Richmond Manufactures Urged To Enrich City and State
An editorial argues manufacturing fuels wealth and growth for Richmond and Virginia. It cites Tredegar Works employment, the surge in population, and greater tax and agricultural benefits from expanded industry. The piece urges citizens to back broad industrial policies and reject parochialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manninderes
Richmond
Bncome
Union
Anarchandise
Merchiasti
Aradé
Tredegar
Hiei
Southside
Barthen
Virginis
Rielmand
Hole
Virginia
Jong
Young Men to Lead State Reform in Postwar Era
A editorial propose that, amid political chaos, reform must come through the young men of the State. It calls for acceptance of postwar laws, unity with conservative blacks and moderate Republicans, and emphasizes youth as able to bridge divides and implement practical governance. QuivVis.
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Winnsboro’ News
Wierwarde
Columbia Phoniz
Jeavenes
Isd
Tichborne Case Parallels in Georgia Report
The Savannah Republican notes a Georgia parallel to the Tichborne case comparing a 19th century county inheritance dispute in Jones County. A man claimed a dead relative’s estate after years away, with identity contested by locals and experts. The matter led to a lengthy trial, a verdict against the claimant, and a subsequent punishment, invoking strong public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Uint
Rome
Jones County
Bunkley Tad
Jeave
Buckley
Sealer
Haying
Hue Whaent
Fogalwes
Jose Tinkley
Texas
Jesse Bunkley
Loy
Magny
Dese Bunkley
Bunkley
Dunkley
Sears
Tose
Hebers
Awever
James Bupiller
Jesse Iunkley
Sencar
Acman
Tictiharme
Unis
Tim Fur Strueete
Mimsell Maith
Newgite
Savannah
Georgia
The Idea of Respectable Employment The Ruck Up
The piece argues that respectable employment includes any honest work and that a laborer who will take any available job is as respectable as a clerk. It condemns idleness and chronic complaining, praising willingness to work, thrift, and gratitude over dependence on others.
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Boxune
Boston
Tosh Billings
Alzo
New Hampshire
Belre
Tie Tacot
Smith and Dunes
Durevin
Benith
Jones
Tam
Laing
Reform party critique of 1870 election in South Carolina
Lelter from Judee Carpenter of Maxchesten New Hampshire discusses the 1870 South Carolina state election. She argues reform forces faced fraudulent returns, notes vote shifts between Seymour Blair and Grant supporters, and urges unity for constitutional supremacy of civil over military power to oust corrupt rulers. She cites figures: Seymour 45 237, Carpenter 61 537, reform vote 24 264 in certain counties, reform gains 7 784 in Republican counties. She condemns corruption and calls for honest government and reform. Carpenter signs as A friend, at BB, CARPENTER.
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Lelter
Judee Carpenter
Maxchesten
Béditora
Charleston
Kershaw
Reform Executive Committee
Buller
Ki Klux Committee
Ian Seymour
Blair
South Carolina
Seymour
Grant
Scott
Tome
Zeymodr
Majorl
Grank
Colemn
Reform Party
Yara
Monahi
Carpenter
Murder of Mensy Thompson in Abbeville 1869
Detail of the cold blooded murder of Mensy Thompson, a colored elections manager in Abbeville, by G W Black. Black fled, was tracked to Cleveland Tennessee, arrested, and identified. He confessed the murder and asked to notify his mother. Rewards and ministerial actions followed.
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Adpso Szsnen—Jaenrsr
Mensy Thompson
Abbeville
G. W. Black
Anderson
Tlack
D. K. Moore
Cleaveland
Tennessee
Tritt
B. Thompson
Black
Tall Faith
Thompsoil
Hatale
Chere
Moore
Pf Blugk
Culinda Union
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Education for Women Elevates Nation and Family
The text argues for broad female education as essential for national well being. It claims educated women gain moral strength, foresight, and domestic comfort while supporting social progress. It warns against assuming women should rival men in business, favoring home and family roles. It highlights economizing food production as a key area for female reform.
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Worman
Mad Dog Madness and the Iron Bonds of Cure in Clay County
An eerie account from Kannan City Missouri describes a farm near Arnold Station two miles away where men fear hydrophobia. They fashion heavy irons and chains to restrain wives children and themselves in anticipation of the disease as a mad dog’s bite spreads through the region. The scene recounts the grim ritual of confinement and the terror that accompanies the threat of rabies in a rural community.
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Arnold Station
Wien
Campbell
Wallinar
Inve
Ava
Hell
Kannan City
Moe
Tinea
Fragmented Faith and Finances Strain a Town Church
In a long lament, a town laments its church leadership over thirty years. A succession of ministers failed to satisfy, causing pews to thin and finances to waver. The speaker asks for a faithful, plain gospel preacher who can attract members and balance expenses, noting seminaries fail to supply such a figure.
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Stev
Dames
Tie
Theo
Jimmie
I Dixwell
Meng
Stub
Itian Min
Plato
Shakspeare
Milton
Mr. Bigman
Mr. del
Granite
Exlitor
Extitor
Deni
Pritt
Tatiana
N.Y
Misrule in the South and Missouri Virginia parallel
The Detroit Five Prey argues that misgovernment in the South mirrors Missouri under Radical rule. The piece contrasts wartime coercion with postwar peace, praising Democrats and Liberal Republicans as peaceful, while condemning carpetbag governance as oppressive. It invokes Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama as examples of restored order and prosperity.
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Detroit
South
Radical Party
Missouri
Radicala
Wny
Union
Virginia
Commonwealth
South Carolina
Louisiqua
Texas
Arkaasty
Florida
Nevell
Tennessee
Thno
Mividuri
Virgina
Georgia
Alabama
Oddities and morals from a bustling era chaff and charm
A mosaic of comic vignettes and social bits from a late 19th century page. It catalogues parlour gossip and quips about cosmetics paralyzing girls, fashion foibles, and humorous miscommunications. It also notes reflections on Mormon women, celestial thoughts, and a college student rebuking profanity in train-car chatter.
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Ty Peracure
Womatt
Sreolaine
Tie Cognian
Groodyray
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Kelle
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New York Central
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