Era of dreadful crime warning in postwar society
The article argues widespread postwar crime, noting murders robberies and assaults including numerous female outrages by volunteers and bounty seekers. It warns of vigilante justice and lynch mobs, urges firmer law enforcement harsher penalties and reform, and calls on clergy press and public to restore order. It cites Saratoga Springs and other states as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimea
Columona
Albany Journal
Grant
Richmond
Vigilance Committee
Lamp Post
Saratoga Springs
Ilinoia
Wisconsin
Missouri
Tourderese
Hareta
New York
Angela
Mary Harris
Tom Baker
Chicago
Atterrth
Freeport
Ayer
Une
Nick Wart
J.C. Avenado
Lowell
Man
Jay Cooke as General Subscription Agent in Civil War Loans
Jay Cooke, Philadelphia banker, led public subscription drives for U S government loans during the Civil War. He supervised the 5-20 and later 7-30 and 10-40 issues, gathering hundreds of millions in sales while promoting home subscriptions and coordinating agents and advertising to mobilize public funding for war expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Cooke
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Treasury
Cooke
Press
Telegraph
Treasury Department
Congress
Cooke Brothers Led Bond Sales Amid 1805 Delays
The passage credits Mr. Cooke and associates for overcoming sluggish summer and autumn subscriptions in 1805. It praises his energy and leadership at Jay Cooke & Co, noting substantial bond offerings to high bidders and the tough conditions faced by the firm. Henry D. Cooke and H. Fahnestock are named as key partners aiding the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jwiiely
Cooke
Henry D. Cooke
H . Fahnestock
Jay Cooke & Co
Riots at Carlisle and England election turmoil portend unrest
The article describes violent scenes around elections in Carlisle and Britain with mobs attacking candidates and venues. It details property damage, injuries, police struggles, and large crowds resisting the hustings amid rioting and disorder across multiple days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Maine
California
England
Croaker
Irish Hill Farm
Great Western Hotel
Market Place
Angel Hotel
Lawes
Phillips
Angel Motel
Philips
Spencer
Rich
Pr. Colborng
Bristol
Carlisle
Lawson
Potter
Hodgson
Cumberland
Aftermath of war stirs lingering regional feuds and reform aims
The piece surveys postwar suspicion and defiance in the South as Union influence grows. It cites letters from Cincinnati and Philadelphia reporters noting persistent hostility, potential insubordination, and calls for continued federal presence to safeguard justice and security while urging reconciliation and medicallike curing of regional malice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cincinnati Uzette
Union
Jered
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Raleigh
Mobile
Okolona
Mississippi
Philadelphia Press
States Right
Fredericksburg
Henrico
Urper'a
Controversial Exchange Cited In Police Report
The police were powerless as Mr. Hodgson, who reportedly received a bag of seat in the face, appeared to be treated with a racial slur, then pressed forward and returned thanks. The fragment notes a tense scene and suggests an affront linked to race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodgson
Suort
Confidence game swindles man for 400 in Pennsylvania
A man named Febber of Duhale Pennsylvania was robbed of 400 by a confidence game on the 10th. The swindler sold him a 500 Albany county land for the amount. Smith I. Eastman of Brooklyn, a swindling merchant, has appeared in Paris with 16600. For three months ending July 31 New York City arrests totaled 20467, with 14872 males and 6005 females, up 7075 from the prior quarter, reflecting rising crime across the country.
