Financial Panic Bites Jay Cooke and Co. Collapse
The August 3, 1875 column describes political turmoil with Interior Secretary Delano's refusal to resign amid fraud talks and notes 29 yellow fever cases at Pensacola Navy Yard. It laments government delays and warns the nation must retrench after the Jay Cooke disaster, citing the firm’s collapse as a grim omen and urging fiscal restraint.
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Tyro
Pensacola Navy Yard
Fort Baraseny
Pierida
Navy Yard
Whitelaw Reid
Pensacola
Filire Debate Over Expansion Doctrine in New York
The article argues against the doctrine of expansion and warns that contracting the currency amid national debt buildup could trigger a Maelstrom of financial trouble. It asserts the opposite view and urges steady policy rather than sudden contraction.
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Tay New York
Tuamese
Public Execution and Local Notices Stir Knoxville
The Knoxville community debates a public execution set for the thirteenth for Jno Webb with strong opinions on privacy. The Sheriff allows spectators but suggests staying away to keep it private, while others call for a public display recalling Venice's misdeeds. The notice also covers cadetship exam details for West Point, a Greenville dental mishap, and a long list of antiquities, relics, and museum fundraising efforts tied to Roanoke College and local antiquities collecting.
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Knoxville
Jno
Webb
Venice
Abingdon District Conference closes third day session
The Abingdon District Conference of the J. E. Church South met at Chatham Hill in this county for three days past. Rev FE W Moore presided as the reports showed growth and about five hundred members added since the last session. Delegates elected to Holston Annual Conference included Prof J L Buchanan and others from Bristol and Smyth. Owing to bad weather attendance was lower than expected and the next session will be at Estisville Virginia. Marion Herald note: advertising line about Mickeys Jewelry.
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Duean
Shirman
New York
Dillon
Vouke & Co
Eleahd
Cooke & Co
Dancan, Sherman & Co
Jay Cooker& Co
Vea
Lieke
All America
Duncan, Sherman & Co
Jay
Abingdon
J. E. Church
South
Chatham Hill
W. Moore
P. E
Estisville
J. L. Buchanan
J. A. Davis
J. W. Dickey
Aav. Aston
Holston
J. Li Buchanan
Emmy
Preet
RW. Jones
Martha Washington College
W. B. Aste
Lussell
M. M. Butler
Bristol
Altermautes
Legrand Sexton
Smyth
David Bailey
Scott County
Virginia
Marion Herald
The Mountain Meadow Massacre Retold With Utah Links
A long narrative recounts the Mountain Meadow massacre of 1857 in Utah, detailing the emigrant train from Arkansas, the five day siege, surrender, and massacre carried out by John D. Lee under Mormon leadership. It notes the discovery that Lee and others used disguise, the brutal killings of men women and children, and the subsequent state’s evidence proceedings against Lee, with commentary on the brutality and pursuit of justice.
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Louisa Caton
Duke of Weillingtons
Felton Elwell Bathurst Harvey
Felton Bathurst-Hervey
Marquess of
Carmarthen
Duke of
Leeds
Robert Patterson
Paris
Boyland
Duke of Wellington
John Quincy Adams
Marquess Wellesley
Lord Wellesley
England
Ireland
Earl of
Mountain Meadow
Utah
Arkansas
California
Little Band
Pacific
Missouri
Salt Lake
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Nevada
Los Angeles
John D. Lee
Lee
Cedar City
Ait
Clildren
Seoundrel Sail
Harmony
J Jue
Telescope debate in public square over ten cent viewing fee
A New York Graphite observer entices a crowd with a telescope in the public square. A tall young man sacrifices his ten cent impulse for a view of Venus and distant wonders, while the astronomer extols education over money and the crowd lingers on the spectacle.
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New York
Gates of
Paradise
Venus
Observing Saturn Mars and Uranus in a 19th century lesson
A local professor demonstrates telescopic views of Saturn Mars and Uranus to townspeople for ten cents. A sharply critical observer questions claims of inhabited planets as the crowd reacts with humor and disbelief while the lecturer defends his demonstration against accusations of swindling.
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Saturn
Jerusalem
Rey
Sauiin
Mar
Nepolden
Frien
Darney
Dorset
Mars
Uranus
Urants
Sue Ther
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