Grant's 1873 message calls for Colorado statehood and canal plan
President Grant urges Congress to admit Colorado as a state citing its growth and resources. He argues for a Missouri River irrigation canal to reclaim vast public lands between the Missouri and Rocky Mountains and suggests homestead entry for reclaimed lands. He backs civil rights protections and amnesty for former rebels while noting pensions and land office activity.
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Indian ‘Territory
Kansas
Arkansas
Rocky Mountains
Patent Office
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner of Patents
General Land Office
Agricultural College
Congress
Executive
Civil Board
Colorado
Missouri River
Rich Men of England Income Tax Returns Highlight Wealth
Published income tax returns reveal the wealth of English peers and industrialists. The Marquis of Westminster earns over 5 million dollars annually from city rents and estates, while the Earls of Bute and Dudley approach 2.5 million. Other magnates include the Napiers on Clyde and Tyne, Lairds at Birkenhead, Manchester and Glasgow cotton kings, and Sir Titus Salt of Saltain, each earning more than the Crown's revenue in Elizabethan times.
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England
Marquis of Westminster
London
Bute
Dudley
Wales
Napiers
Clyde
Tyne
Birkenhead
Manchester
Glasgow
Titus Salt
Saltain
Elizabeth
Kentucky Voter Demographics Break Down by Race
The report lists 241,195 white voters and 47,125 black voters in the state, totaling 288,320 people with the franchise. This demographic snapshot highlights racial composition among eligible voters.
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Kentucky
Plan for Prepaying Newspapers and Postal Savings Banks
Synopsis of Postmaster General Creswell's annual report shows 1873 ordinary revenues at 22.9 million and expenditures at 29.1 million with a 4.9 percent revenue gain over 1872. It endorses free delivery expansion to cities with populations over 10,000, details postage reforms, and argues for postal savings banks and a government postal telegraph to lower costs and extend services nationwide.
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Creswell
New York
San Francisco
Friends of Repeal
Congress
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Postoffice Department
Mail
Dispatch
Post Office
United States
Western Union Company
Postmaster-General
Engineer Corps
Army
Internal Revenue report and railroad panics analysis
The report details aggregate receipts for the year ended June, including $114,075,456 from various sources, with $52,346 in drawbacks and refunds on spirits and tobacco. It notes increases in distilled spirits taxes, tobacco production and exports, and forecasts $100,000,000 in the current year. It also discusses railway investment linked to money panics of 1847, 1866, and current U.S. rail network growth, urging policy corrections without halting progress.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Railway Monitor
England
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Austria
Switzerland
Belgium
Spain
Monitor
Europe
Spain Ranked Seventh In Naval Prowess In Cologne Statement
The Cologne Gazette compares European naval power placing England first and Spain seventh. It lists Russia, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Turkey, Spain, and the Netherlands in order. Spain's navy includes seven plated frigates with 5900 horsepower and 154 guns plus a coast fleet of three turreted ships. There is debate whether Spain's recent domestic troubles have strengthened or weakened its navy.
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Cologne
Spain
England
Russia
Germany
France
Austria
Italy
Turkey
Netherlands
Western critic compares novel to hot coal shovelful
A Western critic describes the novel as a sequence where incidents come rapid fire, each scene stoking the tension like a shovel of hot coals. The remark highlights relentless momentum and visceral impact.
Adhesive Paste for Leather and Paper Invented
A described paste combines glue and water with starch to form a strong adhesive. The Financial Chronicle lists 55 U S railroads in default on bond interest, totaling about 217.96 million dollars. Cuba’s population is about 1.5 million, with roughly half European descent and a significant slave and mixed-race population.
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the Financial Chronicle
United States
Cuba's Trade Wealth Estimated at 130 Million Dollars
The article notes Cuba's import and export trade averages about 130 million dollars annually, illustrating the island's wealth during the period.
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Cuba
California Raisins Rise as Wine Declines in Sacramento Valley
The California press notes a rapid fall in wine making in the Sacramento valley. Raisins from Malaga and white Muscat grapes can be produced with lower capital and effort and sold profitably. Growers struggle to sell crude wine, while sun cured raisins trend up with large fruit canning in the state.
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California
Sacramento Valley
Malaga
Census figures curb foreign population myth in 1870 report
The Philadelphia North American discusses fears about foreigners and their descendants. It cites the 1870 census showing 10 802 015 people with one or two foreign parentage, about two sevenths of the population, disputing the claim that half are foreigners and urging education as a safeguard.
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Philadelphia
Crooked Spirits Ad Sparks Fear With Flaming Alarum
A Crockett Texas dealer of ardent spirits touts his wares with lofty sanitary notions and quixotic claims. He treats a single fever case as sacred history and asks if his whiskey could ward off yellow fever, calling his liquor a disinfectant for the region while mocking public panic.
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Crockett
Texas
Egypt
Noble seaman Marr sacrifices life to save crew
The Tribune recounts James Marr, lost near the Australian coast when a heavy sea toppled the schooner and washed away its main mast. Marr released the mast to free his vessel, urged his comrades to cut it adrift, and vanished beneath the waves, a quiet gesture for his mates.
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James Marr
Marr
Poison neutralized by sweet oil. dosage guidance included
A historically cited remedy claims that two gills of sweet oil can render almost any poison harmless whether swallowed intentionally or by accident. The text notes that a person with a strong constitution should take twice the amount and asserts the oil neutralizes all known vegetable or mineral poisons.
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U. S&s. Grant
Postal Affairs
Internal Revenue Report
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