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Commercial National Bank of New York
Missouri
Shepard
Cairo
St. Paul
New York
Caleb Stinson
Kentucky
Grayson County
Randolph
Wis
Windsor
Ife
Saginaw
Ackerman
Woodbridge’s Grove
Michigan
Amos
East Albany
Martin Farly
Alridge
McNairy County
Tennessee
Medea
Mississippi Central
Horfs
Purdy
Febber
Duhale
Albany County
Smith I. Eastman
Brooklyn
Paris
New York City
Right to Vote Tied to English Literacy in Massachusetts
A fragment from Massachusetts Constitution cites suffrage qualification requiring ability to read the constitution in English and to write one's own name, denying voting or office eligibility to those lacking English literacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusets
Commonwealth
Distressing tale of a widow’s trek to a soldier’s grave
An intelligent young Boston woman, daughter of a Confederate officer from Louisiana, travels through Philadelphia Baltimore Washington to the Wilderness seeking her husband’s grave. She endures the loss of her child, five brothers, and other family sorrows, collapses from grief and nervous strain, and is hospitalized in Richmond and Petersburg after spasms and exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Boston
Battlefeld of the Wilderness
Veteran Reserve
Federal Army
Battle of the Wilderness
Philadelphia
Gho Tas
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Petersburg
Fair Grounds Hospital
Freedmen earnings in 1864 North Carolina report
A North Carolina report cites Chaplain James on freedmen and earnings in 1864. In New Bern and Beaufort about 3000 enslaved or free people and similar white numbers are noted, with 105 reporting income totaling 151,562 dollars. The largest income came from turpentine, up to 3,160 dollars, averaging 196.92 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
North Carolina
Beaufort
Newbern
Negor
Amnesty Oath Questions and Civil War Highlights
The Atlanta Intelligencer notes rebels seek the Amnesty Oath yet fear it. A military commission may convene on the 15th to try Captain Wurtz and inspect prisoner treatment. Savannah secessionists are whipped for insults to Johnson. Kentucky politics show unionist gains in Congress and state offices. large enlistments and widespread emancipation follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Wurtz
Andersonville
Leghorn
Italy
America
Jefferson Davis
Jeg
Texas
New York
Savannah
Def Davis
Johnson
Kentucky
Coe's Cough Balsam Praised as Superior Remedy
A Chicago Tribune notice extols Coe's Cough Balsam as the premier cure for coughs colds and throat ailments. It cites New Haven manufacturers Crank & Co offering a $100 reward for a faster cure and claims wide acknowledgment from major druggists and Chicago wholesale houses. Price listed as 40 cents with broad availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Crank & Co
New Haven
Lord & Smith
Puller, Finch & Fuller
Burnham & van Schaack
J. T., Reed & Co
IT. Scovill
Chicago
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Thingis
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Iampton
Butler County
Ohio
Irwin
Hamilton County
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Oakland
Conn
Hartford
Benjamin Starkweather
Ella
Albert Starkweather
Detroit Dispatch
Detroit
Holt
Hill
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Miller
Terre Haute
Ind
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Henry Winter Davis
Ilinois
Maryland
Congress of the United States
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Drake
Tribune
Alge
Wi H. Waggoner
Madrid
N. Y
Asa Currin
Mlantation
Witters
Rev. J
Gathorn
Rochester, N.Y
Nur Bone
Chadwick & CO
Willard's Hotel
Washington, D.C
D. Andrews
Oldiers Tiaak
Cincinnati, CO
H. B. Kingsley
Cleveland
Q. C. Moore
Broadway
Maas
Deak Sun
Judith Russell
James Marsh
West 14Th Bt
Hatita
P. H. Drakh & CO
Park Row
McQully & Co
Pittsburgh
Q.M. Clayton , Bro
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Carriagve, Giga, Oaks, &O., &c
Lante G
DM. Ocaytosx & Bro
James van Pelt
Stephenson County
Court House
Wald
Portheast
Vyermy
Gale
Walter O
Wax Pelt
Arm For Sale
Galena & Chicago Union Railroad
Ridott
Stephenvon County
Llnole
Ridott Station
Pecatunica
Pucatonlca
F.C. Ingalls
Besson
Olsterr
Hergarg
Sir James Clarke
J Clarke
Great Britain
Semaria
Canadas
Cortlandt St
N. C
Dr. Marshall
Marshaile
Hurt & Perry
Reed, Austin & Co
Brown, Lamson & Co
Reed, Cutler & Co
Seth W. Fowle
UN Wilson
Pairbank & Co
Ienshaw
Edmands & Co
Barnes & Park
Stephen Paul & Co
Lurnel Minor & Co
Aoty
Dexter Lovbridge
Ayp Sonnpy
Ani Drynasts
Ano Deabera Theovanour the World
Cautson
Dexter
Purealo
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