Summary of Interior Department report figures and pensions
Abstract of the Secretary of the Interior's report shows tribal agriculture worth 10.5 million dollars, 21 schools with 323 teachers and 8,920 average attendance, and about 221,000 Indians under US jurisdiction on 228,473 square miles. Public land disposals total 10,605,792 acres, with cash receipts of 2,929,284. Patent Office activity includes 19,429 applications and 12,950 patents issued. Pension rolls list 91,280 enrolled military pensioners totaling 8,141,734 dollars and 112,498 widows and dependents totaling 14,212,551 dollars, plus overall expenses and receipts for railroads and surveys. The report notes a grand total of 32,492,930 dollars including disbursement expenses.
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Secretary of the Interior
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Patent Office
Union Pacific Railroad
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United States
Brutal chain gang punishment and wild gossip from Paris
Reports describe Havanese students condemned to hard labor, stripped of possessions, sent to repair roads in prison uniforms, with many sent to hospital and calls for leniency. Other items recount Rossel’s defiant actions in Paris and a California emigrant mob executing a murderer themselves near Corneil Bluffs.
Postmaster General reports 1871 department finances and mail routes
Postmaster General Cresswell presents figures for fiscal year ending June 30 1871 showing ordinary revenues of 20 937 045 22 and expenditures of 24 390 104 08 with a revenue gain of 1 157 667. The department had 7 286 mail transport contractors as of June 30 1871 and routes increased by 7 127 miles yearly to 10 547 798 miles with a cost rise of 644 742.
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Cresswell
Congress Debates Bills on Elections Rights and Rail Transport
In the Senate a series of bills is introduced including a steamship line between New Orleans and Mexican ports and measures to curb voter intimidation. House actions cover pensions for War of 1812 veterans, postal card tariffs, and a broad package of amendments, with a notable civil rights bill urged by Sumner and a high profile breach of promise suit attracting San Francisco attention.
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United States Congress
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New Orleans
Sumner
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Scott
HOUSE
Post Office
Treasury
United States
Territories
Myers
Pennsylvania
Gen
Harrison
Miss. K. Turner
Caledonia Ortis
Hermosillo
Mexico
San Francisco
Horace Hawkes
Miss Turner
Treasury Department
Washington
Admiral Turner
United States Navy
Ortis
The Magazines and December Numbers Review
The article reviews Amnon's Lady's Home Magazine and Tax Campion's Hour Dec numbers, praising illustrations and quality. It notes subscriptions: $2 yearly for the first, $1.25 for Tax Campion, with club premiums and specimen copies. It mentions upcoming features and a $500 prize story by Helen Gree Weeks.
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Amnon
Lady's Home
Anzac
Fasta
Arthur & Sgn
Philadelphia
Magasine
Hovn
Arthur & Son
Thomas Nant
Prince of Artists
Horace Greeley
Helen G. Weeks
John E. Miller
Chicago
Calorific Rule and Advertisements From a Bygone Paper
A fragment shows H St Clair Deville’s rule for estimating heat from oil samples, then ad copy for Dr Pierce’s medicine and various tonics. It includes a bomb shell accident mention, a home remedy promotion, and financial notices about railroad bonds and investments from Jax Cooke & Co.
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Carcinarn
H. St. Clair Deville
France
Parson's Pateative Proos Promotion Questioned
Readers of this paper are asked if they have used Parson's Pateative Proos and why not. The ad touts Josten Tar Scar by Caswenn Hazany & Co. New York as a convenient skin remedy said to cure chapped hands and other conditions.
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Caswenn, Hazany & Co
New York
Europe
Steinwonds Sone
Rrammoth Mananiiectory
Sten Way & Sons
Actem
Wmne
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Steinwayx Ball
East Fourteenth St
The Warmer Sun Expansion and Price Change Notice
An 19th century prospectus announces the enlarged weekly edition The Warmer Sun will be the cheapest paper of its class in the United States. Subscriptions are one dollar per year, with delivery by mail or carrier. It pledges independence from Tweedism and Grantism and promises more agricultural content, stories, and reliable political news.
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Jax Cooke & Co
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Washington
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Coleus Weekly
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Jackson
Europe
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National Publishing CO
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Pane
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