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1843 - H July 12:2/1 - It was reported at Detroit on Thursday (July 10) that the combination had raised the steamboat fare from Buffalo to De- troit to seven dollars. At seven dollars it would be proportionately less than the fare from Buffalo to Cleveland. (verbatim) (1)
1844 - H July 14; ed: 3/1 -. The Buffalo COMMERCIAL of July 12 says that if the new propeller PHOENIX does not make as good time and give as gen- eral satisfaction to her passengers as any similar craft now out, then this system may be said to be entirely exploded, for she appears to combine all that Erricson, Loper, or any of the early advocates ever designed.
"The PHOENIX made the passage up from Buffalo against a head wind the whole distance in 20 hours and 15 minutes. Her speed is fully equal to the average of the steam-boats, and 'her motions' will 'bear to be closely watched. ' (3)
1845 - H July 17:3/1 - A large party of Cleveland ladies and gentlemen leave for the west this morning on the queenly EMPIRE. They propose to
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Abstracts 1846 - 1851
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visit Chicago, and on the return of the boat will stop at Mackinac and visit the Sault Ste. Marie.
No more agreeable excursion can be enjoyed on fresh water during the warm season, and the trip is one to be envied. (verbatim) (2)
1846 - H July 24:3/1 - Propellers OREGON and PHOENIX - The side-wheel steamers will have to put up their speed to get out of the way of these crack Cleveland propellers. The OREGON came up today ahead of the WAYNE, although she left two hours later we are told; and last evening the whistle of the PHOENIX announced that she had made the trip round to Chicago from this port in ten days. It takes our shipwrights and engine builders to give "wooden walls" the "broom." (verbatim) (2)
1847 - H July 31; ed:3/1 - Steamer OREGON . This new and splendid steamer was in port yesterday on her first trip to the upper lakes. She belongs to the large class of boats, has a very spacious and beautiful main cabin, is commodiously arranged, well fitted up and furnished, and combines great strength with speed. Captain Randall, the first officer of the OREGON, is generally and favorably known to lake travelers. (verbatim)
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1848 - H Aug. 2; ed:2/1 - There are soon to be seven schooners in ser- vice in the Lake Superior trade, following the proposed addition of the MERCHANT to the fleet.
"Quite a fleet, where but a short time ago the sails of a single craft were spread to the breeze. The copper speculations may make and lose fortunes for many, but Lake Commerce will be greatly benefited by the excitement." (3)
1849 - H Aug. 2; ed:3/1 . Captain 1. T. Pheatt is afloat again on his favorite boat, the INDIANA. She went out this morning under her old com- mander, Messrs. A. R. Cobb and Company having bought out Captain Roby's interest.
The INDIANA is not only a favorite with the public, but is a lucky craft in the selection of officers, for two better than Roby and Pheatt cannot be found on fresh or salt water. (verbatim) (1)
1850 - H Aug. 4; ed:2/1 - The steamship CAMBRIA arrived at Boston, July 30, with 95 passengers aboard. She made the trip from Liverpool in 11 days, five and a half hours.
"This is some 20 hours quicker than ever before performed by the Cun- ard Line." (2)
1851 - H Aug. 13:3/1 - The engine of the propeller PHOENIX is not very seriously damaged, and the fine craft may be expected down in a day or two. (verbatim) (1)
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SHIPPING & SHIPS (Cont'd) 1852 - H Aug. 16:3/1 . The EMPIRE - This leviathan came in this morning from below swarming like a mammoth patent bee palace. A dock loafer, sitting on one of the stone posts on the pier, looking intently at the living mass of humanity, exclaimed himself . "Well, I reckon that is the fa-vor-ite boat of this tall country." (verbatim) (1)
1853 - H Aug. 16; ed:3/1 - A spirit of rivalry has developed between the upper lake boats, especially the mammoth sized ones, wherein the crews of each vessel pride themselves in their fast voyages and compete for record trips.
