Arkansas Bill veto and party infighting in 1868
In a June 27 1868 diary from Washington DC the writer says the President blocked reconstruction measures by vetoing the Arkansas bill and hints at plans to veto the omnibus bill admitting remaining Southern states. The letter discusses loyalty, Grant, Johnson, Chase, Pendleton, and political strategy ahead of the July 4 convention. It notes railroad improvements, literary notices, and court appointments, including Evarts as Attorney General.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dear Journal
Congress
Arkansas
Union
Reverdy Johnson
England
Democratic Party
Ife
Chase
Hancock
Surratt
Grant
Blairs
Radical Party
Tennessee
Keverdy Johnson
Senate
Kimgus
Salmon P. Chase
East
Pendleton
New York
Andrew Johnson
Internal Revenue
Rollins
Whiskey
E. B. Washburne
Baltimore & Ohio R. A. Co
Wheeling
Baltimore
Washington
Grant & Colfax
Stephenson County
Armadale
John McLean Syvo
Wilte
John McLean
Iano
Syvo
Wilkie Collins
Harper & Bro
Dickens
Mr. Collins
Harper's Weekly
Woonstone
Starper & Bro
Antivones
John Halifax
House
District of Columbia
Wm. Evarts
Europe
D. B.S
Saengerfest marvel and telegraph profits stir Chicago
From Chicago June 24 1868 a detailed letter reports the Nord American Saengerbund festival as the season’s highlight with record concerts and a peaceful Sunday picnic drawing about eighteen thousand attendees. It notes Milwaukee’s snub and Willingness to host a rival event, plus bold claims about telegraph company profits and western stock sales. The piece also covers entertainment rivalries like White Fawn versus Black Crook, and mentions notable shows and personalities shaping Chicago’s cultural scene.
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Nord Amerikanischen Saengerbund
Germany
Vaterland
Mr. Goodspeed
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Ozankee
Sheboygan
Chicago
St. Louis
Prof
le Gendre
Captain Garrett
Athintic Ocean
H. Chisholm
Garrett
Geo. H. Thurston
Shaw
Pittsburgh
Thurston
Messrs Thurston and
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Great Western” Company
Gookins
Elf-land
Salvator Rosa
Nehlig
Hovey & Nichols
G. H. Rozet
Hartz
Don
Strawberry festival at Cedarville benefits Union Sunday School
The June 26 1868 Cedarville festival drew modest crowds due to rain, yet raised about 55 dollars for the Union Sunday School. Attendees enjoyed strawberries ice cream and lemonade, praised Burdett Organ purchases, and commended Miss Annie Wright’s Harlem school, with music by Mr. Pomeroy. A Cedarville school picnic and a Republican meeting in hall followed, forming the Grant Club with officers G W Barber president and J L Rockey secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Sunday School
Burdett
Tiarlem
Annie Wright
Hungary
Pomeroy
G. W. Barber
J. L. Rockey
True Lights
Grant Club
Mr. Herron
David Jones
Henry Richard
A. W. Templeton
H. EH. Duth
F. J. Jones
Jason Clingman
Elias Duth
Dd. T
God of the Living Refutes Sleep of the Dead Letter
A letter to the editor argues against the claim that the Bible offers no promise of heaven after death. It cites scriptures showing living spirits, cites Jesus and Lazarus, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Elijah, and defends the view of a present, active afterlife contrary to the Sadducee denial.
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Mr. Ispirok
Ik. Is
Christ
Hell
Elijah
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
God
Peter
James
John
Elias
Moses
Jesus
Lazarus
Paradise
Kingdom of Heaven
The Formation of Man and Spiritual Material Union
The text explains that the spiritual world and natural world form a single substance and that spiritual forms clothe themselves with natural substances. It discusses influx, correspondence, and how form and life originate from two worlds, noting the mutual subsistence of spiritual and material organisms and the role of education in shaping human faculty and responsibility.
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Wasshington, D.C
Ciicago
Cedarville
Atari
Formation of
Man
Ayer
eDenoers
Prdent
Johnson
PAN
Chica
Emory A. Storrs
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