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Tre Waa Axp Reresticay
Qrixer Wao
Newamen
Pal
Welely
Wipiokerien
Whig Company
Quincy
Illinois
There Is No Death In The Quiet Poetry Of Life
A compact collection of reflective verses on memory, loss, and the afterlife. The speaker moves through memories of lost joys and loves, then utters a creed that death is absent, with imagery of nature, seasons, and celestial realms to comfort and unite the living and the departed.
A Patchwork of Snippets and Satirical Glimpses
The text compiles a jumble of playful lines, quips, and editorial excerpts. It parodies dialogue with humorous observations on labor, manners, and social roles, interwoven with a critical discussion of Browning and the Fifteenth Amendment, presenting a snapshot of late 19th century tone and concerns.
Seymour Chase Pendleton: interview reveals nomination motives
Horatio Seymour describes pressuring factors at the New York Democratic Convention. He says he favored Chase as strongest candidate and would have accepted Hendricks Hancock or Pendleton, while admitting principles did not drive nominations. The piece questions Blair and Chase's shared views and calls for further interviews.
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Seymour, Chase
Pendle
Horatio Seymour
Chase
New York
Vallandingham
Seymour
Hendricks
Hancock
Pendleton
Ohio
Judge Chase
Blair
Postage Cuts Proposed Between Britain and United States
International postage from Britain to the United States fell from twenty four to twelve cents in January 1863. Post master general Creswell urges a further cut to six cents and seeks British government concurrence to reach two cents.
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Great Britain
United States
Creswell
Benefit of Postage Reduction for Immigrants Revenue Rise
A proposed postage cut would aid thousands of poor immigrants and, based on postal experience, a surge in correspondence would quickly restore revenue to previous levels.
Republican gains in Iowa Ohio and Pennsylvania noted
The piece analyzes Republican wins in Iowa Ohio and Pennsylvania and warns against local infighting in Cincinnati and Chicago influencing state politics. It argues that post election reaction is common and cautions that damage to party unity weakens both state and national interests while predicting Democratic leadership gains as Pendleton is defeated.
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Iowa
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Chicago
Pendleton
Nomination of General Belknap for Secretary of War
The President nominates General Belknap of Iowa to the vacant war office. His soldierly skill and prowess are noted from the Army of the Tennessee including a notable personal combat with a rebel colonel. Belknap, then collector of Internal Revenue for the Keokuk District, Iowa, is highlighted for his eloquent Chicago reunion address.
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Belknap
Iowa
Army of the Tennessee
Ionaian
Chicago
Gen. B
Internal Revenue
Keokuk
The Price Charges and Leach Trial Update
A countywide note on Mr Price and the Leach trial reports denials from Brooks and Earel, with Dr Sturgiss supporting Price. The issue remains whether Brooks influenced a pro Leach jury, while political shifts unfold in Virginia and Tennessee.
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Price
Leach
Herald
Brooks
Earel
Sturgiss
Leach Boys
Retrenchment Hint in Browning Quip on Republican Supremacy
A reflection on an old Captain story and Browning aphorism suggesting no political party can long hold power. The piece urges those hoping for an end to Republican dominance to act, noting Republicanism has remained weak and urging urgency to move ahead.
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Browning
Rumors of a Western Europe political conspiracy
The article questions wide-spread rumors among Red-Republicans, suggesting they stem from fears of despotism or a pretext to curb liberal sentiment. It notes strong republican feeling in Spain as a setback to lingering conservative policies, unsettling advocates of long-standing rule.
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Europe
Friends of Despotism
Spain
Davis Finds No Interest in Politics in Baltimore
Jeff Davis now in Baltimore tells friends he has lost interest in politics and does not wish to speak on the subject. He says Northern Democrats and Southern Conservative Republicans align closest to his views, and that neither he nor the Democratic party has changed.
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Jeff Davis
Baltimore
Democracy
Sherman tribute highlights alatoona heroism at Minnesota reunion
General Sherman praises the Fourth Minnesota and associates regiments for their gallantry at Altoona. He calls the October reunion in St Paul a fitting remembrance and notes the defense sparked a chain of events leading to Union victory and the opening of rebel territory.