"We say then to the officers of our 'floating palaces' stop where you are in this dangerous rivalry, before an awful shipwreck robs you of your well earned popularity and brings dismay and desolation to the hearth stones of hundreds of happy families."
The late sinking of the KENT by the LONDON near the Canadian coast is a result of such unchecked rivalry.
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1854 - H Aug. 18; ed:3/1 - We notice the arrival today of a new brig built at Oswego, called the ALGOMAH, the Indian name of Lake Superior. The ALGOMAIl is a fine looking craft and is commanded by Capt. William Morgan. Cargo, hay. (verbatim) (1)
1855 - HI Aug. 28; ed:3/1 - The hull and part of the machinery of the ERIE have been recovered by a salvaging company, but the safe is not in the wreck of the craft. The wreck has been closely examined by means of a diving bell, and it is thought there will be little of it to gratify curiosity.
"The recovery of the wreck of this ill-fated steamer bids fair to cost more than it will come to."
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1856 - H Aug. 29:3/1 . The steamboat GENERAL WAYNE left here yesterday morning, having six canal boats in tow for Toledo. When near Avon, some 20 miles from here, the wind which had blown freshly for some time, chafed the lines so much as to cut them all adrift. and they subsequently beached. One was insured in an agency in this city, but the others are believed to be without insurance, and will probably be a total loss. No lives lost. (verbatim) (2)
1857 - H Sept. 8; adv: 2/5 - For Chicago - The schooner ROANOKE, Corlett, master, will leave Cleveland on Tuesday evening next, (Sept. 13) for the above port, direct.
For freight or passage apply to R. Winslow and Company. (verbatim) (1)
1858 - HI Sept. 16:3/1 . The brig CUMBERLAND, Captain Seymour, made her last trip from this port to Buffalo and back in three days and 19 hours, discharged her cargo of 8,100 bushels of wheat, 270 barrels flour, and six tons iron and took on board at Buffalo 200 barrels salt and two tons goods. (verbatim)
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SHIPPING & SHIPS (Cont'd)
1859 - H Sept. 16; ed: 3/1 - We are indebted to the swift EMPIRE for the Buffalo COMMERCIAL, how many days we cannot say yet, in advance of the mail.
By the way, the EMPIRE takes west this trip people enough to form a new state half as populous as Texas. (verbatim) (1)
1860 - H Sept. 19; adv:2/4 - For Chicago & Intermediate Ports - The new staunch top-sail schooner COLUMBIA, with good accommodations for passen- gers and freight will leave Cleveland Sept. 20.
For freight or passage apply to B. F. Smith and Company. (verbatim) (1)
1861 - H Sept. 20; ed:3/1 - The extensive purchases of wheat and flour on Lake Erie and the upper Great Lakes for Canadian account have made the St. Laurence forwarders feel they were having a harvest of profits, and they balk at the mere thought of giving up part of the business on that noble stream and its canal improvements to others. Thus they are prepared to charge exorbitant prices to owners of produce, or to put freight prices below their competitors if competition arises.
"We bope the fight will go on, for 'Monopolists' and 'Combinations' when at war with each other render an essential service to the public by doing business up well and cheap, and if they will fall below a remuner- ating rate for their services, the fault lies entirely with themselves."
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1862 - H Oct. 1; adv:2/5 - For Chicago - The schooner ROANOKE, Corlett, master, will leave Cleveland Tuesday evening next, Oct. 7, for the above port direct.
For freight or passage apply to R. Winslow and Company. (verbatim)
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1863 - H Oct. 16:2/3 - In a letter to the editor, "A Subscriber" says: The many accidents on the lakes in which vessels collide in open waters prompts me to mention the practice of English vessels in passing each other. The pass on the starboard or right hand side. All vessels should show lights at sea, preferably two lights on the port bow and one on the starboard bow.
