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Valley Spirit: August 3, 1859 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |

Address of the Democratic State Committee
(Column 1)

Summary: Democratic State Committee Address: Naturalization issue, irony (in their opinion) of blacks being allowed to vote in Massachusetts while white immigrants are not.

Trailer: Robert Tyler, Chairman; By Instruction of Committee

McClure's Modesty
(Column 1)

Summary: Local politics: complaining about McClure
(Names in announcement: McClure, Reilly, Brewer)

Toad Island
(Column 2)

Summary: Toad Island, local black slum, has been sold, "into the hands of those who will soon rid our town of this plague spot on its moral character."

Arrived
(Column 3)

Summary: Friendship Fire Company's new suction engine has arrived from Baltimore.

The Sympathy Platform
(Column 1)

Summary: More about McClure. Addressing charges that he is being attacked for his actions as a private citizen. Spirit says no, everything he does is relevant.