Illiteracy and politics in postwar America and currency worry
The article cites fiscal year customs revenues of 220,410,730 in 1882 and 213,534,240 in 1883, noting a 6,876,400 drop amid tariff debates. It reports social anecdotes on heat and propriety, discusses colored schools in Richmond, Mormonism reception, Lane Seminary’s slavery ban, illiteracy among voters totaling 1,355,000 in former slave states, and a treasury official estimating 15.5 to 20 million trade dollars in New York banks with a lobby seeking legalization of the coin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
New York
Congress
Alabama's Shift From Cotton To Diverse Agriculture And Rail Expansion
After the war Alabama diversified from cotton to corn oats pork and wool with growing mines and mills. By July the money order system expanded doubling the single order limit and lowering fees for small amounts. The new postal notes offering under $5 for three cents aim to ease small remittances. Ten years ago the Southern Pacific numbered 450 miles in Minnesota Dakota and 100 in Washington Territory with a 1500 mile gap. now main line and branches total about 2400 and 600 more are near completion marking a major railway achievement.
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Alabama
Mouthern Pacific Railroad
Minneseta
Dakota
Washington
Grand excursion for guests to visit Northwest capitals
The note lists invited dignitaries including Gen. Grant's secretary Tingola and Hon. William M. Evarts. They will travel via major roads on Sept. 20 and a banquet awaits St Paul and Minneapolis guests on Sept. 3 at Lake Minnetonka. The voyage continues to Portland and Puget Sound with stops in Victoria and the Willamette Valley. The piece also discusses Tur Scott law tax changes on liquor and urges reflection on American national prospects and westward development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia
New York Central
Erie
Pennsylvania
Grant
Tingola
Hoo
William M. Evarts
Congress
Fiarliament
Reichstag
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonka
Pth
Portland
Oregon
Ith
Puget Sound
Victoria
B. U
Williamette Valley
Naval history of the Civil War and its innovations
The passage notes the Civil War navy as a period of notable innovation led by steam propulsion and ironclads. It contrasts the Union coast defense and merchant marine destruction with the South’s wartime constraints, highlighting the north’s greater capital and the sea’s strategic role. It reflects on the early stages of the conflict and the evolving naval power balances.
Confederate naval prowess and Union limits in the Civil War
The passage extols Confederate naval innovation and battlefield resolve while noting Union ironclads, torpedoes, and river rams shaped battles from Charleston to Vicksburg, with Farragut, Foote, and Dupont leading Union fleets. It credits southern officers and observers for quicker perception and action and cites losses and strategic failures on both sides.
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Mississippi
Farraguta
New Orleans
Arkansas
Vicksburg
Charleston
Albemarle
North Carolina
Cushing
Tennessee
Farragut
Mobile Bay
South
Indianola
James River
Galveston
Oreego
Southfield
Cain
Housatonic
Westfield
DeKalb
Temunsch
Galena
Osage
Milwaukee
Shire States
Sumter
Lee
Joe Johnston
Johnston
Beauregard
Longstreet
Ewell
Hill
van Dorne
Ood
Buchanan
Tatnall
Semmes
Moffitt
Memphis
Fort Fisher
Bute
Fort Donaldson
Fort Darling
James
Charleston Harbor
Fort Sumter
Sherman
Armany
Fort McAlister
Savannah
Port Hudson
Grand Gulf
Grant
Fos
Texas
Sabine Paes
Wupont
Foote
Ferregus
New Osleans
Cairo
Ammen
U.8.n
Atlantic
Com. A. T. Mebso
U. 8.N0
Gulf
The Tables Turned-A Hackman and Railroad Tariffs
A San Francisco Chronicle incident reports a communistic visitor causing a scene in the editorial room. He relays a tale of Sanford and Gage touring the city and debating rail fare and hack rates, exposing alleged excessive charges and monopolistic practices while the governor and Steve Gage run a gauntlet of inflated prices and curbside bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Chronicle
Sanford
Steve Gage
Bay
Gage
Kearney Street
Bush
Golden Gate Park
Governor
Earby
Cabby
Hosses
Ely
Loeeel Peetet
Gaurke
New York
Frisso
Kiko
Steve
Prin
Clif House
Stephen
Carly
Mr. Gage
Hackman
Cubby
Los Angeles
Tucson
Jeve
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Lane Seminary
Cincinnati
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America
Earth
United States
Mall
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H.C. Hulett
Epsoe
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Fr. G. Shaman & CO
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F. G. Seaman & CO
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