"It is to be hoped that our Legislators will take the above subject into consideration, and enact some laws for the guidance of seamen on the Lakes."
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1864 - H Oct. 23; ed:2/1 - The HIBERNIA arrived at Boston Sunday morning (Oct. 19) with Liverpool dates of the fourth. She made the trip in 15 days and brought out 87 passengers. The general news is of no special interest. (verbatim) (1)
1865 - H Oct. 31; ed:2/2 - The GREAT WESTERN finally arrived safely in New York on Oct. 28 after a passage of 16 days and 16 hours from Liver- pool. Great anxiety had been felt for her. The news she brings is in general thus: "The tone of the British press with regard to America is very conciliating, and much of the animosity with which their former
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Abstracts 1866 - 1873
SHIPPING & SHIPS (Cont'd)
remarks were characterized has abated. The TIMES alludes to our in- creasing influence in Oregon without any ill-natured comment."
H Nov, 3:3/2 - See Weather (3)
1866 - H Nov. 4:3/1 . The schooner CALEDONIA of Kingston, in attempting to make the harbor yesterday afternoon, got below the east pier. She hove out an anchor which dragged, and she finally drifted ashore. The CALEDONIA was in ballast, and will probably be got off without material damage.
The brig FRANCIS MILLS and schooner AURORA BOREALIS are ashore at Huron, and a schooner with a red stern, supposed to be a lower laker, is ashore at Chagrin river. (verbatim)
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1867 . H Nov. 5:3/1 - The CALEDONIA of Kingston has been got off the beach by the inspector of the North Western Insurance co .. Captain Nick- erson, and is safe in the river without injury. (verbatim) (1)
1868 - H Nov. 7; ed:2/1 - The U. S. revenue cutter GEO. M. BIBB, a Pitts- burgh-built iron craft which left New Orleans last summer, is still undergoing repairs at Cincinnati. The vessel's under water screws are being changed to side paddle wheels.
"The half dozen or more Revenue Cutters contracted for by the Tyler Administration are likely to prove rather costly experiments."
H Nov. 21; ed: 3/1 - See Weather (2)
1869 - H Nov. 28:2/1 - A large number of vessels made this port during the blow of yesterday. The schooner WILCOX was driven against the pier so hard as to cause her to sink in the channel. Vessel not materially damaged. Cargo, barley, for Pittsburgh. The schooner NICHOLAS BIDDLE is reported ashore near Long Point, a total wreck. Cargo also barley. (verbatim) (1)
1870 - H Dec. 3:3/1 - We learn that the steamer CLEVELAND arrived at Chicago on Friday, and was to leave on Saturday evening. (verbatim)
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1871 - H Dec. 8:3/1 - The steamer CHESAPEAKE arrived yesterday from Fairport and the propeller PHOENIX from Buffalo. Our harbor continues to remain open.
The Detroit ADVERTISER says that the weather is extremely cold and that there is little prospect for any more navigation. (3)
1872 - H Dec. 10:3/2 - The steamer CLEVELAND arrived safely at Detroit from Chicago. She will probably be laid up at that port for the winter.
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1873 - H Dec. 12; ed:3/1 - Our friend, William Adair, has purchased the propeller CHICAGO of Oswego for the purpose of operating the vessel on
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SHIPPING & SHIPS (Cont'd)
The route between this city and Sault Ste. Marie next season.
"The Lake Superior trade is getting to be immense and we are glad our enterprising citizens are determined to have a hand in the matter."
