Depot for our town urged by editor in 1888 telegraph
The editor notes rain and busyness as evidence that a depot is needed for the town on the Ohio and Mississippi line. He urges influential citizens and merchants to press Superintendent Clement to build a depot, even a temporary shed, to protect goods and serve travelers before winter.
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Sarregis
Wagner
E. Cassaday Basily
Bio Dusinesees
Ms Kingdom
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Clement
D&c
Boston
Extra Session Called to Convene This Month
The Legislature is summoned to meet on the 20th for a forty day session. The editorial doubts the wisdom of convening for revenue after the last session failed to enact such a provision. It notes Republican strength has grown and predicts a storm, hinting at behind the scenes maneuvering after the recent election.
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Willard
Rpublicans
Editor offers Telegraph Waslington paper for sale
The editor of a weekly and daily newspaper wishes to retire and offers to sell his interest on reasonable terms. The paper is paying well and offers a fine opportunity in a flourishing city. Interested parties may learn particulars by addressing the editor.
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Shewnip Origa
Telegraph
Waslington
Ind
Resurrecting the Whig Party and the tariff issue
The essay argues against reviving the Whig Party but supports a protective tariff as essential for national self preservation. It predicts tariff as a key issue in 1860, citing factory closures and unemployed American workers as convincing reasons to protect domestic industry and manufacturing. The piece frames tariff policy as vital regardless of party revival.
Eastern ladies stage walking match for prize money
The text notes that after a prize fight between Morrissey and Heenan eastern ladies are engaging in a walking match. The contest features a two foot wide plank thirty feet long with the first to cave winning one hundred dollars. A suggested upcoming event is a ladies prize fight with a provocative comment about attire.
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Morrissey
Heenan
Geely Turning Know Nothing and the Vote Controversy
A historical critique cites Greely’s push for election reform and a constitutional convention to curb illegal voting. The piece argues fraud taints elections, notes examples from 1844 and 1856, and warns that lax laws endanger republican government with calls for vigilant reform.
Editing a Paper Reveals Editor’s Endless Dissent
From the Oppelousas Gazette in January 1830 comes a reflection on the editor’s trials. It notes readers’ varied complaints from poetry quality to paper size, ads, and type, and the impossible task of pleasing every subscriber while speaking freely.
Save It Young Man A Savings Box Lesson
The piece urges a young man to save three cents and small coins in a sturdy box as a savings bank. It warns against spending on drink and idle amusements and promises that disciplined saving will yield money, time, and better habits, leading to prosperity and honor with family guidance at home.
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Narcissus
Curious Typographical Error in Gospel Verse
An article discusses Prof Trench's claim that a 1611 edition misprints which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel instead of which strain out a gnat and swallow a camel. It notes Tyndale and Canmer read strained out and explains Jewish wine pouring customs.
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Trench
Mathew
Tyndale
Canmer
Western hogs labor in fields as settlers claim
A friend reports huge long-nose hogs in parts of the West state that settlers use them to plow. They bury a corn cob on one side and the hog digs the soil to form a furrow toward the cob. Some say a stump is split by the snout, though that claim is not vouched. Great country out West.
Hughes Promises Back-Seat Resignation If Defeated
The report notes Jim Hughes pledged to re sign his seat for the remainder of the term should he lose his bid for Congress. It questions whether Le will resign as a follow up to the pledge.
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Jim Hughes
Congress
My Mary and Crinoline Notes and a New York Massacre
A reflective tale on a grave marker reading My Mary contrasts memory with loss and the enduring epitaph. Then Crinoline fashion reports oversized skirts and a suggested flame resistant treatment amid English seaside displays. A Dixmont anecdote follows about a wine seal gone awry. The New York incident details a family's massacre by a son and subsequent suicides, ending with notes on the Goulding family’s standing.
Lord Jehovah and the Edinburg Lords Tale in 18th Century News
The reminiscence recalls Grant Thorburn's note about Dr. Webster, a Kirk of Scotland preacher who visited the House of Lords in London in 1774 and claimed to belong to the Lord Jehovah. A gatekeeper doubted the claim yet admitted him as a Scottish Lord. The piece also mentions Sabbath schools, a Portland lecture on Spiritualism with a live cat bag joke, and a suicide report of Dr Eccles in Vincennes.
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Laura Todd
New York
Dr. Webster
Kirk of
Jehovah
Jack
Webster
England
Portland
Maine
Horrid Massacre in New York Leaves Family Dead
A brutal shooting on West 30th Street results in the Goulding family murdered and the eldest son taking his own life. A wife and two other children are dying. motive linked to prior robbery of the lumber merchant by his son.
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Young Goulding
Goulding
30Th Street Methodist Church
West
Francis [Goulding
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