Impeachment Debate and New York Canal Debts Detailed
The article reports on impeachment debate against President Johnson, condemning usurpation of legislative powers. It then shifts to canal finances from the New York Canal-Auditor, listing main canals Erie Oswego and others with mileage, costs, earnings, and unpaid debt totals as of Sept 30, 1866.
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Axpaver JouNsom
United States
Hens Ohid
Reece
Ohioy
Ark Amane
Bly
Farnaworth
Renee
Ren
Williams
Ind
Congress
South
Canal-Auditor
New York
Ca‘nals
Erie
Chadplain
Oswego
Chenango
Geneseo Valley
Chemang
Black River
Cayuga & Seneca
Crook‘ed
Sy AT
Nunal Rovelines
Balanica
General Fund
Accident on Oswego & Rome Railroad injures crew
A freight train collided with a blown-down tree near Pulaski, flipping cars and catching fire. Five crew members were burned or scalded, with several killed. dispatches report naval losses in the West Indies hurricane and Navy ships DeSoto and Mononghela reported lost.
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Oswego & Rome
Richmond
Oswego
United States
Havana
West Indies
Rebuff to Free Press over ingratitude and slander
A citizen rebukes the Free Press for misquoting a rebuttal to its alleged ingratitude toward soldiers and public aid. The letter condemns a slanderous attack, defends military service, and urges fair treatment and public accountability.
Republican fears and Democratic accusations in 1868
A Rochester Democrat World analysis accuses the Democratic party of homicide by ballot and bullets, noting Southern wing murders after the 1860 election. It cites Urbana Gazette on Grant’s nomination and questions threats to Republican leaders, suggesting vigilance on presidential succession and vice presidency amid wartime anxieties.
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Democratic Party
Rochester Democrat
Urbana
Ohio
General Ghant
Harrison
Taylor
Lincoln
Rail line replacement urged for Mt Morris to Cuba canal issue
In a valley discussion the writer urges abandoning the canal between Mt Morris and Cuba for a railroad. The piece argues the canal costs two thirds of its original price to repair and favors selling or leasing, proposing state aid for right of way and repairs to extend a railroad from Mt Morris to Cuba, benefiting the public and ending a burden on the state.
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Epior
Acme
A. Basiings
E.R. R
Bocheater
Geussee
Morris
Mt. Morris
Gaba
Constitutional Convention
Albany
Hawaono
Caastpcary
Amerivcy
Mt-Morrin
Cuba
Oil Production in Pennsylvania rises in July yield
The Titusville Morning Herald notes oil wells in Pennsylvania show larger yields since July. Major gains come from Stevenson and Bennehoff farms and Upper Cherry and Church runs with some wells producing up to two hundred barrels daily. The average is just under fifty per well and total regional output runs about two thousand barrels daily.
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Titusville
Penn
Morning Herald
Pennsylvania
Stevenson and Bennehoff Farma
Upper Cherry
Church Runs
Kittin the sharp critic in Wonderville muses on sermons
In Wonderville on November 23 1867 Philetus Tarbox recounts a local celebrity named Kittin a refined critic who spots flaws in sermons and public speaking He skewers Surplice the preacher describing his flaws in voice gesture and diction and laments praise of showy oratory over substance The piece ends with Tarbox's narrator noting the reader as a sensitive critic and bidding good evening
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Wonderville
Eutron
Kittin
Bira
Vane Arieetente
Niko
Garret
Vin
Peron
Quaver
Kriti
Philetus Tarbox
Farwell Hall Built by Chicago YMCA For Library Benevolence
The Chicago Young Men’s Christian Association unveiled Farwell Hall a two–structure complex totaling 85 by 100 and 128 by 81 feet with five stories. It seats 4,000 in the main hall and includes a 506 seat prayer room gymnasium and reading room offices lodging and a basement refectory. Named for John V. Farwell who contributed 30 000 of 200 000 total cost the project aims to fund a free library from surplus rents within ten years.
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Young Men’s Christian Association of Chicago
Farwell
John V. Farwell
Chicago
Numerous local notes mix gossip in Geneseo area
A wide array of short items lists local events and people from New York towns. Notes include court mentions, road plans, jail incidents, fires, canal activity, town elections, and social glimpses such as auctions, lectures, grammar of rail and river progress, and local curiosities.
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