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1874 - H Dec. 29:3/1 - Our lake shipping will receive a valuable acqui - sition from this quarter the coming season. The proprietors of the steam-boat EMPIRE have contracted with the Cuyahoga Steam Furnace co. for a new engine with a cylinder 45 inches in diameter and a ten-foot stroke. (1)
1875 - H Dec. 30; adv:2/4 - The co-partnership heretofore existing under the name of Babcock and Wood, as agents for the Merchants' Transportation line between Pittsburgh, Pa., and Cleveland, O., is this day dissolved by mutual consent. P. H. Babcock, William Wood. (verbatim)
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See also Accidents & Disasters - Shipping; Canals & Canal Boats; In- surance; Rivers & Harbors; Shipbuilding; Wholesale Trade - Commission Houses
SHIPWRECKS. See Accidents & Disasters - Shipping
SHOES. See Clothing Trade
SIGNS & SIGN PAINTING
1876 - H Oct. 23; adv: 2/5 - Sign and Ornamental Painting. Executed in a hurry (and well done of course) in the Empire Block by H. P. Hopkins.
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SLAVERY
1877 - H Jan. 29; ed:2/1,2 - The fact that Miss Webster, a New England lady of education and responsible standing, was arrested at Lexington, Ky., on a charge of aiding and abetting in slave-stealing, and was tried, convicted, and incarcerated in the penitentiary, has created considerable sensation in the free states. "The evidence in the case has been pub- lished in the Louisville JOURNAL, and will satisfy reasonable persons that the trial of Miss Webster was impartial, and that under the laws of Ken- tucky, the conviction could not be avoided." The jury, after hearing the able argument of counsel, retired, and on Jan. 25 brought in a verdict of guilty, fixing her punishment at two years imprisonment. (25)
1878 - H Feb. 1; ed: 3/2 - In a letter to the Vermont CHRONICLE, a re- spectable citizen of Louisville says: I know the real sentiments of most of our leading men, and I believe next year a decided step will be taken to amend the constitution of Kentucky with a view to the exterpa- tion of slavery. It is ruining us as a people, impoverishing us as a state, and poisoning our public and private morals. This is an indica- tion of the general prevalence of anti-slavery feeling in Kentucky. A law was passed in Kentucky in 1833 prohibiting the importation of slaves into that state upon any terms. "The effect of the law has been to
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Abstracts 1879 - 1882
SLAVERY (Cont'd) diminish the relative number of Slaves, and to bring Kentucky nearer into a condition in which emancipation might be easily effected." (3)
H Feb. 24; ed:2/1 - See Newspapers
1879 - H Mar. 11; ed:3/2 - Two colored boys, ages 11 and 13, were seized in Sandusky a few days since, without any legal process, as runaway slaves. Writs of habeas corpus were served upon those having them in custody. An examination followed and Judge Farewell freed the boys on the ground of want of sufficient proof for legal arrest.
"We hope the day has gone by when men, women or children can be forced under color of law from the free soil of Ohio into hopeless ser- vitude."
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1980 - H July 2:3/2 - The Western Presbyterian and Congregational con- vention at Detroit adopted unanimously, after a discussion, the follow- ing preamble and resolution: Whereas - The convention held at Cleve- land, June 20, 1844, did, with great and most desirable unanimity, record their solemn and decided testimony against the system of American slavery as a great moral, personal, and political evil, threatening the best in- terests of our beloved country; it is resolved that this convention (covering a still wider field than the one referred to) feels called upon deliberately to adopt and reaffirm this decided declaration on this great subject, and to work a practical conformity thereto in all benev- olent associations and operations throughout the universal Christian church. In the prospect of such a blessed consummation, this convention heartily rejoices, and for it and as in duty bound, they will unceasingly pray.
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1831 - H July 3; ed: 3/1 - Governor Hammond of "the independent nation of South Carolina" said in a recent letter to Clarkson of England that "slavery is the cornerstone of our republican edifice" and "I repudiate, as ridiculously absurd, the much lauded but nowhere accredited dogma of Mr. Jefferson, that 'all men are born free and equal. '"
Such is a Democrat's talk. "The 'unterrified Democracy' have fur- nished another champion and defender of Human Slavery, in the person of Gov. Hammond, of the Independent Nation of South Carolina." (2)
1882 . H July 26; ed: 2/1 - The people of Maryland are beginning to talk and write about slavery. The editor of the Baltimore AMERICAN, one of the best papers in the country, has published a pamphlet on "Slavery in Maryland." It seems strange to us that the people of Maryland and other slave states, have been so long blind to their own best interests. They have only to turn to the records of the past, only to look at facts as they now exist, to be fully satisfied of the destroying influence of slavery.
