Rates and rules for advertising in The Register
The Register lists subscription prices of 200 dollars yearly in advance 250 after a grace period or 300 if paid at year end. It notes non-discontinuance for arrears and treats failure to notify as a new engagement. Advertising rates show various square measures and durations with double pricing for local column ads. Transients must be prepaid and job-work is paid on delivery.
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Coeeseseel
Pseeesegar Oesesesee
Stra Verenenen
Roartsereseed
FCAT
Reese
Cumming
Australia
Rome
Veatch and the Fort Donnelson Battle Controversy
A lengthy defense argues that Colonel James C. Veatch did not command the Twenty-fifth Indiana at Fort Donnelson. Lieutenant Colonel Morgan’s letter is cited to support that Morgan led the regiment in battle while Veatch lingered in the rear. The piece denounces Evansville Journal coverage as false and calls for Veatch to publicly deny or admit the claims.
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Evansville
James C. Veatch
Twenty-fifth Indiana
Fort Donnelson
Veatch
Twenty-fifth
W. H H. Morgan
Morgan
First District
Indiana
First
Col. Morgan
Tlis
Gen. Weatch
Dodge
Kansas City
R.S. Sproule
Syx
Juvansville Journal
Battle of
Fort, Donnelson
Rebal
John W. Foster
Sweden
Lauman
Foster
William ‘Walker
Captain Laird
C. ¥. Smith
Smith
David Morris
Doster
Hisself
Art Henry
Leiter
Lafayette Courier
W. Fry
Eleventh
Tam
Winliam III
Morcau
Joker steals horse in San Francisco causing free drinks
A drunken joker rode a horse through San Francisco at night and alerted hotelkeepers and hackmen that the steamer Golden Age would arrive. Hotels stayed open and hackmen wailed while no steamer appeared. He was arrested for horse stealing the next day.
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San Francisco
Treasure found in cornhusk trunk on Texas island
A quartermaster’s clerk on San Pedro Island near Brazos Santiago, Texas, discovered a rusty casket hidden in a corn husk mattress containing diamonds and emeralds valued at about $100,000. The find was made on the island off the Texas coast and authorities were notified.
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San Pedre Island
Brazos Santiago
Texas
Immediate effort urged to perfect Democratic organization
The Philadelphia Age urges rapid and earnest attention to organizing the Democratic party nationwide. It calls for small, precinct level work by individuals to strengthen the party, warn against Radical opponents, and says a state committee backed plan can prevent fraud and secure a October and November victory.
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Philadelphia Age
State Committee
A Harsh Lesson From Experience
A Frwy Lharp expresses that experience teaches men many hard tasks including paying debts resisting temptation loving enemies quitting chewing tobacco avoiding excess drinking temperance and believing a known liar. The passage notes the difficulty of turning the other cheek when struck and reflects on moral struggles.
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Tlard
Bachelor Mortality Claim Sparks Grand Jury Call
A statistical claim declares married women live on average 45 while unmarried women live to 43. The text asserts every bachelor over 25 shortens a woman's life by two years and urging grand juries to bring charges.
Garin Switzerland Produces Winding Watch Invention
Gar in Switzerland has manufactured a watch that is wound by opening and shutting the case six times, or for four hours by each opening. Once wound, the watch can be opened and closed any number of times without affecting its operation.
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Gar
Switzerland
What it is to be a Democrat
A compact declaration defining true Democratic principles as love for good government, justice for all, defense of popular institutions, support for the majority while protecting minorities, constitutional action, and opposition to class privilege and corrupt politics. It emphasizes steadfast principle over expediency.
Reconstruction success or failure debated by New York Zines
The New York Zines discuss whether reconstruction policies have failed or succeeded. They argue the Radical agenda aimed to push Southern voters to Radical ranks and foresee Democratic majorities in the fall signaling a broader collapse of Reconstruction efforts.
