Grant’s Military Service Reverberates in 1864 Canvass
A reader notes how anti Grant voices repackage loyalty to the army and praise for him in the campaign while attacking the administration. The piece argues that American voters know the difference between battlefield leadership and civil governance and will judge Grant on both.
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Death of Benito Juarez and Mexican political outlook
Dispatches confirm Juarez, president of the Mexican Republic, died on the night of the 18th at government seat. The report weighs on Mexican stability and U.S. relations, with Lerdo de Tejada poised to succeed and Mexican policy likely to shift amid ongoing revolutions and border tensions.
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Lerdo de Tejada
Harvest Home Echoes of Modern Farming Progress
The piece celebrates Autumn harvests across the West and fields teeming with grain, maize, fruits, and vineyards. It contrasts antique hand labor with mechanized reaping and threshing, notes education lifting farmers, and urges sharing abundance with those in Persia facing famine while praising practical brain power guiding industry and agriculture.
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Rome
Persia
Small-Pox Remedy Credited With Swift Cure
A correspondent shares a recipe claimed to prevent or cure small pox and scarlet fever, with zinc sulfate and foxglove dosed in sugar and water. The note urges physicians to use it, saying illnesses vanish in twelve hours. It also recalls a Dutchess County pensioner who lived to 105.
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England
Word of Science
Paris
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Horace Greeley Quote Attributed To Democratic Candidate
A fragment quotes Horace Greeley asserting he was never a follower of the Democratic Party and that he lived and died free of its debts. The line reflects 19th century political rhetoric attributed to a presidential hopeful.
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Ace Greeley
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Democratic Party
Horace Greeley
Obedience and Laughter Mark Inaugural Court Scenes
An account contrasts servile prostration in Indian courts with a humorous incident in Rome where the Burmese ambassador received the Order of the Italian Crown and, unsure how to wear it, tied it around his waist and crawled to King Victor Emmanuel. The scene drew laughter and illustrates court etiquette differences.
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Victor Emmanuel
India
Java
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