful Habits
A reflective saying notes how people waste mornings by hoping for afternoons and waste afternoons by regretting mornings, urging a shift in daily focus to present actions.
Canal perquisites show July gains and declines
The report notes in the first week of July canal perquisites increase by 1 987 45 and in the second week decrease by 11 866 63 compared with 1857 returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington Bee obituary and mocked Bastard tale
An obituary for Washington Bee raids religious banter as the piece details a satirical, moralizing account of the illegitimate birth of Washington Bee and a mocked sibling named Pike County News. It parodies political figures and local names while describing a fictitious funeral with biting social commentary.
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Telegraph
Washington, Mnd
F. Horrall
Renegades
Naditor
Joan J. Crittenden
West Tennessee
T Ciief
John J. Crittenden
J. J. Crittenden
Mr. Crittenden
Mr. C
Crittenden
Santa Clara, California
Salt Lake City
Placerville Register
A. D. Rightmire
Plaerville
John C. Breckinridge
Nlarrodsburg
Ilustrated
Lowa
Hudson River
Charleston
S. C
Bill Simpre
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