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Freeport Journal in Freeport, Illinois

11 Apr 1866

Page 6

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Freeport Journal

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Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1866

Page

6

Through Texas and the South A Private Letter 1866

A private letter from Des Moines dated March 25 1866 describes a January to March southward journey via Chicago Memphis Natchez New Orleans to Galveston and San Antonio. It notes New Orleans as a bustling cosmopolitan center and Galveston as an upcoming Texas port while detailing towns like Houston Columbus Gonzales Seguin Bastrop La Grange and San Antonio with emphasis on cattle cotton and regional growth. The writer recalls diverse impressions of climates plants and people and closes with travel home through Mobile and Cairo.

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Chicago Memphis Vickburg Natchez Rogue New Orleans Cairo Airo Atlantic Island No. 10 Gen. Pope McLellan, Porter & Co Virginia St. Louis Col. Ellett West Rai Vicksburg Mississippi Baton Rouge Louisana Southwest Galveston Texas Houston Buffalo Bayou Columbus Colorado County Richmond Brazor Guadaloupe Gonzaleg San Antonio River Helena Karnes County Nueces San Antonio Gonzales United States Confederacy Iig Eaton Europe America Seguin Bastrop la Grange Mobile Mobile & Ohio Railroad Keokuk Burlington Home
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Oil and scripture spark a preacher’s tale in Kentucky

A Baptist minister touring Kentucky’s oil regions cites Job to claim oil wealth justifies vast profits. He reads Job 29 6 and argues Job needed camels and oxen to haul oil. The piece contrasts a Bangor thief sentenced to 21 years for 2000 dollars with a far larger fraud by Ketchum receiving lighter treatment under executive clemency.

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