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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1874
Page
6
A rambling, fragmentary column stitches together jokes, misread signs, and social vignettes. It notes a Boston lawyer chat, a Hillsdale hat etiquette moment, curious wordplay about Psyche and fish, a Milesian supper cue, and a near-minishance with a blind horse on a Long Island road.
Correspondent details a westward journey crowded by heat and dust, then high praise for Pennsylvania Alleghenies scenery and Gen. T. S. Kane. They describe Philadelphia stops, a stay at Ashland house in Atlantic City, social scenes, healthful sea air, and plans to move to Chicago. Notes on Washington events and a presidential dog incident finish the letter.
Washington Letter from Sept 16 1874 reports rain easing heat in the capital and concerns of a Louisiana rebellion with cabinet deliberations and Grant's firm stance to not recognize insurgent government. It notes possible Sherman or Terry commands and troop concentration, plus Maine election triumph and Hawley’s renomination defeat and a critique of eastern political power vs western influence. The Cuba filibusterer is mentioned.
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