Fragmented maritime tales and war budget notes mix
A long, OCR damaged miscellany recounts a fog bound voyage with a rescued boy, a New Bedford tale of charity for the Marcia’s crew, a Chicago tutor’s quiz about holes and opposite countries, plus Treasury tariff theories and Cameron’s War Department reforms. It closes with a critique of Gen. Scott’s Richmond strategy and a plan for united Northern offensives.
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Hell
Leii
Muargia
New Bedford
Theatt
Marcia
Maeter
Tie
Jeff
Davis
Crimmen
Noda
Bachwark
Assi
Maritime Citiz
Nursing Service Caution For Young Women In Army Hospitals
A wife of a U S Army surgeon urges caution to women considering nursing in the national army. She warns there is no romance in hospital life, asks applicants to be at least thirty, experienced, and able to endure smells and gruesome sights without fainting. She emphasizes resilience, discretion, and steadiness under death and distress, aiming to deter impulsive enlistment.
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Raat
Twiggs
Cameron Testiy
Andderson
Slemmer
Delaware
Virginia
Misouri
Cameron
Regular Army
West Point
Congress
Eade
Ife
Clarke
Sanitary Commission
Whitworth
Academy
War Department
Scott
Richmond
New York Times
Scot
Mani
Otter
Manassas
Richwood
Hotiles
Ges
Patterson
Duliuimu
Winchester
McClellar
Wallace
Stone
Stratsburg
Port Royal
Sherandoah
Culpepper
Richwond Itsel
Suévision
United States Army
Army
Hospital Association For the Army
National Army
Letheim
Wool and Scott clash over command at Fort Monroe
A fragmentary Washington dispatch recounts the feud between Generals Wool and Scott over command at Fort Monroe. The War Department's handling, political maneuvering, and inquiries by Congress are noted, with emphasis on Wool’s reputation and calls for accountability amid the capital’s peril.
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New York
Dietin
Department of the
Eastwick
Scott
Wook
Wool
Trey
New-York
le Bed
Wool Insiece
Ian
Fact
Menroe
Wer
Butler
H.s
Aluwer
Het
Lesro
Military Committee
Aff
Mort Monroe
Scotts
Gene
Vo Woall Lave
Printer on a Tramp and the Yankee Pedlar Dialog
An antiquated scene unfolds with a tramp and a traveling Yankee pedlar trading lines through mispronounced dialogue. A printer, a shoemaker, a dentist, a phrenologist, and others are teased or profiled in a comic tableau as a crowd heckles and questions each claimant seeking shelter or work.
Advertising Favors Newspaper Revenue and Value
An essay argues newspapers rely on advertising for budget funding while readers see price shifts. It cites New York papers raising ad prices and notes publishers must balance ads with journalistic quality. Officials in Boston and a physician exemplify public reliance on ads to sustain public journals.
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New York
Hy.marchant
Bonner
Publile
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Beaver Dam Argus
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Loomis That
Street
Curtis
Ntover
Sandophy
Laseri
Jonse Calendiar
tNebacak
Lew
Deaver Tam
Padze
Ride
Fap
Cincirrate
E. Cooley
Juneau
Wis
Eral Asson
Graham
Fayatiste Post
Fairbanks
Stanbard
Pairbanks & Greenleap
Lake Street
Basos Asp
Gentin
Blachshmeitberg
Wallow & Krieger
AGH
Wivation
Adi
Ondey
TOE
AENT
Judson Hrkhins
Riush Pulisher
PAWS
Clark Stress
Jos
Nusie
Husis
Bers
Rufus Lounseay
Alory
Secretary of the Treasury
Tle
Ivi
Singana
Nat Fess
Treasury
Counuy Imany
Naval Academy
Newport
BR. I
Navy
Me & Cory
Tran Tlad
Cricago
Duvester
Serrow
Bey
Isla
Amerika
Jim T
Forsersinerin Boor
Erie Street
Salewo
Cleveland
Ohio
Earth
Tishman
Shosy
Imaet
Faust
Boston
Lera
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