Postmaster General Report Abstract 1871 finances and routes
Summary of Postmaster-General figures for year ended June 30 1871 including revenue of 20 057 085 42 expenditures 23 390 - 08 08 with comparisons to 1870 increases in revenue and expenditures railway and steamboat routes totals for mail transportation and cost per mile notes on deficiencies appropriations and treasury balances subsidies for steamship service foreign mails and ports money order and portal telegraph statistics plus recommendations on telegraph nationalization and salaries for senior officials
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Secretary of Treasury Report on debt, taxes, and revenue
Secretary outlines debt reductions totaling 277.2 million through 1871, urges continued principal payments while cutting taxes, details customs and internal revenue receipts, notes anticipated surplus and expenditures, and proposes tariff reductions on salt coal hides and select imports to boost revenue.
Annual Report of the Secretary of War details cuts
The Secretary outlines a fiscal plan to shrink the army to about 30,000 by July and cut military costs. Proposals include disbanding extra lieutenants serving as regimental quartermasters, abolishing the quartermaster sergeant grade, and eliminating certain roles to save funds. Revenue from clothing sales and transportation costs for the year are totaled, with tallies to settle claims from states. The Southern states are referenced in the closing lines.
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Government reform urged by civil service commission
The War Department seeks a renewed recommendation for a fire proof building while the Secretary closes with hope for reform across all government departments through the civil service commission’s labors.
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War Department
Civil Service Commission
Alarming Diphtheria in Vermont and Other 19th Century Notes
A compilation notes diphtheria surging in Vermont, oddly specific observations on milk from 23,750 cows in London, and securities held by the Washington Life Insurance Company. It records a New York court ruling limiting a married woman’s contract liability, details on Russia sheet iron and corrosion, and a tale of six fugitive Arabs arriving in Philadelphia after fleeing Algeria and French Guiana. It also traces the origin of America's fine-wool flock, cites Dr. Winargoon on alcoholism deaths, and laments alcohols’ economic and social toll in New York City with 50 million dollars in yearly sales and 19 drinking establishments per church.
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Morals Market Sudden Shifts Reported In Moral Taboos
The New York Journal of Commerce notes a lively morals market with strong demand for honesty and modesty while hypocrisy and deceit show gains. Gambling and petty theft trade briskly, with drunkenness and foolishness common. popularity and truth wane amid new urban temptations.
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New York Journal of Commerce
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