Currency Scarcity and Bank Interest Debate Across Regions
The piece argues currency shortages burden manufacturers and poorer regions while New York holds excess money. It criticizes banks paying interest on deposits and highlights money flow causing panics, urging congressional action without harming national interests. It warns about eastern exuberance harming interior needs.
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Amy
Sean
Vander
Pho
Darry
United States
New York
Vanderbilt
Soutd
Wien
Congress
York
Sketch of the Siamese Twins and related notes
An 1811 birth Siamese twins Eng and Chang are described with details of their separation bond and lived experiences in Siam, the United States, and a plantation setting. The passage recounts their health, family, and a London surgeon's tests to assess the risks of separation, noting their aging prospects and possible shared fate.
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Eng
Chang
North Carolina
Siam
Fightng
Matering Shenoyam
United States
New York
Chaves Hadany
Hough
London
I Want to Kiss Mamma Poem Excerpt From Phrenological Journal
An evocative poem excerpt titled I Want to Kiss Mamma appears in the Phrenological Journal. It describes a child’s tender affection for a mother, blending imagery of midnight restraints and soothing lullaby phrases with a close embrace and sleepy, loving whispers.
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Diirkiibag
Mamma
King ‘Ou
Accident with a pistol leaves boy unhurt after firing
John Baker son of Col A S Baker was accidentally shot in the face Saturday evening by playfellow Frank Abbott son of S H Abbott as they snapped unloaded pistols. Abbott had slipped a cartridge into his weapon. the ball lodged four inches deep but now cannot be found. Baker swallows feeling it but shows no pain and is expected to recover. Both boys are praised for character and the incident is blamed on carelessness and urged caution with firearms.
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Ruahville
Adrigan
Aly
Daniel Morris
Congress
Cuyler F. Green Esq
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Otis Richard
N. Warfield
Dr.Otis
Morris
Robert B. Elliot
South Carolina
Waples
N.Y
Schuyler Colfax
United ‘States
Jed
Arnold
Tom. Stanfield
Dr.Henricks
Bill
Miller
Teven I
Oty Brock
Rip van Winkle
St. Joseph County
Indiana
Wikele
Old Block
John Baker
Col
A. S. Baker
Frank Abbott
S.h.abbott
Abbott
Young Baker
Baker
South Bend Régister
Vermont
Natick
Mass
H.R. Stevens
Vie
B.S. Best
Maus
L. C
Reverie on South Bend Veterans of Hull Arnold Gatherings
The writer recalls old South Bend musical gatherings led by Hull and Arnold, praising veteran players for soul stirring music and long past parties. He laments aging performers and nostalgic reminiscences of figures like Bill Miller Stanfield Whinery Tyra Bray Liston Dr Eddy Tutt Algerson and Egbert, hoping age spares them.
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South Bend
Délaine
Bea
Hull
Arnold
Aniok
SouthBend
Bill Miller
Tom Stanfield
Mark. Whinery
Tyra
Bray
Liston
Dr. Eddy
Charlie Tutt
Algerson
Elishi “Egbert
John de Détrees
Hylland
Arnold Old
Union Furnishing Company Swindle Exposed by Western Rural
The Western Rural of Chicago exposes a Chicago concern run by Geo B Hodge Co promoting a scheme like the Thompson swindle. Certs sold at 25 cents plus $1 for a selection, promising double or sixfold value. A million certificates out, goods not delivered yet. A farmer's letter in contrast warns of hard times and the dangers of overextended credit.
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Chicago
Geo. B. Hodge & Co
S.C. Thompson
Navigation Closes at Michigan City Lighthouse Darkens
Navigation has closed at Michigan City and the lighthouse has been darkened signaling reduced activity or hazard in the harbor area. Local authorities advise sailors to seek alternative routes and monitor official updates for safe passage.
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Michigan
City
Supreme Court settles Mississippi election result
The state Supreme Court rules the last election legal and constitutional, placing Ames in the governor chair and ending the political disturbance.
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Mississippi
Supreme Court of the State
Ames
Home for Fallen Men Labor Benched by Ground Limits
In a note from Illinois the plan to build a Home for Fallen men failed due to insufficient ground space. The Baxter law ninth section was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, a decision criticized as overly technical and out of step with public sentiment.
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Baxter
Supreme Court
Ligonier
Wedding Anniversary Gifts List Through the Ages
A fragmented set of anniversary milestones lists gifts by year from three days to diamond. It mentions sugar sixty vinegar first iron fifth wooden tenth tin fifteenth crystal twentieth china twenty fifth silver thirtieth cotton thirty-fifth linen fortieth woolen forty fifth silk fifty golden seventy fifth diamond.
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China
Wheeler expedition reports contrasts in Arizona and New Mexico mining
Lieutenant Wheeler’s exploration through Arizona and New Mexico yields mixed mining prospects. New Mexico shows limited metals like copper and coal, while Southern Colorado impresses as a rich mining area with mercury platinum and tin. Arizona is described as a bleak desert with no valuable minerals.
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Wheeler
Arizona
New Mexico
Colorado
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