Wise on slavery, colonization, and postwar policy
Ex Governor Henry A Wise voices views on colonization, Reconstruction, and national debt. He calls colonization cruel and impractical, argues slavery ended by God’s providence, and urges federal support for Southern infrastructure like canals and railroads while favoring immediate specie payments. He predicts a tight Virginia race and expresses no strong party preference.
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Fountain Head
A. H. H. Stuart
Ieario
Mr. Wise
Earth
Hunter
God
South
James River
Kanawha
Great Northwest
Stuart
Grant
Virginia
Kanawaha Canal
Governor Boutwell Praises Farming Attractiveness
In a recent address Governor Boutwell argues farming offers more appeal than other pursuits for laboring men with moderate means if they grasp the business. He suggests small capital can secure ownership and control, while trade and manufacturing demand larger investments and carry greater risk. He notes land is cheap and envisions landowners gaining dignity akin to that granted in older nations.
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Boutwell
Judes
Great Britain
A Wrinkle About the Age of Horses
A reader from Illinois describes a method to determine a horse's age after nine by counting upper eyelid wrinkles. Each year over nine adds one wrinkle, so a horse with three wrinkles would be twelve, four would be thirteen. The claim, though surprising, is presented as reliable by the source.
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Illinois
Henry
Becch- ER
Claes
Edward Eggleston
Russian Mennonites Arrive to Settle in Dakota Counties
Last Saturday fifteen families over one hundred in all arrived and will locate in Yankton and Hutchinson counties. They form the first large colony planned for Southern Dakota with wealth and industry to boost population. Commissioner J. S. Foster, after a cross country trip, met the settlers in Elkhart Indiana and helped win their choice of Dakota as home.
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Yankton
Hutchinson
Dakota
J. S. Foster
Elkhart
Indiana
D.T
Clothing for Everybody and You An Early 20th Century Ad
An advertisement lists clothing categories for men women children and specific groups such as doctors lawyers merchants mechanics farmers railroad workers clergy and various fraternal orders. It invites readers to shop a wide range of attire addressing every social role and personality.
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Gaeie
Odd Fellows
Good Templars
Tom
Harry
Everybody
You
Strike Authority Denied by Brotherhood Head
Chas Wilson, Grand Chief Engineer, states no subdivision of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will strike without full organization advice and no division interfering with company property or employees will be sustained. The Tennessee strike is unauthorized. A satirical collection of brief remarks follows, including jokes about daily routines and social norms.
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Chas. Wilson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Tennessee
Brotherhood
Robert J. Culverwell
Chas. J.C. Eline & CO
Bowery
New York
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