Principles of Union Republican Party at Indianapolis 1870
The Indiana Union Republican Convention at Indianapolis on February 22 1870 adopts a 14 point platform. It praises restored law and order under Reconstruction, supports amendments for equal rights, fiscal restraint, tariff adjustments, a stable currency, opposition to subsidies, and pension obligations, while endorsing Governor Baker and Senator Morton and expressing loyalty to General Grant.
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Union Republican Party of
Indiana
Indianapolis
Geneve
United States
Congress
Morton
General Grant
General Assembly
Baker
Texas as Italy of America and Vast Cattle Riches
In the Journal from Austin on February 28 1870 the author extols Texas climate and wealth. He lauds vast cattle herds with brands exceeding a hundred thousand and five million beef cattle overall. He touts healthful winters and claims consumption is rare here unless contracted elsewhere. He asserts mineral resources are only partially developed and hints at forthcoming surveys.
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Austin
Texas
Ephors Journal
Italy
America
Southwest
Hays
Vast Texas resources and social critique in Kokomo index
The piece discusses iron and coal beds stretching from Red River Texas to Fayette and Bastrop counties, with coal veins exceeding twenty feet. It extols Texas as suited to poor farmers, praises Gen. J.J. Reynolds, and laments social envy, trade showmanship, and class attitudes, including reflections on a Kokomo store and local merchants.
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Red River
Texas
Rio Colorado
Fayette & Bastrop
J.J. Reynolds
Peru
Logansport
Tim H. Leeds
Tunnel Under La Salle Street Promises Chicago Growth
The Journal Letter notes the La Salle street tunnel project advances with vigor and foresees it transforming Chicago into a busy commercial hub like New Yorks Wall Street. It cites vast labor, materials, and airflow claims from the Lake tunnel and notes Washington street and La Salle as future centers for trade, insurance, and real estate.
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Ephors Journal
la Salle Street
Common Council
Wall Street
Chicago
Clarke
Wells
Broadway
Fulton
New York
Wabash
Michigan Avenues
la Salle
Washington Street
Lake
Board of Public Works
Erib
Lake Tunnel
Children That Never Cry Remark at Home and Clinic
A Atlanta New Era report notes a mother with five children aged around eight and under who never cry despite pains. A veteran physician with thirty years in practice calls the case the most remarkable he has seen, while the children remain lively and healthy aside from rare signs of distress.
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Hor
Atlanta
Whiskies Probed as Town’s Growing Nuisance
Howard Tribune calls for urgent action against unlicensed whisky sellers amid the Civil War era. It denounces illicit sales to any customer and urges licenses, penalties, and swift enforcement to curb the growing problem threatening the town’s character and future.
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Howard Tribune
An Honest Life and the Weight of Time
The passage reflects on virtue versus notoriety and the fleeting value of life. It portrays old age and sorrow as travelers who fade from the world, urging acceptance of fate and recognizing that countless moments shape existence from cradle to grave. It contemplates time, mortality, and unseen forces guiding human events.
Man Sustains Severe Burns in Williamston Blacksmith Tragedy
John Kane, a Williamston Massachusetts blacksmith, was severely burned on the 17th during a manic episode. He rubbed live coals on his face and pressed red hot iron bars to his body before being rescued from the blazing forge. He, a 45 year old widower with two children, faces likely fatal injuries amid long habit of heavy drinking.
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John Kane
Williamston
Mass
Kane
Ventilation Advice for Damp Dark Cellars
The article warns that foul air from unventilated cellars causes fevers. Confined air lacks sunlight and becomes impure, tainted by decomposing vegetables and gases. It urges keeping cellars clean, pure, and well ventilated like other parts of the house.
Protest Against Texas Reconstruction Politics
In the Houston Telegraph article on reconstruction, the paper voices solemn opposition to efforts to form a party to defeat reconstruction in Texas. It recalls past wars and peaces as failures and urges unity with those who prevailed to rejoin the Union, stressing safety and mutual interests over hostility.
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Houston Telegraph
Texas
Reconstruction
Union
Ruse in New Orleans Man Marries Quadroon Servant
A young man in New Orleans allegedly ran away with and wed a woman claimed to be the daughter of a celebrated society figure. He returned for a blessing, exposing the girl as a quadroon servant, calling the whole affair a swindle as he fled in haste.
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New Orleans
Varied Mile Distances Across Countries And A Nevada Trout Tale
A reader note lists mile lengths in nations from England to Hungary and details league measures in England and America. It also mentions a Nevada paper saga claiming brook trout over four feet long, a striking regional anecdote.
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England
America
Russia
Italy
Poland
Spain
Germany
Sweden
Denmark
Hungary
Nevada
Country girls and the promise of educated homemakers
In a reflective note the author urges respect for farmers' daughters and argues education begins at home. He praises self taught learning, criticizes pride without merit, and cites a local example of a refined farmer’s daughter who thrived despite limited schooling.
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Meta Victoria Faller
Ohio
Father uses basket analogy to curb dime novels
A Methodist minister cites a son’s poor report and a household scene with apples and chips to illustrate a mind filled with dime novels. He explains the mind can only hold so much and the boy had crowded it with dime novels, prompting a decisive change.
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Methodist Church
Died at Meriden Husband of Hon Jane Smith
In the thirty fifth year of his age Mr John Smith husband of Hon Jane Smith died at her residence Meriden this morning at six o clock. He was described as a meek and quiet husband beloved for cultivated and trained nature excelling in domestic virtues as a cool and as a nurse he was unsurpassed.
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John Smith
Jane Smith
Meriden
Mr. Smith
Nevada boys dig deep holes for work and strike gold
School boys in Nevada dig fifteen feet in a playground drill for their father's craft. Recently two struck a gold bearing quartz ledge and a thousand feet of claims were located along the schoolhouse. The text notes that one noted as the champion lazy man reads heavily in autumn as leases change with the season.
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Nevada
Exchange on modern men and women’s ways sparks witty remark
Fanny Fire quips that men of today are fast. Prentice retorts they must be to catch the women. The playful exchange reflects social flirtation and era tone in a brief humor item.
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Fanny Fire
Prentice
Our Mothers The Faithful Readers Parade the Rails
A fragmented rail feature notes a striking statement praising Mothers as faithful readers who never misplace Bastien, reflecting a nostalgic line about guiding figures and loyalty in a transport era. The odd wording hints at a human-interest nod to guardians of culture amid railway life.
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Bastien
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Kokomo
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Kokomo Marble Works
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Attorneys AT Law
Kokomo, Indiana
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Patyhe Square
North Washington Street
Vinny A. Grouse
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Letter From
Eighrteen
State
Illinois Hardware
Halsted
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National Meat Market
Sir Frederic Blount
Journal
Letter From Chicago
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Giria
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