A Winter Tale Of Trials And A Dream Of Home Ownership
A dreary November night opens a family vignette in which Will Aitken recalls a reckless stock gamble and its ruinous debt. His wife Dauntlessly proposes buying land six miles out, building a cottage, and repaying via frugal savings. They eventually move, prosper, and invest, finding happiness in a self-made home and a rising property market. Ohioans in state government roles and a moral essay on the coming girl and the Christian gentleman round out the page.
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Shel
She
Megan
Ma Ag
Havana
General Forrest and a Latter-day Warrior
A Demopolis Republican extract recounts General Forrest advising a heated critic to accept terms after war end. The piece blends veteran diplomacy with a blunt lesson about war fatigue and terms. Also cited is a Massachusetts prison warden’s view on crime linked to liquor, noting several murders by prisoners and the judged equivalence of guilt regardless of intoxication.
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General Forrest
Selma and Remphigy
Demopolis
Commissioner Delano Rules On Tobacco Business Removals
The decision allows removals of tobacco manufactories as termination of the business at the former site and start of a new business at the new site, requiring new bonds, certificates, and inventories. It also addresses wholesale dealers selling out bulk, taxing excess sales over fifty thousand dollars at one dollar per thousand, with the seller deemed adgaler having paid the tax.
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Votlare
Michigan
Chan
Chicago Journal
Delano
Marinficters
Isesegford
Hiw
After Dinner Naps and Health Advice
A short essay argues against post meal sleep, recommending ten minutes before dinner for rest and better digestion. It urges resting while sitting if needed, and advises avoiding horizontal sleep after meals to aid digestion and energy. It endorses daytime rest before dinner for improved wellbeing.
Ohio in Congress natives and educated officials list
The Ohio born roster includes United States Senators Sherman and Fowler and Representatives like Axtell Wagkard and Beatty. The report notes Ohio natives hold multiple committee chairs in Congress and lists other states’ natives in politics. It closes with a quip about women and hats, and an editorial tone about public service.
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Ohio
Congress
Alabama
Willard Winer
Granville
Kansas
Edmund G Ross
Ashland
Minnesota
Daniel S Norton
Mt. Vernon
Missouri
Charles D Drasko
Cincinnati
Nebraska
Thomas W Tipton
Cadiz
John Sherman
Lancaster
Tennessee
Joseph S Fowler
Steubenville
California
Samuel B Axtell
Franklin County
Tadiana
Jasper Wagkard
Mahoning County
William B Allison
Perry County
William Loughbridge
Youngstown
New York
Samuel
Cox
Muskingum County
Morisey
Ireland
Brooks
Portland
Maine
Fernando Wood
Philadelphia
Laffin
Massachusetts
Fisher
New Shampshire
North Carolina
David
Fenton Hamilton
Butler County
John Stevenson
Ross County
Robert Schenck
Franklin
Warren County
Win
John A Smith
Sillsboro
John Beatty
Sandusky City
Edward Dickinson
Fremont
John T Wilson
Trighland County
Philadelphia van Trump
Martin Welker
Knox County
William IT Upson
Worthington
Daimary
James A Garfield
Orange
Wisconsin
Albert E Paine
Chardon
Burdett
Oberlin
Joen Asper
Pennsylvania
Western Reserve Chronicle
Chardon Democrat
Allen G Thurman
Senate
Lynchburg
Virginia
Peter Strader
William Mungen
Blinkii Hastings Moore
John A Bingham
Jacob A Ambler
Sherman
House
Ways and Means
Banking
Delaware
Rhode Island
Vermont
New Charges and Disasters Reported Across Cities
A supervisor seized 19 000 barrels of whiskey in New Orleans amid tax questions. A flood disaster at Grapsby left eleven people drowned as waters rose on a rising river. A police station scene in Richmond featured a mother pleading with her drunken son in a moving intake. warnings against drink followed. Jacob Dolson Cox, newly appointed Secretary of the Interior, is profiled with Civil War command highlights. An odd Indian land-titling trial involves both lawyers. Isaiah Rogers, notable architect, dies in Cincinnati. Subscribe for the Ace.
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Richmond Lagher
Ian
Potter’s Field
Jacob D. Cox
Harper's Weekly
Ohio
West Virginia
Kanawha
Were
Rosecrana
Nlowaar
Ninth Corps
South Mountain
Antietam
Revo
Avanta Campain
Hood
Atlanta
Cox
Gen. Thomas
Nashville
Fragmented 19th century quip column and misread notes
A string of humor and gossip bits from a 19th century page shows misread names, punchlines, and social quips. The snippets mock court talk, politics, trains, and marriage, with asides about Colfax, women voting, and local figures like Charles Liman. The piece blends jokes, social commentary, and fragmented anecdotes.
Hood the Wrong Corn and Odd Slices in Newsroom Lore
Scattered reads cover a mishmash of anecdotes from rural folly to railway stats. Mark Childs’s nap in a corn patch ends with a comical board relocation, while varied items note peach potato yields, Jeff Davis portraits, and midcentury rail mileage.
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Kim Ceshoctot
Nicholas & James
Teorsey
Utice
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McDowsto
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Uoshocton
EY & Moleis
RUE & Ricketts
Biock
Main & Railroad
Coshouton
Ohl
Mayler
W.W. Smith
J.B. Ingralam
Profetaianel
Cochocton and
Vishity
Sitd Johnson
Sraretz, Cosnecton, Orlo
Deaxison
Trotanawas County
Orie A. M
Wheaver & Sons
Gace
Yee
John C. Miller H's
Coshocton
Tan Sect
AL Lonthe
Has Wienity
Mason and Wamlin
Ulover Nusth Gratest
Colgeten
March
Dana
Bert Gore
Pittsburgh
WEE & Wary
Second Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
Stuble & & Bro
Hective
Smithfield Street
Feng
T Price
Papril i
Seewhyer
G. H. Asxversey
Spancenoenure
Degen Anderson Temlore
Wade
Pinas
CP Hill
Docaths Road
Gong
Justin
Washington
The
State Journal
Olio
U. S. Grant
J D Cox
R W Taylor
Kirst
Treasury
Reader W Clarke
Sisth
Audney
Iulbhurd
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Internal Revenue
Giles A Smith
General Breels
Adjutant General's Department
Gen B. Brice
Ceverala
Tratet A
Chase
Swayne
RC Parsons
Supreme Court of May
District of Columbian
Paris
Ife
Ile
Tlaynea
Magsachusetts State Prison
Daniel Roberson
Solebury
Penn
Hill
Spinner
United States
England
France
T Wassington Chronicle
Andrew G. Curtin
Rusia
New Ontedys
Curry
Issle
Grapspy
Canana
Uindoortan
Tsaiah Rogers
Burnet House
St. John’s Church
Uxchange
Boston
Astor Hose
Merchant's Exchangé
Colfaxat
Colfax
Charles Liman
Varmont
Cogmee
Tratofler
Lipsy
Iaswell
Ueman
Witci
Ubo
Mark Childs
Ingham
Wis
Mark
Matt
Adam
Lndy
Jeff Davis
London
Jeff
Evansville
Ind
O. P. Aiken
Knight Township
Ilo
Amaller
Prof. Bond
Charlestown
Mass
Bebee
Springfield Republican
Jan Fisk, Jr
New York Central Park
New Yorkery
Pomans
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