Parson Brownlowisms and Scientific Society Notes
The Clermont Courier reports Parson Brownlow’s Knox ville Whig urging Union loyalty and warning against disunion with strong language on secession. It also covers the Bethel Scientific and Literary Society meeting in Bennet February 7 1861 detailing steam boiler discussions and experiments, with speakers Guren Goodwin Scovine and others.
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Scovi
Messrs. Green
Jomnroodwin
Dr. Fraver
Fravee
Jas. M. Goodwin
Joan M. Goonwin
Japanese Wheat Hoax Warns Farmers Against Ads
A New York Tribune warning cautions farmers about deceptive handbills from St. Louis promoting “Japanese wheat” claiming 300 bushels per acre. The notice urges skepticism and to avoid being swindled out of dollars, labeling the claim as a gross impractical wind raise.
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New York Tribune
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Coal Oil Discovery Sparks City Interest in Scioto County
Portmouth Republican reports excitement over a discovered Coal Oil in Scioto County. Once deemed a hoax, the oil is now considered real but its commercial viability remains uncertain for investors. The piece notes public mood shifts with music and reflections on restraint in praise.
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Portamouth Republican
Sugar duties protect Louisiana growers in national policy
The article argues that duties on imported sugar average over seven million yearly and total about fifty seven million over the past decade, with 1800 sugar value at 28.93 million and a 24 percent duty. It cites Louisiana as supplying forty percent of U.S. sugar, warns that its industry of capital around thirty million would fail without tariffs, and notes the sector’s long value of two hundred fifty million in a quarter century. It also criticizes disunion advocates and labels opponents as submissionists in contrast to Constitution lovers.
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Monks Intervene as Scott's Army Enters Mexico City
A procession of monks led by a gray haired priest provided alms as General Scott’s army entered Mexico City. A Yankee soldier mocked the scene, producing tobacco and pipe to offer to the priest, who accepted with a smile. The piece ends with satirical notes on Tennessee politics and other brief items.
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Mexico
Ile
Jonathan
Music In Nature and War Across A Quiet Scene
A poem fragment contrasts gentle summer reeds and village streets with distant warfare. It evokes music in natural sounds from trees and rivers to waves and thunder, linking peaceful scenes to violent torrent and fountain imagery.
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Streat
Mel
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