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A YOUNG FIEND It is generally believed in Boston now that the Governor and Council will eventually commute the sentence of Jesse Pomeroy to imprisonment…
WORLD NEWS –The Manager of the White Star Line offered $50 each for the recovery of the bodies of the cabin passengers, and $20 each…
Phrenology.—Messrs. Fowler and Wells, 889 Broadway, have just issud (sic) a new and improved Phrenological Bust, showing the latest classification and exact location of the…
Gov. Austin has tendered Hon. Ignatius Donnelly the appointment of representative from Minnesota to the Atlanta Convention. The purpose of the Convention is to consider…
In a previous post I came across the first printed report of the capture and death of John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln…
(This is the most important issue I have seen in my exploration of local newspapers of the 19th century so far.) KILLING OF BOOTH.THRILLING ACCOUNT…
During the decade include between 1860 and 1870, the wealth of the United States has increased from $16,159,616,068 to $30,068,488,507. The wealth of Minnesota during…
UNDER THE SNOW.BY WILLIAM C. RICHARDS Beautiful violets, under the snow—Why are ye sleeping so long and so low! Fleecy and white has your coverlet…
Editor’s note: It is a well known fact that slavery was supported by the Democratic Party, and was opposed by the Republicans. The Party of…