Indiana Democrats Unite in 1870 Delegation Resolutions
The January 8 1870 delegate convention adopts multiple resolutions defending the Federal Union opposing centralized power criticizing Reconstruction and Congresses overreach while urging tariff reform greenbacks and national bank abolition. The platform calls for tax parity on bank shares and bonds, opposes the fifteenth amendment, and denounces state and federal naturalization changes amid Know Nothing era sentiments. Phoebe Cozzens is cited in a separate note highlighting a suffrage advocate's view on women's roles.
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Democracy of
Indiana
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Legislative
Judicial Department
United States
Saved. A Wife's Story and a Confronting Marriage Trial
A first person tale follows a wife who learns her husband Allan Starr is a gambler and liar. She endures years of strain while hoping for reform and eventual redemption as he hides his descent and then returns to honesty with a New Year’s revelation.
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Allan Starr
Allan
Darling
Thad
Mr. Stgrris
Shad
Tam
Persevere I learned grammar says Cobbett
Cobbett recalls learning grammar while a private soldier on sixpence daily. He describes scarce light and food, a makeshift desk from his knapsack, and reading amid noise, arguing that if he could study under such conditions so can any youth.
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Cobbett
Tender guidance for troubled children in coping with faults
The text urges patience with children who show irascible temper or selfishness, comparing their faults to deformities. It argues for praise and encouragement instead of harsh censure, and calls on strong individuals to bear the weak's infirmities, helping them conquer rather than defeat them.
Preserving Newspapers Through Time
An essay reflecting on the value of old newspapers as historical artifacts. It muses that many names once printed are now on tombstones, noting how doctors merchants actors and others fade, yet newspapers gain value with age like wine.
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Boston
The Newspaper as Adviser to a Democratic Public
The text argues that newspapers act as ubiquitous advisers, reaching all readers without intruding on private affairs. It claims newspapers grow more essential as society becomes more equal and more feared, and that they protect civilization beyond merely defending freedom.
A School Lesson On Senses Ends With Humble Humor
A lady teacher in a school lesson tries to teach children about senses. The pupils realize they see and hear but learn they use eyes and ears. When asked about noses a brave child answers, to be wiped.
Concern Potatoes At Concord Hotel Fuss
A man breakfasting at the Phoenix Hotel in Concord NH attempted to peel a fish ball with a fork. After several failed tries, the ball broke apart and scattered on the plate, prompting the diner to declare in disgust that the Concord potatoes were to blame.
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Phoenix
Concord
Josh Billings Cat Critique In Humorous Sketch
A humorous note accuses a cat of affectation and sly craft. The speaker recalls a cat cleaning cream from a milled pan then calmly entering the sitting room and curling in the fireplace corner, seemingly forlorn as if friendless.
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Josh Billings
Leggs
Johnny Wipes Only Half His Face
A classroom joke about a boy who washed his face but stopped at the chin. The teacher asks why the upper part remains dirty. The boy replies that he washed as high as his shirt would go, implying the rest remained unwashed.
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Johnny
Benign Proposal on Corset Dangers Puts Duty to Women
The Davisville Advertiser comments on a Chester Vermont death from tight lacing and urges abolition of corsets. It jokes that men might sacrifice themselves for the cause and jokes about offering three hours daily as unpaid brevet corset designers.
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Davisville Advertiser
By-The
Chester
Quotation Sparks Sarcastic Exchange Between Doctor and Patient
A cross tempered physician quips that if women entered Paradise their tongues would turn it to purgatory. The patient woman retorts that some physicians would convert it to a desert if allowed to practice there.
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Par“ Madan
Captain Tests New Hand With Shipboard Task
A sea captain asks a new hand to steer the main mast down the forecastle stairs and coil it. The novice agrees if the captain stands below to supervise, and the captain makes no further inquiry into the matter.
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Forcastie
Iean
Debt dispute yields wry bedroom exchange
Rae-Stubbs confronts a debtor over a small bill. The debtor replies that the issue is money, not time, signaling a dryly humorous exchange and unresolved payment.
