Comprehensive Political Wisters of the United States during the Rebellion
A detailed volume extending the rebellion period through November 6 18 to July 1. Edward McMherson, Clark of the House, is poised as a standard authority on Executive Judicial Legislative Military papers. Includes laws, votes on draft, confiscation, habeas corpus, and a full Congress record with Union and Rebel administrations, proclamations, and pivotal events. 443 pp Law Sheep. Price St. fH]. Bas De be hauler the Boy & Drug Store of A, BD, DULLER, Supt. 20.
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Congress
yale
Minanciprtion
Gee Savery Quedhon
Peany
Seth
Price
Bas De
Duplex Elliptic Spring Skirts Claim Practical Comfort
An 1864 advertisement proclaims J G C Whs of New York as owners and exclusive manufacturers of J W Bradley patent Duplex Elliptic Spring Skirts. It touts two tightly braided steel springs for greater elasticity reducing crowding in public spaces, claiming durability, elegance, and ease of use with various dress types and sizes. The ad also promotes a broad stock of spring goods and clothing items from L Schick, inviting customers to inspect affordable options.
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J. GJ. C. WHS
Chanders street
New York
J. W. Bradley
SS Enquire
Morning at the Old Clock Tolls a Grim Wakeup
A fragmented verse recalls a household ritual as dawn breaks and an old clock chimes. A warning voice urges rise and health, while memories of friends and lost days echo in the room. The passage evokes routine toil and the pull of duty against fatigue and aging.
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kent
Hugh
Bliss and Home Life From The People's Journal of Wealth
The essay promotes a calm loving home built on tenderness, kind looks, gentle words, and mutual support. It urges shared burdens, confidence, and charity as the path to lasting happiness and a virtuous household.
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People's Journal of
Wealth
howe
eny sea
The Arab's Proof of God on Desert Sands
A French scholar crossing the Sahara with an Arab guide asks how to prove God's existence. The guide kneels to pray as the sun sets, and through a moment of firelight and a desert footprint, he asserts that only a divine footstep could leave such a mark. The exchange ends with the guide declaring the sunlit print confirms God.
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Sahara
sulemale
The Way to be Happy and Proper Living
A fragment from a Victorian style column discusses how happiness comes from inner virtue and family duties rather than fashion. It critiques superficial fashionable living and urges focusing on Christian duty, teaching children by example, and balancing personal joy with responsibility at home. The piece includes satirical quips about fashion and a humorous anecdote about corn husks and paper making.
Timely Reproof in a Naval Idle Tale
A long, informal reminiscence recounts a British tavern scene where an American naval officer endures efforts to bully him for his country’s navy. The officer remains calm, replies with wit, and earns a respectful rapprochement after a sharp retort about brains to blow out. The anecdote frames restraint and dignity amid provocation.
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Noglish
United States navy
Engtobman
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Yank
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Lincoln Era Recall From Washington Correspondent
The Springfield Publican reprints notes on Mr Lincoln and the Civil War era. A Washington observer quotes Stephens and Lincoln stories, reflecting on Reconstruction, unity, and the four years since the war began. The piece notes Lincoln’s re election and urges readers to ponder the era’s significance.
Then and Now in Fort Sauter and Nearby Tales
Four years ago Fort Sauter yielded to South Cura ling insurgents while Gov Pickens praised steadfast defense at Charleston promising no flag would fall from that fortress. The Philadelphia papers note cases of somnambulism and an elderly well discovery near Wellowyra in Somerset. A Mason Democrat editor was found guilty of treasonous publication and sentenced to six months hard labor. A Richmond boarding house offers lodging at 8 35 per day with meals included, adverting in the Examiner.
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Israel Lamborn
West Chester county
jase fall
Lamborn
Momor
Newark
Jumes City
New Jersey
Wellowyra
Somerset covely
Somerset
Sewtenen
ay Birron
Daniel Viannovav
Mason
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Qimeinuati
General ooker
Fort Delaware
Spotawood
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Richmond
Death from Hydrophobia in a Pennsylvania Volunteer
A 21 year old printer enlistee, Ueny G Thomipson, contracted hydrophobia after a dog bite seven weeks earlier. He fell ill in Harrisburg while heading to join the Toth Pennsylvania Volunteers, endured hours of agony with foaming saliva and convulsions, and died shortly after noon at Tod Barracks. The report notes limited medical response and vivid symptoms, with additional items on state politics and tax stamp notes tucked into the column.
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Ohio State Journal
Ueny G. Thomipson
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Toth Pennsylvania Volunteers
Pod Barracks
Flaving
abuve
leeling
Pittsburg
Tod Banacks
Warner
dasth
Oil Fever In West Virginia Spurs Land Rush And Oil Deals
The Oil Fever spreads through West Virginia as land titles change hands rapidly in Kanawha and nearby counties. Brokers report many small purchases by New York and Philadelphia investors, with plans to lease and develop oil lands near Burwell Springs and other sites. Several companies and notable figures, including George Hoffman, are tied to the surge, while rails and engines prepare to flood fields with extraction equipment.
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West Virginia
Etig
Wheeling Register
gulp
Ma. Finch
Sayers & Morgan u 2d
Nettle run
A. Thayer
Baltimore
Tun Mewi
Philadelphia
New York
lave
faily
George Hoffman
N. York
Wirt
Wood
Kanawha
epring
Ohio
Karen
Wheeling Intelligencer
John Bell
Belston
Marshall county
Boston
Grantsville
Felbysport
Cumberland Alleganian
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John Poor
Moreton
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John Quincy Adams
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Supreme Court
South Carolina
North America
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Freedom
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France
United States
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Secretary of War
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Grant
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Marek Lith
Annapolis
Adjutant General
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