National Debt Growth Prompts Calls for Repudiation
The Democrat notes rising national debt and monthly increases of 12 to 15 million dollars. It criticizes Radical inflation of expenditures, warns of repudiation, and predicts Ben Wade seeks top federal posts as retirement looms. The piece laments tax burdens on workers and urges economical government.
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Radical Party
Aca
George
Ulysses
Olmsnes
Congress
Washburne
Republic
The Electoral Vote Count For Grant And Colfax
The electoral vote will be counted under a constitutional provision and Grant and Colfax proclaimed as elected. Objections may challenge Louisiana and Georgia’s votes for not meeting Reconstruction laws, highlighting dual representation in Congress. It is suggested the Radicals may reconcile and Grant could resign his general’s commission if not kept.
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Ben. Wade
Ohio
Ben. Wile
Ot Ashtabula
Dioclecian
Roman Empire
Salona
Wade
Senate
Ulysses
Negrowm
Ben
Colfax
Grant
Court of St. James
United States
Louisiana
Georgia
Gen. Grant
Banking and Currency Debate Delayed in Ways and Means
The Ways and Means committee discussed banking and currency questions alongside financial bills. Republicans resist taking decisive action, preferring to shirk responsibility this session. The delay leaves the country’s business increasingly embarrassed as the measure stalls.
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Committee of ‘Ways and Means
Radical corruption and Don Pratt as a Radical voice
Washington correspondent Don Pratt is praised as a brilliant Radical writer and relentless stump speaker. The piece claims he exposes corruptions in Washington, defends laborers against rising costs, and urges loyal Republican channels to reveal truth while criticizing Democratic charges of fraud.
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Washington
Cincinnati
Federal
Don Pratt
Radical
Congress
Radical Party
Remains of Mrs Surratt to be delivered to family
The President orders delivery of Mrs Surratt's remains to the family for interment in the family vault. This humane act follows questions about the deceased's fate and seeks to soothe the hurt of her children and friends by resting her body in consecrated ground near their graves.
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Surratt
Railroad Meeting at Adrien Michigan Sparks Road Plan
Delegates from Northern Indians Ohio and Southern Michigan attended a railroad meeting in Adrien Michigan. Enthusiasm ran high to build the Detroit to Adrian Fort Wayne line. Advocates urged rapid work and local support to complete the project soon. Also noted, a constitutional amendment granting suffrage to all citizens passed the Senate 40 to 16 and heads to state legislatures for ratification amid doubt.
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Adrien
Michigan
Ohio
Detroit
Adrian
Fort Wayne
Senate of the
United States
Inauguration Ball and Negro Equality Debate
A Tribune editorial reaffirms opposition to negro suffrage and social equality, arguing political advancement will force social integration. It frames the inauguration ball as a test of Radical aims and warns against mingling races in politics and society, invoking racial separation and moral distinctions.
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Republican Party
North Carolina
Washington
N.Y. Tribune
Sons of Africa
Darkies
Horace Greeley
Ethiopea’s
General Grant
Tribune
Radical Party
Ft Wabash Board Adopts Route Resolutions
The Ft Wabash J & S BR Go board adopts measures to start the line from Angola to the State line once Stemben County raises funds to 155000. If DeKalb fails to meet its assessment this month engineers will survey a Angola to Kendallville route. The directors urge prompt action and warn DeKalb that the road may bypass them if funds are not raised.
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Ft. W
BR. BR. Go
Stemben
Angola
State Line
Allen County
Kendallville
DeKalb County
DeKalb
Demmocrart
Georgia Legislature Debates Negro Office Eligibility
The Georgia Senate defeated a resolution pledging to follow Supreme Court rulings on negro eligibility for office. A separate measure requiring oath responses on wartime officeholding and Confederate service also failed. A motion to concur with the House on eligibility was adopted, and a resolution to rescind last session’s expulsion of colored members was postponed indefinitely.
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Congress
Georgia
Georgia Senate
General Assembly
Supreme Court
United States
House
Congressional repudiation and wartime debt ethics
A critique argues against repudiating public debt, comparing the 1860s slave owner payments and the Fourteenth Amendment. It asserts that paying slave-owner claims and bonds alike binds the government to honor promises, warning that repudiation in one case sets a dangerous precedent for all debts.
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National Congress
Muck
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
United States
Congress
Border States
Secretary of War
Kentucky
Ohio
Thomas Jefferson
Strikes and Bondholders in a Debated Year
The New York Day Book argues strikes persist as workers misjudge profits, placing the bondholder as the chief oppressor. It asserts bondholders extract vast interest, tax burdens shift to labor via prices, and workers must unite with employers to curb bondholder power for fair wages and living conditions.
