The Boys in Blue Rally For Wilson and Grant
A wartime chorus extols Wilson and Grant rallying supporters with calls to unite and shout. The verses praise generals, Horace Greeley Sumner Schurz and Davis, and recount Civil War campaigns from Vicksburg to Richmond. The refrain vows loyalty, celebrating Grant with a repeated chant for victory.
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Tannon
Wilson
Grant
Greeley
Brown
Horace
Sumner
Schurz
Davis
Son
Vickburg
Richmond
Patience Learns to Share Her Son’s Love at Home
In a quiet spring scene Patience, a devout widow, awaits her son Alvin’s return from war. She has sacrificed much for him, and when she discovers he plans to marry Huldah Ray, she blesses their union and accepts aging selflessly, recognizing a second bond beyond motherhood.
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Alvin
Patience Fanning
Patience
Washington
Pennsylvania
Abiah Williams
Kenoch Holbrook
Deacon Spicer
Rachel
Ray
Dier
Uldah
Zuldah
Cher Ray
Mrs. Ray
Huldah
Highlands
Wieder
Widder
Patien¢e
Mother
Goose
Luldah
Juldah
Batk
Travels Up the Mississippi to Minneapolis in 1872
A first-person letter from August 1872 recounts a river journey from Dubuque to Minneapolis via the Illinois and Mississippi corridor. The writer notes climbing at Dubuque, viewing Mt Hosmer, and riding the Clinton steamer with Capt. Congar, praising the Clinton line and criticizing the Northwestern Union Packet. They describe Lake Pepin views, Maiden Rock, Fort Snelling, Minnehaha, and the growth of Minneapolis with mills, architecture, and booming lumber production, including 1871 output figures.
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Minneapouis
Epitok Freswort Journal
Minneapolis
Dubuque
Dubuquers
Mudhly
Dubuquets
Chicago, Dubque & Minnesota Railroad
Lansing
Chicago
Mt. Hosmer
Slarriet Hosmer
Harriet
Mt. Josmer
Clinton
B. A. Congar
Clinton and Northern Packet Line
Northwestern Union Packet Line
Congar
Lake Pepin
St. Paul
Rédk
White Rock
Fort Snelling
Menneapolis
Prairie settlement advances West of Vinton in 1872 letter
A letter from Vista Iowa dated August 16 1872 describes a thirteen mile country trip toward Blairstown. The writer notes extensive wheat fields one hundred acres plus corn and oats across twenty miles of prairie. Harvest is finished wages range 3 to 4 dollars per day, and locals including Prof. K and Mr. N appear in fields. Labor ipse voluptas is praised as settlement accelerates.
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Vista
Iowa
Blairstown
Vinton
Moreanon
Veterans Call for County Soldiers and Sailors Organization
A veteran urges forming a county wide soldiers and sailors organization with county headquarters. He proposes sending delegates to the Pittsburg Soldiers and Sailors Convention on September 17 to show support and unite old comrades for the campaign.
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Boys In Blue
Trumbull
Andersonville
Greeley
Chicago Tribune
Scallaway
Veteras
Soldiers’ and Sailors
Pittsburg
Wisdom, Wealth, and Character in Aphorisms of Conscience
A reflective piece on courage, virtue, and the limits of wealth. It ponders the nature of happiness, the harm of avarice, and how ignorance or modesty shapes vanity. It argues self made pride, the futility of worldly pedigree, and stresses bearing misfortune with composure.
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Otbey
Anca
Fim Happ
Three States Show Democratic Drift in 1872 Outlook
The piece argues Democrats carried New Carolina by 5,000 in the last general election and suggests a governor’s race with any Republican margin is a triumph for the party. It reviews shifts in New Hampshire and connections, noting Schurz Sumner and Greeley realignments, and concludes that five states have voted with three Democratic and one doubtful, signaling potential Republican weakness in November 1872.
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New Carolina
Polis
North Carolina
Greeley
Grant
Ger Grant
New Hampshire
Schurz
Sumner
Operans
Dee
Sumner Greeley
Simi
Oregon
Republica
Canine Sacacity in Fitchburg Shows Honest Dog
In Fitchburg Massachusetts a dog roams a home seeking meals. After several days the owner feeds him, then the dog returns with its owner to settle the bill. The sequence ends as the dog brings the hen it failed to provide earlier to pay for dinner.
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Fitchburg
Massachusetts
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Hiow
Minnesota
Konrse
Missouri Democrat
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