Virginia college closes doors after 335 congressmen
Meekly Leater J. B. Morrow, editor and proprietor, notes that William and Many Coulinen of Virginia has closed its doors with only one student at the start of the year. The piece recalls it as the second oldest college after Harvard. It adds that Carlisle faces forty committees among 335 congressmen, suggesting the speaker’s path to the White House is rough.
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William and Many Coulinen
Virginia
Harvard
America
Carlisle
White House
Hale
Iest
Cattle Exposition Exports Most Stock to the South
About 600 carloads of cattle moved from the north to the Louisville exposition with only around 100 carloads returned. The majority of the 500 carloads remaining were sold during the event and, since closing, shipped south.
Nothing original in the president's message says critic
A commentator vows he can recall presidential messages since 1840 and claims newspaper criticisms show more sameness than the messages themselves. The remark suggests a weary view of political rhetoric and editorial tone across decades.
Keifer Seizes Leader Role Amid Broad GOP Backing
The Republican members of the House rally around Mr. Keifer who positions himself as minority leader. The nearly unanimous Monday vote signals strong esteem and confidence in his leadership among Republicans.
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House
Keifer
A Macmaan Girl Tests Suitor With Money Goal
A Macmaan girl tells her sweetheart she will not marry until he earns ten thousand dollars. He bravely starts saving and after a couple of months reports twenty two dollars saved. She modestly admits that is near enough and expresses willingness to trust him for the rest.
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George
Indiana tariff tale exposed as corruption fund claim
A critical opinion asserts Indiana’s 1880 tariff support for Republicans was bought by Dorsey’s near half million dollar corruption fund. The piece alleges rampant malice and widespread GOP participation, arguing voters were bribed rather than swayed by tariff policy, and that the presidency was bought for two dollar bills.
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Carlisle
Indiana
Dorsey
American steamship lines defy free ships logic
The Ameri can steamship company operates four American-built vessels and six English. American ships cost more due to U S shipping laws, as seamen must be shipped at American ports with wages about 50 percent higher than foreign rivals. This wage gap sustains losses, not the Delaware-built vessels’ initial cost. Even placing Clyde-built ships under American registry offers little incentive.
The Golden Spike That Helped A Barefoot German Boy
Twenty years ago Henry Villard, once desperate, sought employment from John Swinton who rejected his work and offered charity instead. Villard later became a subscriber to Swinton’s new daily and sent a note recalling the old aid. Swinton then published a sarcastic editorial mocking Villard as the golden spike supporting a once barefoot youth.
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Henry Villard
John Swinton
John
Henry
Bowery
Swinton
Ann Street
Villard
County organization debates and Crook County concerns
A Sundance correspondent questions editorials in the Dakota Register about county organization, arguing assessors must visit taxpayers across Wyoming and criticizing distant taxation. He praises local crops in Crook County, notes emigration, and mentions Garfield kin near Sundance and Bear Lodge ore findings as Sun Dance plans land patents for the town.
County School Fund Apportionment Reported for Year
County Superintendent Richardson announces the county school fund distribution totaling 16 983 41 with district totals for Nos 1 6 and 7 and notes 1 000 children in the county. Additional data cover schools in the county 25 pupils in attendance 869 and days taught 4 323. Also listed are per pupil tuition costs and district library holdings.
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Richardson
Treas
Echoo
Superintendent of Public Instruction
General County School Fund
Marguerits Gold Mining stockholders meet in Cheyenne
A meeting of the stockholders of the Marguerits Gold Mining and Milling company will be held at the company office in Cheyenne Wyoming on January 24 1864 at 2 pm. The object is to increase capital stock to fifty thousand shares with par value twenty dollars per share, current stock being twenty five thousand shares. Trustees Joan Bryant Roya E Robeins and Charles Albert Prince.
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Marguerits Gold Mining and Milling Company
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Joan Bryant
Roya
E. Robeins
Charles Albert Prince
Mining expert and Denver citizen visit North Park
Prof Cummings Cherry, a noted mining expert, traveled from Laramie with a Denver prominent citizen. They aimed to locate and file on twenty sections of coal land for the Burlington Missouri railroad, reaching North Park and succeeding before returning to Denver.
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Laramie
Cummings Cherry
Denver
North Park
Burlington & Missouri Railroad Company
Boomerang
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