"We would that the citizens of this whole country, and especially of the slave States, would sit down and calmly and dispassionately examine
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Abstracts 1883 - 1887
SLAVERY (Cont'd) this great question, in all its bearings and influences, upon the popu- lation and prosperity of this Republic."
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1883 - H July 29:2/5 - Abby Kelly, G. L. Stebbins, and S. S. Foster will hold a public meeting at Cleveland on Aug. 7 through Aug. 10 inclusive, for the discussion of anti-slavery agitation. The sessions will com- mence on Aug. 7 at two p.m., and at ten a.m. and two p.m. on each of the following days through Aug. 10, (1)
1884 - H Aug. 1; ed:2/1 . Seven years ago this day, 800,000 slaves in the West Indies were emancipated from slavery and given their rightful freedom by the British. Since that time, the slaveholders have found it to their advantage to hire paid instead of slave labor, and the great experiment of giving freedom to a numerous slave population has far ex- ceeded the most sanguine expectations of the philanthropists who planned and excuted it. Especially descriptive of this reborn feeling in the West Indies is the book JAMAICA, ITS PAST AND PRESENT STATE, by James M. Phillippo; the joyous reception tendered emancipation there is wondrous to behold.
"The influence of the example bears with great power on African Slavery wherever it exists, and sooner or later the work of emancipation must be commenced in the Southern States of this Union. Involuntary servitude is at war with the progressive spirit of the age and the world, and what American does not feel the tinge of shame on his cheeks when he reflects that millions of human beings are slaves, slaves for life, in this boasted land of the free." (15)
1885 - H Aug. 2; adv:2/4 - Mr. Dean, of Berkley, Bristol Co., Mass., will lecture on Anti-Slavery, Sabbath next, 3d of August, on the Court House Steps, at 6 o'clock, P.M.
The public are invited to attend. (verbatim) (1)
1886 - H Aug. 8; ed: 3/2 - Abby Kelly and her reformers are in town, and although there was no crowd to witness their first efforts in the Wes- leyan chapel yesterday, the group continues to open its batteries against the constitution, the union, slavery, the Whigs, Locofocos, and the liberty men.
"Abby is a good stump orator, and not unfrequently eloquent - ready to discuss principles, or bandy sarcasm and ridicule with the refractory and the inquisitive .... We advise Third Party men to attend; and if Abby will convince them of their suicidal course, and yet not dupe them into her own, we will acknowledge her a 'clever fellow. '" (4)
1887 - H Aug. 11; ed:2/1 - Miss Abby Kelly and her associates have pre- sented their radical views to Cleveland citizens for three days now. Speaking in the Wesleyan chapel, they have propounded some of the direst attacks on Washington, the constitution, and the churches, and so great has been their elocutionary power that their hearers have tolerated these
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Abstracts 1888 - 1890
SLAVERY (Cont'd)
abuses of our most sacred institutions.
They have preached the disorganization of churches and the dissolu- tion of the union as the only possible means of freeing the slaves in the south. Emancipation, however, shall go on without the application of such radical remedies.
"Perhaps it is our duty to state, that although Abby Kelly and her associates have been allowed to preach something very like treason dur- ing the last three days without molestation, yet we believe that there is no lack of attachment to our Constitution and respect for its found- ers, among our citizens." The resolutions passed by the audience after yesterday's Kelly meeting, disapproving of all such attempts as Abby Kelly's to defame the character of American institutions, is proof enough of that.
