The West Grains Rise Amid War Threats and Debt
The article discusses Western farmers facing droughts and debt while grain yields soar. It notes railways, credit, and foreign demand pressures, urging a tariff, diversified home manufactures, and resilient markets near the West to secure prosperity despite looming European conflict. It highlights vast potential wheat and corn output and the need to protect farmers from price collapse.
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Texas
Kansas
Kentucky
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France
North
Europe
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Great Britain
West
N.Y
Lancashire Witches Persecution Amid Civil War Turmoil
The excerpt cites seventeenth century England and Scotland where witch trials spiked amid fear and mob frenzy. It notes the Lancashire Witch trials, sixteenth to seventeenth century dynamics, and points to Matthew Hopkins as the notorious figure during 1644–45.
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England
Scotland
Poptla
Truch Bedier
Matthew Hopkins
Witch Finder Legacy and Wisconsin Wheat Harvest Report
A historical note recalls 17th century witch trials and Sir Matthew Hale condemning two women to death in 1644, while a Wisconsin letter claims a wheat harvest outperforms expectations with a large crop baseline from 1860 nearly surpassed by current yields. The text blends legal history with agricultural observation from Wisconsin.
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Tg caTn
Matthew Hale
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Apple Crop Prospects Report Far Stronger
A Wisconsin state note reports apple crops exceeding previous years with large trees laden with fruit. Locals forecast over fifty bushels per grafted tree and encourage growing resilient Wisconsin-adapted varieties rather than northern imports. Separate excerpts discuss blush reactions in young ladies, steamship water reuse, and public speaking etiquette.
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Wisconsin
Ohio
New York
Census defiance leads to quit notices in Richmond
Four Richmond citizens face quits for refusing to answer the census takers. Professor Dana of New Haven appears on a list of candidates for a vacancy in the French Academy of Science.
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Richmond
Virginia
Dana
New Haven
French Academy of’ Science
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