Democracy and Revolution in Democratic Attitude
Albany Evening Journal argues that Democratic leaders, led by Gen Blair, pursue revolutionary aims to overthrow Reconstruction and the Fifteenth Amendment. It claims Blair's letter to the Montgomery Mail reveals a plan to go to the people to judge Radicalism and erase federal guarantees of equal rights, with the World signaling “substantial agreement.”
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Blair
Democratic Party
Lfe
Montgomery Mail
Ife
New York World
Progressive Democracy
World
Gen. Blair
South
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dAlbany Evening Journal
The Council of Five Satirizes The Gayest Girls In Town
Sanity Circle writes for Freeport Journal describing The Council of Five and a verse about The gayest girls in town. The poem notes the beauty of various girls with curls, frizzes, and blue eyes, while the speaker muses on restraint and rumors sparked by a whispered bird.
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Freeport Journal
Council of Five
Golden Hair and the Dance Vision
A poetic reflection on a dancer with golden hair seen in a cloaking room and on the dance floor. The speaker recalls a vision of a fair face with blue eyes, warns of temptation, and wakes from dreams of golden hair as the quadrille ends. The piece blends memory, music, and longing with caution about entanglement.
Ghosts of the Highlands and a Dream Haunting Tale
An autumn day on the Argyleshire coast recalls Captain Campbell’s encounter with four men whose ghostly forms the narrator later sees near the jetty. The tale unfolds through a string of supernatural episodes, from haunted rooms in Walton on Thames to a Rutlandshire bishop’s wife, with witnesses and family lore anchoring the eerie chain of events.
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Captain Campbell
Argyleshire
S. Castle
Kintyre
Aise
Scotland
Campbell
Loch Fyne
Walton-on-Thames
Walton
Old Spirit of Revolt Opposes Civil Rights Measures
The piece denounces Democratic papers and the Argus for opposing protections for Southern loyalists. It links their current stance to 1861 and 1871, arguing they defended rebels then and now shield Ku Klux, urging the North to speak out and support needed measures. It notes repeated cries against emancipation and reconstruction failed to stop reforms.
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Argus
Lincoln
Grant
South
Ku Klux
North
Franklin D Pierce
Democratic Party
Sam Slick visits the Journal Office in April visit
Sam Slick describes his April trip to the Journal Office. He admires the newsroom, sees racks and printing rooms, notes wedding card samples, the book bindery, and the polite staff while dreaming of future printing work and a wedding card. He leaves, vowing to return.
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Sam Slick
Billy Ducks
Eph
Withal
Tucker
Uncle Eph
Milingtary
Sammy
Swaow
Journal
Sallie
Neuralgia treatment note from a London correspondent
A medical correspondent in London reports that in China natives used peppermint oil on the pain site for neuralgia. The writer says they have since used the oil as a local anesthetic in neuralgia and gout with remarkable success.
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London
Ancré
China
Iowa Girl Marries Indian After Reading Cooper Books
A romantic tale from Iowa ends with a hurried marriage to an Indian man after years of reading Cooper novels. The woman visits his camp by a sylvan stream, stays one night, returns with a black eye, and requires hair restorative. The drunken husband strikes her. his native partner also meddles with her hair. She resolves to avoid further connections with Indians.
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Ile
Plareney
India
England
Viet
Cook
Mrs. F
Mrs. B
Mia
Mv Am
Mrs. E
Iowa
Cooper
Banes
Sylvan
Verbose exchange over horse care ends in tragedy
A farmer and a veterinary student argue about treating a sick horse. The student Tom prescribes turpentine, giving the horse a pint, which dies within thirty minutes. The next day the owner admits the treatment killed the horse, contrasting opinions about Tom's veterinary skills.
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Tom
John
Sudden Death of Celebrated Pianist Gottschalk
The New York Tribune reports the sudden death of Gottschalk the renowned pianist. After a concert near Riocae amid student unrest he was struck from behind by a sand bag. He was momentarily stunned and died shortly after. No assailant is identified.
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New York Tribune
Gottschalk
Riocae
Ife
Piano Carried by Eight Men Through Tijuca Hills
A Boston Advertiser correspondent notes in Brazil that eight workers transported a grand piano by head from city to Tijuca about twenty miles away. They arrived at White's Hotel and paraded the piano in the yard with a sing-song march, proving endurance on the uphill journey.
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Brazil
Boston Advertiser
Tijaca
White's
Tijuca
Self-Adjusting Curtain Fixture Promoted by Local Merchants
Freeport merchants endorse Tambling's Self-Adjusting Curtain Fixture claimed as simple durable and cheap. They note it fits any window curtain type from paper to cloth and never sags or needs frequent repair, calling it superior to similar devices.
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Tambling
Ca W. HH. Tambling
Eleroy, Stephenson Co
Illinois
Freeport
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Enid
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Tirso
Sam
Lady S
Rutlandshire
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Journal Office
Eleroy, UK
Tis Republic
Life Ensurance Co
Freeport Branch
H. C. Burchard
D. Atkins
G. J. Bliss
O. B. Bidwhlli
F. W. Handel Medical Examiner
Farmers Fire Insurance
M. Avdlawks & Co
Belshazzar
A. V.L. Roosa
Ils
Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galvest
Lawrence
Kansas City
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