Senator cites Navy Dept overcharges in official records
The senator asserts documents show Navy Department items priced far above market, with examples of a $12 article sold for $150 and a contract price of $150 for a $12 item. He accuses officials from postmasters to department heads of widespread theft, labeling the administration openly corrupt.
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Tale
Senate
Navy Department
Wilton
Eale
Poice
Department
Leontoc
Lula
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Radical rhetoric targets Banks amid Schofield case
The excerpt rails at radical factions seeking political victims after Schofield, naming Banks as their apparent leader and predicting his forthcoming ordeal. It casts Banks as adversary to Lincoln loyalists while lamenting radical cynicism and the era’s volatile politics.
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Schofield
Ang
Popular Liberty
Louisiana
Banks
Gen. Banks
Republican Party
Chicago as the sole hub of business and culture
A Washington correspondent from the Cincinnati Commercial argues Chicago stands above all cities. He claims Chicago attracts a unique class of businessmen and residents who boast its rise, prosperity, and prospects. He asserts Chicago is the only metropolis where money is best invested and where arts and sciences flourish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Chicago
Sdea
United States
Disease in Maquoketa Fears Schools Closed Across Town
The Davenport Gazelle reports a fever like smallpox called Paemphygos spreading near Maquoketa. It has caused multiple deaths and led to school closures and halted public worship in affected neighborhoods. Local notes include a jail escape attempt and army camp counts at Camp McClellan.
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Davenport Gazelle
Maquoketa
Muscatine Journal
Fryberger
High Prairie
Muscatino Journal
Davenport
Various 19th Century News Snippets Across Regions
A mixed batch of notices and anecdotes from early 1860s news: theft at Philadelphia customs, Berkshire sleigh rides, vast gold thefts, crowded stagecoaches, Union battle losses near Chancellorsville, political maneuvering around Lincoln, a Buffalo fire fatality, canal funding plan, Mississippi steamboat losses, massive print orders for McClellan and Grant reports, whiskey hoax, Ohio newspaper sale, Frenchman’s Lincoln praise, and Hungary’s drought.
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Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia Custom House
Berkshire County
Massachusetts
Jay Cooke
Chancellorsville
Uamlin
Lincoln
Lces
Buffalo
Jolu
Congress
Mississippi
New York
McClellan
Grant
Important Will Onac In Bridgeport Suit For Probate
A Connecticut court case centers on the will of Richard E. Winslow of Westport and New York banking ties. The million and a half-dollar estate mostly goes to his second wife, despite objections from his three daughters who allege undue influence and imbecility at execution. The matter, argued over two weeks, draws leading Connecticut lawyers and sharp forensic skill.
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Tris
Bridgeport
Conn
Richard EL. Winslow
Winslow, Lanier & Co
New York
Westport
Connecticut
Winslow Imarried
Mira Robertson
Paris
Weny
Winslow
Fitch
Mason
Eaton
John Cleveland
Ricord
Sue
Mans Hood
Packel
Hie
Patlcy Roland
ET Broom
Broalway
York
Anths
Mividia
Express
We R. Merwin
Bor
Dubuque
Alten & Hosford
Smith & Dwyer
Chicago
Diagnostic Method Proposed for Smallpox by secret system
An article warns physicians not to hastily diagnose eruptive disorders as smallpox. It describes a diagnostic test where a small hard substance felt under the skin by pressing the eruption and surrounding tissue distinguishes smallpox from other diseases. The author claims this method is novel and not in standard authorities.
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Mita Bane
Kleelrie Journal
Peentine
Duventor
Sweden
Neo
Helen T
A. Gook
Chicago
Allen & Howford
Wilinina & Potter
P. D. Sammon, CO. 8
Colter
Junkermann & Hea
Biarow
Tifa
Dr. Bigelow
South
Clark Street
Bru
Tien Man
Wyelow Han
Lfe
Agulow
Secretary Welles Challenged By Ocean Steamers Race
The text reports a challenge by Secretary Welles to race his steamer Eutaw against fast vessels, which the Chamber of Commerce rejects. It notes a Sterling proposal to pit three steamers against rebel steamers Rappahannock Alabama and Florida, with government stakes if U S vessels win.
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Wanixs
Welles
Chamber of Commerce
Grinnell
Sterald
Eutaw
Rappahannock
Alabama
Florida
Escape of Morgan posse officer Lines from Ohio Penitentiary
Captains Bines and Lines fled capture after aiding Morgan and his men in a bold escape. Lines, posing as a Yankee, evaded guards, crossed rivers, and traveled to Dalton, Georgia, after a night of feigned loyalty and careful maneuvering across Tennessee and Kentucky lines.
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Lines
Morgan
Ohio Penitentiary
Richmond
Hines
Line
Hinds
Bullitt
Mor“nn
Fines
Kingston
William
Robert Church
Smith
Kentucky Cavalry
Yankee Kentucky Infantry
Loudon
Tennessee River
Itines
Slines
London
Ife
Dalton
Gutta Percha and Its Global Rise in the 19th Century
The Isonandra gutta tree native to the Indian Archipelago yields gutta percha, first noted by Mr. Montgomery in 1843 and quickly adopted worldwide. Malays used the resin in tools, while the modern method taps the bark with a knife, collecting milky fluid to evaporate into flexible sheets. The article also notes New York City's 1863 population and deaths, including 25,196 total deaths and 165 from wounds during a hot week.
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Indian Archipelago
Europe
Montgomery
Royal Society
New York City
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