I Told How It Happened at a Small Shop in Madison County
Carl Zimmerman recounts a morning incident in a small shop in Madison County Indiana where dockers accused him of selling beer. He describes being surrounded by women singing loud songs, threatening to dump sour beer, and his decision to relocate the shop after the incident. The tale closes with him moving to West PH and keeping the shop unchanged under Dockder Lewis Brigade.
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Carl Zimmerman
Madison
Indiana
Bier
The Skeletons of Jo Denton and the Devil
A respected man Jo Denton sinks into a mortal tale. After a night of heavy drinking he dreams of hell where Satan taunts him, listing forbidden tenants for his rebuilt skull. Jo wakes to a near fatal head injury from a pistol shot, learns the truth, and vows temperance as friends and his wife help him recover.
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Jo Denton
Satan
Kansas
Perdon
Hell
Gates of
Paradise
Earth
Tina
Fle
Anecdotes from Sumner at a Washington visit
A Chicago Times correspondent recounts Sumner in Verona with H K Brown and Thackeray and Longfellow episodes. The tale recalls Ruskin measuring Scal l inger horses, Thackeray rating Trumbull, and fear of facing Jackson’s statue as they discuss art and politics.
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Washington
Chicago Times
Sumner
Longfellow
Verona
Ruskin
Jackson
Thackery
Capitol Rotunda
Rotunda
Trumbull
Ile
Mr. Thackery
Clark Mill
Vinnie Ream
Mr. Suroner
Black and the Higher Law in Lincoln Era Debate
The piece condemns Jeremiah S. Black for attacking Lincoln era higher law principles. It traces Black's influence with Lamon and Stanton, cites Adams Hamilton Washington and Locke as defenders of natural rights, and compares the era’s moral philosophy to postwar crime and disorder in Europe, warning against renewed rebellion and urging reconciliation.
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Booth
Payne
Lincoln
Seward
Stanton
Charles Francis Adams
Jeremiah
Lamon
Black
Adams
Blackstone
Alexander Hamilton
Washington
Revolutionary Congress
America
Cicero
Locke
Milton
England
Guizot
Hamilton
Sidney
Vane
Socrates
Fillmore Religion Discussion Reveals Moral Perspective
Rev A P Ripley and Bishop Peck recount a meeting with former President Millard Fillmore in Buffalo. They discuss readiness for death and long-term faith, noting Fillmore’s sympathy for revealed religion and his high moral character as a civic example.
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A. P. Ripley
Buffalo Christian Advocate
Fillmore
Bishop Peck
Dickenson College
Bismarck Defends State Supremacy Over Papal Influence
In a present conflict with the Papacy, Bismarck asserts duty to respect Catholic dogmas but rejects any interpretation of infallibility that would create an ecclesiastical empire in Prussia. He insists the state’s laws prevail and calls on Ultramontane Catholics to respect Protestant convictions, criticizing perceived oppression when others challenge control.
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Papacy
Bismarck
Vatican
Prussia
The Railway Terror in England
From the London Saturday Review the piece condemns railway leadership for worsening safety. It cites at least 120 deaths and nearly 1000 injuries in six months, predicts ongoing crashes, and notes public panic and falling passenger numbers. It criticizes managers for browbeating the public rather than restoring confidence.
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England
London Saturday Review
London
Edinburgh
The Wood-Sawyer's Pretty Daughter Story
A Boston wood-sawyer's daughter at a ball is courted by a dapper suitor group. She confirms an engagement while he and associates question her father's business. The tale notes the father is a wealthy mahogany dealer and hints at a scheme that backfired.
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Boston
Fasling
Which Mack Knows Something About A Chapter Of Personal History
The New York Sun reprints a reminiscence from a printer in Clinton Ill about Deacon Richard Smith as a presidential candidate and a shorthand reporter named Mack. It recounts Mack’s failed reporting of Copperhead speeches by Job Stevenson, his dalliance with ladies and wine, and the Gazette’s eventual publication of a distorted report, triggering Smith’s ire and Mack’s career setback.
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Mack
New York Sun
Clinton
Ill
Great West
Sun
Richard Smith
Smith
DeWitt County
J. B. McCullagh
St. Louis
Job Stevenson
Cincinnati
Copperhead
Cincinnati Gazette
Job
Longworth
Gazette
Deacon Richar Smith
Pembina Territory Proposed From Dakota North Of 46th Parallel
Senate Committee reports a bill to organize four new territories in the northern portion of Dakota Territory to be named Pembina. The oblong square would lie north of the 46th parallel, bounded by Dakota to the south and British America to the north, with Minnesota to the east and Montana to the west. Major rivers include the Missouri, Little Missouri, Great Knife, Mouse, Cheyenne, and Dakota on the Red River of the North, which separates it from Minnesota, along with Lake Mini Wakan. The region offers rich natural resources and is expected to attract Northern European immigrants despite a cold climate.
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Senate Committee On Territories
Dakota
Pembina
Dakota Territory
British America
Minnesota
Montana
Missouri
Little Missouri
Great Knife
Mouse
Chyenne
Red River
Mini Wakan
Europe
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Berlin
Vauvenorde
Latour
Paris
Troppman
Caleb Williams
de Quincey
WV. Y. Times
Bill & Yeay
South
Semmes
Congress
Lee
Johnston
Longstreet
Beauregard
Stephens
Mosby
Forrest
Republic
Davis
Raphael Semmes
Inter- Ocean
Mr. Fillmore
Wood-Sawyer
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