Secretary of the Treasury Sees Gold Backed Finance Revival
The Secretary urges resumption of specie payment via retirement of greenbacks and legalization of gold contracts. He proposes ending United States notes as legal tender after January 1, 1870 for new debts and converting existing notes to bonds. He cites Webster on gold and silver tender and notes large foreign-held securities, with most U.S. bonds leaving the country. The report covers customs receipts, foreign holdings, and aims to keep annual government expenses near 250 million dollars with a 50 million dollar annual debt reduction, detailing July 1868 debt figures and Treasury cash.
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Ting
the Treasury
Fic
United States
Congress
Daniel Webster
Supreme Court
Jane BO
Isos
Europe
Taliforbis
Phymont
Ee Eee
Internal Revenue Receipts Fall After Tax Cuts in 1868
The Commissioner reports the largest internal revenue receipts occurred in 1866, then fell by an estimated 175 million dollars annually due to rate reductions. 1860 to 1868 figures are given for taxes, with breakdowns by banks, railroads, and other sources.
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Lrpokrt
Yiatm Coa
Aorree Rar Angee
Ogg
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Honda
Leolgonas
Telegraph Coe
Peer Ree Wholesale Hyner Cipara
Urandy
Delaware
United States
New York City
Philadelphia
Ile
Post office clerks in Cleveland are all women
The notes report varied facts from New Zealand gold totals since 1865 to California immigration gains this year. It also mentions a Meadville Pennsylvania public schoolhouse, a Canadian inheritance, a Knoxville shaving fine, foreign-born Wisconsin residents, homeopathy practitioners, and financial notes on a Amy City National Bank counterfeit?
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Cleveland
New Zealand
California
Pennsylvania
Meadville
Canada
Knoxville
Tenn
Wisconsin
United States
Aome City National Bank
Massachusetts
Asaixeros
Drouth
Farowing and Manuring for Winter Garden Health
Farowing and manuring improve winter soil in WIEN garden. Turn soil into ridges with a spade or fork and expose to weather to solubilize nutrients. Fall fallow reduces weeds, while compost and top dressings benefit trees and canes. Seasonal muck soaked with manure or kitchen slops enriches the orchard and garden soils.
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Wien
How to Cook a Beefsteak according to a Lady Writer
A historical how to cook beefsteak method recommends a hot dry frying pan. Season the steak with pepper and salt, press it into the pan under cover, turn it frequently, then add butter and a spoonful of strong coffee for gravy. The method aims for a juicy, beefy flavor. The same approach suits mutton chops with longer cooking.
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John Ball
Ventilators and Charcoal Plan for Stable Hygiene
The American Stock Journal discusses a ventilation device for stables using pine boards and a spout, with a triangular cap to shed rain. It advises each stable keeper to use powdered charcoal daily on the dung heap to reduce disease, arguing manure value rises with ammoniacal salts and benefits farmers and the public.
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American Stock Journal
Useful Recipes and Food Preparation Tips
A compilation of home kitchen instructions covers yeast from grated potato starter to bread making, a cake recipe with butter and cider, and a cement-like paste for kettle repairs. Additional notes describe honey clarification, corn crib history, glycerin healing varnish, livestock feeding tips, and a method for baking apples.
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American Farmers’ Magazine
Vermont
Boiled beef biscuit preparation described in recipe
A historical recipe explains making a sea biscuit from boiled beef by evaporating the grease into a syrupy liquor, mixing with wheaten flour, rolling, pricking, cutting to sea biscuit size, baking and drying. The biscuit is eaten dry or boiled in water for 20 to 30 minutes to rehydrate.
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Atares
Angleworms by Josh Billings
A humorous sketch on angleworms describing their sham earthiness and usefulness to fishermen. The piece satirically notes their habitat, abundance in rich soil, role in fishing, and the odd behaviors of both worms and humans who depend on them for sport and sustenance.
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Angie
The Necessity of Occupation and a Loyal Bird
A 19th century essay argues work is essential for mental health and criticizes idle luxury in America. It cites a Charleston gentleman who freed a trapped mockingbird to cure its pip illness, only to see the bird return and resume life in the cage, with the pip mysteriously vanishing.
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Coleridge
Fifth Avenue
Beacon Street
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Atlantic Almanac
Charleston
D. C
Pip
Predisposal Causes of Disease and MISHLER'S HAB BITTERS
Predisposal causes of disease discussed as general and particular. MISHLER'S HAB BITTERS praised as an antidote strengthening the human system against epidemics and poisonous atmospheres. The text extols its resistent power to protect the physique from morbid influences and predisposition to disease.
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Mishler
le Spostert
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WM. Patton
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