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Rae-Stubbs
Boy Brags Of Cocoanuts To Skip School
A boy shows a friend on the sidewalk two cocoanuts bought for ten cents and jokes they will make him sick tomorrow so he can miss school. The scene captures a moment of juvenile mischief and carefree suburbia.
Tommy and sister’s cake dispute sparks family quarrel
A fragment shows Tommy defending his action after being accused of eating his sister’s cake share. A parent questions his loyalty, provoking a tense exchange about fairness and family duty.
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Tommy
Young Man Seeks Future State Ahead of Betsy
A fragmentary dialogue shows a young man declaring belief in a future state and intent to enter it as soon as Betsy completes preparations, indicating personal plans amid uncertain circumstances.
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Sax
Solt Soap Pleases All With Varied Forms
Solt soap comes in several shapes and forms pleasing a broad audience. The more lyo used, the better the cleansing effect and overall satisfaction reported by users and vendors.
When no one declares his brain is on fire
An odd fragment notes etiquette around expressions of distress in a pelite matador drunk scene. The wording suggests confusion over when to respond to obvious peril and how restraint interacts with dramatic speech.
Reunion Proposed for Second Indiana Regiment Mexico Veterans
The New Albany Ledger reports a planned June 22 1871 reunion of officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment Indiana Volunteers who served in Mexico. Recruited from Floyd Harrison Orange Washington Lawrence Monroe Sullivan Vanderburgh and Greene counties the regiment included Captains Sanderson Kimball Dennis Davis Rousseau Kinder Briggs Os borne Walker and McRae with Colonel Bowles Lieut Colonel Saddon Major Craven Adjutant Shanks Quartermaster Hoggatt and Commissary Graham. Survivors noted for gallantry included Generals Kimball Spicely Thomas Scribner and Major Mualkey while dead included Generals Rousseau and Sanderson, whose memories reinforce Hoosier valor in the Civil War.
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New Albany Ledger
Indiana
Mexico
Churchill
Floyd
Harrison
Orange
Washington
Lawrence
Monroe
Sullivan
Vanderburgh
Greene
Sanderson
Kimball
Dennis
Davis
Rousseau
Kinder
Briggs
Osborne
Walker
McRae
Wm. A. Bowles
A. R. Saddon
James A. Craven
David Shanks
Lucien Q. Hoggatt
Cristopher C. Graham
Nat. Kimball
W. T. Spicely
D. W. C. Thomas
B. I. Scribner
Rough
Press Landscape in the United States and New York
A New York Letter to the Albany Argus surveys American journalism with 5 319 papers nationwide 550 dailies and highlights New York City 300 papers Philadelphia over 200 Boston’s prominent count New York State leading in numbers and Delaware the least San Francisco dominating the Pacific coast The Independent editor George Wm Curtiss earns the nation’s highest salary Theodore Tilton next largest The Ithaca Daily Leader is the smallest daily and the New York Journel of Commerce the largest paper There are 96 million dollars invested in newspaper property Religious press revenue reaches five million dollars annually and New York hosts 32 dailies including six German six or more foreign language papers and a Scandinavian Post in Danish and Swedish
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New York
Albany Argus
United States
British Provinces
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
New York State
Delaware
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Independent
George Wm. Curtiss
Slarper
Bazar
Theodore Tilton
Ithaca Daily Leader
Skandinavish Post
Great Lakes Sizes Through Historic Measurements
The article lists measurements for five Great Lakes. It notes Lake Superior at 335 miles long, 160 miles wide, 688 feet mean depth, and 42,000 square miles area. Lake Michigan shows 390 by 108 miles, 900 feet depth, 507 feet elevation, and 25,000 square miles area. Lake Huron is 200 by 160 miles, 600 feet depth, 27 feet elevation, 20,000 square miles area. Lake Erie records 250 by 80 miles, 84 feet depth, 555 feet elevation, 6,000 square miles area. Lake Ontario measures 180 by 66 miles, 300 feet depth, 261 feet elevation, 6,000 square miles area.
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Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Huron
Lake Huie
Lake Ontario
Biography of Wesatera Senator in Historic Style
The biography of Wesatera Senator is presented in a patched period voice. It uses odd phrasing and half formed metaphors to evoke a portrait rooted in local memory and political life.
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Oa Wesatera
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