Political Convention Notice for Eleventh District
May 4 18%0 McArthur D July 27 1870 notifies the voters of the dry counties of the Eleventh Congressional District to meet in Portsmouth Ohio on August 24 1870 for nominating a ticket. Delegates awarded by vote totals with one for each 100 votes. Also advertises printing services and various local goods.
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Local Supplies Advertised for Legal and Beauty Needs
A fragmented 19th century advertisement offers blanks for waro offices including attorneys and constables, printed dockets, and legal forms plus perfumery and hair restoratives. Mentions Sis son’s Drug Store, Ana dressing, and Hall Vegetable Sicilian air renower claim to restore hair color without dyeing the skin. It touts superior morlt in law preparation.
Frantic Franco Prussian War News From England
Reports from London and New York describe a panicked market amid rumors of Prussian advantage and Russian support for Prussia. The English press denounces France, Ollivier replies, and Thiers urges patience while warning against aggressive action. Democratic Platform argues for Ohio voters to back reform against entrenched finance and monopolies.
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Thiers
How to Patten a Poor Horse Feeding Regimen
A snippet from American Stock Journal explains improving a lean horse by grinding unground grain into a meal and mixing flaxseed meal barley oats and corn with oil cake. Feed in stages up to four to six quarts per meal three times daily, with cut hay, while avoiding overfeeding and wet racks.
Cable distance to connect San Francisco to Sandwich Islands and Asia
Total cable length calculated from leg distances 2080 miles to Sandwich Islands 1140 to Midway Island 2260 to Yokohama 1035 to Shanghai with one sixth extra to make statute miles and a 20 percent slack, summing 9121 miles for the full Pacific route from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands Japan and China.
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Sandwich Islands
Midway Island
Yokohama
Japan
Shanghai
California
China
Georgia and Europe Aid War News Update
War reports indicate Saxon troops moving while French forces bridge the Rhine near Kehl. Bridges between France and Belgium have been destroyed. Prince Napoleon to be sent to Norway on a mission. Georgia secedes from the Union with no congressional representation. Electoral vote for Seymour and Blair counted despite no effect on result. Gen. Terry commands the military district once Georgia.
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Belgium
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Norway
Georgia
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Questioning Republican conduct and temperance humor in a wartime view
The writer questions Republican motives during the Civil War era, accusing them of treasury plunder, unequal taxation, and land grants to railroads, while sarcasm about Ulysses S. Grant and Mississippi river water mocks temperance reform and political hypocrisy. The piece blends political critique with a quip about Grant's sobriety and a strawberry shortcake joke.
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White House
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Poor Man’s Pudding Recipe Found In Historic Text
Instructions describe a simple pudding using three quarts of milk and one teacup of rice soaked several hours. Flavor with a piece of butter the size of an ego, sugar to taste and vanilla, then bake three to four hours until creamy. Baking aims to dissolve the rice for texture.
Appointment of Negro Postmistress in Louisiana Town
A Black woman has been named postmistress of a small Louisiana town, marking a notable local appointment in federal postal service. The decision places her in charge of the town’s mail operations and local postal district duties.
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Unripe fruit caution linked to health warning
Readers are advised against eating unripe fruit as it harms health and affects women out West. The notice references a foundation of a female medical institution and Doctor Willemmy West Point.
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Indebtedness of the States in the Nation's Strain
A stark critique of state and national debt highlighting heavy taxation from income and state revenues. It denounces racial equality and urges white supremacy, urging creation of white men’s clubs to oppose Negro equality and calling for political action against the era’s civil rights changes.
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Delaware
Minnesota
Oregon
Mississippi
Virginia
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Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Kentucky
United States
Warren May
Irish woman births triplets after lifting corned beef
An Irish woman in Alton Illinois lifted a barrel of corned beef to a cart then gave birth to triplets. A mu latto girl of beauty is being trained for the American stage by a retired actor who once had fame and will debut as Cleopatra. A Fort Dodge Iowa woman allowed her husband to strike her to secure a divorce. The Dutch reserves are deployed to guard the frontier. French journals claim Bismarck planned war from the start. The Prince Imperial of France will accompany the Emperor to the field.
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