Ulysses S Grant at West Point and early military career
The narrative recounts young Ulysses S. Grant as he contends with a harsh upbringing, defies labor in a tanning trade, and earns a West Point appointment in 1859. It details his cadet years, initial low standing, progress in mathematics and engineering, and notable early actions in the Mexican War, including Molino del Rey and Chapultepec.
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Julia
Mr. Grant
Ulysses
Grant
Hamer
Ulysses S. Grant
Cooper
Lehigh University
West Point
Academy
Sem
Fourth United States Infantry
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Frederick T. Dent
Taylor
United States
Mexico
Texas
Dent
Matamoras
Fort Brown
Samta Anna
Palo Alto
Santa Anna
Resaca de la Palma
Winfield Scott
Molino del Rey
Quartermaster Grant
Cerro Gordo
San Antonio
Cherubusco
Chapultepec
Brooks
Worth
Fragment about lobster claw regrowth and hens
A garbled reader’s line compares a lobster breaking a claw to a hen breaking a bone. It suggests the claw regrows or a new growth sprouts immediately to fill the gap, reflecting a curious biological analogy.
Colfax Testimony and the Grant Presidency Debate
A defense of Schuyler Colfax and his stance against misquoting his Indiana remarks about the Republican party. The text recounts Colfax’s withdrawal from the Vice Presidential race, his support for Grant, and his mother's urging as she neared death. It also presents contemporaneous opinions praising Grant and defending Republican unity.
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Republican Party
Colfax
United States
Grant
Henry Wilson
Philadelphia
Wilson
South Bend
Republican
Schuyler Colfax
Ulysses Grant
Chicago Evening Post
How I Became My Own Grandfather
A humorous riddle about a man who, through remarriage and blended families, ends up being his own grandfather. The tale traces multiple generations and marriages to show how kinship lines loop back on themselves in a single household.
Manure Care and Composting Practices in Farm Use
The article compares manure handling from English and Scotch methods in the United States and Canada. It urges combining horse cow and hog manure for faster decay, layering with moisture, and using blood hen manure ashes plaster and muck to promote fermentation and better spring fertility especially for root crops. It ends with a moral question about whether a man fined repeatedly can be refined.
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United States
Canada
Fruit Raising and Diet in Coleman’s World Advice
Coleman’s World encourages farmers to grow fruit in a widespread country. Strawberries raspberries currants gooseberries apples pears and peaches can be produced locally and preserved year round. It advocates fruit as preventive for bilious disease and as a delicious regular meal component.
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Colemans World
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Germany
Parepa Rosa
London Philharmonic Society
England
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Iowa
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General Grant
H. G
Wrest
East
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White House
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Elkhart
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Liverpool & Great Western Steamship Company
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Royal Bank of Ireland
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ST. Mary’s Academy
South Bend, Ind
School of Design
St. Mary's Conservatory of Music
Europe
Lake Shore & Mich
Southern Railway
East—Michigan Division
Mall
Grand Rapids
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Atlantic Express
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Chicago Express
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Wabash
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway
Pittsburgh
Fort Wayne
Kankakee
Walkerton
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Rochester
Peru
Lis
Herald OF Truth
Elkhart, ID
John F. Funk & Bro
Lues
Edward and
Emma Molloy
Proprietors
J. F. Curtiss & Co
Johnny Davenport
Elkhart Observer
Simonton
Main Street
Opera House
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Walley
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Hig Mammoth
Jongreas Street
Inter-Ocean
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Express
Calkins Bros. & CO
South Canal St
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