Debate on canal improvements and federal policy echoes union tone
The article discusses widening the canal bed to extend locks for longer barges and greater tonnage, arguing transportation coal is a heavy tax on consumers. It praises President’s message for plain, practical policy including tax reform, debt payment, tariffs, and a fair ballot, while listing skeptical evidences of Kentucky Christianity and social vice. It then shifts to local anecdotes from Mississippi about a strongman and temperance satire, ending with a quip on Paradise lost.
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United States
Kentucky
Christ
Toledo Blade
Nebraska Letter and Canal Discussion From Heston to Hebron
A Nebraska letter from Frank B. Tannen describes the isolated town of Hebron near the Little Blue river, with plans for a railroad, a mill, and new houses, while detailing religious life and living conditions in dugout homes. The piece also cites canal advocacy in Ohio, stressing cheap fuel, coal supply, and canal improvement to compete with railroads for heavy freight.
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Little Blue River
Omaha
Jefferson County
Meridian
Beatrice
Hebron
Eghty Acres
Jones and
Jefferson
Wevier
Halthen
St Joe & Denver
Disciple
Nebraska
Prayer Week 1870 Programme by Evangelical Alliance leaders
Wide survey of a 1870 week of prayer outlined by Wm E Podge and Rev Noah H Schenck. Plans call for daily topics from scripture inspiration to unity and missions, with sermons and prayers for nations, leaders, and peace. Also includes satirical補 snippets and a disgust for fake medicines.
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Wm. E Podge
Evangelical Alliance of the
U. S
Noah H. Schenck
Chaiman
Jesus Christ
Lord Jesus Christ
Interest Rules for Simple Calculations in 19th Century Text
The excerpt explains how to compute interest on a principal over any number of days using various rates from four to twenty four percent. Each rule shows multiplying the principal by days, then dividing by a divisor to obtain the interest in dollars and cents. The method emphasizes separating the right hand figures for dollars and cents.
Innocence Tested in Paris Court Scene
A poor Parisian seamstress faced trial with her infant in arms over a theft of three 10‑coin pieces. She swore she planned to return them. the judge doubted her story until the coins were theatrically shown, when the child reached for the gold, and she was acquitted. A second story recalls Johnny McGill’s wartime quip about being “nothing and that darned little of that.” Another reader notes Ohio’s Miami County debating a narrow gauge railroad, arguing the project will ruin farms and livelihoods.
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Cler
Johnny McGall
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Tennessee
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McGill
Miami County
Ohio
Bellerin Steam Wagins
Arkansaw
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