The Coat That Brought Justice to Lizzie Forsyth
A Kansas reminiscence tells how Lizzie Forsyth, a young wife, endures a long day of mending her husband Frank Burtons worn broadcloth coat while balancing chores and a crying infant. She learns to assert fairness, noting her ten hours of labor for five dollars a day and the family’s overall financial reality. Years later Frank keeps his vow of equity, and the couple reflects on shared duties and respect.
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George
Walter
Cross
Frank Burton
Withalso
Lizzie Forsyth
Ossible
Asy
Montana Democracy Platform Embraces Unity On Amendments
The Montana Territory Democracy at its late convention adopted an “accept the situation” plank. It reaffirms opposition to constitutional amendments, condemns their passage as harmful, and invites opponents of the current administration to unite on common ground, citing Vallandigham resolutions endorsed by Ohio and other states.
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Montana
Montana Territory
Vallandigham
Ohio
Test of Democracy in Kentucky Votes and Unity
A Kentucky exchange argues that current willingness to unite with conservative forces against Radicalism matters more than a past party affiliation. It states support for any Democrat or aligned candidate if they oppose Radicalism, and lists four figures—Wendell Phillips, Ben Butler, Gen Sheridan, and John A. Logan—as ineligible under any circumstances.
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Kentucky
Democratic Party
Judge Chase
Horace Greeley
Wendell Phillips
Ben. Butler
Gen. Sheridan
John A. Logan
Vincennes
Political Signs Pointing to a United Democratic Nominating Field
The New Albany Ledger notes a lack of wrangling within the Democratic party as it approaches the presidential nominating season. It cites Hendricks as a strong regional favorite and mentions Hoffman Hancock and Groesbeck as other possible contenders, asserting that measures not men will rally the party to victory with harmony and united ranks.
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Northwest
Thomas A. Hendricks
East
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Hoffman
Hancock
Groesbeck
West
New Albany Ledger
Kangaroo Droop Fashion From New York Letter
A New York letter describes the evolving kangaroo droop as fashionable. It notes a glove with three or four buttons to vary wrist length, a left hand held near the breast, and the hand falling palm down if muscles fail. The posture is linked to the so called Love Lieat and reverence for the deceased progenitor.
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New York
Texas Debt Total Reaches Seven Million Since War
A historical note states Texas has accumulated a debt of seven million since the war. A separate figure records 936,075,505 letters posted at the London Post Office.
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Texas
London
Warning to Republicans on 1872 election issues
The Chicago Tribune warns Republicans not to mock the new departure and notes that three voters per school district can swing a national majority. It cites the Iowa platform with points opposing federal interference, universal amnesty, universal suffrage, annexation of San Domingo, protective tariffs, debt payment in greenbacks, and opposition to the national banking system.
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Chicago Tribune
United States
Iowa
San Domingo
Greenbecks
Summer Showers Advice From Hall's Journal of Health
A health note warns that summer rain can soak clothing and body. Seek shelter briefly only if necessary, then reach dry clothing quickly. If soaked, drink hot liquids, rub dry, wear wool beneath, warm up, and rest or stay active to prevent lingering cold or pneumonia.
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Hall
Journal of Health
Children’s Rights Against Forcing Food on Daring Palates
A writer urges respecting a child’s food dislikes as natural and humane. Forcing a child to eat repulsive foods is cruel, likening it to tyrannizing a vulnerable being. The piece condemns ignoring a child’s appetite and advocates patience and empathy in feeding.
Swedes Mixed Ant Flavored Brandy Tale Mention
A fragment notes a Swedish brandy flavored with red ants and mentions a companion with an unusual taste for ant infused spirits. The isolated line hints at a curious, cultural anecdote without broader context or dates.
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Enye
Josh Billings on Whistling in Hearth and Home
The writer humorously explores whistling as a wind instrument, noting skill, gender views, and regional examples. He idly contrasts birds and animals to humans, praises skilled negro whistlers, and jokes about honesty and mortgages. The column also offers domestic tips from Hearth and Home on broom care, cement recipes, and using stove lids for pain relief.
Small Courtesies of Life and Family Happiness
A reflective piece on how early life hardships and family alienation arise from the failure to show care. It laments that in twenty families, only three are truly happy, blaming mere kindness and everyday courtesies for much misery and urging readers to take the lesson to heart.
Ice machine cuts ice with air power in New York
A Prussian engineer claims to have invented a machine that produces ice by compression and expansion of air without chemicals. The specimen in New York reportedly makes two tons of ice daily and could be scaled to twenty-five tons more.
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New York
Why do wives fade a conundrum headline gullibility
A historic paper prints a conundrum titled Why do wives fade and mocks a contemporary suggestion that it is because they won't work, reflecting dated gender humor and social attitudes.
Bugs on Cucumbers From Old Gardner Letter
A Lebanon Free Press reader known as Old Gardner describes saving cucumber plants from striped bugs. He mixed coal oil with water in a watering can, sprayed each hill, and observed many bugs die while the plants remained healthy.
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Gardner
The
Lebanon Free Press
Invention Tracks Time Left at Stations and Posts
An instrument labeled the ebb of time counts down minutes to an event. Placed in a post office it displays open mails in 30 minutes then 29 and so on. At a railway station it shows train leaves in 10 minutes then 9, 8, until 0. Passengers gauge time without a clock.
Goats vs Rats Report Promises Pest Peeve Cure
A Germantown Telegraph correspondent writes that goats are a hostile presence to rats, claiming goats stampede rats from barns and premises. After keeping two goats, the writer notes no rats seen around his house and farm for over two years.
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Germantown Telegraph
S.gost
Rate
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