Vast sum judged as waste if spent in peace
The piece notes that more than two thousand million dollars paid yearly for intoxicating drinks would, in a year and a half, extinguish national debt. It argues such money could buy a navy of monitors and war vessels, construct a colossal Capitol, fund state capitals, rebuild churches, and sustain religious and benevolent societies for fifty years, highlighting the immense social waste.
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Costa
America
United States
Boston
Union
Cyrun W. Hild
Mr. Field
Hfo
Anys
Tax Collectors Urged to Enforce U S Revenue Laws
The document directs deputy collectors to collect taxes at their offices, issue warrants for delinquents, and impose penalties and fees. It stresses impartial, prompt action with fines from ten to six hundred dollars and allows service fees and six percent distraint charges. It also notes women’s active roles at the First Congregational society meeting in New Belford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Department
United States Revenue
Ahiall
U.S
Albert Head
New Belford Mercury
First Congregational Society
That City
Grant as a Soldier and a Statesman looming in print
Hartford publisher J. B. Burr & Co. announce an upcoming work titled Grant as a Soldier and a Statesman. The author, unnamed, is described as a careful county literary figure with access to Grant’s reports and letters, aiming to present a balanced view of his military and political career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Burr & Co
Hartford
Grant
Matetelarom
Istenistine
Bankavrrs
Jerusalem Temple Excavation Reveals Ancient Foundations
The article describes the exhumation of Solomon era wall stones, temple precinct sections, aqueducts, and harem passages, suggesting a comprehensive study of ancient Jerusalem. Arab laborers are trained for exploration, with precise search points identified, promising further uncoveries of historic structures. The piece also reports Governor Stone criticizing assessors, praising wealth growth and labor as the true source of wealth, contrasting policies with slavery era Florida.
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Walla
Solomon
Palace of
Zon
Morlah Ia
Ophal
Josephne Siys
Temple
Jerusalem
Old Jerusalem
Oath of the Kuk Lux Klan Described in Detail
A Memphis dispatch reports a police raid on the Kuk Lux Klan division capturing about twenty plotters. Masks, a skull ornament, and a Klan constitution are found, with an oath condemning radicals and pledging loyalty to the South and the Grand Cyclopean Council. Also notes a German optician’s mica spectacles proposal for workers exposed to hazards.
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Memphis
Kuk Lux Klan
Pristoner
Klan
Nate Abel
Andugs
Farlote
Hia
Thanuelvea
Tennessee
Southland
Wheat imports shape UK bread supply in 1867
English import data shows 1867 wheat from Russia 48.781m, Prussia 21.799m, others about 18m, plus 17.6m of wheat meat and flour from other sources. For nine years to 1866 the average annual wheat value was around 7.8m, making last year unusually large. 10m British import share is important but not crippling.
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Russia
Prussia
United States
United Kingdom
Russie
England
Cure for cancer and cable news from a Milwaukee paper
A Milwaukee report describes a cancer treatment using a zinc plaster method claimed to burn out a facial cancer and prevent recurrence after eight years. Also noted are tensions over an ocean cable project and anecdotes about General Grant's sobriety amid Civil War era scrutiny.
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Milwaukee
T’. B. Mason
Wat City
Walcott
Cincinnati
Foll
London
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Union Nepauilear Party
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Savary
Onok
Marah
D. Stubta
Oven
Otiaun
A.W. Copbell
W. Vv
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Bel
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Boyd
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de Purpone
Unite States
Saniel Merrill
Lovernor
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Prlreltitea
Repubdican Party
Fir Nak
Tia
Republican State Contral Committee
NOMSH
Montana
Iloona Cay
Ho E'Elock
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Jonggesa
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Chas, Aldrich
Panper
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Solomon's Temple
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Stone
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Commonwealth
Towa
Florida
Barlington Hawk- Eye
the Kuk Lux Klan
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Jeremien Davis
Richmond
Chase
Horace Greeley
Cornelius Vanderbutlt
Gerrit Smith
New England
Washington Territory
Mercer
Pacific Coast
Atlantic States
Rocky Mountains
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Congress
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New York Sun
Chersea A. Dana
General Grant
Forneys Press
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Mickel & Head
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Northweat Corner
Greene
Greene Cat
Iowa
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Greene County
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Deternan
Lawa
Mrs. EK. A Bieece
Baptist Church
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Aytail
New Jefferson
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Tlarness Shop
J. F. Anderson
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J. ¥. Anderson
Sept. LH
Moninger & Ringland
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Buckham
WOOD
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Tawkeye
Msterly
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Davenport
Schuttler
Kiesling
Creene
Collins
Grand de Tour
Peru
Cumber Yard
Fronda
New Jefarson
Iown
Andy Johnson
Legore & Henderson's
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