Local notices and political commentary drift through a turbulent column
The piece mixes subscription terms and advertising rates with harsh political opinion about the President and Grant era land claims. It recounts Wilson and Dent land disputes, attacks on administration ethics, and ends with a biographical anecdote about John Howard Payne and the origin of Home Sweet Home.
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Alabama
Tennessee
New York City
Missouri
Grant
State Sentinel
Dugfkes
Cox
Joseph T. Wilson
Wilson
McGarrabaun
Cie
Dent
Don Wiatt
Washington
Cincinnati
Don Piatt
Saya
General Grant
Carondelet
Widson
Lishit
Congress
Tam
Yankee traveler vents on Western etiquette in wild letter
The visitor from the East recalls a brutal greeting after calling a stranger whopper. He recounts an attempted confrontation with a man who drew two pistols and warned of a duel to force an apology. He notes Western women and manners as “country witch” yet odd politeness persists.
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John Howard Payne
Paris
Berlin
London
United States
Tunis
Payne
Sweet Home
Home
Silver Car Exports From Emma Mine Stir Utah Warnings
An announcement notes twenty cars of silver ore from Emma Mine at Little Cottonwood will depart Salt Lake City for Swansea Wales via New York, with four cars from nearby mines bound for San Francisco. The piece recalls Brigham Young’s belief Utah silver would enrich the nation and enable vast irrigation and development.
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Emma Mine
Little Cottonwood
Salt Lake City
Swansea
Wales
New York
San Francisco
Brigham Young
Utah
Grace Flitter Catches A Mock Military Entrance On A Jersey City Ferry
On a Jersey City ferry Grace Flitter eyeing a handsome stranger with a military bearing prompts a humorous scene. Edward Minturn introduces his friend Heinrich Vanderlyken to her after the ruse. Grace exits ashore amid laughter as the playful episode ends with confusion and a blush.
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Fannie
Grace Fitter
Jersey City
Pantie
Elss
Grace
Heinrich Vanderlyken
Edward Mintarn
Psalms of David Inspire Global Devotion Across Ages
Henry Giles extols Psalms as a universal force moved through courts temples and halls of Zion. The royal psalmist’s influence spans centuries and continents guiding church rituals and hymns from upper rooms to far regions.
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Henry Giles
Tabernacle
Temple
Zion
Babel
Israel
David
Church of Christ
Asia
Alps
America
Prificely
Gem-bearing drill finds long-sought ore near Farmington
Captain Shaw with a patent diamond drill reports a discovery while testing the old Butcher claim west of Farmington Missouri. Drill at 200 feet reveals disseminated mineral and a seventeen foot solid stratum of blue galena in the surveyed area. Estimated 1200 acres valued at about 10 per acre promises a fabu rous fortune. Farmington Herald notes potential of European demand amid looming conflict.
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St. Francois
Phil. Shaw
Farmington
Herrald
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