18 Mar 1878
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1878
Page
1
The article argues that macadamized or gravel roads cut costs and expand commerce. Improved roads sustain year round retail trade, help farmers market goods, attract capital to rural homes, and increase land values. Counties with firm roads draw elegant country houses and enhance country life, outweighing road construction costs.
March 11 Panr Prinapl... coinage begins at the Mint with the first silver dollar presses. Foreman Albert Downing oversees the operation. Several planchets spoiled before dies tuned. 12 coins struck before a flaw halted production and sent the rest to smelting.
Reports describe polished planchets removed by hand and stored in envelopes marked with order numbers. The first coin was struck at 3 17, with steam at 3 35, producing 80 coins per minute. By Thursday four machines will produce about 150 000 silver dollars daily, with San Francisco and Carson dies ready to ship. Governor McCreery denied 1 993 pardons in thirty months. A Kansas school committee rejected a teacher applicant for misspelling ble bee.
A newspaper note reports Mrs Abraham Lincoln widow of the late president living in seclusion in a French town she refuses return to America fearing commitment to an asylum. It recalls 1875 Chicago court finding her insane, a trustee appointed, and Tad Lincoln's death deepening her distress with son Robert Lincoln practicing law in Chicago.
The Philadelphia Ledger recounts a tale where Dr. Bush, a young man educated in the countryside, visits a farmer's daughter in a remote area. Years later, during a typhoid fever attack, he visits as a physician and whispers "The eagle's nest" reviving memories that trigger a swift recovery.
The Democrats of Morgan township will meet at Bradford on Thursday March 21 1878 at 2 o'clock p m to select candidates to be voted for on the first Monday of April 1878. Joseph Ellis member of central committee. March 6th 1878.
In Paris a malfunctioning lift at the Grand Hotel propelled to the fifth floor then plunged to the ground. Three people died instantly and a fourth was badly hurt. Baron Schack found his wife dead in the car after she had entered from their room.
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