FALSE FINANCIAL ALLEGATIONS AGAINST BOUTWELL ADMINISTRATION
A page from the New York World accuses the Treasury Department of false ledgers and inflated debt reductions under Secretary Boutwell. It tables inconsistent debt figures from 1864 to 1872, claims duplicate bond issues, excess interest paid, and calls for scrutiny of public accounts and purchases of bonds at a premium.
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New York World
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
Court of Justice
Treasury Department
Johnson
Boutwell
United States
Register
The
Register of the Treasury
Finance
Register Allison
Grant
McCulloch
Weil
Dave
Colcssieseerssnevoseconnnensoessreorers
Treasury
Public Ledger
Congress
Freedmen’s Bureau
Henry Wilson
Union Republican Congressional Committee
Otwell
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Aeranaenad Eptey
Texas and Pacific Railway Aims to Span 1400 Miles
The Texas and Pacific Railway now led by President Thomas A. Scott and Chief Engineer Gen. Dodge advances under Eastern European capital. Stretching from Shreveport Louisiana to San Diego California along the thirty second parallel the line traverses fertile farms and growing towns with Fort Worth as western terminus for the 1873 completion. It passes near Mexico and will connect to the Rio Grande expanding U. S. trade into a rich undeveloped mineral and agricultural region.
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Thomas A. Scott
Pennsylvania Central
4. M. Dodge
Union Pacific
Texas and Pacific
The
Southern Pacific
Shreveport
Red River
Louisiana
San Diego
California
Fort Worth
Mexico
Rio Grande
United States
Heat Record Dashes Worldwide From India to London
The year brings extreme heat across regions. Secunderabad reports 107 degrees with 103 for fifteen days, Paris residents endure intense heat, Brussels and London see around ninety and eighty eight degrees respectively, while public bath water reaches seventy six degrees.
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India
Secunderabad
Paris
Brussels
London
Bogus ice cream poison warning from street corners to salons
A warning describes a bogus ice cream made from corn starch French clay and poisonous coloring. It claims dyspepsia eruptions tooth loss hair loss and fatal outcomes within hours. Experiments by French physicians allegedly show four plates can kill a adult in one to two hours and a baby in minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
City man milking mishap ends with muddy misadventure
A city man visiting a farmer in the country attempted to abstract cattle milk at dusk. The cow kicked over his milk pail, spraying him and sending him sprawling into a mud puddle. He blamed farming as a fraud and retreated from the scene. The piece also notes several performers in London that evening and mentions Joan Van Winkle living in Memphis.
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Cleveland
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Freebootery
the National Funds
Federal Treasury
Wall Street
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Finance Report
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Register’s Ledger
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Wilson
Sea Finance Report
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Mr. Grant
New York Times
Gratz Brown
New Haven
Conn
Martin R. Gunn
Palladium
Journal
Gov. English
Gov. Brown
English
the Palladium
Times
Buffalo
Andrew Johnson
Gen. Grant
Charles Goddard
Rice
Boston
Jim Fisk
Josie Mansfield
Fisk
Faro Bank
Long Branch
New York
New England
Paadium and Times
Louis Narveon
Castle
Campbell
Milan
Vanderbilt
Coburn
Maine
Nilsson
Joan T. Alexander
Illinois
Brown Ayres
Washington and Lee University
Browney
Alta California
T. DeWitt Talmage
Home Journal
Lord Walter Campbell
Marquis of Lorne
Rochester
John Stuyvesant Cruger
Natalie Douse
President Thiers
William Hampstead
Marine Service
Ida Greeley
N Bint Hupsey
England
Wuywrer
Greenland
Marruya Beprorp
South Oyster Bay
Echellos
Annette Eee
Iso
Aebt
Dagr Zod
Vsccsiressies
Raporer Sersons
Ted
Tee
Texas and Pacific Railway
Wallen
Jenny Lino
Clara Louise Kellogg
Lucca
Patti
Parepa
Tietjens
Cherubini
Joan van Winkle
Falling Waters
Memphis, Tenn
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