Democratic Platform Resolutions Adopted in Indiana in 1870
The Indiana Democratic delegate convention on January 15 1870 unanimously adopted resolutions defending the Federal Union and constitutional respect, denouncing reconstruction as imperial overreach, supporting a revenue tariff, stating debt payment limits, opposing monetary contraction, taxing National Bank shares and U S bonds, opposing the fifteenth amendment, resisting regulation of morals and naturalization changes, and warning against Know Nothing influences. The item ends with a brief, garbled note from The Lynchburg Virginian about General George St Thomas and a sister saving him during Southampton insurrection.
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Indiana
Congress
Supreme Court of the
United States
Legislative
Judicial Department
Opera, Wealth, and a Secret Engagement in a Gilded House
Laura Lyon endures snubs in Mrs Stanhope's mansion while Cornelia plots to marry Viscount Ellery. Ernest Bedale returns from India to reveal himself as Ellery, a swap of fortunes leads to Laura's reunion and a wedding that hints at darker motives beneath social polish.
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Laura Lyon
Laura
India
Miss Lyon
Mrs. Stanhope
Miss Stanhope
Cornelia
Misaryon
Marie
Viscount Ellory
Lord Ellery
Joord Ellery
Robert
Triest
Cornelia Stanhope
Ernest Bedale
Ernest
Lord Hllery
Ellery
Bedale
Darling
Tiord Ellery
Law of Newspapers Subscribers Rights and Duties
The text states that subscribers who do not express a wish to stop are presumed to want continued service. Publishers may keep sending papers until charges are paid. If papers are not collected or removed, the subscriber is liable until bills are settled and discontinue notices are given. Moving without informing the publisher transfers responsibility to the subscriber. Courts rule that refusing a paper or leaving it uncalled is prima facie evidence of fraud.
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Europe
Wall Street
Suez Canal
Mrs. Wiggle
Howard Glyndon
Odds and Ends scattered lore from 19th century columns
A mosaic of brief notes and curiosities across regions and topics. References include Fort Sumter reconstruction plans, France Paris flower spending, Venetian blind myths, Sierra Nevada rainfall, Galveston social norms, Suez Canal cost, Ottoman harem counts, Boston milk usage, Russian lottery bans, and various fleeting biographical quips.
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Sar Fort Sumter
Germany
Paris
Say-A
Southern
Eugenie
Nevada Co
Cal
Galveston
Suez Canal
Boston
Russia
Pex
Apassiz
Say
United States
samHugh Hastings
Seth Peclksniff
Horace Greeley
Bragg
New Orleans
Ohio
barThe
Fanny Fern
New York Ledger
sarAnna Dickinson
Baltimore Loafers
Sar Longfellow
Whittier
Agassiz
Cincinnati
Dolan
St. Louis
E. Perronet
Church of England
A Fish Story Shared On The Street
A boy on the street recounts a bizarre tale of a river chase in which a black man is swallowed by a catfish, then by another fish, ending with the man supposedly swallowing a fish before all vanish. The storytellers joke that the boy might become a Republican editor.
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Sonny
E.cehange
Support Your Own Merchants and Newspapers Motto
The Meiga County Press urges residents to spend locally to boost home merchants and mechanics, stressing community improvement and that profitable local commerce sustains better stock and fair bargains, with local papers reflecting the enterprising dealers.
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Meiga County Press
American Girls and the Tyranny of Fashion Desires
A critical portrait of American girls in their teens describing superficial goals, dress, and social ambitions. The piece traces their preoccupations with appearance, popularity, and corsets, contrasted with fleeting ambitions, flirtations, and broader opinions. It includes quotes from contemporary thinkers on women’s roles and advertising.
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Lynchburg
Southampton
George St. Thomas
Nant Bedyy
the Register
Co. W. Slater
J. P. Bennett
Tor
Seeeeeer Eres
S.ccc Sen
Ness Sepee
Daaeg Poebavacs
Mamma
Ashe
Tiaura
Sam
Viscount Ellery
Lord Tillery
LAW OF
Odds and
Sax Alexander
Stewart
Robert Bonner
Barnum
Stayphen Girard
Neds
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