Life of a boy and early New England history notes
A fragment from the Springfield Republican recounts John Browns life and character, tracing his rough upbringing in Ohio and Connecticut from age five to twenty, his abolitionist influences, and moral growth through hardship, with reflections on early New England parish life and ministerial traditions in Danvers and Salem Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield Republican
John Brown
Ren Rock
Town
Henry L. Stearns
John
Torrington
Lichfield Co
Connecticut
Plymouth
New England
Amsterdam
Holland
New York
Ohio
Heavenly Father
England
Ile
United States
Tien A. Werner
Jobn
Tanner & Currier
Bachelors Hall
Charles B. Rice
Danvers
Salem Village
Bayley
George Burroughs
Wadsworth
Mr. Rice
Samuel Preston
Dr. Wadeworth
Molten
Virtue
Emmanuel
Gabriel
Napa
Peter Clark
Rice
Clark
Postmaster General Marshall Jewell Praised for Reform Efforts
The Chicago Times extols Marshall Jewell as Postmaster General for long office hours and vigorous reform. It lauds his eye for leaks and incompetents and his cabinet approach to duties likening the post office to a New England factory. The piece asserts he delivers more useful work for less money than any predecessor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Postal Department
Hartford
Connecticut
Post Office
New England
Barnacles
Marshall Jewell
United States
Materialization and a call to seize the moment
The speaker laments people failing to act in rain and observes crowds watching a show. They urge grabbing Santum and moving toward Monto before they reveal their true nature, suggesting a blunt remedy if they turn out to be farmers. The fragment mixes metaphor with satire and social critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Moses
Santum
Monto
Army over Goat in La Crosse San era tale
A narrator recalls meeting a veteran in a wood market wearing worn blue army attire. The exchange honors the man who may have fought at Gettysburg or Wilderness, highlighting duty, sacrifice, and the singer’s wish to give more to a soldier. The veteran waves away questions about service, mentioning a Canada retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosce San
Gettysburg
Magnon argues French rural workers underfed yet hardworking
M Herve Magnon defends rural French labor by calculating carbon and nitrogen intake from annual food and dividing by population. He concludes the average urban and rural worker receives about 75.5 grains of carbon and 4% grains of nitrogen daily, insufficient to sustain much work, yet he notes current labor exceeds the minimal alimentary supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Herve Magnon
France
M. Magnon
Watch inventor driven to lunacy after failed device
Daniel Moscart of Ann Arbor Michigan, famed for a complex compact watch showing quarter seconds through months, had built a model that wound itself every fifth opening and drew big offers for rights. After dismantling to repair a minor fault some delicate parts were lost, triggering mental derangement and his removal to an insane asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Moscart
Ann Arbor
Mich
Providence and Justice in Self-Reliant Wealth
A contemplation on true riches arising from self labor rather than borrowed wealth. The text cites Jasmus and Fear as common faults of a justice of the peace who leans on slight evidence. It also honors poetry and philosophy for praising reason and independence from custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasmus
Fielding
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Taz ValLey
Cotonano
Cache la Poudre
Greeley
Sonterren
B. A. Watnes
A. £. Grison
Colorado
Sanborn
B. Pabor
Pabor & Allen
Noaher, Allen
D. Buckley
William Stein
Carrie
Maile Street
Tribune
Childs
Justice OF the Peace
Atc
the Bakery
Main St
Greeley Weld Co
D. Leavy
Grant and
Sherman Sts
Gee Pyburn, C.E
Maple Street
J. M. Moss
Moss
Henry
Madison
S%t
Main
Walnut
Pioneer Saddle and Harness Shop
N.B
R. E. Hart
OLD Colony
Petsetae
R. Burchilly
Walnut Street
Sing-Lee & Lang
A. H. Loughton
REA
Fort Collins
Coronado
Parms
Larimer County
A. W. Fisk
LAY and Real Esta
James
Scott
TE Office
Main Street
Barnum House
Spruce Street
Enstere
Samuel Graham
George Pyburn
Monroe Street
INMAN
NoYes
Hadley
Madison & Walnut Ste
J. Brows. F
J. B
Canada
Cath Gree
Cee
Simpson
Good
Horace Mann
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