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Illinois
Sherman
Minnesota
St. Paul
Altoona
Alatoona
Kingston
Rome
Alatoma
Inventive nations noted by Patent Office speaker
Hon H. B. Fisher, commissioner of patents, recounts how patent growth has surged from a small examiner force in 1836 to sixty two examiners and over three hundred staff today. He cites 275 patents weekly, 14,000 yearly, and widespread inventiveness across all classes, including women and children, with humor about odd patent ideas. The piece then shifts to a 40 year old old New Jersey murder confession tied to a stranger found dead near Pennington, as revealed by the Manchester England Examiner.
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Rockaway
Wings
Stady
Smith
Pre
Ward
White Pine
Maine
Tive
Scuttie
Fanny Fern
Prentice
the Tribune
Sarato
Army of the Lord
Congress
Lincoln
Pendleton
Mr. B
Illinois
Fisher
Patents
American Institute
Patent Office
United States
Europe
British Isles
New Kingdom
Universal Yankee
United Italy
Trenton
N. J
Stony-brook Bridge
Pennington
Ed'-Nesar
Manchester England
Daniel Hulseman
New Jersey
United States of America
James Eberhart
Hulseman
New York
Eberhart
Princeton
Carpenter proposes federal oversight of railways and travel
Senator Carpenter of Wisconsin advocates a system to place major railway lines and travel avenues under partial General Government control. He bases the plan on Congress authority to regulate interstate commerce, citing past national road principles and predicting national discussion ahead.
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Senator Carpenter
Wisconsin
Congress
Carpenter
French stance on Cuba and Spain amid U S mediation
In Paris, Marshal Prim reportedly states the French government views Cuba as virtually lost to Spain. France offers no aid to Spain and urges prompt, profitable recognition of U S mediation to sever ties with its former colony.
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Ws. H. Hurcoust
Paris
Marshal Prim
Cuba
Spain
United States
Honest birthplaces claimed by the Herald
The Herald quips that honesty was not born in Massachusetts and offers no citation for its claim. The column teases journalism norms, noting the paper’s own limitation in identifying where honesty originates while inferring its regional bias.
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The
Herald
Old Bay State
Massachusetts
The Stock Brokers Vernacular Explains Short and Long
A New York Wall Street broker explains the stock market method during gold excitement. He describes taking short positions, using margins, waiting for a slump to cover shorts, then going long for a rise, and finally selling to cover as the market peaks. Small operators trade pots and cales.
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New York
Wall Street
Fall Trade in New York Survives Panic Intact
The fall dry goods trade in New York shows little impact from the late panic. H. B. Claflin & Co. reports sales in September up by one million dollars from the prior year, suggesting overall resilience. The author argues the gold panic will yield long term benefits by cleansing the market and stabilizing banking and brokerage practices.
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New York
H. B. Claflin & Co
Wall Street
North Carolina crop prospects loom large in 1869 season
Gov. Holden says crop prospects in North Carolina look very promising with a cotton yield near 200000 bales, surpassing 1860 levels and bringing over twice the crop’s price from that year. Wheat and corn yields are also expected to exceed 1869's record levels.
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North Carolina
Holden
San Francisco Emerges From Mission Beginnings to Great City
Special correspondence from San Francisco recounts the city’s rise from Mission era to a bustling port. It traces explorers Cabrillo Drake Vila and Fuca, the mission system, earthquakes, and the 1849 Gold Rush boom that propelled population growth to 150,000 by 1869, with expansive viewpoints from Telegraph Hill and descriptions of harbors, hills, and surrounding counties.
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Quincy Whig
San Francisco
Epsters
Upper California
San. Rodriguez Cabrillo
Portugal
Spain
San Diego
America
Columbus
Cabrillo
Bartolomi Ferrero
Bay of
Golden’ Gate
Sir Francis Drake
New Albion
Francisco Vila
Juan de Fuca
Santa Cruz
Sebastian Vizcayne
California
San Juan Bautista
Presidio of
Church of
San Juan Capistrano
Bank of California
Americas
Church of Rome
Stockton
Monterey
United States
Europe
Yerba Buena
Iantic Hotel
Old Neptune
Pacific
Telegraph Hill
Golden Gate
Ancelito
Auge Island
Alca
Maine County
Sacramento
San Joaquin
Oakland
San Antonio
Monte Diablo
Sierra Nevadas
Jerusalem
San Mateo
Santa Clara
Union City
Alvise
Harid
Portrero
Mission Dolores
Bernal Heights
Robinson Crusoe’s Successor At Juan Fernandez
The island Juan Fernandez, famed from Defoe, is settled again by Robert Wehrman, a Saxon engineer leading a 60 person colony with farms, horses, cows, and sheep. Germans work hard, aiming to make the island bloom, perhaps a fashionable resort with a morning paper and a submarine cable linking it to the world.
