26 Jul 1870
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1870
Page
1
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The Funding Bill does not restore gold payments to soldiers enlisted in 1861 who expected thirteen dollars a month in gold but received depreciated legal tender. The piece argues this repudiates pledged military pay, favors bondholders, and delays amnesty for the South while criticizing Radical leaders. It also includes two odd anecdotes about barbers and a dream involving lager beer and cabbage fields.
Major Gordon addresses a mass convention in Indianapolis urging reform and economy against the Republican machine. He cites abuses in clerk salaries and constitutional violations, pledges support for the reform platform, and calls on all parties to end party tyranny in Marion County.
Instructions describe blackberry based remedies and beverages including wine and cordial. Recipes detail maceration with spices sugar cognac aging, plus instructions for preparing wine from ripe berries and dewberries and a cordial with spirit and alispive. The text promotes these as medicines for stomach and bowel weakness and summer illnesses.
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