Voice From the Past Reflects on Government and Liberty
Editor's note recounts a Hartford Courant editorial from August 16 1809 praising limited government and individual enterprise. It compares government to bees and argues for protection from nuisance and interference to foster industry and liberty.
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Hartford
Conn
Hartford Courant
People’s Guard
Family visits and wartime notes fill local page
Postings list relatives visiting from Utah, Illinois, Ogden and Miami plus a Spokane transfer and Denver vacationers. An editorial voice argues against government directing private commerce, urging protection of industry and trade while avoiding interference with enterprise. Consider the bee.
Where Angels Fear Abraham Lincoln and the Grant era
The Lewiston Tribune essay recounts the transition after Lincoln’s death with Andrew Johnson facing radical Republicans in Congress. It notes Johnson’s courage but political limits, the rise of industrial interests, and Grant’s presidency amid corruption, hard money policies, and depression. The piece frames Lincoln, Johnson, Stevens, and Grant as central figures in a turbulent postwar era.
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Lewiston Tribune
United States
Senate
Congress
Book
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Thaddeus Stevens
Ulysses S. Grant
Mink Creek Vacation Note for Pauline Anderson
Pauline Anderson, daughter of Mr and Mrs Snend Anderson, has been spending her vacation in Mink Creek with family and friends.
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Burt Godfrey
Clarkston
Oscar Wilde
Dixie
Preston
Reo Wilde
Pocatello
Cloyde Wilde
Ethel Baird
Grace Oliversohn
Ogden
Contella Baird Lundgren
Joyce Lundgren
Loren Robinette
Fairchild, Wash
Roland Baird
Iona
Trudy Hansen Hattaway
David
Miami
Fla
Marinus Hansen
Earl Hattaway
Marine Corps
West
Clifford Hansen
Geiger
Gates Rubber Co
Denver
Frank G. Jensen
Pauline Anderson
Mrs. Snend Anderson
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George Peck
National Labor Management Foundation
Partners
the Courant
Weston, Idaho
Sully
New Weston Recreation Hall
John Longden
Council OF Twelve
Cornish
Dayton
Weston Ball Park
Cache Valley
Weston
Mink Creek
Case
Palmer Motor Implement Co
North State
Ford
FCA
McCune Motor CO
W. Oneida
Preston, Idaho
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