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New York
Rincay
Debates On Debt and Greenbacks In 1867 1868 Speeches
Senator Morton in 1867 warned against paying the national debt with greenbacks as a repudiation form. In 1868 Senator Alerton argued that redeeming five twenties would be unlawful and violate several statutes. The exchange highlights partisan tension over debt reform and currency policy.
Concession Reveals Stevens View of Congress Career
A New York Tribune writer recalls a conversation with Thaddeus Stevens about his time in Congress. Stevens says he achieved much through Congress, noting he was a plodder before the war and became radical after it began, while denying vanity about his career.
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Stevens
New York Tribune
Thad
le. Stevens
Congress
Family named William Mason spans generations in Ohio
William J. Mason, treasurer of Washington County, Ohio, married Misa Mason. The two families, until now unrelated, share a remarkable pattern: each has a father and grandfather named William Mason. Their son William Mason inherits a father, two grandfathers, and two great-grandfathers all bearing the same name.
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William J. Mason
Washington County
Ohio
Misa Mason
Mra. Mason
William Mason
Vast Sunflower Frontier Reported Along River
The article notes a vast stretch of sunflowers along the river described as miles of unbroken luxuriance. It claims the bloom was first planted by Mormons moving west from Nauvoo and has since spread for about a thousand miles along the riverbank.
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Misseumi
Nauvoo
Napoleon III backs complete edition of Napoleon I writings
The Imperial printing office in Paris is preparing a chronologically arranged edition of all writings by Napoleon I. About 20,000 letters will fill twenty three quarto volumes under the auspices of Napoleon III, illustrating the scope of the project. A Independent article by Mr. Gteeley warns of Republican peril if Ohio and others do not rally for the ticket.
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Gaux
Imperial Printing Office
Paris
Napoleon I
Napoleon III
Gteeley
Independent
Grant
Ohio
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
Maggie Mitchell Builds Seven Houses Near Central Park
Maggie Mitchell plans a seven house block in New York near Central Park. She sketches the project through her Little Barefoot venture and invites readers to subscribe for the Rundster.
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Ray Maggie Mitchell
New York
Central Park
Little Barefoot
Political attacks over bureau costs and celestial prophecies
The Tribune cites Mr Voorhees calling the Durean Bureau expense about 15,000,000 annually amid alleged muddled accounts. It also notes a sensational Australian prophet predicting a cataclysm and a transformed earth, offering readers a mix of political quarrel and speculative science.
The Atlantic Coast Then and Now: A Treacherous Future Map
An old The Round Table essay forecasts gradual coastal uplift of New Brunswick Prince Edward Island New Jersey and parts of the eastern Atlantic while Greenland and the Bay of Fundy coast subside. If trends persist for ten centuries by 2900 the Atlantic shoreline would shift, replacing Newfoundland banks with peninsulas and turning Ireland to America routes into four days, reshaping US coastlines and Bahamian islets.
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New Brunswick
Prince Edwards Island
New Jersey
Atlantic
Bay of Fundy
Greenland
American
Thideon Bay
Jersey
Newfoundsland Lis
St George
Ireland
America
United States
Ineas
Bahamas
West India
Inquire Into Promised Sacred Mountain Real Estate
A reader jokes about the ALindoos sacred writings describing a distant North mountain 600000 miles high, oceans of melted butter and sugar cane juice, and seas of milk and wine, then expresses desire to invest in acreage near that mythical peak.
Daniel Webster's Chowder Receipt
The document lists a chowder recipe attributed to Daniel Webster with detailed ingredients. It includes onions, pork, mashed potatoes, ship biscuits, thyme, savory, mushroom catsup, porter claret, nutmeg, cloves, mace, allspice, lemon, pepper, blue or white fish, and oysters, all simmered slowly in a pot with water.
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Daniel Webster
Persistent Detroit Poker Players Draw Out Three Days
The note records two Detroit poker enthusiasts who played steadily for three days and nights, remaining at the table when last heard.
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Detroit
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