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Europe
Bomdholder
Grant and Colfax win 214 to 80 over Seymour and Blair
Congress formally declared Grant and Colfax elected on Wednesday while Georgia and Louisiana were counted for Seymour and Blair. Final tally: Grant and Colfax 214, Seymour and Blair 80.
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Congress
Grant
Colfax
Georgia
Louisiana
Seymour
Blair
Spain in turmoil as violence spreads in streets
The situation in Spain worsens daily with open robberies and violent scenes. Raiders are said to control areas as passions rise, drawing comparisons to the French Revolution and warning that only strong action can restore order.
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Spain
Sermon on the Flesh and Blood of Christ at Episcopal Church
Bishop Talbot preached at the Episcopal Church using John 6 55 and argued salvation rests on faith not the literal consumption of Christ’s flesh. He warned Rome’s view leads to perdition, urged belief in Christ as bread of life, and confirmed eleven candidates in a closing rite.
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Episcopal Church
Lazarus
Christ
Jesus
Church of Christ
Church
Jesus Christ
John the Baptist
Paul
Church of
Rome
Church of Rome
Lord Jesus Christ
How to Save Children From Croup
A historical instruction on recognizing croup and basic home remedies. It advises rapid physician contact, wrapping hot flannel strips, and using turpentine plasters or mustard plasters. It suggests hive syrup or ipecac or lobelia to induce vomiting to relieve the airway, and hot water compresses as a last resort while awaiting a doctor.
Cleanliness and feeding guide for butter making in winter
The article stresses hygiene in butter production, noting clean vessels, hands, and surroundings are crucial. It highlights milk taste is affected by room odors and temperature, recommends Timothy and clover feeds, and warns against high or uneven temperatures and smoking. It also mentions Santa Anna's European monarch project and Georgia legislators paying members a high daily rate.
Inside Brigham Youngs Harem in Salt Lake City
A Boston Globe article surveys Brigham Youngs harem in Salt Lake City, listing his concubines and multi wife system. It details the prophet’s private offices, tithing office, and the living quarters, naming several women and noting relationships, births, and rumors within the Mormon leadership circle.
Brigham’s Harem Described as Polygamous Household
The article portrays Brigham Young’s harem with numerous concubines and children, naming Emiline Free as a favorite and detailing rivalries and private passages. It notes Zina Huntington, Eliza Snow, Angelia Partridge, and others, claiming forty or more women and many offspring, with critique of life under polygamy.
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Brigham
Ogden City
Nephi Hampton
Mary Bigelow
Emiline Free
Pere
Emiline
Eliza Snow
The
Deseret News
Zina Huntington
Zina
Salt Lake
Dr. Jacobs
England
California
Angelia Partridge
Abs
Augusta Cobb
Joseph Smith
Clare Chase
Amelia Folsom
Portsmouth
N. H
Utah
Stick to your bush parable shapes a life of success
A townsman recalls Mr Morgan as rich and respected who advised many doors. He shares his father’s simple rule from whortleberries: stay with one bush, avoid chasing better finds, and work steadily. The lesson guides a life in business and trust, shaping his fortune and character.
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Joseph
Souring Eloquence and Madrid Protestant Service Report
A political speaker ends a party address with absurd florid imagery while Spain witnesses its first public Protestant religious service in Madrid on Sunday January 24. The audience includes women from various social classes.
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Spain
Madrid
Mule kicks at fair bet ends in bitter bragging match
Jake Johnson boasts of a mule that can kick a fly off a man without harming him. Jim Boggs bets five dollars he can outdo the mule’s trick, but the mule kicks Boggs away, proving Johnson’s claim and leaving Boggs defeated and furious.
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Jake Johnson
Jack
Jim Boges
Bogge
Jim
Jim_ Boggs
Squire
Johnson
Jarvey
Mr. Boggs
Boggs
Mixed local notes and curios from a late 19th century paper
A collage of brief items mentions a Michigan judge earning 17600 dollars yearly, Alaska seal trade, New Orleans peach trees, Miss Evans earning 4500 for St Elmo, air gun use in New York, Cornell student expelled for lying, Bolivia's small standing army, Maryland farmers plowing, Yeo secured at New York, Kellogg concerts in Chicago grossing 14000, and internal revenue receipts of 212301.29. It also covers Turkish army moves, Massachusetts shoemakers, Concord widow wages, eye care folk methods, Iowa post offices, Jefferson Bamberger's quote, a fatal shooting in Kalamazoo, Mrs Lincoln's income, and assorted local incidents from Boston to California.
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The
Sun
Cornwell University
Bolivia
Maryland
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