Wade and Douglas clash in Senate duel of wits and morals
In the Senate Wade confronts Southern attacks with defiant wit and staged readiness for a duel. He draws pistols to assert nerve, rebukes Douglas over perjury and forgery, and challenges Toombs to mortal combat if needed, underscoring tensions between North and South.
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Senate
Wade
Ohio
Ben Wade
Senator Wade
Douglas
Illinois
Nebraska
Mr. Wade
Mr. Douglas
Darkey
Toombs
Georgia
Sumner
Sound Financial Doctrine and the Chaffee Letter
A Colorado political exchange features Senator Chaffee's reply to the Boulder Greenback Club. He critiques money policy, supports greenbacks as legal tender, and warns against class-based economic rhetoric, while endorsing practical legislative adaptation. He rejects universal gold standard and favors government circulation.
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Dian Sik
Greenback Party
Colorado
The Wonderful Pagosa Springs Healing Lake Tale
The Pagosa Springs in Conejos County Colorado are described as a remarkable natural phenomenon with a hidden laboratory of chemical simples for healing nations. The narrative follows the San Juan River from the Snowy Range through rifted canyons toward a grand mesa in extreme southwestern Colorado.
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Ponce de Leon
Red Man
la Plata
Rocky Mountains
San Juan River
Conejos County
Colorado
Pagosa Springs
San Juan
Sierras
Navajo
Grand Mesa
Driven wells offer inexhaustible water supply system
The Springfield Republican reports Col. N W Green's driven well invention now used by the Holyoke paper company and under study for cities like Hartford and Amherst. Multiple wells in diamond patterns supply 400 gallons per minute with steam pumps and can be scaled for fire needs. Wells are drilled deep and below clay to keep water pure. experiments and mill tests show promising results.
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Col
N. W. Green
Holyoke Paper Company
Springfield
Col. Green
Green
Hartford
Amherst
Connecticut
Solyoke
New Albion
Whiting
Springfeld Republican
Grasshopper history and Gettysburg visit shared letters
A Denver letter quotes Prof Yaeger on grasshopper plagues from biblical to modern times, noting European, Russian and African events and Colorado recovery. Another writer describes a July visit to Gettysburg, touring Round Top Culp’s Hill and the National Cemetery, collecting relics and reflecting on the battle’s memory.
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Gettysburg
Adams County
Pennsylvania College, and Theological Seminary
Soldiers’ National Cemetery
Hts
Battle
Jnst
America
National Cemetery
Reynolds
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States
W. H
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J.D. Brexriry
Pre and Engineers Union Colony
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Greeley, Weld County
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F. L. Childs
R. Bennett
Old Ben Wade
Colonel Lane
Kansas
Washington
Senator Chaffee
H. Goodwin
Boulder Greenback Club
J. B. Chappeer
New York Times
Master Sawyer
Mr. Sawyer
Inquisition
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Missionary Fund
Brookfield
Foreign Missionary Society
Pagosa
Denver
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Harper & Brothers
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