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Newspaper
Reading Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1869
Page
2
The Daily Rage of Reading, Pa announces return to a large sheet and restored price after two days of a penny format. It pledges to champion justice against aristocracy and to serve laborers with full daily news, mailed each afternoon and delivered by carriers in the city.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt laments scarce capital and dull business as Government Bond speculation rises. It argues bonds pay higher interest than homeowners, workers, and farmers can afford, blaming national banks and bondholders for high rents, costly loans, and a stalled economy. The speaker pleads for relief.
A rival publication attacks Major Philip R. Freas and his Germantown Telegraph as liberal and untruthful. The notice warns readers against the Germantown Telegraph and its 행 alleged misstatements, urging subscribers to drop the paper.
The Daily Times asks Councils to advertise ordinances at one fifth less than Racine and Dispatch arguing its circulation to paying subscribers is under four hundred. It claims the Zimes deny false assertions and that Times was offered for sale at 3000 but refused. It asserts Zimes ads are mostly filler and hints at local bank enemies.
City residents question use of public funds to advertise ordinances in a paper with few subscribers. Democrats in Council defend that a small paper should not serve as official city organ, stressing fiscal prudence.
A city statement warns bankers and business leaders that the community will not be dictated to by wealthy National Bankers. It defends merit, hard work, and economy while criticizing government subsidy and opulent spending at the expense of widows and orphans who hold bank stock.
A Daily Times reprints an Atlantic Monthly editorial critiquing the Democratic party. The piece analyzes party strategy and governance with a national perspective, reflecting historical partisan debates and editorial stance. The republication underscores ideological tensions of the era.
The Dipateh and Daily Hagle claim city papers outpace the Daily Times by over eleven times. Councilmen are urged to inform constituents through the Zines, whose small circulation would fail to carry council proceedings.
A note from Waxtep reports the Daily Times as the sole city newspaper edited by a group identified as white black birds. Details on editors and editorial stance are sparse in the fragment.
A desperate affray at Range's Dry Ridge home near Owensville Kentucky ends with Range killing a female intruder during a struggle over a trunk key. Wells and Stamper enter the house demanding a pocket-book and more money. Stamper dies from a blow, and Range fights for survival as other details unfold.
A circulated summary accuses Democratic members of Congress of denouncement and political indifference. The clipping notes public reactions and calls for accountability, reflecting partisan tensions and media framing.
At General Butler s Washington reception a nearby conversation touched on the Surratt matter. Butler said she was an innocent woman and admitted directing cases at military commissions to secure outcomes he desired, including both convictions and acquittals.
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Active preparations are underway to embark 6000 more troops for Cuba. Don Res Calango will depart with the reinforcements following instructions from the Provisional Government.
The Senate reported adversely on several measures including Sumner’s bill on naturalization and Miller’s credentials, and the Judiciary Committee deemed the President’s Amnesty Proclamation illegal. A Supreme Court judge salary provision was sent for consideration. The House consulted with a conference on the Suffrage amendment but failed to reach two thirds. The Election Committee found no rightful winner in Second Louisiana District. The Banking bill saw amendments and tabled status. Army Appropriation was debated in the evening session.
From South America to the Atlantic coast word spreads of an unsuccessful assassination attempt on General Prim. Three suspects are in custody. Nearby, a large reinforcement fleet prepares to sail for Cuba while a new expedition of six thousand men is readied. General McMahon accompanies Lopez after Villeta’s capture. Two American legation attaches arrested earlier reach Rio Janero aboard the US flagship and head home for trial.
A Times article by a Boston writer mocks Reading residents, sparking discussion over tone and local responses to outsider humor. The piece highlights regional tensions and prompts debate on editorial voice and community identity.
The report details Spanish authority over Cuba with Consular disputes and prisoner detentions. It notes mass rebel mobilization, railway and telegraph disruptions, and battles near San Cristoval. Government troops retreat after clashes led by Garcia Presto while plans to land Cisneros emerge.
Dispatches report insurgents in Colon Cuzco Villa Clara Cienfuegos San Cristobal and other towns under Mexican leaders. General Dulce tightens control with press censorship while Spain readies multiple expeditions totaling around 16 000 troops to reinforce Cuba.
In Harrissung February 17 the Senate introduced bills including one by Mr Davis to create a board of Adjutant General and State Treasurer for adjudicating damages to lands or tenements by troops during the late war. A debate over Lowry’s education inquiry resolution ended 17 to 14 with Senate concurrence pending. The House pursued the General Appropriation bill, held an evening session, and discharged twenty seven extra employees by joint resolution, plus paying them to date.
A bill to prohibit prize fighting in Missouri cleared the House unanimously and is expected to pass the Senate. Green peas are already appearing in North Carolina.
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