Pacification and Civil Rights in Postwar Policy
The speech outlines national progress in pacification and civil rights, notes ongoing issues with enforcement in Louisiana and South Carolina, calls for stronger federal action on voting rights, and urges continued protection of the newly freed population amid postwar political tensions. It highlights foreign relations, epidemic response, and fiscal plans guiding future policy.
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Coun
Speman
South
Union
Friends' Gad
Louisiana
South Carolina
Congress
United States
Rio Grande
Mexico
Brazil
Central and
South America
Colombia
Bolivia
Argentine
Paraguay
Amazon
Madeira
Africa
Indian Ocean
Public lands and Indian affairs weigh on Congress
The Attorney General reports on the burned and crowded dockets, urging new circuit judges as a remedy. Interior and Indian Affairs detail tribal conditions, notable Bannock and Northern Cheyenne disturbances, and a call for flexible emergency funds. Timber stewardship and agricultural promotion are pressed, with DC district reforms and school funding notes. A Bridgeport marriage leads to a quick divorce bid, and a New York World Paris letter muses on art and public taste.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Tennessee
Union
Assis
Congress
Paris
United States
Joint Commission
Halifax
London
Cuba
Spain
Italy
Japan
Europe
America
Senate
Samoan Islands
Pago-Pago
Mexico
Red Cloud
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of War
Seer
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Hampton Normal Agricultural Institute
Virginia
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Commissioner of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Baltimore
Indian Service
Indian Territory
Kansas
Nebraska
Department of the Interior
Pooree
Collee
District of Columbia
New York
Makart
Charles V
Antwerp
Anatole
Spartacus
Spartacus Acer
Horace
Acer
Fragments from a Bustling Late-Nineteenth Century Page
A collage of clipped quips and short items from various papers. Jokes about Boss Tweed ghosts, fashion, sermons, and everyday observations mingle with brief anecdotes on weather, Christmas gifts, and oddities from markets, barber chairs, and shoe fittings. The tone mimics a chaotic humor column with numerous named papers and scattered regional references.
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Josh Billings
Ding Delchel
Ludlow-street
Boss Tweed
Detroit
O. K
New Orleans Picayune
Rockland Courier
Toledo Blade
Courier-Journal
Adam
Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald
Bridgeport Standard
Buffalo Express
Passanante
Humbert
Bradford Breeze
Rome
Cleveland Herald
Yonkers Gazette
James Richardson
Erebus
Sherman
Franklin County
N. C
New York Herald
Hillsdale County
Mich
Barton
Tivoli
Ingenious coffin protections spur cremation push in Iowa
A Iowa man proposes filling graves with hydraulic cement to seal coffins, while a Cincinnati inventor designs a wrought iron coffin safe with a heavy cover to deter grave robbers. New York and Manteca inventors tout coffin torpedoes and dynamite charges as grim responses, fueling a wave toward cremation and prompting discussion of safer death rites.
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Iowa
Cincinnati
New York
Manteusetti
Indianapolis
Where the Law Makers Live in Washington
Washington correspondence notes few lawmakers own homes in the capital. Seven Senators, including Blaine and Windom, own houses, with Blaine’s the finest. Seven House members also own homes, among them Speaker Randall and Butler, noted for multiple grand properties. The piece suggests Pennsylvanians are particularly wealthy and influential, and asks why Pennsylvania has few open houses for visiting delegations in Washington.
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Washington
Philadelphia Times
Congress
Bayard
Blaine
Edmunds
Merrill
Sargent
Thurman
Windom
Randall
Capitol Hill
Butler
Senator Jones
Arfield
Hale
Zack Chandler
Fiale
Chandler
Senate
Gen. Ketcham
Swann
Fernando Wood
Pennas
Cameron
Reeman
Pennsylver
Bridges
Wright
Pennsyla
Hhington
Advertising Rates in Clermont Courier Ad Section
The Clermont Courier advertises legal and transient ads at one dollar for the first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. Yearly advertising earns liberal reductions. Business cards cost six dollars for a year.
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Tom Lines
Bonnie bells in Maryland woods sing of longing
Poetic fragment from the Atlanta Constitution recalls sunny woodland mazes and bonny bells among autumn hills in Maryland. The piece nostalgically imagines elfin woods, humming birds, and distant home as the speaker yearns for wild, fern-woven nooks and moon-silvered meads.
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Maryland
Atlanta Constitution
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Eivery
John R.woodlief
Clermont Courier
Presidents
International Postal Congress
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House of
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Attorney General
Executive Department
Secretary OF the Treasury
Treasury
Henry H. Benner
18Th Infantry
J M. Chambers
the Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Academy
Marine Corps
Department
Postmaster-General
Post Office Department
Bureau of Education
Vppsaseouun BO BuUlter
Interior Department
Ase OM
R- B. Hayegs
Bridgeport
Conn
Ingersoll
Cok Iim
Washin
Che Clermont Courier
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