Grant third term push from Washington Daily Republican
The Washington Daily Republican urges Grant’s reelection to a third term, arguing the idea dates to the government’s founding. It cites Jefferson Madison Monroe and Adams, noting Adams opposed third-term candidacy, and concludes the people will trust Grant to lead as long as needed.
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Washington Daily Republican
Grant
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Adams
Gen
Ship of State
Gen. Grant
Jefferson Statue at White House Moved for Fountain
A bronze statue of Thomas Jefferson once stood before the White House in Washington, given by Navy Captain Levy. It is being moved to a lesser spot to make way for a cast-iron fountain, reflecting a debate over priorities between preserving founders and modern decor.
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White House
Washington
Tomas Jefferson
Levy
Navy
Our Republic
Sage of
Monticello
Rutland
Globe
Henry Wilson
Matthew N. Carpenter
Adams
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Rain Drenches Michigan Farmers After Prayer Test
A group of Michigan farmers gathered at a worship place to beg for rain as crops suffered. Within 24 hours heavy rain arrived, and now the experimenters boast of success, though they joke about needing smaller doses. They urge farmers to stick to agriculture and avoid scientific inquiry. The column notes Treasury board and perquisite concerns, cites Harrisburg Patriot and Rutland Globe on political figures and governance, and mentions George Francis Train’s annual income of 28 000 dollars from rents, remarking that many would envy such wealth.
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Tyndall
Michigan
Harrisburg
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue
George Francis Train
State Board of Equalization completes 1869 tax assessment
The State Board of Equalization issued a full summary showing total 1869 assessable property at 653.6 million dollars real estate plus other classes, a rise of about 293.7 million from 1869’s previous level, driven mainly by real estate value growth and railroad valuations, with telegraphs taxed for the first time. The board praises thorough work and notes prospects of higher future assessments and lower tax rates.
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State Board of Equalization
Eees
Board of Equalization
A balloon hotel floated in Galveston skies
An inventive Galveston News correspondent imagines Aechai Hotel as a vast balloon anchored above the city with a wire framework carrying one hundred guests. A smaller balloon would lift riders to a sky saloon while weather is calm.
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Galveston News
Galveston
Jove
Radical Mississippi Leader Warns Grenada Targeted Whites
Ham Carter declares in Grenada that blacks will not yield and demands nine months of schooling per year for colored children while urging white Mississippians to accept new power. He warns of growing intolerance and suggests white citizens move west if they cannot bear the change.
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Memphis
Grenada
Ham Carter
Ham
Jackson
Tennessee
W. F. Gray
J. Breit
Postofice
New Harmony
Ind
N. B
Grant and the policy of the salary grab
The Cincinnati Commercial contends that Grant claimed no policy to enforce against the will of the people yet acted to double his salary and support the Congressional grab. It argues he enforces policies profitable to himself, despite public will.
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Grant
Cincinnati
Projector of the Wabash canal and its forgotten founder
In Mooresville Indiana Hon John Coburn recalls John Ewing as the obscure originator of the Wabash and Erie Canal who secured the first land grant and later died poor in Vincennes without a marker. Coburn notes Ewing’s public life and a fad of names on canal boats, contrasting gratitude with neglect. Does this publication warrant my subscription payment?
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John Coburn
Mooresville
Ind
Congress
Vincennes
John Ewing
Lakea
Mississippi
Toledo
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Anxious to be Struck by Lightning
The elder Greenwood in 1826 amid storms in New Harmony Indiana carried a ten to twelve foot iron rod through streets as he sought to meet death. The Rockport and Cincinnati Railroad funeral at Mt Vernon Indiana drew mourners involved in heated exchanges and distrustful of the line's completion. Local reflection from Lockport Democrat notes prior tax warnings and unchanged opinions.
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Epitor
Knox County
Posey
Vincennes
Territorial Legislature
Benjamin Parke
Nathaniel Ewing
Ewing
John D. Hay
Recorder's Office
General Assembly
Indiana Territory
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Bank of Indiana
Madison
Bank of Vincennes
Indiana
Bank of
Maria Creek
Patoka
Mt. Vernon
Moses Johnson
Miles Greenwood
Robert Owen
New Harmony
Robert Dale Owen
Atlantic Monthly
Elder Greenwood
Rockport and Cincinnati Railroad
Ind
Lockport Democrat
Cooper & Hunsdon
Main
Tavern Streets
Cooper & Hunsdon’s
William Baldwin, JR
Wheat notes and political items from New Harmony Register
Reader reports 1873 wheat yields on 48 acres averaging 16 bushels per acre with varieties Tappehannock White Rock and Beard ed Mediterranean, threshing costs 14 cents per bushel by Hunter's steamer, plus horse feed. Also covers congressional speculation on W H Niblack, temperance law case, and Mississippi governor nomination Ames versus Powers.
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Mr. Epior
Pete
Moses Johnson
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