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1888 - H Aug. 19; ed: 3/2 - By a provision in the Constitution of Miss- issippi, the introduction of slaves into the state, is prohibited after the present year. This prohibition extends not only to the introduction of slaves as merchandize, but settlers within the state cannot import them for their own use. This state of things induced the legislature at its last session, to authorize the people to vote on a proposition to change this provision. It excites general attention; the New Orleans BULLETIN thinks that the popular sentiment is against any change. (verbatim)
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1889 - HI Aug. 22; ed:2/1 - Louisville and other Kentuck papers, espe- cially at Lexington, are brimming over with excitement at the possibility of mob action following the publishing of a strong anti-slavery editorial in Cassius M. Clay's paper, the TRUE AMERICAN. Slave.holders are en- raged, and Clay, his will made out, has had a cot installed in the TRUE AMERICAN office, where he will keep constant vigil in anticipation of an attempt to tear down the newspaper building. It is even hinted that an attempt will be made on Clay's life.
"The demoniac spirit of Slavery seeks to suppress the fearless dis- cussion of Truth and the advocacy of Freedom, and to murder the champion who has so bravely entered the lists in behalf of enslaved millions. - Let the South beware. Let a mob of Slave-holders kill Cassius M. Clay, and his sacrificial blood will cry from the ground until the whole ac- cursed system of wrong and outrage is swept from the United States." (11)
1890 - H Aug. 23; ed: 3/1 - Reports from Maysville, Ky., state that Cas- sius M. Clay has effected a compromise at Lexington, Ky., with the slave- holders, following their rising against him, and will move his printing press to Cincinnati. O.
"We can hardly credit the report after what had previously passed, and the determined stand taken by Mr. Clay in defence of the liberty of the press in slave-cursed Kentucky."
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Abstracts 1891 - 1893
SLAVERY (Cont'd) 1891 - H Aug. 25; ed:2/1 - For a few days past every lover of his coun- try and liberty has directed his attention toward Cassius Clay and Lex- ington, Ky., and the scenes which have occurred there will agitate the public mind to action more than any other event in this country for a good many years.
Clay has for many years now been heralded throughout the land as the staunch opponent of slavery, and his fame and efforts have spread through his paper, the TRUE AMERICAN, dedicated to the principle of "equal rights for all." Born in a slave state, he has freed his own serfs and carried the fight to the enemy, ever anxious to free Kentucky of the canker curse of slavery.
Now the "high-minded" slaveocracy have banded against him, intent to stop his cries for freedom and to take from him the freedom of speech and the press.
"They may suppress the 'TRUE AMERICAN' - they may cause its noble Editor to go down to an early grave; but the 'respectable mob' cannot check the onward progress of the spirit of liberty. We hope and trust that Cassius M. Clay will live to stand up for long years the able and fearless champion of the natural and inalienable rights of mankind - live, to see his native state free from the disgrace and bondage of slavery - live, to join in the glad hosannas of the people of our whole country of every color shouting, 'Freedom's Come, We Are Free, We Are Free! ' ... If he falls, the name of Cassius M. Clay will be the watch word, the rally- ing cry of the friends of Freedom, throughout the world . and like the Israelite of old, he will slay more men in his death, than in his life.
"The great question of liberty and slavery must be met. It cannot be avoided ....
"Our country must be free . and truth will make it free." (18)
1892 - H1 Aug. 25; ed: 3/1 - At Lexington, Ky., it is said Cassius Clay's TRUE AMERICAN office had been moved against because the whites there feared an arising among the blacks, who have suddenly slowed up their labors and in many cases ceased them altogether. They have also taken to singing refrains about Clay's noble attempt to free them from their shackles. The slave-holders therefore muzzled the TRUE AMERICAN, just as though the slaves cannot read, hear, see, and talk!
"The mob meetings and mob proceedings in suppressing the publication of the TRUE AMERICAN, will prove to be more incendiary than all the issues of that paper."
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