Miss Briggs and Catfish Elopement Chaos in Glenville
In Glenville a propriety minded Miss Ruth Briggs and her rival Mrs. Catfish clash as a wagon chase ends with both women in a mud puddle. The scene spirals into a wild public quarrel with insults and blows as onlookers react.
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Ruth Biggs
Sud
Mia Briggs
Dr. Doscum
Glenvillo
Misa Briggs
Miss Briggs
Glenville
Briggs
Lepvea
Shile-Village
Miss. Briggs
Bquiee
Peter
Ogrfish
Tie Sql
Garfish
Tartary
Catfish
Donorrie
Soldidias
Wien
Glenvilla
Hobbs
Brigga
Jinto
Widder Hobbi
Peart
Jéhosaphatl
Squire Catlish
Sally
Ian Belgga
Dobbin
Carfish
Jupiter
Ra Phall
Ant
Ming
Jeava
Batsne Lara
War Department spending surpasses Polk era four-year costs
Twe expenditures of the War Department from July 1, 1867 to July 1, 1868 total $128,859,404. This is $88,000,000 more than the department’s entire four-year outlays under James K. Polk, during the Mexican War.
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War Department
Polk
Mexico
Pennsylvania Residents Face Higher Interest Under Democratic Rule
The piece argues Pennsylvanians pay two hundred thousand dollars more annually on the state debt due to radical financing under the Democratic administration and challenges the denial of this claim.
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Pennsylvania
Last of the faction attacked men sworn in before adjournment
A final member of the factional group was sworn in just minutes before adjournment. He received five thousand dollars and mileage for his valuable and protracted services.
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Madison
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Ept
McCain
Freemansburg
Lehigh County
Inni
Lehigh
Acoghij
Fac
Hers
Congress
Radicals in Congress Accused of War Spending Claims
The text accuses Radicals in Congress of spending about 1.5 billion dollars and touts three years of peace as a result. It contrasts this with sixty years of Democratic rule and claims higher state legislative costs under Republicans.
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Reeypen
Congress
Interest rate reduction for Commonwealth loan noted
The document records Tae Hedichlé halving the rate of interest on the Commonwealth loan, lowering it from 4 and 6 to per cent, reducing annual payments by up to two hundred thousand dollars.
Fragmented note hints at color and gaze in old text
A partial, garbled excerpt describes a gaze toward Chinese people and references color, suggesting a dated racial trope embedded in the fragment. The text is incomplete and cannot establish a clear event or identifi able subject.
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