Our Gold and Currency Mave Gone
Rochard Young, chief of the bureau of data tion publishes tables showing eleven years of imports at $4,857,87186 and exports at $8,817,201,414. The balance against us is $1,040,536,721, with bullion imports of $204,019,127 and exports of $885,965,194 creating a $681,046,007 bullion balance. Debts total $1,200,000,000 including pre war, with annual interest about $72,000,000 in gold, prompting arguments for protective and prohibitory tariffs and a push to domestic manufacturing. Destruction of currency and losses from fires reduced circulating notes, with per capita estimates and regional disparities fueling calls for reform.
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Rochard Young
Bureau of Dtatiation
David A. Wells
Young
New York ‘Independent
Spinner
Chicago
Boston
Sub-Treasury
New York “Post
Sdgavinisa Avedededeta
Etanyfit Toanssis
Omabdoes
Prince Bismarck and the Cartists
A historical narrative traces Spain from 1868 to 1872, detailing the overthrow of Queen Isabella II, the rise of Serrano and Prim, and the insurrection that led to a Madrid jubilation under Generals while Isabella fled to France. It notes the provisional Junta, liberal decrees, and ongoing political turmoil, with Don Carlos challenging the throne amid aristocratic and clerical support.
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Madrid
Adam
Italy
Alps
Germany
Paris
England
Spain
Toledo
Paradise
Isabella
Serrano
Cadiz
Topete
Prim
Isabella the Catholic
Rome
Europe
Louis Napoleon
Biarritz
San Sebastia
Guipuzcoa
Bay of Biscay
Don Sebastian
Claret
Hendage
Prince Imperial
Pau
Cortes Cortes
Don Carlos
Unclear political maneuver in Germany Spain clash
In the chaotic scene described by the NFP Times, Wally aims to keep a country under his rule while facing anarchy and bankruptcy. Prince Bismarck seeks to influence the Austrians against the Anrhista, and a potential Carlist move through the Reunian Catholic Party is suggested. Germany is said to have no territorial aims in Spain, and after Amadeus’s experiences, no Hohenzollern would seek the throne there. The piece views the prince’s actions as possibly suppressing long-standing unrest.
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Wally
Royal debt tale harms crown and dynasty in Times dispatch
Cincinnati Times argues a £640000 private debt for the Prince of Wales could imperil the throne and party support. It contrasts past Brunswick debts of George IV with present counts, noting Queen Victoria’s fortune and civil list, while contending public anger rises as Republican sentiment grows.
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Prince of Wales
George IV
Prince Albert
Crown Lands
Europe
Bradlaugh, Dilke and Co
Cincinnati Times
The Brussels Congress and Europe’s looming war
The Brussels Congress is seen as unlikely to deliver progress as nations mass armed forces. Mutual distrust, selfish aims, and the prospect of a great war dominate commentary. Russia and Germany seek advantage via paper treaties while England and France enter wary, with uncertain consent. Cincinnati Tires.
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Congress of the Great Powers of Europe
Brussels
Europe
Russia
Germany
England
France
Gortschakoff
Black Sea
Cincinnati
Breeding Standards Urged Against Inbreeding for Horses
The National Live Stock Journal urges breeders to judge individual merit and avoid defects, warning that overreliance on famed bloodlines and heavy inbreeding harms trotting and thoroughbred stocks. It argues for selecting the best representatives of strong families and rejecting defective animals.
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Hambletonian
Ethan Allen
Bashaw
Lexington
Glencoe
Abdallah
National Live Stock Journal
Prairie soil plowed in Illinois per 1872 board figures
The Peoria Transcript disputes a Tribune claim that less than half the prairie land in Illinois has been turned. Using 1872 State Board of Equalization data, total land 34,074,305 acres, improved 24,570,495, unimproved 9,503,810, with forest lands in the latter increasing the plowed share beyond seven tenths.
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New York Tribune
Ilinois
State Board of Equalization
Tribune
Peoria Transcript
Plymouth Rock in Ike Partington's amusing history lesson
The composition by Ike Partington narrates Plymouth Rock with humorous errors and grandiose claims. It recounts the Mayflower voyage in 1492, Carver greeting Samoset, and Miles Standish guarding the rock, framing it as a symbol of Liberty and American heritage.
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Plymouth Rock
Ike Partington
Pilgrims
Osman Brewster
Boston
Carver
Samoset
Ingine
Miles Standish
Pilgrim Hall
Plymouth
Rumbling Earthquakes Reported Near Lebanon Springs
A Hudson Register correspondent describes a Sunday awakening by earth rumblings near Goodrich Hollow three to four miles from Lebanon Springs New York. The quaking continued until Monday at 10 PM and reappeared Tuesday evening with greater intensity alarming residents. Silas Carpenter noted a brook on his land rising rapidly and heating to 118 degrees Fahrenheit, remarking it as the natural outlet of a lake.
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Hudson Register
Lebanon Springs
N. Y
Goodrich Hollow
Silas Carpenter
Lake of boiling steam on Hancock mountain noted as natural curiosity
A party explored a nearly circular lake on a Hancock slope believed to sit in a volcanic crater. The water boiled and steamed violently, the mist hid the shore, and a cavern appeared as the lake shifted. Steam and hot water stripped nearby timber and killed grass.
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Hancock
Berkshire County
Mass
Cost of Fencing in the United States Economy in Nebraska
A Nebraska correspondent notes fencing as the heaviest farming expense. Nation wide fences total about 1800 million dollars, with yearly upkeep near 100 million. Nebraska adopts a law shifting fencing costs to livestock owners, reducing farm needs for lumber fences. Hedge rows of honey locust, osage orange, and white willow dot settled areas, with some peach hedge rows yielding good crops.
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Illinois
Nebraska
New Household Journal Evening at Home Debuts in Indiana
A monthly sixteen page publication from Elkhart Indiana titled New Household Journal Evening at Home targets families and youth with health and lifestyle topics. Subscriptions at 75 cents yearly in advance include fifteen numbers and offer agent premiums and club commissions.
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H. A. Mumaw
Elkhart
Indiana
Tragedy in Creston: Stepfather Murders Man in Bed
In Creston Iowa this morning at about 8 o clock a bloody murder occurred as J L Brister was attacked in bed by his stepfather J Burnett who shared the same house with the family. The assailant struck Brister while he lay with his wife. Further details follow in the full report.
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Creston
Iowa
J. L. Brister
J. Burnett
Burnett
Murder Plot Shocks Town as Widow Sleeps Through Killings
Brister wounded in a fatal assault on Burnett and Brister at Brister’s home. Burnett fled after the stabbing, leaving Brister and his wife. Brister and his wife facing divorce talks. town in uproar as searches and a mayoral order close businesses, reward offered, and lynching talk grows.
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Briater
Burnett
Brister
Hig Tament
Hig
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