Forty-second Congress to convene. old session ends
The Fortythird? Forty-first Congress expires next Friday and the Forty-second will assemble the following day. Members are arriving in Washington as reports note the next Congress likely will not adjourn before mid June. The era of new congressional business begins amid debate on taxes and coal pricing.
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Chicago
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Theological Amendment Questioned by Kenry Warn
Kenry Warn’s paper critiques a proposed constitutional theological amendment. It argues that even if triumphs occur against infidels and politicians, the addition would amount to mere letters forming GOD, offering no substantive religious or civic benefit. It questions God’s acceptance of such a token instead of real service by the people.
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Kenry Warn
God
Debated Debt Declines and Rail Taxing Talk in 19th Century Letter
A political reflection argues Republicans have cut the public debt and reduced taxes since 1869, urging continued party leadership. It critiques land grants to railroads, questions recent bonds, and promotes public education funding over giveaways to corporations. A satirical poem about postage stamps and editorials follows.
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United States
Republican Party
Grant
Salt Duties Debate and Importer Profits in 1871
James Flansburg of Hayes asks if foreign salt would be cheaper without duties and argues that salt importers add costs from freight handling insurance and duties. The piece cites 1868 import data showing bulk and bagged salt value, duties, and percentages, then explains why prices stay high and accuses salt monopolists of profiting at consumers’ expense.
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Souray Sun
Turks Island
New York
James Flansburg
Hayes
Italy
Scotland
England
British West Indies
Lngland
Manyland
N. Y
U.S
Ise
N.Y
Freeport
Reoport
Galena
United States
United Sites
Letters From the People on Local Clubs and Lectures
Buckeye Township letters discuss the Nestor Debating Club expanding with a semi monthly paper the Nestorian and praise female support. Union Farmers Club at Cedarville grows with practical farming focus. Miss Annie Dickinson lectures draw crowds though Joan of Arc is the actual topic. Debate over alcohol harm prompts calls to redirect licensure funds to treatment.
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Korron Journan
Nestor Debating Club
Nestorian
Nestorsg
Union Farmers’ Club
Cedarville
Union Club
Annie Dickinson
Joan of Arc
Signs of the Times for Spring Farming Prospects
A letter to the Freeport Journal anticipates a fair season for farmers who sow timely and farm soil well. It condemns soil-depleting wheat cropping and straw burning, urges crop rotation and livestock, and predicts rising demand and profits as Franco-German war ends. WR Baileyville Illinois.
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Ausrica
Baileyville
Ilinois
Palmer on Inebriates Sermon Sparks Temperance Rally
A Springfield lecture on Prison Reform by Miss Gilbert drew Palmer, who urged that most inmates’ fate hinges on weakness rather than criminality. He warned of annual crimes and warned that fifteen to twenty homicides will occur in the state next year. A Cedar gill gathering featured Rev. Cartwright and Byers of Freeport urging prohibition, moral and legal suasion, and political action to curb intemperance. Sixty seven attendees signed a temperance pledge as a committee planned a future meeting.
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Cincinnati
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Cedarville
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Washington
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Glee Club
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Sisters’ Appeal
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Freeport
Temperance
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Dakota
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Victor Hugo Profits and the Rappel Newspaper
During 1869 Victor Hugo earned about 160000 francs in net profits from his publications roughly equal to 32000 dollars. Most of this money was reportedly spent to help his son start in Paris the Rappel, a newspaper noted for its stance toward Napoleon and the government.
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Paris
Napoleon
Curious fact about salt chemicals poisons danger
It notes the paradox that chlorine and sodium are poisonous alone but form common table salt when combined, a substance essential to health and found on every table.
Paths to Duty and Pleasure Guide Moral Journey
A reflective proverb compares two routes before every person. The rough path labeled To Duty becomes smoother and broader, leading toward the celestial city, while the smooth path To Pleasure offers an easier start but diverges from duty’s worthy end.
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Celestial City
Immigration Notice From Freeport Journal Office at Concordia
A letter from Jewenn Orry of Kansas urges Homesteaders to move to Cloud County in 1871. It promotes 160 acre farms, cheap coal, diverse trades, and safety from Native threats, urging settlers to come west and join Uncle Sam on the prairie. The text blends migration appeal with regional political snippets and local newspaper notes.
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Jewenn Orry
Stephenson County
Illinois
Jewell City
Uncle Sam
Farmers' Club Proceedings Damascus Feb 11 1871
The Farmers' Club in Damascus met with rising attendance and lively entertainment. Ladies led a debate on dress for comfort or show, favoring a balance of both, with humorous remarks about Grecian beads and heels. Discussion next focused on reclaiming worn lands and cropping, with continued meeting on Feb 18.
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Damascus
Religious journals oppose constitutional religious amendment
The Congregationalist denounces adding a national religion and argues there is no salt in the Constitution. The Baptist Arminor and Chronicle calls the movement miraculous yet harmful, likening it to Constantine and warning of persecution and loss of Republican freedom. Both papers stress orthodox stance and deny liberal Christianity support.
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Congregationalist
Araminor and Chronicle
Congress
America
October exports from the United Kingdom to the United States rise
The declared value of British and Irish produce and manufactures exported to the United States in October last totals 1,783,144 pounds, down from 1,898,900 pounds the previous October. For ten months to date, exports amount to 18,155,411 pounds, vs 17,244,569 pounds in the same period of 1869, and 14,683,527 pounds in 1868, indicating a substantial increase.
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United Kingdom
U States
Barnum Advice on New Slow-Burning Show
Barnum told a correspondent he is nearly dead with ennui after four years of German money and little to show for it. He says he does not want money but would give away a dollar to avoid dying. A suggestion to start a country-town paper and sell on tick risks ruin.
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Chile
Barnum
Eling
Disease in horses spreads fear across farms in Randolph County
A local report notes a new stock disease in horses with early limping then rapid hoof detachment and death. No remedy exists per Agric Journalists. Credit to Mr. War A Denmark for information on a case near Richard Robinson in Randolph County, Du Quoin timing.
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War
Denmark
Randolph County
Richard Robinson
Drunken Labor and Lost Life Reflections
A fragment recounts a seventy year old man describing how drink once spurred work, ruined a loving family, and led to hardship. He mentions a wife dead by grief, two sons, and two drunkards buried, noting how drink now ironically drives his work and independence.
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Graves
Palace on Wagers The Mic features new palace car
The Michigan Southern and Lake Shore Railway unveils a $40,000 palace car described as the grand high of travel. It includes moving pipes along the car, a private car door without leaving seats, a bedroom chamber, satin upholstery, bright decor, many mirrors, and elevated promenading platforms with safety features to prevent accidents.
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Mic Southern
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Lake Shorepany
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