How She Paid Her Debt
Lilias Wayland confronts her brother Charley’s forgery to help him, travels to meet moneylender Mr Glencross, and persuades him to overlook the debt. She is hosted by Mrs Glencross, forms friendship with Paul Glencross, and discovers a deeper offer of love as repayment. Lilly proposes to work or serve, but Paul reveals his love and pays her debt with a marriage proposal.
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Charley
Lilias Wayland
Charley Wayland
Lilly
Glencross
Linas
Lill
Eea
Liling
Lili
Lilias
Paul Glencross
Mr. Glencross
Mamma
Victoria Station
West End
J. Glencross
Tam Lilias Wayland
Wayland
Hero
Paul
Daily Papers
Apology for Shop Incident in 1871 Topeka Letter
A Topeka printer prints an apology from J V Wart for ejecting Dr S E Sheldon from his shop on March 27 1871 after a dispute over a suit and frock coat payments. The note notes prior losses and says Sheldon has paid and requests the apology.
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Topeka
Kansas
S. E. Sheldon
J.V. Wart
Acquittal of Gunn Sparks Calls for Stricter Laws on Chastity
The San Francisco Bulletin criticizes existing statutes as too lenient for crimes against chastity, arguing society honors women and marriage less than property, and urges sharper definitions and harsher penalties for seducers, adulterers, and bigamists.
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Gunn
The
San Francisco Bulletin
Railroads Require Permits for Transporting Deceased Remains
Rail lines will require a permit or doctor's certificate and a corpse ticket for passengers accompanying a body starting April 1871. The certificate or permit must be shown to the baggage master when loading the corpse. contagious diseases mean no ticket or transport. If unaccompanied, the body goes by express. The ticket goes to the conductor, and the certificate accompanies the corpse to destination.
Beecher Names Father Noah Greatest Naturalist, With Ark Insight
Dubuquet asked Ward Beecher for a top naturalist. Beecher names Father Noah for his skill in determining sexes of lower creatures at the ark entry. He credits vermin overpopulation to a lack of personal cleanliness and cites Proverbs 26 5 for reference.
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Dubuquet
Ward Beecher
Beecher
Father Noah
Falsehood Rebuked and Letters to the Tribune
A letter to the New York Tribune rebukes Southern outrage charges and urges fair discussion of Ku Klux lies. Northern subscribers defend Southern order in Virginia and North Carolina, while others warn against militarily granting powers to a president and the risk to constitutional rights. A practical note explains how to inspect well bottoms using mirrors for light reflection.
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New York Tribune
South
Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Caswell
Rockingham
North Carolina
The
Tribune
North Carolinia
James Robinson
Canada
John Branch
Tioga County
New York
A. G. Newell
L. Eitchcock
Brown County
Fred W. Litchcock
J F. Councilman
Austin H. Prentice
James Lutchinson
Pennsylvania
John Hutchinson
Wm. H. Davis
Indiana County
Penn
R.S. Davis
Strong Words From Dana On Grant Nomination
Dana, editor of the New York Sun and former editor of the New York Tribune and Assistant Secretary of War under Lincoln, opposes Grant’s renomination. He argues Republicans will not support a candidate tied to costly gifts, family favoritism, and unlawful actions in San Domingo, and criticizes the removal of a venerable Republican senator.
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Dana
New York Sun
New York Tribune
Lincoln
Grant
Republican Party
San Domingo
Model Republic versus the corrupt monarchy compared
The article compares Great Britain’s tax take of 300.9 million to the U S federal tax load 50 million higher and state costs of 250 million, noting US taxes nearly double Britain’s and labeling the model Republic as contrasted with the abused monarchy.
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Great Britain
United States
Three Guffin brothers in Abbeville linked to Ku Klux case
The New York Sun reports the Abbeville County Treasurer’s safe was robbed of about fifteen thousand dollars. Police trace the crime to three Guffin brothers, Northern natives turned Abbeville residents, with one legislator one probate judge and one mayor among them. All three are jailed in Columbia with strong proof cited.
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South
South Carolina
Abbeville
Guffin
Guffins
Columbia
New York Sun
Ladical
President Van Buren Appoints Son in Law After Inquiry
The day before Harrison’s inauguration Van Buren asked how he could help. Harrison requested his son in law, General Pike, not be appointed due to his late son’s army ties. Van Buren quickly signed the commission within two hours, contrasted with Grant’s alleged favoritism toward relatives.
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Generalarrison
van Buren
Harrison
Pike
General Harrison
General Grant
Washville Union
Evansville Courier Praises City Police Yet Skips Flagrant Offenders
The Evansville Courier lauds the city police as the most efficient and moral force in the country while excluding a few unexceptional cases. It lists incidents involving a past officer who attempted rape, a drunk on duty, an officer who struck his mother on her death bed, and others living with a notorious local woman, describing these as harmless offenses.
