Texas and Pacific bill to open vast Northwest lands
The article extols Northwest Texas as a land of endless resources and opportunity, forecasting a new empire formed by settlement in Young Archer Wichita Throckmorton Bay lor and others. It argues the Texas and Pacific road will attract hundreds of thousands, transforming wealth and national growth with minimal conflict, urging public promotion to draw settlers.
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Texas
Young Archer
Wichita
Throckmorton
Baylor
Witbarger
Shackelford
Jones
Haskell
Stonewall
Knox
King
America
Kansas
Lawyer Reopens Speech After Court Drowsiness
The lawyer senses the court asleep and pauses. He resumes, declaring he will return to the point he tried to make yesterday, as the judges exchange puzzled looks, convinced they endured a long night of his rhetoric.
Mint director cites capacity for new silver dollar output
Dr. Linderman told the Committee on Coinage Weights and Measures that the Philadelphia mint can coin 36 million dollars annually and that the New Orleans branch could join at 50 thousand to 875 thousand dollars to reach a million monthly. Including Philadelphia San Francisco and Carson, output would total 42 million dollars per year. The move aims to ease the money famine by expanding silver dollar coinage and bullion use.
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Linderman
Mint
Committee On Coinage, Weights and Measures
New Orleans
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Carson
Letter Misdelivered to South Bridge Mass Post Office
A letter addressed to the Supt. Water Works was given by the postmaster to the Baptist Minister, as no water works office exists in South Bridge Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southbridge Mass
Plural executive debate linked to Southard proposal
Washington D C figures back a three person executive as essential to republican government. He argues single presidents resemble monarchy, cites Franklin Hamilton and historic republics, and says he authored the amendment to guard liberty. He accepts interviews and plans a public address at Odd Fellows hall next Wednesday night.
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Washington Post
Bartley
Southard
Republic of
Carthage
Athens
Rome
Venice
Pisa
Genoa
Milan
Florence
Naples
Tuscany
Holland
Ligurian Republic
Geneva
Helvetic Republic
Switzerland
Republic of the Netherlands
Franklin
Washington
Alexander Hamilton
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Army
Europe
House of Representatives
Perpetu
Tam
Odd Fellows’ Hall
How to Redeem Lands Sold for Taxes 1877
Instructions to tax collectors on redeeming lands sold to the State for taxes in 1876. Owner pays double the due taxes plus sale costs. collector issues a memorandum receipt and forwards it to the Comptroller. Upon receipt, the State tax amount is charged, a redemption certificate is issued, and the sale is canceled on the record.
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Comptroller's Office
Avetin
A Moral Tale Ends With Crime Suspect in Prison
Rachel H Whip faces seven years at Ohio State prison after plotting to murder her wealthy Medina widower. She married him to gain his estate and attempted to hang him by a rope looped through a wall staple. The incident serves as a caution about perilous marriages and deceit.
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Rachel H. Whip
Ohio State
Medina
Curious adventure of Lieutenant Wheeler and wagered fate
Lieutenant Wheeler of the First United States Artillery reappears after two months abroad telling he woke on an English steamer bound for Liverpool. He ended up in London and, broke, wandered the streets before reaching the American Consul and being sent back to New York for general court martial. A Dallas printer recounts crimes including publishing a country newspaper in Arkansas and asks for church prayers.
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Wheeler
United States Artillery
Liverpool
London
New York
New York Express
Dallas
Arkansas
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