Prohibitory Maine Leads Union Amid National Debates
The Lewiston Journal notes Maine leads the Union in temperance, admitting enforcement is uneven across localities until public sentiment rises. The New York Ledger and Inter Ocean discuss political reform, Cuba annexation talks, and railways seeking fair pay. Louisiana Governor William P. Kelley orders tax collection amid delinquency, including $1.47 million due in New Orleans.
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The
Lewiston Journal
Maine
William P. Kelley
Louisiana
New Orleans
Anamosa Gazette Reports Senate Charges and Transportation Inquiry
The Anamosa Gazette recalls Lyman Trumbull's accusations of fees and graft, cites political attacks and a Minnesota Senator Windom securing recess access for a Senate committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard. The piece argues freight costs deny Western products European markets and calls the inquiry timely.
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Anamosa
Iowa
Lyman Trumbull
Illinois
Cincinnati
United States
Chicago Tribune
Grant
Jyman Trumbull
Senate
My. Windom
Minnesota
United States Senate
Seaboard
Forty Acre Tree Growth Act Promoted by Forty-Second Congress
The Forty-second Congress backs a tree growth act allowing settlers to patent forty acres for ten years of planting and maintaining trees on public land. A separate Lomestead provision offers 160 acres for cultivating an acre of trees for three years. In Indianapolis a clerks stamp licking incident underlines drought talk and local gossip.
Widow Housden found murdered near Nashville gallows
A 60 year old widow, Housden, was taken from her bed near Nashville Tennessee on Monday night by unknown attackers. She was hanged at a makeshift gallows used for dressing hogs, death resulting. Tracks suggest two men carried out the act. the motive and exact circumstances remain undetermined.
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Housden
Nashville
Tenn
Hasty Legislation and Legislative Delays
The piece rebukes hasty lawmaking citing constitutional rules that require three readings and printed amendments for every bill. It defends lawmakers against blame for delays, condemns Saturday and Monday absences, and notes brief speeches and overuse of the previous question. An Springfield correspondent adds that railroad legislation is complex and demands careful constitutional adherence.
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Tda
Ae Ale Es
Ita
Springfield
Peoria Transcript
House
Senate
Distinction on Voting Strikes at Dixon Sun Editorials
Dixon Sun editor denounces voting the straight party ticket as a major sin in local elections while contrasting Freeport Bulletin's stance. The piece cites Democratic editors in Dixon and Freeport, notes accusations against Grant and Sheridan, and mentions a Canadian Dodger facing forgery charges amidst political commentary.
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Dixon Sun
Down Street
Freeport
Dixon
Freeport Bulletin
Bulletin
Citizens
Democrats of
Vreeport
Diron Telegraph & Herald
East Tennessee Mineral Resources and Iron Works Outlook
A Tennessee official outlines East Tennessee’s mineral wealth, coal, iron ore, copper, slate, and marble ranges. He describes Walden’s Ridge, the Cumberland coal field, and the Tennessee River system as engines of regional industry with furnaces at Rockwood producing pig iron. notes transport and cost advantages for Northwest valley manufacturers and previews further Tennessee mineral coverage.
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East Tennesses
East Tennessee
Goa
Chattanooga
Bristol
Virginia
Alleghany Range
North Carolina
Blue Ridge
Cumberland Mountain Plateau
Sale Creek
Cumberland Gap
Cumberland
Walden'’s Ridge
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
N. E
Italy
Union
Europe
East
Tennessee
Cumberland Mountain
Walden’s Ridge
Sequatchie Valley
Fisk Gap
Knoxville
Walden
Rockwood
Great Valley
N. W
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Alleghany
Broad
Great Plains
Northwest
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
W. F. Lanan
D. F. Rees
J.T. Winner
Renanss
J.T. Witper
Wilder
Lenneseee
Iron Massire
The
South
NM Y
Mischief on Rose Hill Ends With Crutch for Culprit
A tolerable boy in Rose Hill found a Roman candle and chalked it white to palm it as a genuine fulion article on his aged grandmother. She bolted in fright but kept calm, toppled over two chairs, and escaped injury. The mischief maker now uses a crutch, Jon Danbury Newe.
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Rose Hill
Jon Danbury Newe
Mystery of a Dashing Union General Turned Vagrant
A Kansas City News report details a former Union Brigadier and Brevet Major General who, after the Civil War, became a destitute vagrant. He subsists on charity and free meals, shuns conversation, and once had his military commission and mementos hidden in a shirtless prank. He begged the reporter not to reveal his name or degradation, citing harm to friends and fear of public misunderstanding.
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Third Street
Grant
Lincoln
South America
Hansas City
Wilkinson
Assum
Egypt
Mutina
Hirti
Brutus
Anthony
Anacreon
Tasso
Jerusale
Godfrey
Louis IX
Mansu
Sir Mandeville
China
Edward II
Edward III
Harper's
Greeley in dress and critics of the era
James Greeley, famed editor, is described as tidily neat in appearance despite a public image of slovenliness. The piece recounts sharp retorts to critics of his attire and notes his habit of dressing quickly, sometimes half on, with his clothes described as uniquely cut and difficult to identify.
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Greener
Mr. Greeley
Ann Street
Grammont
D’orsay
Beethoven
the Tribune
Greeley
James Watson Webb
The
Courier and Enquirer
Thomas F. Marshall
Tribune
Broadway
Seward
Jusuis Huxu Browna
Harper's Magazine
Bank robbery suit over missing bonds in Philadelphia vault
In a Philadelphia court a bank sued over a January 3 1872 robbery alleging negligence of a watchman allowed a depositor to lock up a tin box with United States bonds in a vault. The depositor claimed bonds were in the box and later found ruined. jury returned $87,000 to the plaintiff.
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Thayer
Kensington National Bank
Niaiv Pring
Philadeli
Platner
Bass
United States
St v
Williams
Handwriting as a reflection of character from early letters
The piece surveys famed figures like Washington Madison Webster and Webster noting their writing styles and punctuation, praising neat copperplate script and direct boldness while recounting a Connecticut woman threatening divorce after swapping husbands.
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J. W. Forney
Washington
James ‘Madison
General Son
James Buchanan
Henry
Webster
Ge MP
John van Buren
Albert & Tin
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Gen. Sheridan
Val. Parsythe
Dodge
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Dominion
Dodger
Cour Ambrom
Rocewoon
Tony
Tom Onutehpad
Agrisculture of
Rockwood Furnace
Ameterial
E. No. Pounda
Ore Chateo
Coke Chase
W. F. Saxs
D. K. Rers
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Sepene
Mystalions
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