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Evansville
Shut Your Mouth Says Health Officials In Express Editorial
An Express editorial argues mouth breathing harms lungs teeth and digestion and raises infection risk. It urges readers to stay quiet to avoid weak character and moral danger, noting older advice to keep one's mouth shut was once common.
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W. Y. Express
Horned snake sighting and family report in Indiana farm
A Kokomo Tribune correspondent describes a three foot horned snake found today with a copperhead like pattern. The tail is used as a whip in defense and strikes a wooden stick hard enough to stick. A second similar snake was killed on James Hendricks’ farm. I examined both with John Waggaman and Harrison Suver.
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Kokomo Tribune
James Hendricks
John Waggaman
Harrison Suver
Canary Bird Trade Expands Across the Hartz Region
The canary breed thrives as a national craze with roots in the Hartz Mountains. Progenitors originate there, but breeders in homes supply the market. Hartz traders support peasant livelihoods, and this season New York houses import at least 45,000 canaries for nationwide sale. About fifty varieties exist.
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Hartz Mountains
New York
Cat encounters on the garden wall stir unusual yowls
A playful verse depicts cats meeting on a garden wall, one cat greeting another with an eerie cry. A kitten attempts courtship yet responds with growls and raised tail, suggesting discomfort rather than affection.
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Tommy
Judge rules sewing machine exempt as household furniture
Judge Shaw of New York declares a sewing machine a necessary article of household furniture, exempt from attachment.
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Shaw
New York
Wealthy man dies leaving nothing behind
A cryptic ledger style fragment notes a gentleman of wig asking "How much did he leave" upon learning the death of a wealthy patron. The reply suggests the deceased took no money with him, a line echoed with mock solemnity in the era.
Presidency Debate Over Grant Nomination Faces Military Rule
The Portland Advertiser opposes Senator Trumbull as a GOP candidate, arguing a Radical Congress has empowered a military regime to drive the national convention. It notes Morton Colfax and Forney backing Grant, with officials pressed to pledge loyalty or face dismissal. Logan may depart the Grand Army of the Republic. Morton is described as Grand Vizier to the Sultan.
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Washington
Portland Advertiser
Trumbull
Congress
South
Morton
Colfax
Colonel Forney
General Grant
Grant
Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Gen William A Lawrence accused of large government defalcation
The World reports Gen William A Lawrence former Pension Agent in New York City as a defaulter by about $50,000. It also alleges he belonged to a Military Ring surrounding President Grant and accuses him of ties to the San Domingo robbers and intermediaries in War Department arm sales to Frenchmen last summer.
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William A. Lawrence
New York City
Gen. Lawrence
Grant
San Domingo
War Department
Editor foresees reduced murders if insanity excuses end
The Selinsgrove Times editor argues that if insanity cannot excuse murder as drunkenness cannot, murders by the insane would fall greatly. He urges the insanity defense to be abandoned, likening it to a failing drunk excuse.
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Selinsgrove
Brigham Young on Civilizing Indians and Policy
A Brigham Young sermon argues government should civilize Indians rather than exterminate them. He proposes giving Lo flour clothes houses and whisky to soften resistance, suggesting civilization could be cheaper than gunpowder. He mocks fashion and calls for humane measures to win Indians over.
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Brigham Young
Brigham
Barber Bible Marches to Lodge? Masquerade Rose Ended Night
A Newark barber named Bible began his walk to a lodge when his wife dressed in a masquerade ball at ten oclock joined him and guided him away from his costumed young partner with the remark This is the way you go to lodge. The scene unfolds as a domestic entrance to the event.
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Newark
Bible
Lodge
Archbishop Manning Denounces Excessive Female Attire
Archbishop Manning condemns costly and ostentatious women’s dress, arguing it wastes money that could clothe the naked, feed the poor, or educate children, noting gains since the last century but continued extravagance.
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Archbishop Manning
The Cock of the Rock Known for Feigned Death Trick
A South American bird named the Cock of the Rock inhabits the western slope of the Andes and is noted for a trick of feigning death when shot at, then recovering and flying away.
Vermont man pursues eloping wife for feather bed value
A Vermont man searches for his wife who eloped carrying the feather bed. He insists he seeks the feather bed not for the wife but for its value, noting the feathers are worth a dollar a pound.
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Vermont
New York Adias Backing Grant Then Turn Against Him
The New York Adias lists twenty five solid New York businessmen who spent freely on Grant in 1868 but have since shifted stance and now oppose him as the crown prince of bad-behavior.
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New York
Adias
Grant
Tomato Canuons and Quick Pickled Tomatoes
Instructional fragment describes processing tomatoes by boiling, seiving, and pickling with vinegar, cinnamon, and pepper. It lists odd measurements and typos suggesting a kitchen recipe from a historical page. The text preserves the penciled unusual spellings and units as read.
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Missouri
Republic
Cincinnatus
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