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Juan Fernandez
Daniel Defoe
Robert Wehrman
Robinson Crusoe
Wehrman
Great Flood Damage Spreads Across New England
The Springfield Mass Republican reports widening flood damage as routes of communication reopen. Farmers face severe losses across profits and farms, manufacturers incur heavy costs, rails require time to restore, roads and bridges washouts add tax burdens, and rail traffic delays raise bills. Only a few autumn days soften memories of the two heavy rain days.
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Springfield
Masa
New England
Surveyors Re Survey A. B. Q. Road From Rushville
Surveyors of the A and B and Q road began a re survey of the route from Rushville heading southward on Monday last. The new line runs considerably east of the prior survey.
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Rushville
Demolition news and political notices from 19th century era
A lengthy bulletin reports on demolition of Bull Run breastworks, incoming officials, Cuba sugar outlook, rail and railway developments, legal disputes over cemeteries, Irish and Spanish unrest, and political commentary. It notes Gen Sheridan at a soldier monument, Kellogg investigations, and various prominence figures like Belmont, Pendleton, and Packer. The mix covers theater of war, revenue matters, and public notices with details on registrations and campaigns.
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Spaulding
Hugh McCulloch
Hornet
John Morrissey
Packer
O’brien
Young Men’s Christian Association of
Indianapolis
Gen
Phil. Sheridan
Clarmont
N. H
Friends
Kellogg
New Orleans
Erie and
Susquehanna
Huntingdon
England
New Jersey
Democracy
Vienna
Eugenie
Constantinople
Suez
Isthmus
Spain
Saragossa
Granada
Valls
Madrid
St. Paul
Right of Way &c
Treasury Department
Logan
Sandwich Islands
Virginia
Robert B. Lee
Richmond
Gettysburg
Hollywood Cemetery
Mississippi
Horace Greeley
Cuba
Georgia
Andersonville
Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Union
T. K. Beecher
Fragmented Quote on Strength and Woman's Rights
A fragmented quotation discusses strength and weakness, praising magnanimity when weakness is acknowledged, but noting that strength in a race offers no quarter. It includes a harsh sentiment opposing the term Woman's Rights as a moral indicator.
Illinois items reflect diverse state events and incidents
Illinois notes report counts in state institutions, a skating rink plan, and a range of happenings. Highlights include prison and asylum populations, a fire at Bloomington, pensions paid in September, a drowning in Will county, and police court actions alongside railroad and election matters in Macon and Randolph counties.
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Jacksonville
Illinois
Julia Ward Howe
Robert Collyer
Chicago
17Th Illinois Infantry
Lewiston
Mississppi
John Bennett
Colona
Henry County
Virginia
John
John W. Moore
McAdams
Bond County
Macon County
Paris & Decatur
Peoria, Atlanta & Decatur
Randolph County
St. Louis
Israel Seward
Butler
Montgomery County
Macoupin County
Isaac Sovereign
New Millford
Kessler & Welcott
Batavia
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Rockford
Rock Island
Muscatine
Iowa
Morrison
Northwestern
Peoria Transcript
Cubs
Steve Case
Geological Museum
Ohio River
Shawneetown
Veclasical Museum of
F. L. Rhodes
Southern consumer shift signals economic gains after war
The Mail notes that boot and shoe buyers rise from the South and West, with cash payments and short credits. Freed Black Southerners demand better quality goods, spurring Northern manufacturers. Clothing, hardware, and tool purchases reflect rising prosperity and thrift as postwar growth accelerates.
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South
Political Journals Pressure Over Gold Speculation
The New York Tribune notes Democratic journals urged the President not to interfere with gold speculation, then attacked him for delay. It argues party motives drive the shift and criticizes the press for seeking advantage in the timing of intervention.
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Wall Street
New York Tribune
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