Hayes in his message stirs partisan fire in Congress
A long analysis of President Hayes's congressional message, criticizing his stance on election fraud, civil service reform, and partisan aims. The piece contrasts his claims with events in 1876 and argues the North-South dispute will color the Forty-seventh Congress. It also notes other Washington items and humorous anecdotes.
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Hayes
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New York
Pennsylvania
Union
Jessie
Tibbens
Heses
Congress
Pally
House of Representatives
Senate
Garfield
United States
Maine
Texas
Atlante
Pacific
Far West
United Duies
Mr. Hayes
Utah
Varius
District of Columbia
National
Perugal
Mary Walker
Maria
Maginnis
Mount Vesuvius
Primus Jones
Baker Comity
Garfield and
Miracles at Lourdes cited by Rev Dr Tyng in sermon
Rev Dr Stephen N Tyng Jr a noted New York Episcopal minister preached on Lourdes miracles claiming prayer wrought cures at Notre Dame de Lourdes. He visited Lourdes last summer reports 50000 visitors weekly, with cured pilgrims bandages and thanks letters cited as evidence of divine favor.
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Stephen N. Tyng, Jr
New York
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Pyrenees
Lourdes
Tyng
the Herald
Dr. Tyng
Knock
Tre
Hints to Parents from Hill’s Manual of Social Forms
A guide urging pleasant speech and active, temperate living for children. It emphasizes teaching responsibility, cleanliness, labor values, confiding with parents, and preparing daughters with household skills, money handling, and personal virtue to foster future happiness and success.
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Hill
Flying Mail Train Makes Fast Run From New York to Richmond
A flying mail train on a fifty hour schedule from New York to New Orleans arrived in Washington Sunday forty six minutes late, then transferred to the Richmond train reaching Richmond in three hours and one minute with 30,000 letters and 20,000 read matter for points south of Virginia. The run averaged thirty eight miles per hour including stops, with rapid transfers and crowd scenes at depots.
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New York
New Orleans
Washington
Richmond
Ofirginia
Weldon
Alexandria
Myers
Fredericksburg
Cotton price volatility and projections in the late market
The article describes cotton as a fickle commodity central to Southern hopes, detailing recent price swings, panic-driven futures activity, and the New York Cotton Exchange’s record sales. It projects possible 4 5 crop outcomes, noting regional weather and disaster impacts on yield expectations. It also briefly mentions a French Academy paper on the Red Sea crossing and a priest seeking funds for dredging Pharaoh’s army remains.
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Europe
America
Bulls
Bears
Rey
New York Cotton Exchange
Mons. DE Lessips
Red Sea
New England Treason and Constitutional Reflections
A Boston Herald critique of the New York Commercial Bulletin proposing to consolidate New England into two states. The piece argues no state will surrender sovereignty, cites historical outrages to mock calls for federal overreach, and questions Congress imposing a republican form of government on the South.
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Garfield
Ohio
United States
Boston Transcript
Lapovernre
Humbug
Tne
Jacksonville
Fla
New York Commercial Bulletin
New England
Boston Herald
Richmond Dispatch
South - St
Congress
Virginia
South
Boutwell
Georgia gold region value claim for Dahlonega area
Rev. Dr. Harrison, Chaplain of the U S House, lecturing in Washington, argues Georgia hosts at least 500 million dollars of gold within 500 feet of surface water. He cites veins from four inches to fourteen feet, quartz carrying gold, and assays as high as 120 dollars per ton or 32 thousand per ton. Near Dahlonega he estimates 100 million dollars in a twenty mile radius, with mining costs reduced to thirty cents per ton and annual production potential from one to ten million dollars.
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Athneta
Eshe
Atlanta
Frank T. Howard
New Orleans
Pataula
Fort Gaines
S. Atkinson
Lee County
John Thornton
Moses Davis
Pulaski Cotton Mills
McBurney & Hollingsworth
J A Scarboro
Scarboro
Scriven County
Sea Island
Albert Surles
Andrew Rush
Quitman
Talbotton
Darien Timber Gazette
Jonesboro
St. Linson’s
Brunswick Advertiser
Paras
Vermont
St. Simon’s
Harrison
House of Representatives
Washington
Georgia
Dahlonega
North Georgia
Lunatics and Newspapers Aid Inmates Say Sup't Powers
A letter from T O Powers sup t of the Lunatic Asylum endorses Macon Telegraph ideas to send papers to patients. He notes papers entertain and distract inmates from morbid thoughts, values hard to overstate, and urges weekly exchanges with other press members to support the cause.
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Lunatic Asylum
Macon
T. O. Powers
Sip
Pera
Dr. Fob
WHAT JUDGE HOPKINS SAYS AND FASHION NOTES
A long mix of fashion commentary on hats gloves and fabrics followed by a letter from Judge John L Hopkins of the Atlanta Circuit arguing whisky fuels crime and taxation. He recalls 1870 76 experience and asserts alcohol drives moral decline and government costs.
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John L Hopkins
Atlanta
Atlasta
A. G. Hayaoop
Joun L
Horxis
Reward Offered for Reading a Curious Passage in Conyers
A Col umbus Enquirer Sun item reports a $20 reward from a Conyers Georgia gentleman for anyone who can read aloud a long, quirky text without mispronunciation. The passage blends odd phrases and historical allusions, ending with notes on Bible revision debates and a quip about hunting Job quotes.
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Columbus Enquirer
Conyers
Conyers, Ga
Henry
Augusta News
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