Daily Eagle records from Reading on November 21 1808
Fragmentary OCR notes from The Daily Eagle of Reading Pennsylvania dated November 21 1808. The readable text records the newspaper’s masthead and date with garbled surrounding material.
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Newspaper
Reading Daily Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1868
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes from The Daily Eagle of Reading Pennsylvania dated November 21 1808. The readable text records the newspaper’s masthead and date with garbled surrounding material.
A critical essay condemns national extravagance, urging economy in dress and living. It warns that wasteful spending harms workers and families while calling for collective reform to weather impending hard times. The piece cites social pressures, debt, and moral duty in a plea for prudent living.
The Radicals propose removing enough Democratic congressmen to maintain a two thirds majority in Congress. They claim the people must resist such an outrage, warning that failure would mean becoming slaves and accepting Grant as king.
Sareniny reports eleven year old Tohu Kenny, a truant schoolboy afraid to return home, found burned to death in a Limekiln in Williamsburg on Thursday morning after sleeping. Semi official returns from North Carolina district indicate Durham Democrat elected to Congress by eighteen vote margin. Yancy county vote may be thrown out possibly electing Republican Jones by fifty four votes. American steam railway in Rio Janeiro opened to traffic. fifty three million dollars subscribed in October to government loan. Monroe County Ohio to defeat Democratic candidates by tossing ballots with device printed on them. Hoffman's official NYC majority 69,150. Seymour 60,60. Wilson recaptured after escape from Princess Anne jail. Wells escaped. Sherman reports Indian Affairs. urges army in Indian country to protect settlers and opposes white settlement policy. Cuban expedition likely to end in talk. Riots in Drogheda Ireland during election. one killed. Chief Justice Chase to preside in Richmond. Jo Davis to appear. King & Wills ship joiners shop burned. value 15,000. Robbery in Worcester. bank robbers escape. Grant hosts event at Union League House. attempted bank robbery at Third Avenue Central Park Savings Bank failed. Paraguay: allies besieging Lopes at Villeta. four ironclads passed fortifications. seven thousand Brazilian troops marching to Villeta. Georgia official presidential vote 149,600. Seymour 45,28. Ohio vote Civant 230,222. Seymour 239,032. Grant majority 41,100.
The Cincinnati Enquirer argues Seymour and Blair won the electoral vote by legal means, while Grant purportedly used military force and voter suppression. It claims North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Missouri West Virginia Mississippi Virginia Texas did not vote, kept by bayonet power, and alleges Grant won through intimidation of white voters and coercion of Black voters.
The Melbourne bound ship dil l espent captained by Soule wrecked eight miles south of the port. Seven crew saved, eleven missing including captain and mate. An earthquake shock hit Millertown and the San Joaquin river waters were unsettled. slight tremor reported in Austin Nevada. Also notes U Cooper strike meeting in New York with 1,500 journeymen delegates from eight unions.
The Evening Herald notes Tur Radicals funded presidential campaigns with over 1.5 million in New York and 750000 to 1000000 in Pennsylvania, warning that the public treasury will bear the cost.
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