Dawes Explains Vote To Carry River and Harbor Bill
In an interview reprinted from the Marietta Register Gen Dawes defends voting to carry the River and Harbor Bill over the veto. He cites broader national benefit, explains opposition to Potomac Flats and Chesapeake projects, notes district interests including Muskingum Valley and Ohio River improvements, and criticizes alleged political motives behind foes of the measure. The interview details bill scope and regional impact.
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Rome
Congress
Dry Land
Republican Party
Mississippi and
Potomac Flats
Mississippi Commission
Wshingen
Chesapeake and Hennepin
Ohio
Treasury
United States
House
Senate
Cincinnati
Engineer Department
Muskingum
Muskingum Valley
Ohio River
Fight Mile Island
Pomeroy
Sand Creek
Brothers Islands
Middleport
Major Butterworth
Committee On Commerce
Davis Island Dam
American Congress
Don Cameron
Pensylvania
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Railways, river transport and politics in the interior press
The article argues about railways and waterways shaping wealth for the East and interior regions. It notes politicians wavering under fear of clamor and pressure from railway interests while rivers and cheap transport challenge eastern superiority and weight in national policy.
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Cheesequake Creek
Ingalls
Kansas Prairies
East
Remains of Charles Dickinson Buried Near Preston Maryland
A private neglected burying ground near Preston Maryland holds Charles Dickinson who died in a duel with General Jackson in Tennessee. Dickinson once lived on a large nearby farm and was buried beside his parents after his body returned from Tennessee. The site is open, uncared for, with a lone flat stone marking his grave.
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Preston
Maryland
Charles Dickinson
Jackson
Tennessee
Dickinson
Body found near Delaware River with eel-fishing link
A man discovers a decomposed body near Poplar Street's riverfront. Kensington fishermen allegedly used the corpse as eel bait, hindering identification. Police and the coroner investigate a possible murder tied to this grim discovery. The morbid case likely remains unsolved.
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Aaron Shull
Delaware
Poplar Street
Kensington
Philadelphia Record
My Say Rules From a Sundry Saloon Card
Meigs Co Republican reports fishermen from Monhegan Me describe a mysterious blue water boundary off the coast. A whitish strip, 30 miles wide, runs northeast for 65 to 70 miles and appears as a distinct wall. Mackerel swim into the white water showing restlessness and unusual activity.
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Mippleport
Meigs Co. Republican
Monhegan
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